How can you check if you shot 30p or not after

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accentphotography

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I just did an event where I set the camera up to 30p and left for 20 minutes to come back and immediately start the filming. I usually use preset P1 and that was the one that I had set up the 30p in but today I looked at he cameras menu and it was not on progressive. I have also noticed that when I put it on 30p and turn it off it seems to lose the that setting. Am I doing something wrong? Should I be saving it or renaming the P1? How can I tell if it was 30p or not for import? What is the standard default FPS if its not 30p? I was guessing 60i but I am not sure. Thanks!
 
When you change the scene file settings, you have to go to the end of the scene file menu and save your settings. If you don't save the scene file settings, when you turn off the camera, the scene file settings revert to whatever they were before.

As far as determining if footage was shot in 30p, I'm not really sure how to determine this in camera. But there might be another way. Capture the footage into a 29.97 time line, them view a section of a clip one frame at a time. If all the frames are different and the images change one after another, it's 30p. If every fourth frame repeats, then it's 24p.

Like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 = 30p

1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 = 24p

I don't know how you could determine if it's in 60i. I have never used 60i in my DVX100B. It would probably behave similar to 30p on the timeline.

At least that is the way it does in Adobe Premiere. I hope this helps.
 
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If your LCD options are set to display everything, it'll display the frame rate.

In an NLE, you can tell by it being 29.97 with a field order of "none," or "progressive." That is, if the NLE can read that bit of metadata.

Between 60i material and 30p material, you'll see interlacing in any movement in 60i. You won't with 30p.
 
Yeah ... kinda worried about that crappy interlacing. I see it in the HDV Sony I have in 1080i and when it does a 480 it is 60i as well without any other settings. Now the Pany, I believe, reset itself back to stock OEM settings as I do not think the original owner ever messed with the settings. For the most part P1 is set to zeros and definitely not progressive. Oh well ... experience is the best teacher (next to you guys :) ). Currently using FCP HD 4.5 if that helps.
 
I think they are both interlaced. Does anyone know if there is a simple affordable way to view the editing in a higher quality than that of the pixelated FCP windows? Can you hook up a couple of monitors in SVGA, DVI or with a special card see S, Standard or HDMI? I get so tired wondering how the quality really looks. Of course the NTSC signal to the RCA ports on a TV looks great.
 
Well with the exception that I wanted my first video to be 30p, it will have to work. I am also mixing it with a second window of closeups that was 60i too so this will be easier. Thanks
 
accentphotography said:
I think they are both interlaced.
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No, 60i is interlaced; 30p is progressive. "30i" is the archaic term for 60i, still used in some software and you'll see it around the 'Net, too. Just recall that when someone says "30i," they mean 60i.

Does anyone know if there is a simple affordable way to view the editing in a higher quality than that of the pixelated FCP windows? Can you hook up a couple of monitors in SVGA, DVI or with a special card see S, Standard or HDMI? I get so tired wondering how the quality really looks. Of course the NTSC signal to the RCA ports on a TV looks great.
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Firewire>DVX>S-video to TV
 
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