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Media Encoder reading Source timecode rather than setStartTime

Explorer ,
Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025

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Hey Folks

 

This is probably a niche problem, but I've been having issues with the metadata & timecode effect, where the burnin in premiere wouldn't match an export via media encoder.

And I think I've narrowed the issue down.

Let's say I have a clip with a start timecode of 00:00:20:00
I import, then set the start timecode to 00:00:25:00 using

 

item.setStartTime(startTime);

 

where item is

 

app.project.rootItem.children[numItems];

 

Adding the metadata effect, in premiere it reads 00:00:25:00. If I export directly from the timeline, the burnin on the resulting mov reads 00:00:25:00. But if I send it to Media Encoder, the burnin will read 00:00:20:00, both in the preview window and in the resulting mov.

 

My question is, is this expected behaviour? Is there a way to burn in the modified TC when using ME?

I've tested this on both 2024 and 2025.

 

Thanks!

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Adobe Employee , Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025

Thanks for trying. 🙂

If a trackItem is created from that projectItem, before you change the start time, I would have assumed that the trackItem would retain the non-modified start time. But if it's created after you've modified the start time, that seems like a bug. 

If you can send us a project and steps to reproduce what you're seeing, we'll have a look.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025

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Do you see different results in AME, if you set the AME Prefs --> General --> Premiere Pro --> Import sequences natively to TRUE?

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Jan 13, 2025 Jan 13, 2025

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Hey, 

That was already set to true, but setting it to false did not change anything.

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Adobe Employee ,
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Thanks for trying. 🙂

If a trackItem is created from that projectItem, before you change the start time, I would have assumed that the trackItem would retain the non-modified start time. But if it's created after you've modified the start time, that seems like a bug. 

If you can send us a project and steps to reproduce what you're seeing, we'll have a look.

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So what I'm doing is adding the clip to the timeline AFTER I modify the timecode.


When choosing "modify > timecode" on the clip in question the "Alternate Timecode" radio button is selected, and it seems like Media Encoder is reading "Original Timecode".

I'll try and package up an example project to send over, thanks

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