Please note that Encore CS6 support for future operating system updates or new hardware platforms will not be provided.” So, there will be no more improvements, and sometime in the future, an OS update will break Encore and Adobe won’t fix it. Regarding future updates to Encore, Adobe states, “Encore CS6 is supported on Microsoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 (64 bit) and Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Therefore we are focusing more on products that deliver to streaming services.” As a site dedicated to online video production, we can’t argue with that assessment and given that Apple stopped developing DVD Studio Pro with the 4.0 release in 2005, it’s hard to take issue with Adobe’s decision.

The future is in cloud and streaming content. What Does End of Life Mean? Pulling from the Adobe FAQ, end-of-life means that the “Encore CS6 version will be the final release of this product.” Adobe makes their motivation clear: “The trend in the video and broadcast industry is moving away from physical media distribution. In this article, I’ll discuss how to install Encore if you’re a CC subscriber and don’t have Encore CS6 already installed on your computer, the terms and implications of Encore’s end-of-life status, and how to work around the lack of Dynamic Link transfers from Premiere Pro CC to Encore CS6. I also learned that while Encore CS6 can work with Premiere Pro CC, there is no Dynamic Link transfer from PP CC to Encore CS6 you have to output your timelines separately and input them into Encore CS6. A quick Google search led to the realization that Adobe had “end-of-lifed” Encore, which has significant implications to many event producers. So I figured I would download the app from the Adobe Creative Cloud site, but Encore was missing there, as well. I had installed Premiere Pro CC on the computer and started looking for Encore to run some Blu-Ray Disc encoding tests.

You can help by expanding it.So, there I was, starting to run some tests on a brand new HP Z820 with 12/24 core E5-2697 v2 CPUs, one of the fastest workstations on the planet. Adobe Encore software is a versatile, interactive authoring tool you can use to deliver projects for DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or web DVD, which is a full-featured SWF file viewable with Adobe Flash Player.

Adobe Encore DVD version history at VideoHelp.

Adobe Encore downloads/updates for Windows.

↑ Adobe Creative Cloud / Encore CS6 / FAQ, Adobe.

↑ Encore CS6 not installed with Creative Cloud, Adobe.

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