8 Replies Latest reply: Feb 4, 2010 11:09 AM by Ciro Cozzolino - Italy RSS

    Encore cs4 "Automatic" Transcode settings does not respect 16/9 AVCHD footage

    Ciro Cozzolino - Italy Community Member

      Hi all.

       

      I had this problem working with footage filmed and edited at AVCHD resolution 1920x1080 with PremierePro cs4:

       

      When I "bridged" to Encore, PP sequences appeared in their own resolution. When I previewed an Encore DVD project, it appeared in 4/3 format and letterboxed. When I burned the project on DVD it appeared as 4/3 and letterboxed (indeed it took 6 hrs. -yes! 6!!- to transcode 25 mins of timelines...). So I tried to set the transcode setting to 16/9 format, but it slowed down the process even more (I stopped transcoding after 2 hrs. and the process bar had not moved a step).

       

      Could anyone suggest how to make Encore burn DVDs with 16/9 aspect, or to calibrate the "automatic" transcode of footage?

       

      Just to say i know "project settings" but:

       

      1) there is no way to indicate a project PAL 16/9 aspect based;

      2) there is no way (other than Mbits) to set automatic transcoding (ie. C/V BR - 16/9)

       

      Anyway I experienced a first DVD build very fast (less than 2 hrs. for 25 mins of timelines), than things went worst (in terms of render speed) as I start to change transcode settings manually and try to "transcode now" (in that case I got "unable to transcode" error message).

       

      Thanks