we get 24p spots here at KTVT all the time from FTP or other means…plus we also sometimes shoot in 24p. we can’t flip a 24p spot to our server for air. it has to be 29.97 or we get a visit from the chief engineer.
if you deliver to the tv station 24p then someone will probably have to drop your spot on a timeline to inspect it for proper time and video and audio levels…also to see if your graphics etc. falls into the 4×3 aspect ratio that we have to adhere to.
when i get a 24p spot i make a 24p timeline and let my AJA card do the pull-down as i record the spot to xdcam disk. others here will use compressor to add pull-down and then flip the spot directly to the server. the spots still retain the 24 frame look.
i think i remember this issue years ago. it might be that….in the digibeta setup menu #317….if you have the data number set to 0 you will get an audio glitch. Sony says to set the data to 1 to get a crossfade.