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Did you try making the ac3 file on its own, not as it was also making the video? Try the audio as a separate encode (using the same start & end marks)
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Given that you are only using the dialog as reference, try the pitch plugin in FCP. I wouldn’t recommend this for use as a final pitch conversion as it isn’t good but to avoid inconveniencing the director go right ahead.
Round tripping to STP is a pain compared to this. For serious pitch conversion you would need to OMF out to a serious audio system with MPEX3 or Pitch n Time.
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My guess is that it is a multi channel broadcast wav which older versions of FCP won’t understand, nor will Toast and iTunes.
You might need to get the files split into stereo wavs either from the recordist or you will need to find a computer with software that can read and then break down the files into something FCP can read.
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For a while now this forum has seen many posts about sync drift with wav files. FCP has tried to be clever and stamp a frame rate on wav files. So often this is wrong but often it is operator error when first importing the file and having frame/timecode settings different to the final capture sequence.
In your case @ 25fps this is unlikely. I have advised people to avoid wav files until FCP stops being smart and getting things wrong. Try converting the wav into an aif file on an totally different machine and then import that into the sequence and sync up. I do this all the time and have never had sync drift issues although they are such a common item for posts in this forum.
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[Jim Bell] “Is the 8 core worth the extra $650 (adjusted for 6GB Ram on both)?”
Yes. If you charge by time then the time it will save on rendering in Motion and Compressor will pay for itself within a week. Qmaster allows Compressor to utilise multiple cores.
Also it is inevitable that FCP will eventually be a 64 bit application (within the life of your Mac Pro) and current limitations on cores and RAM will be gone so again you basic performance in RT and rendering will save time and make life a joy.
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Try downloading VLC. It’s a free media player that opens a lot of different files. From there you should be able to export it to an aif.
I suspect it is a windows media format, but VLC should handle it anyway. An alternative is Audacity which is a free open source audio editor that can also open a lot of different files and save as a wav file.
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[Robb Harriss] “When I say HD I mean HD, not this faux size odd codec really compressed stuff, myself”
Like HDCam 1440 x 1080 8 bit 3:1:1? or did you mean HDV which is what I thought when someone says they have shot at 24f which is how Sony & Canon label their faux progressive mode in 60i HDV.
What actually matters here is what Andrew means when he says HD because the question is about frame rates.
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[Steve Marra] “What if that is a match? What might the issue be?”
I am assuming they won’t but you had better tell me what the frame sizes are and how you are monitoring the job. Recently I had a 2k job converted from RED to ProRes4444 which displayed larger on my external monitor because it didn’t seem to be scaled down correctly from my Kona 3 card. (ie 2048 to 10920 was not true)
So where are you seeing the bars – FCP screen or external and what I/O card are you using?
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You didn’t tell us what codec and cameras were used to shoot the 90% 1080 footage. If it was HDV then the 24f is actually wrapped in a 60i frame so the frame rate would be 29.97 just like the VHS. Check the footage you have shot to see what the actual frame rate is, rather than the 24f setting.
Edit in HD. It will look better in the end going down from HD to SD. Down converting in the camera will introduce another stage of compression to DV which is not helpful when ending up on DVD.
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And that was this weeks answer to the HQ vs ProRes 422 question from Canon cameras, brought to you by Gary Adcock.
Stay tuned next week when Gary answers the same question again with the same answer because no-one bothers to search the forum.
Perhaps one day this forum will host a special FAQ just for Canon camera users with technical comments by Gary Adcock and Peter Wiggins et al and with pithy pertinent comments from Dave La Ronde