Fps And Smpte/time Options

[uvbnskoold]

Hey people,

I didn't find a suitable category for this... if I missed one, please forgive me.

I'm trying to figure something that's sort of baffled me for a while.

If I take a film in any pc format, say wmv, which was shot and given to me in 29.97 fps and I take this and put it into iMovieHD to convert it to a mov file and it eventually compresses it to 12 fps upon export, does that screw up the SMPTE?

In other words, if I write a cue for a scene that is exactly 1 min when the film is in 29.97, will that same cue still fit perfectly if the film is compressed to 12 fps?

I would think (logically) that the time something plays out in, isn't affected by how many frames go by per second (ie a one minute scene still takes one minute no matter what the fps is). Am I correct in this thinking? Or not...

I'm just trying to save myself trying to find an actual working video converter to switch the file from wmv to mov so it will work in Logic (actually just trying to find any excuse not to have to use my PC!). Plus this has been a conundrum for a while which I just haven't had the time to test.

Thanks for any help you peeps can give!

Uvee