[Daniel Atkinson]

Thanks Douglas.

I’ve called some local studios, the young editors had no idea what I was talking about, but some of the older ones knew and said that it’s a relic from the analog days.

I found this little shockwave application called LTCgeneretor, which seems to be the only software solution for this. It’s pretty new and costs 170 euro, way beyond my modest budget. I understand that the author, Bouke, is a member of this forum as well.

I’ll figure this out eventually.
Thanks again.

[Daniel Atkinson]

Hi,

The final DVD is meant for a lighting tech, he needs to sync certain lighting effects to the video. He says that he usually gets an “SMPTE audio timecode” on the center channel and would like me to do the same.

Only trouble is, I’ve never heard of such a thing. I’ve heard of MIDI timecode, but up to this point I had no idea that SMPTE timecode could be in audio form. He sent me a sample WAV file from the center chan of one of his previous projects, it sounds very much like MIDI timecode, a series of beeps.

I’ve no control over the equipment used to play the DVD, so at this point I just have to comply with his wishes and have an audio timecode on the center chan.

Is there any software solution that can generate an audio timecode track for an existing video? An application? a DX/VST plugin? Anything at all?

I just have vegas and a jog shuttle. No other hardware at all, not to mention a deck with “TC OUT”. I really hope there’s a way doing this using only software.

My musician friend says that he thinks Cubase can generate audio timecode, but even if that’s true and suppose I ask him for a timecode track of the desired length at the right framerate, will it be synced properly to my video and audio if I just import it as is into vegas and throw it onto the center chan?

[childish rant] Why can’t Vegas just have a “Audio timecode” plugin, like the video timecode one? *sigh* [/childish rant]

Thank you, by the way, for the amazingly quick response.
Daniel