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verynearlypure
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October 26, 2014
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Timecode REFUSES to start at zero

  • October 26, 2014
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Hello Adobe Community!

I am trying to put together edits to make the cut and for whatever reason, the timecode will not start at 0.

Instead it decides to start at 59:56:09 for nearly every Sequence including the ones I have done in the past. I really am lost on what to do as I have never had problems with this. I even made new projects to see if it may be a bug but I am having the same problems. I am starting to think it is some metadata I cannot overwrite in the camera but it is the same camera used in the past as well.

Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.

Premeire Pro CC 14 Timecode Issues - Imgur

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Correct answer tordenver

Because that is exactly what it will not do for me. Otherwise I would not be here. I tried seeing if the problem persists on my laptop but I am getting the same issues of the timecode not generating at zeros.


Except I am not talking about using an adjustment layer!... what I am talking about is using the feature which is part of any sequence that is called "Start time..."...:

"In the Timeline panel menu, select Start Time. In the Start Time dialog, enter the start time, and select Set As Default For Future Sequences. The start time that you enter will be the default start time for all new sequences."

Then you can add your Timecode effect to read your sequence timecode.

You may want to read that page as well:

<http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/timecode.html>

I hope this help.

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david seay productions
david seay productions
Known Participant
June 27, 2022

This is an old thread but I just encountered this problem when I tried to assign a timecode starting at (0) to an adjustment layer to create a window dub.  It always started at 01 and I couldn't change it.  I finally changed the effects settings in the timecode window to start at 23;00;00;00 and it worked!  For some reason, it seems like the TC effect starts an hour after the time you specify. I'm sure I'm making an incorrect interpretation about that, but for this issue this workaround works.

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    TheEngeline
    Participant
    July 8, 2022

    same issue here, that fixed it. Thanks! 

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      zubairb53288571
      Participant
      June 1, 2018
      1. Select Edit > Preferences > Media (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Media (Mac OS).
      2. In the Timecode menu, choose one of the following:

        Use Media SourceShows the timecode recorded to the source.

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

        That should fix it!

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        danh12960184
        Participant
        July 22, 2020

        That worked perfect. I had media that for some reason wanted to begin at a different timcode in the source viewer than 0. This fixed it!

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        cleans46858977
        Participant
        October 16, 2017

        Putting it on transparent video worked for me.

        Thanks

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          smithek
          Inspiring
          October 25, 2017

            wrote

          Putting it on transparent video worked for me.

          Thanks

          This worked for me as well! Thank you!

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            tordenver
            Inspiring
            October 26, 2014

            Are you modifying the start time from the Sequence settings? it works here... Adobe CC2014... maybe try to clean up your Preferences

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            verynearlypureAuthor
            Participant
            October 26, 2014

            Not exactly. Simply put, I am adding an adjustment layer and using the timecode on that adjustment layer. I want the timecode to start at 0 and play to the end of that clip for each sequence that I have made - so the total playtime for the timecode will vary. What is strange is that the files I worked on months ago are doing the same thing which is very weird.

            I am starting to think Premeire bugged on me as my old project file was "an older version" so Premeire forced me to make a new one.

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            tordenver
            Inspiring
            October 26, 2014

            I am not sure I understand what you are trying to achieve... why don't you change the starting timecode of your sequence to 0h00:00:00 and then use the Timecode effect to display the actual timecode of your sequence?

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