24 FPS project in premiere – can I export as 23.98?

[Tero Ahlfors]

What are you trying to export it as? If it doesn’t give you any choice then you might’ve chosen some codec that is locked to those options by its specs.

[Kris Merkel]

The short answer to your question is yes, yes you can.

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[Gavin Williams]

I am trying to export at a high quality with an H.264 codec – what would be the optimum setting?

Thanks!

[Ivan Myles]

It depends on the delivery requirements and what you deem to be high quality. Blu-ray maximum bitrate is 40mbps. Online video hosting sites are much lower. At the far end of the spectrum, maximizing the encoder settings and setting key frame distance to one (1) frame will generate 1080p files at over 150mbps.

[Tim Kolb]

You should be able to simply change the frame rate in the video tab…23.976 is the standard as it’s most compatible with a variety of frame rate television systems.

I wouldn’t export a 24 fps framerate sequence at 23.98 as the compressor won’t know that you want the frames to run a touch slower, so you may get a few frames where it tries to adapt to make the exported clip the same length.

I’d try to export at straight 24 fps, the way you intended.

TimK,
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[John-michael Seng-wheeler]

[Tim Kolb] “I’d try to export at straight 24 fps, the way you intended.”

That assumes the source video actually is 24fps. The OP may be confused about the frame rate.

Gavin, what camera was this shot on?

[Gavin Williams]

Hey John

I shot it on a Blackmagic on 24FPS Pro Res

Need an H.264 1920×1080 output – what’s the best route?

Thanks!

Gav

[John-michael Seng-wheeler]

What are you planing to do with this H.264 file?

If it’s just for a computer or the web, you can export it at 24fps. If you want to put it on a Blu-Ray it will have to be 23.976.

We can walk you through the process of exporting to ether, but we have to decide which first.

[Gavin Williams]

Hey John

It is intended for the web – but why is there no 24fps option – find it strange?

[John-michael Seng-wheeler]

What format are you outputing in? What does it say at the top in the format selection?

JM