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Creating visible Time Code (burned in time code)
I can currently burn in tape time code if I transfer miniDV video to a VHS tape (I suppose I could do the same if I transferred to another digital camera). I turn it on with the small hand controller that came with my SONY camera and it will transfer as output along with the digital images.
However, due to costs, I can’t afford to transfer to digi-beta for a protection dub and don’t want to play the original miniDV shoot tapes too many times to accomplish the following.
Of course PP1.5 retains the original time code for each clip that I have transferred of video to my HDD, but I also need to provide a VHS with TC burned in so the producer/writer can help in selecting the images for a first cut. He uses a wheelchair and can’t get to the edit suite (I’m trying to fix that), so that’s how we work together.
Also, I want to share the footage with another producer as stock footage, but again, I don’t want to have to either give him the original shoot tapes, or run them a second or third time to VHS with burned in TC.
After winding through this problem, by question is how can I transfer the video I transferred to my hard disk back to VHS (or other media) with visible time code (burned in time code) so I can share it with others?
I guess another issue is how to maintain a constant zero.
Thanks for your collective wisdom.
Bill in Toronto
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5 Replies
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Have a look at https://dve.teletex.ru/en/dvrecdate.shtml. Try before buy if you wish. Works as it says on the box.
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I can vouch for the plugin mentioned above. Works extremely well. But, if you are looking to generate a timecode, check out this page: https://stevengotz.com/timecode
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Is the downloadable programme fully functioning, but I do want to try it out before I buy. It’s not clear on the website exactly at https://dve.teletex.ru/index.shtml. Is it disabled in some way, or do you need to get a key before it works. Do you remember.
Bill in TorontoName: Aanarav Sareen
Date: Jun 17, 2005 at 2:04 pm
Subject: Re: Creating visible Time Code (burned in time code)I can vouch for the plugin mentioned above. Works extremely well. But, if you are looking to generate a timecode, check out this page: https://stevengotz.com/timecode
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The download of DVdate is fully functional, but the overlay swaps at intervals between the ‘proper’ output and a watermark. Once registered, the watermark is removed.
So trying before buying gives you a full look at the capability of the product.
Anyway, it’s so cheap that excessive concern is probably not justified.
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I take your point about the cost. In the past when I have worked with my script-writing colleage, I burn open timecode over the shoot tape footage onto a VHS tape, so he can construct his script with timecode.
In the case of this product, after I’ve created the VHS of the shoot footage with visible timecode, I no longer need the open timecoded footage. How do I get rid of the timecode at the point of edit? And just to be certain, what I will get with vDTS is timecode, not time of day code?
Bill in Toronto
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