bluntinstrument9
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Of the 290 AG-DVX100 24pa clips I've captured to my hard drive for my first feature, about 50 or 60 of them have vid rates (at least according to the clip descriptions in the FCP browser window) of 29.97 fps. My other 230 - 240 clips are (again according to the browser) 23.98 fps. When I open any of the 29.97 fps mov master files in QuickTime and click on "Movie Info," QuickTime tells me the actual frame rates vary with the file, from, say, 24.45 fps to 23.39 fps to (sometimes) 29.98 fps, and so on.
When I drag any of these files to the viewer, they seem to play perfectly fine, though in the viewer everything seems to play back at 30 fps. In fact, even my 23.98 fps clips play in the viewer at 30 fps, which I can tell when I step through each frame with my arrow keys. Is this supposed to work this way?
Anyway, my real question is that my Easy Setup default sequence editing rate is 23.98 fps, so no matter which clip I use at which frame rate, once I drop it onto the timeline and start to work with it, it immediately works at that 23.98 fps rate, even if it is supposedly a 29.97 fps master file. I could use Cinema Tools to reverse telecine each of the 50 or 60 29.97 fps mov files to bring them into frame rate conformity with my other 23.98 fps stuff, but I don't want to do it if I don't have to. Is this step necessary?
I plan to create a 23.98 fps DVD and eventually upload to a reel of 35 mm film. Any light you can shed on this most bewildering subject would be most appreciated!
When I drag any of these files to the viewer, they seem to play perfectly fine, though in the viewer everything seems to play back at 30 fps. In fact, even my 23.98 fps clips play in the viewer at 30 fps, which I can tell when I step through each frame with my arrow keys. Is this supposed to work this way?
Anyway, my real question is that my Easy Setup default sequence editing rate is 23.98 fps, so no matter which clip I use at which frame rate, once I drop it onto the timeline and start to work with it, it immediately works at that 23.98 fps rate, even if it is supposedly a 29.97 fps master file. I could use Cinema Tools to reverse telecine each of the 50 or 60 29.97 fps mov files to bring them into frame rate conformity with my other 23.98 fps stuff, but I don't want to do it if I don't have to. Is this step necessary?
I plan to create a 23.98 fps DVD and eventually upload to a reel of 35 mm film. Any light you can shed on this most bewildering subject would be most appreciated!