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Compressor 2 Settings for Converting 23.98 clips to 29.97 clips ?
Hi !
What are the best recommended settings in Compressor 2 for converting 23.98 clips to 29.97 clips ?
Pixel Aspect set to NTSC – CCIR 601
Field Dominance set to None.
I’m in Final Cut Pro 5.1.4
Thanks !
Howard Ferguson
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3 Replies
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Jeremy G posted this when I asked the same question about HD cross-conversion – only caveat is I would choose what field order your video will end up using if it’s SD=lower and HD=upper:
Export a ref movie form FCP and open that up in Compressor.
Make s new QT setting and in the Encoder tab hit the video settings button.
Choose the codec of your dreams and the set the frame rate to 29.97, then click OK.
Back in the encoder tab, set the audio drop down menu to Pass Through.
GO the frame controls tab on turn on frame controls.
Resize, Deinterlace, and Rate Conversions should all be set to Fast, and then turn the Output Fields to Upper Field First. Duration should be 100%
Leave the filters tab alone unless you want to tweak something there.
In the Geometry tab set the frame size to 100% of source if your movie is full raster HD, if not choose the closest equivalent of full raster (1920 or 1280).
Hit Submit. Wait. Then you have a 29.97 Upper Field first movie with correct 3:2 pulldown. You can now dance the marimba.
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Hi Mark,
Thanks very much for your response !
I will keep this helpful information for future reference !However, what I need to do in this situation is change the Frame Rate of the underlying clips, that are already edited into a sequence.
The problem is:
The Sequence is 29.97, but all the video clips are 23.98.I’d like to convert those 23.98 clips to 29.97,
and then reconnect to the new frame rate versions of those clips to the Sequence.Do you know if that’s possible ?
There are a lot of Key Frame edits on those clips.
Will that remain properly in place ?Do you know how best to convert those individual clips using Compressor 2 ?
What would be the best settings to just change the Frame Rate, and nothing else, keeping the same quality ?
Thanks very much for your help !
Howard -
This I don’t know for sure, but would it be worth it to media manage into a new sequence making clips offline and then recapture (at 29.97)? That would be my best guess. I don’t know how FCP is treating your 23.98 clips as is – if it’s adding the pulldown and keeping your speed correct then doing a media manage to a new sequence with clips offline and then batch capturing the sequence at 29.97 fps should do what you want. Again, this is my best guess as I haven’t encountered this workflow before. Hopefully someone here with more experience can chime in…
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