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Why doesn my non-linear editor see timecode if its already on the tape?

April 26, 2017editor non-linear tape timecode

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Why doesn my non-linear editor see timecode if its already on the tape?

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Unfortunately, some older and even some current DV NLEs do not capture timecode into the clips stored on disk. This is not a hardware problem, it’s a problem with the capture programs used by these editors. As the market matures, expect more software to gain this capability (and if it doesn’t, ask your NLE vendor why not). The Canopus plug-ins for Premiere 5.1 (PC) capture timecode, though the stand-alone Canopus tools did not (I don’t know if they do in current releases). Premiere 6.0 on either Mac or PC captures timecode using the built-in DV support (QuickTime on Mac, DirectX on the PC). iMovie does not capture timecode, though Final Cut Pro does.