Project Presets For Editing .mov 720P

Hello, I have Drift Inovations 170HD Stealth that I would like to edit in PE11. The camera specs show that it records 1080P and 720P in .mov (h.264) format. What would be the best Project Setting for that?
Thanks!
DAVE

Dave,
That was very good news.
For the 720p25, 720p30, and 720p60, I would look at:
For 720p60
Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - HD 720p60
(Refer to details in screenshot below)
For 720p30
Publish+Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - HD 720p60
(but in this case, you are going to go under the Advanced Button/Video Tab and change the frame rate from 60 to 30.
Refer to details in screenshot below)
For 720p25
Publish_Share
Computer
AVCHD
with Presets = MP4 - HD 720p60
(but in this case, you are going to go under the Advanced Button/Video Tab and change the frame rate from 60 to 25.
Refer to details in screenshot below)
720p60
720p30
720p25
The choice of 59.94 vs 60 and 29.97 vs 30 often depends of details from your camera. But see how you do with the suggested settings.
Thanks.
ATR

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I suggest you try with a small clip first to see how good the output is. Note that the Internet has many sob stories about using 5D video footage.
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UK is my location.
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Ben
Thanks for the update. Sorry that the new project was necessary. You did well making the transition from problem project to new.
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You appear to have used Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with the M2T H264 1920 x 1080p24. If you say that your export is 1920 x 1080 29.97, then you would have had to go under the Advanced Button of the p24 preset to customize the preset to 29.97 instead of 24.
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