Quicktime Timecode viewing on Windows PC question

[Emma Mcneill]

There is no way to visually show the full time code on the video window unless you burn it onto the file. Full time code is available in the ‘info’ window by pressing Apple ‘i’, or CTRL ‘i’ on a Wintel.

Emma

[Bret Williams]

In QT, press cmd+j or ctrl+j(win) to open the properties. Then click the check box for TC track and it’ll display the timecode.

[Dan Riley]

No it does not.
Try it.
It says 00 00 00 00

I’ve always known how to see the video and audio track info from
show movie properties. I need it to display while playing back.
Only Sebsky player does it as far as I can tell, and that’s not Windows.

Dan

[Steve Braker]

QTMovieNoteTaker – has PC and Mac version, and does a lot more than time code. Check it out.

[Dan Riley]

I just downloaded that one an hour ago.
I loaded a DV file and it too does not display timecode.
It starts all files at 00 00 00

All my files were captured with FCP.
They all show timecode if I open them in the Sebsky tools player.
Are my files unusual?
Do others see actual file timecode with the above mentioned player
and with the Quicktime player?
This is driving me nuts.
All I want to do is allow my PC client to view my FCP-captured files on his PC without
having to do a burn. Do I have to buy Premiere for him?

Dan

[Steve Braker]

I’m sorry Dan, I got that wrong… I was thinking of Inqscribe which does read source TC but doesn’t do you any good because it’s Mac only.

The standard treatment is to do a window burn… “Timecode reader” filter placed on each clip. A more configurable one with lots of data and display options is “FCE Timecode Display” (yes, it works in FCP).

[Dan Riley]

It’s called CatDV.
It’s only $79 for the standard edition and it’s Mac/Intel and Windows.
It’s pretty much exactly what I need.
Of course it does MUCH MORE than I need for this application
but so be it. With this, the client, on his PC can either import
downloaded files into CatDV or I can burn a
CD or DVD full of h.264 files, FedEx it, and he can import them all at once.
I has JKL control too.

It also has scene detection and logging.
I can export clips to h.264 too, and add a timecode super.
Not that I wanted it for this, but it’s nice that I don’t have to have FCP do it.

Overall, the entire evening was beginning to be a big waste of time.
I thought I WAS NOT going to be able to solve this problem of
people being able to see clips with timecode WITHOUT window burns.
But now I’ve found a great new tool.

Dan

[David Smith]

Dan,
You might want to try CatDV’s archive function (if the standard edition has that, I think it does but I use the professional edition). With an archive your client will get a catalog that you’ve created and the associated preview files already linked and attached. I had a problem (one time) properly linking preview movies when moving to a different computer. With the archive you’ll be sure your client is reading the proper files and seeing the proper timecode.

Regards,
David

[Bret Williams]

Hmmm. Well, on P2 clips it seems to work. Allthough a little awkwardly. It puts a white bar across the top with the TC, and a black bar on the right.

I think QT is quite buggy lately actually. For example, in FCP the info will show that clips are 720×480 DV, but in QT those same clips are described as 640×480 across the board.

Here’s a screen shot… https://www.bretwilliams.com/tc.png