I know I've seen this covered before, but, now that I need the information, a forum search or google search brought me nothing useful. So, if someone could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it. And please forgive me if I'm flogging a dead horse ("Media Composer" + "flogging a dead horse," interestingly, brings up 82 discrete hits on Google).

I shot last weekend with an old consumer HDV camera (the Canon VIXIA HV40). I had it set for 23.976 fps, or, rather, to something called 24F, which I remembered—apparently incorrectly— as being true 23.976 (herewith to be referred to as 24). But I can't capture it in a 24 fps project. I get the two error messages at the bottom of this post.

If I attempt to capture into a 29.97 project, it does so happily and I get something interlaced and with duplicated frames suggesting a 2:3 pulldown. I am capturing, by the way, via HDMI through the Black Magic Intensity Pro 4K.

I had other, newer, better cameras on this shoot capturing at 24 and I would like my project to be in 24. So, my question, finally, is can I, and if so how do I, convert my HDV footage to true 24 fps. I am willing to sacrifice the audio, but would like the footage to remain at correct speed so I can sync it to my master audio. Obviously, if I could keep the original audio to aid in manually syncing, that would be great, but, again, not a deal breaker. And I am prepared to capture the footage and then do the conversion outside of Media Composer if that's the best option.

Thanks,

Martin

If memory serves, the "24F" option in that camera shoots a 24p look at 29.97 that cannot be pulled down to 23.98.  I had a HUGE issue with this on two episodes of a TV show that was shot with this initially, and we had to eventually just deliver 29.97.