2 Replies Latest reply: Sep 21, 2008 11:51 PM by (Raffi_Alexanian) RSS

    I cant get HD DVD clip with a simple Ps menu

    Community Member
      Hello all,
      Encore is driving me nuts. am trying to get an HD quality movie. I have 4GB of RAM.

      In Encore, I only have one menu with a video background created in AE. The menu is imported from Photoshop, supposed to be HD at 1920 x 1080. It looks fine in Encore resolution wise. Then when I export to DVD folder, the quality is horrible. I clicked edit menu in Photoshop, then made the menu twice as big, Encore recognizes the changes and the resolution is further enhanced in the menu, but the DVD export yields the same results, and identical file size no matter what the res. of the menu is. I went up to 7680 x 4320...same story. I changed the pixel aspect ratio from square to 1.333, didnt do a thing, I changed the projects settings bit rate from 8 to 9.4...same thing. Please help.
      Thanks
      Raffi
        • 1. Re: I cant get HD DVD clip with a simple Ps menu
          Ruud Blauw Community Member
          Raffi,

          Based on your remark about the bit rate settings my guess is that you are working in a standard definition DVD project. If that is correct then the maximum dimensions for video and menus allowed by the DVD-Video specifications are 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL).

          No matter how large a menu graphic you push into Encore it won't come out any larger or better than that.
          • 2. Re: I cant get HD DVD clip with a simple Ps menu
            Community Member
            Hello Ruud, thanks for your reply.
            It is a DVD project indeed, but I am a little lost when it comes to HD vs SD. I am given no option to select any when creating a DVD, I think they are only available for Blu-ray?

            One more note, when I export to blu-ray, the resolution is much better, am using 1920 width. The problem is I dont have a blue-ray burner, so I burn to a blu-ray folder. Encore creates loads of sub folders inside the main one. The only files I can play are inside a folder called Stream and they have a .m2ts extension. When I play any of those, the buttons wont work. Any suggestions?