Extracting Audio from QuickTime and Windows Media Video

For more information, see the following topics:

Sample Rate Conversion Quality

(QuickTime and Windows Media Video Only)

You can extract many audio file formats from QuickTime and Windows Media video files without importing the video.

Pro Tools cannot extract audio from Windows Media video files that require Windows Media File Digital Rights Management (DRM) passwords.

The audio is converted to the session’s sample rate and bit resolution, and a new clip appears in the Clip List for each imported file. The clips are listed in the Clip List with the clip name, the number of the originating track, and the number of the clip from the track.

To import audio from a QuickTime or Windows Media video file without importing the video, do the following:

1 Choose File > Import > Audio.

2 In the Import Audio dialog, navigate to the video file from which you want to import audio, and select it.

3 Under the Clip section, click the name of the audio clip you want to extract from the video file, and click Convert Clip or Add Clip.

4 Select other audio files, and click Done to import the audio.

5 In the Audio Import Options dialog, choose whether to import the audio into a new track (and the Clip List) or the Clip List only.