Can I get burned-in timecode on the video output?
Yes. The TRV900 shows the (drop-frame) time code as HH:MM:SS:FF superimposed in the upper-right corner of the LCD viewscreen when you press “display” on the remote, or on the camera by the fold-out LCD screen. It doesn’t show up on the video output signal by default, although you can change that with the ETC->DISPLAY menu option: choose “V-OUT/LCD”. This feeds the timecode (and whatever other icons are on the screen) through the video output. Displayed or not, the timecode is always stored on tape in the standard DV format, and goes through the firewire too (although your NLE software may ignore it). The camera has a “LANC” editor control jack, and should work with any LANC/Control-L editor (which might be cheaper than a firewire NLE system, especially if you already have one). The LANC signal carries the timecode as well. See below, “What is LANC anyway?”.
