[Terry Flaxton]

Thanks for this info….

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

…and of course it’s rec 709 for the panasonic and calibrated apple displays – FCP is set to rec 709 rather than 2020…

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

I’ve tried it on my standard panasonic 42 inch and a couple of apple displays – I haven’t checked the waveform (but everything else is colour). I rebooted the mac on sierra (same mac different boot up) it fades up and down to black – why suggests Mojave and or the latest fcp update . I’ll try the waveform monitor when I get a chance – its 9pm in the uk

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

Well that’s pretty bad news – one solution would be create a mojave or catalina boot volume on a small and therefore less expensive disk and then don’t use it for anything else (which is what I’m doing at the moment). I bought an accelsior 4m2 which will do 6000 mb (apparently) in a new mac but only 1300 mb on my 5.1 tower but I’m using that for an FCP library and not using AFPS. I sought to extend the life of my old tower as it’s served well but I guess I have to go for the new mac eventually.

I spoke to mac and they’re calling it an obsolete machine… Steve Jobs will be rotating in his grave.

Anyone want to buy a mercedes droptop sports, a set of early DC comics including number one of daredevil and a Rickenbacker 4001 stereo bass from 1972? Outside the USA the kind of mac I need will amount to about $20k minimum (I run a lo tof 4k in layers). I’m now a stand alone maker of art with 40 years in the industry behind me – keeping up is getting harder ☺

Thanks for answering.

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

Thanks for the info….!

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

That’s a serious point – the middle classes in the UK always say “Buy cheap, buy twice” that makes a hell of a lot of sense. I’d welcome more comments though as the plain fact is that each hardware upgrade only really delivered a few percentage points each time in user experience over the years. Yep you get a shiny new mac bit then windows caught up and had a lot of people thinking about hackintosh’s at the bottom end (though this design is basically lousy – sorry but the elegance of the exterior is seriously questionable if you’re really into design) after all it’s a slip off cover and I wonder if Apple realised that 3rd parties will make money off customising the exterior? So I figure Apple have woken up to the old Sony adage in the 80’s which was to make the best pro kit and the punters will hear the echo’s of the pro’s complimentary comments about that kit and buy into the brand – Apple of course have huge buy in, but punter loss is what it’ll be about from now on. Sorry to drift – any comments about mid-term purchase prior to going hard core Pro?

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

Thanks Warren – I intend to trial this asap.

Thanks for your time yet again

Best, Terry

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

Warren thanks for responding. I’m finding surround sound a hard core learning experience… So can you run me through that in a tiny bit more detail?

You say: “I make surround DVD/Blu-Ray exporting the six audio tracks and making an AC3 in Compressor, assigning them to the correct channel (L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs)”.

So you’re saying:
1. output image track as pro res
2.
a) export six separate audio tracks – how do you export LFE as separate? (so what settings out of FCP and what format?)
b) Or are you using compressor as a destination for the sound output?
c) Or is it then take six separate audio tracks into compressor and output AC3
3. Then combine the AC3 and Pro res in something like toast?
4. Or ignoring all of that simply use Compressor’s set up for Blu Ray H264 as a destination and then author in toast and allow Compressor to select correct channels

And you’re avoiding MXF’s completely? Baring in mind they must be asking for delivery in a file something like that?

The thing is with all of this it takes another to show you exactly how to do it then it becomes easy (I come from imaging so sound rattles my cage)

Thanks in advance

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

Just checking – I had the same problem for awhile – and now it’s corrected itself and I see the information holding between turning off and on – is this the same for you?

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –

[Terry Flaxton]

Hi yet again – this is a few months later and I now have a set up for surround sound from Final Cut Pro X using a Behringer USB router to send all channels via a 5.1 surround amp. System preferences recognizes this and send s both in and out.

NEXT PROBLEM: So I can set up a mix for surround sound and then I have to export. I haven;t tried making a blu ray yet but imagine simply using FCPX to burn will produce he corrext muxed file that will run from a blue ray player.

Because I create exhibitions I run my Pro res 4k files from Quicktime Pro 7 through a mac mini to keep quality up – So my question is how do I route the surround sound into the quicktime pro file on output from FCPX?

I’ve tried various options but it ALWAYS defaults to a stereo mix. I’ve tried MXF files but I don’t know of a programme like Quicktime pro which will start up each day and send the right image out and the right 5.1 sounds out. And as an aside is there anything I should do to make a DVD with 5.1 out work – any tricks?

Made my first video in 1976, A long term programme maker, DP, editing etc – changing with AR/VR/MR media –