Knowname wrote:I don't even know what 3:2 is, I guess it counts every 2 frames as 3? Anyway I'm not one to fuss I'll just put the black on and send it to ya then lol. Hopefully I can make a second piece in time for you.
"3:2 pulldown" (or more correctly 2:3 pulldown) aka. telecine is converting 24fps footage (usually film) to 30 fps video (or 23.976 to 29.97). Pretty much the reverse process of getting 29.97fps DVD sources to 23.976fps to edit with. To put it simply, telecine is converting every 4 original frames to 5 by duplicating and mixing fields, then repeating. 4 x 6 = 24, and 5 x 6 = 30.
And I may as well update my situation. New parts arrived and my computer is up and running. As I suspected, the PCI-E slot on my old computer died, so sticking in a PCI video card got it working again (although video playback is definitely poorer). Transferring my data from my old PC to the new one was relatively painless. I also took the time to upgrade to Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 (not really worth it for the new features, but it is Windows 7 compatible and I got it for $30 during Best Buy's sale). I'm back working on my video, although RightStuf still hasn't sent the final DVDs of the series I'm using. There is a good chance that I won't need the footage on those discs anyways, so it shouldn't be a show-stopper.
and although the deadline is midnight February 28th, it's really the next morning as I won't be checking it at midnight... and I can wake up rather late, too
now making a straight conversion to 29fps won't be too bad on a 5 minute video, but... is that the only alternative other than to redo it all? I mean if I sent in what I get, would you folks just convert it over to 720x480 29fps (keeping the aspect ratio correct or not?)? And do 23fps videos usually turn out ok? or are you actually able to show 23fps video? I'll convert it if you can't show it is all I'm saying but it maybe sound like you can? 1024x576 is ok? or should I letterbox it (if can)?
