30P or 29.97

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telcoman

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I'm going to record sound for the Canon 5d MK II on a fostex FR-2. Thought I'd double check and see if the frame rate is really 30 or 29.97.

Anyone?

Thx in advance
 
No, I don't think so. It is mis-labeled as 30p or something in the file data but is actually 29.97. Something like that. And as a result, I know that zoom users have to slow down their recordings to 99.9% and this provides a perfect fix. I am not sure how this relates. I think you would either choose 30p and slow it down, or maybe choose 29.97 and then you wouldn't need too... I have no idea, it is late. Read this, a lot of it should apply:

http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2190
 
Trust me guys. The clips are a nonstandard 30 fps which no nonlinear edit system supports (no codec for it). You can edit with it on a powerful system, but EVERYTHING on the timeline will need rendering and depending on your use (ie braodcast) you will have to render it as a (D1 NTSC or 720 or 1080) sequence with appropriate frame rate on output. Thats why most folks convert it to an edit format (like Prores) and not leave it in its aquisiition format (H.264 which is a long GOP format which increases rendering time dramatically). If you need proof of the frame rate, open the clip in Quicktime Pro and look at the stats.
 
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