"Bounce Quicktime" option disappears !

[redmount]

Hello,
Just back from summer break
... "Bounce Quicktime" options (File Menu) only shows up (greyed but appears) when launching Pro tools. As soon as I load a session, whatever 48/96k own template or basic Avid presets (post production - getting started,etc...) the Bounce Quicktime dissappears.
Importing a video doesn't fix this...


Disappointing


Any idea before I trash my prefs...
Thanks
Raf

[originalscottyg]

What version of PT? In newer versions, you go to "Bounce Mix" and set the file type to MOV.

[redmount]

signature updated, sorry.

2023.6

[originalscottyg]

Originally Posted by redmount

signature updated, sorry.

2023.6

Go to Bounce Mix and set the file type to MOV. Then you can (hopefully) choose between Same As Source and Transcode. I have found newer versions of Pro Tools to be much pickier about what files and codecs it will allow for Same As Source. So, I usually convert everything to Pro Res Proxy, bounce to that, then convert outside of PT. I use both FFWorks and Shutter Encoder. But I really like the droplets feature of FFWorks. I have a droplet set up to convert to ProRes Proxy and another droplet set up to encode the finished bounced ProRes files to H264/mp4. Drag and drop is really easy.

[redmount]

Thanks very much ! works great.
i am very surprised the way the "Bounce quicktime" option appears on startup but disappears as soon as you create or open a session
Anyway, the Bounce Mix way is pretty convenient
Cheers
Raf

[originalscottyg]

Originally Posted by redmount

Thanks very much ! works great.
i am very surprised the way the "Bounce quicktime" option appears on startup but disappears as soon as you create or open a session
Anyway, the Bounce Mix way is pretty convenient
Cheers
Raf

Glad you got it working. Yeah, there have been a few things in the newer versions that take some getting used to, but overall I love a lot of the new features, especially the latest EuCon updates. I'm wondering if the legacy option disappearing, or appearing at all, is just a weird glitch.