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Old January 2nd, 2009, 02:24 PM   #1
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editing time base final cut

editing time base

if im shooting 50i on my sony v1 do i need to change the editing timebase in the sequence setting to 50 or 25???? im confused

would love an answer for this
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Old January 2nd, 2009, 03:32 PM   #2
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50i is 25. Or to put it another way 50i (interlaced frames) is equal to 25 (fps - frames per second). There are 2 fields per frame so... 2 fields X 25 fps = 50i
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Old January 2nd, 2009, 03:53 PM   #3
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Luke: if you're recording in HDV at 50i, you should be using the HDV 1080i50 Preset. The 25 preset is for progressive scan material.
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