Question re iMovie11 at 60fps

My Canon camera takes 1080p video at 60 fps. iMovie11 seems to accommodate only 24 and 30 fps. How do I solve this problem?

Hi
iMovie - can not use p60 or p50 material
I would try to convert it to i60 or i50 by use of (never had any such material to test - yet)
• MPEG Streamclip - or -
• JES_Deinterlacer
• Flip4Mac
(or Compressor from Apple)
FinalCut Pro X - Can use p60 or p50 as is.
Yours Bengt W

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I have been trying to get what I consider an acceptable DVD from my new Mac. I have started a couple of threads and posted in a couple of others, but I figured it was better to bring all my questions/problems to one thread. I'm going to try to give all the information that I can think of, in hopes that yall can help me.
I have iMovie11, iDVD7.1, Toast 8 Titanium, and Final Cut Express4.0.1.
At this time, the video I'm working with came from a Flip Ultra HD (the 30fps version, not the newer one that does HD at 60fps).
I have edited an 18 minute project, and created numerous versions of it, which I then burned to DVD with Toast. The final product on each disk all look pretty much the same to me, with the one problem that is making me go nuts --- the video playback does not appear "smooth". It looks like it is playing back at less than 30 frames per second.
I don't expect perfect video quality from the Flip camera - actually the video is acceptably clean and sharp (for me) - it's the frame rate thing that is killing me. In the past I have burned numerous DVDs from MiniDV through Sony Vegas that play back perfectly.
As of tonight, I have discovered that I apparently chose the wrong "easy setup" for FCE, it was on DV-NTSC, and I think I have found that it should have been on HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30 - although I might be wrong about that as well.
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I don't mind re-editing the entire project if there is something I can do that will make this better, or if this is as good as it is going to get with this source video.
Also - I've noticed that anytime I add or make any changes to a transition, I have to re-render that section. Is this normal, or is it because I'm using video straight from the Flip (without MPEG Streamclip'ing) it first, or some other reason - maybe related to my wrong easy setup choice?
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All the source video is converted, new project started with correct easy setup, corrected clips imported - the video looks awesome in FCE preview.
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key frame rate - 24
frame reordering - yes
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dimensions - compressor native 1280x720
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Switching from FCP7 to CS6! Two BIG questions I can't figure out...

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So I'm running CS6.01 on my new 27" iMac running OS 10.6.8. I'm excited to be transitioning over to CS6 after the last 6 or 7 years using Final Cut Pro. But I don't have time to mess around as I'm in the middle of projects so here are my 2 main questions right off the bat:
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Jim Simon wrote:
I'd recommend a different work flow. Shoot what you want at full speed in 720p/24. Shoot what you want in slow motion at 720p/60...
I would respectfully disagree with Jim's statement and endorse the OP's technique of shooting at 60 fps for purposes of playback at both normal speed and slow motion at 24 fps.
I think the more creative choices you give yourself in post the better.
Since you (DMH79) are using the same footage for both normal speed and slow motion playback, I think your way is definitely the way to go as long as you are happy with the resolution.
Even if you were not using the same clips at different speeds, I would still disagree with the opinion that you should be able to predict in advance which shots from a hectic live action event such as a wedding you will want to use in slow motion. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it would be impossible, no matter how easy it is to switch modes.
Given that slow motion is a reasonable priority for you, I think there is much less to be gained by shooting at 24 fps for clips that you might use at normal speed than by giving yourself the option of both normal speed and slow motion with a 60 fps recording. (To me the bigger tradeoff is not being able to shoot 1080p at 60 fps, which I think applies to your HMC150.)
I love the look of 24p and will shoot that way for scripted work or if I am absolutely certain that I won't want to use a single shot in slow motion, but for many live events, my preference is to shoot at 720p60, shutter angle 180, for eventual output at 30 fps. I edit in a 60 fps timeline in Premiere, but I export at 30 fps. I find that exporting at 30 fps in combination with the 1/120 shutter speed removes much of the soap opera look (a great description, by the way), but there is no jerkiness in normal speed clips because 30 is exactly half of 60. Media Encoder simply removes every other frame during export. Yet, this allows me to drop any clip to 50% speed and achieve perfectly matched, silky smooth slow motion.
You probably prefer the 40% speed slow motion and added stutter of 24 fps, but regardless, if you do find that controlling the speed via Speed/Duration is equal in quality to conforming, you may want to consider cutting in a 60 fps timeline and giving yourself the option to export at either 24 or 30 fps.
Your last post on this topic was from a few months ago. I also switched from FCP7 and would be very curious to know what you have discovered!

