How do I convert HDV 60i to 50i?

Hi,
I picked up a Canon HV20 when I was in Taiwan and it shoots in 60i. Now I am back in the UK I have an XHA1 which shoots in 50i. What is the best way to convert some of my 60i footage to 50i so that I can use it with my final 50i output. Thanks.
Keep it mellow, B.

I have done this type of frame rate conversion using a variation on the "bonsai method" - putting the 60i clips into 50i sequences and exporting new media. Either way you do it your clips will no longer match the tape TC, but that's to be expected. Anyway, this usually results in repeated or skipped frames when it converts the frame rate, skipped frames in your case. Usually about 5 skips per second, which can sometimes be noticeable depending on the type of motion in the frame. Since these occur at regular intervals, they can be so noticeable as to be distracting. You can adjust the render settings in your output conversion sequences to attempt to smooth this out further - under Video Processing - Motion Filtering Quality.
I'm not sure if that would work as well as using Compressor's frame controls to give you smoother frame blending. I would expect Compressor to do a very good job with this. Some other advantages to using Compressor are the ablility to batch process the source clips from the finder, and letting it run in the background while you are using FCP. Turning on the frame controls will greatly increase the time it takes to process the clips - the setting to change here again is the rate conversion - the resize controls can bbe left at the fastest settings since you aren't resizing the frame.
I have also use Cinema Tools to simply conform the clips to a new frame rate. This works great for going from 24 to 25 or back, but the 18% slowdown created by the 30 to 25 converison makes the audio sound really weird (this process simply changes the plyback frame rate without converting the frames at all, and pitch-shifts the audio to match.)
Hope this helps -
Max Average

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