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FCP varicam 59.94 drops frames, please help
Hello,
I have been provided some footage to edit on a FW800 drive. This is the first time I’ve worked with footage from a Varicam so I am at a lost on how to resolve my issues.
I have about a dozen tape-long clips (960X720, 59.94fps). These were digitized using a 1200 using the DVCPRO HD 720p60 settings. Using the easy set up I created a sequence to match those settings. In the viewer and canvas the clip will only play breifly and stop with the dropped frame error. Here is whats interesting: they also provided me some footage shot on the sony HDCAM and had it converted/digitized using the DVCPRO HD 1080i60 compressor (at 29.97fps). I can play this footage with ease. I used panasonics FRC pluggin on the 720p60 footage (converting it to 29.97) and it could play fine (but in slow motion). This is leading me to believe it has something to do with playing back 59.94 fps.
I did a disc speed test on the firewire drive and it came up with 71MB/s read and 60.6 MB/s write, which seems fast enough of the 13.9 MB/s of DVC PRO HD.I’m using a FW800 G4, Dual 1.42, 2 Gigs of ram, FCP 4.5.
Thanks in advance,
Harv -
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Harv,
Just a guess that the clip starts with color bars. If this is the case, FCP thinks it’s a 59.94 project, not 23.97. Redigitize with out the color bars!
JS
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Thanks JS,
It was digited with color bars. If you have the time, would you mind elaborating on your reply? Should FCP not see this footage as 59.94? Should I be working with another preset? -
Incidentally there is one clip that was digitized without color bars and it is acting the same way.
thanks again.
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