[John Kaley]

Get Colorista 2, then watch this tutorial:
https://vimeo.com/13271908

[John Kaley]

Mmmmmmmm. Roles.

[John Kaley]

Make sure that frame rate is actually 23.976 and not 24 for NTSC DVD playback.

[John Kaley]

All good answers, but most likely MochaAE is you best bet. It also exports to FCP.
https://www.imagineersystems.com/products/mochaAE

[John Kaley]

I’d just blame “ghosts in the machines” as there really can be no definitive answer as to why some clips work and some don’t with the same settings. My only though is to deliver a more compatible format, which is Mpeg-4 at this point.

[John Kaley]

Mp4 is more universal than straight up h.264. Try “wrapping” you h.264 in a mp4 container:

1. Open h.264 in QT 7 Pro
2. File/Export/Movie to MPEG-4
3. Options:Video Tab/ Select “Pass Through”
4. Same with audio.

This will wrap your h.264 in an Mpeg-4 container that is Windows Media player 10+ compatible.

[John Kaley]

I haven’t work in Media Composer since 1999, but I assume the CC tools haven’t changed much. I really like Colorista II’s power mask, secondary and master HSL tool. I assume Avid doesn’t have these.

[John Kaley]

Thanks for the info Mark. The Soundtrack Pro method still works without getting any extra software.
It can also be accomplished with Compressor, and it will correct the audio pitch too:

In the video settings tab, select the codec (ProRes I hope) and change the frame rate to 23.976.
In the Frame Controls tab at the bottom select Rate Conversion/Best.
Click the very bottom button that says, “so source frames play at 23.976”
Output at 100% of source and yer good to go.

The Compressor method will take much longer, as it has to reconform all of the frames.

[John Kaley]

Cinema Tools does actually resample the audio to about 46khz when going 25 to 23.976. (Check in QT)

Here’s another option using Soundtrack Pro:

1. Open the 25p footage in Cinema Tools and conform to 23.976 (This is destructive process)

2. Open this same file in Soundtrack and Process/Resample the audio to 48000. Save to aiff 16 bit

3. Open conformed movie in QT Pro and delete the audio track.

4. Open the audio saved from Soundtrack Pro and copy track

5. Paste into video movie (OPT+Apple+V)

Video should be 23.976 and audio 48khz

[John Kaley]

Just a slight correction: the audio fixing only applies if you used the Cinema Tools option. Compressor will vari-speed the audio for you while keeping the correct sample rate.