Maintaining 24FPS in Compressor - DVD

[James Page]

Hi

I wish to create a playable PAL DVD of my film. The film was shot at 24fps, and has been exported as a 24fps mov.

When i put it into Compressor, and use the "DVD:Best quality 90mins" pre set, the video format reads "NTSC" and the frame rate reads "23.98" or "29.97"

If i change the Video format to "PAL", I am unable to change the frame rate from 25.

this is my first time working with 24fps footage, and my suspicion (though i can't find anything that will confirm it) is that perhaps you have to convert everything to either 23.98, 29.97, or 25 to put on a DVD.

Perhaps someone can advise me whether this is the case, and if not, how i can create a 24fps DVD.

thanks in advance!

 

[Felix K.]

PAL is always 25p or 50i. Google: Pal-Speedup.

 

[Nick Shaw]

Do you definitely need it to be PAL? All European DVD players will play NTSC DVDs, so you could just master the DVD at 23.98fps NTSC. I don't think the DVD specs allow true 24p, but as long as you make sure audio sync is correct it does not matter.

Otherwise use Cinema Tools to conform the time-base of (a copy of) your movie to 25fps. I would recommend using separate audio software to re-time the audio with pitch correction if you go this route. Soundtrack Pro can do it, although Pro Tools does a better job.