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Timecode woes
I don’t want to toss my original tc – I just want to create an auxiliary tc that starts the first frame of certain clips at 0 because our transcription program won’t read the real stamped code and forces our transcribers to start from 0:00:00. I know how to create aux tc but I can’t get it to display in the viewer window no matter what I do. Also, how do you get the viewer to show RUNNING timecode. I mean… do I really have to pause the dumb thing to see where I am?
Thanks for the help, creative cow forum-ers 🙂
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You can use the Timecode Generator filter with no need to create an aux-tc. Load the clip into the viewer and, with the playhead parked at the first frame of the clip, add the TC generator. It will start at 0 and be visible in the viewer.
[Schureman Lear] “how do you get the viewer to show RUNNING timecode. I mean… do I really have to pause the dumb thing to see where I am? “
I’m missing something here maybe? The current timecode is always visible in the viewer’s timecode window on the upper right. As for the TC overlay feature, it will only be visible when you stop.
It might be cost effective to get your transcribers a software package that can read the clip’s real timecode. Seems to me you’ll be wasting a bunch of somebody’s time converting your 0 start based numbers with the real ones. CatDV Pro’s Verbatim Logger for example, captures the current timecode with a single click, which saves me lots of time and frustration.
Regards,
David
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