Frame Rate change at DVinfo.net

Mike Moncrief · October 18th, 2008, 02:44 PM

Hi all,

I have a piece of video that is an animation that was rendered out of a 3d package.. it is 210 frames long, yet when I play it with the quicktime player it plays very quickly like it has only 4 frames of video,, I bring it into motion and using the inspector I see that it 7 seconds long, but the frame rate is set to 3000 fps.. I am able to scrube through it with quicktime player, and I can see all 210 frames are there.. but I cannot figure out how to change the frame rate to 29.97 fps ?? I tried Final cut, Motion.. Just could not figure out a way to change it..And suggestions on how to get the quicktime frame rate on this thing back to 29.97 fps ?? Thanks in advance ??

Shaun Conner · October 18th, 2008, 02:55 PM

Have you tried bringing it in to fcp and creating a new quicktime file with the correct frame rate that you're looking for?

Mike Moncrief · October 18th, 2008, 02:57 PM

Hello,
I tried exporting it using compressor, to the animation codec.. which says it was set to 29.97 fps.. but when I compressed it was the same ,...

Christopher Glavan · October 18th, 2008, 04:43 PM

I would suggest changing the clip speed in the timeline, but I think you'd have to put it in a 60p timeline, reduce speed 50%, export, then bring that into a 29.97 timeline and reduce again. My guess is someone forgot a decimal before they rendered the clip they handed off to you. I'd go back and see if they can re-render at the correct frame rate.

Shaun Roemich · October 18th, 2008, 05:51 PM

Can you export it from something as an image sequence and then bring the images into FCP with a still image duration of 1 frame and then render the timeline and export to a DV QuickTime? Ugly, but...

Andy Mees · October 19th, 2008, 06:30 AM

Mike
Have a look at the helper app QTSync: QT Sync 0.3.3 - MacUpdate
Its a quite a gem for a number of functions (like adding an instant TC burn in) ... but what you might particularly like is the Edit > Change Movie Playback Speed option.
Hope it helps
Andy

Shaun Roemich · October 19th, 2008, 06:40 AM

Andy, great catch! I won't try installing it until I finish the project I'm working on but QT Sync looks like a neat little tool.

Mike Moncrief · October 19th, 2008, 09:36 AM

Thanks guys for all the suggestions..

I took it into After Effects this morning.. and it looks like I can force it to chage the frame rate using interpret footage.. !!

Mark Keck · October 20th, 2008, 04:56 AM

Anyone else try loading the qt_sync app??? How's it looking??? I'm getting some weird pixilation on the menus and such.

EDIT: Opps... it's fine... operator error.

October 18th, 2008, 02:44 PM	#1
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Frame Rate change Hi all, I have a piece of video that is an animation that was rendered out of a 3d package.. it is 210 frames long, yet when I play it with the quicktime player it plays very quickly like it has only 4 frames of video,, I bring it into motion and using the inspector I see that it 7 seconds long, but the frame rate is set to 3000 fps.. I am able to scrube through it with quicktime player, and I can see all 210 frames are there.. but I cannot figure out how to change the frame rate to 29.97 fps ?? I tried Final cut, Motion.. Just could not figure out a way to change it..And suggestions on how to get the quicktime frame rate on this thing back to 29.97 fps ?? Thanks in advance ?? __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

October 18th, 2008, 02:57 PM	#3
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Hello, I tried exporting it using compressor, to the animation codec.. which says it was set to 29.97 fps.. but when I compressed it was the same ,... __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

October 18th, 2008, 05:51 PM	#5
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Can you export it from something as an image sequence and then bring the images into FCP with a still image duration of 1 frame and then render the timeline and export to a DV QuickTime? Ugly, but... __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

October 19th, 2008, 06:40 AM	#7
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	Andy, great catch! I won't try installing it until I finish the project I'm working on but QT Sync looks like a neat little tool. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

October 19th, 2008, 09:36 AM	#8
Mike Moncrief Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: orlando florida Posts: 426	Thanks guys for all the suggestions.. I took it into After Effects this morning.. and it looks like I can force it to chage the frame rate using interpret footage.. !! __________________ Mike Moncrief mikemoncrief@gmail.com www.themikemoncrief.com

October 18th, 2008, 02:55 PM	#2
Shaun Conner Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 196	Have you tried bringing it in to fcp and creating a new quicktime file with the correct frame rate that you're looking for?

October 18th, 2008, 04:43 PM	#4
Christopher Glavan Major Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, CA Posts: 260	I would suggest changing the clip speed in the timeline, but I think you'd have to put it in a 60p timeline, reduce speed 50%, export, then bring that into a 29.97 timeline and reduce again. My guess is someone forgot a decimal before they rendered the clip they handed off to you. I'd go back and see if they can re-render at the correct frame rate.

October 19th, 2008, 06:30 AM	#6
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	Mike Have a look at the helper app QTSync: QT Sync 0.3.3 - MacUpdate Its a quite a gem for a number of functions (like adding an instant TC burn in) ... but what you might particularly like is the Edit > Change Movie Playback Speed option. Hope it helps Andy

October 20th, 2008, 04:56 AM	#9
Mark Keck Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 123	Anyone else try loading the qt_sync app??? How's it looking??? I'm getting some weird pixilation on the menus and such. EDIT: Opps... it's fine... operator error. Last edited by Mark Keck; October 20th, 2008 at 07:13 AM.