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jrmedia01
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October 3, 2017
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After Effects importing 60 fps footage at 30,000 fps?

  • October 3, 2017
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I was looking around the forums for an answer online and tried various solutions but it seems that my problem is not quite the same.

I recorded some iPhone footage for a project (using a Mac and Quicktime player) and what normally happens is that when I import it, the footage has always been recorded at 60fps. On my computer one of my recordings was 55 seconds and when imported it stayed the same.

However NOW for some reason when I import the footage the frame rate is a little more random. Some of my footage is 90.49 fps and my most recent footage is at 30,000 fps. Not only is the frame rate incorrect but when imported the video is not even the fully recorded version. At first I thought I needed to interpret the footage but changing it to the correct frame rate did not solve the problem of my footage not being the full recording.

I figured I may have recorded the footage wrong. But I haven't done anything different than I normally have, and all of the footage was from the same day and some even minutes apart. Some of that footage is the correct 60fps, but then some footage in between isn't? Does anyone know why this is happening? It's not a huge priority as sometimes when I record I still manage to get the 60 fps frame rate I'm looking for, but it is frustrating when I spend some time recording only to find out it can't be used in After Effects for...whatever reason.

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    Correct answer Roei Tzoref

    if it's iphone footage then it was probably recorded in variable frame rate. you should transcode your footage to constant frame rate first using Handbrake. try https://forums.adobe.com/people/R%20Neil%20Haugen workflow here: Re: Iphone clips are in slow motion when imported

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    Roei Tzoref
    Roei TzorefCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 3, 2017

    if it's iphone footage then it was probably recorded in variable frame rate. you should transcode your footage to constant frame rate first using Handbrake. try https://forums.adobe.com/people/R%20Neil%20Haugen workflow here: Re: Iphone clips are in slow motion when imported

    jrmedia01
    jrmedia01Author
    Participant
    October 3, 2017

    I just used Handbrake and it definitely worked. I had no idea that iPhone footage was recorded in a variable frame rate. Thank you so much!

    Dave_LaRonde
    Inspiring
    October 3, 2017

    I recommend that you invest in one of the apps that forces iPhones to shoot at a fixed frame rate.  Very handy.  A lot of problems go away.

    Community Expert
    October 3, 2017

    What format is your footage. The frame rate AE uses is nothing more than metadata so if you know what the footage was really shot at it's a fairly easy, though annoying fix. I have seen this with some consumer camera footage in the past.

    Is your version of AE up to date? Have you run any system updates or installed any other video processing software recently? What is your current version of AE and your OS?