Premiere Menus jma260 rev 04/22/2015

Exporting for DVD w/o menus: Cats Example

Overview

  1. Use Premiere to export the project to an mp4 file : Done
  2. Start Encore
  3. Import the mp4 file into Encore as a timeline.
  4. Specify what to do when user inserts the DVD
  5. What to do when DVD ends
  6. Decide if we want additional chapters (scenes)
  7. Create main and submenu menus (eventually)

Steps

Use Encore to create a DVD, with or without menus

  • You can select a pre-built DVD menu from a library or create your own: We’ll do the former.

Note: Menus are nothing more than Photoshop psd files.

Note: I saved a zip file containing my assets including the mp4 file. If you want to use mine, download and unzip into Projects the file named bundle

General Procedure we will follow:

  • Start Encore
  • File >New Project (or choose an existing Encore project .ncor extension)
  • Import the mp4 file that we exported from Premiere (Import as timeline, to be precise)
  • What the DVD player should do when movie starts/ends ends

Let’s get started

Using Encore to create an auto play DVD w/o Menus

  • Start Adobe Encore
  • Select New Project ( will result in an .ncor extension) (or open existing one)

Choose new project

  • Give the Encore project a name (I chose CatsDVD)

Set the Location value to the same folder as your mp4 file (InClass>Premiere>Projects

  • Click OK

You’ll see a message saying transcoding is going on:

Choose Workspace>Editing

  • Next, choose File>Import as Timeline
  • Browse to your mp4. file that was exported from Premiere….catsmp4.mp4 in my case (or your mp4).

  • The first frame of the movie shows in the Monitor window

  • Notice the right hand side: That’s where we tell Encore “where to go”…

We will modify several of these parameters, which change as we continue along

  • Insert your DVD
  • Click the Build tab (DON’T click the Build button, yet)…or Window>Build

Result:

  • Be sure to choose Format:DVD and Output:DVD Disc

The Destination area,

  • If you’re using re-writable DVDs (some of you are) you might want to click the Auto Erase …
  • The Recorder device listed is your DVD drive
  • The write speed, leave alone

Drop down to Disc Info

  • Choose the 4.7GB

Region Codes: Choose All Regions (The US is region 1)

Copy protection next

  • Notice that you can make the DVD copy protected

Complete Build section:

That’s it for this section (Project information)

  • Click the Project tab,
  • Click anywhere inside Project to show the Disc panel on the right side, top

Properties>Disc tab…upper right corner…see above

  • Click the Disc Option as below

Note: If you can’t find the Disc tab, click in an unused area of the Project window

  • To show chapter names: right-click on the timeline, select show chapter names

Eventually we will add 4-5 chapters/scenes

Tell Encore what to do when the DVD is inserted into the player: Assume no menus first

  • Use the First Play drop down (Disc tab), or use the whip and set First Play to Chapter 1 (Encore created Chapter 1) It should already be set to Chapter 1:

Can add additional chapters, which we’ll do later

  • Look for a tiny yellow object at the very beginning of the timeline: That represents Chapter 1

Try this (whip)

  • Drag the First Play icon to the Chapter 1 on the Timeline (Tiny yellow object) …called whip method

OK, now we have told Encore what to tell the DVD player should do when the DVD is inserted; how about the end of the DVD?

  • Click the Project tab
  • Click on your timeline name ( Catsmp4 for me)
  • You should then see the Timeline panel on right side:

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Note: Make sure all the files are transcoded, if not, right click and choose to transcode:

Specify Ending Action

  • Choose End Action in Timeline panel
  • Set Timeline> End Action to “Stop”(Or go back to Chapter 1) (use whip or the dropdown)
  • I’ll send the viewer back to Chapter 1

Or, might have chosen Stop

Burn the DVD…if you have a +RW if another format, bon’t burn. (don’t actually burn yet, some of the dvds are not RW)

  • Select the Build tab
  • Click Build button
  • Will see some warnings…
  • Click view to see the problem(s):

It appears we should have specified what to do when the Title button is clicked on the DVD remote

(Note: You do not have to correct the error, your DVD will play just fine)

  • To eliminate the error message, set the Title Button property to Stop

To Preview: File>Preview

  • Click Start in the Check Project window (Skip for now)
  • Will see:
  • DVD would be burned
  • Play it to make sure it plays OK

File>Save As>CatsNoMenu

  • Insert the DVD; it should auto start

Next, DVDs with Built-in Menus

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