What's new in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.16
Jun 27, 2023
- Support for latest FCP XML version (1.11).
- Correctly write 32 bit floating point audio into AAF.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.14 (Nov 30, 2022)
- Fix crash during parsing of iXML metadata in WAV files.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.13 (Oct 4, 2022)
- Reinstate 32 bit floating point audio support.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.12 (May 6, 2022)
- Temporary removal of support for 32 bit floating point audio.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.10 (Apr 14, 2022)
- Support for 32 bit floating point audio.
- Collection of role names from iXML in wav files.
- Better support for FCPX bundles.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.7 (Nov 5, 2021)
- Support for FCP XML v1.10 bundle export from FCPX.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.6 (Mar 31, 2021)
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.4 (Nov 13, 2020)
- Bug fix for problem with incorrect roles being applied.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.5.0 (Sep 2, 2020)
- Support for version 1.9 FCPXML.
- Support for proxy media.
- Fix for issue where audio roles could be lost.
- Fades are now implemented as transitions rather than automation gain.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.4.3 (Nov 1, 2019)
- Fix bug where inactive audio in compound clips was being put in the output AAF.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.4.1 (Oct 10, 2019)
- Features:
- Better handling of fades (in and out) so that speed of fade in ProTools more closely matches that in FCP X.
- Now uses v 7.1.0 of RED SDK for RED media.
- Bug fixes :
- Handle RED media where the audio is shorter than expected.
- Handle empty compound clips.
- Other changes:
- Removed option to fall back to obsolete technology for audio extraction (QTKit). Note that this may result in some clips failing for a very small number of users.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.2.2 (May 4, 2018)
- Better warning message when encountering problematic media.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.2.1 (Apr 12, 2018)
- Support for FCP XML v1.8.
- Better support for J/L-cuts on multi-cam clips.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.1.0 (Mar 1, 2018)
- Includes latest R3D SDK v7.0.6
- Added option to retain inactive tracks in the output AAF
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.32 (Sep 27, 2017)
- X2Pro now attempts to use AV Foundation to read MXF files
- X2Pro now collects anonymised data to let us know how often it reverts to QTKit in order to read media files, this can be turned off
- Fix for a problem caused by two transitions on top of each other
- Fix for a problem where disabling an audio source in a sync clip could lead to a loss of some audio
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.29 (Jun 27, 2017)
- Use of v6.2.2 of RED SDK.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.28 (Jun 10, 2017)
- Extracted audio can be forced to 48 kHz.
- Various bug fixes.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.21 (May 10, 2017)
- Bug fix release.
- Prevent crash that occurred with RED media with no audio.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.17 (Apr 7, 2017)
- Bug fix release.
- Greater tolerance of anomalies in the FCP XML (such as mismatching track layouts and missing audio information).
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.12 (Jan 12, 2017)
- Bug fix release:
- Fix for issue where initial attempt at audio extraction fails.
- Fix for issue parsing FCP XML where conformed clips are retimed.
- Fix for issue where all markers on a clip were included in the AAF even though only a small part of the clip was used in the project.
- Fixed issue where X2Pro would not process markers correctly when positioned on a transition.
- Better error reporting.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.11 (Nov 23, 2016)
- New optional user preference added that will allow X2Pro to continue with AAF generation if a source media file cannot be read. When enabled the AAF will be generated with an empty clip in place of the unavailable source file. Details of the warnings are given to the user to allow investigation.
- Fix for behaviour of some sequences that could be exported included roles that had been disabled. Fixed for exports using the 1.6 version of the FCP XML.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 4.0.10 (Oct 28, 2016)
- New FCP XML Parser that supports v1.6 of the FCP XML.
- Better support of retimed clips.
- Ability to select / deselect all roles in the Roles Drawer.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 3.0.13 (Apr 5, 2016)
- Bug Fix Release:
- Improved memory management to avoid "out of memory" and "XPC timeout" errors while processing large projects.
- Retimed compound clip handling has been changed to ensure that incorrect AAF files are not generated.
- Better FCP XML handling of retiming.
- Improved performance for projects that contain many MXF files.
- Better handling of non-standard clips (X2Pro now falls back to using a different mechanism where the initial attempt to extract audio has failed).
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 3.0.5 (Nov 9, 2015)
- Bug fix for failure to read to the end of some QuickTime movies (Error number 1).
