OK, there actually is a problem. I wasn’t seeing things. to recap, I’ve got two sources of video in my timeline. Some XL1s footage shot at 30P which looks fine, and some DVX100b footage SOME OF WHICH does not look fine. i don’t know what mode the DVX was shot in, either 24P or 24P advanced I think. SOME of the DVX footage has a problem. The difference between the problem DVX assets and the OK DVX assets is that the problem assets claim to be 23.97 under properties:format. If I go frame by frame in the 29.97 timeline, the bad footage plays this pattern of advancing the frames – advance,advance,repeat, advance, interlace, advance, advance, repeat, advance, interlace. that is how the 23.97 footage plays in my 29.97 timeline.
So I also have good footage also shot with the DVX that is 29.97 footage in a 29.97 timeline. This pattern goes: adv,adv,adv,int,int,adv,adv,adv,int,int. A 3:2. Looks fine.
So how do I change the behavior of the bad clip? How do I modify it’s setting so that it considers itself 29.97 footage?
thanks so much guys, you are so helpful.