Jon Doughtie
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I try to shoot for deliverables, so I don’t run into this much. But I believe the workflow is to create a timeline with the final frame rate you desire. Place your footage in that timeline and Premiere Pro will handle the (in your case) 3:2 pulldown.
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I would respectfully disagree that Media Encoder is not good for the job.
Here’s the reality. DVD video is MPEG-2, which is a heavily compressed format. You are going from HD to SD – from 1920×1080 to 720×480. There’s no getting around that. The key to getting decent results (for me) is two-pass rendering, and setting the bitrate high (but not too high).
With 45 minutes total on the disc, space is not an issue. I’d try a minimum bitrate of 4 or 5Mbits and a maximum of 7Mbits. Some folks may recommend a max bitrate of 8Mbits, and you can try that if you want. I have found some players struggle with higher bitrates, and not cheap brand players, either.
Theoretically the max bitrate for DVD is 10Mbits. But that leaves no room for audio, and I doubt it would play reliably.
I have prepped many assets for DVD authoring using Media Encoder and authored using Encore with great satisfaction in the results.
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1920×1080 is interlaced; 1280×720 is progressive.
I think, if I remember right, you simply make your timeline 1080i 29.97. When you bring your 23.976 footage into the timeline, Premiere Pro CC will do the 3:2 pulldown.
If I have this wrong, someone jump in a correct me.
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If you are cutting SD, you’ll get by. HD with some more demanding codecs or 4K, you will likely want more RAM.
If you will be doing any work in After Effects you will most certainly want more RAM.
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Right-click your footage in the bin. Select “Modify”
You can set up the audio channels of your footage to work however you would like them to work in the timeline. This must be done before you place the footage in the timeline.
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What file size is the export stuck at? (Look at the incomplete file on the drive.)
How is that drive formatted?
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Andrew makes a good point.
Are you creating a *data* DVD simnply to deliver the MP4 file? Or are you burning a *video* DVD designed to play in a DVD player?
If it is a data DVD, you might try simply reducing your bitrate.
If it is a video DVD, remember DVD’s are standard definition only (720×480 NTSC, 720×576 PAL). You will be making a much smaller file anyway, once your finished product is reduced to standard def.
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In your in-house test you indicated you are going as far back as WinXP. Windows Media Player at that time did not play DVD’s natively.
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The P2 file structure has a folder called “contents”, as well as other folders. Video an audio are separate files in the P2 structure. You may also see a file named “lastclip.txt”. All of this material is the original footage from the P2 card.
9207_p2folderstructure.jpg.zip
As to why PPro is not sending your finished product to your specified folder, I don’t have an answer, I’m afraid. I worked with P2 for years and did not have this issue.
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You have two options. You can letterbox your video so they will see the full image or you can crop and lose the sides of the image. SD is not square pixel; the PAR is .91 (rectangular).
It is peculiar they are only specifying an SD format. I would ask if they have any HD options.
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Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.
