Neil Wilkes
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Er, 1.066 PAR for PAL!!!
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[quote]Is Encore’s slide show feature supposed to be inferior to using Premiere Pro ?[/quote]
Please remember that Premiere Pro is a dedicated video creation & editing tool.
EncoreDVD is an authoring (read: Assembly) tool.
It sort of stands to reason you’ll get far better control using Premiere Pro over Encore for slideshow creation. -
The pause between the motion & static versions will be very close to seamless.
Additionally – I will have to go & check to be certain about this – it may also be possible to use a menu transition between the motion & the static copy.
I will check & post back. -
Additionally, DVD recorders are often not DVD-Video compliant either.
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What version & Build of Encore?
What project details?
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[Mylenium] “Encore only works within a singular title set and multiple title sets are not really required as they merely represent a means of organizing the data structure.”
Not quite correct.
Encore is a Multi-VTS application, it’s just that this is all taken care of for you by the Abstraction Layer.
If it were not a multi-VTS application, you would not be able to mix 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios in a single project as this requires a separate VTS for each ratio used, as well as for each audio structure – let me try to explain:
You cannot mix aspect ratios in a single VTS. This is a spec violation.
You cannot mix audio types in a single VTS. If timeline 1 has Dolby Digital Stereo as Audio 1, and timeline 2 has PCM stereo as Audio 1, this would be a spec violation in a single VTS, so Encore automatically sorts this out for you up to the spec limitation of 99VTS in a single title.[Mylenium] “More exotic stuff like switching menu subpictures and the like is not possible.”
Actually, it is – but you need to set it all up manually, creating duplicate menus with alternative subpicture highlight layers. This is seamless to the viewer.
You cannot get direct access to the GPRM/SPRM parameters though. All this is done by the Abstraction Layer. Unless there is a very special reason you need these options, or you fully understand how this works, it is best avoided.
If you really need this, DVD-Lab Pro is very good. -
The audio will always follow the video. This behaviour cannot be changed, as in DVD-Video, the Audio is always tied to the video.
So if the video loops, the audio must also loop as well.
Space is not an issue here, as the menu is only written to the disc once and this will hold all audio & video files regardless of how often it loops.Going from motion menu to static menu is easy too.
Just set the required number of loops, and then have the end action pointing to a static version of the motion menu.Hope this helps.
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As version 1.5 is no longer for sale through Adobe, I would be very careful about this.
Educational versions are probably not transferrable – you will need to talk to Adobe directly about this to be certain. -
It’s horses for courses.
I’ve never had any joy with an early version of ProCoder as a demo, and as such didn’t bother buying a full version.
Encore uses the MainConcept encoder, and generally does a pretty fine job when left at Automatic settings.
You can try external encoders, but you need to be very careful as it is extremely easy to produce a stream that is not DVD legal. -
What is the source of your Audio file please?
Does the original Audio play correctly in, say, Windows Media Player?
Also, what is the combined bitrate of both Audio & Video files? (I have had choppy playback when I inadvertently exceeded the bitrate limitation of 9.8Mb/sec total)
Finally, what is the setting for audio transcoding?