I understand the value of the time code in projects but am baffled by what it exactly means when I click on a project when it starts off with 10 hours or so, wherever that may come from, and what exactly is its use, except for measuring the time and frames.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
lburech wrote:
baffled by what it exactly means when I click on a project when it starts off with 10 hours or so
Project Starting TC is set by default to zero. But you can change it to whatever you wish.
Are you asking about clip TC? If the TC was retained, it will be whatever the camera recorded…if no TC recorded, it will start at zero.
hth
Russ
Could you post a screen shot of your timeline with this starting timecode?
What is the significance of 19 hours, 21 minutes, 43 seconds and 34 frames in the selected clip? If I click in the timecode, I get the actual time used in the selected range, which seems a lot more valuable?
That TC is time of day, when the video was shot. This is standard practice in professional video cameras. Not sure what the problem is with it.
The video you suggestd explained the time code as a sequential numbering system inserted by the camera onto each from of the video which was helpful in understanding what it is. My question is whether it has any use whatsoever in the editing process or is it similar to the type of numbers I get from my still camera when I download my pictures such as sc00d0437e which I never use for anything and overwrite with a title, always wondering why the camera puts the effort into the number.
You can't overwrite those numbers. They're embedded in a specific track in the video. They are used to determine the sequence in which the video is shot and which frame of video comes where in relation to every other frame. You can ignore them if you wish. Fortunately the editing application does not.
lburech wrote:
My question is whether it has any use whatsoever in the editing process or is it similar to the type of numbers I get from my still camera when I download my pictures such as sc00d0437e which I never use for anything and overwrite with a title, always wondering why the camera puts the effort into the number.
Yes, it is very useful.
Just an example: in multicam clips, if they have timecode it can be used for synchronization.
Use of Time Code for Events
