[Mike Kujbida]

I’d render it out as an mp4 file which will play back on a Mac and anything else just fine.
Depending on your source footage and project settings, there are a number of “internet” presets that should work just fine for you. They can all be customized to meet your specific requirements.

[Mike Kujbida]

I agree with Aleksey. I dropped the Timecode FX on the pteview window and it worked as expected.

[Mike Kujbida]

All we need is the veg file. We can substitute our own footage.

[Mike Kujbida]

Ok, now I am thoroughly puzzled.
The only thing I can think of is to make sure that you’ve got the Time Display readout (above the video & audio tracks) set to 23.976 too.
If you’ve already done that (and I’m sure you have), then I’m stumped 🙁

[Mike Kujbida]

Pete, good to know about stepping through your frames.

2) I mean dropping the FX on top of your preview window, not on the timeline anywhere. Doing it this way affects EVERYTHING on your timeline and is another way of getting a project wide FX happening.

Having said all this, I just realized what your problem is.
In your initial post you said:
I then right clicked on this new video track and selected Media FX – Sony Timecode.
In the Timecode box I selected:
Format SMPTE Film Sync 23.976

I’m not sure where you got that but the Film one comes up SMPTE Film (24 fps).

Set it to SMPTE Film IVTC (23.976 fps) and everything will match as expected 🙂

SMPTE Film timecode is true 24 fps, not 23.976.
I can easily explain the difference between drop frame and non drop frame video but this difference is a bit (ok, a lot) tougher.
Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it.

Note that with 23.976 fps time code, the ‘second’ counter is still increased after 24 frames, even though 24 frames add up to slightly more than a real second. When working with other time sources, confusion can arise since a ‘second’ in 23.976 fps time code notation is slightly longer than a real second, it is 1.001001001..etc (24 x 1/23.976) seconds long. In other words, when a time code was reached of 00:16:40:00, this does not mean the video has played for 16 real minutes and 40 real seconds (1000 seconds), but that it has actually played for exactly 16 minutes and 41 seconds (1001 seconds).

[Mike Kujbida]

Possible solution #1.
Make sure you’re zoomed in far enough so that you’re only stepping forward one frame at a time.

Possible solution #2.
There’s no need to add a new track. Just add the Timecode FX to your preview window and it should display properly.

[Mike Kujbida]

My pleasure. Always glad to help.

[Mike Kujbida]

You certainly can.
Double click in the blank area next to the track number and enter anything you want.
Here’s an example from a recent press conference I did.

[Mike Kujbida]

Some days I don’t know what happened to my brain as I forget things 🙂

You an also right click on an event and go Switches – Disable resample.
If you select multiple events, you can do it to all of them at the same time so no need for a script.

[Mike Kujbida]

Right click an event (what Vegas calls a clip), select Properties and click Disable resample.
Smart resample is the default setting.
If you don’t have a script to do this for you, you’ll have to do it to each event separately.
There’s a thread on the Sony Vegas forum with at least 3 different resample scripts offered for free so check it out.
Is There A Way To Permanently “Disable Resample”