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When you open the Project and it says “Where is filename.avi?”, just point it to the clip in the new location. You don’t have to do this for EVERY clip, but it may ask a couple of times for clips that are in different folders, such as Video, Audio, Renders. Once you do this, the project will open up, then be sure to SAVE so changes stick. No biggie.
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What software do you use to create the DVDs and Blu-ray discs? With Adobe Encore for instance, when you are at the BUILD stage, rather than going straight to disc, you have the option to create disc image instead, on your hard drive. Then later, when you want to make copies, in Encore the “Source” would be the IMAGE file, and you can make as many copies as you need at any time later. Hard drives are super-big and super-cheap these days, why not just store a copy on the drive?
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Hi Keith,
For web or computer playback, export as 854×480 using 1.0 Pixel Aspect Ratio (square pixels). This will preserve the 16:9 aspect in any player, as most do not recognize non-square pixels.
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To clarify, in the Premiere Program Monitor window, right-click and make sure the “Playback Resolution” is set to FULL. I’ve had issues with AVCHD footage looking blocky until changing from the default HALF setting to FULL.
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Option #2: HDV camera is downconverting HDV to DV on 1394 output. Go into camera menu and find “i.Link Convert” and turn it OFF.
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Hi Michael,
Matrox MXO2 Mini absolutely supports direct capture to “MPEG-2 for DVD”, saving directly to .m2v and .wav files compatible with Adobe Encore.
I checked the website and you’re right, they don’t seem to be advertising it, but the feature is most definitely in the software, and in the manual. Older Matrox hardware also had the capture to MPEG-2 for DVD option as well.
But again, I haven’t done any thorough testing of the quality of the realtime MPEG-2 compression compared to doing it through Adobe Media Encoder for instance
Jeff Pulera
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The Matrox MXO2 Mini offers realtime MPEG-2 capture straight to .m2v and .wav from Composite, S-video and Component sources, with RCA stereo audio input.
I haven’t messed with this new feature enough to comment on how good the quality is using the realtime capture to MPEG-2 though. Probably not on par with a high-end specialty encoder
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Hi Vera,
I wouldn’t expect manufacturers to develop an HDV to DVD deck, not enough demand, and in fact HDV is all but done as tapeless cameras have taken over the market. Not knocking HDV – that is what I use – just saying there are no new tape-based cameras coming out.
HDV cameras WILL downconvert to DV over the 1394 port, so if your deck has an 1394 input, you can perhaps go from the HDV camera to DVD, or maybe that is what you’re already doing?
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As Steve said, no sense adding the time and quality loss of creating an extra file in the process, you can go straight to Encore from Premiere, using File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Send to Encore.
My personal preference for my long-form projects has always been to use Adobe Media Encoder to create the “MPEG-2 for DVD” files, which results in .m2v video and .wav audio clips. I then Import these into Encore as Assets or Timeline. I guess I like this because once I lay out the menus, it takes just a very short while to have a DVD proof in hand since the video transcoding is already completed. Only the audio is transcoded to AC-3 Dolby and that is quick. It messes up my creative flow to design the DVD menus then wait hours to see if the disc works. Just me 😉
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If you don’t like using the native clips for whatever reason, consider a good intermediate codec like Cineform perhaps. Regarding downconversion quality, create the MPEG-2 for DVD file in Adobe Media Encoder and check the “Maximum Render Quality” button at the bottom, this should help. Note, only use Max Quality when SCALING video, it does add time to the encode but can really help HD to SD quality.
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