Hello everyone. I've been editing videos and using Vegas for many years as an amateur/hobbyist since the days of 640 x 480 video. One question that I never got a satisfactory answer about or fully understood is frame rate, especially how it relates to video editing and rendering.
These days, 98% of my videos are shot on a smartphone with the stock Android camera where I have no control over the frame rate. I always specify "30" or "60" fps in the camera app but of course, it does what it wants to in terms of a variable frame rate that is just "close" to the frame rate I asked for. I always play these videos back on computers or upload them where people play them back on computers. They are never broadcast anywhere. I never write to media like DVD or Blu-ray discs, etc.
When I import them into Vegas and accept the "Set the project to the video..." message, it always sets the frame rate at some odd value like 30.046 for example, if I chose "30" in the phone camera app.
- Does anyone know where this value comes from? Is it the average frame rate the camera shot with?
- Given my explanation of the way I use these videos, are there advantages or disadvantages to forcing the Project Properties Frame Rate to a fixed 30 fps or 29.97 fps?
- These days, with everything digital as I explained in my use, is there even a reason to use 29.97 fps anymore over 30 fps? Are there pros and cons between these two frame rates?
- If I have the Project Properties frame rate set to one thing (e.g. 30.046) but then render to 30 fps, is that OK or does it cause potential problems?
Thanks a lot.