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1. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 3, 2012 2:45 PM (in response to dedekind7)I might have found the answer and I'm trying it. In the Project Panel I can "Revert to original" the video imported with Dynamic Link, so that it's not transcoded, and then I can transcode it manually by specifying my own preset where I have much more options to play with (like fields).
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2. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
Ann Bens Jun 3, 2012 2:48 PM (in response to dedekind7)I assume you are on CS5.x.
The field issue is a know issue, so dont use DL when going from HD to SD
Export straight from Premiere to mpeg2-dvd and import into Encore.
This field issue is fixed in CS6.
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3. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 3, 2012 3:15 PM (in response to Ann Bens)Yeah, I think that's the safest path. Thanks.
Also, my footage is in 25fps, and I need the final DVD to be NTSC. Which frame rate should I choose in the export presets? Automatic, 23.976 or 29.97? I believe but am not sure, that the source is PAL, but I'm sort of a newbie so I don't know much about this stuff.
EDIT: I just checked and my source is indeed 1080p PAL 25fps. So I don't know what to do!
Message was edited by: dedekind7
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4. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
Ann Bens Jun 3, 2012 3:53 PM (in response to dedekind7)Exporting to NTSC will be trial and error. Never done that myself. I think (not sure either) 29.97 will be the best choice.
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5. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
John T Smith Jun 3, 2012 3:55 PM (in response to dedekind7)Convert NTSC <--> PAL http://forums.adobe.com/thread/995779
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6. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 3, 2012 5:14 PM (in response to John T Smith)Thanks for the links. I read the discussion and watched the tutorials but I'm still a bit confused. Am I risking losing quality by converting from PAL to NTSC? (apart from the fact that I have to lose quality already by going from HD to SD).
Also, I don't feel like converting all the footage and editing it back in Premiere Pro again. It wouldn't be a start from zero since essentially I can just replace the media and keep the edition, but I'd much prefer to convert the final output. I'm guessing I will just do some trial and error setting up Adobe Media Encoder to encode things to different NTSC configurations and see what's the best result.
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7. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 3, 2012 7:48 PM (in response to dedekind7)Ok, so I've tried several outputs.. NTSC at 23.976, at 29.97, and PAL at 25.. honestly I cannot really tell a difference between them. It's a short documentary so for example no high-motion action or things like that.. maybe that's why maybe it's not so important. But this is only in my computer. I don't really have a way to check with an actual TV for the moment so I'll just take the chance, cross my fingers and stick with 29.976.
I've also heard of another way, using VLC to output any DVD to an mpg file, and then NTSC-authoring it. But some output problems could appear like artifacts, etc.
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8. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 4, 2012 7:24 PM (in response to dedekind7)Hi again! I have a final newbie question.. since my footage is actually 1080p - 25fps, I will also make blu-ray versions of it. When I set the H.264 Blu-Ray presets at the moment of exporting from Premiere Pro, it asks me for a TV Standard, either NTSC or PAL. I thought for Blu-Ray this made no sense, but apparently I'm wrong. Does it matter what I choose here? If it doesn't then of course I will just put PAL, but will it play everywhere?
Thanks again.
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9. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
Stan Jones Jun 4, 2012 8:53 PM (in response to dedekind7)Also see this:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/1901666#1901666
No 1080p25.
CS6 does not change this, correct?
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10. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 4, 2012 8:59 PM (in response to Stan Jones)Oh, that's too bad! I'm wondering if Encore is really the way to go for authoring DVDs and Blu-rays..
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11. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 4, 2012 9:05 PM (in response to dedekind7)But actually I don't think there's a problem with what I'm doing. I'm exporting from Premiere Pro (1080p25) to an .m4v file and them importing this to Encore. In the project panel the transcode status is set to Don't Transcode, so I think that's fine. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
I'm guessing that list applies when you use Dynamic Link to encode in Encore.
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12. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
JSS1138 Jun 5, 2012 8:20 AM (in response to Stan Jones)CS6 does not change this, correct?
CS6 can't change this. The Blu-ray spec itself does not allow for 25p or 30p at any resolution. Those frame rates can only be interlaced.
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13. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 5, 2012 1:27 PM (in response to JSS1138)Wow, that's right. Actually I think I will not be shooting again in 1080p25 for some time!
Anyway, for this project the most important thing was getting to DVD, Blu-Ray is not that important. But if it was.. what would be the best way to do it? Convert to interlaced? Convert to 24p? By "best" I mean all possible answers: what would be easiest, what would be best in terms of quality..
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14. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
dedekind7 Jun 7, 2012 12:25 AM (in response to dedekind7)Ok, besides everything, this post is just to discharge myself: I'm starting to hate Adobe Encore. It lacks a lot of options, it crashed to me like 10 times today (my workstation is brand new and all of the other Adobe products work flawlessly), the subtitle encoding is a laugh ("subtitle too complex to encode"), the subtitle format is a laugh.. I really think Adobe should completely redesign this software to match the high quality standards of the rest of their creative suite.
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15. Re: Authoring a DVD with HD footage
John T Smith Jun 7, 2012 9:00 AM (in response to dedekind7)If you think you have found a bug, or bugs, go to...
Bug Report and Feature Request https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform



