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7D “Timecode”
When I drag a clip from a 7D, with the folder directory intact with .THM files, into CatDV the timecode is reading 23:15:15. When I use Log and Transfer in FCP, it says 22:15:15. The hour is off by one for every clip. I’ve ticked several preferences in CatDV on and off but no luck. Curious if anyone knows why this is occurring. I know that 7D’s “timecode” is just time of day timecode.
Thanks guys.
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Check the file in CatDV using the Media/File Info command. Does it have a timecode track? If so, both CatDV and FCP would use that. If not, then I’d expect FCP to show 0:00:00:00 and CatDV to use the time of day (according to the Rec Date/Camera Clock field) if you have the import option “Use time of day timecode” enabled in CatDV’s preferences. One possibility might be that Log & Transfer is also reading the camera clock but is applying daylight savings correction.
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Rolf, the files do not have a timecode track. FCP does show 0:00:00:00 if I drag the file from the drive into FCP, in which case it wouldn’t be referencing the THM file.
The “Use time of day timecode” option is checked; I have tried unchecking it but it still read the TC at 23:15:15.
That’s an interesting thought about applying daylight savings correction. I’ll investigate into that further.
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Unchecking the time of day timecode won’t alter clips that you’ve already imported, it will only affect clips you import into CatDV subsequently.
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Right, I was bringing them in before and after I unchecked the box.
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