[Kevin Ham]

BTW – The test I’ve done in the past created duplicated frames which makes any movement in the video look weird at times. Hoping to avoid that problem again.

[Kevin Ham]

I didn’t look at it close enough to know the type of cadence of frames, but it probably is A,B,C,C,D.

As for the dropped frames, can’t say for sure how many there are but I did notice at one spot a frame missing so I figured it was through out.

The video doesn’t play smooth. At my work we edit on SD tapes downconverted from HD masters. They seem to play normal so I don’t know why mine doesn’t.

[Kevin Ham]

Actually my sound editor is adding SFX and music so it’s not just cleaning things up. Thus the sync is important as he adds sound.

I created a 29.97 NDFTC quicktime file for the sound editor and handed that to him this morning. I created a timeline with those setting then copy/paste the cuts from the 23.98 timeline over to the 29.97 NDFTC timeline. After rendering I can see the difference. There are addition frames added and dropped through out the video. Doesn’t look great. The total duration changes too, going from (3:52:17 at 23.98 FPS) to (3:52:21 at 29.97 NDFTC FPS) which is a 4 frames difference.

Take note that the original video was never shot in NTSC nor on tape. This is a HD tapeless project.

So I hope this works. If I did anything wrong, please let me know. The sound editor will be working in 29.97 NDFTC and hand me the finished audio with that setting.

Thanks!

[Kevin Ham]

Ok, I’ll try to make this happen tonight. Question, since the video will not be 100% accurate with the duplicate/replicate frames, will that be an issue for the sound editor as he syncs to action? Or is this something not to worry about?

And I should make this 29.97 NDFTC, correct? That goes for the quicktime file and OMF, correct?

[Kevin Ham]

Ok, but if my footage is at 23.98 tapeless HD, how do I go about converting my cut to 29.97 fps for that quicktime output?

[Kevin Ham]

I thought the sample rate was just for quality. But I’ll let my sound guy try this. Thanks.

[Kevin Ham]

I’m not an audio guy so sorry if this sounds stupid. The sample rate effects the speed of the audio? If that is the case, does it matter what fps the sound editor is working on?

[Kevin Ham]

Concerning the express card adapters, why does one need this? Wouldn’t a firewire connection to an external drive do the same thing? If I need two drives, can’t I just daisy chain the drives?

[Kevin Ham]

Sorry if this sounds stupid but what is “SATA express card adapters”? If I buy a MBP, do I need to purchase any additional hardware for editing? Sorry if I sound like a newbie but I never bought a laptop before. I have a desktop G5 that I’ve been using for the past few years but I now need to be more mobile. I have a blackmagic decklink card in my G5. Is there anything like that available for MBP or is it impossible to digitize tapes from decks with MBP?

I heard Apple is having their 30 year anniversary on April 1st. Anyone hear if they will reveal something big at that time?

[Kevin Ham]

Thanks and sorry for the late response. So selecting export as QuickTime movie in FCP, instead of QuickTime conversion, will give me the same quality and image size as what is on the timeline? If so, that’s great news.