Does anyone know how to encode to aac with Quicktime?

[jellysandwich]

I can't find the option...

js

[setarip_old]

QuicktimePro>>Export>>Movie to MPEG4>>Options Then, the second line from the top, click the downarrow to the right of "Video" and select "Audio"...

[kotrtim]

You need Quicktime Pro....
You can also use iTunes to convert to AAC, it's the same as quicktime

[jellysandwich]

Found it, thanks.

Is there a reason why I can't choose AAC-LC VBR (grayed out - only AAC-LC and None are highlighted)? My input is a wav file, if that matters...

Edit:Well, I decided to try iTunes. Found it!

js

[setarip_old]

Found it, thanks.Found what?

[jellysandwich]

Found what?

The encoding place you pointed to.

js

[setarip_old]

Glad to hear that ;>}

[jellysandwich]

Any chance you know why I can't use the vbr settings?

js

[setarip_old]

Only a guess on my part - It probably requires that your source file is VBR in order to output as VBR.

Curious to know why VBR audio would be important to you?

[jellysandwich]

Well, I'm used to using vbr with mp3 and ogg. It's weird because iTunes can do vbr...

Doesn't it increase quality overall?

js

[kotrtim]

Quicktime,

export
"movie to quicktime movie"

options

sound

look for AAC

there you'll get VBR LC-AAC in .mov

again load the mov

export to mpeg-4

use pass thorugh option....

yeah you get a VBR MPEG-4 AAC now

[jellysandwich]

Didn't work, everything except none and aac-lc is grayed out. :(

Edit: Ok, it worked the second time. I had to quit and reopen Quicktime though. Thanks kotrtim.

Someone posted about this on apple's forums, but they never responded...

js