Trying to make Blu Ray Disc from Encore CS3! help
 

In the timelines it shows the project as standard resolution even tho I set the resolution of the mpg2 files as 1440 x 1080.

Project setting is Blu Ray.

It comes out as a standard resolution blu ray, HELP please!!!!????

And you're sure you shot in HD, captured without downconverting into an HD Premiere project created using an HD Premiere preset, and are exporting to Blu-Ray as selected in the box that pops up after you select "Export to Encore..."?

I only ask because you said you "set the resolution" of your files to HD, which makes me think you are dealing with SD files and/or an SD project that Premiere thinks you are trying to "upconvert," which of course won't make SD into HD.

No, everything was captured as 1440 x 1080i mpeg files from Z1.

Thats whats weird, everything shows at hd but the timeline just shows it as standard!!!

Help!!!

If the timeline in Premiere is showing your footage as SD, it sounds like you might have set up an SD project. Or are you talking about the Encore timeline?

Can you post a screen grab of your Project Settings?

encore timeline, even with the blu ray settings at 1440 x 1080

will it burn in hd still??

Check your Premiere timeline before you do the export. If your Encore timeline is showing SD, somewhere the footage got downconverted during transcode, and if that's the case it won't be HD.

No,
on the file info on Encore it shows it as mpeg files that are 1440 by 1080.... its totally an encore timeline issue

A screen grab of your project settings in both Premiere and Encore would really help. Can't help you if we can't see your settings.

I'm just a little confused as you say "In the timelines it shows the project as standard resolution" and then "on the file info on Encore it shows it as mpeg files that are 1440 by 1080", which would seem to contradict each other. If any part of either project says SD anywhere, that's the best you're going to get.

There is nothing to see in Premiere,

In Encore I have these settings:

Project = Blu Ray 1440 x 1080, mpeg settings

All the files information says the right thing, just in the timeline at 100% it does not fill up the entire monitor as a HD file should. Maybe it will burn correctly but I though I should be able to see it in the timeline, no?

If it doesn't fill the screen, then it got downconverted to SD somewhere along the line. You will not get HD from it. Again, please show your Premiere project settings box. Otherwise I'm sorry, I can't help as I have no idea what you did in Premiere to cause this (and that's my hunch as to where the problem is).

Did you have any issues capturing from the Z1 at any point that you had to work around?

Inside Encore it says the files are 1440 by 1080, so its encore that has a issue displaying it as HD in the timeline.

I do not have the premiere setup anymore so I cant show that. But I know that premiere is not the problem.

Wish I could help more, but I just don't have enough info. Please let us know what the solution is if you get it figured out.

Ideally we could help more if you still had the Premiere Project (which I still think is the probelm, but of course I could be wrong), and could see the screens below:

The files show up as HD in premiere timeline if that means anything -- its just in Encore they show up as SD

I am telling you too, I captured HDV and I know how to do that, its completely an Encore thing.

Wish I could help more. It would also help to know exactly how you are getting the files from Premiere into Encore, the steps you are taking and the selections you are making. Something's not right but no way to know without a lot more info.

I imported the files into Encore Cs3

Created HD menu

Dropped Files into buttons which created timelines



theres not much to it

But how did you export from Premiere? Or are they raw files from the cam? There's a LOT to it, otherwise you would be getting the results you want.

Used the AME with 1440 x 1080 mpg settings.

Here's the window I get when exporting to AME. Can you post yours?

Also, what happens if you just try "Export to Encore" from Premiere? I've had much better luck doing that than in going out via AME.

I cant post mine, but is that really the problem?

Encore sees the files as 1440 by 1080, so thats no problem and the files can also be imported into premiere pro and are visable as HD files...


The real question is if its normal for Encore to show the timelines as SD even for Blu Ray projects??

No, it's not normal.

Can't know if that's the problem until we see it, obviously.... As we can't sit at your PC and fiddle around with it, we can only go on the info you provide, which so far isn't very much, without screen grabs. Wish I could help more. Sounds like a very frustrating problem and would like to help you get to the bottom of it.

EDIT: Stupid question, but you are using Blu-Ray discs in a Blu-Ray burner, yes?

I can't post screenshots right now, but I'll try later on if you think that will help...


Any suggestions or anything? I could try importing a different HD format and see if that makes a difference I guess?


Basically the timeline right now, in Encore, appears as standard resolution and when you try to build it "transcodes for DVD"

Yes I am using Blu Ray Discs

Blu-Ray discs in a blu-Ray burner?

Clearly something got downconverted somewhere along the line. Yes, obviously I think posting screen grabs would help or else I wouldn't have asked for them like sixteen times. And yes, try my suggestion above: Import the clips into Premiere, put them on the timeline, and choose File > Export > Export to Encore and make sure you select Blu-Ray settings. Tell us what happens.

Everything I can think of is above. I'm out of ideas until we get the info we need. Maybe someone more expert at Premiere than I can weigh in. But I've had countless flawless BD burns straight from the Premiere timeline in CS3 this way, using the method described above.

Could everything be perfect as you say, yet still delivering unacceptable results? Sure. Could it be a bug in Encore? Sure. Is it more likely you've overlooked some getting somewhere? Almost certainly, because that's almost always what it is.

But again, unless you post the info we need and try the suggestions we've made and tell us the results, I'm stumped. If it's transcoding for DVD it's becasue you told it to, somewhere.

Ok, I'll work on getting more infor and screenshots, just can't do it right now.

I really appreciate the input too!!!!!!!!

Your the man!!!!!!!!

I'll fiddle with it more probably tomorrow,

On the "Build" tab in the project Window, you have selected Blu-Ray as format and Blu-Ray disc as output, yes?

yes I did that