59.94NDF and 29.97DF

[Shane Ross]

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[Mark Raudonis]

Chrispy,

The “flavor” of the source time code is irrelevant to the sequence code. Think about it… what kind of timecode does a still frame have? Right. Nothing. Yet, you can drop a still into a timeline. The sequence timecode is whatever you choose it to be. It is not affected by any source elements dropped into it. So, to answer your question, there are no issues of dropping “non drop” code into a “drop” sequence.

mark

[Walter Biscardi]

[chrispy] “If I have P2 materials that are shot at 59.94 non-drop frame but I need to finish on tape at 29.97 drop frame, will there be any issue if I drop the 59.94 non-drop frame sequence into a 29.97 drop frame sequence ?”

I’ve had some playback issues when doing this in the past. Seems the 29.97 frame rate does not exactly match the 59.94 frame rate so you get no realtime playback. What I recommend is editing in the NDF timeline and mastering out to the 29.97 DF master.

This is what we have done in the past with 720/59.94 timelines mastered out to DF 1080i/29.97 DVCPro HD or HDCAM masters using the Kona boards.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Christopher Tay]

Hey there Wally,

So it is possible to edit everything in 720p59.94NDF and then master out via the Kona3 as 1080i 29.97DF ?

How do I set this up on the K3 ? Do I just set the upconversion to 1080i29.97 ?

And what about VTR control ? Do I create a deck preset to 29.97 DF ?

Basically this project that my customer is doing starts off in the editing process at 720p59.94NDF and they need to export an OMF audio for the ProTools mixing house but we were told that ProTools only works in 29.97 and not 59.94. Would it matter if we export the OMF audio from the 720p59.94NDF FCP timeline and give it to the ProTools house ?

The final mixed audio (stereo AIFF) from the ProTools house will then get edited back to the 720p59.94NDF timeline and master out to 1080i29.97DF on Panasonic D5 VTR.

Is the above possible ?

-chrispy