Display timecode on screen of edited video from existing timecode for viewing copies

[John Baumchen]

Hi Leo,

THe only way to put time code in is with a plugin or apply the timecode effect in AfterEffects. I don’t know of a plugin for Premiere to apply a timecode other than the one that come with Matrox.

[Deleted User]

Hello, thanks for the tips. I have tried to use the TRimecode effect in After Effects but That’s what I exactly want be in Adobe Premeire so it can read the original timecode from the DV tapes I captured.

I htink it’s essential a plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro or feature to display the original timecode from the tap in premiere pro which you can do already but display it on your master output monitor when making viewing copies to do offlines etc.

What are users thoughts on this?

Leo 🙂

[Steven L. gotz]

Take a look at DVDate. The price is right, and it works.

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[Steven L. gotz]

Sorry – meant to provide a link.

https://paul.glagla.free.fr/index_en.htm

Steven
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 / After Effects 6.5 Pro https://www.stevengotz.com
Learning Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 https://www.lynda.com
Contributing Writer, PeachPit Press, Visual QuickPro Guide, Premiere Pro 1.5

[William Mcqueen]

You’ll find earlier discussion of this option in which I participated. I have also worked out a protocol for myself to transfer either original time of day or tape time code to DVD using the DV Date plug in for PP1.5.

The developer is Ilya Topolnitsky (Digital Video Engineering)and the plugin is available from
https://dve.teletex.ru/index.shtml

It works very well. There are four steps:

1. Transfer of footage to HDD using PP1.5

2. Adding footage into PP1.5 timeline

3. Adding the DV Date “effect” to the timeline footage and rendering.

4. Encoding “edit” to DVD and burning DVD.

Cheer,
Bill in Toronto

[Deleted User]

Hello,

Thanks for the step by step way of diaplaying the timecode. I will install this plugin later today.

Do I install this to Adobe Premiere Pro plugins folder? Then in Premiere Pro I just drag n drop my dv clips I captured via firewire to the timeline then go to video filters and apply this timecode effect? Will the effect read the timecode which was originally on the dv source clips and display them like proper burnt in viewing copies style?

Which big black box and timecode printed on?

Thank you,

Leo

[Deleted User]

Hello,

I downloaded the plugin which seems very good when it’s on demo mode, so I will look at how to purchase the full version. Another question I have is; Can the timecode be readable from an uncompressed file say from an Decklink Extreme originated on say Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, ?

Thanks,

Leo

[William Mcqueen]

The downloadable file knows where to install the plugin. The help file says it is intended information proviced by a digital camcorder. “If the clip’s format is not DV, nothing happens,” the file says.

I tried transferring a tape made on an 8mm videocamera, and of course the first problem was that I couldn’t use PP1.5 scene detect with it. I used a Sony Media Converter for the transfer. Made sure the video started from Zero.

If you read the help section, the “scene detect” breaks clips when a scene break is detected. As I understand it digital information associated with Time of Day and Tape Time Code is available to the programme from the digital tape. But once the “entire” analog tape is transferred digitally, you can apply the timecode from Zero, or from the timeline. You can get pretty close to the original if you’re careful in the transfer.

Well, that’s my take. It’s just time consuming (you have to render the timeline), DV encoding to MPEG2 (DVD) is slow unless you’ve got a watercooled racing box.

Cheers,
Bill in Toronto