Hi Roger, this sounds hopeful. Frankly, your saying that the NTSC format won't give any problems. Correct? thx! Yes, correct, you can mix and match everything in the BD spec on one BD-disc. For example, you can have your menues in 1080p24, footage in 720p60, old footage in standard definiton PAL+NTSC, credits in 1080i25. All players and televisions can handle that. PAL-only and NTSC-only applies to DVD and not to BD. Most commercial disc has for example legal text in 1080i, main feature in 1080p24, extra meterial in standard definition. ... View more

So, is it possible to shoot with NTSC at 60 fps, edit this movie (in a 60 fps project), burn it to blu ray with loss of quality? Or should I choose for PAL 50 fps? Yes, you can shoot 60 fps, edit 60 fps and burn a 60 fps BD-disk without and view it in PAL contry without any issues. You can mix frame size and frame rates on BD without any issues, that's one of the wonderful things with BD compared to DVD. /Roger ... View more

I haven't tried it on an ipod, but on a USB drive it is, afaik, impossible to take control over the content the way you can on a DVD/BD. The things that happen among others are when you playback files from USB drives: 1. You see the tv's/DVD player playback controls for a couple of seconds. (it overlays the video=bad) 2. It play the files only alphabetically. (Planning the names carefully is critical=small/no issue) 3. When it has played the last file, it starts over with the first one. You are just looping the files. (big issue) 4. Sometimes the TV/DVD mis-interprets the files and play them back at the wrong frame rate. (such as playing back 25 fps files as 24 fps with one glitch/second...) Having a menu system is critical i many cases. Since Encore has left the building i hope that someone develop a similar authoring tool so one can put finished movies on a USB drive with total control over the movies, such as when the move comes to the end, go back to the main menu, having main menus/submenus/popup menus,etc, etc. Having no way to author movies on next generation OS's is an issue that needs to be adressed. /Roger ... View more

Solution 2 did not help. ... View more

For those experiencing the issue with panels appearing blank or with missing text could you post the type of videocard you have and the driver version? Does turning visual effects off (or set to Adjust for best performance) make any difference? Graphic card: Nvidia Quadro 5000 Driver: 320.92 No, turning off visual effects in Windows 8.1 does not change anything regarding the CC app. I just updated the graphic card driver to 331.65 and after a re-boot i still see the same issues. I am using the release build of Win 8.1 Pro. (Upgraded from Win 8 to Win 8.1) ... View more

...but it's very noticeable if I try to fade out a title.  For example if there's footage on track V1, title text on V2 and a cross dissolve transition dropped on the end of the title, it doesn't fade out completely. Looks like it jumps from 10% to 0%. This is fixed in 7.0.1. If you already have 7.0.1, go to Sequence > Sequence Settings and un-check "Composite in Linear Color...". I just checked, it's present in 7.0.0 and it is fixed in 7.0.1 when you have let's say video on V1 and a Title on V2. ... View more

Thank you _Paz_, I am an experienced Encore user, so i don't need tutorials for how to use Encore. , ... View more

Yes, it's really sad to see Encore go away. It seems that we have three options: 1. Stay with Encore CS6 and be aware of that a new OS can/will eventually break it. 2. Buy another authoring application for conumers. (Cheap) 3. Buy another authoring application for professionals. (Expensive) #2 is problematic for those who want to create their own menus since many of them applications are template based. I tried the kind-of-popular TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5 and like to work in that program. But, if i have a timeline with five chapters the menu created will have five buttons and i have not yet found a way to remove anything in a template. (Or add my own buttons to a custom background i have made) #3 is among other reasons problematic since it's more expensive. I tried DoStudio and the learning curve seems quite steep and it could not even playback 1080p24 in realtime on a HP Z800 with 2x6-core processors. It seems that those applications is kind of "work-with-blindfolds" when coming from the Encore world when i am used to see my menus, see my timelines, etc. I tried DoStudio, BD Author and Easy BD Pro. I don't do so much authoring that i can justify the price and the time i will have to spend to learn the applications either. Sony DVD Arhitect is a no-go since it don't support popup-menus. Maybe it will in the future. I don't even know if that is a good program. I am personally looking for an alternative that let's me use my own menus, is reasonably priced for an enthusiast, don't take too long to get into the how-to-use-mode. ... View more

