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Importing footage
Last updated 11/30/2015
Change how timecode is displayed
You can change the timecode display format in any panel where timecode is shown in hot text.
1 (Optional) To display timecode in audio units (Audio Samples or Milliseconds), click the panel menu button in
the panel desired, and select Show Audio Time Units.
2 Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) a hot text timecode display to toggle through any of these
timecode formats that are available. The last two are available only if you select Show Audio Time Units in the panel
menu.
• Drop-frame timecode
• Non-drop-frame timecode
• Frames
• Feet+Frames 16 mm
• Feet+Frames 35 mm
• Audio Samples
• Milliseconds
The timecode display format for the Program Monitor (including the instance in the Trim Monitor) and Timeline
panels always match one another. Changing the display format in one of these panels changes it in the other.
Stripe tape or replace timecode
You can ensure continuous timecode by recording timecode onto the tape before you use it. This process is called
striping the tape. Striping is not necessary if you follow recommended shooting practices, but it can protect you from
accidentally breaking timecode by miscuing a tape in your camera.
Stripe a tape with timecode
1 Place an unused tape in the camera. It should have no timecode.
2 If you’re using a camera for striping, attach the lens cap and disable audio recording.
3 Ensure that all camera settings (particularly the audio sample rate) are exactly the same as the settings you will use
when you shoot. Use all these same settings whenever shooting on that tape.
4 Begin recording. Let the camera or deck run until the entire tape has been recorded.
5 Before you record video on a striped tape, play about 30 seconds of it from the beginning. Verify that the camcorder
is reading the timecode you striped before you start shooting. The 30-second empty lead on the tape also helps in
batch capturing.
Check your camera’s settings whenever changing tapes, especially when reinserting a tape you had begun shooting
previously. Though you may want to use different settings for different tapes, it’s best to use the same settings from
beginning to end of each tape. These should match the settings used when first striping that tape.
Replace DV timecode
If your source footage is in DV format and its timecode isn’t continuous, you can replace its timecode by making a DV
copy, or dub, of the tape. The DV device making the copy records new timecode that is continuous, so you can then log
and capture video, with the new timecode, from the copy.