[Izoneguy]

I guess “American Choppers” on Discovery Channel will have to stop
taping with VariCam and go fold the tent?

[Izoneguy]

I have heard of other camera ops experiencing the same thing.
You have to take it easy during battery swaps.

[Izoneguy]

It’s a known bug.
What you have to do is export your program to a .mov first.
Then close FCP, open compressor and encode from there.
Do a short test to see if that is the problem.

[Izoneguy]

[izoneguy] “Now if you shot 24p which is really 29.97 with Pulldown you must
use Cinema Tools. Then Reverse TeleCine.”

“Nope –use the FRC for that also. Screw learning Cinema Tools when the 720p material can be handled with one click ease when using the FRC in Final Cut. If you do not start the Rev Telecine in Cinema Tools and you are not on the the 0 or 5 frame in the cadence it can cause weird visual anomalies

the default cadence for redundant frames for 24p material in 720p DVCPROHD is the industry standard 3:2 pulldown. there is not advanced pulldown in progressive content.”

What are you talking about. I just did a test to make sure I don’t insert foot in mouth. Shooting with HVX 200 at 1080 24p or 720 24p which is 29.97 with pulldown added. When I run FRC it says “Only DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94 fps media files are supported”

So if you want a 24p clip to be a 23.976 clip vs. 29.97 you must learn and use Cinema Tools.

The 720 59.94 mode is popular with VariCam owners because that is the only way to get smooth slo-mo from the VariCam, The HVX 200 can shoot at 60 fps on P2 cards.
With the HVX200 48 fps is popular also because you can always speed the clip up 200% to get back to 24p.

[Izoneguy]

What was your original clip?
You say it was 24p and you want to convert to 24pN?
Or is the clip 720 60p and you want to convert to 24pN.

First off you really need 5.1

Second the Frame Rate converter only works with footage that was shot 720 60p.

For the Frame rate converter to work you must duplicate your clip and
then drag it into another folder, usually in another project.

Click it and then click the FRC option. Shane Ross has a great tutorial
somewhere that covers the FRC.

Now if you shot 24p which is really 29.97 with Pulldown you must
use Cinema Tools. Then Reverse TeleCine.

Hope that was not too confusing!!