A timecode is a way of displaying time-only information as an offset from a starting point. Often used on audio and video as the time from the start of the media. Commonly displayed in HH:MM:SS
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ffmpeg -r / fps over time?
ok - going round in circles here so any help welcome...
using ffmpeg to generate frames from a movie. But i want to limit the total frames to 10 per movie.
So im trying to figure out the -r (fps) to use in the code.
So if the video is 10secs long i…

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Why do I get a different timecode when using the same value in a variable?
I'm using this script to turn frames into timecode. Why do I get 00:30:00:00 as result when using 43156.8 as value, but 00:29:59:23 when passing the exact same value as a variable?
function framesToTC($frames, $framerate) {
$hours = floor(…

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SQL query to identify patterns in a var char column
I work with media storage for which there is a video table that has timecode values stored as a comma separated string in a var char column. I'm trying to find results where there instances of the same timecode appearing twice in the same value
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FFmpeg Video First Frame Time Code value
I would like to ask someone how knows FFmpeg good
As you can see I already know how to set timecodes that contain in green borders,
but I don't know is there any opportunity set the Video timecode.
Thank you for you help

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How to get the Start Timecode (SMPTE) of a Quicktime-Movie?
I'm working on Windows with the Quicktime-API and I wonder, how to get the start timecode (SMPTE) of a movie file? Can someone post a link or an example how to do that?

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Append a link to all timecodes (Like YouTube)
i want to find all timecodes in my content area and build a simple link around it, so i can jump to a specific timecode on my Wordpress Mediaelement.
How can I do this so it finally looks like:
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Video format Timecode for avplayer ios
I'm trying to make a video timecode with a "video format":
MM:SS:FF
Any help would be greatly appreciated

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How to close colons in timecodes for OS X bash
I'm trying to generate videos using ffmpeg that display a burnt in timecode of the source video. I'm using a bash script in OS X.
video 1 has a starting timecode of 09:59:30:00
In order to use the drawtext filter in ffmpeg, I need to close the…

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Display Timecode for video track using Swift AVPlayer
I am working on a little app to navigate and play videos which includes framerate and initial timecode information (eg: "TimeCode" : "09:25:15:08"). I am using the AVKit Player View Controller to display my video, and I would like to add a UILabel…

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SMPTE to MIDI Time Code (MTC)
I'm trying to convert SMPTE to MTC.
I've been looking everywhere to get some information about MTC and got pretty far, except for this last one step. I'm not entirely sure how I should achieve this, since MTC makes use of high and low nibbles, with…

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how to calculate the Framerate and Timecode during screen capturing?
Delphi 6 project
I have searched google pretty thorough but am not finding the answers to my delima. basically i want to have the timecode and videos framerate of a current screen capture session showing in my app, in the statusbar or label. i also…

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How can i get timecode for wmv file
I found WindowsMediaPlayer in WMPLib but not the TimeCode!
Anyone known how to do that?

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iOS and Protools
Can I sync a movie played in ProTools and iOS using time codes? Has anybody ever done this? I have just gotten started with this project and I need to play a movie simultaneously in the iPad and the protools console, with the time seek function only…

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How do I get rid 'avformat.h' no such file or directory error while installing Video-ffmpeg?
I've been trying to install Video-ffmpeg but sudo make shows this error, FFmpeg.xs:7:22: fatal error: avformat.h: No such file or directory. compilation terminated.
I've libavformat53 installed on my m/c. Is there something I've to install?

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time code with hundredths?
Been creating a time code format from decimal seconds but now need to get hundredths into the format.
so for 1.5 secs i need to get 00:00:01:050 but i need some help as not getting anywhere!
Any help appreciated... D.
function secondsToTime(secs)…

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