is there a QUICK way to generate timecode?

Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

is there a QUICK way to generate timecode?

Posted by Tom Adams on October 20, 2010 at 5:27 pm

Hi folks,

wondering if there are any new timecode generator plugins out there. I have a 3hr sequence that I’d like to play direct out from timeline to burn on an external dvd player/recorder. I tried andy’s timecode generator in the hopes that I wouldnt have a 4 hour render (like i did using the native fcp generator)…but nope, the ole red-line of despair still appears at the top of my timeline when using andy’s…

is there anyway to make this timecode appear on a 3hr video and not take 5 hours to render?

thanks

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

http://www.FolktographybyTom.com
Folktography.zenfolio.com

MacPro
FCP studio2
4TB Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1

Alex Elkins replied 15 years, 7 months ago 6 Members · 7 Replies
7 Replies

Steve Eisen
October 20, 2010 at 6:37 pm

Compressor

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
Chad Tingle
October 20, 2010 at 6:39 pm

Take a look at this tutorial by Shane Ross.. this might be able to help

https://library.creativecow.net/ross_shane/visible-timecode/1

Chad Tingle
Producer/Editor
Michael Gossen
October 20, 2010 at 6:49 pm

If you are playing back with a Kona to the DVD player, it can do that…

Michael Gossen
Helium Digital Media
Tom Adams
October 20, 2010 at 6:53 pm

thanks all for your suggestions. so far no magic bullet. no kona card…compressor no help…just 4 hours of exporting happening here…

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

http://www.FolktographybyTom.com
Folktography.zenfolio.com

MacPro
FCP studio2
4TB Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1
Richard Cooper
October 20, 2010 at 7:04 pm

What i/o card are you using to output to your DVDr?

Richard Cooper
FrostLine Productions, LLC
Anchorage, Alaska
http://www.frostlineproductions.com
Tom Adams
October 20, 2010 at 7:31 pm

My card is the card that came with my 2009 MacPro (not sure what\’s in there)… but, yes, that must be my limiting factor…

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

http://www.FolktographybyTom.com
Folktography.zenfolio.com

MacPro
FCP studio2
4TB Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1
Alex Elkins
October 20, 2010 at 10:08 pm

[Tom Adams] “compressor no help”

Google Quick Cluster Compressor. Setting this up will speed up your encoding with Compressor (faster than realtime in many scenarios).

Just to clarify also, you need to add the timecode filter in Compressor, not in FCP. I wasn’t sure if that was clear in the suggestions being made earlier.

All the best,
Alex

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