FCPX 10.1.4 – MXF Export & XDCAM optical delivery

[Jeff Kirkland]

Can’t answer the DISC question because I haven’t ever dealt with it but i can say, no you no longer have to use roles to create the extra audio tracks. FCPX takes the audio channels you have and then automatically adds extra silent channels as needed to make up the required number. This is four by default, so you’ll have to go into compressor and modify the preset to get eight channels.

For what it’s worth, just sent some files to Channel Seven here in Australia and they were happy with the MXF encoding straight out of FCPX.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
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[Jeremy Garchow]

Hi. I don’t think you will be able to export straight to disc. That will require Content Browser to make the necessary package, but you can, however, export an 8ch OP1a XDCam HD (whatever flavor you need) by setting up a Compressor preset. Once you setup the preset in Compressor, that setting is then available in FCPX by opening the Share preferences, choose “Compressor Setting” and then choose the new MXF preset you just made in Compressor.

FCPX will blank the necessary 6 ch and add them to the export, providing an 8 discrete channel OP1a MXf file.

Jeremy

[Jeremy Garchow]

Oops! I see Jeff beat me to it.

Apologies.

[Jeff Kirkland]

And Jeremy’s right. I think the only thing that’s going to be capable of actually writing to a disc will be Sony’s software.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
http://www.southerncreative.com.au | G+: https://gplus.to/jeffkirkland | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Dean Neal]

This one is for Nine.

I have submitted a ton of stuff to FOX Sports before now and no problems, but they accept straight XDCAM or ProRes files natively.

They (Nine) Also want it 4-channels of Audio:

Stereo Left
Stereo Right
M+E Left
M+E Right

… and 4 MOS (Muted) tracks.

So I am assuming by creating the stems (Roles) that will be fine…and then its just about creating the Compressor Preset for 8 channels of audio as you say?

Thanks,

Dean Neal…

[Jeremy Garchow]

At that point you’d have to two step it as you can’t add Roles to a Compressor preset.

You’d export a multichannel QuickTime with the appropriate channels, then use Compressor to make the MXF.

Jeremy

[Dean Neal]

Thanks Jeremy.

We also have software to ensure the audio meets the -24LKFS standard.

Does the OP1a container assist in this regard or do I still need to follow that process?

Thanks.

Dean Neal…

[Jeremy Garchow]

You’ll have to run that through the software as MXF is merely the container.

[Dean Neal]

Thanks Jeff…

I will add however Compressor for the XDCAM HD422 50i Export I need, defaults to 8 channels in any case:

Dean Neal…

[Dean Neal]

Good news… on the XDCAM Optical COW forum, Ian Cook confirmed you CAN export the MXF directly to the Optical Drive:

FORUM LINK

You could also still Content Browser to drag and drop the MXF file onto the Disc.

Seeing that I can directly export to the drive from FCPX is great news.

Just one tip for FCPX / XDCAM users out there…make sure you have your stereo panning set right before export – otherwise you will end up with a mono-master.

Dean Neal…