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  • 24pA field dominance?

    Posted by Salilsundresh on March 9, 2007 at 7:43 am

    I’m a bit confused as to how to capture 24pA. I used the preset in FCP for 2:3:3:2 advanced pulldown removal for capturing my 24pA video. However, when I log a clip I, find that before capturing (offline) it says that it has a LOWER field dominance! Isn’t this progressive scan material, so it should be none? Then when I try to capture this lower field dominance footage, I get the following message:
    https://salsunproductions.com/misc/24p_problem.jpg
    Any ideas? I was able to capture SOME of my material using capture now. (once captured it has field dominance set to “none” and pull-down has been removed)
    I have been fighting this issue for some time now. Sometimes I have the issue, sometimes not. I didn’t have it when I used my DVX to capture, could it be my capture camera??? (optura 100mc)

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Gary Adcock replied 19 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Chris Poisson

    March 9, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    If you use advanced puldown removal on 24pA footage (which removes fields that are in there because it’s recorded at 29.97) what you end up with is truly progressive. Fields are re-introduced if you play out to a 29.97 tape, but as long as you stay in QT there ain’t no fields.

  • Salilsundresh

    March 9, 2007 at 10:11 pm

    Thanks for the reply, I understand now how it works, but I’m not sure WHAT to do??? It looks as if FCP is not removing the advanced pull-down when capturing, even though I am using the pre-set for this? I tried removing the advanced pull-down after the clip has been captured and say it has a lower field dominance and 29.97 fps, but FCP does not detect any pull-down? Any ideas?

  • Salilsundresh

    March 9, 2007 at 10:13 pm

    hmm…I analyzed the clip (Tools>Analyze>Clip) and it appears a frame was dropped. Could this have anything to do with the problem?

  • Salilsundresh

    March 9, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    It doesn’t appear to to be an issue with the capture camera, I tried capturing w/my DVX100B and I get the same problem. It thinks the “media” is non-drop frame. I shot in drop-frame. (DF). By “media”, do they mean the tape, or my logging settings?

  • Gary Adcock

    March 10, 2007 at 1:31 am

    [SalilSundresh] “It thinks the “media” is non-drop frame. I shot in drop-frame. (DF). By “media”, do they mean the tape, or my logging settings?”

    24p (23.98) content is always Non Drop….

    gary adcock
    Studio37
    HD & Film Consultation
    Post and Production Workflows

  • Gary Adcock

    March 12, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    “[gary adcock] “24p (23.98) content is always Non Drop”
    Does that apply to both standard-definition footage such as DV as well as HD footage?”

    yes

    gary adcock
    Studio37
    HD & Film Consultation
    Post and Production Workflows

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