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23.98 NDF to DF for broadcast
I’ve done lots of searching but haven’t been able to really find an answer to my question/problem.
I am editing an hour long show that needs to time out at 44:30 including 6×10 seconds of blacks for breaks.
I’m editing 720p23.98 material and am trying to figure out a way to set this up so it times out properly when down converting to Beta SX.
I am currently working in a 23.98 timeline and thought it may be easier to copy everything to a 59.94 timeline but when I copy a sequence over alot of the audio levels change, audio clips are out of sync with their respective video tracks and there are gaps between clips.
Am I missing something here? Is there an easier way to do this?
I’ve read about the timecode calculator, using slugs to make it time out properly but I still can’t wrap my head around it.
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Read MORE about using the TIMECODE CALCULATOR:
https://lfhd.net/2008/10/22/timecode-calculator/
And what I originally did without it…
https://lfhd.net/2006/09/20/online-workflow-overview/
Shane
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ok. i downloaded it.
can you tell me if I’m doing this right?!
it looks like 23.98 DF 44:30;00 converts to 44:27:08 NDF. Does that mean I make my 23.98 NDF sequence edit 44.27:08 in length?
And for the breaks do I just make the 10 seconds black slugs within my NDF sequence? WIll those time out to ten seconds once dumped out to DF? -
[Justin Pokrant] “it looks like 23.98 DF 44:30;00 converts to 44:27:08 NDF”
Right…
[Justin Pokrant] ” Does that mean I make my 23.98 NDF sequence edit 44.27:08 in length?”
Yes.
[Justin Pokrant] “And for the breaks do I just make the 10 seconds black slugs within my NDF sequence? “
Yup.
[Justin Pokrant] “WIll those time out to ten seconds once dumped out to DF? “
Yes. You only drop 2 frames of timecode for every min of footage (except every 10th minute). So 10 seconds is 10 seconds in DF and NDF.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
Wonderful.
Thanks for the help!
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