Originally posted by: CharlieX
Alright, maybe I'm too used to modern eletronics to solve analog problems.... Is laserdisc encoded 24fps and applies 3:2 on the fly? Or is the disc encoded 29.97. The reason I ask, is I've captured quite a chunk of ANH from the Faces set, and my pulldown is not consistent. It holds for the duration of a scene, but then it switches. (I.E. from WWWSS to WWSSW).
Alright, maybe I'm too used to modern eletronics to solve analog problems.... Is laserdisc encoded 24fps and applies 3:2 on the fly? Or is the disc encoded 29.97. The reason I ask, is I've captured quite a chunk of ANH from the Faces set, and my pulldown is not consistent. It holds for the duration of a scene, but then it switches. (I.E. from WWWSS to WWSSW).
Yes the responses are correct - it is 29.97fps for NTSC LD (and for NTSC VHS)
On the SW Definitive there are pattern changes, not only at the side breaks, but often halfway through the sides.
I have tried a few automatic 3:2 pulldown removal plugins (VDub and even TMPGEnc frame conversion), but by far the best result is to use AVISynth (and send to VDub) and do a reconstruction according to the pattern that you see and see if it changes by scanning through a side at a time. You may need to add frames here and there (be sure to note where you add them) and some of these can be removed later via the script.
If you are interested in a script sample, I can post it here
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