Jon Geddes
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If you had a PC you could mount the image and playback on a software Blu-ray player to determine if the problem is with the disc or the data. When you preview the project, do you notice any skipping at those same places observed in the burned disc? It might be an issue with the encoded video, which means it will carry that issue through to the burned disc.
Jon Geddes
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Yes, x264 Pro is currently only available for Windows. You should still be able to get acceptable results with the MainConcept encoder at 17 mbps. When you start to go below 16 mbps for standard mixed content, that is when you really start noticing compression artifacts.
Jon Geddes
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I wonder if your drive is limited in burn speed options? What speed are the discs rated at, and what speed is Encore trying to burn?
If you have Toast, you can build an image file in Encore, and use Toast to burn.
Jon Geddes
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Make sure you are using quality discs and burning at a slow speed (2x or 4x). Not all discs are made the same. Low quality ones like memorex have skipping issues and corrupt data all the time. Use Falcon Media Pro, Verbatim, or Sony discs.
Jon Geddes
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You are in the “Menu” tab in the picture you posted, which means you created a “Menu”. A Menu is a PSD file. Try creating a new 1920×1080 PSD in Photoshop, then save it. Import that PSD as a menu into Encore, then import the background as an asset, then assign the motion background as the video/audio for the backgroun in the motion tab.
Jon Geddes
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Can you confirm that your actual menu PSD is 1920×1080? You might have a 1920×1080 project, with a 1920×1080 motion background, but if your menu PSD is 720×480, there will be some downscaling and black bars.
Jon Geddes
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Did you encode as CBR, VBR 1-pass, or VBR 2-pass? There are some issues with the MainConcept encoder that Adobe uses for h.264 that causes it to exceed the maximum bitrate. I believe these issues happen in a VBR 1-pass encode. Try CBR or VBR 2-pass. Also, make sure your maximum bitrate is set to less than 28 mbps. 23 mbps target and 25 mbps max should work well and look good.
Jon Geddes
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You can fit 2h 50 minutes of 1080p video on a single layer disc at 17 mbps VBR. Using H.264 compression, this should still look good… especially if you are using the new x264 Pro encoding plugin that produces fantastic studio quality results even at the lower bitrates. It uses x264 at it’s core, so the quality is MUCH better than the default MainConcept encoder that is built into the Adobe Media Encoder.
Good luck.
Jon Geddes
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If you want the button to land on a “Play Movie” button instead of itself after pressing enter, you must set the link of the subtitle toggle button to that “Play Movie” button, and also make sure you configure the toggle of the subtitle in the “Specify Link” window.
To do this all in one step, select the subtitle toggle button, then in the link field of the properties, click on the drop-down and select “Specify Link”. Once the window pops up, choose the same menu you are on and the “Play Movie” button you want it to land on, then configure the subtitle at the bottom to the appropriate setting.
Jon Geddes
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