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How can I retime imported FX3 clips to the original time codes?
I am working on a film. The DP sent me proxies and I did a first pass on this footage, favoriting lots of sections and prepping it for edit.
He finally sent me the full res footage, and when I import it, the proxy files have the original time code, but the full rez files have time code reset to 0. My original plan was to relink the proxy files I edited with to the full rez files. However, I can’t do that since the timecode differs.
What can I do to fix this? Is there any way to take the MOV created on import and somehow get them to have the original time code? I realize I could probably do this in QTChange if i do each one manually, but that will take forever. Is there a batch option?
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Two ways. Video Tool Shed’s QT change will add a tc track to the clips based on the metadata, and FCP will be able to read that tc track. I use this tool frequently, and it’s quick and easy, and relatively inexpensive: https://www.videotoolshed.com/handcrafted-timecode-tools/qtchange/
CommandPost has a Sony TC Repair function: https://commandpost.fcp.cafe/toolbox/sony-timecode/
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I cannot figure out how to use QTChange to find the original timecode. If I choose source timecode with a clip in there, the time code is 00:00:00:00 which I dont want, and creation time doesnt give the right time code either.
Do you know what I need to do? There is no guide to the software online.
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Yes I use the Assume TC to be from > Source TC
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I am using a clip that I already imported into FCP and if I look at the source TC in QT Change, it shows me 00:00:00:00 which makes me think maybe no meta data exists with the timecode after the import? Am I wrong here?
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It could be that way, not sure the source of the clips (or the source of the proxy tc in the proxy clips).
Do you have Premiere or Resolve? Drag one of the high res clips in to one of those programs. What does it show for tc? Does it show zeros or does it have other tc?
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It’s a very traditional application.
You need to run it, then go to the menu, select ‘help’ and there, choose ‘open the manual’.
If you have read that and still have problems, you can consider mailing the developer.(I happen to know he’s a pretty decent guy who gives tons of support, even to non-paying customers, but some effort by studying the manual is appriciated.)
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Oh, if the TC of the proxies do not match the TC of the full res files, the DP should be blamed.
There is a way to do a batch change, if there is a ‘logic’ in the file naming.
If you have eg full_res.mov and full_res_proxie.mov, you can do a batch ‘save attributes’ in QTchange, take those sidecar files and put them next to the proxies, use ‘load attributes’ and set the TC / Reelname.But, if you’ve already edited, you need an XML dance, that I ‘might’ be able to provide, but no guarantees.
Bouke
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It sounds like you were given re-rendered (ProRes?) files.
With no TC intact.
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Take this to the DP and ask what his damage is. No professional DP would give you proxies and originals with different timecodes. And was there any realistic need for proxies in the first place? You should have gotten both at the same time, as a professional. It’s not your problem, it’s the DP’s problem to fix.
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