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BrockHumphrey
Participant
August 18, 2017
Question

Exporting 5.1 and Stereo embedded in Quicktime from Premiere

  • August 18, 2017
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I'm delivering a movie to a distributor and having a hard time getting the correct audio embedded in the QT. Their specs are:

Audio must be embedded in the movie file (5.1 surround, if available, and stereo L/R - 8 tracks, each track assigned to its own channel and labeled accordingly) Stereo L/R or Lt/Rt must be stereo paired in the movie file. See below for audio specifications.

CH 1: Left

CH 2: Right

CH 3: Center

CH 4: LFE/Subwoofer

CH 5: Left Surround

CH 6: Right Surround

CH 7: Stereo L (or Lt)

CH 8: Stereo R (or Rt)

They told my mixer to configure sound for multiple mono. I'm confused in regards to the track type/output assignments when initially creating the sequence. When I set a track type to mono, it looks like the output assignment assumes that it's 1 of a dual mono stereo pair. So do I set the first 6 track types to adaptive? And then the last two tracks as mono for the Stereo L-R and then pan each accordingly?

Does anyone have experience with embedding 5.1 and stereo in a Quicktime like this?

Thanks.

2 replies

Participant
August 8, 2024

I'm having the same issue, commenting in case anyone has a solution for this. I can't figure out how to have both 5.1 (mapped to L,R,C,Lfe,Ls,Rs) on channels 1-6, and then stereo L&R on channels 7&8, all in the same file. But that's how the distributor needs me to deliver the ProRes QT.

R Neil Haugen
Legend
August 8, 2024

It's all in how you setup the sequence and options.

 

@Jarle Leirpolland @Warren Heaton10841144 are two of the best helping with this. I think @Richard M Knight also.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Legend
August 18, 2017

I recall reading where a new update to PP made something like this possible, but I've no experience actually doing it.  Maybe something from the following will help.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Audio in Premiere Pro CC - YouTube