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Inspiring
April 20, 2017
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reset the starting time code of videos

  • April 20, 2017
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For unknown reasons, the videos we got from our Media department (uses SONY HD camera) has time code starting at 05:24:33:04 instead of 00:00:00:00. It messes up the workflow when editing timecode is based on the starting point 00:00:00:00.

Is there a way to reset the Media Start time of videos to 00:00:00:00?

Thanks,

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    Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

    Right click the clips in the bin and choose the Timecode tab.

    5 replies

    Participant
    February 5, 2024

    I have the opposite problem – is there any way to swap my timecode from 00:00:00:00 back to the original source timecode, i.e. 19:01:01:16. I have footage that has been synced in premiere and all the clips start at 00:00 but I have timecoded notes based on the original source footage (i.e. 19:01:01:16) so I need the timecodes to be reverted.

    HsHeartBeat
    Participant
    September 11, 2020

    Select the footage in the project panel > Click on Clip Menu > Choose Modifty > Click on Timecode. A dialogue box would appear. Reset that dialogue box to 00:00:00:00.

    Voila.

     

    Participant
    April 7, 2021

    This is the ONLY and CORRECT answer to the problem. Thank you very much!

    Inspiring
    April 28, 2020

    I have the opposite question. Time code defaults to 00:00:00:00 and it is grayed out in the Effects tab. I want to distinguish between several sections of a project and start at :01 hour, :02 hour, etc. and I don't want to duplicate time code.  How do I change the start time?

    Community Expert
    April 28, 2020

    I may not fully understand what you're trying to do, but you can change the start time of a sequence by right clicking the three bars next to the sequence name and choosing Start Time.

     

    Inspiring
    October 5, 2022

    This served my needs perfectly. I had exported some .srt caption files for social media. The sequences were clipped from longer videos, so their timecode reflected where they were in the original footage. The exported .srt files reflected the timecode instead of zeroing at the start of the sequence. A nightmare to try and correct. Reseting the timeline to 00:00:00 reset the .srt text, and it exported with a zero start. Thanks!

     

    Participant
    September 12, 2017

    When I Right click the clips in the bin and try to  choose the Time  code tab. There is 'NO TIME CODE' Tab in the list that appears ... Am I looking at the right list ? Where is the time code tab?  Thanks You

    Off the subject :  there is so much I don't under stand 'Nomenclature ect.' where is a good place to start all over with the destinations right up through the basics.  I've been using Premiere in some form since the 80's and never really learned the ins and outs properly.

    Legend
    September 12, 2017

    there is so much I don't under stand

    Start with that.  Look up the definitions of any words you don't understand.  Don't move on until you have that word properly defined for the context.

    Participant
    June 30, 2021

    you forgot to mention that the "Timecode" tab is a subset of the "Modify" tab after you right click the clip. Don't be a (removed by the moderator) when people don't understand your directions are missing important information, Jim_Simon.

    excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
    Legend
    April 20, 2017

    Right click the clips in the bin and choose the Timecode tab.