Why did fps CHANGE to Yellow ??

[George D.]

In setting up our Scarlet Camera, I decided to change the frame rate from 29.97fps to 30fps. But, in so doing, the 30fps indicator at the top/left of the screen, is now yellow instead of white.

What does that mean, and is it bad?

The other settings are: 1/48sec shutter, RC9:1, 4K-HD.

And, yes, after rebooting the camera it did not change.

Thanks.



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[Peter Majtan]

It means your current recording speed is not the same as your project settings.
Basically a warning for you that you are in a "VARISPEED" mode...

EDIT: It also means you will not be able to record audio while in VARISPEED mode. For that your project settings must match your recording speed - i.e. 29.97 in both...

EDIT2: And this goes for everyone - before you use equipment such as the Scarlet , please take the time and read the user manual freely downloadable from:

https://www.red.com/downloads

 

[Bob Gundu]

It just means your shooting Framerate is different than your project Framerate resulting in under-cranking or over-cranking footage.

 

[Björn Benckert]

Think Red should add a "no audio" sign in the gui for these of project speed... no?

Edit: I think the camera should record audio at project speed no matter what framerate if audio is not turned of....

I rather have a short little audio clip from my overcranked shot than no audio. And having to change project frame rate to get it is a hassle especially since it messes up timecodes for post quite a bit... so allways toss the audio file into the clip. If possible even as a non destructive time remap applied when hitting play. I love slomo sound even when the bitrate is low

 

[Bob Gundu]

Think Red should add a "no audio" sign in the gui for these of project speed... no?

Edit: I think the camera should record audio at project speed no matter what framerate if audio is not turned of....

I rather have a short little audio clip from my overcranked shot than no audio. And having to change project frame rate to get it is a hassle especially since it messes up timecodes for post quite a bit... so allways toss the audio file into the clip. If possible even as a non destructive time remap applied when hitting play. I love slomo sound even when the bitrate is low

Panasonic had to add a No Audio icon to the screen on the AF100 after many customers complained that it wasn't obvious when doing varispeed. I also like your idea of recording the audio regardless of speed. Not sure if it't possible though.

 

[Björn Benckert]

Should be possible... it's kind of what happens when you set your project speed to lets say 50fps and then render out in red cine to 25 fps.... you get a clip with audio synced on the first frame but only lasting half the clip length.

For timelapse... I do not know... then I guess you would get a clip with the audio "sticking out" in the end of the clip...

 

[Jason Comparetto]

+1 for recording audio while shooting off-speed