Edius to Encore Compliance

[ajcvideo]

I am ready to export my first HD file for authoring in Encore CS5.5. Am I to export elementary or h.264 blu ray compliant? Also waht would be the max video bitrate for either export?

[Khoi Pham]

If you do Blu-ray preset, you will have to demux it so that you will have 2 files, one video and audio, that is what Encore wants.

[ajcvideo]

What do I need to demux?

[Khoi Pham]

You need to download a freeware Tsmuxer, then load your .mt2s then
1.click on source video h.264
2.check the box Change Level and change it to 4.1
3. uncheck Add picture timing info and Continually insert SPS/PPS
4. check demux button and click on start demuxing
It won't take long, when it is done, you will have a h.264 file and a .ac3 file.
Encore will accept it without reencode.
Max. legal limit for both is 40mb/s

[rando]

I make BRs in Encore without demuxing. Encore 5.5 lets me import the program stream and it works fine.

[ajcvideo]

Which Tsmuxer do you use?

[Khoi Pham]

Smartlabs 1.8.4

[David Clarke]

Working in EDIUS 6.06 with PAL I just export using the Blu-ray exporter and load to Encore, no demuxing. Encore 5.5 does not trancode. Used to be a problem with older versions but I have not had a problem with Encore 5.1 (the version that comes with Premiere CS5.5).
If yours have to transcode I would be interested to find out why.

[Khoi Pham]

Ahh, I'm still using Encore CS3 and Edius 5.1, will catch up soon to your guys when I get my new computer. Sorry for the outdated info ajcvideo.

[Red Union Films]

Ahh, I'm still using Encore CS3 and Edius 5.1, will catch up soon to your guys when I get my new computer. Sorry for the outdated info ajcvideo.

Hi Khoi.

I had the same problem as you with the same setup. TsMuxer is a great tool, and one to just have knocking around, you don't know when you will need it. It's also good for packing your audio and video into other containers and program streams, and for preparing simple BD single play folders.

Reading your posts I can see the type of things you are doing with BD and H.264 encoding. If you get the time, try out the MeGui/X264 option. It is a bit more involved, but creates the best looking H.264 for BD, web, or whatever.

Cheers.

Dave.

[Khoi Pham]

Thanks, I probably won't have the time, rendering to BD right now is killing me, I'm getting another computer along with E6 so I can encode faster to catch up with my work, but I will try it once I catch up.
Thanks.