User Guide

38 Chapter 2 Working With DVCPRO HD
DVCPRO HD Formats Supported by Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro natively supports the following DVCPRO HD formats.
DVCPRO HD Frame Rates
DVCPRO HD is a flexible format that supports many different frame rates:
 Integer frame rates such as 60, 30, 24, and 25 fps
 NTSC-related frame rate variants such as 59.94, 29.97, and 23.98 fps
Important: Final Cut Pro only supports NTSC-related timebases such as 59.94, 29.97,
and 23.98 fps when transferring video to or from a DVCPRO HD device via FireWire.
Using tapes recorded with whole-number frame rates such as 60 fps or 30 fps is not
supported. The one exception is 1080i50, which uses 25 fps.
Format
Final Cut Pro
Easy Setup
Sequence dimensions
and frame rate
Scanning method
1080i60 DVCPRO HD - 1080i60 1280 x 1080
29.97 fps
Interlaced
1080i50 DVCPRO HD - 1080i50 1440 x 1080
25 fps
Interlaced
1080p30 DVCPRO HD - 1080p30 1280 x 1080
29.97 fps
Progressive
1080pA24 DVCPRO HD - 1080pA24 1280 x 1080
23.98 fps
Progressive
720p60 DVCPRO HD - 720p60 960 x 720
59.94 fps
Progressive
720p30 DVCPRO HD - 720p30 960 x 720
29.97 fps
Progressive
720p25
1
DVCPRO HD - 720p25 960 x 720
25 fps
Progressive
720p24 DVCPRO HD - 720p24 960 x 720
23.98 fps
Progressive
1
Via P2 ingest only. Capture from and output to tape is not supported.