Jeff Pulera
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How long is the video? At full quality (about 8Mbps for video encode), a disc will hold 60 minutes of video, so if you have like 20 or 30 minutes, then the 2GB makes sense, and you can NOT fill the DVD. You will have the option of using uncompressed audio rather than Dolby AC-3, since you have room to spare.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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I believe if you check the Premiere version under HELP menu on the 32-bit machine, you may find that it is really CS4 which I think shipped with CS5, to accommodate users that did not yet have the 64-bit OS installed. That is why the controls are different.
If memory serves, you need to use Adobe Media Encoder to export the frame, highly inconvenient!
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Tyler,
When moving clips from memory card to hard drive, keep the entire folder structure intact, and use Media Browser in Premiere for import, hope this helps the issue.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi David,
When you moved the video content from memory card to hard drive, did you copy the entire folder structure, or just the video clips?
Proper method is to use the whole structure, and in Premiere, use the Media Browser to import clips and Premiere should then treat all clips as unique, even if they have the same names.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Ronald,
Only a few of the menu templates are HD, and they are named as such. If your Blu-ray menu is blurry, it is likely an SD resolution and that is why.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for the feedback, though probably better placed in the Cow’s Matrox forum. Are you working on the Mac or PC? I use MXO2 on the PC, and we also have sold tons of MXO2 units and turnkey PC workstations with MXO2, and are not getting the complaints you mention, so I assume we’re talking Mac here?
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Stan,
I should add a few qualifiers to the 560/minutes equation. For any program of an hour or less, you can just “max out” the encoding rate and don’t apply the formula. 8 is about the max, but many people believe that some players will exhibit problems, so you may want to stay at a max of 7, your choice. I think at that point any quality difference would be negligible anyway. And use CBR encoding on the shorter projects (under 90 minutes), no advantage to VBR really. A 90 minute program at CBR 6 will look good, using a consistent quality.
Hope this all makes some sense
Jeff
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Hi Stan,
The standard 4.7GB disc would have been just fine in Encore. I understand that you thought that the combined .m2v and .wav files were too big for a 4.7GB disc, but know that Encore actually transcodes the uncompressed .wav file to Dolby AC-3 which is a far smaller file, and it all would have fit. I bet if you put the DL disc in your computer and look at the size of the VIDEO_TS folder, it is not 5GB, but closer to 4.3.
A good rule of thumb is to use 560/minutes=datarate. A two-hour program would be 560/120=4.66, and I just round down a bit to allow for any menu overhead, so 4.5 would be a winner.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Simon,
In this case, I would make a decision as to how the final video will be delivered. If on DVD, then you would want to work in an NTSC (or PAL) sequence. For the web, then it’s your call, but again consider delivery specs.
Don’t edit as 1080 HD if you are going to deliver as 720, because you would be causing unnecessary quality loss by “blowing up” the lower-quality sources more than needed, only to scale them back down again anyway.
Because of the mix of formats and sizes, edit at the delivery resolution in my opinion.
Jeff Pulera
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Hi Martin,
Perhaps Encore is demuxing the file you supplied and is storing the audio in another folder on the Blu-ray output?
Jeff