23.98fps Clip in 29.97fps Sequence in Soundtrack Pro Lesson?

I am using the Apple Pro Training Series "Sound Editing in FCS".
The media I am using from the accompanying DVD is DV/DVCPRO-NTSC, 2.9MB/Sec and with a frame rate of 23.98fps.
The sequences have a frame rate of 29.97fps.
Can anyone explain exactly what the media is and why there is this apparent mis-match?
It plays and sounds OK.

Some video cameras can shoot at 23.976 frames per second to simulate a 24 fps film look.
The DV/DVCPro (tape) recording standard can only record 29.97 frames per second. To accommodate this, the recorder adds a 3:2 pull-down to the 23.976 to make (force) it to 29.97. Depending on the recorder, this 3:2 pull-down can be removed with software to re-create the original 23.976 clip as created by the camera.
So, your clip uses the DV/DVCPro compression codec but could be 23.976 or 29.97 fps. Open the clip in QuickTime, hit Cmnd-I and see what the file really is.

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