Display Real world Clock time from datecode

S R wrote on 9/20/2006, 1:35 PM
From an HD tape recorded in multiple segments over the course of a day.

Would like to display / obtain the actual real world start time (clock time)
of each segment. An estimate within a minute or two is fine.

The real world date and time were entered into the camera (Sony HDR HC3).
Presumably this is recorded onto the HD tape as a time code / data code / date code.

How do I display this info with Vegas Movie Studio 6 Platinum?

(suggestion -- there should be a Video FX plug-in that does this,
so as the video plays, the changing clock is displayed)

I have the original *.M2T file, the rendered *.AVI file, and the *.VF production file.

Thank you.

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Chienworks wrote on 9/20/2006, 4:40 PM
The rendered file won't help because Vegas inserts it's own time/date code starting from 00:00:00 when you render. I don't know of the original .mt2 file has the time/date code or not, since i've never dealt with .mt2 files direct from the camera. However, if ot does, drop the file into the media pool (project media), then add the timecode effect to the clip in the media pool, not on the timeline. This effect will pick up the time/date code in the file itself. Then drag the clip to the timeline and you should see the clock display in the corner of the frame.
S R wrote on 9/25/2006, 5:21 PM
Thank you for the suggestion, however it did not work.

Used menu code "Video FX", selected "Sony TimeCode", applied to the *.M2T file.

There is no choice for Date & Time

Preset choices include
* SMTPE (several variations)
* Time
* Seconds
* Time & Frames
* Absolute Frames
* Feet and Frames
none of these displayed the original Date & Time

Whether displayed on Project Media via Preview, or on the timeline,
the display is in tape time, minutes & second since the start of the tape.

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the original Date & Time may be stored in the *.M2T file because

a) playing back HDV tapes on the HCR-HC3 shows the Date & Time,
so it is stored on the tape

b) in another message on this forum, re what is HD Video capture,
it was said that the *.M2T file is a bit for bit copy of the original HDV tape

Suggestion:
Someone (Sony?) should code a simple Video FX that displays Date & Time.

Thanx