A warning for BWF / FCP

A general word of warning:
BWF and FCP DO NOT play well together in NTSC.
You have to set FCP to use drop or non drop. (user preferences, second tab 'editing'). If you don't set it right, the TC will not be calculated right.
But besides the difference in TC calculation, FCP also changes the duration / playback rate of the clip if you set it to NON DROP.

This is PLAIN WRONG.

So always make sure you import your files trough QT if you want to work in NDF.

One way of doing so is using my BWf / QT merge application (it comes with the FCP aux TC reader)




Bouke

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