Designing A Workflow
All file editing actions aside from trim, transcode and rewrap are destructive, meaning they will modify your original file. To maintain your original file when performing these actions make sure to add a copy file node before performing the action.
When initially setting up your workflow you may want to spend some time plotting out the differences between the file you will be starting with and the file you want to create. For example if you have:
DNX36 OPatom with 8 channels of audio and slate beginning at 00:59:50:00
and you’d like to create:
H.264 MP4 at 5mbps with stereo audio, beginning with picture (no slate) at 00:00:00:00
You should break each of these changes into a step:
Trim file to begin at 01:00:00:00 (This will remove the slate and black from the head)
Restripe timecode to 00:00:00:00
Transcode to H.264 with a bitrate of 5mbps and an MP4 wrapper and change your audio config to stereo
You could technically do the transcode first but especially when transcoding to H.264, it's a good idea to do your transcode last to simplify the process and cut down on potential issues.
In ConneX each of these steps would become a node.