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Converting DVCPRO HD to ProRes422 wishing to preserve separate audio
So my partner needs our captured footage which is all DVCPRO HD as ProRes422. Mpeg Streamclip was the easy answer until I realized that no matter what it would mix all the audio channels (my HVX200 always produces 4) into 1 mono or stereo file, making audio mixing using the resulting files impossible for my partner. Technically I only need one of the audio tracks but since I’m not ripping a DVD the “audio mode” selector is no help.
Any ideas on how to achieve this?
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MPEG Streamclip, like most other Quicktime based apps of the ilk, will not recognize mono audio channels. Instead it treats each channel as part of a center-panned stereo pair. Instead of using MPEG Streamclip just use FCP’s Batch Export … that should work (but as ever, try the workflow out first on few small test clips before you commit the whole job).
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FCP’s Batch Export would work, but why occupy FCP during that time? Why not just use compressor? There’s a preset for ProRes422 with audio pass-through.
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Good call John, the conversion w/ audio pass-through should do the trick too.
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