Encore CS4: using externally encoded files at DVinfo.net

David Hutchinson · September 4th, 2009, 08:43 AM

I want to produce a single project for both Blu-ray and DVD. I've encoded the video files using HCencoder and want to specify the the 2 different transcode files in the project panel from within encore. How do I do this?

Khoi Pham · September 4th, 2009, 11:05 AM

I don't have cs4, with cs3 u have to right mouse click on each asset and use "replaced asset", also menu template.

David Hutchinson · September 4th, 2009, 02:23 PM

the problem with replace will mean i can only do either DVD or blu-ray and as its a complicated build I don't want to have to do it twice.

Khoi Pham · September 4th, 2009, 02:39 PM

You are not doing it twice, you are just replacing dvd files with blu-ray files, what so hard about that? sure beats starting another project and have to set chapters mark and all that...

David Hutchinson · September 5th, 2009, 08:29 AM

I understand what you are saying and thank you for the advice. I just think it's a reasonable thing to ask to be able to import a blu-ray encoded asset and then specify the DVD encoded version manually rather than encore forcing a transcoding with its own encoder. I.m really surprised if it can't be done.

I have 20-30 assets and if I make a change I just want to do it once rather than in 2 different projects.

Khoi Pham · September 5th, 2009, 02:22 PM

Ok I see what you are saying, what I do is I encoded my assests with Edius twice, one MPEG2HD and one MPEG2, I don't use Encore to encode cuz I don't like the quality from it, I set chapters and author the dvd version first then I open the same project and use the replace feature and replaced them the assets with the MPEG2 HD version.

September 4th, 2009, 08:43 AM	#1
David Hutchinson New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 13	Encore CS4: using externally encoded files I want to produce a single project for both Blu-ray and DVD. I've encoded the video files using HCencoder and want to specify the the 2 different transcode files in the project panel from within encore. How do I do this?

September 4th, 2009, 11:05 AM	#2
Khoi Pham Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 747	I don't have cs4, with cs3 u have to right mouse click on each asset and use "replaced asset", also menu template. __________________ Khoi Pham www.proeditproductions.com

September 4th, 2009, 02:39 PM	#4
Khoi Pham Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 747	You are not doing it twice, you are just replacing dvd files with blu-ray files, what so hard about that? sure beats starting another project and have to set chapters mark and all that... __________________ Khoi Pham www.proeditproductions.com

September 5th, 2009, 02:22 PM	#6
Khoi Pham Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 747	Ok I see what you are saying, what I do is I encoded my assests with Edius twice, one MPEG2HD and one MPEG2, I don't use Encore to encode cuz I don't like the quality from it, I set chapters and author the dvd version first then I open the same project and use the replace feature and replaced them the assets with the MPEG2 HD version. __________________ Khoi Pham www.proeditproductions.com

September 4th, 2009, 02:23 PM	#3
David Hutchinson New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 13	the problem with replace will mean i can only do either DVD or blu-ray and as its a complicated build I don't want to have to do it twice.

September 5th, 2009, 08:29 AM	#5
David Hutchinson New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 13	I understand what you are saying and thank you for the advice. I just think it's a reasonable thing to ask to be able to import a blu-ray encoded asset and then specify the DVD encoded version manually rather than encore forcing a transcoding with its own encoder. I.m really surprised if it can't be done. I have 20-30 assets and if I make a change I just want to do it once rather than in 2 different projects.