[MacDV] Re: Ripped DVD files w/23.98 FPS--MacDV Digest, Vol 18, Issue 5

[Ted Langdell]

Ted Langdell
Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
Marysville, CA
Main:  	(530) 741-1212


I'd suspect that the original file was a 23.97 or 98 frame per second 
file.  Is this a commercially produced film product, perchance?

If so, then it may have been/was transfered from film to an electronic 
file at 23.98 FPS to keep a nearly 1:1 ratio of film to video frames.

To do change the frame rate and add 3:2 pull down, you'll probably need 
to use something like Cinema Tools to , which comes as part of Final 
Cut Pro.

Cinema Tools is often used to deal with editing film transferred to 
video at nominally 24 FPS, video shot at a nominal 24 FPS rate, or to 
take video shot with a camera that shoots at 24FPs and saves the file 
on Mini-DV tape as an NTSC file.

With the latter type of project, you can pull it into FCP and edit, or 
remove the 3:2 pulldown with Cinema Tools and edit as a 24FPS project.

Ted


On Jan 10, 2006, at 3:46 PM, 
macdv-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:46:02 -0600
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> Subject: [MacDV] 23.98 fps when using Cinematize or DVDxDV
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> Hello -
>
> I keep getting Quicktime files with 23.98 FPS when I convert a DVD to
> MOV with both Cinematize and DVDxDV. I'm trying to create a NTSC file
> from the DVD. The frame is sized to 720x480. But the frame rate always
> comes out to 23.98. I ripped the files using Mac The Ripper 2.6.6.
>
> Any ideas what would cause this?
>
> Jer
>