export compressed audio w TC values

[Rafael Amador]

[Paul Dougherty] “Using FCP6 I’m trying to export compressed audio (preferable mp3s) that retains timecode values from DVCPRO HD “camera” Quicktimes.”
Thats very easy and you just need QT Pro to do it:
– Open the video file in QTP.
– Cmd-J to open Movie Properties.
– Select TC Track.
– Extract TC Track.
You get a new QT window in your finder with just that TC track. Keep it open and now:
– Export the Audio to MP3 or whatever format you want.
– Open the audio file.

Now you have the two tracks in separated windows and you have to put them together.
– Click the TC track window.
– Select All
– Copy.
Now select the Audio track. Make sure the Play head is at the beginning of the time-line.
– Menu Edit > Add to Movie.
That’s all.
Just Extract, Copy and Add to Video.
Then “Save as Selfcontained” of course.
Really fast.
rafael
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Paul Dougherty]

Wow Rafael,

That seems to work like gang-busters! I thought I knew Quicktime pretty well but after that.. I see there’s much more to learn. Thanks!!

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

Maybe I celebrated too soon. Testing it out on other Macs a few wrinkles… the first might be to be expected. I guess I can’t expect to see TC displayed in the “counter” or the regular Qt player (not Pro)?

On another newish Mac with Qt Player Pro 7.6.6 I get the TC fine.

The on an older Mac running Qt Player Pro 7.6.2 (OS 10.4.11) I only get 00:00 playing the same Qt file that gave accurate TC on other Mac with Qt Player Pro 7.6.6.

Is there a version cut-off where I should not expect the TC to read/work?

Thanks,

Paul

[Rafael Amador]

[Paul Dougherty] “Maybe I celebrated too soon. Testing it out on other Macs a few wrinkles… the first might be to be expected. I guess I can’t expect to see TC displayed in the “counter” or the regular Qt player (not Pro)?”
Well, no idea.
I doubt it, but never tried.
Not sure if plain QT Player can read and display TC.
TC is a profesional tool. Nothing that a simple player really needs at all.
same happens for the editing options you’ve just used.

[Paul Dougherty] “On another newish Mac with Qt Player Pro 7.6.6 I get the TC fine.

The on an older Mac running Qt Player Pro 7.6.2 (OS 10.4.11) I only get 00:00 playing the same Qt file that gave accurate TC on other Mac with Qt Player Pro 7.6.6. “
Things like that happens when you work with three different computers, two different systems, and three different QT versions.
The computer giving troubles has QTPro 7.6.6 that should be OK, but is installed in a very old Leopard.
The combination may be giving you troubles.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

I know you said you didn’t want to, but make qt mov files with bitc.

Fool proof.

[Paul Dougherty]

Thanks. I’ll suggest the viz code route to my client but on a job with *volume* the FCP render time for generating the viz introduces a lot of overhead. Makes me wonder if there is something in Quicktime that can dynamically generate a viz display that has more permanence (works in regular Qt player) ie. can be saved (Save As) with the viz display. (This being faster than setting up as FCP Seq with viz and then exporting).

-P

[Rafael Amador]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I know you said you didn’t want to, but make qt mov files with bitc.

Fool proof.”
Right.
With a video track with just the TC burnt on a black background, and a light codec, files wouldn’t get much bigger.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Rafael Amador]

[Paul Dougherty] “I’ll suggest the viz code route”
Never heard before about this codec, but for what I see, is a kind of mobil device video codec.
This codec makes no sense in your equation.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com