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2 in 5 frames stutter or interlace after capturing
Capturing DVCAM footage into FCP5HD with sony DSR20. Every 5 frames contain 2 that stutter, flutter, vibrate, or are (interlaced?). Capture settings are DV/DVCAM at 29.97. Is this a 2:3:3:2 pulldown issue? We’ve dinked with alot of capture settings and different presets to no avail including advanced 2332 pulldown removal, different codecs, etc. What can we do? Help us Obiewan, you’re our only hope!
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So, don’t DINK with the settings. 🙂
If its DV or DVCAM NTSC footage, use the “Easy Setup” for DV NTSC.
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Sounds like you’re trying to capture 24P and not standard 60i. BTW, you never mentioned your source tape frame rate, only what your capture frame rate is set to. More info please.
– Don
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Usually when every fifth frame looks like a field is going back words and one is going forwards, it’s a field order issue. check to see that your capture is the same as your system. Most new NTSC systems are lower field first.
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Thanks guys. Still no luck. Our source tape is 29.97 fps according to Intersound, Hwd. who ordered the dub. We know to set capture at lower even field. The dub was made at Technicolor (Cindy) and we can’t get her to respond for troubleshooting, i.e. confirm tape format. We know it’s something in our capture settings because frame by frame scrubbing of the source tape shows no interlacing. Any other ideas? Thanks! – Keithmax
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Keith,
What does the quality look like on your NTSC monitor during playback?
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Source tape looks fine in monitor (Sony PVM 14L5 Multiformat). It’s after capturing that we see the 2 frames in 5 interlaced. We tried capturing with a 4:2:2 setting today. With that we get no interlacing but we get frames ABCDD, that is to say that every fourth frame is duplicated.
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I’ve been experiencing the exact same problem. I capturing from BetaSP into FCP 5.0.4, BlackMagic Decklink Extreme card & Quad G5. I’ve only noticed it capturing footage that was originally shot 24fps. I work mainly with automotive running footage that i get directly from the manufacters. It’s next to impossible to get any technical info about the tapes from them. The unusual thing it that some tapes will have the problem and some won’t.
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Thanks Mike for that extra info. Yep. This is the anime feature film – “Robotech The Shadow Chronicles”, that was originally created at 24P. I’m directing, shooting, and editing the “making-of” documentary “Birth Of A Sequel” starring the voice talents of Mark Hamill and Chase Masterson of Deep Space 9 (shameless plug there). I find your experience rather interesting in that only some tapes have this problem. My guess on that is that it has to do with frame rate conversion in the dub process? I’m stuck with doing a work around ’cause getting tech support from Technicolor might not happen in time. 🙁
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Correction and update: Frame-by-frame scrubbing of master tape reveals that of 5 frames, frame 4 and 5 are duplicated (identical). I spoke with Cindy at Intersound and she said that this problem has hapened before when the master started with a D5 converted to a Digibeta converted to a DVCAM. She will speak with another client who had the same problem and get back to me.
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