Quicktime audio --> WAV/MP3 conversion

[luke1457]

Hello all,
I need help (ie: software recommendations and general instructions) on how to go about converting a Quicktime (v5, I think) audio track into WAV PCM; later to be encoded as an MP3.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Luke

[maguirer]

If you have QuickTime Pro just open the file, and export Sound to Wave. Pretty simple...

[luke1457]

Thanks but I figured/tried that. I can ony export to "another quicktime movie".

Am I missing something -- that there is no "WAV export" option??

[maguirer]

When you open the move go to the export item under the file menu. At the bottom of the file save dialog, there's an "export" pop-up menu, from that select "Sound to Wave".

Hope that helps...

[luke1457]

yes, as I stated in my last reply - I tried that. The only options under the "export" menu are "movie" and "movie, self-contained".

[setarip]

Click on the "Options" radio button to the right of the Export choices - You'll see options for the video stream and below that, options for the audio stream...

[luke1457]

The "Options" button is greyed out for both menu-items: "movie" an d"movie, self-contained".

[setarip]

I'm going to guess that you don't have Quicktime Pro - which is the commercial version. If that's the case, I'm afraid you're out of luck about the "normal" way to do this.

If you already have a SEPARATE audio track, you might be able to convert it using GoldWave or CoolEdit...

[luke1457]

I MUST have Quicktime Pro -- I can SAVE QT movies and all. I have version 5.0.2

[setarip]

It's really quite simple, either you bought Quicktime Pro from Apple, or you don't have the Pro version - unless, of course, you've obtained a warez version, in which case, perhaps "you got what you paid for"...