[Ben Squires]

Hi Gary,

Yes, I’ve aready changed the 720P easy set-up to 60 rather than 59.94 and I’m not sure which boards are in the machine as such, But it has on add on card on the left of the machine which supplies a firewire i/o and HD input, 2x out and SD out x1 – i’m assuming this is the ‘both’ firewire and HD board you refer to. Still, within FCP i cannot get the FPS to 60, it still states 59.94 in the vid rate column of the bins when i capture it. Still, if i change menu 030 to 1 ( 60 FPS) no video shows in the capture window. I really can’t see what else I’m doing wrong here and it’s driving me up the wall !! ;(. I have also tried changing the device control preset for DVCpro HD to 30, not 29.97. The only other odd thing is in the capture summary for my editted ( 60 not 59) preset – it says ‘firewire using NTSC’ ??. I apologise if this is turning epic but I am still no nearer to solving this, despite your kind help.

Regards,

Ben

[Ben Squires]

Thanks Mike ( and Gary) for your input..relating to 23.98, i thought that it was 1/1000th slower, as 23.98 is always NDF in this format ( i think). I did a test this morning, and with the deck in 60/24 mode, FCP reads no video : although the camera masters are at 60, FCP can only read 59.94( as a deck setting) as an input from the 1200 over firewire, regardless of my timebase settings internally in FCP.Mike, are you essentially saying that it can be cut then at 59.94/23.98 and the master played out to a 60 and 24 ( for cinema) master easily enough then?

Regards,

Ben

[Ben Squires]

Hi Gary,

I’m using firewire as an input not hdsdi – I’ve not been able to get anything in to FCP other than 59.94 with varicam tapes – . Without pleading ignorance, as I’ve said, I mainly grade these days and is the first time i’ve done anyhing even approaching an ofline for years. I can’t work out how to change the deck to 60FPS instead of 59… but I’m assuming this is to do with firewire input?

[Ben Squires]

Hi Mike,

The online is going to be on smoke or nitris – I’m not sure as i haven’t been told.My understanding is that it is going to be kept at 720 and not uprezed, and I have to point out that this whole project is being dictated by the onliners – true 24P – 720 – even the varicam has come from them, none of which are choices I necessarily agree with but have to cope with. I understand of course that 23.98 is simply 1/1000 slower and would have been my chosen format to create an easy workflow in FCP and post. I guess that they decided on 24 true as the shoot is MOS, so there is no post sound work ( i.e no DAT or protools sessions that are overly complex).

Regards,

Ben