Timeline: image and frame rate mismatch

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HelloNeed help to re-frame-resize two films on the timeline.This was an interview shot with two camcorders. I didn’t expect there would be a discrepancy between the two Sony cameras.How can I alter/adjust the films so that they are both matching? I do notice Image size and Frame rate are different. Thanks for any advise! Here is V1Type: MPEG MovieFile Size: 1.24 GBImage Size: 720 x 540Frame Rate: 29.97Source Audio Format: 32000 Hz - Compressed – StereoProject Audio Format: 32000 Hz - 32 bit floating point – StereoTotal Duration: 00:54:43:04Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0Alpha: NoneVideo Codec Type: MP4/MOV H.264 4:2:0Here is V2Type: MPEG MovieFile Size: 1.98 GBImage Size: 1920 x 1080Frame Rate: 23.976Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - Compressed – StereoProject Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point – StereoTotal Duration: 00:52:37:00Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0Alpha: NoneVideo Codec Type: AVCHD H.264 4:2:0

Richard van den Boogaard · Answer

You're probably best off by choosing to edit the sequence in 23.976 fps mode. It's generally easier for an NLE to disregard frames (29.97 > 23.976) than it is to re-invent frames that were never there in the first place (23.976 > 29.97).

In terms of resolution, you have a large gap to overcome. Going from 720x540 to 1920x1080 requires a 266% enlargement, which probably means you will be counting pixels by then. An edit at 1280x720 seems to be the best you can do given these source materials.

However, the framing of both cameras does not differ that much if were to make a crop of the 1080p clip on a 720p timeline, so you might as well disgard the smaller video angle altogether and just edit off of the 1080p clip and use b-roll to cover up any cuts involved.

Hope this helps.

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