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1. Re: Auto transcode slightly over size
Bill Hunt Dec 20, 2011 2:37 PM (in response to BGabriele)You can certainly Encode to either HD MPEG or H.264 in PrPro, and use bit-budgeting to get your output size down to fit. Obviously, the lower the Bit-Rate, the lower the quality. There are several good articles on bit-budgeting, and also several calculators, on the Internet.
This would probably be a good ARTICLE to start with.
Good luck,
Hunt
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2. Re: Auto transcode slightly over size
ram8kumar Dec 20, 2011 8:40 PM (in response to BGabriele)Did encore not show the size estimate before burning?
If it did show the estimate, was that estimate below 25 GB before transcoding?
-Ramesh.
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3. Re: Auto transcode slightly over size
BGabriele Dec 21, 2011 6:22 AM (in response to Bill Hunt)Hunt
Thanks for the info leads. I found, in a section on "bit budget", that Encore's "automatic" setting will do a good job of estimating as long as the media is around 2 hrs or less.
In order to get this done quickly, I went back to the Premiere project and exported the timeline to h.264 bluray, which resulted in a smaller output, with which I was able to construct a BD image (and burn).
This was an odd project... the first time I've tried to construct a BD around such a high DURATION of media, as opposed to large amount of data. Since the bandwidth of the original content (VHS tapr) was low, I thought I could get away with using a low data rate.
Thanks...Ben
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4. Re: Auto transcode slightly over size
BGabriele Dec 21, 2011 6:35 AM (in response to ram8kumar)Ramesh
Yes, the estimate shown was below 25 G, but not by a lot.
FWIW, there is no way to tell Encore, in the build BD screen, to shoot for a different size. There is such an option when building an Encore DVD, which I've used with success (I tell it to target 4.25 GB, for some margin.)
I remember reading something about win 7 (64 bit?) using a different number scheme for file size, and Encore being a 32 bit application mis-interpreting the values for estimation.
...Ben
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5. Re: Auto transcode slightly over size
ram8kumar Dec 21, 2011 8:33 PM (in response to BGabriele)You can change the size from 25 GB Single layer to 50 GB dual layer which would give the correct size if the size is going below 50GB.
If the media is non-BD legal then, En can fit a whole lot in a dual disc by lowering the bit rate(hence degrading the quality).
But if media is BD-legal then En does not play with the bit rate and it will just not do any auto fit of the content.
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6. Re: Auto transcode slightly over size
BGabriele Dec 23, 2011 8:54 AM (in response to ram8kumar)Ramesh
Thanks for your insite on this. I plan to try your suggestion soon. I had to get this project into a "presentation" form ASAP, so I resorted to multi DVD's. Which leads to another question (not necessarily for THIS discussion)....Reading discussions about transcoding (in general), it might be best to do as much of the data prep in Premiere.
Thanks again...Ben



