Quicktime Player X Frame numbers instead of Timecode

Question

Quicktime Player X Frame numbers instead of Timecode

Hi. If I click on Timecode in QTPlayerX it will toggle between Frames and Timecode. But it has been very inconsistent. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Is there a method to this madness? I think it might have to do with where the movie was created. Seems like our movies coming from ffmpeg work and Media Encoder does not. Is there a flag in the metadata that QTPlayer is looking for?

Posted on Nov 7, 2022 11:02 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

Matti Haveri

Level 6

14,844 points

Nov 8, 2022 12:08 AM in response to Matt Silverman

The movie must have an embedded timecode. For example, '-timecode 00:00:00:00' option in ffmpeg.

Reply

Answer 2

Nov 8, 2022 12:35 PM in response to Matti Haveri

Interesting. Looks like when I render from After Effects it will maintain the timecode but Adobe Media Encoder is stripping it out. Another example of Adobe's inability to do things right.

Reply

Quicktime Player X Frame numbers instead of Timecode

Similar questions