Re: [Avid-L2] Changing the frame rate of a QuickTime file #workflow

Using DaVinci Resolve to create your DCP, you can actually make your 23.976fps movie compliant to SMPTE DCP standard @ 24fps without any pre-conversion… DaVinci Resolve will do it in realtime, on-the-fly for you… working in the US this is how I have made DCP for my clients and QC in a movie theater… it works great!

Hope this helps,

David Baud

Colorist & Finishing Editor

david at kosmos-productions.com

On Aug 30, 2022, at 12:03 PM, Pierre via groups.io <ph=cineaste.org@groups.io> wrote:

Recently worked on a low budget film and it got selected in its first (big!) festival, so we're pretty happy.

The film was shot at 23.976fps, but the festival only projects DCP. To keep cost down, we're trying to do a few things ourselves before the DCP is made. The re-recording mixer provided us with a 24fps harmonized mix and a simple 5:1 expansion. Now I need to provide a 24fps QuickTime. Back in the days of FCP7, Apple provided the CinemaTools apps and it could do this in a very simple manner. One click and your QuickTime would display 24 frames each seconds instead of 23.976. Easy.
But I don't have a Mac which can run this software which EOL'ed... 10 years ago?

Then I remembered that Bouke's QTChange could do this. and I have it on a partition of my MacPro, an older partition running MacOS Sierra or something similar. I launch it, import my QuickTime, I see that there are local menus to choose my new framerate! I change it to 24fps, and hit the Do It button.;; And I get a warning telling me that this operation is NOT like the old CinemaTools function.
Damn.

I've been googling a lot and nothing came up. 
And then I thought, someone here might have an idea!
Thanks in advance L-ers!
Pierre