How to output Final Cut sequence to KiPro?

[Stephen May]

I’m in a show situation that is similar in terms of the workflow and the Ki Pro:

We are using the Ki Pro to capture HD via HDMI (long program) and then I turn a fast edit around by copying the captured clip (ProRes (LT) to my SAS RAID and then I edit the piece in FCP7. I keep the clip settings so the sequence becomes Pro Res (LT) and when the edit is finished I export the clip keeping the current settings, and then copy the clip back to the Ki Pro.

The audio from the captured clips is fine, and also plays perfectly in FCP7. The exported movie plays well on my Mac Pro, but in the Ki Pro, the audio is digital sounding noise that is spiking. I contacted VER (rental company we used to get the Ki Pro) and also AJA. Aja support confidentially said it is a matter of using Little Endian audio codec upon exporting and to use Quicktime Conversion. I made a test and this did not change anything, issue remained. VER mentioned checking the word length (24 bit). I knew the original capture was 24 bit audio, and I said “YES” when the prompt came to accept the clip’s properties for my sequence in FCP7. I checked my sequence settings in the project and although the sequence adapted the ProRes (LT) settings of the clip, the audio in the sequence remained 16 bit. I changed the bit rate to 24 bit and exported the clip again, and the resulting file finally played perfect audio in the ballroom off of the Ki Pro.

Stephen May
Keystone Media Productions
Freelance Videographer

[Cory Borst]

Did AJA resolve this or is 5.1 even possible?