What version of Encore are you running? ... View more

If you are not looking at the wrong info, this may be a bug related to 2 pass vbr H264. http://forums.adobe.com/message/3876184 See post 20 here, where Jeff (I think) is suggesting that this may not be a single 2 pass vbr bug, but a relationship between the profile also. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/697684 ... View more

The chart is interesting but I don't see how it addresses or, more directly, answers my questions. Jim and Harm have answered your direct question. The chart (and all the narrative above and below) illustrates how complex the larger scenario is. I can do the simple calculations, but everytime I try to look at the bigger picture, I realize how complicated it is. This was one of my favorite articles, which includes discussion of production and clean apertures etc. http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyframes/story/par_for_the_course/ ... View more

A nifty way to see this, is to use the Export Frame feature in the P Pro Program Monitor. Use it on an NTSC SD clip (in an SD sequence) and on an NTSC Widescreen clip (in a widescreen sequence). In both cases the resulting image will be 720x480 square pixels. As Jim says, moot, but I was curious about Encore. Export of a frame from an SD 4:3 clip from Encore is a regular DV sized/par'ed frame: 720x480 PAR .91. ... View more

I always found this chart interesting.... http://lipas.uwasa.fi/~f76998/video/conversion/#conversion_table ... View more

This may be the page you are referring to. http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/853/cpsid_85388.html When I put CS4 install disk 1 in, it takes a while to examine the system, then shows what is installed (Production Premium) with all the programs unchecked. I can check only the Encore library. Does the install program see your already installed programs? ... View more

I have never experienced what you describe. CS5 (not CS5.5/5.1). I missed it somewhere as I read through: you experience this while transcoding, using transcode now, not while building, correct? If you transcode prior to Encore what happens when you build? Have you tried setting preferences so you transcode through AME rather than Encore? I apologize for missing any answsers to these earlier in the thread. ... View more

I copied the same part except for the "thank you for reading." Form took it with no problem. Try pasting what you are doing into notepad and see if there is anything extra being copied. ... View more

Jim's whole post was under 400 wrods; what the heck did you ask for? ... View more

A few PGC errors have been reported in CS5 (and CS4), but a) they generally have a bit different syntax (they add info) and b) they are "real" errors - meaning they point to a specific problem, such as the blank space here.  The persistent PGC errors in CS3 never had solutions (or identified causes) but had a variety of workarounds.  As illustrated by this thread, there were actually differnt PGC variants - timelines, slideshows, and motion menus. ... View more

Zac, thanks for providing this update. ... View more

But has Satish (the original frameserver coder) said that he will maintain the project, even if someone took over the heavy lifting? As far as I recall, he gave up on creating a 64-bit version of DMFS because of the lack of time, interest (his own--not ours!) and resources. My concern would be that, while we now have what appears to be a fully-functioning frameserver, if we do find a bug or want additional features, there is no one to address that without hiring a developer again. So who would be providing support for the frameserver? What is the incentive to the programmer who has been hired to fix bugs? See post 5.  That does not fully answer the question, other than Satish appears to be willing to add to the main project.  That implies a level of support, but I don't think Satish could answer that question until he sees the code.  I assume that he would not add it until it was a ready for release.  Probably a good time for someone to ask him. ... View more

in the Effects area on the left, no window opens. If I click on the actual transition in the timeline it will open an Effect Controls window but there are no choices to Start, End at Cut or Centre at Cut. Colin has you on the right issue, but in case you still aren't seeing where to select center, left, and right: ... View more

Read help re "continuously rasterize" in AE. For some purposes, I'd go with AE.  For others, doing what Bill suggests and bringing your max size image into PR would be fine. ... View more

Mark, thanks for that explanation.  I was not affected by this, but like information about how such things come about.  For me it builds credibility. ... View more

Deselect optimize stills and try again. ... View more

It's a standard export option. Couldn't resist; did a quick test in CS4.  The option appears as an "Expand Stills" button in DV AVI export.  The default, however, appears to be not to expand. "Expand Stills" checked: file size (a 58 second bit in a NTSC DV sequence with the still and 48kHz audio) is 11 Meg.  Not checked (i.e. Optimize Stills): 215 Meg. ... View more

I've never made a video using a single still, so I never thought about this: See "Optimize Stills or Expand Stills" here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/mediaencoder/cs/using/WS81733643-B4A6-45c5-ABD7-D5A90EB388FC.html I wonder if this would reduce file size on such an avi export? You couldn't apply any effects, etc. ... View more

Select the "timeline" and you will see an "end action" in the properties.  Set it to "last menu".  You'll be good to go. Follow one of the help links and find a tutorial or two.  they will help you a lot at this stage. Burn that disk! ... View more

I'm all for getting projects out the door! I think the errors could be fixed, but sometimes they can be too resistent. ... View more

I assume you still have a problem somewhere.  I am not certain, but I think the warning will disappear when the problem does.  If you are absolutely certain that you have no chapters off, I don't know what is at issue in a "trim" being adjusted. You can, of course, ignore the warning and see what you end up with.  In some cases, a chapter being moved slightly will not matter.  I would try tracking this down, and not just leave it, however. ... View more

FLV is a supported filetype, but it is a container, and relies on codecs installed on your machine. Since CS4 is working, the flv codec in this file must be one of those that premiere is looking for a particular location for the codec. I don't know the solution, but here's the help file that says flv is supported and relies on multiple codecs. http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSd79b3ca3b623cac97fa024001235833a568-8000.html I am still on CS3, and I agree with Harm's recommendation of converting. ... View more