QT Timecode Export Ultra Emergancy

[Andy George]

Im not sure about exporting from AE with timecode as Ive never needed it before.

But a simple solution might be to just add the timecode to the Quicktime using quicktime after the fact.

You could export something from an editing app with timecode set up how you need it the same duration as your animation. Open the proporties tab your new “timecode” video “command J”. Select the timecode track. Hit “Extract”

Go to your animation Make sure your parked at the heads of your video and “add to movie”

Andy George

[George Costakis]

Hi Dave,
I was hoping you might come to my rescue. I’ve set up my composition in AE to start at 0:59:50:00 so that I can 2pop and all at 0:59:58:00, and start at 1:00:00:00, but whenever I rendered out the final QT, it wasn’t in the movie file

Andy
Good idea on the QT copy paste TC, hadn’t thought of that. I’ll give that a try.

Dave,
If Andy’s idea doesn’t work, anymore thoughts?

Thanks a ton guys, I really appreciate it.
Cheers,
-George Costakis

[Joey Burnham]

Just curious, why do you need it anyway? The editor on the flame should be able to edit anywhere in his timeline…

[Brendan Coots]

Not really helpful I know, but why would a Flame artist need a 2pop, especially since it’s a digital file you are providing? Why would he have the need to visually sync a digital file to its audio? Confused.

Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
http://www.splitvisiondigital.com

[George Costakis]

Hi Guys,
Sorry about not responding earlier. Joey and Brendan, yea, you’re completely right. There was no need at all to export the TC. I was basically running on autopilot at the time and didn’t really stop to think about the fact that I didn’t need it at all.

Andy,
Just to follow up. I messed around with the TC copy and paste for a while until I realized that I didn’t even need it, but I never got it to really work. I was able to copy the TC track into the target .mov file just fine, but what I noticed, was that it would only start the TC at 1:00:00:00 and never before that (ie: 0:59:50:00). Anyways, not a big deal now, but thought I would give an update.

Thanks everyone.
George Costakis

[Sean Tabler]

I really liked where this thread was going. I am also trying to get AE to export with a unique time code. I have changed my time code setting in comp settings to start at 02:03:00;00, but when the quicktime is exported the TC always starts at 00:00:00;00? I can’t find any settings while exporting my comps to make this happen.

What I am having to do is bring my files in to FCP and re-export them from the TC I want the quicktimes to have, really trying to avoid this step because I will be doing this with hundreds of files.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Joey Burnham]

We are back to WHY you would need to have you QT’s have a specific TC. If you need a visual reference so that someone can go through and mark shots, subtitle, whatever, just use the generators in FCP to overlay the current TC on an upper video track and make your QT from that. I don’t see why that wouldn’t solve the problem.
Joey

[Sean Tabler]

Its for a live show and each graphic needs to have a unique TC so that they don’t get mixed up. Im just delivering all the media to the truck and this is a requirement for the system they use. I have done it before, but like I said I had to do the extra step of putting all the GFX into FCP to get the TC needed. Im trying to save some time this year but AE is cooperating…

[Sean Tabler]

Hey Dave,

Thanks for the response, I have tried that, I started it at 02:03:00;00, but it still exported at 00:00:00;00. I am trying to figure out if there is something in the export setting to keep that TC? Haven’t figured it out yet. I will definitely post up my findings if I can get it to work.

Thanks

[Joey Burnham]

Just found this post. Haven’t tried it but you could give it a shot.

Re: How to change timecode on quicktime source files?
by Steven Gonzales on Jun 20, 2005 at 10:24:23 am

If you need to change a bunch of quicktimes, you can use the free utility Sebsky tools.

Export a batch list from final cut, bring that in to Cinema Tools, tag all those files with the timecode you want in cinema tools, make sure the Cinema Tools records have the right file names to match your quicktime files, then export an ALE (avid log exchange) file.

Then you can use Sebsky tools, point it to the folder full of quicktimes, point it to the ALE file with the files names and new timecode which you exported from Cinema tools, and batch it all.

https://www.dharmafilm.com/sebskytools/