What Panasonic camera do you use? I have no trouble with spanned clips from the Panasonic HMC-151 as long as i don't rename the PRIVATE folder or any of it's subfolders or it's content. /Roger ... View more

FWIW, this is the very same kind of lag i had when i used Premiere Pro 1.0/1.5/2.0 with a Matrox RT.X10 card many years ago. Stopping playback always took a couple of frames and it was really annoying and one of the very reasons to why i finally removed the card. /Roger ... View more

"My Space Bar exhibits less responsive stopping since the  update a couple of days ago." Any hardware from AJA or Blackmagic Design involved? I see this very issue when i play out from a Blackmagic Design Ultra Studio 3D on a Mac and on Windows with the Intensiy Pro card. /Roger ... View more

Something besides basic system performance is causing the issue. Jeff is right. I am using a HP Z800 with dual six core Intel Xeon X5670 @ 2.93GHz and had the media on a SSD, Intel 520 Series 240GB. Cache files on another Intel 310 series 160GB SSD. System drive on yet another Intel 310 series 300GB SSD. If the system was to blame MainConcept files would behave more or less the same way as well. And since they don't... The issue i had with 25 minutes was not the import itself, it was when i had deleted the media cache files and re-opened the project. /Roger ... View more

I just tried with .264 files and got the very same result and .mcvideoindex and mcaudioindex files as well. I tried to import without audio, as Timeline, as Asset and get the same result every time. I gave you the name of the folder since there are three cache folders when using Encore. What version of the plug are you using? I am using 1.0.2.0 (beta of 1.0.1.19) Got the same result with earlier versions as well. /Roger ... View more

"Neither clip generates the mcvideoindex or mcaudioindex cache files that Roger mentioned.  The only cache files generated are the .xmpses files." Look in the Media Cache Files folder.   (Edit > Preferences > Media to see where that folder are located on the HDD) "For reference, does anyone with long import times have any of those codecs installed?  How about x264Pro encoding method (VBR vs. CQ)?" No Matrox codecs installed. No x264 VFW codec installed. Yes, the free Grass Valley Codec Pack 6.5.1 installed. No, none of those codecs are installed on the other computer. I have only installed Windows 7 and Production Premium CS6 on that computer. Yes, the same happens with VBR or QC. /Roger ... View more

Paul, I created two files, same content, 37 minutes long, different bitrates, and here are the results: When media files are placed on a 7200 HDD: 7.57GB = 113 seconds 2.53GB = 33 seconds When media files are placed on a SSD HDD: 7.57GB = 86 seconds 2.53GB = 29 seconds Since the HDD led is constantly on during the whole import, caused by the indexing, i wanted to place the files on a SSD drive to see how much the time it takes to import decreases when the HDD is faster. Importing the same file encoded with the built in MainConcept encoder takes 2 seconds to import, so there is a big difference that must be fixed. I have tested on two different computers and get the same result, iow that X264 files import very slow the very first time they are imported. I must add that though i dislike the time it takes to do the first import i am not going back to the MainConcept encoder since the x264 plug-in outperforms the quality of the files compared to the quialty i get from the MainConcept encoder. /Roger ... View more

