Exporting audio with SMPTE

[Michael Gissing]

If you export an OMF it has the info on where the files sit in a sequence timeline so an OMF will import into an audio system with the file correctly synced to the sequence timecode on the correct track.

Or do you mean a file like broadcast wav with embedded timecode metadata? More info on what you are trying to do will help.

[Aryn Leigh]

Yes it’s an audio file to be sent for transcription. So yes, a wav file with embeded metadata. It will be read only by the transcribers.

Thanks!

[Michael Gissing]

Can the transcribers play quicktime files? You can export the audio in a quicktime wrapper as later versions of quicktime player can read the embedded timecode. You could also provide a burn in on the video track or do they need to extract the timecode info automatically from the file? Most transcription services that I use take quicktime files.

Otherwise can they read broadcast wav and its embedded timecode?

[Bouke Vahl]

It’s in fact easy:
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/44/ltcgenerator/3‘>
https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/44/ltcgenerator/3

Import a QT, and you get a SMPTE LTC audio track.
Paste that in your timeline or in your QT and you’re done.

If you have a batch of clips to do, contact me and i’ll write something that will do the pasting for you.

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pro’s

[Adam Driscoll]

@ Vahl

This program works great but I’m looking for a program that also carries over the audio (converts multi-channel audio quicktime with source timecode to BWAV file with same source timecode). Any thoughts?

[Bouke Vahl]

wave to BWF is simple, get qtchange from my site.

https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/42/qtchange

However, it only does stereo or mono.
If could make it to work on any amount of channels, but that would require a day or so of coding.
How important is it to have poly files instead of multiple Mono?

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pros

[Bouke Vahl]

oops, should have been:
QT to BWF instead of Wave to BWF…

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
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[Adam Driscoll]

@ Bouke,

I saw this tool but yes we would need all channels to transfer straight across. Here’s an example quicktime movie we’d need converted:

https://www.box.net/shared/rjyvy980m8

The goal would be to produce a broadcast wave file with the same timecode stamp, same frame rate, same clip name, etc and all mono channels transferred across (up to 8).

[Bouke Vahl]

Adam,
Downloading now.
I’m pretty sure i can make something, but it depends if you want P or M files.
Since this thread is very old, contact me direct at bouke at videotoolshed dot com

Bouke

https://www.videotoolshed.com/
smart tools for video pros