Where'd the time go?

JimMSG wrote on 6/25/2007, 7:10 AM
I was getting ready to burn two client projects and as I had been working on them both at the same time, wanted to be sure I had them straight, so I was comparing them between DVD A and Vegas.

I noticed DVD-A had shortened them. For example one project is 01:30:31.12 on the Vegas timeline and the MP2 rendering is the same. The movie in DVD-A though, is 01:30:25.29. What happened to the five seconds and 17 frames? The other project had been shortened too, but not as much. It went from 01:09:31.16 to 01:09:27.11.

Is this supposed to happen? What's going on? These are silent projects. If there were sound tracks would there be synchronization errors? I've done quite a few projects with this software, and clients haven't been complaining. I never thought to look before, but now that I have, I must admit this doesn't seem to be the way it should work.

Can someone enligten me as to what is going on, and if it is something I need to worry about? If it is, how do I correct it?

Jim

Comments

GeorgeW wrote on 6/25/2007, 7:18 AM
Appears you are dealing with NTSC footage.

All the video is still there (you did not lose anything), it's just a matter of "reporting" the duration. The difference is in Drop-Frame vs. Non-Drop Frame Timecode...