Mix 60i(29.97)avchd footage into Dslr 23.976 timeline

I'm using CS6. My project presets are for a DSLR at 23.976 (canon t3i). I also have a canon hf-M41. It does NOT record at 24p native, rather it records at 60i and then is transformed to 29.97 to supposedly look like 24p. Everything is exported as 29.97 from the M41 regardless of the in camera settings. When I put the M41 footage into my timeline it runs like it is in slow motion (even upon rendering). My question is how do I keep my project settings at 23.976 DSLR (because I have 2 t3i's for my main cameras) and make my M-41 footage run smoothly and be able to combine the two? From my own testing it looks like the best match upon bringing it into the DSLR timeline is setting the M41 to record at the 29.97 in camera. (probably because Premiere already naturally sees it as 29.97). I have been playing with the Adobe Media Encoder but my results have produced the same results as when I change the footage within Premiere. I am totallyM new at this and have probably opened up the Media Encoder only 4 times!(completely lost) I'm lost trying to figure out how to mix these two formats in Premiere. The T3i footage is .MOV and the M41 is .MTS (avchd). Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated. I want to be able to use all three cameras for mulitcam editing but as I have told you they run "funky" together haha Thanks a lot!!- Mark

You can upconvert using Compressor. It would be BEST to have the tapes dubbed and upconverted with the use of a Terranex...or captured with a Kona 3 that can do the upconvert on the fly and still look good. But sans (without) a capture card, the best way is with Compressor. Danny_Boy and I had to mix MANY formats for a History Channel doc we did. Now we used the Terranex, but in my testing on what to go with, I found that Compressor did a decent job...it just took a LONG TIME.
Drop the clip you want to convert into Compressor. Go to the ADVANCED FORMAT CONVERSION menu option, and choose DVCPRO HD 720p24. Then click on the FRAME CONTROLS and choose CUSTOM under the FRAME CONTROL menu. Now, choose all the BEST settings for all the other menus.
NOw...shoot. You have to crop this image in order to make the 4:3 fit into a 16:9 frame...and I lost my tutorial on what numbers to put in there.
I have Droplets for Compressor 2 (FCS1) that do this for you...iffin you are interested.
http://homepage.mac.com/comeback/professional/FileSharing37.html
Shane

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