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Anonymous
February 13, 2024
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Davinci Resolve Roundtrip with FX3, FX30 or A7S III and four audio channels

  • February 13, 2024
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I know there are already lots of posts about rountripping to resolve from premiere.

I have tried the XML, EDL and AAF - way. None of them worked.

The main problem is the audio format of the FX3s four-channel-audio file, so all audio from this camera is offline when I import the XML in Resolve.

So as the FX3, FX30 and A7S III all record in the same formats (in this case XAVC-HS 422 10 bit 200mbit with four channel audio), and those are very common cameras I thought maybe somebody already has come up with a good workaround.

I was thinking of maybe consolidate and transcode the whole sequence to prores and then go to Resolve, grade those consolidated clips and relink them in premiere. So I will not loose all my audio (effects) work.

Did anyone try this?

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Anonymous
February 15, 2024

I think maybe the best Idea is just to transcode to prores and roundtrip to resolve with a one way ticket. I can still import the source footage if I need to change anything.. and finish there.

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    Michael Grenadier
    Legend
    February 13, 2024

    Wait, if you're just using Resolve for color correction (as I mainly do), why are you bringing the audio over beyond a reference mixdown?    Not challenging you, just wondering...  

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    Anonymous
    February 13, 2024

    Whats your way to go back to Premiere? I am very curious.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
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    February 14, 2024

    If I started grading and heavy effects work, I would transcode most of my footage. To question is: Do you need to transcode ALL of your footage just for simple editing. Which means - simple in and out points, no multicam..


    I think everybody does that differently ... literally.

     

    I still know editors that t-code all long-GOP stuff, finish the project, dump the t-codes. They can create them again if the project comes back up for some reason ... which realistically, doesn't seem to happen too often.

     

    Others have beasts that can actually do what they need with it even with long-GOP media. So it isn't an issue.

     

    I saw a presentation via zoom style of a DIT recently.  There was a Q&A after his demo of his cart and listing of his normal duties and steps with apps used. And of course, the question ... whaddya do with long-GOP came up.

     

    Well ... most of the productions he works on, the Offiicial Printed Protocol requires him to take the long-GOP media, archive it identically to all other media, and also produce all-I copies that are sent throught the process to be used for all editing & etc.

     

    So, says he, they archive the original clips, but never actually use them in the production.

     

    Well ... those productions go through many terrabytes of storage a day at times ... sheepers. This is just a tiny little blip in the mountain of data. 

     

    Don't ever expect to be on one of those jobs, personally ...

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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