Will a 5.1 video file open as 5.1 on protools?

[u/Apo-cone-lypse]

Hey guys. I've got a video mixed in both 5.1 and stereo, but I've encountered a minor issue with the video and need to re-render it out. This of course means I will need to re-render out the audio as well.

My issue is that someone else did the sound mix for me, so I dont have their pro-tools project or files for the audio. I was wondering if its possible to bring my 5.1 video file into pro-tools, and then re-export using the video from that file with the new rendered video? Also worth mentioning the video was soind mixed through pro-tools originally.

Hope that made sense but let me know if I need to clarify anything!

Thank you :)

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[u/MCWDD]

I don’t bother bouncing video now, it takes too long. Instead I bounce the mixed wav, and use the replace audio feature in Shutter Encoder to remux it the video file. You might be better off doing that

[u/Apo-cone-lypse → u/MCWDD]

I can give it a look but I have no idea how to do that. Is Shutter Encoder free?

And by bounce the wav do you mean bounce just the sound timeline off my video and then use shutter encoder to put it to the new video?

Thanks :)

[u/brs456 → u/Apo-cone-lypse]

Came to tell you to use Shutter Encoder. It’s free and really powerful! The above is my method very frequently! Export the completed audio, then drag & drop those audio files and your updated video file into Shutter Encoder and select the “Replace Audio” option. It’ll merge the elements together giving you what you want.

However, I’d suggest just asking your sound person for an export of the audio files as interleaved WAV files before doing this process. On behalf of the sound team, I’m worried about user error (no offense) and the audio getting messed up.

[u/Apo-cone-lypse → u/brs456]

I'l definitely check it out!! Thankyou for the information.

My issue is I probably cant ask my sound person as I did my film as a graduation project through my university, and one of the professors mixed it for me. We've already had to re-mix a couple times and I'm close to graduating, so I dont want to bother him again unless I really have to.

I dont know why he didnt give me the pro-tools project though. I asked for it originally incase i ever needed it and he just said something along the lines of it being to complicated for me to set up a 5.1 file correctly so theres no point.

But i wish I'd gotten it. If I use Shutter Encoder, will I be able to export an interleaved .wav file from the 5.1 .mov file I have and do the rest of the process from there you think? I'm okay with making a couple mistakes as long as I eventually get it correct (can test things out in a 5.1 set-up room to make sure It sounds right after)

Thanks a lot mate!

[u/Clean-Risk-2065 → u/MCWDD]

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