Joe Bowden
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Encore requires all assets be full-frame DV video (720×480/576 NTSC/PAL). The DVD-Video spec itself requires that video be either full frame DV video (as required by Encore) or a couple of other MPEG variations (half-D1 for MPEG-2- 360×480, and one or two MPEG-1 frame sizes that I can’t recall off the top of my head- 720×240 or 360×240?…guessing). Any other video frame size would need to be scaled to fit one of those resolutions.
The reason you don’t see support for other supported DVD-Video sizes or for video scaling options in Encore is that there haven’t been many feature requests asking for it. Make sure to file a feature request at Adobe’s website if this is important to you.
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Try selecting all of your subtitle clips, go to the Character panel and change the font, then (wait for it), undo. Burn another DVD (you are using RW, correct? if not, do so…), and see if that solves the problem.
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Try exporting the video and audio only as separate files. If you’re working with QuickTime for instance, then your audio export file format would likely be AIFF.
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No way to do this in DVD-Video.
You could certainly do something like this in Flash, but then you wouldn’t be making a DVD…
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Download G-spot (a freeware AVI analyzer), then drop the offending AVI on it. It will display the frame size/rate, and the codec used. Was the clip created on the same system that you are authoring Encore on? If so, you needn’t worry about not having the codec. If not, you need to install the DVCPro codec used on your Avid system onto your Encore system.
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You mean have the same music play across multiple menus? That’s not possible at all with the DVD-Video format, sorry.
If you meant something else, could you explain it a bit more?
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What’s the frames size/rate of the file you’re trying to import? And which codec?
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The Flash player-style interactivity that you’re looking for isn’t available in the DVD-Video format, but you could fake it with multiple linked menus in Encore using After Effects or Premiere Pro to create the animations. Keep in mind that the DVD-Video format also limits you to 1 GB total on a DVD for menus, so there are limitations.
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You’re pretty sure nobody here can help you? These are “unexplainable” problems?
Before I begin explaining at least part of what’s happening, a question for you- why didn’t you upgrade your Encore as well? At the very least, update your 1.0 Encore to 1.0.1 (that’s a free update). Encore 1.5 and 2.0 have been released as well, in the last two years. Lots of new features, and lots of bug fixes. OK, then…
Your first problem is a little tough and maybe I can’t explain it yet. What were your export settings for your menu AVI? Especially the audio section. And what’s your project audio setting in Encore? And what about your player settings and output? Specifically, is it PCM or Dolby Digital optical out of the DVD player. Maybe with a little more info this will be solvable.
The second problem is well known. You need to turn off “Optimize Stills” in your Export AVI settings in PPro, and re-export the AVI. This was a “lack of Premiere feature support” in earlier versions of Encore. Encore version 2.0 supports this setting from Premiere.
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Glad to help! It’s odd that rasterizing didn’t achieve the desired effect…thanks for sharing your fix. Hopefully, a future version of AE will fully support Photoshop layer styles.
Cheers,
Joe