User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0

User Guide

See also

“Transcoding assets from the Project panel” on page 29

Transcode settings

You can specify an item’s transcode settings (by using a preset) from the Transcode Settings column in the Project

panel. (A separate column, Transcode Status, displays either Transcoded or Untranscoded to show the item’s current

state.) When you specify a preset, that preset’s data rate is used, not the data rate you calculated in bit budgeting.

Assets are designated as follows in the Transcode Settings column:

Automatic Displayed for all non-DVD-compliant assets by default. For assets with the Automatic designation,

Adobe Encore DVD determines the optimal settings for transcoding. Adobe Encore DVD bases these settings on the

number, length, and size of the assets and the available disc space. (See “About bit budgeting” on page 26.) You can

override the Automatic data rate setting by specifying the Maximum Automatic transcoding bitrate in the Encoding

preferences. Alternatively, you can specify a transcode preset for any of these assets.

[A transcode preset name] Displayed for all non-DVD-compliant assets for which you have specified a Project

Transcode Preset.

Don’t Transcode Displayed for those assets that are already DVD-compliant. You can override this setting and

specify Automatic or a transcode preset, if desired.

Note: DVD-compliant, audio-only files that don’t match the audio encoding preference are the exception; Adobe Encore

DVD assigns these audio files a designation of Automatic. You can override this setting and specify either Don’t

Transcode or a transcode preset. (Dolby

Digital 5.1 AC3 files retain the Don’t Transcode designation for quality

purposes; this designation can also be overridden to transcode to Dolby

Stereo format.)

N/A Displayed for those items, such as menus and timelines, that don’t require transcoding.

Transcoding assets from the Project panel

You can assign transcode settings and transcode assets directly from the Project panel. Upon transcoding a file,

Adobe Encore DVD updates the project link so that it points to the transcoded file. Consequently, unless you delete

the original file, you can revert transcoded assets to their original version. Adobe Encore DVD transcodes in the

background, so you can continue to work while transcoding.

Note: If Adobe Encore DVD is transcoding an asset in the background, you cannot delete timelines associated with the

asset or assign a different preset.

The data rate calculated for the Automatic transcode setting, determined by Adobe Encore DVD, appears in the

Bitrate column. You can specify the maximum automatic data rate using the Encoding preferences.

To assign a transcode setting to an asset

Right-click the asset you want to transcode.

2 Choose Transcode Settings, and then choose a transcode preset from the list. (See “About Project Transcode

Presets” on page 30.)

To override the Automatic data rate setting

Choose Edit > Preferences > Encoding.

2 Choose the data rate limit from the Maximum Automatic Transcoding Bitrate menu, and then click OK.