[Bouke Vahl]

Talk to Ardis:
https://www.dynamicdrivepool.com/

I have one, quite satisfied with it.

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Bouke Vahl]

Open in QT player, hit CMD J, click ‘presentation’, toy around with Aperture.

Now if for some reason you need custom settings, and want to set dimensions in Batch, use this FREE tool:

https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=42

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Bouke Vahl]

Rafael,
23.98 is an Apple term. It is a ‘term’, and it’s not accurate enough.
It will get people into problems when they have to do things like sound stretching, as they use the wrong math for new durations.
Or, as in this example, setting up an AE comp as 23.98 will result in wrong MpegII files, source for a lot of frustration. (Got the T-shirt, that’s why i dove into it…)

So, 24 is ‘true’ 24, intended for Cinema.
23.976 is what is used when you switch to ‘23.98’ (The number can be even more accurate, it’s 30000 / 1001 / 30 * 24, makes 23,976023976023976023976023976024

Now this looks insignificant, but when you do math on large numbers it can make a difference. (Like BWF timecode that is written in samples. Now after 14 hours with 14 * 60 * 60 * 48000 samples passed, the difference is big enough to get a two frame offset)
(another T shirt for me…)

And yes, i am a TC nerd…
Don’t be too afraid of NTSC. It aint that hard if you understand the math a little.
And if you work for an international production, it makes sense to shoot 24P (Thus, in most cases 23.976 P 🙂

hth,

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Bouke Vahl]

Rafael,
I’m from Pal land too (I’m Dutch).
But i recently did a huge job (5 dvd 9’s, containing over 16 hour of footage) that had to go worldwide.
Material was Pal film (speeded up to 25)

I ended up using AE.
Set ‘interpret footage’ to 23.976, drop the footage in an 23.976 comp sized 720 x 480, and scale to fit the frame.
Render out to a 4:2:2 codec, then convert to MpegII using Cinemacraft.

For this it is important NEVER EVER to use the term 23.98 again, as that WILL get you into trouble! It’s 23.976!

For me it was very handy to work this way, progressive material is a bit easier to compress, and it’s less data (24 vs 30 frames per second). As i had to crank an insane amount of footage on the disks, all that can help is welcome.
And of course, software playback can do true progressive.

(The box set won an award for ‘best box’at the Il Cinema Ritrovato filmfestival in Bologna, sounds close to you 🙂

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Bouke Vahl]

Not entirely.
NTSC is 29.97, and ’24’ is 23.976
(actually NTSC = 30000 / 1001)

23.976 is fully within specs of a DVD player.
Pulldown will be added by the player.
So there is absolutely no need to go to 29.97 if your setup is good.

Just run a few tests with high motion, make a DVD, ingest it and see if you have proper pulldown added.

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Bouke Vahl]

If i understand you right, you want to alter the TC so it’s not always zero based. Right?

Should not be a problem, i could alter my (free) QTchange app. to give the clips TC based on the creation date, and a reelname based on creation day or so.

Contact me offlist, i’d like a sample clip to test with.

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Bouke Vahl]

Is the edit difficult?
If not, you can be saved. Altering the clips is not too difficult.
This app. comes with a merge application that can put the multichannel BWF into your QT’s.
https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26

(Although i’m not sure what happens with 24@25, do try the demo and check!)
Next is to roundtrip trough an EDL, add some channels there, import and reconnect.
(There is also a FCPreconnect app on my site if that turns out difficult)

If the edit is complicated, perhaps Sync ‘n Link can help. I’m not sure, but ask Philip in case of doubt.

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Bouke Vahl]

Michael, (and others)
DV (and some other codecs) contains a flag in QT where you can set the display quality. It was used in the old days to insure smooth playback over display quality.

Dive into QT pro, ask properties for the video track and you can alter it.

There were a few apps that actually used the settings, not sure if they still exists. But to be on the save side, switch it anyways if in doubt.
If you have a lot to do, this util can do it for you in batch.
https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=42

(and it’s free (well, donationware 🙂

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Bouke Vahl]

I’m a little late at the party, but nevertheless:

this tool might help a little:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=42

You can set the playback speed of QT files.
Now it will NOT solve all your problems immediatly.
After altering the playspeed, the FPS in FCP will remain the same!
The viewer will display the correct (new) speed, and even TC will be streched.
In the Canvas it’s a different story. It works swell as long as you scrub, but on RT playback the original speed is used.
To defeat that, you have to render.
So it might help to alter all the clips, import them and media manage while transcoding before staring to edit.

But hey, it’s Free. (Well, it’s donationware 🙂

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Bouke Vahl]

If the number of tracks does not change, you could alter the source QT’s.
Removing the current audio can be done with this tool:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=42

But then the question is, how do you have the new (sync) audio?
If it’s BWF, you can paste in the BWF audio with my QT/BWF merge app, that comes with this tool:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26

Do test! removing audio channels is destructive!

hth,

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s