24P with FCP 2

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grifpo

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I'm in predicament. I have a DVX100 and am about to shoot my final project for a film/video production class. Unfortunately, we have to use the school's computers and they run Final Cut Pro 2. I believe I'm screwed and will just have to shoot 30i, though I'd like to make sure. Is there any way I could go ahead and shoot 24p? Thanks for the help.

-griffin
 
Shoot 24p (F5) (not 24PA, F6)
Import as if it were regular DV 29.97 and edit it as regular 29.97 DV
It will still have the 24fps look since i was shot at 24fps. It's just been coverted in camera to 29.97 just like any movie transferred to VHS tapes.
 
Ok, great. So I shouldn't have any problems as long as I don't use the 24PA (F6) setting. What about audio, will I run into any problems when I'm shooting a scene that is synched? It sounds like I'll be fine overall, I just want to make sure because it's going to be a one time chance when I shoot this, I just didn't want to get to the editing room with a bunch of dropped frames, etc.
I appreciate your help.
 
Set FCP to Non-drop timecode (Firewire NDF)
Iff you haven't changed audio modes on the DVX (48k is normal audio rate but you can shoot at 32k as I recall) you should be fine.

If this is the DVX100 and not the DVX100A then your audio may be off by 2 frames. With new versions of FCP they have a plugin to handle this. If you notice it you should be able to offset the audio a couple of frames.
 
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