https://forums.adobe.com/people/John+T+Smith wrote >It's sad that Adobe has abandoned Encore Not exactly... the owner of the core modules that Adobe used inside Encore was sold, and the new owner removed the license, so Adobe could no longer develop Encore Adobe then (seemingly) made the decision not to recreate what had been licensed to build an Encore replacement... but since I don't work for Adobe, that part is only conjecture |
Adobe could not have reverse engineered the authorcore & reworked it - not legally. One of the things that the regular bunch who all want everything from SD to UHD in one package including all necessary encoders for about $50 (and even at that price I wager serious numbers will still look for hacked versions) all tend to forget is that this is all patented & licensed technology.
Adobe's Authorcore was from Sonic Solutions, who had the rights to Daikin's original Scenarist application. Encore's core was from the at the time unused "DVD Producer" application and all Adobe did was added their own front end into the author core, which is effectively the multiplexing engine & the bit with all the hooks for the GUI to be added to - it sets the ground rules for what is & is not allowable in theory, with the local (Adobe) developers in this case deciding what sections they are prepared to give access to.
When Sonic Solutions were bought out by Rovi, Rovi diod not remove the license from Adobe, they closed down the entire Optical Disc section altogether including (after leaving a years grace) all support for Scenarist DVD & Blu-ray as well as the Sonic DVDA tools. The consumer grade stuff was flogged off to someone else (I cannot remember who offhand) but all the pro stuff was canned totally, leaving no support at all.
It was at this point Scenarist LLC ended up being created from the ashes of Sonic Solutions, and all Optical Disc types are again under development & fully supported.
Interestingly, it seems that Sony are now out of the game too - Sony Creative Software is gone. Some of the lower end stuff has been flogged off to Magix, but all the serious stuff is gone including all optical disc (not sure if Blu-Print is still going, but don't much care) stuff. No more Vegas, Soundforge, Spectral Layers/Pro, DVD Architect etc.
In closing (and I honestly do have a point) there is room for Adobe to come in hard here, and add optical disc packages to the CC package as there is next to no alternative out there at a professional grade. All there is now is Scenarist & DVD-Lab Pro 2.
I wager that Scenarist LLC will happily talk to Adobe about licensing...........and remember, they own themselves again now.
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