Embed timecode

[David Battistella]

You could save yourself a lot of hassle by investing in this software and having it installed on your server.

https://www.mediabatch.com/

Your client gets Timecode, any frame size and the ability to make notes on the fly, print and e-mail.

David

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[Declan Smith]

This may be what you need to do, at least, it describes how you can set the timecode for a FCP sequence and export it. I haven’t tried this myself though.

https://ask.metafilter.com/66758/How-do-I-add-time-code-to-a-Quicktime-movie

Declan Smith
https://www.madpanic.tv
FCS3 / After Effects CS4 / Combustion / Canon 7D / Canon XL2

[Mark Suszko]

Or simply make a window burn of the timecode right in final cut.
There is a time code filter you can apply to a file that makes a visible on screen superimposition of time code, or you can use a cheap and handy plug in from Digital-heaven as well.

[Martin Jordan]

How do I make a window burn?

I think this is what I want to do.

And then when I output the final .mov I’ll just leave the time code out.

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[Declan Smith]

If the effect you are after is to have a box on the screen with the running timecode being displayed, and assuming you want timecode for your edit as opposed to the actual timecode on captured clips (i.e. your edit is say 5 minutes long, start tc=0 end tc=5minutes), then try the following:

Lets assume your master sequence is called master

1. Create a new sequence, call it master-with-tc or something
2. Drag your master sequence into your new sequence (embed it)
3. In the sequence ‘master-with-tc’ select the master sequence, ctrl-click and open in viewer.
4. Now go to effects->Video Filters->Video->Timecode Reader. So this effect is now applied to your ‘master’ sequence but not to all the clips that went into making the sequence.

Job done!

Further more, when you edit your master sequence, your master-with-tc will reflect the changes, so then you have the choice of rendering with master or master-with-tc.

Note also, that the Timecode Reader has some controls you can adjust to taste as well. If you wanted to change the timecode, you could use timecode generator instead .

Declan Smith
https://www.madpanic.tv
FCS3 / After Effects CS4 / Combustion / Canon 7D / Canon XL2

[Jim Habig]

I received a hard drive with all my camera master clips and now the client wants window burns of all master footage for review. How can I output master clip window burns? The clips are from a Sony EX1 and for each clip has a folder including .BIM / .XML / .PPN / .SMI / .MP4 What is the easiest way for me to create window burns of all master clips with correct timecode?