Date and Time Codes: How to access them in VV3

wcoxe1 wrote on 10/10/2002, 10:43 AM

Any properly set up DV camcorder records the exact date and time that a shot is made. I have been trying to access this information from inside VV3, researching here and there, looking in Help, etc.

I can find NO way to get this information without going outside the computer, back to the camcorder.

Please, tell me I am missing something. How do YOU find the date and time information when you need to use it INSIDE VV3?

Comments

jetdv wrote on 10/10/2002, 11:04 AM

Right now, I believe the answer is: You don't. I also have found no way to get this information from within Vegas. I would like to see the "timecode effect" modified so that it can show the original time-code and original date/time, as well as what it currently shows.

EW wrote on 10/10/2002, 11:14 AM

If you capture the DV footage thru vidcap, you will find the information for each clip. It is visible when you switch to the details view.

wcoxe1 wrote on 10/10/2002, 6:48 PM

I use Vegas' Video Capture. When in VV I switched to the Edit Details, but don't see anything about the actual day and time of the shot. Just other details. And, even at that, if it is not a very elegant way to get the information. Why not IN the clip. Or a Roll over with the information in one of the blank areas at the top or bottom of the screen. Or, both? The information is obviously there, but not easily accessable.