Standard way to capture 24p on PC?

Cody_Jordan

Cody_Jordan

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Is there a standard way to capture 24p onto pc and edit on a true 24p timeline?? I've been on this forum for about a year now and its still not clear to me how to do it. So honestly folks, I feel like I'm missing something here.

I basicly want to get the best possible quality from my DVX.. So I film on 24p Advanced.. then capture and try and edit on a 24p timeline in various programs for PC. And yet i run into the infamous pulldown problem that completely makes sense to me but I haven't found the best way for reversing that pulldown.

Better yet, is it even neccessary to edit in 24p? I mean if I have to can i edit in 29 fps and still output to dvd @ 24p? My output is going to be on dvd and possibly TV because I'm editing a music video that we shot. If this is the case can i just scratch 24p alltogether once i put it on the computer (since I'm remaining digital?) However editing on a 24p timeline and outputting to a 24p DVD just sounds so awesome.

Heres my options I already tried:

1. Avid - I dont like tha program one bit. It needs to retire.

2. FCP - I have a PC.

3. Premeire Pro- I know this auto removes the pulldown from the footage in the timeline but yet its still has issues and bugs for 24p footage.

4. Vegas Video - I love this program and have used it for many years but when I'm editing top notch projects this just doesnt cut it. Its like iMovie for pc.

5. DVfilm - I've thought about this alot but is there another way besides paying 100 bucks for a 2 megabyte program?

What can be done guys? How do you do it? I need closer pretty bad here as you can see. I tried searching this forum up and down on this issue and noone ever makes it clear. I'll eventually have a mac later on but for now PC is all i have to work with. Please help! thanks ;)
 
Re: Standard way to capture 24p on PC?

If you still think Vegas is like "iMovie for PC," you haven't seen or fully explored Vegas 4 or Vegas 5.  For the PC, it probably handles 24p the best.

It is always best to edit in the native framerate, and no, you can't make a 24p DVD from a 29.97 timeline.

Progressive editing is *very* nice.
 
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I've worked on Vegas the past 3 years and absolutely had the best time with it... I put it in the same category with iMovie because its still limitting in alot of ways. And sure you can do alot with Vegas.. but getting there can be pretty frustrating. In a way i look at Vegas as my training wheels for editing. Now its time to move on to the real deal. Name one full scale production that was edited in Vegas Video... if you can, i'll be impressed.

And so you say.. well get a freakin' mac. Well thats what I've been telling myself from day one.
 
Re: Standard way to capture 24p on PC?

Vegas is the best-integrated 24P editor for the DVX. It's what you want to use. Choose a 24P project preset, and make sure "allow pulldown removal" is checked in the options, and you'll have completely hassle-free 24p editing.
 
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Vegas makes things so easy, you sometimes forget how powerful it really is. I'll never switch, but that's just me.
 
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how does Vegas compare to FCP? editing 24p that is... I haven't had one problem editing 24p content in FCP.. easy as pie...

good ol QuickTime..
 
Re: Standard way to capture 24p on PC?

im guessing i should have left the vegas comment out... but then again i'd have no replies :P

Its mainly wishfull thinking that got me to this point and a few annoyances by vegas.
 
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For the record, "get a freakin' Mac" will NEVER be the advice I give anyone.  ;D
 
Re: Standard way to capture 24p on PC?

[quote author=Loki link=board=Events;num=1108067391;start=0#5 date=02/10/05 at 19:59:27]how does Vegas compare to FCP? editing 24p that is... I haven't had one problem editing 24p content in FCP.. easy as pie...

good ol QuickTime..[/quote]

I can't give you any first-hand comparison, but if Vegas is flawless and FCP is flawless (though NOTHING is *really* flawless), then I'd say they compare nicely.
 
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