AVC or HEVC Video + PCM Audio in a MOV Wrapper

john_dennis wrote on 12/1/2025, 11:36 PM

In this discussion, Where did the Quicktime rendering option go? a discussion ensued about the possibility of using PCM audio with AVC or HEVC video rendered from Vegas Pro.

Howard-Vigorita described an FFMPEG script that he uses to combine the files rendered from Vegas Pro into a form he uploads to youtube.

Here is a method using Shutter Encoder for the script-averse among us.

The English Language Version

Render video and audio to two separate elementary streams using customized templates in Vegas Pro.

Rewrap the resulting video file from MP4 to MOV in Shutter Encoder.

Replace the (non-existent) audio in the MOV file with the WAV file just rendered.

Viola!

It sounds waaaaaaaay more complicated than it really is.

The Video Version

The Resultant File

General
Complete name                            : PQ Source - Medium Complexity-23_1.mov
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt   0000.02 (qt  )
File size                                : 164 MiB
Duration                                 : 29 s 997 ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 45.9 Mb/s
Frame rate                               : 29.970 FPS
Writing application                      : Lavf62.6.100

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main@L5
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Format settings, Slice count             : 4 slices per frame
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 29 s 997 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 43.6 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 100.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.701
Stream size                              : 156 MiB (95%)
Writing library                          : AVC Coding
Language                                 : English
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Codec configuration box                  : avcC

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : in24
Duration                                 : 29 s 997 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 2 304 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Stream size                              : 8.24 MiB (5%)
Default                                  : Yes
Alternate group                          : 1

 

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