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 3.0.4 (Nov 2, 2015)
- Fixed bug where X2Pro failed to release resources during conversion, causing some large projects to fail.
- Set minimum requirement for the App to be Mac OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) since earlier Mac OS versions do not contain the technology required to support the latest camera formats.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 3.0.2 (Oct 16, 2015)
- X2Pro has been updated to allow the support for a wider range of media files and camera content.
- For the technically minded, we have achieved this by including background processing with both the AV Foundation Framework and the QT Toolkit. This allows X2Pro to support an even greater range of media files without losing any of the existing support.
- Other enhancements include:
- X2Pro will detect and use an Active Audition during the export process without requiring finalization before the export
- X2Pro will generate a text report detailing any warnings or errors generated during the export process and save this alongside the output AAF
- Basic notification service added to allow messages to be displayed in the application
- General enhancements for handling Re-Timed clips and managing the behavior when finding un-referenced files
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.5.1 (Jan 9, 2015)
- Bug fix related to upgrading from X2ProLE to X2Pro
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.5 (Dec 18, 2014)
- Inclusion of latest R3D SDK (v5.2) to allow support of current R3D devices.
- Implemented scripting support which allows FCP X to share straight to X2Pro.
- Improvements to the Media Location page of Preferences (links directly to help on web, better display of paths).
- Changed default behaviour of a fresh installation to embed media rather than generate an error when requesting an AAF which references media (this will not affect users who upgrade - existing settings are maintained).
- Several minor bug fixes.
- Added feedback button to allow users to get in touch more easily.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.4 (Oct 3, 2014)
- Update R3D SDK to v5.1 in order to support latest R3D equipment.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.3 (Jul 1, 2014)
- Support for FCP XML v1.4
- Better support for spanned R3D files on OS X Mavericks.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.2 (Nov 28, 2013)
- Support for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
- Better memory usage
- Removed the need for the user to define media locations (OS X 10.9 only)
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.1.6 (Mar 13, 2013)
- Fixed issue where audio clips could be omitted or shortened when they overhang the clip that they are connected to.
- Fixed issue where WAV files whose metadata had been written by One Llama Media Inc were not recognized in Avid ProTools.
- Fixed issue where audio that was connected to Titles were handled incorrectly or even omitted from the AAF file.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.1.2 (Jan 11, 2013)
- Features:
- Audio tracks that are disabled in FCP X's Audio Inspector are now excluded from the AAF.
- Bug Fixes:
- Allow R3D audio clips to exist on the timeline in a disabled state and not fail the conversion;
- Failure to generate an AAF when the project contains segments of audio that were less than 1ms in duration;
- Muting or clip gain adjustments were occasionally applied to the wrong clip;
- Transitions, when applied across J or L cuts, could sometimes result in audio slippage.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.1.1 (Nov 8, 2012)
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.1 (Oct 26, 2012)
- Added support for FCP X 10.0.6 and its new FCP XML v1.2.
- Many enhancements that affect individual channels from multi-channel audio clips are taken into Pro Tools, including:
- Disabling whole channels, or just a range;
- Volume adjustments;
- Setting Roles.
- Where available, Sandbox information from the FCP XML is used to gain permission to access media files, removing much of the need to explicitly provide this via Media Locations in X2Pro's preferences.
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 2.0 (Oct 4, 2012)
- Embedded media can be trimmed
- Media can be referenced rather than embedded
- You can choose which roles and subroles to export and which to ignore
- You can choose the order in which roles and subroles are exported
- When FCP X Roles are packed into Pro Tools tracks, subroles can be ignored creating a far more compressed set of tracks
- Roles are now packed more densely into Pro Tools tracks
- When a channel is not enabled in FCP X it is not exported
- Broadcast WAV headers, with metadata, are copied into embedded media from source files
- Many minor bug fixes and enhancements
New in X2Pro Audio Convert 1.1 (Apr 20, 2012)
- Whole clip volume adjustments are converted into clip gain in Pro Tools
- Key-framed volume adjustments and Fade Handles are translated into key-frames in the Pro Tools volume lane
- FCP-X Markers and To Do items are transferred and are colour coded by status allowing you to select which ones to import into Pro Tools
- Better support for AIFF and MP3 files
- Improved memory usage for large projects
- Updated help
- All reported bugs have been fixed