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I am composing a sound track for a German movie. The shooting was done in 24 frames. Postproduction in Germany, however, works with 25 frames. Therefore, when transfer is done, one frame per second is doubled, resulting in 25 pictures. Composers and sounddesigners all work with 25 frames, one of which is duplicated.

I am currently working with a quicktime.dv file. When I open this file with Quicktime Pro I can hardly see the duplicate frame. When I open the same file with Digital Performer and start playing I can clearly see this frame in the Quicktime Window, the picture gets jammed. If I send the picture through the Canopus ADVC to my tv-monitor I get a real interference on the monitor when playing the duplicate frame. Who can help???

"when transfer is done, one frame per second is doubled, resulting in 25 pictures"

How was that done?

If the footage was shot at 24, then wasn't the editing done at 24? Why not just do your work at 24 as well?

It‘s done in the moment they convert the analog film material to the digital domain. This is common in europe, everyone works with 25 frames. That‘s why they double one frame during transfer. The whole edit is done in 25 frames.