Peter Dewit
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I’ve never used P2 but on tape formats that jitter is common if you shot in 24P Advanced and are trying to view it at 30 fps. Since the pulldown cadaence on 24PA is 2:3:3:2 the movement looks uneven and jerky.
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Ok let’s take these questions one at a time. the projector. A computer, unlike a standard tv, has a varible refresh rate. Computer DVD players don’t really care at all about PAL vs NTSC. Region coding for commerical DVDs can be an issue but all computer DVD players are capable of playing either format. You didn’t specifiy how the projector was getting hooked up to the computer though. You’d need to find out more on the specs of the projector and it’s setup to definately know if it will work.
Multi-Standard DVD players aren’t that hard to find but may cost a bit more. You had luck in Europe because the majority of PAL DVD players will play back NTSC DVDs. The playback quality can vary from player to player however. Almost no native NTSC players will be able to play PAL though.
As far as the transfers go a good post facility that specilaizes in standards conversion should be able to give you a high quality copy. Be sure to always give them the best quality master you have. If you give them a DVD as a source expect to get junk because you’re going from a low-quality compressed file. Digi-Beta is always a solid choice. Even if you have to rent a deck for a day to output it’ll be worth it in the long run. Standards conversions aren’t a place to skimp and try to save a few dollars. Also learn to ask questions like how many fields thier converters are and if they’re doing an SDI, component or composite level transfer. Places that avoid the questions probably aren’t using good converters.
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not without third party software such as Automatic Duck
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A little more info. i went through the footage frame by frame and found the cause of the problem. Every 5ht and 6th frames are duplicates. Not sure if this helps with any methods of remvoing the problem.
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An XML export of the project should be importable into your FCP. This doesn’t eliminate the possiblity of codec or QT incompatitiblites though.
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thanks that did the trick!
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in the future if you’re planning to work on it as 24p footage you’ll proably want to use 24p advanced pulldown. that’s what it’s made for
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Reasons like this are why I always have FCP set to stop capturing on dropped frames or at least notify you afterwards. The option is in the user preference window in the FCP menu. What kind of drive are you using? If your footage keeps dropping frames your drive is most likely the bottleneck in bandwidth.
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I’d have to agree. If you complete the project in 24p then add the pulldown you’ll always have the option of both 24p and 30i should you want to output the project again. If you start with 30 you’re struck with it for good.
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Thanks alot for all the good advice guys. I’m going to start compiling a list of post-facilties nearby and I’ll give them a call and start looking for some assistant work.