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If you're using an Apple workflow, you're no doubt familiar with the ways in which Apple makes its Quicktime codec attractive for web and mobile delivery.  Exporting a .MOV "for the web" is as simple as, well, picking the "Web Streaming" preset in your application of choice.  Care to deliver to mobile devices?  Target iPhones and iPods with the presets of the same name.

This is an area where respectable people disagree -- and, if you do indeed disagree with me, I encourage you to voice your opinion in the comments.  But I strongly advocate avoiding Quicktime for web delivery.

To avoid any issues with your audio, you will want to convert your audio files to AIFF. An easy way is to export using the Quicktime Conversion.  I had always done this in iTunes, but just discovered an easier way.

I locate the audio file I need in the finder, and drag it into the Viewer. If you don't know where it is, use the Spotlight to locate it. Once your audio file is in the Viewer, you will Export Using Quicktime Conversion. This is a good function to map to a key, because we are often exporting thru the Quicktime Conversion. When the Quicktime Conversion window pops up you will want to choose the location you want the converted to go to, and change the Format from Quicktime to AIFF.

When iTunes did the conversion it would put the converted file into the same folder the source was from. Using this method we can skip the step of moving the file from where it was saved to our Project Folder.