[FFmpeg-user] Converting a 23.98p source to 29.97i ProRes w/interlaced 3:2 pulldown?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Mel Matsuoka <melmatsuoka <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Just for my newbie-enlightenment, is there a reason 
> why people seem to prefer using the 
> "frame_rate_num/frame_rate_den" syntax for defining 
> the frame rate, rather than--as in my case--simply 
> defining the framerate as a float number like "29.97"?

I believe (strongly) that what you like as output 
framerate is not 29.97 but 30000/1001

But afaict, you should not specify a framerate 
but let the telecine filter take care.
(Unless this does not work in which case please 
tell us!)

Carl Eugen