[Sumit Makwana]

Hey, I have started taken recent interest in 2d animation. And if I skip to the final part of its process, I was looking for a video editor, I already have a copy of vegas movie studio hd 11, and also testing out the premier pro… But now I just happened to come across this post and I didn’t know anything about Resolve 12.

So my need for a video editor is simply to import the 2d animation image sequences and stitch it all together and give a final render into an mp4 and some simple fade in/outs for transition. Will Resolve do the trick? I’m especially interested with the fact that its free. I’m just started practicing my drawing skills, so I don’t want to make a huge investment yet.

[Sumit Makwana]

Hello Kevin,

Since I am trying to export as MXF OP1A, I first looked out for different solutions premier, vegas, avid, etc. And when exported in all these softwares, only AVID exported with multiple mono tracks/streams, but both premier pro and vegas downmixed them into single tracks. Hence I decided to go ahead with AVID.

As per my knowledge, QT reference wont support multiple mono tracks. I once exported, in avid, as QT movie file with surround setup, I only got 1 audio stream, with 6 channels integrated in it which has digital dolby surround playback.

Sorry, I couldn’t help much as I have very little knowledge regarding codecs. Hope you find what you are looking for.

[Sumit Makwana]

Thank you Glenn.

My query is resolved.But would just like to answer the questions you have asked.

Regarding the MP4.Its a file i have created with 1 Video track and 6 audio tracks in adobe ppro.Exported as mp4.With avid it is exported as QUICKTIME.
Both gives me same results i.e a single audio track as 5.1 Dolby surround.

Yes,the techpecs says the same thing what you said earlier about the track allocation.(Left RIght LFE etc..)

Finally,as you said 6 mono tracks playing back,does it mean 1 mono track playing in MPC .Because All 6 tracks do not play at the same time in MPC.
It just plays 1.

Im assuming as you said that i dont have to be concerned about it as long as it have 6 mono channels .As the broadcasters will have the hardware needed for mxf surround playback.

[Sumit Makwana]

Thanks for the reply Glenn.

Just to keep it short and simple.

If i play a MP4 video with 5.1 surround sound tracks,MPC(Media player classic)plays the audio as a 5.1 surround.It gives Surround Playback and under ‘Audio’ just shows 1 available track i.e a 5.1 track.

But if i play a MXF video with a 5.1 setup,MPC just plays 1 track i.e MONO PLAYBACK but also gives me the options to choose the rest of the 5 tracks individually.So im not getting a surround playback but getting MONO playback.

Is this how MXF files work and i should not be concerned about surround playback?

Thank You.