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Movies developed for theaters are usually shot at 24 frames per second, while video on television is displayed at 30 frames per second. Thus, when motion pictures are transferred to video formats they must undergo a process called "3-2 pull-down", where every fourth frame is repeated thus matching the frame rates of the two media, as depicted below.


Lecture 5   Slide 25   6.837 Fall '00