[Adam White]

Hi Tim, thanks for the reply. I shoot XDCAM HD422 video on a Sony PDW-F800. The camera can only record 4 channels of audio, however XDCAM HD has the capability of handling 8 channels. Channels 5-8 are only accessible with an XDCAM deck. I think that’s why I’m getting 8 channels total with each video file. My problem is that I only need 1 of the 8, but PPro is forcing me to include the other 7 channels in the timeline.

I have checked my audio prefs and my default audio tracks setting is set to “Use File” for each type of audio (Mono, Stereo, 5.1, Multichannel Mono). “Use File” is the default right?

I agree that there must be a setting somewhere that is throwing me a curve ball, however I haven’t changed any settings after I installed CC, with the exception of audio playback is set to use my AJA Kona LHi card.

[Adam White]

It’s just strange because this is new to me since upgrading from CS5.5

[Adam White]

Thanks for the response Jerry and Alex.

I checked the clip details and the clips do in fact have 8 channels of audio, however I’m only using one which happens to be channel 1. I looked at Modify > Audio Channels and each audio channel is set as Mono with one channel of audio per track. The preset is set to “Use File.”

So if I want PPro to act as I stated above I need to go through and modify these settings for every clip in my project panel? This can’t be the case. I don’t think I’ve ever had to do this before for any other edit system, including PPro CS5.5.

As a side note, I have noticed that if I have 8 audio tracks in my sequence but only target A1 and turn the others off, PPro only adds the one audio track and ignores the rest just like i want. But if I only have 1 track of audio PPro continues to add the other 7 to the sequence.

Do I need to have my sequence match the number of audio tracks for my source, even though I only need the one?

[Adam White]

Thanks for all your responses!

Here is a post I got from the OS X forum that I thought I would share here as well.

—> Well, the bugs usually surface with new OS updates but the bugs genereally get fixed with smaller updates to the pro apps. And since 10.5.8 has been around for a while most of the bugs should be fixed.

I believe 10.5.6, QT 7.5.5 and FCP 6.0.5 to be a stable combination.

I always use Combo updates on my FCP machine because there is a difference between combo and “delta” updates. The delta updates only contain differences between the original file and the updated file where as the combo update contains the complete new file. This helps with problems caused by a original file not being in the shape that the installer expects. Say a 3d party software changed something, disk permissions not being as they should etc.

If you’re really serious about doing it the right way I would start of by repairing the boot disk with Disk Utility, then repairing disk permissions, then boot the computer into safe mode (holding down the shift key while the computer boots up) and then applying the combo update. Of course you should have downloaded the Combo update before booting into safe mode as stuff like AirPort gets turned off in a safe boot.

All this said, I am using 10.5.8, QT 7.6.4 with FCP 6.0.6 wihtout any problems. <--- I appreciate all the help! -Adam White

[Adam White]

Thanks for the detailed info! That’s exactly what I was looking for.
-Adam White

[Adam White]

Brett-
I followed Jeremy’s instructions from above. I also repaired permissions using Disk Utility, and rebooted the computer. Not sure which of the fixes I tried worked, but things seemed to work fine afterwards. I know this was a while ago but I haven’t had the same issue again so far… fingers crossed. Hope you can get it working.
-Adam White

[Adam White]

Dave-
I agree, gain has always been a nightside News shooters best friend. And when we were shooting with our DVCPro cameras this wasn’t a problem. We had the ability to gain up to 30dB if needed. It doesn’t look all that great but works in a pinch. However, now out station has replaced the older cameras with Panny AG_HPX 170’s. I don’t think they are the best camera for ENG but we are using them anyway. I am noticing that the video levels are very dark at night. I have tried gain and exposure. Our cameras seem to be only able to gain up to 18dB. I am more curious about the actual video settings. Such as detail level, detail coring, chroma level, chroma phase, gamma, knee, master ped, etc. Is there an optimized setting that might be well suited for dark light? I know that setting up lighting is the best answer but not always available. I realize this may be a shot in the dark (pun intended) but any help is appreciated. Thanks!
-Adam

[Adam White]

Hey thanks Colin! I appreciate the info.

-Adam White

[Adam White]

Ok, that makes sense. Thank you for your help.