AVID - Macintosh - Catalina - Media Composer 2020 - How to export a H264 QuickTime

First step is to note the format your AVID project

Go to >Avid Media Composer>Preferences

1080 23.98 or 59.94

Note what format your project is you will need to know this later in

this wiki

First select your final timeline and choose

>RT click the timeline>Choose Output>Export to File

Choose MOV

Uncheck use Marks and Selected tracks to make sure

the entire timeline gets exported.

But if you don't want certain tracks or only a portion of

the timeline you can put in and out points on the timeline and choose

Use Marks and Use Selected Tracks

Image Size should be whatever your project format is

This is what you figured out at the beginning of this wiki

If you had a NTSC project choose 720 x 480 for example

If you had a HD project choose 1920 x 1080 for example

Scroll down the window and you will see the audio settings

Make sure Audio is checked and choose

Format - PCM

Sampling Rate 48 Hz

Bits per Sample 24

Choose Stereo

Review

Compression should be set to H.264

Choose Variable Bit Rate Single Pass for a faster export

Click on Save

Choose a place to save the file and Name it

Then Click Save