Why a special "encoder" for MPEG? As I mentioned in Hour 2, "Premiere Setup," MPEG-2 is the de facto standard codec for DVD movies and videos. It presents sharp video and CD-quality audio at about one-thirtieth the data rate of regular analog video and one-fourth the data rate of DV. You've seen movies on DVD and know how good they look. And you've seen those razor -sharp digital satellite TV images. Both systems use MPEG-2-encoded videos . If you want to create similar quality DVDs to play on your home or business DVD video system, you must use MPEG-2-encoded video files. That's been the case ever since DVD movies arrived on the scene a few years ago.
Only now are professional video producers embracing this technology. It took the convergence of two technological advances to bring us to this point of putting a software-based MPEG encoder in Premiere:
What this means is that now you have an opportunity to create media that will play on most DVD players and is interactive and high quality. DVDs are replacing PowerPoint presentations. You know what its like to click through menus on a movie DVD. Using Premiere's MPEG Encoder and the bundled DVDit! authoring software means Windows OS users can create that same experience for their family or clients . Mac users need to pursue some other options.
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