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Odd P2 framerate problems
I have three P2 clips that are importing stuttery (duplicate frames).
in Log&Transfer it reports they are 720p24 with a video frame rate of 59.94. In the preview window I can see the dupe frames. FCP then tries to import them as 23.98 and I still have dupe frames. Like there are no flags?
Also DVCPROHD frame rate converter tells me “no flags”
Any thoughts? I’m not terribly P2 savvy… but it’s only these 3 clips out of 300. Camera must’ve been in the wrong mode.
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[Aaron Neitz] “Camera must’ve been in the wrong mode.”
Yeah, but flags still should been recorded. Do you have the Remove advanced pulldown and duplicate frames option checked in the L&T preferences? If not, then recheck that and reimport.
Also, if you don’t mind, can you zip one of the XML files from the ‘CLIP’ folder and upload it here?
Jeremy
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Well, it is 60p, but it has 3:2 pulldown. It was shot on a 200, and as far as I know, there’s no conceivable way to turn off the flags. I guess I could be wrong about that, but I have never seen or heard of that option.
If you put the clip on a 23.98 timeline, what do you get? FCP should remove the proper frames.
I see a couple of flase settings, but one is drop frame, the other is if the video essence also as an audio essence (essentially a different form of MXF that P2 cameras do not currently shoot).
Did you check the Log and Transfer prefs?
Also, when doing the DVCPro HD FRC, you need to put the clips in the root level of the browser (or a new empty project). It won’t work from a bin. Silly, I know.
Jeremy
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I was in the process of writing a long reply when your post made me try:
turn OFF remove dupe frames in L&T. FCP brings file in as 59.94 (you can see dupe frames in this file (real, dupe, real, dupe, dupe….repeat). When I drop that into a 23.98 timeline FCP magically skips the dupe frames and it looks good!
I was also going to try and bring the 59.94 file onto a timeline and manually edit out the dupe frames. But looks like FCP figured it out. L&T has a bug in there somewhere.
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hi I was hoping someone might be able to help me with this p2 import problem with FCP. Do you know why the footage would turn out like this, it doesn’t look this way in the camera only after importing it with FCP?
thanks
andre
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