Export Timecode Only

[Dustin Parsons]

I need to export the Timecode as a Quicktime though.

What happened is, the place I work for gave a transcription company a ton of small QT files. The transcription company put those together into hour long pieces and did the transcription based on the clip/tape timecode. So, we have these transcriptions that don’t correspond to the real-time minute/second, which prevents us from simply going from transcription > hour long QT. Instead, we have to go from the transcription > QT with clip/tape timecode (to find what the real-time minute/second equivalent of the clip/tape timecode is) > QT without timecode burnin.

I figured out our workflow for the next time we work with them but I can’t take 2 days to export the QT with TC burnin.

I know this is not a common issue but if anyone can think of a workaround that might fair, I’m looking for any help I can get.

Thanks for the reply.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

Dustin-

Sorry man, I’m not following you. You say:

[Dustin Parsons] “The transcription company put those together into hour long pieces and did the transcription based on the clip/tape timecode.”

Isn’t that what you want? That way you just find the tc in the bin from your tapes. Help me understand a bit better.

[Rafael Amador]

You my try this:
Put your media off-line, drop the TCR filter and export. You will get the TC of each clip but in top of the “Media Off-line” red background. It may speed up the rendering as long as you are not dealing with the media.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Dustin Parsons]

Thanks for the suggestion, I thought that would do it too but it’s still taking the same amount of time to export.

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[Dustin Parsons]

Sorry for the unclear explanation, it’s quite a complicated situation.

– We gave the transcription company a lot of small QT files

– The transcription company put them together into about 8 large QT files

– They then applied the Time Code Reader (TCR) to all the files and did the transcription based on the timecode generated by the TCR

– When I got the transcription I put all the small QT files into sequences, making the same 8 large files that the transcription company did

The problem that I’m running into is I need 2 Quicktimes for each of the 8 sequences. One with the tape timecode (so we can find the real-time second/minute equivalent of the tape timecode) and a second Quicktime without timecode so we can go to the same second/minute and grab usable footage (because there’s no burnin).

The problem I’m running into is that it’s taking about 3 hours to export one sequence when I apply the TCR and I was hoping to find a faster way.

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Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

[Jeremy Garchow]

Got ya (I think), Dustin.

So you are saying that the timecodes on the 8 timelines are sequential?

If so, in your timeline, you can start your sequence timecode with the same timecode as your clips. That way, you can then match frame to the clip and edit that into your main sequence. No need to export separate QTs with burn in.

The other thing to do is put the TCR on the timelines and then batch render the TCR filter overnight. Then export the sequences in the morning.

Jeremy

[Rafael Amador]

I Think that each of the sequences have few clips on it. What Justin want is to have the original TC of each clip in the sequence. Just the TC burnt up but without waiting for the rendering.
I don’t see the way.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Andrew Commiskey]

I am not sure if this would help but you can assign an Auxiliary Timecode to each clip.
find each clip in the transcription and assign the transcription TC to the original clip.
(it is in the manual – search Aux Timecode in help- each clip can have 2 aux timecodes) This would allow you to use your transcription timecodes.
Does this solve your problem?
best,
Drew

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