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December 11, 2018
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Display source timecode / clip time etc?

  • December 11, 2018
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Any way of displaying the source timecode for a clip (e.g. this is ProTools with view/clip set to 'original timestamp')?

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    December 12, 2018

    Edit>Preferences>Video. At the bottom of the panel there are several options for you to choose from. Just make sure you've got Audition's time frame rate set correctly...

    Legend
    December 12, 2018

    Thanks Steve but that

    a. only displays if video track is assigned & has media attached

    b. only shows 'session' timecode or 'media' timecode - the latter displays an offset to session timecode, rather than source timecode or clip counter from the video clip - so I'm not sure what use it is at all.

    c. does not show any audio source timecode info at all

    The grab was from one audio track in ProTools and shows the Source In/Out for the clips (i.e. you can see that the clips are butt joined as the out of the first clip matches the in of the second clip.

    Here's a bit of a bigger screen grab from stuff recorded time of day:

    There's actually a bunch more shoot metadata that PT can display that is useful :

    I realise that music editing may have no need for this but if you are working in docs or with spoken word or any kind of reality matching timecodes between tracks or to video is kind of essential.

    The avid (media composer) timecode window is also a great way of checking timecode sync at any given point (also displays aux timecodes, durations, clip names - very versatile):

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    Community Expert
    December 12, 2018

    Trevor_Asq  wrote

    I realise that music editing may have no need for this but if you are working in docs or with spoken word or any kind of reality matching timecodes between tracks or to video is kind of essential.

    Isn't that what Premiere's for? Audition is an audio editor, and the round-trip ideology doesn't involve dealing with clips in it like that at all.