Is it possible to manually set the MKV encoder framerate?
I recently did a Blue ray disc the encoded MKV framerate says encoded at 23.976 FPS
but I believe the source to be 29.976 FPS.
MKV Framerate
Re: MKV Framerate
Most Bluray disks are at movie frame rates (23.976+/- a fraction). DVDs often are at 25-30 fps, depending on whether they're US or not.
If you NEED the faster frame rate, you would generally have to recode the video. MakeMKV simply copies what the original is.
If you NEED the faster frame rate, you would generally have to recode the video. MakeMKV simply copies what the original is.
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Re: MKV Framerate
It's really 23.976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-two_pull_down
On CRTs, you'd only notice it happening with lots of action, and sometimes even then only if really looking for it. The interlacing/deinterlacing and slow decay of the phosphor made it look acceptable, most of the time. Movies that expected TV broadcast of some kind to be a large source of their income were often recorded at 23.97, instead of true 24 FPS. 23.97 FPS is also close enough to 25 FPS that they could usually just speed it up, and it would normally be OK, often even without pitch correction. That got American TV shows filmed at that rate, too. On modern displays, however, a 29.97 FPS video made that way looks awful, as the pixels can radically change in color and brightness over just a few milliseconds.
NTSC DVD content could be 29.97 FPS, or it could be 23.97 FPS, and let the player do the field mixing. But, BDs are almost always only at their original framerate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-two_pull_down
On CRTs, you'd only notice it happening with lots of action, and sometimes even then only if really looking for it. The interlacing/deinterlacing and slow decay of the phosphor made it look acceptable, most of the time. Movies that expected TV broadcast of some kind to be a large source of their income were often recorded at 23.97, instead of true 24 FPS. 23.97 FPS is also close enough to 25 FPS that they could usually just speed it up, and it would normally be OK, often even without pitch correction. That got American TV shows filmed at that rate, too. On modern displays, however, a 29.97 FPS video made that way looks awful, as the pixels can radically change in color and brightness over just a few milliseconds.
NTSC DVD content could be 29.97 FPS, or it could be 23.97 FPS, and let the player do the field mixing. But, BDs are almost always only at their original framerate.