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Render AVI with Specific Timecode
After taking some 4:3 iso cameras and converting them to 16:9 we are trying to render them as Quicktime files with timecode that matches the other cameras. So far each attempt just gives us embedded timecode that starts at 00:00. Is there a way or script that can give us these results?
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
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Add the timecode FX to the track header and move the beginning of your media along the track to correspond to the timecode you want it to start.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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Maybe I’m saying it wrong. I need a specific timecode (to match the other camera isos’ timecode) embedded IN the video file not window burned ON the video.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
Apply the TC FX to the clip WHILE it’s still in the Media bin.
Then drag it to the timeline and it’ll show you the TC on that specific clip. -
One more time – I’ll lay out the whole situation. I’ve set a starting time for the Vegas timeline and I’m trying to render video clips (whether AVI or MOV) with this timecode on the Vegas “session” timeline (ex. 16:15:25:02) rather than the normal rendered clip that starts at 00:00. All my other video iso’s have the same timecode as well as the multi-track digital audio recorder. I’m rendering these files to be edited on another NLE (could be AVID or FCP). This was an additional external “lipstick” cam, as they call it, that was 4:3. We’ve had to re-crop it to 16:9 (to match the other camera isos). We would like to render it with the matching timecode so the other hired NLE editor has matching timecode with the other isos and is ready to edit with After Effects and another NLE. It looks like this is one option Vegas has ignored but Sony should consider it since it is an option professionals will need from time-to-time when they’re using various software for outsourced effects.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma -
AFAIK, you cannot render the clip and control the metadata to start the timecode where you want it.
The closest you might come is to print to tape starting with that timecode spot on the tape, then recapture it.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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Thanks, Greg. That’s what everyone here has concluded as well. It just surprises me that with how flexible Vegas is – it let’s you change the timeline session timecode even – that it won’t let you render your clip with a little timecode flexibility as well. Maybe someday.
Brian Sinks
IN1ACCORD Productions
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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