Finding start time of file edited in Multitrack

[Raw Melon]

I have an audio file that's about 1 hour in length. I've dropped it into a Multitrack session and edited down to 1 min. I need to sync up some video to one of the edits.

How can I find the timecode of where the edit begins in the original audio file? i.e. in the Multitrack, the track is trimmed to start at about 30 secs into the original audio file, I need to find the exact time of this start point in the original file!

[ryclark]

Open the original file in the Waveform view and note the time of the cue point from there I would have thought. If you add a marker into the original file and resave with Markers and Metadata enabled you should be able to see the dotted line of the cue point in the clip in the Multitrack view.

[Raw Melon]

Thanks ryclark. Looks like it works similar to opening a preComp in After Effects in that the cursor is in the same relative position. What's thrown me is that it resets the audio time relative to the multitrack, so in this case the source starts at -30seconds.

How do I set the timecode of the source audio file to start at 0 so I can get the correct in point? Hope that makes sense!

[Raw Melon · Accepted solution]

OK - looks like a two step process.

In Multitrack, double click on the audio file to open.

The original timecode will be lost as it's relative to the Multitrack.

If you look in you Files, the source file will be highlighted blue.

Double click on the source file and it should open up with everything still in it's correct place but the timecode is now relative to the source file and give correct reading!

Would be much better if there was a timecode preference when opening files from a Multitrack to avoid extra clicking - perhaps there is and I'm missing it?!

[ryclark]

If your original audio file had a real BWF standard start timecode embedded within it then there is the option in Preferences/Multitrack Clips to enable 'Use embedded timecode when inserting clips into Multitrack'. Also in the Multitrack preferences you can actually customise the Default Start Time of the session to match your audio files if you want.