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To perform any changes within the Just In Mac Lite Configuration panel, you have to unlock the panel first.

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Overview

Open the Just In Mac Lite Configuration panel, select the Device, and switch to the “Capture Presets” tab.

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  • TV Norm”: select the TV Norm.

  • Container”: select the Container.

  • Aspect Ratio”: select the Aspect Ratio.

  • Codec”: select the Codec. After selecting the “Codec” you may be asked for the Frame rate and Resolution as well.

  • Audio Channels”: select the number of Audio Channels. After selecting the Audio Channels, you may be asked for the Audio Track Alignment (Mono or Stereo) as well.

  • Audio Mapping”: use this option to change the audio output mapping for the recorded files.

  • “No hardware encoding, even if available”: Activate this setting if you wish to bypass encoding using the designated hardware encoder. Instead, opt for CPU-based processing for this particular encoding procedure. This feature proves exceptionally beneficial when dealing with multichannel recording situations involving the utilisation of multiple capture IDs.

  • Do not write captions to container”: enable this option if you would rather not write closed caption data into the recorded file.

Add a Capture Preset

In the “Device & Channel List” select a Device. Click on the “Capture Presets” tab and press the Plus ("+") button to add a new Preset.

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Capture Preset options can be changed at any time.

Edit an existing Capture Preset

Select an existing Capture Preset and change the options on the right side. The changes will be saved automatically.

Remove a Capture Preset

Select an existing Capture Preset and use the Minus ("-") button below the Capture Preset list to remove the selected Capture Preset.

Apple ProRes

When creating an Apple ProRes-based Capture Preset, you have to select the Frame rate and Resolution, after selecting the related codec option.

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Audio Channels and Audio Track Alignment

You can choose between “2”, “4”, “8” and “16” Audio Channels for “Capture Presets”. Some configurations may require an Audio Track Alignment setting as well.

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Please note, that some codec/container options allow only “2”, “4” or “8” Audio channels as options.

Audio Mapping

The “Audio Mapping” option enables the possibility to adjust the output mapping for the recorded video files of the incoming audio channels in a simple way.

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You can set an Audio Output Track to “Silence” as well if needed.

H.264 Settings

When creating an H.264 Capture Preset, you have to select “H.264” specific settings.

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Please note that not all custom resolutions are supported by the macOS built-in hardware encoder.

Growing Files

just:in mac lite supports growing files (for macOS and Windows-based NLEs) with various formats. If you have specific needs or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. When working with Adobe Premiere Pro as your NLE of choice, please refer to this Adobe Knowledge-base article as well.

DaVinci Resolve

When using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, working with growing files is partially possible as well, but only when using direct-attached storage and with specific codec/container combinations. Tests with network-attached storage showed inconsistent behaviour, and therefore it is not recommended. Please do not hesitate to contact us, to get additional information or to discuss your recording and editing workflow when using DaVinci Resolve 18 and higher.

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Although the Just In Mac Lite application generates correct and standard-compliant Growing files, there’s currently an issue with parsing them correctly within DaVinci Resolve resulting in the non-continuous display of the audio waveform. This means that editors cannot hear any audio after a short amount of time when a growing file in a MOV container is imported into DaVinci Resolve. This issue is unfortunately out of our control and has been reported to the DaVinci team to be reviewed.

You can download a PDF document describing the “Supported Formats and Codecs” from the Blackmagic Design homepage (URL may change over time): https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_18_Supported_Codec_List.pdf?_v=1677744010000