Thanks – hopefully the screenshot links below are working now.
The TC is source timecode and each clip has been exported from Media Composer with this TC written into the file. The TC is also burnt in as reference on the screen. The TC in Media Composer and when I open the clips in Quicktime match between the file TC and the burnt in.
But, when I import into Premiere the TC does not match up. The start TC does not match up and for some reason Premiere is showing dropframe timecode (; instead of :).
I’m not interpreting the footage as anything other than what it is. I was only saying that it is being interpreted into Premiere as it should be. Footage was shot at 23.976, exported from Media Composer at 23.976, and is importing to Premiere at 23.976. But this weird thing is happening where Premiere is reading the TC incorrectly – for some reason as dropframe – and therefor all the timecodes are out.
Does that make sense?

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Michael Duff –
Bearcage Productions, Australia
http://www.bearcage.com.au