Importing, transferring, capturing, and digitizing

Start At 00:00:00:00 Starts timecode shown for every clip at 00:00:00:00.

3 In the Frame Count menu, choose one of the following:

Start At 0 Numbers every frame sequentially, with the first frame numbered 0.

Start At 1 Numbers every frame sequentially, with the first frame numbered 1.

Timecode Conversion Generates frame number equivalents of the source timecode numbers.

4 Click OK.

More Help topics

“Media preferences” on page 19

“Display 24p source timecode” on page 153

Change how timecode is displayed

You can change the timecode display format in any panel where timecode is shown in hot text.

1(Optional) To display timecode in audio units (Audio Samples or Milliseconds), click the panel menu button in the panel desired, and select Show Audio Time Units.

2Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) a hot text timecode display to toggle through any of these timecode formats that are available. The last two are available only if you select Show Audio Time Units in the panel menu.

•Drop-frame timecode

•Non-drop-frame timecode

•Frames

•Feet+Frames 16 mm

•Feet+Frames 35 mm

•Audio Samples

•Milliseconds

The timecode display format for the Program Monitor (including the instance in the Trim Monitor) and Timeline panels always match one another. Changing the display format in one of these panels changes it in the other.

Stripe tape or replace timecode

You can ensure continuous timecode by recording timecode onto the tape before you use it. This process is called striping the tape. Striping is not necessary if you follow recommended shooting practices, but it can protect you from accidentally breaking timecode by miscuing a tape in your camera.

Stripe a tape with timecode

1Place an unused tape in the camera. It should have no timecode.

2If you’re using a camera for striping, attach the lens cap and disable audio recording.

3Ensure that all camera settings (particularly the audio sample rate) are exactly the same as the settings you will use when you shoot. Use all these same settings whenever shooting on that tape.

4Begin recording. Let the camera or deck run until the entire tape has been recorded.

Last updated 1/16/2012