msycamore said:
Darth Mallwalker said:
Did you ever finish this?
Yes, on usenet. At binsearch type "Mallwalker's thingamajig"
should find both old and new versions.
Be sure to ask questions!
It's all about the 2's and 3's
Here it is in a nutshell:
Typical telecine pattern
...:2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3...
where
:2: means that film frame comprise two video fields in the stream
:3: means that film frame comprise three fields (one field is repeated)
In the spreadsheet, in the CLV columns:
telecine :3: are written in three parts, for example 01:02:03
telecine :2: are written as two parts, either 01:02 or 01\02
[The second form denotes bottom\top of adjacent video frames.]
[Technidisc uses drop-frame timecode, indicated by semicolons in the spreadsheet.]
In the CAV columns:
telecine :3: are shown as three-digit numbers e.g. 123
while :2: are the ones which could be written as two parts.
For example 11222 in North America we'd write in two parts,
separated by a comma 11,222 while our EU friends might write 11.222
Those cells which could be written in two parts are telecine :2:
As soon as the STAR WARS title card appears in frame 688,
it becomes obvious that DC & Technidisc are not the same telecine.
Because DC's title card is a :3: while Technidisc is :2:
Both SWE's are quite similar in their pulldown pattern, and their missing frames.
Hope to add a PSB column soon :)