> That's pretty standard for news packages - the studio output > will then be mono'ed before it hits the transmission chain. > And you're quite right, it's for archiving purposes.
It seems a bit lowest common denominator, doesn't it - surely in this day and age it would be preferable to encode at the very least LCR audio for a clean - stereo - track and discrete VO. Though would I be far off the mark if I wagered that some broadcasters' workflows are almost carved in stone? :D (and what about planning ahead for when news broadcasts go to 5.1? To me that step is inexorable - at that point even recent archive materal is going to sound dated even if it's just upmixed to stereo once the de facto is LCRSLSRLFE (even if the surround chans are only used in VT segments - will be VERY nice when they're reporting on sports events). Incidentally you wouldn't believe how long it took me to get a useable stereo mix from the DVD supplied with only two pieces of very awkward video software on a Mac. If only I'd had a PC with Nuendo, Vegas or Premiere, I would've been done in 20 minutes - instead it took me a couple of hours of VERY lateral thinking, demuxing and transcoding... Bloody Macs, good for nothing ;-) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
