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1. Re: Compressing to a DVD using encore
John T Smith Sep 3, 2012 8:45 PM (in response to ksemple)>video file that is larger than 4.7gb
What kind of video file is that?
1 - export from Premiere Pro as MPEG2-DVD, and import the two (video & audio) files into Encore for authoring
2 - export from PPro as (regular or widescreen, as appropriate) DV AVI and import the one file into Encore for authoring
My personal choice, so I don't have to worry about bit budgeting, is #2 - and I then have Encore do "automatic" encoding to make a "best fit" of video to disc
If your end result is larger than will fit on a single layer disc, you will need to use a dual layer disc
Some other information
Encore http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-encore-cs4/
Authoring http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/dvd_authoring/
Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/
And more Encore http://library.creativecow.net/articles/devis_andrew/
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2. Re: Compressing to a DVD using encore
SAFEHARBOR11 Sep 4, 2012 7:36 AM (in response to John T Smith)Hi Jamaine,
DVDs are MPEG-2. Period. H.264 or other formats will not work at all. As John recommended, from Premiere you can use File > Export > Media and encode to "MPEG-2 for DVD" format. Choose an appropriate Preset, such as "NTSC Widescreen" or whatever matches your footage best. I would not recommend exporting to an intermediate file, as this just takes more time and the extra encoding pass can degrade quality.
There are many bitrate calculators out there, but I found a formula from Adobe that is simple and has served me well, which is 560/minutes=bitrate. I just round the result down slightly to allow for additional overhead (menus, etc).
For instance, 560/120=4.66, so I encode at 4.5 and fits just fine. Just enter that bitrate into the encode settings, but don't go over "8" for shorter programs. I use CBR most of the time versus VBR, that is personal choice, but on shorter programs I see no benefit to VBR.If you have Production Premium, from Premiere, you can do File > Dynamic Link > Send to Encore and this will automate the conversion process for you, but I like the manual control myself.
Hope this is helpful
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers



