Thanks for the pointer, Bogdan.
It looks like the timecode track runs at a different rate than the video.
CatDVPro reports the following:
"Timecode format doesn't match framerate (25!=2398)"
I would guess the mismatched 25 fps timecode rate is an artifact of
QTChange being a European program that mostly cares about PAL.
It looks like Avid is handling the timecode track discrepancy
differently depending on whether it is an old-fashioned import, or AMA
link. I'm working in an HD 23.98 1080p project, BTW.
Now it's a total crapshoot which of the two timecode values will work in
an EDL!
Cheers,
--Michael
On 11-03-19 12:56 AM, Bogdan Grigoresco wrote:
> FWIW Michael, looks like the 2 values you're getting are connected to each other by a 24<>25fps conversion, i.e. 12:29:40:13 at 25fps equals 13:00:54:18 at 24fps.
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> Not sure why this is, nor what type of project you're in, but it's probably got something to do with the way QT change tags the files and Avid interprets them. Think BWF, where the actual start timecode of the file is number of frames since midnight, but obviously dependant on the counting base.
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> cheers,
> Bogdan Grigoresco
> www.finale.tv
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> --- On Sat, 3/19/11, Michael Brockington<mbrock321@minusblue.ca> wrote:
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> From: Michael Brockington<mbrock321@minusblue.ca>
> Subject: [Avid-L2] 5D/7D timecode import bug with AMA and QTChange combo
> To: "Avid-L2"<Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 9:13 AM
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