upconverting to 720p30 with MXO2 for FCP…

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Nicholas Natteau] “I simply went into my Browser window and group selected my 480i clips, selected “Make Offline” and then clicked “Batch Capture” with “Kona LHi Apple Pro Res 720p59.94”. So I now I have them all recaptured at 720p59.94 “

This is not the way to do it, and why you need to use the media manager. It will make a NEW timeline for you with the correct frame rate and all timing in tact.

[Nicholas Natteau] “But if I start replacing all my 480i29.97 clips from my 480i29.97 timeline with their 720p59.94 upconverted identicals, that’s when everything shows up in the wrong place. “

Media Manager will do this. Have you tried it yet? Obviously not.

[Nicholas Natteau] “and then simply drop all my 720p clips in the same order in the new timeline as their original 480i versions were in the 480i timeline.”

No, use the media manager and the ‘create offline’ version and then recapture. Try it.

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Jeremy,

I’m attempting to do it your way right now but I’m getting this message:

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Jeremy,

I’m attempting to do it your way right now but I’m getting this message:

FRAME RATE CONFLICT FOUND:
The frame rate of the preset chosen to resert your new offline sequences to differs from items in your selection. The preset’s frame rate will br ignored, and the original frame rate of the items in your selection retained.

Is this normal or something I should be worried about?

[Jeremy Garchow]

Just keep going and hit ok.

[Nicholas Natteau]

Ok I see what you mean. I do now in fact have a 720p29.97 timeline even though the clips are 59.94 but I also get this message when I try importing my other 480i clips:

WARNING: You are about to capture drop frame media from a device currently detecting or configured for non-drop frame media. If you proceeed you may experience changes in logged-in and out points, problems relinking media, or removal of master clip relationships.

That message worries. The last thing I would want to do is end up with clips that have different in and out points. I don’t understand because I have a Sony M35U HDV VTR tape deck but all my footage is NTSC-DV, nothing HDV. I checked all my Sony settings, I don’t remember telling the M35U tape deck to be configured for non-drop frame media.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Are the Dv tapes DF or NDF?

[Nicholas Natteau]

They’re mini-DV tapes that were sent to me from a stock footage company, I believe they’re drop frame.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Nicholas Natteau] “I believe they’re drop frame.”

But they don’t have to be. You should be just fine. If you put in a tape and play for a bit (so the deck picks up the tc) and try again, does that message go away. Either way, you will be fine.

Jeremy

[Nicholas Natteau]

Hi Jeremy,

Thank you so much for helping me with this complex issue. It worked!

Just one follow up question: If offlining my 480i29.97 sequences via Media Manager and recapturing my clips at 720p59.94 allows me to keep everything in place in resulting 720p29.97 sequences where nothing gets moved, will this cause any problems for final delivery?

Shane had stated in an earlier reply (in this thread) that “there is no deliverable at 720p29.97”.
If that’s the case, do I then need to copy and paste my finished 720p29.97 timelines into a 720p59.94 nested master sequence for final delivery?

I’m also asking this because I’m wondering if I shouldn’t actually take the long hard road of manually moving all my clips in 720p60 timelines since I will be adding a lot of natively shot 720p60 footage.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Nicholas Natteau] “If that’s the case, do I then need to copy and paste my finished 720p29.97 timelines into a 720p59.94 nested master sequence for final delivery? “

No, as has been mentioned the KOna card will add proper pulldown (or firewire if that’s what you’re using) to get the footage to 720p59.94 for tape. You don’t have to worry about that.

[Nicholas Natteau] “I’m also asking this because I’m wondering if I shouldn’t actually take the long hard road of manually moving all my clips in 720p60 timelines since I will be adding a lot of natively shot 720p60 footage.”

I don’t see why you don’t just start off in the format you need. Edit in a 59.94 sequence. Capture all of your dv tapes as 720p59.94, add your 720p24N media in the 59.94 sequence and add the 720p59.94 material when it comes time.

It will be much easier for you and definitely the more ‘correct’ way to do it.