If you "Create" in the "Finish" menu - you do this only for
DV out,
HDV out, or
File export
Arabesk has to render
a MPEG-2 stream for DVD or
a H.264/AVC stream for Blu-ray.
Arabesk is also not "dealing with the effects during encoding". This happens before the encoding begins. So you can spare the "create" part and just leave all the rendering to Arabesk. This way you can start the "burn" process in Arabesk and go to sleep. It will render the effects, render the DVD/BD stream and burn + verify the disc.
Casablanca Unit: Casablanca 4 Studio Pro Ultra, Panasonic AG-DVX200 HD/4K Camera, GoPro Hero 2 and Hero 4 Black, Sony and Azden UHF Wireless Mics, Manfrotto 509 HD Pro Tripods, LitePanel Pro Camera Light, iKan 508B LED Portable Light kits.
BTW...Casablanca DOES edit & expert successfully in Progressive mode. I have been shooting & editing 30p footage for the last several Bogart versions without any issue whatsoever.
Casablanca Unit: STUDIO ULTRA ,SAPHIR, MS TRAVEL ..with ALL SOFTWARE, Cassie Travel Laptop PRO- Bogart Windows, MSI APACHE laptop with BOGART and all Current BOGART & Arabesk. Saphir 2. GLIDECAM HD-2000, I-Pad latest, Sony HX-99..4K still camera
SONY FDR-53 4K, , SONY FDR AX-700 HDR 4K video camera, GoPro HD2&3, SONY HDR-CX150 small HD pocket camera, SONY AX-53. Panasonic HC-20
Two Samsung BD D5700 Blu-ray players. OPPO 4K player. JVC DT-V20L1 HDV monitor, All Music2Hues and Digital Hotcakes, Nikon D-80 still camera, NIKON D7100 HDSLR 18-300mm lens, D500 Nikon, 10 professional bicycles, two camels and a donkey :-) ........ Gocycle@gmail.com
Casablanca Unit: 2/S4100 1/S6000 Bogart SE 5, Arabesk 5 most all of the software on all 3 units. We shoot everything with HDSLR's. Four Canon 5d mark II and one 7d.
I haven't been on this BB for awhile but for who is interested, I have been working with Progressive 30P (24P _does_ not work well) for the past 4 yrs with little or no issues.
Right now I am working with Bo 5.5c and it is ROCK SOLID !