I learned all about time code in my college days, and I completely forgot an important aspect of the whole thing. The picture of 29.97 non-drop and 29.97 drop is exactly the same. It's only the visible time code that is different. In Drop format, the first 2 frame numbers of every minute are dropped. No actual frames are dropped. In other words, unless the Time Code is burned in to the video it makes no difference which one you use. I do think that something our industry needs is a Quicktime format with reliable timecode, possibly even embedded in the file. Similar to the Broadcast Wave Format, but for video. And would also allow compression (H.264) that maintains precise timecode. --- In logic-tdm@yahoogroups.com, "ativity2003" <me@...> wrote: > > In my experience, both are equally used. I find the lower end projects > (Discovery Channel & other cable docs, some commercial work) work in > 29.97drop, while higher end stuff is 29.97 non-drop. Don't know why, > but that's what I see. > The quicktimes I get are usually unreliable as to the frame rate. Try > to get a DVD and rip it yourself if possible. >