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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:
Displayed for all non-DVD-compliant assets by default. For assets with the Automatic designation,
Automatic
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]
Transcode Preset.
Displayed for those assets that are already DVD-compliant. You can override this setting and
Don't Transcode
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
purposes; this designation can also be overridden to transcode to Dolby
Displayed for those items, such as menus and timelines, that don't require transcoding.
N/A
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
1 Right-click the asset you want to transcode.
Choose Transcode Settings, and then choose a transcode preset from the list. (See "About Project Transcode
2
Presets" on page 30.)
To override the Automatic data rate setting
Choose Edit > Preferences > Encoding.
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2 Choose the data rate limit from the Maximum Automatic Transcoding Bitrate menu, and then click OK.
Displayed for all non-DVD-compliant assets for which you have specified a Project
Digital 5.1 AC3 files retain the Don't Transcode designation for quality
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Stereo format.)
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