HPX500, 24p and AVID

[beatty]

Hello everybody.
I hope anybody can help me. Maybe that´s even an old problem...
We´ve shot o the HPX 500. We did 4 films. 2 were cut on FCP and were shot in 1080i/24pA. One was shot in 1080i/25p, edited on Avid without any Problem. Today I got a call from the PostPro Supervisor that they can´t work with 1080i/24p in Avid. He said he only has the 59.94i hz
-Stream, but he can´t extract the 24p in the pulldown. What can be the problem here? Is it possible that AVid does the normal 2:3 Pulldown or must the pull-down be down with an external software? I dont´know exactly, because everywhere I try to explore there is written: "If you use Avid - use 24p, there is no 24pA Support"...

Any advices?

Thanx

[Barry_Green]

The problem is Avid is about two years behind the times -- they don't support 1080/24p pulldown removal. They only support 1080/60i -- so if you shoot 1080/24p DVCPRO-HD (in either mode, 24p or 24pA) you can only edit it on Avid as 1080/60i.

One would hope that since every other NLE supports on-the-fly 24pA pulldown removal, Avid will finally achieve parity in their next version.

Until then, you really don't have a choice -- if you want to use Avid, you're going to have to edit it as 60i.

(unless, of course, I'm totally wrong and this issue has already been addressed)!

[beatty]

Ok. Thanks for your help. That´s what I want to know. Or should I say: that´s the fact I don´t want to hear :Drogar-Shock(DBG):
I can´t believe that the leading company in NLE-Systems doesn´t support this. So we will try another solution - we can´t wait until the big company take pity on us...with the nxet version.
What do you think, is Raylight MXFX a good solution for this problem?

[smelni]

barry is indeed correct - and it is SUCH a shame.

i think you can edit in avid at 60i and then export and bring it into another tool to remove the pulldown on the final edit

[mvb]

Hello everybody.
I hope anybody can help me. Maybe that´s even an old problem...
We´ve shot o the HPX 500. We did 4 films. 2 were cut on FCP and were shot in 1080i/24pA. One was shot in 1080i/25p, edited on Avid without any Problem. Today I got a call from the PostPro Supervisor that they can´t work with 1080i/24p in Avid. He said he only has the 59.94i hz
-Stream, but he can´t extract the 24p in the pulldown. What can be the problem here? Is it possible that AVid does the normal 2:3 Pulldown or must the pull-down be down with an external software? I dont´know exactly, because everywhere I try to explore there is written: "If you use Avid - use 24p, there is no 24pA Support"...

Any advices?

Thanx



Raylight MXFX will remove the pulldown and convert to 1080/24P native without recompression. It was developed in cooperation with Avid specifically for this sort of problem.

It's $195. see http://dvfilm.com/MXFX

[martin kunert]

I used to be a big fan of Avid (except for their tech support and pricing, which was egregiously arrogant). One couldn't do a pro project without going Avid.

Now Avid sucks the big one. They've fallen behind and can't catch up. Their stock value is spiraling down.

Karma.