Deleting three of four audio source channels

[lloydpdx7]

I'm trying to expedite my transcoding workflow for this particular project, with scores of clips to review.

My HPX170 records up to 4 audio channels, and in this case I i have my current preset configured to take channels 1 and 2 as mono tracks, and 3 and 4 as stereo. On testing this is working properly.

However, we now know that we ONLY want source channel 2 (cleanest audio) on the output files.

I can't figure out how change the preset to map source channel 2 to a single output track. I can delete 3-4 without issue, but when I delete track 1 in hopes of keeping only 2, the resulting output has source channel 1 instead of channel 2 as the lone track.

I may be missing something obvious to a more seasoned user.

Thoughts?

[Kevin-Monahan · Accepted solution]

LloydPDX7,

• However, we now know that we ONLY want source channel 2 (cleanest audio) on the output files.
• I can't figure out how change the preset to map source channel 2 to a single output track.

I don't think this is possible to do directly from Media Encoder. You can set this up on Premiere Pro, however, and then transcode using AME. Have you tried that?

Thanks,
Kevin

[lloydpdx7]

This does work, functionally speaking, and it's where I started, but it didn't seem terribly efficient for 80-plus clips. If it's the only way to do it though I guess that makes it efficient