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Converting 59.94 to 23.98 without slowdown
I have a massive project with about half the footage at 59.94 and the other half at 23.98. We ran a dual system for sound which was recorded at 23.98 so I need to convert all 59.94 clips to 23.98 to be able to sync with the sound.
While researching different methods I found this tutorial https://www.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/dvpro_hd/index.html which describes how to convert 59.94 to 23.98 using DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter. When the Framerate Converter is used in the tutorial it slows the footage down to 23.98 making it play in slow motion.
I followed this tutorial precisely and when I do it the footage is conformed to 23.98 without slowdown; this is exactly what I want.
I have two questions:
1) Do you know why the DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter is giving me different results than the tutorial?2) If I have about 250 clips to convert, would the DVCPRO HD Frame Rate Converter be the best way to do it and if not, what would you suggest?
Thank you all for your help!
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4 Replies
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Use Shane’e method.
The frame rate converter is a tool used to extract the flagged frames that are laid down in a 59.94 stream to be removed to allow for 23.98 playback.
This is only good for footage shot with Panasonic Camera’s.
If you need to convert 59.94 to 23.98 then use shane’s droplet.
If it is panasonic footage shot at 23.98 then just drop it into a 23.98 timeline and it will play back correctly. The frame rate converter should be used for the offspeed stuff you shot.
David
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It was shot on the Panasonic HVX so I guess I’ll use the Frame Converter then.
Thanks!
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I’m having a similar problem
I need to convert a bunch of 59.94 files to 23.98.
However I also don’t want them to be slow mo.
We did use the panasonic HVX 200….Isn’t there a better way to do it in compressor?
FCP takes a very long time.
Also do you just reconnect the old files to the converted ones?
(Why do DP’s do this to us?)Thanks in advance.
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I’m pretty sure I followed this tutorial ( https://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/dvpro_hd/index.html ) for converting the footage. However, my results were different from the tutorials. The tutorial shows how to slow the 59.97 footage to 23.98 but, even thought I followed the tutorial exactly, my footage was not slowed down – it played at regular speed. So maybe that’ll work for you as well, or maybe it will slow your footage down, I dunno. It’s worth a try though.
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