Re: [Avid-L2] 29.97 and HD / RANT

Here is my experience from the last 2 or 3 years we have shot 23.976 and delivered the same.  We use to shoot 23.976 on DVCPro HD and have the deck capture it to 29.97i with 2:3 pulldown.  During that era we cut offline and online in 29.97i.  The result was a broken cadence at every shot change but nobody had a problem with that.  The core reason for shooting 23.976 was to get the "Film Look" which in this case means the film judder from 2:3 pulldown.  As streaming became a more common thing the networks started to complain about the broken cadence because most of the software/hardware they used to convert the shows to streaming 23.976P had issues with the broken cadence.  Approximately 3 or more years ago the networks finally started to except 23.976 masters that were timed properly for a 29.97 airing (59.94i).

Now virtually everything we do is 23.976 leaving the conversion to the network for air and allowing them to use the true 23.976 progressive frames for streaming etc...  As far as I know Netflix streams the 23.976. 

About a year or more ago DirectTV updated it's software to eliminate the feature they had called "Native Mode" where the box would output whatever the Native mode the source was which in my case was HD or SD.  Now that they eliminated that the box converts all signals to 1080i or 720P etc...  So now I can't properly access what type of conversion the networks are doing feeding Direct TV.  Even though the cleanest conversion is 2:3 most of the networks seem to be converting to 2:2:2:4 to facilitate their streaming needs and to avoid dealing with any split frames in conversion.  As I said I'm not sure how much the loss of the "Native Mode" effects my ability to step through frames on the DirectTV box as it is always converting to 1080i.  What I do see appears to be the 2:2:2:4 on virtually everything.

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