If the footage is made at different frame rates, do they need to be specially converted?

Shotcut does not require all your source material to be the same frame rate. Shotcut will skip/duplicate frames in your source files to match the project frame rate.

The key is to set a Video Mode with the final frame rate that you want when you start your project.

For some frame rate conversions, the simple skip/repeat capabilities in Shotcut can result in jerky motion (for example, 25fps to 30fps). In that case, some people choose to use the Motion Compensation conversion in the Convert-to-edit-friendly tool.

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