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Videos with framerates around 37 to 39 – importing into Premiere
I was given some footage that is a combined split screen of a camera capture and a desktop screen capture of a presentation. The resolution is 2560 x 1600 in MOV and the framerate is reported as either 39 or 37 frames per second on the multiple files in Windows file properties. The audio is recorded separately so I have to sync this.
Premeire defaulted to 60 fps on import (which was obviously wrong) which I changed to interpret as 39 or 37 but the timing is still off.
I adjusted the rate to be 63.7% of the original 60 fps that Premiere imported it as and got a close match (which is roughly the equivalent of 38.22 fps. It was still off and drifted. I was hoping to get a perfect match based on accurate interpretation of the captured FPS. I haven’t been able to find any common FPS format (Google search) around 37-39 (drop frame or otherwise). I assume all the files are the same but Windows is just reading them around 37-39 (maybe because of a drop frame format).
I assume I can just do a conversion but why can’t a pro tool like Premiere figure it out on its own while Windows crudely matches it to 37-39? In any case, converting the video is not the path I want to take as I would loose quality and if something can be converted accurately then why can’t it be interpreted by Premiere accurately. Is there a common FPS format around 38fps?
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Thanks. From the details I am posting below (from Media Player Classic) it looks like it is a Variable Frame Rate video 12-60 fps which I guess Premiere can’t handle…?
It is split screen because it comes from a webinar capture which had a video camera input option for live broadcasting of the presenter and the Powerpoint. I only have access to this footage and I don’t have any more details. I am not worried about the final output format as I have control over that.
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 0000.00 (qt )
File size : 4.36 GiB
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 7 697 kb/s
Writing library : Apple QuickTimeVideo
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 7 691 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 768 kb/s
Width : 2 560 pixels
Height : 1 600 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:10
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 39.485 FPS
Minimum frame rate : 12.000 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 60.000 FPS
Original frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.048
Stream size : 4.36 GiB (100%)
Title : Core Media Video -
Premiere does not handle variable framerate well.
Run the file through Handbrake and set it to constant framerate.
Screencapture need to be in common framerates.———————————————–
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