ADOBE ENCORE, WHAT A PAIN

[goido1962]

I have a client that wants a copy of the story on regular a dvd. I was following the tutorial to do it with Premiere Pro and then AME but then it requested Adobe Encore to do it. Adobe Encore is not included anymore, it says you should downloaded as part of CS6. I did and immediately it warned me about conflicts with a lot of my CC 2018 and 2019 programs. It wanted me to get out of Premiere Pro, Adobe link, Photoshop server something etc. I canceled out of it. It has to be a easier way to do this. Is Encore somewhere in Premiere Pro CC? I have a wav file and a M2V file but I need Encore to create a simple DVD?

Thanks

[Stan Jones]

I reinstalled recently and got no such warnings. How specifically did you install CS6?

[goido1962]

I downloaded it out of the cloud, it extracted and it went to install, it warned me of potential conflicts with my CC products.

[Ann Bens]

Restart windows then install cs6. No other adobe app should be opened first.

[goido1962]

Ok, thanks! Why would it be so difficult to install a legacy product? I have tried free authoring software and they are very buggy with Windows 10.

[Ann Bens]

Common practice when installing (any) program to restart computer first so not having any thing else open.

After install restart computer.

[neil wilkes]

goido1962  wrote

Ok, thanks! Why would it be so difficult to install a legacy product? I have tried free authoring software and they are very buggy with Windows 10.

The problem is that DVD Authoring uses licensed technology, and all the free tools are reverse engineered hacks that are based on their developers reverse engineering released titles.

You also need to take into consideration that Encore has not been developed now for years, ever since Rovi shut Sonic Solutions down in favour of their online streaming model so please don't blame Adobe for this mess - blame Rovi as it is all their fault.

Encore is admittedly limited but it does work and is perfectly capable of doing the job properly. What you will not get it to do reliably (if at all) is use stuff like Dynamic Linking from Premiere Pro CC, but that was always a bad idea even when it was still being developed.

Solutions:

1 - Do what Ann suggested, and install Encore CS6. This will work as a standalone tool quite nicely, and there are plenty of people here to help out if you get into difficulty. An M2V and a WAV file is perhaps not the best way to go - you really should feed encore with an uncompressed video file, as this will allow you to properly optimize the assets although an M2V will be fine as long as you have encoded it properly to the right standards.

2 - Buy a different application, such as Scenarist SD or DVD-Lab Pro.

[John T Smith]

>Is Encore somewhere in Premiere Pro CC?

Sort of

How to get previous using a Cloud subscription https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2528377

-the menu option to see previous versions has changed (several times!) see message #18 for the latest

-or possibly (another new) procedure in https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2549992

When you have Encore questions, you may go to forums.adobe.com/community/encore/content

[Mau7rice]

Yea it is a pain. Do yourself a favor and take meticulous notes on the problems you encounter and how to work around them. While I can understand the quandary Adobe ended up in that caused them to discontinue Encore specifically, I cant empathize with their decision to basically abandon DVD authoring all together. With a still sizable army of people that request disc delivery for playback it would be awesome if Adobe developed a cloud based replacement for Encore that Dynamic links to the other apps just as Encore did. Almost any video pro worth their salt at one point or another is going to be asked if they can deliver the footage or final edit on a DVD.  If you're relying solely on Adobe the answer to that question for some is probably no.

[neil wilkes]

Mau7rice  wrote

Yea it is a pain. Do yourself a favor and take meticulous notes on the problems you encounter and how to work around them. While I can understand the quandary Adobe ended up in that caused them to discontinue Encore specifically, I cant empathize with their decision to basically abandon DVD authoring all together. With a still sizable army of people that request disc delivery for playback it would be awesome if Adobe developed a cloud based replacement for Encore that Dynamic links to the other apps just as Encore did. Almost any video pro worth their salt at one point or another is going to be asked if they can deliver the footage or final edit on a DVD.  If you're relying solely on Adobe the answer to that question for some is probably no.

Sorry but a cloud app will never be capable of doing this as there are way too many variables and the file sizes are just too large.