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50 to 59.94 or anything like that
Ok, bear with me here. This will make your head hurt. Some people I know are working on a film. They bought a PAL HVX200 and used a frame rate hack to get it to shoot 24p. Using this hack disables audio since it sees the 24 fps as “off speed”. To record sound they want to buy another HVX200, an NTSC HVX200 and record the sound to it.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE dont flame me for this, I know its absurd. There are any number of ways to get around this, I know, but I said Id look into it. Im just trying to help a friend out who lacks the technical expertise (obviously) to handle the monster theyve unleashed.
Ive never heard of this frame rate hack so I cant say exactly what it amounts to. I assume the camera records 24fps over 50, and that there is no way to do a 24pN as one would with an NTSC camera.
My question is this: Once its all said and done and filming is finished, can cinematools conform the 24fps over 50 footage to either 23.976 fps OR take it to 24 fps over 59.94?
They plan to do a film out, so in the end we need to get to 23.976, Im just not super familar with PAL conversions.
I reposted this in a couple of places hoping for answers, If Im off topic in any of the other threads, please delete.
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WOW, first have that started filming?
I think this raises more questions than answers, but it seems like just shooting 25P and going a 25 to 24P would be the smartest thing to do, DV filmmakers did that for years before a true 24P came out and then is this conversion built into FCP.
The thing to do is to fine out exactly what this hack is doing, it may actually for going to the P2 card as true 24P. In the end there many not be a huge problem, just a lot of craziness.
The last question would be why not just use the NTSC HVX to record both the sound and the picture?
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They need to instead shoot and edit at 25P. The film out company will handle the conversion from 25 to 24. Contact DVFilm.com for more info.
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