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Richard Steele
May 7, 2017 at 12:54 pm in reply to: AVCHD and MXF in FCP 7?

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

My main worry about jumping to FCPX, apart from the whole different interface issue, is whether my FCP6 or 7 projects will run smoothly in 10…

Richard
Richard Steele
February 13, 2013 at 11:36 am in reply to: Understanding audio requirements for broadcast (A1, A2, A3, A4)

Yep, I was using the Quicktime conversion mode. My ProRes file in Quicktime movie mode does come out with 4 tracks, great.

Putting aside the multiple audio track issue, what will the difference be between exporting from an uncompressed timeline setting with ProRes Quicktime conversion and exporting from a ProRes timeline setting using the Quicktime movie export ?

What are the pros and cons between Quicktime movie export and export using Quicktime conversion ?

Richard
Richard Steele
February 12, 2013 at 5:33 pm in reply to: Understanding audio requirements for broadcast (A1, A2, A3, A4)

Hi Alex, if you’re still around.

Been quite busy with other things. I’ve followed all your instructions, I’m now at the ProRes stage. How do I create a 4-track ProRes Quicktime file ? (right now, when I got to the ProRes audio export options I can’t click on anything more than 2)

Cheers.
Richard Steele
February 9, 2013 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Preparing my first M&E track

Thanks Peter. I find myself a little bit confused now, seeing as I was told that the M&E track would just be what can be heard under a voice-over (thus can’t be extracted if re-dubbed of course)…

I have to hand in a stereo program mix on track 1 & 2 of the digibeta anyway, so I thought they would take whatever was needed beyond the voice-over sequences from there.

My main and pretty basic problem was, from the start : seeing as my documentary doesn’t (really) have a voice-over, do I still need to create a M&E track (on track 3 & 4) ?
My film is made up of observational scenes with or without dialogue, interviews with cut-aways (often with sound) and music sequences (either a “video clip” or an edited live performance). There is no studio “outsider” voice-over in the film.

The only answer I ever got from my broadcaster was “sorry, we’re too busy to answer indivually, please just follow the guidelines.”
The guidelines want “audio tracks 1 and 2 : program stereo” and “audio tracks 3 and 4 : M&E stereo”.

So, here I am, trying to create some weird M&E track for a film that doesn’t have a voice-over…

Very frustrating.

Any advice ?
Richard Steele
February 8, 2013 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Limits of the M&E track in documentary

Hey,

About my M&E track. Should the sound levels of my effects (or music) be identical to those in my general programme mix or should I bring everything up, say to around -18db, to give them more sound editing freedom ?

Cheers.
Richard Steele
February 1, 2013 at 6:39 pm in reply to: Limits of the M&E track in documentary

Ok. Thanks !
Richard Steele
January 3, 2013 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Understanding audio requirements for broadcast (A1, A2, A3, A4)

Now that’s the kind of help I was looking for. Thanks Alex !

My last (major) problem is that I don’t have a digibeta deck… what kind of file(s) can I hand over for the transfer ?

Richard
Richard Steele
July 12, 2011 at 10:32 am in reply to: FCP compression problems

Thanks for the long reply.

I am actually using H264 for distribution, in this case compressing to 1440×1080 HD. My timeline remains uncompressed, don’t worry.

I’ve also been using compressor for DVDs which worked fine. The problem seems to be coming from my FCP “compress using quicktime” system.

After a bunch of tests, I managed to solve my out of synch problem by… deinterlacing my video!

???

Does this sound familiar?
Richard Steele
July 8, 2011 at 10:40 am in reply to: FCP compression problems

Yep, h264…

I was always told that was The Codec to use.

What’s wrong with it?