How to Extract 5.1 from a Movie Trailer (testing functionality)

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Hi all,

I’m trying to learn Nuendo 11. I just upgraded from version 5.5 and want to know how to
extract the 5.1 stems from a movie (.mov) file on a PC. I’ve got the trailer I want to play with,
but when I import it, it’s only in stereo. Is there something I can do to get it in 5.1?
Equipment used:
PC running Windows 10
audio interface - Steinberg MR816x

Willie

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Is the surround in the mov uncompressed multitrack, or what codec is it in? Does it perhaps have multiple audio streams? (MediaInfo is good for this)

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First of all, are you sure there’s a surround audio track in that trailer? I successfully extracted many surround audio from mkv files and it was basically AC3 or DTS , sometimes AAC (mkvextract utility) and then decoded it to 6 wavs or one poly wav (eac3to utility). But I never did it with mov.

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I do believe .mov extension movie files only do Stereo Audio.

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mmm… is that really correct?

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No, they can have any number of audio tracks, each with different configurations (mono, stereo, multichannel…)

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when I have some strange situations (not only wrong imports but f.e. timestretch import bugs etc…) I use Adobe Media Encoder to re encode what I need.
Dunno if this helps…