Surround Sound Work Flow
To save some others pain and to just capture this learning experience for posterity… here is the work flow Im currently using for surround sound projects.
Ok, now why I do it like this way.
The key idea here was to use the tools I had available without purchasing any new stuff to produce a HD video file that would play back on my blu-ray player with surround sound. NOTE: My blu-ray player plays data files from disk or usb, this is not about creating a blu-ray disk.
Cubase 6.5 does support 5.1 mixing, but exporting the 5.1 channels as separate wave files is the only way to get the mix out.
To save some others pain and to just capture this learning experience for posterity… here is the work flow Im currently using for surround sound projects.
- Edit in premier pro
- Export sound OMF to Cubase with IO setup for surround, 3 channels left, right and center
- Mix to taste
- In Cubase Render 3 wave files (LR&C)
- Import wave files into premier
- Export VIDEO ONLY from premiere quicktime photo jpeg
- EXPORT audio as a single windows 5.1 wave file
- Run video through handbrake to create h264 file mp4
- Run 5.1 wave file through “WavToAc3” encoder tool to produce AC3 encoded file
- Use “My MP4Box GUI” to “mux” the h264 video with the ac3 audio to final output.
Ok, now why I do it like this way.
The key idea here was to use the tools I had available without purchasing any new stuff to produce a HD video file that would play back on my blu-ray player with surround sound. NOTE: My blu-ray player plays data files from disk or usb, this is not about creating a blu-ray disk.
- Edit in premier pro
- Export sound OMF to Cubase with IO setup for surround, 3 channels left, right and center
- Mix to taste
- In Cubase Render 3 wave files (LR&C)
Cubase 6.5 does support 5.1 mixing, but exporting the 5.1 channels as separate wave files is the only way to get the mix out.
- Import wave files into premier
- Export VIDEO ONLY from premiere quicktime photo jpeg
- EXPORT audio as a single windows 5.1 wave file
- Run video through handbrake to create h264 video only mp4 file
- Run 5.1 wave file through “WavToAc3” encoder tool
- Use “My MP4Box GUI” to “mux” the h264 video with the ac3 audio to final output.
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