Bounce to Quicktime and loss of audio quality

massimosammi · Post by **massimosammi** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:27 pm

Hello,
I'm trying to export the final mix to Quicktime and I have a big loss of the audio quality.
I have printed the mix as a wav file in the sequence, I select it and bounce to QT.
If I open the file in QT and check the inspector of the movie, turns out that the format is AAC, and the quality is really lower than the wav file in the sequence. Is there a way I can control the specs of the audio in the QT bounce? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 4:47 pm

Bounce to Disk as a .wav file first.You can then drop it into QuickTime.

QuickTime 10 is limited compared QuickTime 7.6.6 for audio.

QT 7.6.6 can be downloaded free from Apple still.
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL923?locale=en_US
It installs in your Utilities Folder so that it doesn't clash with QT 10, part of the OS.

If you ever had OS 10.5, you might have QT 7.7 installed somewhere. 'Find it and send to Trash. It no longer works and 7.6.6 may not work if 7.7 is present.

massimosammi · Post by **massimosammi** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:46 pm

Thanks Mike, I have QT Pro and that's what I generally use.
I already used that procedure, but the file sounded still weird, with pops and cracks, after I dropped it into the QT video.
I ended up using iMovie, I bounced the video in DP without audio, selecting the final mix soundbite and muting it, and then I exported the wav file so that they were of the same length, then dropped them both in iMovie and it worked. The audio is still AAC but at least it doesn't have the distortion in the low end it had when I bounced to video in DP.

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:29 pm

I thought DP would ALWAYS BTD to a QT according to whatever the project is set to (i.e., WAV, 24-44,1)

This actually has annoyed me, since I´ve always wanted a way to choose, in the BTD dialog, the audio format I want for the audio part of the QT (usually mp3 to send stuff for client revision).

Killahurts · Post by **Killahurts** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:04 pm

FMiguelez wrote:I thought DP would ALWAYS BTD to a QT according to whatever the project is set to (i.e., WAV, 24-44,1)

It used to be that way.. we lost that functionality, AAC is the only option. I used to hit one button, now I have to bounce it separately and glue them together in FCP X or whatever.

Big. Waste. Of. Time.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:55 pm

Yeah, when they dropped the quicktime engine it dumbed down so much stuff in the export options. I really miss referenced movies and don't appreciate having to bounce a few 2 hours films to send a copy to a producer. It also eats up a lot of disk space. I know, disks are cheap, but why just clutter it up with self-contained movies when a perfectly good referenced movie is there. I wonder if I make the DP movie a referenced movie if it would BTD as such? I doubt it, but maybe I'll try it if I get bored.

Killahurts · Post by **Killahurts** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:30 am

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Yeah, when they dropped the quicktime engine it dumbed down so much stuff in the export options. I really miss referenced movies and don't appreciate having to bounce a few 2 hours films to send a copy to a producer. It also eats up a lot of disk space. I know, disks are cheap, but why just clutter it up with self-contained movies when a perfectly good referenced movie is there. I wonder if I make the DP movie a referenced movie if it would BTD as such? I doubt it, but maybe I'll try it if I get bored.

You're right, disks are cheap, and getting cheaper by the day.. but I only can have so many of them attached to my computer at a time, and video eats it up fast. Man, I forgot about referenced movies.. I used those all the time back in the day.

Wonder why they would drop the QT engine and bust us down so far? I've been mixing a concert this summer, and I don't want to think of how much time I've wasted getting refs back and forth with the video editor (AAC is not acceptable for this project). We need those functionalities back.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:31 pm

Watch your spelling.... LOL

doodles · Post by **doodles** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:10 pm

i think he was referring to yours , MLC

(your mis-spelling, obviously...!)

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:43 am

I ha e no idea what you're talking about... LOL.

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:55 am

Fixed BOTH misspellings.

Killahurts · Post by **Killahurts** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:41 pm

James Steele wrote:Fixed BOTH misspellings.

But seriously, we need more options for exporting movies, not less. DP had always handled audio for movies so well, better than most of the other DAWs.. it's disappointing to see it get dumbed down.. ok, rant over.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:31 pm

James Steele wrote:Fixed BOTH misspellings.

I fixed my initial post as well.

Thanks.

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:08 pm

James Steele wrote:Fixed BOTH misspellings.

Good. The errors might offend some, but more important, they make misleading and inaccurate claims.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:53 am

Killahurts wrote:
FMiguelez wrote:I thought DP would ALWAYS BTD to a QT according to whatever the project is set to (i.e., WAV, 24-44,1)
It used to be that way.. we lost that functionality, AAC is the only option. I used to hit one button, now I have to bounce it separately and glue them together in FCP X or whatever.

Big. Waste. Of. Time.

Anyone knows when 'It used to be that way.. ', OS, DP version ?
Could it be it was with SnowLeopard and DP 7.24 ?
...just trying to collect info...
Thanks

Klaus

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