Fcp5 stereo to fcp 4 mono

i know this is a pretty obscure issue, but recently i digitized some footage in FCP 5.1 onto an external HD, then opened the scratch clips in FCP 4.5 and upon importing the audio automatically converted from stereo to channel 1 mono (erasing audio channel 2).
has anyone else ever experienced this, or know of a way to preserve the clip's stereo soundtrack?
thanks in advance!
-b

chip jones wrote:
both computers are running the same version of QT, any other ideas?
the raw QT file on the 4.5 computer is in stereo and plays back just as it should in QT, but it changes to mono upon importing. i haven't tried exporting separate audio tracks in linking them in FCP...
Actually, Andy and Leigh are on the right track - this is a QT-related issue.
FCP 5.x (or later) captures dual mono media as two separate sound tracks in the created QT file (do a quick Command-J in QT Pro to observe 2 Sound Tracks). Previous versions of FCP, as you're seeing, expect to see dual mono in a single sound track in QT.
The only workaround that I can remember - and it's been a long time since I've had to do this - was to open the QT files in QT Pro and export using Stereo audio. FCP 4.5 should then see both channels.
Of course, you'll probably have to break the stereo pair in FCP, but at least you'll be able to work with both channels...
Message was edited by hanumang because I totally overlooked Leigh's response. Sorry!

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