[Benjamin Mcguire]

IT doesn’t matter that your delivered file is larger than the source. The source is compressed Raw that Sony makes, and you cannot export in that same format. If you wanted it to be smaller, you could export in ProRes4444 if you wanted to.. But to retain the highest quality, use ProRes4444XQ.

[Benjamin Mcguire]

Well, I came up with a solution. It isn’t the most elegant…

For this to work, I have to preserve 1 source level in Resolve, Which I do anyway. It also requires FFMPEG. I use the latest one from macports. (sudo port install ffmpeg-devel)

In my folder naming, I put all my Original footage in a folder called Original, then I have a folder for the Editor, and another for Dailies… So I made a script that will use FFMPEG to copy all the video and audio to a new quicktime, then replace the source quicktime it used if it was successful.

here is the script:
#!/bin/sh
if echo "$@" | grep -q Original ; then
echo "This is the Source media. Please use the proccessed media..."
exit 1
fi

for h in "$@"; do
if [ -d "$h" ]; then
for i in "$h"/*.mov; do
ffmpeg -i "$i" -map 0 -map -0:d -c copy -channel_layout mono -movflags +faststart "${i%.*}---.mov" && mv "$i" "${i%.*}-org.mov" && mv "${i%.*}---.mov" "$i" && rm "${i%.*}-org.mov"
done
fi
i="$h"
if [ "$i" = "${i%.*}.mov" ]; then
ffmpeg -i "$i" -map 0 -map -0:d -c copy -channel_layout mono -movflags +faststart "${i%.*}---.mov" && mv "$i" "${i%.*}-org.mov" && mv "${i%.*}---.mov" "$i" && rm "${i%.*}-org.mov"
else
echo "$i is not a Quicktime file. Skipping."
fi
done
If you done want it to delete the source file, then remove && rm “${i%.*}-org.mov”

I saved it to ~/bin/fixaud. Then did a chmod +x ~/bin/fixaud.

So all I do is open a terminal, type ~/bin/fixaud then I drag the folders I want it to fix the audio on, and press return.

The bad part is that the Reelname gets stripped.. For that I use a program called QT Change. It is $25, but has a demo that you can do 8 files at a time. It is well worth the $25 to have it add the reel names based on the folder it is in for all the files.

I guess this will be my workflow, unless someone can come up with something better…

— Benjamin

[Benjamin Mcguire]

Append keeps the tracks from the camera if it has any, and adds the synced ones.

— Benjamin

[Benjamin Mcguire]

I do that all the time… All you need to do is install the Lite version first, and rename it to “DaVinci Resolve Lite”, then install the full version.

When I don’t have the dongle, I just run the lite version, and when I do, I run the Full Version.

— Benjamin