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    Stereo Pairs for 5.1 audio in FCP timeline

    Posted by Warren Pereira on November 27, 2008 at 2:24 am

    Hello all,

    I have 5.1 audio laid in a FCP timeline as L,R,C,LFE, Ls, Rs. Should I make the L+R and Ls+Rs stereo pairs before I export the audio to Compressor for ac3 encoding or should I leave it as is (discrete mono channels, 6 of them). The sequence settings seems to make them stereo pairs for the downmix on 2-channel playback but I am not sure if they should be stereo pairs for 5.1 playback.

    I hope I am being clear, and not confusing. Appreciate any help from any sound savvy people out there.

    Thanks,

    Warren

    Warren Pereira replied 17 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Michael Gissing

    November 27, 2008 at 3:20 am

    The Dolby encoding can take either mono or stereo files. It is probably easier to leave them discrete mono.

  • Warren Pereira

    November 27, 2008 at 3:31 am

    thanks michael. will do.

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