My A7 is set up as follows:
XAVC HS 4K 120 4:2:0
When I import that footage it shows up in FCPX at 60 FPS.
I did a search but probably didn’t search good enough because surely someone else has had this problem. :-)
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.3
Post a screenshot of the extended inspector. The camera may shoot 60 and record 120.
Put the clip in a 60p project. Is it slomo or not? If not, select the clip and set Retiming to Automatic Speed. It should be slomo then.
What happens in the QT player/ Is there a circle in the corner of the icon in the browser?
Post a screenshot of the extended inspector. The camera may shoot 60 and record 120.
Put the clip in a 60p project. Is it slomo or not? If not, select the clip and set Retiming to Automatic Speed. It should be slomo then.
What happens in the QT player/ Is there a circle in the corner of the icon in the browser?
Sure it does. 119.88. This usually indicates that the camera is using a variable frame rate, or an unstable frame rate, which is a major problem in the production pipeline. 120fps is not a delivery frame rate; it's used solely for creating slomo. I have 120fps video. FCP shows it as 60p at the top of the inspector, but the extended inspector it shows the encoding frame rate.
In addition to what Tom said: when you put a 120fps clip in a 60fps timeline it does NOT automatically appear as slow motion. It will conform to the frame rate of your project. You can select Automatic Speed and then it will play every frame: a 120fps will then play at 50% speed. Or you can choose other options under Retime.
Tom - I wasn't sure what to expect when I dropped it into the 60p project. Using automatic retiming helped tremendously.
When I film in S&Q mode, the clip is films at my setting of 23.98 and records 120 fps and it's solid. Very smooth slomo. When I open the "120 fps" clip in QT I see the retiming bars underneath the player controls. I didn't notice that before. I guess that should have been a clue as well.
Can you open this media in Quicktime and press Command-I to open the Movie Inspector, and post a screenshot? Does QT recognize the media as 120fps?
Attached is a screenshot of the QT Inspector for a clip I shot set to 120 fps. Unfortunately, the frame rate does not show.
I dropped the clip into a 60p project. It was not automatically slomo. After setting retiming to automatic it slowed. When I dropped the same clip into a 24p project and did the same thing I got the desired result.
Tom - I did not see a circle in the corner of the icon. Not sure what you mean by the browser. Do you mean in the dock or is that somewhere else?
What I meant to say was: Were you expecting it to be in slomo when it was put in a 60p project?
The QT player used to play these clips in slomo. but it seems to have stopped doing that. I only have one clip from a Sony camera, XAVC MXF that has a 23.98 frame rate, but plays in slomo everywhere. The slomo is embedded in the recording. It looks great and has no problems with applications fudging frame rates,
Wow! Don't I feel stupid. I absolutely didn't see that.
Tom & Luis, appreciate your feedback. Very helpful.
Sony A7S III 4K 120 FPS imports at 60 FPS
