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drop frame video and timecode display
Hello all,
I have logged and transferred AVCHD footage to Apple ProRes 422(HQ). The format shows me 23.98 for the time code. My sequence is at 23.98. I noticed that my timecodes shows with hh:mm:ss:frame with a colon for “non drop frame” format and not a semicolon for drop frame formats which is the case for this 23.98 am I right ? Is there something I’m doing wrong ?
Thanks for your attention.
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AFAIK, the behavior you’re seeing is normal… just as long as the frame rate is reported right, which, in your case it seems to be, you don’t have a problem.
Jerry
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People often confuse frame rate with drop frame, assuming that 23.98 is drop frame and 24 is non drop frame. FCP doesn’t provide 23.98 drop frame as a time code option. This isn’t an issue unless you’re formatting your shows for broadcast.
I once heard someone at a user group meeting say that he never shot drop frame because the pictures looked “stuttery” from all the dropped frames 🙂
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ok
motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING ! -
Hey John, I’m having the very problem you’re referencing here, any idea what I should do if I am formatting my edit for broadcast? https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/36575#36599
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