1080 24P to 1080 25P frame by frame digital cut?

[Ido Karilla]

I have finished grading a movie (24fps) on the Scratch, rendered a DNxHD 175 of the final edit.

In Avid Nitris I have synced the final sound and done a digital cut to HDCAM at 24.

I need to make a Digital cut to HDCAM at 25.

I could not figure out how to make Avid play it at 25, speeding up both video and audio, in a way that the deck will recognize as 25psf and with no reference issues.

Any advice from more experienced Avid users?

Thanks.

 

[Ido Karilla]

any one?

any one?

I ended up digitizing my 24 master converted on the deck to 25 and then put it on a 25 tape.

I am convinced there is a better way????

Thanks

 

[Jörgen Persson]

You write "Avid Nitris".
Since the Avid Marketing Dept. is nuts, could you please clarify if it's an Avid DS Nitris, Avid Symphony Nitris DX or an Avid Media Composer Nitris DX.
Because if it's an Avid Symphony Nitris DX then it has a feature called Universal Mastering which is exactly what you need in this case.

 

[Ido Karilla]

It is Avid Symphony Ntris DX!

I saw the universal mastering mentioned in a white paper.

Can you help me figuring where it is and how to use it?

Thanks.

 

[Jörgen Persson]

http://cdn.pinnaclesys.com/SupportFiles/attach/Symphony_Editing_Guide_v5.5.pdf

Pages 1446-1452

 

[Ido Karilla]

Thank you very much!

 

[MichaelP]

Frame for frame universal mastering only works in SD. v5 and v5.5 introduced mix & match which allows for frame rate conversion, but it is not a frame for frame conversion; it always preserves the original duration of the program.

Michael