Topic: 24p and HDV?
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Old May 23rd, 2008, 10:59 AM   #2
Dylan Pank
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Hi Aric,

the answer depends on where you are sending your footage.

that advantage of 24p is that is easily cross converts between NTSC compatible 29.97fps (insert a 2:3 pulldown) and PAL compatible 25fps (by speeding it up 4%) I know HD isn't strictly PAL/NTSC but the frame rate thing still applies for those areas.

Converting 30p to 25p is MUCH harder to do well, or even acceptably.

If you're not distributing to PAL/SECAM countries then 24p might not matter.

if you're distributing only over the internet there are other caveats. 24p still compresses and play back better at higher resolutions. 30p is a bit of a strain for some older computers (or with Flash, at HD, even for some newer computers). Over at vimeo.com they had a hell of a time with this.

An then many feel that 24p retains that "film look" a little better than 30p with the increased frame rate 30p may start to look a little more videoy, but that's a personal choice.
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