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Scenario: I'm grading client-provided ProRes 422 HQ HD clips with stereo audio on a Win 10 workstation and exporting DNxHR HQX in a MXF Op1a wrapper. Then I'm using a 2013 Mac Pro to transcode the DNxHR back to ProRes for those clients who require it. Recently I've run across an issue.
The mxf files, when previewed in the media page on the Mac, have stereo playback as heard and confirmed on the meters. Even when dragged into media pool, they play back properly on the media page. However, once a timeline is created from them, there is audio on channel one only.
Inspecting clip attributes shows that the stereo audio in the mxf file is being read as two channels of mono. By changing the attributes to a single stereo channel, the audio appears correctly when put into a new timeline.
I've read the section of the manual about assigning audio channels in the media pool and it discusses this. However, it seems like an unnecessarily complicated thing to have to do with an embedded stereo track.
Looking at the source .mov and my exported .mxf in MediaInfo, I notice that the ProRes under Audio, under Channel(s): 2 Channels has an entry for Channel positions: Front L R. The DNxHR file does not have the Channel positions entry.
So my question is, is this a problem with DNxHR itself, or with Resolve's implementation of it, or is this a bug in the way Resolve reads the file? Any enlightenment appreciated!
Both computers on Resolve Studio 14.0.1.008
Win machine specs:
Win 10 Pro 1703 build 15063.608
ASUS X99 Deluxe II
Xeon E5-2696 v4 2.2 GHz
64GB RAM
2 x 1080Ti
Mac:
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
Mac Pro late 2013 12 core
32 GB RAM
2 x D700
The mxf files, when previewed in the media page on the Mac, have stereo playback as heard and confirmed on the meters. Even when dragged into media pool, they play back properly on the media page. However, once a timeline is created from them, there is audio on channel one only.
Inspecting clip attributes shows that the stereo audio in the mxf file is being read as two channels of mono. By changing the attributes to a single stereo channel, the audio appears correctly when put into a new timeline.
I've read the section of the manual about assigning audio channels in the media pool and it discusses this. However, it seems like an unnecessarily complicated thing to have to do with an embedded stereo track.
Looking at the source .mov and my exported .mxf in MediaInfo, I notice that the ProRes under Audio, under Channel(s): 2 Channels has an entry for Channel positions: Front L R. The DNxHR file does not have the Channel positions entry.
So my question is, is this a problem with DNxHR itself, or with Resolve's implementation of it, or is this a bug in the way Resolve reads the file? Any enlightenment appreciated!
Both computers on Resolve Studio 14.0.1.008
Win machine specs:
Win 10 Pro 1703 build 15063.608
ASUS X99 Deluxe II
Xeon E5-2696 v4 2.2 GHz
64GB RAM
2 x 1080Ti
Mac:
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
Mac Pro late 2013 12 core
32 GB RAM
2 x D700
