DATs at 24 fps instead of 30, how do I sync to 30 fps picture?

[Mike J.]

Actually…24 fps and 30fps audio is the same speed. Each encompasses one second of time. What you are refering to is most likely…. film transfered to video which is now at the rate of 29.97 which is slower than your recorded audio.

You need to slow the DAT audio to 99.9% using the SPEED tool in FINAL CUT PRO, then sync to your video picture in the timeline.

[Gary Adcock]

[mike] “Actually…24 fps and 30fps audio is the same speed. Each encompasses one second of time. What you are refering to is most likely…. film transfered to video which is now at the rate of 29.97 which is slower than your recorded audio.”

not really.
audio is recorded as a length of time in minutes and seconds, it does not record in “frames” in any systems that I know of, you are just talking about the time code. There is not a spec in the Aiff format for frames, only time so, one second of audio is one second no matter that frame rate it is shot at.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA