[Ramjet]

The problem is fixed.I scoured this forum archives to find the following thread. I dont think changing the executable name fixed it but downloading and installing the MainConcept 1.1 upgrade to the encoder certainly did.(https://www.mainconcept.com/adobemedia/downloads.html)
At first I got extremely large pixellated/blocky result until I realized I had changed a parameter so reverting to the default now gave good results. I notice also the default is now set to quality=max. Now the encoding process does not abort and the quality is extremely good and well worth the wait.
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=3&postid=767772&archive=T

Cheers all ..

[Ramjet]

I am having some success now using Adobe Premiere Elements. I did have to change my audio encode settings to Mpeg1 Layer2 from Dolby. That seems to be quite significant. But this change did not help with PP..still working on that. I’m happy with the results I’m getting with PE. Hats off to the designers of that software!

[Ramjet]

I have many clips which will export OK but it appears as if my resources are limiting things above approx 4000frames. No sign of dropped frames but I will check again. Also why is it only after a substantial footage? And it occurs on the second pass close to the end of footage often. Ive tried re-importing into new project..same result. Encore will burn DVD with the same footage in AVI. I prefer to import mpg2 for Encore. I am editing footage with PP V7.0( transitions mainly but also some color corrections/levels etc)
Thanks for your help so far.