Conform frame rate without Cinema Tools?

[Walter Soyka]

[Clara Rolls] “I have some videos captured from an NTSC dvd that I changed to 25fps via Compressor. Quicktime says it’s 25fps but Final Cut 6 is reading it as 29.97 still.”

That’s really bizarre — are you sure Quicktime and FCP are looking at the same files?

[Clara Rolls] “For some reason I don’t have Cinema Tools, probably opted out of installing because I’ve never used it 🙁 CT could fix it so easily but I’m in need of an alternative solution…advice or directions to the right thread much appreciated.”

I didn’t realize that Cinema Tools was an optional install. Why not re-run the FCS installer from the original discs and de-select everything but Cinema Tools?

Walter Soyka
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[Clara Rolls]

Thanks for the response Walter 🙂

It’s definitely the same file, I’ve triple checked that and tried taking them out of FCP, restarting, putting them back in etc. I read that it’s a common problem when a video is changed from ntsc to pal that FCP misinterprets the metadata.

I’m afraid I don’t have the installation discs – it was a volume licence from my last job. But if there’s no other solution, I guess I’ll have to find me some discs!