Encore DVD 2.0 burning question

[Flying Doctor]

When I choose to burn a dvd in Encore, Encore starts with importing Sequence 1 (I only have one).
'Data written' and 'Time remaining' are both zero.

Everytime the processing reaches the end of the bar, it just goes a little bit back and then it goes to the end again.
It's kinda hard to explain, so I've added a picture:

Does anyone know how I can slove this problem? Because it stops me from burning a dvd!

(BTW, there where no errors before burning the dvd!)

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[jman98]

We have an "Authoring DVD" forum and you're not a newbie. Why on earth did you post this here? This has nothing to do with VCD/SVCD.

[Baldrick]

Moving you.

Looks like it can't convert the avi video source.

Does it happen with all video sources?

[Flying Doctor]

Yes, is does. Is there anything that can solve the problem?
I've tried several video's, but what they have in common is that they are all converted. I did that, because otherwise Encore wouldn't load them because of the videoframe(?) size, and the frame rate.

[roma_turok]

Export from Premiere Sequence 1 to mpeg2 dvd files (m2v and wav files)
and import to Encore this files

[whatsmyname]

I always do the transcoding outside Encore with Premier or another software like TMPGEnc.

In Premier, chose "Export to Encore".

[Flying Doctor]

I'll try that, but I do need to encode the file first because it's an MKV.

[Flying Doctor]

I've imported an AVI file, but I can't export it to Encore. When I try to render the 25 minute long video, Encore needs 3(!) hours to render the file!

When I import the AVI in Encore, Encore needs to transcode the videofile. When it's almost finished, Encore starts to do the same thing as when I try to burn a dvd!

[whatsmyname]

With the AVI in premier, chose File>Export>Adobe Media Encoder and using the following settings:

Format: MPEG2-DVD
Range: Entire Sequence
Preset: PAL/NTSC normal screen or widescreen, up to you, but chose "High Quality"

Click O.K to export the mpeg2 file. Remember where you save it, then import this video into Encore.

[Flying Doctor]

I can''t choose MPEG2-DVD, only Adobe Flash Video, Quicktime, RealMedia and Windows Media. All of them have major quality loss :S

Strangely enough, I can export to Encore right now. Problem is that Premiere CS3 shuts down because it can't handle the request to export to Encore. Could it be because I have Encore CS2?

[whatsmyname]

Premier does have a builtin MPEG2 encoder (Mainconcept). If the option is not available for you, then something is seriously wrong with your copy.
I'd suggest a reinstallation.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9577/ppexport3cm4.png

[Flying Doctor]

Thanks, I did a reinstallation and now it works I'm burning the dvd right now...

Edit:
I've burned the dvd, but a lot of scenes are choppy. One episode doesn't even play!
What's with that?