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timecode [2016/06/21 19:26]
slackermedia [When to Use Timecode]
timecode [2021/06/03 19:48] (current)
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 Timecode is available across both video and audio. Strictly speaking, you don't need to use SMPTE timecode if you are not working to video, but pragmatically it is probably available to you if you find it useful. Many DAWs display timecode just as happily as they display traditional hour-and-minutes counters or measures-and-beats. Timecode is available across both video and audio. Strictly speaking, you don't need to use SMPTE timecode if you are not working to video, but pragmatically it is probably available to you if you find it useful. Many DAWs display timecode just as happily as they display traditional hour-and-minutes counters or measures-and-beats.
  
-You can manually burn in timecode to video files using [[Kdenlive|https://​opensource.com/​life/​15/​12/​10-kdenlive-tools]],​ or even [[FFmpeg|ffmpeg]] (thanks to Github user [[reidransom|https://​gist.githubusercontent.com/​reidransom/​2630650/​raw/​63e4748b3cd903b916291658c14f97f81c6ae3e4/​gistfile1.sh]]):​+You can manually burn in timecode to video files using [[https://​opensource.com/​life/​15/​12/​10-kdenlive-tools|Kdenlive]], or even [[ffmpeg]] (thanks to Github user [[https://​gist.githubusercontent.com/​reidransom/​2630650/​raw/​63e4748b3cd903b916291658c14f97f81c6ae3e4/​gistfile1.sh|reidransom]]):
  
 <​code>​ <​code>​
-ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy -vf "​drawtext=fontfile=DroidSansMono.ttf:​ timecode='​01\:​00\:​00\:​00':​ r=23.976: x=(w-tw)/2: y=h-(2*lh): fontcolor=white:​ box=1: boxcolor=0x00000099"​ -threads 6 -y output.mp4+ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy 
 +-vf "​drawtext=fontfile=DroidSansMono.ttf:​ timecode='​01\:​00\:​00\:​00':​ r=24
 +x=(w-tw)/2: y=h-(2*lh): fontcolor=white:​ box=1: boxcolor=0x00000099" ​
 +-threads 6 -y output.mp4
 </​code>​ </​code>​