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Post #117695

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schorman13
Parent topic
Problems Adding deleted scenes back into AOTC
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Date created
23-Jun-2005, 2:12 AM
For some reason pulldown.exe will not convert frame rates from 29.970 to 23.976. To do this you can use two programs, both of which are available through doom9.net I believe. The first is called Cuttermaran and the second is called DVD Patcher version 1.06. You will first have to demux your mpeg2 video stream as Cuttermaran only works with elementary streams. Because of some unknown but useful glitch with Cuttermaran, the program does not recognize the flags for blending frames in mpeg2 videos and thus will only recognize the 23.976 fps frames actually encoded in the file. Select the entire timeline in Cuttermaran, add it to the cut list, and output the file. The new video will contain only the original 23.976 fps frames, but will play at 29.970 fps, giving a shorter video file that plays too fast. Use the second program "DVD Patcher" to fix this. Import the new video, make sure all settings in the program match the mpeg2 video stream, including the nominal bitrate, vertical and horizontal resolutions and aspect ratio (the program will show the original settings of the video prior to patching). Now change the frame rate to 23.976, check "patch entire file", and then patch. I think there will be a warning about changing the frame rate, but this can be ignored. Now you should have an elementary mpeg2 stream that runs at 23.976 instead of the telecined 29.970 you currently have. Consequently, you could also use pulldown.exe to change the rest of the film from 23.976 to 29.970, as this is necessary before creating the dvd anyway. Cheers