[Dave Mullins]

Hi Dennis,

I WAS pretty sure that the AJA IO does the frame rate conversion, but you may be right. I’m was thinking that the problem was that it was FCP that was doing the conversion. And if that is the case it is doing a horrible job.

And yes I knew already that putting it into a 29.97 sequence was a bad idea. I’ve done it before, and yes FCP does a disastrous job. FCP will have to step it up when it comes to frame rate conversion if it wants to compete against AMC4.x-5.0. Avid Symphony also does a great job.

Either way this was merely a test to see if it could do the job.

The HDW-1800 will do the 3-2 pulldown (with the HKDW-104 card installed) but only on output. So I’d have to have another HD deck, which I don’t.

Thanks so much for the input, it helps my decision. But if anyone else has either attempted and gotten FCP to output a 23.98 sequence to a 29.97 master without TC issues, from FCP and using the AJA IO HD, I’d like to know for sure that the AJA IO can not do the job. The AJA manual isn’t clear on this issue. I just want to make sure that I have my info from multiple sources stating this, so I have some sort of consensus.

Dave