Special export or transcoding in compressor

Hi there,
I have a small problem with FCP export options. Perhaps it could be solved in Compressor.
I'm working on a central server. Ingest and Playout are several servers. The Ingest and Playout servers have the following File Format:
Quicktime reference file for example:
test.qt
Video is a second file, in case of DVCPro 50 it is a for example test.div file with 4 channels of audio contained.
Audio are 4 WAV Files with 2 channels contained in ech WAV file. for example test12.wav, test34.wav, test56.wav and test78.wav
So if you play the Quicktime file test.qt you find a Video File with 8 Audio channels.
Now here is my question. You need this kind of structure when you want to put something to the playout server. Is it possible to do this by scripting in compressor oder do you have to write an apple script for that?
Best regards
Martin

Hello Adam,
you'll need a common denominator to get all the footage in project: ProRes LT or ProRes 422.
You should be able to ingest all the footage from both cameras through Log & Transfer. Have a look at Shane's tutorial: http://library.creativecow.net/rossshane/tapeless-workflowfcp-7/1
hope this helps
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