freethedata
Please remind me what your Premiere Elements project setting is - are you set up for a 1080i or 1080p project? I am trying to get at the choice of intermediate (.m2t interlaced file vs .mp4 progressive file).
Bottom line is that I am not seeing any differences in end product quality going Timeline content direct to Blu-ray disc or Timeline content to AVCHD.mp4 to Blu-ray disc. I will be posting details of the results later today in terms of actually data obtained.
But, I wanted to bring up two points that caught my attention in your prior post.
If you are doing burn to Blu-ray and Space Required = 23 GB or less, then you do not put a check mark next to "Fit Content to Available Space" otherwise you run risk and consequences of the error message "Adobe Media Encoder - Property Data Invalid!". True, with the "Fit Content to Available Space" checked, the bitrate shown will be 20.19 Mbps and without the check mark 24.00 Mbps. But, that 24.00 Mbps is not worth getting the error.
You wrote
There is no bitrate slider or display when converting the original files to the .m2t.
Please reconsider. Two ways to get to Bitrate settings for the .m2t file prior to export include
a. Publish+Share/Computer/MPEG and Presets = MPEG2 1920 x 1080i30 (MPEG2 HD.m2t)
or
b. Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD and Presets = M2T H.264 1920 x 1080i30 (AVCHD.m2t)
Which one are you using? Either way, under the Advanced Button/Video Tab of the preset is an area showing default Bitrate sets as well as sliders for video bitrate adjustments. Have you seen them and worked with them?
More later.
ATR
