[David Roche]

Thanks for your input Rafael and Alex.

Alex, I think that what you’re talking about is input to FCP. I’m trying to get LTC out of it.

Rafael, while you’re correct about the definition of LTC, it’s not exclusive to tape machines. There are XLR connectors on Avid systems with LTC in and out. LTC is available any time the editor is actively playing a timeline and without checking (an error on my part) I assumed it would be available on FCP.

I’m having a hard time understanding why FCP generally handles timecode so poorly – it’s such a capable editor otherwise. It seems like a “duh” to me to have LTC out of an editor to interface with the rest of the world.

Surely somebody in large installations has tackled this problem before.