Timecode generator / reader to display source timecode?

[John Schroter]

aaaaaaaah! Leo’s plug-in was working great for me prior to getting script notes back, now everything is generating timecode and I lost my link to source timecode! I broke the rule of upgrading mid-project, I know, but I did not expect this issue. This sucks.

[Francis Mead]

Hey Mark

I have a much more basic question, but also around timecode. I can’t read the original timecode on my clips in the project (this is the first major project I’ve edited in FCPX). I see you say you can “if skimmer information is turned on” – can you be more precise abouts this? – I do have skimming turned on in the timeline and I only see the timeline timecode NOT the original timecode. and btw I know there is original timecode on the clips since I was forced to make a DVD for translation purposes (of interviews in Arabic) in FCP7 – so it should be there. At the moment I’m screwed – I have several hundred clips imported – and in the event each clip only lists timecode from 00 at beginning of each clip to its duration ie NOT the original code.

any quick help on this much appreciated!

thanks

Francis

[Tim Seelinger]

Francis,

I am in the exact same boat. Any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim

[Francis Mead]

Tim – I’ve got the answers – it’s a bit long – but I’m pasting in the solution I came up with – plus a further post by someone else filling in on the new Canon Mark 111 – hope this helps! It worked for me.

OK Tom – I’ve cracked it – a learning curve and I share this so
hopefully it help other people in this situation. Yes, you wont’ see
timecode in the mov. file. but – the reality is in a grey area in the
middle so to speak. Canon developed a plug-in for FCP7 which found the
time of day data from the two files which come out of the Canon 5d –
the mov and the thm files – and applied it to the clips once they open
in FCP7. This does NOT exist for FCPX. What you have to do is buy
Grinder from Magic Bullet – about $50. This effectively does the same as
the Canon plug-in for FCP7 – it finds the time of day data from the mov
and thm files and adds it (you could also choose continuous timecode if
you want – but since I’d already used time of day for my reference point
for the translations I had to stick with that.) The way I did it, after
reading another post, was to add the time of day code through Grinder
(not converting the files in any other way), and then importing into
FCPX – and then, yippee!, I can see the original time of day time code
in the clips in the event browser – thus enabling me to find the
segments with timecode that I’ve chosen from the Arabic translations.
Now when I look in the event browser – I see the clips I originally
imported, without time of day code, and above each of these a new clip,
suffixed “main” with the timecode. Phew!! It’s all a learning curve,
but I’m frankly surprised this hasn’t come up more often. The thread
that finally cracked it was at Creative Cow – here:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/656
Thanks Tom for your comments – yes, the truth lay somewhere in the
middle, shrouded in mystery -but this is a relatively painless
work-around for FCPX – though Apple should be aware of it and signal it
in my opinion.

This was a further post someone added:
Posted by : Seanus

URL :
https://www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/6070-clip-timecode-in-project?limit=20&start=40#13842

Message :
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Canon have fixed this issue with there new cameras. Sadly the good ol 5D
Mk II has not been changed. Nor has Canon created a plugin that worked
like the brilliant EOS E1 plugin for FCP X.

Only solution is to user Grinder, QtChanger or upgrade to the 5D Mk III.

[John Cole]

This solution says it works for .mov’s from cannon cams.
Will it work on panasonic .mxf or prores 442 files?
John