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Audio/Video Ingest

Audio / Video ingest for DAW's and editing systems

Audio/Video Ingest is built for turning mixed incoming media into cleaner editorial-ready deliverables. It accepts both audio and video sources, converts them to a controlled house format, and can optionally split out a separate audio render alongside the processed video.

  • Batch-process common audio and video source formats in one recipe.
  • Convert video to MJPEG, ProRes 422, ProRes 4444, or DNxHD.
  • Resize video to source, 720p, or 1080p and optionally retime to a chosen frame rate.
  • Export separate audio files with configurable format, bit depth, channels, sample rate, normalization, and limiter handling.
  • Trim black at the start automatically or only after confirmation when first-frame-of-action detection finds a black lead-in.

The recipe uses Magnetron together with ffmpeg, ffprobe, and Magnetron analysis helpers to validate each file before processing. Video exports can be written next to the source or to a custom folder with optional subfolders, date suffixes, and filename tags. When separate audio export is enabled, the recipe can normalize to -23 LUFS or -1 dBTP, apply a safety limiter, and create AIFF or WAV outputs in the same batch pass.

Video Settings

  • Custom Folder
  • Sub Folder, with optional date suffix
  • Name Tag, with optional date suffix
  • Overwrite
  • Codec: MJPEG, ProRes 422, ProRes 4444, DNxHD
  • Frame Rate: source, 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
  • Resize: source, 720p, 1080p
  • Black Start: Off, Ask if black detected, Always trim to FFOA
  • Separate Audio: create a dedicated audio export alongside the processed video

Audio Settings

  • Custom Folder
  • Sub Folder, with optional date suffix
  • Name Tag, with optional date suffix
  • Overwrite
  • Format: AIFF or WAV
  • Bit Depth: source, 16-bit PCM, 24-bit PCM, 32-bit float
  • Channels: source, mono, stereo, 5.1
  • Normalize: Off, -23 LUFS, -1 dBTP
  • Sample Rate: source, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
  • Limiter

The recipe keeps track of progress per file and per stage, so it is well suited for repetitive ingest work where consistency matters more than manual one-off conversions.