Jon Lewis
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Thanks a lot man! I’d been pulling my hair out for two days trying to straighten out all of this. It’s frustrating when you just want to start editing but know how important these first few steps are to get right. I feel like I finally have what I need to get under way. Thanks again!
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I think you are right.. Cinema Tools identifies the clips shot at 24f as “Frame Rate: 23.98 FPS” and the others as “29.97 FPS”.
Transcoding down from 29.97 FPS to 23.98 FPS is my next problem then.. I’ve captured the files as HDV 1080p30 and 1080p24 respectively. The issue is that the XHA1 and Everio have gotten away from me in the last few days (returned to their rightful owners) . Is there a way for me to transcode the 1080p30 vids into 1080p24 vids (or vice versa) without having to recapture or am I gonna need to hunt down those cameras again?
I’ve been looking around for help on this and will keep doing so, but if anyone has any idea of where to look I am all ears.
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What do you think you are wrong about ?
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Thanks guys for your quick advice. I’m relieved to hear that this may not be as big of a mess as I originally thought.
Joel, you mention that transcoding down from 60i and 30f to 24p on my last two cameras is the more preferable route for me and my wedding dvd (rather than transcoding up from 24f and 30f to 60i). Why is this the case ? And is it something I have to do via FCP “capture” or can MPEG streamclip perform this type of conversion on already captured 60i and 30f movie files?
Interesting bit of info about the HV40 upgrades. That whole line packs an insane punch for its size/price.
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Works great now! Thanks a lot
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Awesome! I will try that tonight. I had read that some formats were too “codec-y” for final cut to work with, but i assumed mpeg4 was fine because its common and small. Good to know that is not the case. Thanks for the help !
PS – does this mean that upgrading my RAM and hard drive (USB to firewire 400) was unnecessary ?