Premiere Pro CC 2017 to Blu-Ray disc

chriss95559358  wrote 1.  Exactly what Format and Preset settings should I use in the Export section of Premiere 2017 to create the files needed to author a Blu-ray disc (NTSC 1080)?  1080i or 1080p?  Is frame rate critical (the sequence was edited at a frame rate of 29.97 but it's OK if the output is 23.97 fps)?  There will be no menus and the quality should be good but doesn't 'have' to be broadcast quality.  As long as it plays in my client's home Blu-Ray player without any problem.  It's fine if it just starts playing as soon as they insert the disc.  I want to keep this as simple as possible!

This is really important.

IF your sequence was edited at 29.97 then depending on the resolution you might be forced into using interlaced outputs as you cannot use 1920x1080 at 29.97fps in progressive scan. It ain't allowed.

BUT - if you edited at 29.97 then you probably shot at 29.97 as well, so leave it alone unless you want to run the risk of some pretty nasty artifacts from the frame change. This can be done, but is usually expensive to outsource and there are some dreadful pitfalls waiting for you if you try it yourself - I would not recommend this for a beginner, but if you want to get the best results from Blu-ray then you should not be using interlaced footage.

See my other reply for a detailed breakdown on creating & importing assets.

Just remember that in setting up the project your frame rate is critically important and must match your source files. If you shot in progressive (although I cannot think of any reason to shoot progressive at 29.97 as it is not Blu-ray legal) thyen you must excport from Premiere as interlaced - set to upper field first & remember this choice.

The reason you are not getting the aswers you want is because you dont give us the info we need.

Still dont know what your source material or sequence setting in Premiere are, which determine the export settings.

See post 20 other thread.

I have edited this post, changed and added information.

3.  I'm aware that there is no longer a dynamic link between Premiere 2017 and Encore CS6.

There was no dynamic link beginning with the first CC. There is no difference for CC2017. There may be a couple slight differences. Many users never liked or used dynamic link even with using PR CS6.

The workflow described in the following tutorial (Using Encore CS6 with PremierePro CC « DAV's TechTable) still applies. It is here:

http://blogs.adobe.com/davtechtable/2013/05/using-encore-cs6-with-premierepro-cc.html

Scroll down to "Here’s a workflow video for using Encore CS6 & Premiere Pro CC."

2.  I have tried Exporting the sequence several times with different settings and I've noticed that Premiere creates 4 different files; MP4, XMP, XMPSES and WAV.  Are all 4 needed to author the Blu-Ray or just certain ones?  Which ones?

This is not correct regarding the mp4, but I think your listing the mp4 is an error here, because you would not get the wav if it were an mp4.. When you use the correct format (H.264 Blu-ray or MPEG2-Bluray) you will get an m4v or m2v and the wav and the other two. So let's assume that you used the H.264 Blu-ray format and that what you have are: m4v, xmp, xmpses, and wav. In Encore, select in the Project Panel and then File -. Import as Timeline, navigate to the folder where  you saved the files, and select the m4v and wav. This will add them to your project, will create a new item (a timeline), and will display the timeline in a viewer. Select the timeline, set the end action to "stop."

Check to see that your files are BD legal: in the Project Panel, select the video asset and look to see what it says in the "Blu-ray Transcode Status" column. (You may need to scroll to the right.) It should say "Do Not Transcode." If not, you have a problem in your PR export settings, and Encore will transcode the video.

In the Build tab, click the "check project" box and then "start." You will get a warning that the title remote is not set. Technically, this is not an error as much as a warning. But it is better to set it.

Go to the Flowchart and select the Disc icon. Then look at the Properties panel. Set the title remote as you wish - where will the user go when they push the top menu button.

You asking for a "no menu" version, which should work fine. When you add the timeline as the first item in an Encore project it sets it as "first play" (when the disk is started, the movie will play.) When you add a menu as the first step, the menu is first play. Encore also sets the "title remote" for you.

In the build tab, set the format to Blu-ray, and the Output to "Blu-ray Image." Select a location and a name for the disk and click "build." This will create an image. Burn with ImgBurn. Encore may burn the disk fine - set the Output to disk - but it is often fussy, and many of us never burn with Encore.

You must keep the xmp and xmpses files in the same folder as the other files, but you do not do anything with them. Encore does that for you. They carry chapter (and other) information (even if you do not have chapters).

1.  Exactly what Format and Preset settings should I use in the Export section of Premiere 2017 to create the files needed to author a Blu-ray disc (NTSC 1080)?  1080i or 1080p?  Is frame rate critical (the sequence was edited at a frame rate of 29.97 but it's OK if the output is 23.97 fps)?

Your files may already be okay. In the PR export dialog, I assume you used the H.264 Blu-ray Format. As Neil pointed out, 1080p is not Blu-ray legal; it must be interlaced. See this list:

Encore-supported Blu-ray Formats

Keep the same framerate.

Your best bet is to ask this in the Encore forum: Encore