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Frame rate convertor plug-in
I am editing DVCPRO HD footage shot at 25fps on the Varicam and am having problems with
the FRC plg-in.The footage has been captured as 720p60 at 59.94fps.
Selecting FRC from Tools in FCP, the menu box comes up and I check 23.98fps. The plug-in
does its thing then at the end the beach ball appears, freezing FCP. A new movie file
has been created meanwhile which is small and cannot be opened by FCP or Quicktime.I’ve tried reinstalling the plug-in but no joy. Any ideas?
Thanks
Mickey
1.8 GHz G5 DP
OS X 10.3.6
2.5gb RAM
FCPHD 4.5
200gb Icecube External HD -
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This site may be of some help. Be sure you have the DVCPRO HD components update installed.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/dvcpro_hd_workflow_balis.html
Chris Bell
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Thanks, I read through info and it all accords with how footage was captured. And dvcprohdcomponents is installed.
Yet FRC won’t work. Could that be because varicam was set to 25fps? (Workpath had been worked out and tested by colleague: footage is digitised as 720p60, cut, then FRC does its work converting footage to 24fps. This footage is then conformed to edl then shifted back to 25fps either as exported image sequence or in combustion.)
Is there any way footage can be checked to see if flags are there? I’m wondering if FRC is checking footage but not finding any flags.
Mickey
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Firewire is voodoo. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. I have a client with 3 G5 edit systems. 2 of the 3 systems will no longer recognize my 1200a deck. I now tell my clients that I do not offer any warrenty for firewire intake. Use at your own risk.
Uncompressed via HD-SDI is a much more solid work flow.
Chris Bell
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Firewire is voodoo? That could make sense because my colleague ended up resorting to a blackmagic card to capture this same footage during an earlier incarnation of the same project.
What does this say then about the firewire revolution?
As a general aside, looking at the associated mad confusion of posts about HD and HDV acquisition and post-production systems, I’m pessimistic about being able to make clear-sighted decisions on formats and cameras to use.
Returning to my predicament, I’m cutting the footage in a 60fps environment. Once I finish my offline, is there any way I can output the film at 25fps? Short of following the 2-3 pattern and cutting out the duplicated frames, I guess not.
Thanks again
Mickey
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