View Full Version : FCP 7 doesn't like AAC 48KHz conversion from Canon 5d mk2


Tim Palmer-Benson
January 22nd, 2010, 12:30 PM
Hi
I am using MPEG Streamclip to prepare my 5D files for FCP. I am following the Philip Bloom settings..he recommends Apple Pro Res LT. However, in an attempt to convert over the sound from 44.1kHz to 48kHz and I am setting MPEG streamclip's audio settings to Apple AAC 48.kHz. FCP doesn't like this when I drag a clip into the timeline and puts up a red line. When I remove the audio from the clip, the red line disappears....so what to do?

I thought this would be a good work flow so that I could have a 48kHz audio time line which would mesh up with sound from camcorders like the XHA1.

What am I doing wrong?

Mike Watson
January 23rd, 2010, 08:41 PM
Sounds like your timeline has a 44.1khz setup, and your audio is 48khz. Fix one or the other!

Tim Palmer-Benson
January 23rd, 2010, 09:36 PM
No, I made a mistake in MPEG Steamclip settings. In unprocessed audio, you can set it to transcode to 48.kHZ. I missed this before. AAC is compressed audio and FCP doesn't like it and wants to render the audio everytime. I discovered that it was the audio when I remove the audio from the timeline.

James Miller
January 25th, 2010, 05:52 AM
With MPEG Streamclip using ProRes you should set the audio to 48 kHz 'Uncompressed'. You will then not have to render in the timeline. 'Linear PCM' @ 48 kHz for export from QT7.