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FCP – 720p @ 29.97 NIGHTMARE!!!
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Tom,
The inspector is bouncing from 28 to 30 frames per second.
Shawn
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Chris,
I’m playing it off an external drive (promax array).
Shawn
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Do you have a capture card?
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I have the KONA LH Card.
Shawn
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Quicktime is not ‘forced’ to playback all frames. If you open the movie with AJA TV (which would mean right click on the file, then choose open with AJA TV) this will froce all of the frames to get played back correctly via the Kona card.
Jeremy
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Yes, this is the proper way to play back your QT files made by FCP.
I do have one more question. Did you say, Shawn, that one of your timelines is 24p and your are wanting to convert it to 29.97 or 59.94?
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Jeremy,
… and to all those responding, I appreciate your help with this issue. Yes, I played back the file in KONA TV and it plays fine. I know the files are okay. The problem I’m having is that the client is not satisfied with the random skipping at 1280 x 720. They want it to play back smoothly and I can’t figure out what to do.
Shawn
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No. One project a7 23.98, self-contained plays back perfectly from the computer. The other at 29.97, self-contained skips frames randomly on playback.
Shawn
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When I need smooth playback on a client’s computer without special hardware and software, I never deliver in a camera-original, mastering or editing codec. For playing on the desktop, in PowerPoint, or on the Web, the file needs to be in a compressed video format that is optimized for the computer. At the most simplistic level, on Windows machines, Windows Media works best. On Macs, Quicktime with H.264 is best. The particular flavor of each depends on the computer your audience is using.
DVCProHD is a wonderful set of codecs, but it’s not designed for presentation use. Certain types of Windows Media and certain types of Quicktime H.264 are meant to be presentation or delivery codecs. What I try to do is deliver the highest quality that I think will play well with the playback system of my audience. I have never delivered DVCProHD to a client, except when they intend to use it for additional editing.
The fact that your movie plays OK in Final Cut and AJA TV indicates that those hardware/software systems are assisting your computer to play at a higher quality than Quicktime Player alone can handle.
How are these movies being presented? What is their purpose and what is the playback system? I hate to blather on if I’m completely missing the point.
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[Shawn Hutcheson] “The other at 29.97, self-contained skips frames randomly on playback.”
Shawn-
I’m not sure how many other ways people can tell you this. Quicktime is not the most accurate of software without hardware. You will either have to lower your bitrate or playout through some form of hardware.
What is it you are trying to do exactly, meaning, why do you need it to be so accurate on the desktop?
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