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Extracting variable frame rates with the 1200A
Hey there,
After doing lots of research on the internet, I was under the impression that with the 1200A I could extract the flagged frames from my Varicam footage and injest that into FCP to view the over/undercranked results. At the rental house today, however, they said that the only way to view variable framerate footage is with the AJ-FRC27. Can anyone shed some light on this subject for me? Is it possible to view the over/under footage in the field with the 1200A, or just through FCP, or not at all? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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5 Replies
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There is a free plug-in for Final Cut Pro available on the Panasonic website that converts the footage for you, bypassing the need for the FRC27. This can be done in the field using the 1200a deck. Go to the Varicam page, and you’ll find the plug-in under “Support and Resources”.
Chris B
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Haakon,
There are two ways to view the footage at the “converted” frame rate; the hardware FRC (as the rental company suggests) and by using the 1200A to injest the material into an Apple computer which is running FCP. Once in the computer you can use the software plug-in (available for free at the Panasonic website) to process and view the framerate converted materials.
JS
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Thank you all very much, your help is appreciated!
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[gary adcock] “As others have said FCP can do this with a free plug in – but only in DVCPROHD content shot at 59.94 –not with content shot at the EU standard of 60hz or anything that is an uncompressed capture.
For those issues, currently only the AJA Kona boards (K2 and LH/e models) and the AJ-FRC27 can handle the capture of “even” frame content of 24.0 ,25.0 etc. from a varicam set at 60hz. The Kona boards also allow for the real time capture of the offspeed footage as 8 or 10bit Uncompressed into Final Cut.”
What about the Black Magic HD card?
Gerry Brooks
Customer Support and Training Manager, Rexel Australia Video Systems
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