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Timecode Question
So I’m trying to get a timecode reading for some video clips on my timeline. But here’s the catch. I know how to use timecode effect to show me the seconds or frames of the clip, starting at 0. What I need is the seconds or frames of the original file. I’m chopping up an hour long .avi into many different segments, and I would like a clip that comes from around the 59 minute mark for instance, to list 59:00 at the beginning of the timecode, rather than 0:00.
I know that’s it’s possible to offset the timecode by a certain number of seconds, but I need it to give me that information automatically.
Is there a way to do this or a plug-in that I could use? Thank you.
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If your using Vegas Pro 10b or c, there’s a bug causing timecode to start over with each new event. This bug was brought to our attention by Mike K. and sony is aware of it. If you have 10a, that should work.
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Hmm…I am running 9.0c.
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I always have to record all the way through new tapes to put timecode on them before using them in a project. If I didn’t, it would start the timecode over with each new event. Can you try this with a new tape and see if it helps?
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“I always have to record all the way through new tapes to put timecode on them before using them in a project.”
You shouldn’t have to. My Sony cameras always remembered the TC at the end of each take, and when I load a previously used tape they back up enough to read the last timecode. Also, since there is only one head that records everything (it is digital streams of data, after all) the TC is written anew anyway.
Steve Mann
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Apply Timecode FX to media files (not events). Alternatively, you can run “Add Timecode to All Media” script (Tools > Scripting)
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My old Canon GL1’s manual said it had to be recorded all the way through in one take in order to get timecode correctly on all the way through the tape. I guess Sony cameras don’t have to.
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Sorry, can you run me through exactly how to apply the effect to the entire media file? Here’s a rundown of my specific problem to give you an idea of what I need.
Vegas is doing something really weird where it is saving all my edits on the timeline, but it is replacing the targeted media file with another file I’m using. For instance, all my edits for “tape 2.avi” on the timeline are still there, but they are now drawing from “tape 1.avi”. Obviously that is a problem and the resulting video is non-sensical. What I need to be able to do is reconstitute my project basically from scratch. I would like to be able to look at the “corrupted” timeline and be able to take notes as follows: ok, I made an edit at the 6:37 mark, let that play for 12 seconds, and then made another edit at the 6:49 mark of the file. That way I can start from scratch with a new tape 2 edit but have notations of all the edits I already figured out.
An “absolute” timecode on the media file itself would allow me to make these notes, rather than the “relative” timecode that starts over each event at 0:00.
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An “absolute” timecode on the media file itself would allow me to make these notes, rather than the “relative” timecode that starts over each event at 0:00.
Doing it the way Aleksey Tarasov suggested gives you “absolute” timecode with the script method being the absolute easiest way to do this.
Tools – Scripting – Add Timecode to all Media.
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