"Jon, you also say that your video files import instantly with CS6 yet Roger says that his are indexing etc." I should clarify one thing: If i create a file with the x264 plug the first import of the file takes long time when i import it into Project A. If i then create Project B the same file imports fast since the filename.mcaudioindex and filename.mcvideoindex already has been created during the very first import. So if one test to import files that has already been imported one will not see this issue. Good to know for trouble shooting. Two things happen during the first import: 1. Before the file is imported the files filename.mcaudioindex and filename.mcvideoindex are created. 2. When the file is imported Encore starts to index the file in the background. (the file name is italic in the project panel) #2 happens on all imports while #1 "only" happens the very first time the file is imported into any Encore project, as Timeline or as Asset. /Roger ... View more

"Have you tried importing a fairly large ( 12-16gb)  x264 blu ray encoded file into Encore using this plug in?" Paul, i have tried to import long/large files encoded with the x264 plug-in and can confirm that there is indeed an issue. The x264 encoded files are somewhat "offending" to Encore so the files must be indexed/validated before Encore can import them and use them. Two files are created during the import/opening files created by the x264 encoder; filename.mcaudioindex and filename.mcvideoindex. This takes very long time for each import. Those files are stored in the Media Cache, so if you for some reason clean the cache those files must be created again. So, the very first import takes very long time. All subsequent opening of the projetc is fast. If deleting the media cache or re-encoding the files makes opening take very long time again. I have one project that takes 25 minutes to re-open if i delete the media cache. .m4v or .264 as a container does not matter. (Media length = approx 65 minutes.) Files encoded by the built in MainConcept encoder imports lightning fast and no filename.mcaudioindex and filename.mcvideoindex are created. I have been in contact with the creator of the plug-in and know that he is working on a solution for this issue. I use Encore CS6. /Roger ... View more

I bought the plug-in and asked if Encore Chapter Markers will be supported when exporting from the timeline, and today an update with this support was posted. Brilliant service! It's great to give input when the developer listen to the input and then fix it directly. /Roger ... View more

I downloaded it and will test it. I have not yet compared the quality, ie MainConcept vs x264 Pro. One thing i did notice is that encore chapter markers are not exported so files i import into En has no chapter markers and imo that is a big drawback. Placing markers in Pr and then having to redo it in En is not good when one has many/long assets. Do you know why it don't work with x264, SDK limitation? /Roger ... View more

Hi Jeff, O.k i got it! Plus, if the target app only works with one color space, for example if it imports any footage but converts everything to RGB24, then you would be introducing an unnecessary color space conversion by sending it YUY2 footage. So now the 10k $ question is how to figure out what color space app X works with. I have not yet found any information about it regarding Sorensson or ProCoder. They don't really print those thing with large letters. (Or, i have not found the right place yet..) /Roger ... View more

When using AFS, what Color space to use in the Video tab? For example, why RGB24 and why not YUY2 or vice versa? Planning to test it with ProCoder 3, Squeeze 7 and maybe TMPGEnc. Do different encoders require different color spaces? /Roger ... View more

Harm, the specs are as follows: MB: Intel S5000XVN Processors: 2 x Intel Xeon E5450, 3.0 GHz RAM: 16GB FBDIMM HDD: 1x300GB WD Velcio Raptor 10K, 4x1TB WD Caviar Black, 7.2K OS: Win Vista Ultimate 64-bit I did post the results and they ended up here: www.cpubenchmark.net/multi_cpu.html (I got a slightly higher result than average.) That seems to explain it all, ie that there is a baseline score and CPU score. My score is a CPU score. /Roger ... View more

Excellent and informative post Harm! I went for solution 3 when i bougth my new computer and have a server case, beefy PSU, great cooling with a fan controller that controls all fans so i can speed some of them up when rendering to keep temperatuers quite even. That gives me a quite computer as well. I get great results in PassMark as well; 9369. Bottom line: I have no chrashes, no BSD's. I have a computer that is solid as a rock. Read Harms post carefully because he is giving you pearls here, so you cannot go wrong with your new computer if you follow his advise. This thread must be in the FAQ. /Roger ... View more

Most important, go to Project > Project Settings > General and change Capture Format from DV to HDV. /Roger ... View more