Marc Istook
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I found the culprit…
The FCP sequence was set to 23.98. But it’s really 23.976 — for some reason, FCP calls it (inexplicably, in my mind) 23.98. My AE animation comp and animated movie were set to 23.98. Apparently FCP has a hard time making up the .004 frame per second difference between the 23.98 animation and the 23.976 timeline and ends up repeating and dropping frames. Rending the AE project at 23.976 instead fixed things.
Whew.
Thanks for your help,
Marc -
I found the culprit…
The FCP sequence was set to 23.98. But it’s really 23.976 — for some reason, FCP calls it (inexplicably, in my mind) 23.98. My AE animation comp and animated movie were set to 23.98. Apparently FCP has a hard time making up the .004 frame per second difference between the 23.98 animation and the 23.976 timeline and ends up repeating and dropping frames. Rending the AE project at 23.976 instead fixed things.
Whew.
Thanks for your help,
Marc -
I’m not sure I follow you?
Basically, the footage was shot 24pNative — 23.976 fps. It ingested via transfer with no pulldown — because there wasn’t any pulldown to remove. It’s in a 23.976 timeline in FCP. The animation was created in a 23.976 timeline and rendered to a 23.976 file. But for whatever reason, FCP keeps repeating and dropping frames. Maddening!!
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As I wrote in the post, the footage used is from the 720pN codec — it’s 24 frames a second, no interlacing at all. I exported from AE using the DVCProHD codec AND the animation codec. Both exhibited problems. I also exported 29.97, 59.94 and 60fps versions. The animations played fine in Quicktime, with the properties shown as 23.976, 29.97, etc., respectively. It’s only in FCP that I’m having trouble with dropped and repeated frames. Again, to troubleshoot, I created a reference animation (using the same codec and same composition settings) with a timecode burnt in, and that test file didn’t exhibit any problems. So I’m really at a loss here.
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No, it was a 23.976 project that rendered to a 23.976 quicktime file.
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Thanks guys. Reconnecting the media worked. I have no idea why. The same media was in other sequences that worked fine. Very strange.
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Thanks Noah. Pardon my unfamiliarity — where is that button? And I noticed that the mask moved when I dropped the footage into the drop zone in Motion. So I’m guessing the issue is related to PAR somehow, not necessarily FCP itself since it appears in Motion too. Any additional thoughts?
Thanks again,
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Have you been able to view any of the files you transfered to these hard drives in FCP’s Log and Transfer box? For some reason, I can see the files but can’t view the previews when I look at footage that’s on a hard drive versus the Panasonic drive or the camera.
Has anyone else had this problem??
– Marc
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Awesome… thanks!!
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They’re seen as 1 2TB drive…
As for the playback… I’ve tried 100%, etc… The only message I get is that it’s not playing back at full speed, and that the audio monitor is on. Turning it off doesn’t change anything.
For testing purposes, I’m not using footage or any effects — merely fading a solid color from 0% – 100%.