How to export 24P advanced footage back to tape in Xpress Pro? at DVinfo.net

David Lach · December 10th, 2006, 11:44 AM

I'm not too familiar with Xpress Pro, mostly use Premiere Pro, so bear with me. I'm working on Xpress Pro 5.6. It handles 23.976 timelines well from what I saw and I had no problem editing a few test clips with 24p-A footage shot with the XL2.

Only thing is, when I try to crash record back to tape, in the Digital Cut tool, I can choose a 23.976 output format, but alongside there's a mention saying "Output to NTSC with continuous 2:3 pulldown. Standard format for NTSC film-based television broadcast".

I don't want to export with a 2:3 pulldown. I want to export back with a 2:3:3:2 pulldown, just like the original footage, so that if need be I can re-import again as true 24p footage without the permanent interlacing artifacts introduced by a 2:3 pulldown.

What am I missing? How do you export 24p-advanced footage back to MiniDV tape in Xpress Pro?

Haven't found any precisions on this matter in the Avid help file.

Thanks for the help.

December 10th, 2006, 11:44 AM	#1
David Lach Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Montreal, QC, Canada Posts: 570	How to export 24P advanced footage back to tape in Xpress Pro? I'm not too familiar with Xpress Pro, mostly use Premiere Pro, so bear with me. I'm working on Xpress Pro 5.6. It handles 23.976 timelines well from what I saw and I had no problem editing a few test clips with 24p-A footage shot with the XL2. Only thing is, when I try to crash record back to tape, in the Digital Cut tool, I can choose a 23.976 output format, but alongside there's a mention saying "Output to NTSC with continuous 2:3 pulldown. Standard format for NTSC film-based television broadcast". I don't want to export with a 2:3 pulldown. I want to export back with a 2:3:3:2 pulldown, just like the original footage, so that if need be I can re-import again as true 24p footage without the permanent interlacing artifacts introduced by a 2:3 pulldown. What am I missing? How do you export 24p-advanced footage back to MiniDV tape in Xpress Pro? Haven't found any precisions on this matter in the Avid help file. Thanks for the help.