[Bobby Hall]

I’m pretty sure I just figured it out. I looked at the item properties for all the 536×536 clips and some them have different frame rates. I have no idea why. Originally they were mp4 files that I converted to Apple ProRes .mov files with MPEG streamclip and almost all of them were 29.97 fps but now I realize some of them have lower frame rates.

So what should I do now? Should I take the original .mp4 files and convert them again to Apple ProRes .mov files and set the fps to 29.97? Or is there something else I can do?

[Bobby Hall]

I’m using two types of footage in a split-screen. One of them is .mov files, 1920×1080, Apple ProRes 422, and 29.97 fps.

The other is the same as the first except the dimensions are 536×536, and these are the files I’m having an issue with.

My timeline settings are 1920×1080 HDTV 1080i (16:9), pixel aspect ratio: square, field dominance: Upper (Odd), editing timebase, 29.97, Compressor: Apple ProRes 422, audio rate: 48 KHz, 16-bit, Channel Grouped.

It does seem like when the clip is dragged onto the timeline it’s slightly slower than it’s supposed to be. I loaded a clip from the browser into the viewer and clicked on a frame early on in the clip, and then I compared it by dragging the clip onto the timeline and when I load it from the timeline into the viewer, I noticed that the frame I looked at before happens a little later on. So it seems as if putting a clip on the timeline slows it down and I have no idea why.

[Bobby Hall]

Thanks Bill. It does play fine connected to a VCR. I guess the only option is to convert it from analog to digital as you suggested. After doing some research, I will probably buy the Canopus ADVC-110.

[Bobby Hall]

But the audio of the clips is already damaged after importing. It cuts in and out rapidly.

[Bobby Hall]

What other information should I provide?
And how do I export them in MPEG streamclip if I can’t even capture them properly in the first place?

[Bobby Hall]

Thanks guys.
I played around with the bit rate settings in MPEG streamclip and got the video under 2GB with the bit rate set at 6,000 kbps.

[Bobby Hall]

The audio is very choppy in QT and VLC. I changed the audio/video setting I was using to 32k since the footage was recorded with 12 bit audio, but I’m getting the same choppy audio. Previously, I was getting the warning that the audio sample of my captured video was different from the source audio because the capture setting was set to 48k for audio, and after I changed it to 32k I didn’t get the warning anymore, but the audio sounds the same, very choppy.

[Bobby Hall]

It is capturing at 16 bit, 48 KHz, and the audio rapidly cuts in an out.

[Bobby Hall]

After I captured the footage and listened to it in the timeline, the audio is in sync but it’s very choppy, constantly cutting in and out very rapidly and I wanted to know if there was a certain setting I should be using. The audio is fine in my camera, only in FCP is it choppy. It’s a Hi8 tape. How can I fix the audio in FCP?

And are you saying Firewire is better than Canopus because Canopus recompresses the picture and Firewire doesn’t?

[Bobby Hall]

I was able to connect my camera to my MacBook after buying a Firewire 800 cable that connnects 4-pin to 9-pin. After I captured in FCP, it warned me that the video and audio might be out of sync. How can I fix this?
I read about the Canopus ADVC-110 which supposedly can fix video and audio sync errors, but I’m not sure. Is it worth it to buy the ADVC for $175 over a firewire cable I was able to buy for $15?