Re: FCP XML files
Re: FCP XML files
- Subject: Re: FCP XML files
- From: Rolf Howarth <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:32:41 +0000
Ok, thanks, that distinction is clear.
I forgot that people might play back footage with non-drop frame
timecode at 29.97 fps (or 23.98), so the displayed timecode is not
actually hours, minutes and seconds but "slow" seconds.
-Rolf
At 5:58 pm -0800 4/2/06, Bob Currier wrote:
On Sun, Feb 5, 2006 4:17 PM, Rolf Howarth <email@hidden> wrote:
Hmm, what does the following mean in an XML file exported from FCP 5?
I thought ntsc TRUE means 29.97 fps (drop frame timecode), whereas
NDF means non-drop frame. So, which is it...?
<timecode>
<rate>
<timebase>30</timebase>
<ntsc>TRUE</ntsc>
</rate>
<string>10:19:57:01</string>
> <frame>1115911</frame>
<displayformat>NDF</displayformat>
<source>source</source>
<reel>
<name>038</name>
</reel>
</timecode>
The <ntsc> tag means "divide timebase by 1.001", but it doesn't say
anything at all timecode formatting. It does *not* mean 29.97, since it
can also mean 23.976 if <timebase> is 24.
The <displayformat> tag is what sets the formatting, which can be either
DF or NDF, regardless of the frame rate. Timecode formatting and
framerate are completely independent, although many of the combinations
aren't commonly used.
And, yes, it would be better if none of this 1.001 crap existed.
--
Rolf Howarth
Square Box Systems Ltd
Stratford-upon-Avon UK.
http://www.squarebox.co.uk
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