Frame Rate Questions
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 7:15 pmHello! I have a few questions about FPS. I am coming over from FCPX and never had to worry about frame rates in the past. Through this forum, I've found that varying frame rates is a bad thing in DR. My camera at the moment is just my Samsung Galaxy S8+. I've learned that phones do not record consistent frame rates. Even though it promises 60fps, 30fps, or 25fps, it never is recorded consistently and frame rates are all over the place. I know that a phone is not ideal, but it's what I'm working with at the moment.
I didn't fully realize these issues until I started working on a music video this week. Recording the guitar track that comes in at 30fps and then recording a drum track that comes in at 25fps means that the tracks don't match up.
Questions:
1. Is there a program or app that can convert frame rates in a video while maintaining the timing? I tried Handbrake, but the video quality is not great afterwards, especially since it can't really handle 4k video.
2. If I simply add a 25fps video to the timeline and export at 30fps with DR, will the final video maintain the timing and be ok? Or will it be sped up? (I mean as a way to convert a single clip to 30fps and then re-import it to use with the other clip that is at 30fps to match up)
3. When we talk about consistent frame rates, can those vary AT ALL? Using mediainfo, I have found that even though the videos all says 29.970 in DR, they are actually 28.89, 28.90, 29.3, etc. Will these inconsistencies have a great effect as well?
4. Biggest question- what's the best way to handle having a bad camera in this situation? Is it with some sort of video converter? A completely different editor? Running single clips through DR and exporting at a specific frame rate to get everything consistent?
I'm very new to video editing and I have found that FCPX was definitely for beginners and was much easier on this front to use, but I like DR much better, especially since I recently built a PC and moved away from Apple and am looking for a great video editor.
Running DR15 Beta and Windows 10
32 Gb DDR4 2800 Mhz
Asrock x370 Taichi
Ryzen 1700x @ 3.5 Ghz
250 Gb SSD with operating system/programs and 1 TB SSD with media
GTX 1080 8GB
I didn't fully realize these issues until I started working on a music video this week. Recording the guitar track that comes in at 30fps and then recording a drum track that comes in at 25fps means that the tracks don't match up.
Questions:
1. Is there a program or app that can convert frame rates in a video while maintaining the timing? I tried Handbrake, but the video quality is not great afterwards, especially since it can't really handle 4k video.
2. If I simply add a 25fps video to the timeline and export at 30fps with DR, will the final video maintain the timing and be ok? Or will it be sped up? (I mean as a way to convert a single clip to 30fps and then re-import it to use with the other clip that is at 30fps to match up)
3. When we talk about consistent frame rates, can those vary AT ALL? Using mediainfo, I have found that even though the videos all says 29.970 in DR, they are actually 28.89, 28.90, 29.3, etc. Will these inconsistencies have a great effect as well?
4. Biggest question- what's the best way to handle having a bad camera in this situation? Is it with some sort of video converter? A completely different editor? Running single clips through DR and exporting at a specific frame rate to get everything consistent?
I'm very new to video editing and I have found that FCPX was definitely for beginners and was much easier on this front to use, but I like DR much better, especially since I recently built a PC and moved away from Apple and am looking for a great video editor.
Running DR15 Beta and Windows 10
32 Gb DDR4 2800 Mhz
Asrock x370 Taichi
Ryzen 1700x @ 3.5 Ghz
250 Gb SSD with operating system/programs and 1 TB SSD with media
GTX 1080 8GB