5 Replies Latest reply: Mar 14, 2006 11:39 AM by Mediadude8 RSS

    Replacing Assets...MPEG 2's

    Mediadude8 Community Member
      Hi, I had two timelines, long version and short version encoded at 7500 for preview DVD's. I also made an 8500 version for replication. I went to replace assets today and the short version would not take the new files, at least the name didn't change in the timeline. Then when I went to burn a disc, program crashed, abnormal..closed down etc...

      I had to actually delete the timeline and make a new one, I also went into the source folder and deleted the audio transcodes...then it worked fine. Is this a bug or something that I'm doing wrong? Thanks
        • 1. Re: Replacing Assets...MPEG 2's
          Neil Wilkes CommunityMVP
          Jeffrey.

          http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332138.html
          tells us that you cannot replace transcoded assets in the "Known Issues" section. This should have been displayed as a "readme" file after installation too.
          So, sadly it's a bug - and the only workaround is the one you already found.
          • 2. Re: Replacing Assets...MPEG 2's
            Mediadude8 Community Member
            Thank you for the research Neil...I'd rather it be a bug than something I'm doing, although it was quite nerve racking when I had a fedex deadline.
            • 3. Re: Replacing Assets...MPEG 2's
              Neil Wilkes CommunityMVP
              >it was quite nerve racking when I had a fedex deadline.

              I hear you loud & clear.
              Sometimes it's good news finding out it's a bug.
              • 4. Re: Replacing Assets...MPEG 2's
                Joe Bowden Adobe Employee
                Jeffrey and Neil...being unable to replace a transcoded asset isn't a bug, but a limitation of sorts (it's always been this way in Encore). If you select the asset, then Revert to Original, you should be able to replace the original asset.

                As to the problem originally reported, has the cause of the errors been tracked down?
                • 5. Re: Replacing Assets...MPEG 2's
                  Mediadude8 Community Member
                  Joe, I actually think I was dealing with two different issues, one is the above limitation and the other I still don't know. True, I forgot to revert to original before replacing, but it's odd that it would crash the program during the burn process. I had to remove the timeline, reimport and make a new timeline before I could burn. Also odd that I replaced two timelines and one wouldn't "take", it just kept the old the mpegs, while the other updated the files. Just a little scary when you've spent weeks authoring a project and then go to burn and it says "abnormal condition"...these kind of things age you :-)