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File Speeds and Resolve
New to Resolve and a little confused on Speed set up. In config it asks for Playback frame rate which I am assuming should be set to the speed that the files were shot at 23.976, 23.98, 24 ect. Is this for vewing purposes only and does it calculate the time code differently or make any difference in the conform time line if this is wrong? I am confused at files that were shot at 23.976 but after grading when it comes time to render the only options are 24 or 23.98 and of course 25 which I will never use? And in the case of high speed Phantom files I am not sure what either one of these settings should be at. Can someone enlighten me here because I find very little in the operations manual to answer this question.
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Hey Dave,
I’m not 100% on any of this so I’m hoping that somebody will step in and correct me if I’m wrong.
The “playback frame rate” is one of those settings that you would almost never change – it will change the speed of playback regardless of the timeline and timecode and conform. Maybe you need to review some VFX at half speed, for example… or you have a legal review and they want to slow down to catch logos and text or such…
The “Timeline Conform Options” setting “timecode calculated at: 24/25/30/? FPS” is the setting that is crucial to have correct for your clips that you are bringing into the master session, and I believe it dictates your options at rendering. I almost exclusively use 24 fps in this setting, and so my options at render are 23.98fps and 24fps.
Those two are controlling the Resolve software, the “video monitoring format” is what sets the Decklink, and should usually be set to the same frame rate that your clips were shot. If it is not set correctly you might get no picture, or lose audio sync, or similar.
In the case of footage that was shot at 23.976fps, I usually have playback speed at 24, timeline conform at 24, and monitoring set to 23.98 (which I think is just shorthand and Resolve will always use 23.976 for the math). Not as sure about Phantom footage, but I imagine the operator can set it to write 23.98/24/25/etc timecode regardless of the record speed… but I’ve only received Phantom footage baked…
KC
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Thank you for the response, it now seems to make sense to me. I think the problem with Resolve is that its so simple sometimes I am looking for something that they have already taken care of.
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