24P Workflow

Some facts:

-HV40 records in 24F, which is native 24 fps, so the following method is not required.

-HV20 and HV30 do not rec in 24F, but PF24. This will require pulldown removal (will be described in this post).

-If you are not using a NTSC model (US/Canada), but PAL (Europe), your camera will not have 24P. PAL has only 25P and 50i, don’t worry about pulldown removal.

Once you have imported your HDV footage, and the recorded content was 24P, you will need some extra steps to be able to use your footage as 24P. The reason behind this is because your 24P footage is actually in a 60i container. If you try an use your footage without applying the following workflow, your footage will be interlaced and not look as good.

We can notice the difference in quality from before and after.

Let’s begin:
One of the easiest methods is to use a software called TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress. On the site, they offer a free trial and you can buy the software for 99$. I strongly suggest this software, otherwise you will have to use more complicated methods to be able to use your 24P footage.

1 ) Once the software is installed on your computer, open it and click on “Source”. “Source” button is located at the top.

2 ) Drag your imported .m2t footage in the window.
3 ) In the pop-up window that will open, click on “Filters”. “Filters” button is located at the top.

4 ) Make sure “Deinterlace” is checked.
5 ) Change Deinterlace Mode to “24fps special animation”.
6 ) Change Deinterlace Method to “Inverse Pulldown”.
7 ) Click “OK”.
8 ) Click on “Format”. “Format” button is located at the top.
9 ) Download this Preset File and unzip it somewhere. I have done this template for you, so it saves you time.
10 ) In TMPGEnc 4.0, in the pop-up window that opened once you did step 8, select “Costume output templates” and press “Browse…”.

11 ) Find the file you have downloaded and unzipped from step 9. Click “Open”.
12 ) The pop-up window will close and the templates setting will be loaded. Click “Encode”. “Encode” button is located at the top.

13 ) Select your output by pressing “Browse…” and give your file a name.
14 ) Start encoding by pressing the 1st button from your left.

Now, you will have to wait for the video to encode. In my case, it takes around 20 minutes of encoding for a 1 hour video. You can use your computer while the software is running, but it will slow down the encoding process.

Once your file is encoded, you can open your favorite editing software and import the video file in a HDV 1080p24 1440×1080 with an 1.333 aspect ratio timeline. If you are using Adobe Premier and do not have this Sequence Preset under “HDV”, you can download mine. Installation instructions are included.