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timecode converter?? URGENT!!
Is there an app out there that will convert non drop frame to drop frame or vice versa?
I have a rather urgent issue. I am about to go into an online session and I am finding out only now the day before, that the timeline I was editing in is drop frame. The old VX1000 that I used to bring the footage in, could not read non drop, which is what my window burn is, so it brought it in as drop frame. I am trying to generate an accurate EDL for the post house, only now I notice that the timecodes do not match. Any advice would help. Thanks a million.
Chris
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5 Replies
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So you have DF footage on a NDF timeline? Just switch the time line to DF. Actually it shouldn’t matter as long as you let the editor know what you doing so he can have the properly coded master tape. (I’m assuming traditional linear online)
joe
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I am a newbie when it comes to this sort of thing. I tried what you suggested and it seems to work. Will simpley switching off the drop frame setting for my current timeline do the trick? Or should I start a fresh with an entirely new timeline? I am scanning selects as uncompressed HD to hard drive for my short. So I guess it is not a traditional online via tape to tape. The usual ultra low budget constraints prevent me from having the post house do all this. I just wanted to be as prepared as possible for when I go into the post suite.
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You current timeline is fine. You’ll notice that the master timecode has shifted a bit but should not be a problem unless you need to hit specific times for specific segments.
If they have the same version of FCP all you need to do is copy your project and media and give it to them. If they’re on a different system then it complicates things. Talk to the editors. See if they’ve done what you want to do, before. Ask them what they expect from you. More information will help be more prepared and save money. This forum is full of very knowledgeable people.
good luck.
joe
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I have cut and paste all the timeline into a master timeline that is non drop frame timecode. This seems to have done the trick. What I am going for is an accurate EDL that I can give to them so they can scan the selects from negative. It seems to be working. I am not done yet, but given that the timecode in the viewer and the timecode that is burned into the image now match, will this generate an accurate EDL? thank you for your help thus far. I agree, the more prepared I am, the better off I will be, thus saving money. I can barely afford the session as is.
chris
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I don’t deal with fim very much. Talk to the transfer house and ask what they need from you. I’m assuming that if they did the orignal tranfer for your offline they can use the timecode they gave to relate back to the film numbers. You migh want to start a new thread about matching back to film and get some of the guys that do that alot, involved.
joe
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