Mike Velte
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Movie less than 50 minutes cant benefit from VBR, as the target and max cant go above about 8500 (w/dolby) with choking some players or exceeding the DVD spec max of 9800.
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IMHO Pro’s Mpeg encoder works very well. You might want to check out some instructions and a chart on my web for more info.
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2 pass vbr works best on long movies, 75 minutes and longer where the average bitrate must be below about 5500 kbps. If the movie has a good mix of low and high motion scenes, the encoder can go much higher (max) than the average (target) by using less bits on low motion (Min) scenes, hense the term “variable” bit rate. Stay below about 8500 max and above 3500 min. The target is the length of your movie divided by the capacity of the disc.
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You can buy one here;
https://dve.teletex.ru/en/download.shtmlor download a 1 hr QT movie from my web to overlay on your video (free)…see timecode movie
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While Premiere pro’s Mpeg encoder may not be the best, it is better than many and nearly as good as those better….Canopus ProCoder ($500), CinemaCraft ($2K) and Scenarist hardware ($25K).
Explain the problems you are having. -
Your concerns about dropped frames or poor quality with a software only system is unfounded with a modern PC (2.6 P4++). Your system will rener preveiew files where needed prior to export.
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System drive; no scratch discs.
D; Captured video
E; Video Preview
F; CFA and audio previewKeep drives defagmented.
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Encore and Pro use the same encoder with the same settings. Check Encore’s and duplicate that in Pro. To see Encore’s settings; File>Transcode>Edit Project Transcode presets.
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Take a look at a demo of the latest version of ScenalyzerLive. It may do what you need and more.
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A PAL DVD wont play in most players here in the States. It wont cost much to try the conversion with Pro, but from what I have read, the quality is poor. Many folks have used ProCoder from Canopus to do this with good results.
How about shipping Mom a $39 PAL DVD player with your first movie?