[Isabelle Carbonell]

[John Pale] “[Ben Holmes] “you cannot export clip timecode with a QT export in FCP… ”

There is an easy workaround though. Just export the clip using the compression of your choice, then drag it back into the browser. Double click it to load into the Viewer. Go to Modify/Timecode and add the correct starting timecode to the clip. Voila…a timecode track is now added and you now have a compressed clip with timecode.”

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

That worked, easy as pie, no issues.

I really don’t know why it won’t export the smpte timecode but this workaround takes me two seconds so its no issue at all. Really thanks.

Thanks everyone else for trying to help. Not sure what’s going on in the end.

Best
Isabelle
https://www.izaca.com

[Isabelle Carbonell]

[walter biscardi] “All quicktime movies do retain the timecode associated with the original movie file no matter how much you compress them and even if you do an audio only file”

True if you use Compressor, NOT true if you use almost any other application to transcode!

And be warned, Walter’s statement about audio only ONLY works if you put the audio in a QT, it will NOT retain TC if you render to Mp3, wave or Aiff.

Okay… it doesn’t work. Here’s my workflow (very simple).

1. I have my original .mov files (when these are opened in quicktime, the option to select the timecode is available).

2. I drag these into compressor and export the smallest .mov file possible (but I keep the audio good quality for transcribing purposes). Either way, it’s H.264 100kbps, and exports to a .mov file.

3. Once exported I open the compressed file with Quicktime, and it doesn’t allow me to see the original timecode anymore.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks again for all your help
Isabelle
https://www.izaca.com

[Isabelle Carbonell]

Interesting.

Okay, one thing I forgot to add. Since I didn’t need to do any editing to the original footage, I just loaded it straight into Quicktime and exported it FROM quicktime. (I wanted to keep working on a project inside FCP while it was processing, and its typically faster than Compressor)

Not through FCP, not through Compressor.

I’ll go ahead and try compressor and report if that worked.

Thanks for all the fast replies from everyone!

-Isabelle
https://www.izaca.com