need to output a 2 channel stereo XDCAM HD 422 50 MBPS for broadcast

Hi, still do not have a working solution for this. I stereo panned 2 audio tracks (clips) in the timeline, have set roles to 2 channels, created a 2 channel discrete stereo compressor setting, and still get an 8 channel mxf output when it is checked in for broadcast. Have messed around with various settings and gotten everything from 8 channels with audio on 1, to 8 channels with audio on 4. Can anyone give me a check list? Thanks!

This issue has been resolved.

Could you please share your solution in case others have the same issue?

Was told by engineers at the broadcast center that all mxf are 8 channels but they only use 3 channels: 1 and 2 for stereo and a third for some kind of reference which wasn't explained. My initial problem of getting 8 channels with only 1 having audio (mono) was solved by creating a custom compressor destination with a config of 2 discrete audio channels.

I work in broadcast, I deal with that for other stations, and yeah, pretty easy to deal with once you understand MXF wrappers and the goal. MXF wrappers by default have 8 channels that you have to map out. Royal PITA.

Yup!