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  Capture 24P DVCPRO footage with Avid Xpress HD 5.2.4

  Posted by Jeff Pereira on June 22, 2006 at 4:58 am

  Hello,
  I am working with footage shot on DVCPRO50 camera, in either 24P or 24PA. (I believe the footage is laid to tape at 30i)
  I’m using the Panasonic AJ-SD93 deck.
  I’m using Avid Xpress Pro HD 5.2 to edit.
  I would like to capture this footage at 24P is this possible?
  When I create a 24P project, and try to capture, the capture option is greyed out? What is this?
  I can capture within a 30i project, and I can see that every 4th frame is duplicated, so it is 24P in some sense.

  Thankyou for any input.
  JeffP

  Jeff Pereira replied 19 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Phillips

  June 22, 2006 at 10:54 am

  You need to be in a 23.976 project since that is the true frame rate of the camera. Then go to the Film/24p settings and set ADVANCED or NORMAL depending on what you shot. Avid Xpress Pro can capture both directly over FireWire.

  Michael

  anything 24fps
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  Jeff Pereira

  June 22, 2006 at 10:55 pm

  Thanks Michael, I’ve been able to capture my footage at 2:3:2:3 (standard), and 2:3:3:2(advanced). How do I know which one is better if I don’t know which way it was shot?

  I read on other forums that you can tell if your footage is 24PA if every fourth frame repeats. When I dig my footage in at 29.97, every fourth frame does reapeat. However, our shooters are telling us the tapes were shot at 24P(not advanced) and when i bring it in at standard mode it does look better. The footage that i bring in at advanced mode looks like it have a duplicate frame every once in a while?

  Our final show will be go out at 30i and 25PAL, and we’re trying to figure out the optimal workflow?

  Thanks,
  Jeff

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