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    Avid VS Premiere clip timecode

    Posted by Apollon Botta on January 19, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    I’m working on a project (MXF media from a HVX200) across both Premiere and Avid platforms, but I’ve encountered a discrepancy between how each program interprets a given clip’s timecode. For example, the same exact clip gives the following contrasting information when brought into either editor…

    In Premiere Pro CS3 (DVCPROHD 720p 24p project):

    Frame Rate 23.976 fps
    Media Start 03:17:25:04
    Media End 03:18:22:11
    Media Duration 00:00:57:08

    In Avid Xpress Pro 5.5.3 (720p/23.976 project):

    FPS 23.98
    Start 03:17:13:08
    End 03:18:10:16
    Duration 57:08

    The media durations are the same, but the timecode is shifted between them. What’s going on? How do I make them match?

    Bouke Vahl replied 18 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Bouke Vahl

    January 21, 2008 at 6:28 pm

    This makes perfect sense
    There is a 0.001 % speed difference between 23.976 and 24
    Your timecode difference is exactly 0.001 %

    So switch to an avid 24 project and see what happens…

    Bouke

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