How to go from 59.940-->29.970?

[~bT~]

I've never done this type of conversion before.
Can it be converted to 29.970fps or 23.976fps? if so, how do I go about creating an avs script?
TIA!

General #0
ID : 2E5
Complete name : E:\hdtv_sample.ts
Format : MPEG-2 Transport
Format/Family : MPEG-2
File size : 445 MiB
PlayTime : 4mn 6s
Bit rate : 15 Mbps

Video #0
ID : 17 (0x11)
MenuID : 1 (0x1)
Codec : MPEG-2 Video
Codec/Family : MPEG-V
Codec profile : Main@High
Codec settings, Matrix : Standard
PlayTime : 4mn 6s
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate : 14 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 15 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 15 Mbps
Width : 1280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display Aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive

Audio #0
ID : 20 (0x14)
MenuID : 1 (0x1)
Codec : AC3
Bit rate mode : CBR
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 504 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Video0 delay : -231ms
Language : English

[Atak_Snajpera]

Let's assume that your source has repeated frames and original fps is 23.976.

Loadplugin("...TIVTC.dll")
ChangeFPS(29.97)
TDecimate()

[unskinnyboy]

If your source is really progressive, then something like FDecimate(rate=23.976,threshold=??).
If your source was telecined to 59.940 fps from 23.976 fps, then something like Telecide(...) + FDecimate(rate=23.976,threshold=??).

Either way, the FDecimate approach is better than the ChangeFPS approach.

[~bT~]

^ cheers guys! i didn't think it was going to be as simple as that. :)

[puffpio]

if the frames are really doubled, just do SelectEven() to get to 29.97.

heck even if the source is not doubled and pure 59.94 fps, a SelectEven() works just fine :)

[Blue_MiSfit]

Yeah, make sure you figure out what's really going on before you start decimating the crap out of things :) I love that word - decimate - it's brutal.

Anyway, do step through the untouched video frame by frame, and get a sense of how many frames are duplicates, if theres a pattern etc... Then you can make an informed decision about how best to clean it up.

~MiSfit