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jacobfarron · 14th March 2008

1) I'm getting ready for another session that will be a 'making of' for DVD, so we are using behind the scenes footage, and the actual feature - and I've only got a few parts of the puzzle so far. The feature's master video is on HDCam running at 23.976 separated into reels - with a guide track, which has been dubbed to DVCProHD with the same timecode, then ingested into Final Cut Pro at 29.97 NDF. I have the D/M/E and surround stems for each reel from the stage as Pro Tools sessions, this timecode is at 29.97 NDF with a .1% pulldown via Sync I/O. I won't have the video to cut to for another few days. But, I did have to provide OMF's from the Pro Tools sessions for our video editor of the reels - which I'm hoping will be in sync. So here's the question: Was the .1% pulldown on the Sync likely for the film printmaster? I will eventually find out by trial and error but I'd like to have an idea before the session begins, and I can't get ahold of the studio that made them. If my sync does drift, I should be able to use the TC/E audiosuite to perform the .1% correct? Since all of my behind the scenes audio will be at the proper rate, I don't want to pull my whole session down to with the Sync I/O.

2) Recently I mixed a few HD (720P 59.94) commercials - being up-resed to 1080i for final delivery. My SD Quicktime video ref had a 59.94 timecode burn in and ProTools HD recognized the frame rate fine. But I can't set the sessions frame rate to that. Luckily, these were :30 spots and I didn't have to spot effects, and the clients didn't mind. So how are you all dealing with 59.94?

14th March 2008	#1
jacobfarron Gear addict Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 309 Thread Starter	2 sync issues 1) I'm getting ready for another session that will be a 'making of' for DVD, so we are using behind the scenes footage, and the actual feature - and I've only got a few parts of the puzzle so far. The feature's master video is on HDCam running at 23.976 separated into reels - with a guide track, which has been dubbed to DVCProHD with the same timecode, then ingested into Final Cut Pro at 29.97 NDF. I have the D/M/E and surround stems for each reel from the stage as Pro Tools sessions, this timecode is at 29.97 NDF with a .1% pulldown via Sync I/O. I won't have the video to cut to for another few days. But, I did have to provide OMF's from the Pro Tools sessions for our video editor of the reels - which I'm hoping will be in sync. So here's the question: Was the .1% pulldown on the Sync likely for the film printmaster? I will eventually find out by trial and error but I'd like to have an idea before the session begins, and I can't get ahold of the studio that made them. If my sync does drift, I should be able to use the TC/E audiosuite to perform the .1% correct? Since all of my behind the scenes audio will be at the proper rate, I don't want to pull my whole session down to with the Sync I/O. 2) Recently I mixed a few HD (720P 59.94) commercials - being up-resed to 1080i for final delivery. My SD Quicktime video ref had a 59.94 timecode burn in and ProTools HD recognized the frame rate fine. But I can't set the sessions frame rate to that. Luckily, these were :30 spots and I didn't have to spot effects, and the clients didn't mind. So how are you all dealing with 59.94?