Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 01/11/73 11:58

Teeafit wrote:

> Is anyone aware of a UK training establishment that does one-to-one or
> group courses for Adobe Encore? I need to be SURE that I've done it
> right first time on a project, because there's no way I can produce a
> master DVD for duplication and then find it's been wrongly authored --
> been there, worn that pullover... anyone want 2000 novelty beermats?!
>
> I'm not interested in web-based training (no drains here, let alone
> broadband!), and the tutorial discs don't let you ask that key question
> that you've hung up on, but which unlocks the undersanding the whole
> program.
>
> I've found one place advertised in London -- and at London prices. The
> rail fare and accommodation alone would break the budget, let alone the
> cost of the course! Anyone any more local knowledge (preferably in
> northern England)?


Graeme,

I don't know about that, but I have one very insidious problem with
Encore to tell you about, that any training probably wouldn't address.
The program authors the DVDs with an Automatic bitrate transcoder for
the video files. Left on its own, it will use bitrates up to 8 mb/sec.
This is too high for some DVD players to track, and so you get failed
discs. The solution is to limit the top rate for the Auto encoding to
about 6 mb/sec, or else set your own bitrate. Other than that, it's a
great program.

Gary Eickmeier

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