Re: Encoding from Premiere to Encore high quality

>> What is the best MPEG 2 DVD preset to use, and what should i do >>for my
>>Field order? (None? Upper? or lower?)

I wouldn't use a preset, but rather pick the settings. The ones you care the most about are the bit rate settings. I would change that to CBR 8MB/s (this is my maximum recommended rate).

Since you are not worried about trying to fit stuff on there, you don't need VBR, or 2 pass.

You could export to progressive, I don't see a problem with it myself. In fact, if you shot progressive, it's better to keep it that way.

>>Strange thing is, the film is on a 16:9 aspect ratio, but when I >>use it on the dvd player in my english class, it reverts to an >>almost 4:3 picture(cutoffs disappear, zoomed in). The dvd player >>is set on 16:9, but when I change the player to 4:3, my film goes >>to a 16:9 appearance. This is a strange one, but I dont want to >>have to attach a note asking the markers to fiddle until they see >>the widescreen cutoffs. Any ideas?

If the "aspect ratio" is set to widescreen in Encore, and your project was also widescreen, with no bars on top and bottom in the preview, then it's probably an issue with the LCD/Plasma screen.

The DVD should be set to 16:9 only if it's going to a 16:9 screen.

If it's a 4:3 TV set, then you will see bars on top and bottom.

If it's a wide screen (LCD, Plasma), the screen may have different viewing options. Usually, Normal, Stetch, and Zoom. It should be set to normal, although some people set it to stretch so that all video fit the screen no matter what.

Hope that helps.

Vince