Displaying source timecode of another layer?

[Navarro Parker]

How can I display the source timecode for a layer (which is completely different from the comp timecode)?

[Dan Ebberts]

Try this:

L = thisComp.layer(“your layer”);
timeToTimecode(L.sourceTime(time))

Dan

[Navarro Parker]

Thanks Dan. I tried it out, but it doesn’t seem to be accurate. It’s off a few frames.

I found this expression that is totally accurate, but I have no idea how it’s working. What is it doing differently?

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1008244

for(i=2;i<=thisComp.numLayers;i++){
if(thisComp.layer(i).inPoint <= time && thisComp.layer(i).outPoint >= time){
text.sourceText = thisComp.layer(i).name +” — “+ timeToCurrentFormat(thisComp.layer(i).sourceTime());
}
}

[Grant Van Zutphen]

All you need to do is change timeToTimecode to timeToCurrentFormat, like this:

L = thisComp.layer(“your layer”);
timeToCurrentFormat(L.sourceTime(time))