Having a bit of an issue trying to create a blu ray in Encore, initially I was trying to use the dynamic link between Premiere Pro and Encore but it continually causes Encore to crash. So I cut the video into two separate files to add as assets.
For some reason the 8.21gb file is filling the entire disc to 23gb when I create the timeline. I know I am missing something very obvious so any suggestions would be appreciated
In the Encore project panel, look in the "Blu-ray Transcode Status" column. If it doesn't say "do not transcode," Encore will transcode your video and that can change the size.
You don't seem to have used the Bluray H264 export from Premiere. You should have separate audio and video files, these should go into Encore without transcoding.
You can't turn it off because the file is not Blu-ray legal for Encore. Since Encore sees it as not legal, it sets it to "untranscoded" and sets the transcode setting to "automatic." Automatic means Encore will transcode it (and other files so set) so that they FILL the disk.
As Richard says, the "mp4" extension is not what you want. Export using the H.264 Blu-ray format, and these will give you an m4v and wav. You can also adjust the bitrate to get the quality and filesize you want. The test is that it will say "do not transcode" when Encore sees it as legal.
Using the correct export, it should create an m4v and wav files, and the audio should be in sync. It might help for you to post a screenshot of your export settings from PR.
Looking at your project file, you have 29.97fps set to Progressive Scan at 1440x1080.
This is not Blu-ray legal (29.97 at 1440x1080 must be interlaced) so I suspect this is why your audio is losing sync.
Can you please post your main film encoding settings? I see your intro is 23.976 (this is fine) but I cannot see the film frame rates. If these are also being encoded to 23.976 then you will have problems, as Encore is not an editor - it is an assembly tool.
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