3 Replies Latest reply: Oct 16, 2012 10:29 AM by nw42 RSS

    How to make a 7.1 mix into a mov file?

    explosion visuelle

      I want to make a .mov file with 7.1 audio.

      I need to define the channels.

      In Quicktime Pro it is quite easy to assign audio files to the channels, but there is no possibility to mix anything.

      There is no export option for mov with video.

       

      Could anybody give me an advice how to solve the problem?

        • 1. Re: How to make a 7.1 mix into a mov file?
          nw42 Community Member

          If you use Premiere for video editing you can export up to 16ch of audio with your MOV file...

           

          Audition will extract audio channels from MOV's but can't save them back.

           

          But be careful - we often get corrupted audio during import/export of large Quicktime audio (>4GB). That seems to be a general problme and nothing specific to Adobe Products.

          • 2. Re: How to make a 7.1 mix into a mov file?
            Charles VW Adobe Employee

            If you open an audio file that has 7.1 audio (and has the channel labels set correctly in the file), you should be able to save that as an audio-only QuickTime .mov file with the channels labeled.

             

            Unfortunately, you cann't _create_ such a file from scratch in Audition via the New File dialog.  So, what I did was to create several template files in QuickTime pro, with various channel labels, and save those from QuickTime Pro as audio-only .mov files.  I could then open those in Audition, paste the audio into the tracks that I wanted, and then export as a new file.

             

            One of the troubling things about "7.1" is that there's multiple accepted definitions of what "7.1" really is (i.e. are there 5 across the front, or extra ones on the side?).

            • 3. Re: How to make a 7.1 mix into a mov file?
              nw42 Community Member

              Hi,

               

              you should be able to save that as an audio-only QuickTime .mov file

               

              keep in Mind that's very dangerous to save large audio tracks to MOV files because they become corrupted regular.

               

              See for reference: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4470314#4470314