[Now released]: Linear timecode support

[Fergus H]

Linear timecode (LTC) support is now available in Premiere Pro Beta. LTC is encoding of timecode data in an audio signal. It is useful for ensuring accurate synchronization of multiple video and audio sources. 

Two Premiere Pro operations benefit from LTC support: creating multi-camera source sequences and synchronizing clips. 

In the Clips > Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence dialog, we have added an “Other Timecode” popup menu, with the option to choose LTC. Choosing this option will synchronize the clips using the timecode in the audio track of the clip. 

In the Clips > Synchronize dialog, we have not yet added an option to directly choose LTC. To use LTC with Clip > Synchronize, you must first select the clips you want to synchronize, then select Clip > Modify > Timecode > Linear Timecode (LTC). With that done, select the clips on the timeline, then go to Clip > Synchronize > Timecode and click on Ok. Note that the display of the timecode in the Synchronize dialog is not accurate; this will be fixed in a future beta. However, the synchronization process will use the correct timecode and your clips will be accurate aligned. 

We’d love to get your feedback on this feature! We’re also interested to know what hardware devices you’re using to generate linear timecode. 

Regards,

Fergus

[Fergus H]

@hermesinthesky and I spoke on the phone and I had some suggestions for him to try, including ensuring that the same type of timecode was being used consistently (drop frame vs. non-drop frame) and that the level of the LTC was high enough for Premiere Pro to detect it. 

Matt, good talking with you! 

[JoeC_]

Hi,

Will there be a solution for discontinous timecode within the same clip?

I've been having a play around with the LTC sync, and it will sucessfully identify the media start time, however live broadcast for synchronisation we use LTC with different values that accompany the music, meaning that a single record of the show would have several different timecode values throughout a single clip, which is currently not reflected by the media timecode. I'm trying to sync multiple clips across the show, in addition to creating a burn-in of the actual LTC that is recorded.

On a side note, it would be super helpful if the 'Metadata & Timecode Burn-in' effect could read LTC directly from an audio track timeline to create a burn-in.

Thanks,

Joe

[Fergus H]

@JoeC_ 

Thanks for the question. We've been thinking about discontiguous timecode, and even simpler clips where the timecode starts several seconds after the beginning of the clip. The initial release of LTC won't support that but we're considering how we might do it in the future. 

Would you be willing to share a sample clip that has discontiguous timecode? We've got some ones we've made but we always prefer having a customer file. 

Great suggestion on adding LTC support to "Metadata & Timecode Burn-in"! I'll look into how soon we can add that. 

Regards,

Fergus

[Fergus H]

Hi all, 

Linear timecode support was released with Premiere Pro v24.6. If you've got questions or comments about it, please post to the main Premiere Pro support forum: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/ct-p/ct-premiere-pro. 

Thanks for the feedback during the beta!

Regards,

Fergus