Can't specify duration correctly

You can press Command-J to open the Project Inspector. The fps will be there at the top.

W. Raider has told you the answer, and Fox has correctly determined the fps of your project.

In more detail:

When you press 830 that is 8 seconds and 30 frames (NOT 8 minutes and 30 seconds!). Since your project is 24 fps (or maybe 23.98 - **** fractional frame rates...), that would be 9 seconds and 6 frames.

Now 83000, as W Raider wrote, is 8 minutes, 30 seconds and 0 frames.

Alternatively, you can type a period instead of 00 for the frames, so

830.

would also work.

The clock in Final Cut is rather an amazing piece of work. It automatically figures out a correct value to apply to the time and offers you two methods of entry: one with punctuation and one without.

If you need to go to the 1 minute mark, you can type 10000 which final cut will interpret as 1:00:00 (1 minute, 0 seconds, 0 frames). Each 2 digits in the entry (counting from right to left) correspond to the timecode "section", "stage" or "segment" they match.

To use punctuation, you can simply type 1.. which is interpreted as 1 minute 0 seconds 0 frames — with punctuation, you can shortcut the 0's. Typing 1.6.3 results in 1 minute 6 seconds and 3 frames... see how this is working?

If you type a section value that is *greater than* its range, the overage is added to the previous "stage" and the remainder left in its intended segment. For example — typing 6500 (or '65.') will result in 1 minute 5 seconds and 0 frames.

The clock will *never* have an incorrect amount in any of the "stages", no matter what value you type in.

You *could* determine the frame rate of your project by typing 60. A 60fps project will result in 00:00:01:00; a 30fps project will result in 00:00:02:00 and a 24fps project will result in 00:00:02:12 [25 = 2:10 ; 50 = 1:10]. Typing 830 or 8.30 in a 24fps project will result in 00:00:09:06... [30 - 24 = 6 and 1 is added to the next segment to the left.]

The clock is cool... but it takes some gettin' used to.

W. Raider wrote:

I think that would be

08.30.

or

8.30.

rather than 830. which would be 830 seconds, zero frames, which would be 13mins something.

You are right! Thanks for setting the record straight.

Type

83000

I think that would be

08.30.

or

8.30.

rather than 830. which would be 830 seconds, zero frames, which would be 13mins something.

Your project is 24 frames per second?