exact 60 second audio clip

[David Battistella]

You need to change to NON DROP FRAME TIMECODE.

THis is easily achieved by changing the SEMI COLON ; to a COLON :

The clip ending at 59;29 is actaully more accurate to “clock” time because drop frame TIme code was invented to emulate “exact” clock time. NON DROP results in clips being longer than clock time.

David

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[Logan Nevitt]

thanks David

[Logan Nevitt]

which window should I change it in? It reverts back to semicolon when I enter it.

[John Fishback]

If you want accurate timings, keep your timeline in Drop Frame. You can change it in Sequence menu > Timeline Options tab > Check for Drop Frame, not Uncheck for Non-Drop Frame.

John

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[Logan Nevitt]

thanks John