Ricky Barrow
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Killer Tracks
Ricky
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Not sure about your first question – hopefully daniel ludwig will jump in here.
Yes to your second question.
Ricky
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You can try burning a DVD from Encore – if your particular company does not object or flag any issues, then you are good to go. We just recently had a company reject our disk and after a lengthy conversation, discovered they were happier if i used a burning software like Nero. So you can start with Encore nurned DVD until you have a DVD rejected, then when/if you ever have one rejected, you will know the solution is a burning software.
When using burning software like Nero, you want to use the option in Encore under the Build Tab “DVD Folder” and you can burn that to a folder on the desktop. Encore will place a Video_TS folder (just like it would in making a DVD) in the folder on your desktop. The burning software, specifically for us, Nero, has a “DVD Video” option that opens with an existing Audio_TS folder and Video_TS folder. You simply open the Encore created Video_TS folder and copy/drag all contents to the Video_TS folder that exists inside the burning software (probably for MAC that might be Toast?) -BUT the burning software isn’t burning a folder to the DVD as in data disc – it will be burning a Video DVD.
I cannot help much with FCP into Encore – we use Avid and export a QT reference, allowing Encore to see the highest quality video with no transcoding/exporting/compressing – through the QT reference, we tell Encore to transcode the file to DVD spec (mpg2) using Adobe media Encoder – hopefully someone will read this and can help with FCP to Encore. However, I would use this one simple rule – garbage in/garbage out …. saying this: the higher quality file you can start with, the better the DVD transcoded file will be. I believe Pro Res 422 is really good.
Ricky
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We have a Multi-write, mirroed partition for all Avid Projects and have told each Avid TB Manager to “auto-mount” as “write” that partition forcing it to mount as drive letter “P” (for projects) and have told our common “Ingest” partition to “auto-mount” as “read” forcing it always to the same drive letter “I” (for Ingest). that way all files should stay linked.
Ricky
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Avid is headed back in the right direction. They do need to keep listening to editors, particularly those who have always been with Avid as they pursue other users with different experiences. Avid will be around and will go “out of business”.
Ricky
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We also have many Avids on TerraBlock and follow the same workflow – the difference is we always, at the earliest opportunity, transcode all AMA to Avid Media. We use one computer for ingesting where we put all P2 and AMA linkable files onto one “Ingest” partition. This partition is read only to all other Avid machines. We link to the files we need, transcode AMA or import P2 to our exclusive project writable partition. When the project is complete, we return to the ingest machine and archive the original files from the “Ingest” partition and all other assets (photo’s, audio files etc) and Avid Media from that project’s partition. This allows us to delete the files from Ingest and the project partion to keep TerraBlock clean and manageable.
I do not know about your AMA error message – could it be codec related?
Ricky
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DVD Replication uses a process of glass mastering and is typically as you say for mass replication. DVD Duplication burns DVD’s and is cheaper. Glass mastering used to be and probably still is more accurate, meaning these DVD’s are more likely (more guaranteed) to play more reliably in all players.
I believe it depends on the company as to what they will take – in earlier days it started off as DLT tape was required but many companies now accept burned DVD’s to replicate from and most will accept DVD’s for duplicating.
To truly pass the inspection stage used at companies it is recommended to burn a folder from Encore and use something like Nero to burn the actual DVD. Encore only burns a Video_TS folder to the DVD and while there is no information in the Audio_TS folder, companies typically want to see that. Also, while I do not understand the difference, a burning software like Nero puts information on the DVD that is more acceptable to companies.
The file you have will go into Encore just fine and we have found with Encore 5.1, that letting Encore use Adobe Media Encoder to transcode the file to DVD spec. is faster and more reliable than doing so just within Encore.
Hope this answered your questions or at least gives you some insight for further research or for others more knowledgeable to add more information.
Ricky
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I may be way off base here but if this is a “DVD”, then your player is upscaling to HD component out? That would be the only way you can capture HD from a DVD as opposed to Blu-ray.
Ricky
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Please do post a video of this!
Ricky
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Knowledge and experience, perseverence and patience – all as others here have stated …. and I just can’t resist this … “It’s not too late to become a doctor or lawyer!”
Ricky