24pA footage -> Sequence problem

[vroom]

This is my first time capturing and working with 24pA footage from the DVX100A. For recording, I set my camera to F6 on the dial (default settings) and checked to make sure it was 24pA in the Scene File.

Then, in FCP, I captured using the "DV NTSC 48 kHz Advanced (2:3:3:2) Pulldown Removal" preset. Strangely, the item properties in FCP show the clip as 29.97, but it shows up as 23.98 if I open it in QuickTime.

My sequence is set to "DV NTSC 48 kHz - 23.98." But when I drag the footage to the timeline, it asks me to change the sequence settings to match the clip.

If I click yes, it plays back smoothly but the sequence properties show it's been converted to 29.97.

If I click no, the sequence stays at 23.98 but the playback is jumpy as if the incorrect frames have been removed.

Any clue as to why this might be?

EDIT: Here's the solution.

It turns out the problem was caused by a timecode break. If I capture around the timecode break, it recognizes the clips as 23.98. Hopefully this might help anyone who encounters FCP falsely recognizing 23.98 footage as 29.97.

[Alex H.]

Just changing the sequence settings to 23.98 won't work for any sequences already created. Whenever you change a sequence setting, you have to create a new sequence after in order to see the change.

Try creating a new sequence and see if that doesn't help.

[vroom]

It still asks me to change the clip to match the sequence settings. And I know that the new sequence is 23.98 because it says so in both the sequence settings and item properties when I right-click on it.

The problem appears to be that FCP is reading the source media (captured in the same project using Advanced Pulldown) as 29.97, when I know it's 23.98 (as QuickTime shows).

[vroom]

It turns out the problem was caused by a timecode break. If I capture around the timecode break, it recognizes the clips as 23.98. Hopefully this might help anyone who encounters FCP falsely recognizing 23.98 footage as 29.97.