Transcode

The transcode node allows you to create a new transcoded file with options for video codec (ProRes, DNX, H.264) resolution (1920x1080, 3840x2160) and wrapper (mov, mxf) along with the ability to add a visual burn in to the transcoded file.

Use target directory to specify the directory where you want your transcoded file written and in the name pattern field you can specify the new name for your transcoded file. By default the new filename has _transcoded at the end but that can be removed if you’d like. For the name pattern you can either replace the file name entirely or if you want to append it you can simply add text after [filename]. So if your source file is named “Weekend_Performance” and you use the name pattern [filename]_2024, your transcoded file will be named Weekend_Performance_2024.

For the new file name, if you’d like to modify the name you can type in your own string of characters or, if you’d like to include some portion of the file path in the transcoded file name you can use wildcards. The wildcard for the file name is simply [filename] while the wildcard for the file path is [../../dirname], where dirname represents the folder where the source file is located and each instance of ../ represents one directory above. So for example if your file path and name is E:\Connex Testing\Camera Media\Arri\A05_060422_DAY_13\A005A3XM\A005C001_220604_A3XM.mov and you want your name to be A05_060422_DAY_13_A005C001_220604_A3XM, for name you’d want to use the string [../dirname]_[filename] because the directory name is coming from the folder one level above the folder where the source file is located.

By default if you try to transcode a file to a location where another file with the same name already exists, the older file will be overwritten. If you’d rather the transcode fail when it finds an existing file with the same name, uncheck the box for “overwrite if exists.”

Choose your codec and quality setting but note that the transcode node does not do frame rate conversions. This means that if your source file is 1080i59.94, only codecs that support that resolution/frame rate will work properly.

Also keep in mind that if you are transcoding to DNXHD, the codec you choose specifically needs to match your frame rate. So for example if your file is 23.98, only DNXHD codecs that support that frame rate (DNXHD 36, 115 and 175) will work.

For audio setup, if you choose “leave as source” your audio config from your source file will merely carry over into the transcoded file. If you choose “import from,” you’ll want to click browse and go to the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Cinedeck\ConneX-(current version number)\audioPresets

In this folder you’ll find audio configuration files for discrete, interleaved, mono, stereo and 5.1 mix. Choose the audio config that you’d like your new file to have. Keep in mind that this will reconfigure the audio layout but it will not delete or reassign tracks. So for example if you have a file with 6 mono channels and you rewrap it to stereo, it will then have 3 stereo channels, each with two tracks.

To add a timecode burn, check the box for “burns.” You can add a visual timecode burn based on either the clip time, the run time or the frame number.

For tape name, if you leave the default of [tapename], the tape name of the resulting file will match its file name. If you’d like to modify the tape name you can type in your own string of characters or, if you’d like to include the file name or some portion of the file path in the tape name you can use wildcards. The wildcard for the file name is simply [filename] while the wildcard for the file path is [../../dirname], where dirname represents the folder where the source file is located and each instance of ../ represents one directory above. So for example if your file path and name is E:\Connex Testing\Camera Media\Arri\A05_060422_DAY_13\A005A3XM\A005C001_220604_A3XM.mov and you want your tape name to be A05_060422_DAY_13_A005C001_220604_A3XM, for tape name you’d want to use the string [../dirname]_[filename] because the directory name is coming from the folder one level above the folder where the source file is located.

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