Importing 1080 50i to Final Cut Pro X

50i or 60i is referring to two interlaced fields per frame.

So with NTSC 60i = 29.97 frames. PAL, 50i = 25 frames.

Don't confuse fields with frames. 60i is not the same as 60p.

hope that helps

I know that this hasn't been spoken about in a while, but I have just installed FCPX myself and have similar problems, importing video from SXS cards. It's filmed at 1080/50i, but once imported, appears to be 1080/25i - as stated at the bottom of the screen in the info bar. It is clearly more interlaced - as in - it is visually noticeable, and don't know why it hasn't imported as 1080/50i as originally recorded. Anyone any idea's?

Cheers!

As Goldfish explained, the nomenclature is different, but they mean the same thing: 25 interlaced frames.

Appreciate the reply, but I understood what Goldfish says about fields and frames, but I am now getting 25 interlaced 'fields' per frame, as opposed to 50 interlaced 'fields' per frame. Nothing to do with 25P or full frames. I can now see the interlacing - and this is from a Sony EX1, but when I log and transfer the card to FCP7 (not letting that go just quite yet!): full 50i, no interlacing issues at all.

I didn't even know there was 25i until I saw this. At the bottom of the screen it says: 1080i HD 25i Surround. Surely it should read '1080i HD 50i Surround? :0/

25 interlaced fields per frame doesn't make any sense.

There are 25 frames per second; each frame is two fields, so 50 fields per second. That's what you're getting in FCP unless you've done something else. It's the same in FCPX and FCP7.

In FCP7 set the canvas to exactly 100% and you'll see the interlacing.

25i is the correct nomenclature. 50i was created before there was a 50p. Now that there is both 50i and 50p, using the 50i tag is silly. It makes it seem as if 50i and 50p have the same frame rate, which is not the case.

Tom, I completely understand the difference between fields and frames. You can call it what you want, but when I use FCPX my pictures look jittery. I film in 1080 50i with the Sony PMW-200. When I edited with FCP7 and EX-1 I have smooth images. FCP7 doesn't accept the images from the new PMW-200 so I had to change to FCPX. I like it, but the images are jittery. It seems from this discussion others have the same problem. What is wrong?

Thanks, Thierry

May be a field order problem. The problem only seems to be appear in 50i media not 60i media. Is the viewer set to show fields. It might be easier to see if there is a problem if it is.

I play it back on QuickTime. I don't see where I can chose the fields.

Tom... I haven't had a field order problem since back in Betacam days. Since the media is imported into FCP and put in the timeline, it should create a timeline with all the original charateristics of that media. So I don't see how the fields could get mixed up. I wonder why the problem is also only for 50i media? Must be a bug somewhere.

Not in QuickTime, in FCP.

You're very lucky. I see field order problems on television every day.

That aside, can you post a piece of this media somewhere that it could be downloaded. That would be great.

I can maybe export it to youtube or to an FTP site. Do you have one?

YouTube's no good, because that's going to compressit and defeat the purpose of seeing the media.

You could use MediaFire or WeTransfer, which is a neat site.

I got We Transfer up. Which e-mail?