HDX900 Slowmo Problems

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HDX900 Slowmo Problems

Posted by Richard Ladkani on May 19, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Hi

I shot footage in 720p/50p with 50p as my framerate. I loaded it into a finalcut project set to 720p/25p. The idea was to get slowmo. Problem is…it doesn’t display the footage as slowmo. I tried converting the framerate with cinematools to 25p. It did convert it but didn’t play it back as slowmo. Instead it only played back every second frame. Is that a bug?

My question: How do I get slowmo without having to go through compressor. In compressor I loose one generation.

Thanks

Richard

http://www.richardladkani.com

Evan Mcintosh replied 17 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Walter Biscardi
May 19, 2008 at 9:37 pm

[richard ladkani] “loaded it into a finalcut project set to 720p/25p”

Did you capture the footage at 50 and then use the DVCPro HD Frame Rate Converter to convert it to 25?

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Richard Ladkani
May 20, 2008 at 6:05 am

Yes I captured from the camera at 50p.
I didn’t use the framerate converter as it doesn’t allow a conversion to 25p. As Shane Ross wrote:

“In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross discusses taking 60p footage shot with DVC PRO HD and slowing it down to 23.98 so that it’s slow motion. Please note that this only works if you are working in a 23.98 or 29.97 timeline.”

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Evan Mcintosh
May 26, 2008 at 4:38 am

Hi Richard,

Long time no see!

I just tested this, shooting 720p50 with my HDX. I had success with both Cinema Tools and the DVCPROHD framerate converter.

I ingested the clip at 720p50…just confirm in FCP that the clip is listed as 50 fps in the Vid Rate column. Then I opened the clip in Cinema Tools, chose Conform and chose 25.0 fps. I brought the clip back into Final Cut Pro and was able to use the clip in either a 720p25 or 720p50 sequence (if the sequence is 720p50, every other frame is duplicated, but it still plays in slow motion).

Using the DVCPROHD frame rate converter, I was able to choose 25.0 fps and the clip then played in slow motion.

I’m on FCP 6.0.3. Some earlier versions were not complete in terms of supporting 720p PAL rates.

Hope you’re well.

Best,
Evan

Evan McIntosh
HDX900 owner/operator
Atlanta, GA
https://www.mcintosh-productions.com

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