FCP and QT timecode discrepancy

[Robert Longwell]

Correct. If we export using plain old Export QuickTime movie with current settings, audio & video, all markers and make self contained then there is no TC track.

Robert Longwell

[Jeremy Garchow]

Robert, I don’t know what to say.

In the bottom left corner of the Quicktime window there’s some numbers that run. CLick on those and change it to timecode.

Are you looking at this on a machine with FCP, and if it’s not a machine with FCP, is a machine with QT Pro at least?

Jeremy

[Robert Longwell]

Well I’ve fixed the missing TC sequence export. Amazing what can get fixed when one deletes their FCP preferences!

So now that I have a TC track in my QT files, just as I suspected, they are not in sync with my FCP timeline.

Robert Longwell

[Jeremy Garchow]

Try trashing your quicktime prefs as well.

Make sure to quit QT before doing this.

[Robert Longwell]

No dice. I know this is a larger problem than just my computer. I have numerous Macs and PCs all having the same issue with the data being off from the exact same QT file.

I’ve informed my Apple rep, I’ll see what he comes up with.

Thanks!

Robert Longwell

[Jeremy Garchow]

Is there any chance at all you can export 5 seconds or so and post it up to download? I want to take a look if you don’t mind.

Jeremy

[Robert Longwell]

Let me see if I can find an external server to host it on…

5 seconds wouldn’t be much of a sample for drifting, it would need to be closer to 5 minutes.

Robert Longwell

[Jeremy Garchow]

Yeah, you’re right.

Sorry Robert, I still don’t get it.

[Rafael Amador]

I can not remember that jeremy. But i just open some clips that I exported back in February 2003 (QT 5.x?) and all of them have their TC track.
Rafael

[Robert Longwell]

Jeremy,

You can download my project and output QT here (I’ll delete this in a couple of days):
https://www.robertlongwell.com/temp/Archive.zip

It’s just 4 minutes of color bars but here are the numbers I’m getting –

FCP:
Duration – 00:04:00:00
Marker 1 – 01:00:58:18
Marker 2 – 01:02:39:18
Marker 3 – 01:03:51:18

QT:
Duration – 00:04:00:06
Marker 1 – 01:00:58:19
Marker 2 – 01:02:39:21
Marker 3 – 01:03:51:23

If the file were longer, say 45 minutes, you’d see the drift getting farther and farther along. For this 4 minute sample the drift is pretty small but the inaccuracy is still unacceptable.

Let me know if you see the same numbers from my zip file.

Thanks!

Robert Longwell