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hi all
I have adobe premiere pro CS5 and a gopro hero HD2
So my question is : How can i edit one single movie coming from footages shot with different qualities, like 1080 at 30 fps and 720 at 60 fps ?, what kind of sequence should i open at first on the software?
The thing is: I can do it, there is no problem in that but as I want the best quality I want to know exactly what to do. Like if I open a sequence of 720p and 30 fps and then import footages at 720p and 60fps is it gonna turn it into 30 fps?
Other question: If my footage is a 720p, what is gonna happen when I export it at 1080? I'm gonna loose some quality right??
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Other question: If my footage is a 720p, what is gonna happen when I export it at 1080? I'm gonna loose some quality right??
Some is an understatement. Better downscale 1080 to 720. Always much better than upscaling. As to the framerate, with some 30P and some 60P, you will be better off with 30P altogether.

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I have just started using Premiere Pro CC with the GoPro Hero3+ black edition, but my video's, once exported do not look very smooth and clean like HD video should?
The video settings on the GoPro are 1080p / 60fps, narrow view (protune off), I then import these .MP4 video files into PP CC and use these sequence settings:
29.97fps
1920 x 1080 / 16:9
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What do you think?
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Kind regards,
Paul

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Just remember that if you start a new project and have for example, four videos shot at 1080p and one at 4k, if you drag and drop the 4k video to the 'new item' bin then your sequence will match the 4k resolution settings and when you drag the other 1080p videos on the sequence time line, they will not fill the screen and would need to be 'scaled' in to fit the screen, thus making them look terrible. The best way would be to drag n drop the 1080p video(s) and then include the 4k video on the timeline and just 'scale' / 'crop' it to fit the screen.
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Video capture w/ built in isight question

hi video experts,
hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction for something I'd like to try out.. I'm an audio guy so am not up on what's out there on the video side of things....
I was wondering if there's any software that allows you to shoot high framerate video using the built-in isight on say a macbook pro, at something like DV res. I'm thinking at least 60fps but even higher would be great, like say 75fps, triple the framerate up from normal playback at 25. we're looking at shooting some video for a clip, and for the footage we have in mind, the webcam-ey look you get from the isight camera is the sort of look we want. but ideally we were hoping to be able to shoot at high speed (with music playback sped up correspondingly) so when you then play it back at the regular speed you get that realtime yet slow-mo look.
anyway, holding my newbie hat in hand and hoping my question is not too ridiculous, I hope someone can point me in the right direction of some software (shareware, a feature of final cut pro, some obscure quicktime authoring tool, whatever) that can pull off this sort of thing.
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Current Time expressed in decimals + Keyframing export question

This was noted in an earlier post, but I could not reply since the thread was archived...
I've noticed that certain movies, when viewed in QTPro, express the current time (viewable in the movie info dialog) in decimals, rather than in frames.
For example, using a 30fps movie, a time of one second and 15 frames is instead shown under the current time (viewable in the movie info window) as :01.50 (hundreths of a second). This can be a problem if you are trying to count frames or note a particular time expressed in frames, rather than in fractions of a second.
After digging a bit, I discovered that movies compressed WITHOUT keyframing enabled DID NOT have this trait - the time is shown in frames instead.
The workaround is to export the movies from QTPro using a codec that does not support keyframes (for example - the Uncompressed codec).
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1. Why, when exporting a movie with keyframes on, does the video track frame rate end up with a value that goes to multiple decimal points? - For example:
- Export a movie from QTPro using the animation compressor and a frame rate of 30. Set Keyframes to anything you like (note that you cannot turn it off).
- View the exported movie, and press cmd-J (movie properties). The frame rate shown will likely be something like 29.3293293820932, and the current time (as shown in movie info (cmd-i)) will be in decimals.
If you export Uncompressed 30fps instead (keyframes are not supported in this codec), the resulting frame rate will be exactly 30, and the current time will be shown as FRAMES, not decimals.
2. WHY is it possible to render a Quicktime movie from After Effects, using ANY codec, and have the ability to turn keyframes OFF, whilst turning keyframes off seems to be impossible in QTPro when exporting a movie using a codec that supports keyframes?
Thanks for any help!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

