using Encore

Report · Jan 24, 2017

I am trying to recover videos from Premiere projects I no longer have access to. All the supporting data to the projects was deleted. However, I still have the Encore files from when I burned the videos to a DVD.

My question is, how do I export my encore project to an mp4? My only options on encore are DVD, Blu-ray, and Flash. I tried to export to Flash and was able to get a .swf file but I am not finding any helpful converters online to convert a .swf to a mp4.

Any suggestions?

Report · Jan 24, 2017

I figured out a way to get around this and wanted to share just in case anyone is having the same issue. (by the way adobe support cant help you at all because they no longer offer this program in their new creative cloud suite.) Anyways, hope this helps!

For the sake of directions lets call the project "week1"

Click on the folder where your project is saved and follow these steps:

week1 -> Sources -> Transcodes -> week1

within that file there will be several files;

choose the .m2v and .ac3 files and convert them using Apowersoft Free Online Video Converter - convert AVI, MP4, MKV online

you will have two separate files, a video file and an audio file; they should be the same duration

match them up in premiere and export in H264 format

the video quality isn't the best but it works

Report · Jan 24, 2017

Not that Encore would be the program to convert .m2v/ac3 files back into a single video file, but ... Encore is still available to those with CC subscriptions, via the CC Desktop app. I'll talk about that below.

As to your initial job, when I've got DVD-exports out of PrPro, the two files are the .m2v video stream and the audio stream that varies as to whether you chose Dolby Digital, MPEG, or PCM for your audio output. I can just import those right back into PrPro, match them on a new sequence, select both and right-click then click "Link", to get back to a joint audio/video clip ... export as whatever I want.

Especially if I'm bringing back my only 'copy' of such a file, I wouldn't use a heavily compressed H.264 codec ... I'd probably use a DNxHD for the job.

Getting Encore

In the "Apps" tab, scroll down to the "Find Additional Apps" bar, go over to the right & click the blue text, select "Previous Versions", then the list of apps below that will show the varying Adobe apps. Click on the "Install" by any app, you can choose which previous version to install.

To get Encore, you click on the Premiere Pro "Install" button, choose CS6, and after installation, you can delete PrPro and still have Encore installed on your machine, as it installs as part of CS6 PrPro. Then you need to get the rest of the "functional" material, download & install ... I think this link is still the appropriate place for downloading the other material you need for Encore to function.

http://helpx.adobe.com/encore/using/download-library-content.html

Neil

Report · Jan 25, 2017

Youi are correct, you cannot get the final file you want from Encore. And, as you discovered, IF you transcoded the files in Encore, they are in the Encore project files. IF, however, you imported already transcoded files to Encore, they remained in their original locations, and you probably deleted them.

I don't know that converter. You want to ensure that the file is not re-transcoded. Keep it as mpeg2, and just mux the 2 files into one.

For a watchable version, the advantage of the H.264, some loss of quality by re-transcoding not withstanding, is its versatility for playback on HD TVs etc. Make sure you are leaving the original pixel size of the video (SD quality, since that is all DVD will do). The TVs do a better job of upscaling. There are many discussions as to what version of the H.264 codec/settings etc are used for best quality.

As Neil notes, for a an archival version, you don't want to go to H.264, as this will loose quality. Simply keeping the m2v and a3c versions for import will be as good as it gets.

Report · Jan 25, 2017

Hi mgoltz72,

Check out the free MPEG Streamclip software. This allows you to "rip" a DVD to various formats. Pretty powerful, yet simple and easy to use

Another thing to remember is that Premiere can edit .vob clips, so one could either copy these from existing DVD disc, or from Encore, choose Build to Folder and then the .vobs are available right from that. Import the .vob files into Premiere, put on Timeline and then Export to whatever format you want.

EDIT: Just-re-read Neil's post and realized my idea of editing or converting the .vob files is redundant, since as was pointed out you can just utilize the .m2v and .wav or .ac3 files that may already be found in the Encore project folders. But still, check out MPEG Streamclip, might be just the ticket for quick conversions. I should mention, that in that software if you open the .m2v, it will automatically link the associated audio file to that clip (having same name, in same folder), so the conversion will have audio.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera

Safe Harbor Computers