I'll do my best.. I shoot achd full hd   MTS files are used.

I don't change any settings in Encore.  It doesn't give me any real choices.

My settings in PPro CS6 (upgraded from CS5.5) I use the Master Collection.

Win 7

Sequence Settings:

AVCHD 1080i  Square Pixel

29.97 frame/sec

1920x1080  16:9

Square Pixels  1.0

Fields: Upper field first

Preview File Format: I-frame only mpeg

codec: MPEG I-Frame

In PPro the video looks great. 

I used Adobe Dynamic Link to send my file to Encore.

It transcodes once I have set up the location where the Encore file will be saved.

Max Audio bitrate: 8.0

Codec: MPEG 2

720 x 400

I don't seem to have any options to change these except for the bitrate that can go up to 9...

Below is a screen shot of my PPro project.. its a bit small... but I think you can make out how clear the image is.

Image of screen I receive when I send to Encore:

Image of settings:

Screen shot of project in Encore...to be built onto a DVD.

A close up of the pixelation.

Screen shot of image in PPro.. you can see the difference.

All updates are current as well.

If I have missed anything you feel would be helpful please ask. 

Cheers Kate.... and thanks in advance.

I'm on it! As it takes hours to export a file this size (its just over an hour) I will let it run overnight.  When I am done I will come back and let you know how it went. Thanks for the suggestions and for your time.

Fingers crossed.

Cheers Kate

Hi John,

I did a tiny section of the video so it would not take too long.

I exported to AVI - NTSC DV Widescreen and also tried MPEG2-DVD.  Saved files to my computer.  Opened Encore. File - imported as Timeline - Choose the file - did the usual, set title and end action. I also did an uncompressed AVI.  All came out very pixelated.

I imported the AVI back into P.Pro to see if it was grainy at this stage, and it looked perfect.  So I rule out PPro as the issue.

I am perplexed.

Hi Stan,

The images also look pixelated, as badly as the text. 

When I import any files to Encore I cannot change the import settings.  They are at 720 x 480..... I would like to change them to the file size that is the full HD 1920 x 1080.  It states I can change the authoring mode anytime in the Project Settings, but it does not give me any options.  It is set on just the one.  Is there another way to change it?

Update..  I am trying something new... hopefully it will work.  I used the Dynamic Link from PrPro.  Changed the setting to BlueRay, once it was in Encore I  noticed the settings were the same as before, DVD , burn to disc..etc.  But.... the image was crystal clear on the monitor!  So I am doing small section of the file and sending it to a DVD.  Fingers crossed that it works.

Thanks Kate

The transcode settings are on auto.  Nothing else is checked off.

Badly pixelated.  But, I took another small clip and found out how to make a new preset using on render at Max and also choose NTSC DV widscreen...something like this but don't have the exact wording handy right now as I am on another computer, at 29.97 fram rate, 8.0 max bitrate,... it worked.  I am transcoding in Encore for my large 1.5 hour video using my new preset... I will let  you know how it goes.  I am also using another software for burning the dvds as Encore is too unstable to do it.  It will take nearly 10 hours to transcode.  Thanks again and I will be back with the results soon.

Hi Stan,  Well, I did the same settings as the one I used for the short piece that worked but Encore would not transcode the longer video.  It would take around 17 hours then crash.  It looked like it was transcoding and the bars would show it was complete..and then the computer would shut down and restart. I have  a Dell i7 with 12g memory, with 9 dedicated to Adobe and I  have done lots of one hour videos before without it crashing.  

I then did another video...a short 5 minute one from a completely different project using the same settings and it worked fine.   I am concluding that there is somethng about my large video that is wrong and Encore is unable to deal with it. I also cleared the cache but it didn't seem to make any difference.  I will still work on it though just to see if I eventually figure out what is going on with it. 

One thing that has been happening with CS6 on the files that do transcode, when I transcode and build an ISO image, it makes it into a zip file on my computer.  How odd.. I will have to see if there is a setting that is doing this.

Even with a fast computer with lots of memory, CS6 Encore takes huge amounts of time to transcode anything.  It was 17 hours for an hour long video.  In CS5.5 it was much faster.  CS6 Encore and PP have a lot of issues that were not present in CS5.5.

I have to check my winzip program.  I never set it to do anything except unzip large files sent via email.  I have no idea why this happens.  Oh well. I am hope to get this figured out eventually.

Well.. I have tried everything.  What is happening is I cannot make a DVD or ISO at all.  It goes through the transcoding process, it takes up to 17 hours, it seems to get to the end, although I am not there to see it, and then my computer crashes.  I have tons of space on my hardrive as I set up this computer to do this sort of work and handle the load.  So its not the hardware.  Should I uninstall Encore and reinstall it?  I don't want to do this if you feel its uncessary.

I have seen a previouse issue here with the program crashing at the end of a transcode but the fellow never got back to  you with any more information.

Could a clip become corrupted somehow and cause the project to crash at a certain point?

I can only assume it is during the build as its near the very end.  I have not done the "transcode only".  That would rule it out if it does not crash.  I might try this after I try your suggestion.

I am leaning on the idea of a corrupted file that is causing the crashing.  I wonder if the corrupted files (if this was the case) would effect the quality of the DVD (very pixelated)?

Back soon with results.... hopefully better ones. :-)

I managed to make the DVD before the computer crashed, and I will be purchasing a third hardrive.  I thought 12gig was enough but they recommend 16 or more...so I will do that as well. It makes sense.  But... my original reason for this thread was to find out why the project looked great in PPro and pixelated in Encore and the resulting DVDs.  My settings are okay,  tried different combos, nothing worked.  They aren't grainy, just pixelated around the edges of the people.  Very odd.  I am moving onto another project so if it turns out looking great then I can say my last project was just jinxed somehow.  Cheers

That is an interesting idea but its not the text alone, its the entire video.  The titles are done in PPro as titles.  I've never had problems in this nature before.

Thank you Alan, Sorry for not responding sooner..... work and life got in the way.  It worked! :-)