[Timothy Anderson]

So a PAL DVD can and will playback a 23.976 fps? I thought the 25 fps was a mandatory spec in the PAL format?

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the reply – it’s for a European vendor. When you mean “a bear” do you mean in sync or do you mean the work Compressor would have to do (time wise) or the actual resultant image?

Can I keep my duration the same and still conform to PAL?

Tim

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi Neil,

Ok, yeah I wrote the XML to include “Arial”, so you’re saying to ensure it is “bold” I would simply write “Arial Bold” instead of “Arial”?

Sorry to be so simple, but I have never written an XML to ensure a font is “bold”…

Thanks!

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi Neil –

Thanks for the suggestions. I will give it a try but would rather just add the 2/3 small modifications to the existing XML file I posted if at all possible because I have already tested it and know it works exactly how it should – I just need to add the bold, line width/softness effects…

If anyone can advise me how/where to write these commands into my existing XML that would be great!

[Timothy Anderson]

Ah ok – thanks sorry I must have initially missed it. I guess I will give it a try and see where that leaves me…

One thing that is blowing my mind is the fact that I was able to see the sequence actually in sync within FCP, but when exported as a .mov test, things were out of sync which is something I have never seen before…

Tim

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi David,

Thanks for your thoughts – although you were right, I did forget to switch the offset to “0”, after doing so and re-exporting another test clip, the issue persists.

The video in an exported QT is approximately 20 frames early – when exporting tests from earlier in the film, the video is early 10-15 frames approximately and so on – which is definitely why I think it is some bizarre frame rate issue…albeit slight…

I actually never got any info on whether it is possible to conform clips to 23.976 in Cinema Tools 4.5.1 – i’d like to run that test as advised earlier, but cannot conform to anything less than 23.98 in my dropdown options…

Tim

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi Dave –

Ok, let this blow your mind:

So I tried that, brand new everything, told FCP to change the sequence to match, etc…

AND, in the sequence (whose settings are 1920×1080, 23.98, Uncompressed, 24/48) everything is IN SYNC. However, again since i have to add two transitions and export a “new” final image .mov file for the HDCAM SR, I did a small export test at both current settings and a 422 ProRes. IN BOTH EXPORTS, things are OUT OF SYNC to mirror what I was previously experiencing (video a touch early) when played in QuickTime.

SO, I reimported this exported .mov back into the same sequence and it lined up perfectly from the same spot from which it was exported and both the video and audio of the exported clip sync perfectly as they should. SO, WHAT THE HECK? In sync entirely within FCP, but out of sync when exported????

STUMPED. Any thoughts?

Tim

[Timothy Anderson]

Thanks again Dave-

The Lt/Rt mixes and the Mono .WAV files from the mixer all sync up with the original QT reference he was given, but FCP is still displaying the durations differently than what QT displays them as – which I just don’t understand (it is doing this with the sequence from the colorist as well). Can you enlighten me as to why QT “get info” shows the “real” duration of these files, but FCP shorts it by almost 5 full sceonds in the asset window?

In terms of conform the uncompressed QT in Cinema Tools, ok, but the only options i am given in my dropdown are “23.98”, 24, 25, 29.97, and 30 fps. How can I conform to 23.976?

Thanks!
Tim

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi Dave –

Yeah I was suspecting such myself – I know the ProTools session was at 23.976 …

As for the colorist – not so sure – I think she set things to 23.98…everything was graded on a MISTIKA (of which i am not so familiar) but if that is the case, do you know a reliable way I can fix things correctly without having to go back to them…?

Thank you for your time.

Tim

[Timothy Anderson]

Hi Matt –

Thanks for the response and help – I tried to conform in Cinema Tools – but my only option in the neighborhood is “23.98” – unless I have my methodology wrong I am not seeing an option from the dropdown menu to conform at 23.976, I am running Cinema Tools 4.5.1 – is 23.976 possible in this version?

Tim