Understanding the "F"

Bill Pryor · December 18th, 2007, 10:31 PM

I think it works with anything. It's in one of the menus, I don't recall which. Something like DV scene detection, and you have to turn it on and then it will stay on. I use it exclusively now, then name the clips after the fact. However, I don't capture an entire tape at once. I usually set in and out points about every 20 minutes. That way I can copy the capture scratch files to DVDs for backup if I want.

Kellen Dengler · December 18th, 2007, 10:49 PM

Awesome thanks Bill! Good thinking to break it up for DVD capture scratch back up.

Bill Busby · December 19th, 2007, 12:11 AM

FWIW, I learned years ago that the only way any kind of DV Scene Detection will work, regardless which NLE or capture method is used is that the camera the raw footage was shot on has to have the date & time set. If it isn't, it has nothing to detect.

Bill

John Welsh · December 26th, 2007, 12:46 PM

And someone knows if the 24f mode works with Adobe Premiere? I am about to get the A1 and a dell XPS with Adobe Premiere and I've just read that Avid won't handle the 24f.

I am confused :(

Mark Rook · December 26th, 2007, 01:23 PM

I'll probably put a spanner in here, but what the hell....

I'm not a lover of 24f (25f here). Its ok for scenes which don't have a great deal of panning shots in them, but after doing quite a few tests, 50i seems to give (me anyway) much nicer results. I'd rather deinterlace if needed, especially if you deinterlace using the 50fps option, although you do lose a little in resolution. I think running 50i on a 100th shutter speed works just fine and gives you a few more options in the editing stage, it also works great for slow motion.

Just my opinion.

Mark

December 26th, 2007, 12:46 PM	#34
John Welsh Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA & Cologne, GER Posts: 47	. And someone knows if the 24f mode works with Adobe Premiere? I am about to get the A1 and a dell XPS with Adobe Premiere and I've just read that Avid won't handle the 24f. I am confused :(

December 18th, 2007, 10:31 PM	#31
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	I think it works with anything. It's in one of the menus, I don't recall which. Something like DV scene detection, and you have to turn it on and then it will stay on. I use it exclusively now, then name the clips after the fact. However, I don't capture an entire tape at once. I usually set in and out points about every 20 minutes. That way I can copy the capture scratch files to DVDs for backup if I want.

December 18th, 2007, 10:49 PM	#32
Kellen Dengler Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 118	Awesome thanks Bill! Good thinking to break it up for DVD capture scratch back up.

December 19th, 2007, 12:11 AM	#33
Bill Busby Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 959	FWIW, I learned years ago that the only way any kind of DV Scene Detection will work, regardless which NLE or capture method is used is that the camera the raw footage was shot on has to have the date & time set. If it isn't, it has nothing to detect. Bill

December 26th, 2007, 01:23 PM	#35
Mark Rook Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Aberystwyth, Wales, UK Posts: 91	I'll probably put a spanner in here, but what the hell.... I'm not a lover of 24f (25f here). Its ok for scenes which don't have a great deal of panning shots in them, but after doing quite a few tests, 50i seems to give (me anyway) much nicer results. I'd rather deinterlace if needed, especially if you deinterlace using the 50fps option, although you do lose a little in resolution. I think running 50i on a 100th shutter speed works just fine and gives you a few more options in the editing stage, it also works great for slow motion. Just my opinion. Mark