Editing 24PA footage

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blackdogs377

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Ok i know for sure that regular 24p footage is 23.976 or whatever, but apparently 24PA is actually 24p? Can someone clear this up for me? I edit with sony vegas and I set my timeline to 23.976p and i shoot in 24pa so i'm not sure if I should be setting the timeline to 23.976 or 24?
 
In short, 24P (aka 24P Native/24PN) is recorded to tape at 29.97 to be edited and output as 29.97. The pulldown can be removed, but it's a pain.

24PA is recorded to tape at 29.97 with the intent that, upon capture, the pulldown will be removed and the true 24 progressive frames restored for editing on what's really a 23.976 time line.
 
blackdogs377 said:
Ok i know for sure that regular 24p footage is 23.976 or whatever, but apparently 24PA is actually 24p? Can someone clear this up for me? I edit with sony vegas and I set my timeline to 23.976p and i shoot in 24pa so i'm not sure if I should be setting the timeline to 23.976 or 24?
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Use the 24p DV timeline preset (widescreen or standard); the frame rate is 23.976.

Both 24p and 24pA are 23.976 recorded to tape in a 29.970 stream.

You're using Vegas, so you can use either 24p standard or 24pA, capture, drop either into a 24p-preset timeline, and Vegas will remove the pulldown -- either scheme -- automatically. It takes a little less processor to remove 24pA pulldown, so use that. But if you shoot 24p standard, you can still use it as 24p in Vegas just as easily.
 
David Jimerson said:
Use the 24p DV timeline preset (widescreen or standard); the frame rate is 23.976.

Both 24p and 24pA are 23.976 recorded to tape in a 29.970 stream.

You're using Vegas, so you can use either 24p standard or 24pA, capture, drop either into a 24p-preset timeline, and Vegas will remove the pulldown -- either scheme -- automatically. It takes a little less processor to remove 24pA pulldown, so use that. But if you shoot 24p standard, you can still use it as 24p in Vegas just as easily.
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as i mentioned earlier, i record in 24pA. I know that vegas removes pulldown automatically after you check the box in the options, but thanks anyway.

So i guess i'll just keep using 23.97p in vegas as my timeline
 
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