AVID - Exporting to QuickTime with 5.1

The drop down menu on the right is the Mix Mode Select button.

Audio Mix Mode and Monitoring Options

To hear a surround sound mix, you need surround sound hardware. If you don't have the hardware, the mix options will be grayed out. The hardware connects to the speakers through which your surround sound mix will play. Media Composer can use a third-party sound hardware, or you can use the Avid Artist I DNxIO hardware, which has an HDMI connector capable of transmitting surround sound to a receiver. You can also use the digital and analog connectors on the Avid Artist I DNxlO hardware. The mix mode sets your speaker layout so Media Composer sends the correct signals to the associated outputs on your hardware. The mix mode addresses the following questions :

• Do you have two, four , six, or eight speakers?

• How are your surround sound speakers connected to your hardware?

• How does a stereo sequence play back when you have 7.1 surround speakers?

• How does a 5.1 sequence play back when you only have two speakers?

When your sequence mix format is set to either 5.1 or 7.1, you will see that the Master output switches to display 6 or 8 audio meters. The order that these meters show the different output channels is set in the Audio Settings (found under the Settings tab of the Project Window). Since Media Composer v8.6 you can choose to monitor in ProTools or SMPTE order.

Comparison of 5.1 Film and 5.1 SMPTE Mix Modes

1. Open the SETTINGS TAB, and create a new Export setting by duplicating an existing one and renaming it Audio Surround for example.

2. Open your custom setting and configure it as shown.

3. You will need to create custom settings which will open the Movie Settings window. In this, you'll click the SOUND SETTINGS button to open the Sound Settings window on the right.

4. In the Channels menu, select 5.1 (LR C LFE Ls Rs) which is the SMPTE setting.

5. The video settings can be H.264 which is normal for QuickTime.

6. Click OK to close all the windows.

7. Now in the bin, select the sequence, right-dick and choose OUTPUT> EXPORT TO FILE .

8. Choose the Export setting you just created and a destination (the desktop for example).

9. Perform the export.

You have now created a surround movie as a Quick Time format. If you play it, you will see (or perhaps hear) surround, but how do you know it is a surround movie? Well the answer is to re-import it.

You have to make sure that All are the same.

Link to your Audio. Make sure you rt click and modify to be L R C LFE Ls Rs

Then the mixer tool has to be that within the seq

Then the QT export audio needs to be that way

Then QT will play correctly, but VLC will not.