Jon Geddes
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Why would you “convert to exporting size” later? You should be authoring content that fits on standard sized discs, either single layer, or dual layer. Either reduce the content on the disc, reduce the bitrate at which it was encoded (based on how large your image is, I don’t think this will even help), or split it up over multiple discs. Those are your solutions.
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I would suggest encoding in Adobe Media Encoder before bringing into Encore. You can then make sure the audio works before it is even brought in to the project. The audio can also be exported separately from the Pro-Res file to guarantee that it works.
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This has been discussed in many other posts.
The short answer is no, you cannot turn off the square. That is now the dvd spec is designed. You can however create separate menus for each button. Then with the auto-activate feature tuned on for the buttons, when you navigate to the next button, it loads the next menu (which would be identical except for the additional stuff you wanted to highlight).
This method doesn’t work well for software dvd players because the auto-activate feature doesn’t work when you mouse over a button, and any audio you have for the menu will restart each time you highlight a button.
Jon Geddes
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Are you sure it’s HD DVD? Because HD DVD and Blu-ray are two different formats. If you recall, HD DVD lost the format war against blu-ray and is no longer used.
Jon Geddes
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Blu-ray supports SD m2v’s on the disc. You can just create the DVD m2v, author it in a Blu-ray authoring program (such as adobe Encore), burn it to a Blu-ray disc (or standard dvd if you know how), and play it back on the Blu-ray player, which should automatically upconvert on the fly.
The Blu-ray player should also support playing back a regular SD-DVD created in FCS, and will also upconvert on the fly.
Jon Geddes
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That is correct. It’s not always about using as many cores as possible. If each core is starved for RAM, you could actually be slowing the rendering down, as it has to purge rendered data more often.
If you want to use all 8 cores, you should have at least 16GB for AE, with some left over for the OS, for a total of 18GB.
Just wait until 64bit AE CS5 is released… it should be able to take advantage of as much ram as you can throw at it (24GB or 32GB for some motherboards). Pair that with one of those SSD RAIDs that connect through PCI-E (1000+ MB/s transfer rates), and you will be in business. Renders will be so fast you won’t know what to do with all the extra time you will have.
Jon Geddes
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Make sure you allot 2GB of ram per CPU in the memory settings. You should be using only 5 cores with this configuration.
Jon Geddes
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I’ve found that Encore does not like using h264 files as menus. Make sure your menu is MPEG2 Bluray
Jon Geddes
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Go to ‘File > Project Settings > Advanced’ and set the Maximum Audio/Video Bitrate to 15 mbps.
It shouldn’t need to render your menu again if you haven’t added anything to it in Encore, such as titles, drop zones, etc. (Button Highlights are OK, don’t need to be rendered into the menu)
You can select the asset in the project window and check it’s Blu-ray transcode status, It should say “Don’t Transcode”
Jon Geddes
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You should read my article here, which includes image comparisons and all:
https://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/07/hd-to-sd-dvd-best-methods/
It provides a step by step walkthrough using Dan’s method, with additional tips here and there including a lengthy discussion from other readers posting tips.
Jon Geddes
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