Render video with surround sound in Vegas?

[John Rofrano]

[Mark Fjellstroem] “I’m very new to surround video but I want to render a self-contained video file (something like mp4 or mkv would be ideal) with at least four audio channels (5.1 will do fine). However I can’t find any codec in Vegas that will let me do this.”

Use the Sony AVC encoder. After you select a template like Internet 1920×1080-30p, press the Customize Template button, go to the Audio tab and select 5.1 Surround under Audio Coding Mode. You might want to save this as your “MP4 w/Surround” template.

~jr

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[Mark Fjellstroem]

Thank you so much John, I can’t believe I overlooked that specific encoder, this is exactly what I need. 🙂

M

[John Rofrano]

[Mark Fjellstroem] “I can’t believe I overlooked that specific encoder, this is exactly what I need. :)”

Not your fault. Sony has one of the most convoluted methods of listing render templates that I’ve ever seen. I don’t know how anyone finds anything without a lot of hunting around. Glad I could help.

~jr

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[Dave Osbun]

I also wanted to thank you, John, for this information. I had planned on playing around with surround sound renders during the Christmas break, and you just saved me a bunch of time! Thanks!!

Dave

[John Rofrano]

I’m glad I could save you some time. I actually bought my first surround system for my HD TV this year and I haven’t gotten around to really figuring out how it works. Maybe I should do the same this holiday. lol 😉

~jr

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