[Avid-L2] Re: Canon D5....

Hi,

Thanks for the good words.

> blafarm wrote:
> I've been simply importing those aforementioned
> 5D files into MC without any problems -- and have
> not separately imported audio or used any console
> commands on the video.

The console command is Michael's suggestion. I've done a bit more testing on MC today and I'm not really sure that the 'ignoreQtrate true' command works. I imported one of the 29.97 ProRes converted files (converting to DNxHD on import) into MC4, as well as the original H264 file normally and with the 'ignoreQtrate true' command.

Camera audio is fine, but I really think MC is dropping a few frames on the 30fps imports (either condition). The ProRes 29.97 import was 1:44:09 in duration. The two H264 30fps files were 1:44:06 after each import. So it didn't look like the console command made any difference. Maybe that's because of the long-GOP nature of the H264 files. Note that I did this WITH audio and didn't strip out audio first. Maybe that's a factor in the sync with double-system audio.

When I synced these up to a WAV file that was restamped as 47952, sync was solid throughout the ProRes clip, but drifted on both the H264 clips. However, when I used the original WAV file (48K) it's largely in sync on both the H264-imported files, but ever so slightly more in sync at the end on the file imported using the 'ignoreQtrate' command. This exercise tends to tells me that even though it's an extra step and can take extra time, you get better and more reliable results with double-system projects if you convert to 29.97 and 47952 prior to import into Media Composer.

> 2. I have not yet had the need to convert 29.97 --
> to 23.976 or 24 to achieve a filmic look. I'm guessing
> the most efficient way to accomplish this is to use
> Avid's Mix & Match motion adapters

I haven't tried this yet, but you should get good results.

Cheers,
Oliver

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