No - there's no variable frame rate - depending on the project, we're either using 29.97, 30 or 60fps.
We're using the "Current Time" in the movie info dialog so that people can make precise timing notes regarding animations without having to get to a machine with FCP, After Effects et.al. on it. Since we're concerned with getting exact frame numbers, we're using the Movie Info dialog rather than the time provided in the movie window.
Practically every movie we're using is coming from After Effects, Shake, or some other animation/compositing program.
The only times I've gotten those long-decimal frame rates is on a movie with keyframes set. Turn off keyframes, and the movie frame rate is exactly what we set it to be.
I'm guessing that we're bumping into something that's actually a cool trick - when Quicktime sees that a movie has a traditional frame rate (30, 60 or even 29.97 for example), it displays the current time in frames. When it loads a movie with an odd frame rate (particularly something like 29.9630843098) it calculates and displays in thousanths of a second instead.
Nonetheless, we're setting all the movies to a defined frame rate. The movies exported without keyframes end up with the correct rate, and the ones with keyframes end up with a frame rate that have many decimal places....

Export is jumpy (60fps issue?)

I am new to Final Cut Pro X. I bought it yesterday, previously only using iMovie for editing so excuse any obvious errors!
I will describe my process exactly as I did it to give as much info possible.
My video sample I'm using is from a GoPro HD. Recorded at 720p, 60fps and is about 4seconds long. The raw video plays very smooth in Quicktime.
I created a new 30fps project, and imported the clip to the library.
I then dragged the whole clip onto the timeline..... At this stage, a dialogue pops up telling me that the video properties are not recognised and to select the video properties. 720p, 1280 x 720 and 59.94fps are pre selected. I change the fps to 29.97.
With the video in the timeline I "rate conform" to stretch slow the speed to 30fps. Keeping all the frames and slowing the clip down for a smooth slow mo.
Now, when I export this, the exported video is "jumpy". It seems to skip frames every now and again.
I have also tried it on a 60fps project, putting the clip on the timeline with the fps left at 59.94 with no rate conforming and everytime the result is the same jumpy export.
I have tried exporting with "current settings", various prores and h.264
Am I doing something wrong? I have read online that previous versions of FCP do not like 60fps video but it doesn't seem to be an issue in terms of importing and working on the clips, only when I export.
Should I convert the clips before importing? What with?
Something of note, in the clip properties within fcpx it is showing the frame rate as 59.92. Bit bizarre. Is this standard?
Anyway, sorry for all the questions. Hope someone can lend a hand.
Cheers
Fraser

Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me.
The video is indeed 59.94 when I inspect it in QT.
I tried again, forcing the project to be 29.97fps and the issue still persists.
Here is the exported video so you can see what I mean. There is no slow motion in this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMS-QLxIhWU

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Flip has recently introduced their new mino HD video camera that has a frame rate of 60fps. The new PE9 has a preset for the Flip minoHD, however this preset is set at 30fps. Will the PE9 preset work with this camera? Are there any special editing issues with video at 60fps that I should know about? If I keep the output resolution to 1280x720 will that help in rendering speed? (Does PE9 support "smart" rendering?). I'm new to video editing so I hope these questions make some sense.

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Hey everyone, first post, and I have a question. I searched and I couldn't find an answer for this.
I'm filming on a canon hf200 (class 4 sdhc card--if that makes any difference). I'm filming at 24Mbps on the 60i setting, but when I import in to Premiere, the footage gets imported at 29.97FPS. For my sequence settings, I'm selecting desktop, then 59.94 FPS (since I could not find an AVCHD setting with 60fps), and the clips are still not imported as 60 (or 59.94) FPS. Am I missing something? Settings not right? Have to convert to get 60FPS? Any help will be appreciated!

