Tim Kurkoski
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No, there’s not. Good idea, though. Have you submitted a feature request to Adobe?
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Try the disc in some other players. A player that old will likely have the 7 Mbps problem.
In general, to avoid this, make sure your VBR max bitrate doesn’t go over 7 Mbps, and burn at 1x speed for production discs (it minimizes errors). I’d also recommend letting Encore transcode the audio to Dolby, as Dolby uses a lower bitrate.
The core of the problem is that burned discs are harder to read, and the slow reading means the player’s buffer doesn’t get refreshed as often. When the bitrate is too high the buffer holds fewer frames overall, and the two problems combined result is stuttery video, or sometimes the video freezes while the player tries to sort things out.
If you continue having problems, try using different media. Try a -R or +R, as RW media can get worn out, or may have read problems in some players.
And always always always test your DVD in multiple players, including PC software players like WinDVD and PowerDVD, if you intend on distributing it to anyone.
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You will have to capture in PAL, Premiere won’t be able to talk to the camera unless the format setting matches.
Your best option is to edit the movie in PAL. You can then export an AVI or MPEG file from Premiere as NTSC. I can’t say how good the quality will be, as I’ve never tried it. Converting between NTSC and PAL isn’t always straightforward, but it’s easier going from PAL to NTSC than the other way around. You may need to flip the fields from lower to upper first (I forget which PAL uses). If it doesn’t turn out very well, you may want to export a PAL DV-AVI file and then find another program (like Canopus Procoder) to do the conversion.
Other folks may be able to chime in with first-hand experience.
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CBR = Constant Bitrate. Every frame of the video uses the same amount of data.
VBR = Variable Bitrate. Analysis is performed to determine which frames need more data (lots of motion) and which need less (static images or little motion).
VBR usually generates smaller file sizes, but the encoding time takes much longer, and the quality can be lower if you’re not careful with the settings. Premiere Pro has 2-pass VBR options, in which it takes a second pass at the video and generally increases the quality.
There are lots of reasons why the DVD may have frozen. Using VBR, specifically, the bitrate could peak above the maximum the DVD player could handle. Older DVD players specifically have trouble with bitrates (CBR or VBR) above 7.0 Mbps, and if you didn’t watch the settings, the VBR bitrate could have had a maximum value above that.
But that’s not the only cause of problems with burned DVDs. We need more information. What kind of disc were you using, what model DVD burner, what model player you were using, what burn settings (burn speed, specifically) you used, etc. Also, did you burn the DVD with Premiere or with another application?
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Zaxwerks is the best solution. The idea of stacking 3D objects could also work, but the sheer number of layers would slow things down. Along those same lines, Useful Things has some functions that can be used to make rudimentary 3D primitives out of multiple solid layers.
Illustrator CS and CS2 have a 3D extrude function. If you just need the shape, that could work. If you want it to rotate, you could make multiple views in Illustrator and create a sequence.
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Hi Kennon,
Yes. Put all of your images on the scanner, then scan them as one document. Then choose File > Automate > Crop and Straighten Photos.
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But if that is the issue, why does it not effect the still image? When the animation is off, the still is in the exact poster frame.
Couldn’t explain, exactly, but it probably has something to do with the process Encore uses to generate/render the animated buttons, which is undoubtedly different than how it captures a single frame.
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That’s a fantastic idea, Rob. Simple and elegant.
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Another question: why is it that when a certain clip is used in several different projects, the audio for that same file needs to be conformed all over again for every different .prproj file?
Just FYI, the logic behind this (yes, there is a logic to what Premiere Pro does) is that conformed audio files are associated to a specific project file, just like the video previews.
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You can’t skip right into the loop point when you link to the menu.
To work around this, set your intro up as a timeline or a different menu, and have the end action link to your menu. There may be a small delay when the end action happens (depends on your player; you’ll see it clearly in Encore’s preview mode), but it’s the only way to do what you’re asking.