[Jeff Pulera]

The DVD files are indeed “dumbed down” to SD, the HD quality is gone. However, most newer DVD players have HDMI output and hardware upscaling that can make a DVD look really good on an HD display (or play the DVD in a Blu-ray player, same deal). I found a DVD the other day that I made 10 years ago and popped it in the Blu-ray player going to a 60″ plasma and was really amazed at the upscale quality!!

Or, if the Windows Media files are in fact HD, do as Joe said and use those for a true HD display for the viewers.

Lastly, if the WMV files are HD, those could be converted to Blu-ray, though the quality will suffer from being compressed again. Depends on bitrate and quality of the WMV files. On the subject of WMV files…I quit using them many years ago, as H.264 is now the universal standard that plays on everything, meaning Mac, PC, tablets, thumb drive into USB on a TV or DVD/Blu-ray player, online, etc.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Have you tried NOT modifying the frame rate, sinply dropping the 50p clip into 25p sequence? Premiere should play just fine. Frame blending is sometimes handy, but often times has it’s own side-effects.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Michael,

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Mike,

Keep in mind that computer displays are not interlaced, and therefore most folks that would try to play your 1080i export clip may see interlacing issues. That is, unless they know to go into the menu of their player software and set up deinterlacing options properly, which 99.7% of the public have no clue about. So if sharing the files with others/posting online, then you’ll likely want 1080p or 720p, not 1080i as a deliverable.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jerry,

I’ve been working with 1080i footage exclusively for about 8 years now. I edit in a 1080i sequence and when exporting to H.264 (as 1080p or 720p), the footage gets deinterlaced and comes out progressive and I’ve never seen any issues in the final product.

I think you’re perhaps trying too hard with interpreting and all that, and maybe even causing the issue…just edit natively in 1080i as Vince brought up.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Cesar,

As a work-around, try this: Create a NEW Project, then try to Import > Sequence from the old project.

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[Jeff Pulera]

You can can create multiple menu pages to get around the 18 button per menu limit. I routinely edit dance recitals with upwards of 40 acts and will use 3 or 4 menu pages to create buttons for each act.

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I claim very little experience using AE, but have a lot of experience in having to outsmart the computers when they do frustrating things like this!

Try this – export as AUDIO ONLY. In other words, export just a .wav file if you can, not sure if that’s an option for AE, but I’ve done this in Premiere before when audio exports were wonky. If you can get a good audio-only export, import the .wav file back into project, lay it on the timeline, and MUTE all the original audio tracks. Now export the video, with the good audio track.

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[Jeff Pulera]

“Elementary files” means separate audio and video. For instance .m2v and .wav (or .ac3).

Since the .m2ts has both audio and video together in one clip, Encore needs to transcode (convert) the files further, being unable to work with it natively.

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[Jeff Pulera]

I’ve never ripped a Blu-ray, but have ripped DVDs (my own, to re-do when source was lost) and was able to get back the original .m2v video file using “MPEG StreamClip” app, which would go right back into Encore with no transcoding! So, I’d think there would be a way, some software out there, to get the native .m4v or .m2v back from the Blu-ray and that would be better than messing with Matroska. That file could then go right back into Encore.

You must have Premiere, so I would put the .mkv file on a Premiere timeline, then Export > Media and choose “H.264 Blu-ray” and create the media asset that Encore wants. Encore would have to transcode anyway, so just do it ahead of time and make compatible media to use in Encore.

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