A script I've done to conform to 24p / 25p

Hello

I've created yesterday a Python script to conform 30p to another value (making a longer movie if you go for 24 fps).

It takes a Quicktime file and changes a few bytes of the file to alter the default 30 fps value to whatever you want. It's fairly basic but I can now easily drag & drop my .mov files on it and instantaneously get a 24p version of the videos (again, just by conforming)

This is absolutely platform-independent (PC users need to install Python, I'm using v2.5)

The drawback is that it won't stretch audio for you.

If some of you are interested, I'll post the script there.

Thanks to linus for providing me a sample file

Cheers

JS

Hello

If some of you are interested, I'll post the script there.

Please, do it.

OK, I've put it on my website:
http://www.jsmonzani.com/pub/hackMOVfps.zip
There are instructions for Windows users to make the script accept "drag & drop". This way, just drag your bunch of files on it and in less than one second, they will be converted If you need to download Python, head to www.python.org


Beware: the script overwrites your files so be sure to make a proper backup.
On my soundless Quicktime movies, it works perfectly.
I've adapted another script so I'm sure the code could even be smaller.


Cheers

JS

Beware: the script overwrites your files so be sure to make a proper backup.
On my soundless Quicktime movies, it works perfectly.

Good to know!
Thanks for the script! Since it's Python, it will work using Mac or Linux too.

Yep, that's why I've picked up Python

So any verdict on this?

Shane,
Basically, I've already said everything about it: it works for sound-less movies. If you'd like me to make it work with sound, I could give it a try by modifying the 44.1KHz frequency to match the speed change. It would sync it but however, pitch correction will be required if youuu dooon't waaant to geeet slooooooow baaaaass voiiiices

JS

So it conforms just like cinema tools?

There's plenty of sound timestretching options available

I don't know what Cinematools does but yes, it conforms to whatever value you want, by just altering the default FPS in the file. And does it instantaneously on a bunch of files. Just try it if you want to see.
I could of course develop more options, such as command-line specification of the FPS (24p by default) but I'll only do it if people are interested

...and as it works best with files without sound, here is a quick way to remove sound from MOV files.

Open your file in Quicktime PRO. If you don't have QT PRO, don't go get it. Wait for Snow Leopard and the new Quicktime X which contains all PRO advantages.
Open the Movie Properties window by Command-J (or Ctrl-J for Windows users).
Select the soundtrack and press backspace/delete.
File -> Save as...
Save as a self-contained movie
Done!