Adobe Encore CS5 - Progressive Film to DVD question at DVinfo.net

Silas Barker · January 9th, 2012, 03:52 PM

Hi guys,
I have a 720p 30fps (29.98) progressive film I ve created.
I have used Virtual Dub to create a pretty nice scaled down version at 480p.

I would like to put it on DVD. When I select the "Progressive" transcode option in Adobe Encore, it looks pretty good on my flatscreen Tv, but it looks horrible on my computer on Windows Media Player or Quicktime. Very bad anti aliasing. (PS it looks great at 480 when I import it into Premiere Pro to see it on a DV preogressive setting).

Solutions?

Ann Bens · January 9th, 2012, 04:34 PM

Assuming you made the film in Premiere, why do you not go directly to Export Media in Premiere and import the file into Encore for authoring.
Or you could use Dynamic Link. Making it an avi is an extra unnecessary step.

Taky Cheung · January 10th, 2012, 09:41 AM

Try to avoid transcoding as much as you can. There are 2 generation loss of quality in your workflow. Downsizing in virtual dub (1st) and then transcode in encore (2nd). Encore uses the inferior mainconcept MPEG encoding engine. You can only get good result in high bitrate.

Silas Barker · January 10th, 2012, 03:25 PM

Thanks for the replys - the AVI is something I had from a previous version of Adobe.

So please answer the question whether I should use the "progressive 7bit" preset for transcoding or leave it on automatic?

January 9th, 2012, 03:52 PM	#1
Silas Barker Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 577	Adobe Encore CS5 - Progressive Film to DVD question Hi guys, I have a 720p 30fps (29.98) progressive film I ve created. I have used Virtual Dub to create a pretty nice scaled down version at 480p. I would like to put it on DVD. When I select the "Progressive" transcode option in Adobe Encore, it looks pretty good on my flatscreen Tv, but it looks horrible on my computer on Windows Media Player or Quicktime. Very bad anti aliasing. (PS it looks great at 480 when I import it into Premiere Pro to see it on a DV preogressive setting). Solutions?

January 9th, 2012, 04:34 PM	#2
Ann Bens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 710	Re: Adobe Encore CS5 - Progressive Film to DVD question Assuming you made the film in Premiere, why do you not go directly to Export Media in Premiere and import the file into Encore for authoring. Or you could use Dynamic Link. Making it an avi is an extra unnecessary step.

January 10th, 2012, 09:41 AM	#3
Taky Cheung Inner Circle Join Date: May 2007 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 2,114	Re: Adobe Encore CS5 - Progressive Film to DVD question Try to avoid transcoding as much as you can. There are 2 generation loss of quality in your workflow. Downsizing in virtual dub (1st) and then transcode in encore (2nd). Encore uses the inferior mainconcept MPEG encoding engine. You can only get good result in high bitrate. __________________ LA Color Pros Blog RODE Authorized Reseller . Comer LED Camera Lights . TakyBox HTML5 Menu Generator

January 10th, 2012, 03:25 PM	#4
Silas Barker Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 577	Re: Adobe Encore CS5 - Progressive Film to DVD question Thanks for the replys - the AVI is something I had from a previous version of Adobe. So please answer the question whether I should use the "progressive 7bit" preset for transcoding or leave it on automatic?