24Mbps on the 60i setting
It's unfortunate that camera makers cause this confusion. The proper nomenclature is to only list frame rates, never the field rate. Sometime people violate that convention and mistakenly list the field rate instead, causing this type of confusion.
Your camera should be labeling the mode as 30i, because that's what it is, 30 interlaced frames per second.

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This BD-DVD - can only be played on Blu-Ray players (no standard DVD-player playback these. Not even Your Mac unless it got a special program that can do this (but to playback true BD-disks a dedicated BD-player is a must)
AND - My BD-DVDs play back greatly on my PlayStation3 - BUT NOT ON some Cheap Samsung BD-players !
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Synching question

Hi everybody,
I'd like to know, if shooting HD video with a Sony bloggie™ in 720 60p while recording the audio separately on a PC or Mac would be possible to sync the two in PP.
Video would be an MPEG-4 coming directly from the camera, and audio would be a .wav file.
Using Final Cut Express 4 I've encountered some problems: Right after 10 seconds or even less, the audio isn't in sync anymore, with the original audio (the one from the camera) being faster than the wav file recorded from the mic.
I've posted a question on the Apple Discussion page here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2593721&tstart=0
Since that solution involves re-encoding the footage (both audio and video, which makes the already finished MPEG-4 file unusable and creates more work to be done), I wondered if using Premiere Pro I'd have the chance to use the footage as is and adding the audio file without syncing problems.
In plain English: Does Premiere Pro support 60fps and MPEG-4 for editing?
Thank in advance for your help.
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after 10 seconds or even less, the audio isn't in sync anymore
This is a problem with recording audio separately, and will likely happen with any footage. While camera makers seem to have no trouble making cameras that record sound at the exact correct rate, audio device makers can't seem to get this right, and so the audio will tend to drift out of sync after a while.

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We shot a doc short recently on the Varicam. We shot two ways.
#1. Most of the footage was shot for a 24 fps (23.98) timeline in FCP. But the Varicam ALWAYS records 60fps (59.94), so it fills the 60fps stream with duplicate frames that can be removed during capture. Right?
#2. For slow-motion work, we declared as much to the Varicam, and we assume that it records new information EVERY frame (er, field) in the 60fps stream -- NO DUPLICATE FRAMES. Then in FCP, we use the Frame Rate Converter to process things down to a smooth 24fps. Works beautifully.
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Or we could attempt to have FCP generate slow motion out of the timeline, but with 24fps source material, we suspect the results will not measure up to those created using #2 above.
Are we correct in assuming that though we have 60fps (with duplicates) on the tapes, we really don't have the same raw materials (60fps, no duplicates) that we would have in #2 above?
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#1 - The Varicam always shoots 60fps...correct. But when you choose the 24p setting, the camera records the footage differently, and flags it as 24p. So when FCP captures it the redundant frames are removed. CORRECT.
#2 - CORRECT...this is how you do it.
What are our options if we decide in post that we actually would like a clip that was shot as #1 above to be slow motion after all?
Well, nothing as elegant as if you shot 60fps. Once flagged as 24p, the frames needed to make great slow motion aren't recorded...only 24frames are recorded. Only APPLE-J is the option, and that is how you normally do slow motion...and no, it isn't pretty. For prettier slow motion, you will have to invest in After Effects and TWIXTOR.
We have 60fps to work with on the tape and we can run the Frame Rate Converter in FCP, but it seems like it shouldn't produce the same results as in #2 because of the duplicate frames. Right?
Right...even though it records 60 frames, the camera really only records 24 frames onto those 60. In fact, because the footage is flagged 24p, the FRC won't even work.
Or we could attempt to have FCP generate slow motion out of the timeline, but with 24fps source material, we suspect the results will not measure up to those created using #2 above.
Shane
correct.

Using "848x480, 60fps, .mov" files in FCP

Here's my scenario:
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.mov
60fps
848x480
Intended use:
I want to slow down these files to 30fps so that they're in slow motion.
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How can I do this most efficiently?
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Use Cinema Tools to "Conform" them to a new frame rate...
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