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    Timecode Burn with Compressor

    Posted by Mark Abney on May 13, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    I am using Compressor 3.02

    I bring in a 3 minute ProRes clip with NDF timecode starting at 01:00:00:00

    Flip4Mac allows me to create a WMV output setting.. so I do.
    I activate the “Timecode Generator” in the Filters Tab and everything looks great in the preview window. The timecode is being read from the Quicktime and it matches perfectly.

    I submit the job and it renders for a few minutes.

    I open the resulting wmv file and the timecode burn is off by like 3 sec.
    Instead of starting at 01:00:00:00, it starts at 01:00:03:04

    Anybody seen this or have a suggestion.

    Right now I am burning the timecode to the source QT in FCP, then exporting to Compressor.

    Thx,

    -mark

    Mike Pollitt replied 16 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Mike Pollitt

    July 27, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    Hi Mark —

    Not sure if this would help at all, especially since your post is over a year old now! Nonetheless: My company Limeboy Sofware has released Timecode Commander, which allows you to burn timecode directly into WMV files.

    https://www.limeboy.com/products/timecode_commander

    You can download a free trial to see if it would solve your problem.

    Kind regards,
    Mike.

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