Frame Rates

Table B-1 displays the settings for the elements timebase and ntsc that are required to specify various video types and frame rates.

Table B-1  Frames per second

Type

Canonical rate

Actual rate

FCP rate

timebase

ntsc

24P

23.98/23.976

23.97602397...

23.976

24

true

Film

24

24.00

24

24

false

PAL

25

25.00

25

25

false

NTSC/HD

29.97

29.97002997...

29.97

30

true

Video/HD

30

30.00

30

30

false

HD

50

50.00

50

50

false

HD

59.94

59.94005994...

59.94

60

true

HD

60

60.00

60

60

false