edius 5.1 - capturing 4 channels of audio

[Steve Newbert]

trying to capture 4 channels of audio - HDV - thru firewire.
Recorded video using a sony HDV-270U. The 4 channels are there, can't seem to find any button for this in the capture windows.

thanks
Steve

[pjsssss]

http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11507

Check out this very excellent pdf on 8 channel audio by Steve. Slightly different than 4 but you will get the idea.

[Steve Newbert]

can''t seem to capture all 4 channels

I haven't even gotten to the editing of 4 channels yet. I can't seem to be able to figure out how to capture 4 channels from the orig. hdv camera tape.
thanks for any light you can shed on this.

[pjsssss]

Have you tried placing your capture on the timeline with 4 channels of audio mapped? Right click on your captured file, choose properties, go to the audio tab, and see how many mono channel options there are.

[SRsupport]

trying to capture 4 channels of audio - HDV - thru firewire.
Recorded video using a sony HDV-270U. The 4 channels are there, can't seem to find any button for this in the capture windows.

thanks
Steve

This is really simple there is no button to capture 4 channel audio.
Why?
Edius will always capture all 4 channels.

Just follow the advice Pat gave you and all will be clear. Crystal clear. :)

[Steve Newbert]

I'm missing something

OK. I click on the captured clip -
right click properties - shows 2 audio channels and stereo is checked.
the video was recorded with 4 audio tracks that play back through the
camera.

I started a new project - set the audio channels to 8
and mapped the first 4 as -
channel - 1 - 1L
channel - 2 - 1R
channel - 3 - 2L
channel - 4 - 2R

when I drag the clip onto the timeline only 2 mono channels show up.

I also tried to map them as:
channel - 1 - 1L
channel - 2 - 2R
channel - 3 - 3L
channel - 4 - 4R

no luck with either.

I feel like I'm missing something very simple .
thanks for any help.
steve

[Khoi Pham]

I think You are confuse between 8 tracks and 8 channels, if you are on NX like me there are only a few preset that has 8 channels, when you open a new preset and choose new preset, the description on the bottom left tells you how many channel that perticular preset has, find one that match your video that has 8 Channel, not manually put in 8 tracks on the right side.

[Steve Newbert]

capturing 4 channel audio

thanks - yes, I understand that. I've had that set all along.
I just restarted a new project - with 8 channel audio set and mapped.
and re captured a short clip that has 4 different audio channels.
I pulled it onto the timeline - only 2 show up.

why so complicated?

steve

[Khoi Pham]

hmmm don't know, I don't have anything with 4 channels to try for you.

[SRsupport]

1 Which camcorder did you use?
2 Which project setting did you use?
3 can you put you put a sample clip somewhere so I can have a look at it?

By way I think , if I look at your post it looks like you did not map the channels but used the channel out map .

[Steve Newbert]

capturing 4 channels of audio

I am using the sony HDV-270U .

I used the hdv 1440 X 1080i 59 frame preset with 8 channels of audio

I'll try to figure a way to get you a portion of the clip.
How do I map the input? I thought that's what I was doing.

thanks for your help
steve

[SRsupport]

Did you check the pdf files ? Pat linked you to those?
There are 2 if you look at them both everything is explained

[Steve Newbert]

4 channel audio

Yes, i read the pdf's. I did everything step by step. but when I drag the clip over it only loads 2 channels. If I right click on the clip, look at properties of the clip while still in the bin, the audio panel shows just 2 channels.
Is there something else I am missing during the capture process?
thanks
steve

[SRsupport]

Is the audio 48hz or 32 Khz?