major 24p dilemma

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raciere

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I've searched these boards multiple times, and I can't find the best answer to my question. Pls forgive the fact that this is redundant, but I do appreciate any input.

I shot 10 hours of doc footage in f5 24p normal. I then started batching the footage in FCP Studio with the wrong settings... I chose 23.98...

Now, I've batched LOGGED 9 hours... but have not yet captured that footage. However I HAVE captured 1 hour of footage... again, this is f5 24pn footage captured with a 23.98 setting (and it looks mildly jaggedy and stroby).

So the question is how to best rectify this situation? I have hundreds of batch log in-and-out points that I do NOT want to loose, however I assume that since I haven't actually captured the footage, it shouldn't be a big deal, right? So should I:

1. Export the batch LIST as is, and then import it back into a new project at a proper 29.98 setting and THEN go ahead and capture everything? If so, then I assume I will also need to recapture the hour of footage I have currently captured incorrectly, right?

or

2. Just change the sequence and capture preset settings (ie, via Audio/Video settings) in the project to DV NTSC 48 kHz and then all I have to do is recapture the 1 hour of footage?

or

3. capture everything at 23.98 and reverse telecine it all after? in which case I'd have all 24p footage on a 24p timeline... which may be beneficial if I choose to do a 24p DVD... but will I loose image quality this way (I already know I will loose time...)?

Final output will be DVD, miniDV, and web streaming broadcast.

Thoughts? Thanks for ANY input.
 
1. You can't capture it at 23.98 since it's not 23.98. You won't be able to reverse telecine and have this work.

2. Try saving/exporting your edit list as a backup.
3. Change capture settings and try to capture a 'small' amount of footage and check it out.

As a reminder to those new FCP/DVX users - FCP has a single, easy to use setting to automatically do the right thing if you're shooting 24pa. if you're not using 24pa don't touch the capture or sequence settings.

When starting off shoot and capture a few short test scenes to confirm everything.

Ignoring the manual and the posts and shooting/capturing hours of footage will be a painful process.
 
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