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Why do clips in clip browser start at strange time codes and not at 0:00:00:00? In other words, why do I see 5:32:04:21 for example when I put a playhead at the very beginning of the clip? It makes it hard for me to select let's say a portion of the clip from 20sec of the clip to 27sec of the clip.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.6
A few primers on the history and use of timecode.
https://rode.com/en/about/news-info/what-is-timecode-and-why-do-you-need-it
A few primers on the history and use of timecode.
https://rode.com/en/about/news-info/what-is-timecode-and-why-do-you-need-it
As I described earlier for pinpointing specific sections of clips without having to specify which clip, when the clips might have some machine generated number like
You can run multiple cameras at an event, concert or sport or wedding or the like and have them all set to the same time of day, or have them jam synced, so that they can start and stop as the shooter like, but still be in time with each other. Also, continuous time is really useful when you know something happened about twenty minutes in. If all the shots start at zero, you have to add them up to find 20 minutes into the shoot. I think the preference for most editors is to have continuous or time of day TC.
That's the time code it's reading off the clip. It's embedded in the clip metadata. You can press Cmd-P and type 20 period to go forward 20 seconds. Mark the In point and use Cmd-P and 7 period to go forward seven seconds.
tarsierspectral123 wrote:
Why is it in the metadata? Where is it coming from? What's the use of it?
Presumably it was recorded by the camera (assuming these are clips recorded from a camera and not exported from some software on a mac or phone).
A small correction: I am sure that Tom meant control-P instead of command-P.
Yes indeed. It's Control-P as Luis said.
It's pretty common that a producer will give you a list of shots or of soundbites that might look like
5:32;00-5:48:15
6:11:10-6:17:20
8:01:15-8:12:20
9:27:00-10:08:20
It depends where it came from. If it's from tape, that's usually continuous run, so when you start and stop the camera, the timecode picks up from where it left off. Cameras that record to chips usually have the options to record with a new start, continuous, like tape, or time of day, which is very commonly used.
Why is it in the metadata? Where is it coming from? What's the use of it?
OK, so it was recorded by a camera but what does it mean? I'm seeing 5:32:04:21 at a start of the clip? Why did the camera embed 5:32:04:21 and not 0:00:00:00 at the beginning of a clip?
A naive guess may be the time of day when the recording started, maybe.
Maybe there is a setting in the camera to start all recordings with a zero timecode.
Let me ask a general question. What is the timecode embedded by the camera used for?
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CLIP timecode in clip browser
