Just to be clear are you saying
1. The AVI file format does not support DateTime?
2. AVI files support DateTime but SoFo's capture utility doesn't capture it?
or
3. DateTime information is supported and captured but VF application doesn't support accessing it?

I want to archive my family videos but obviously don't want to lose data. Even if I can't get at it right now if I know it is there (in the AVI files that is) I can be reuse my tapes. If not, then I have more manual work to do.

Roscoe;

My understanding, as salad stated, is that the VF capture utility does not make the original timecode available within VF, and when one does a PTT, a "new," "current" timecode is imprinted to tape. But to attempt to answer your questions,:

1) AVI format DOES support date/time
2) Don't know if the VF capture utility "captures" it or not (The Vegas Video capture utility DOES support it and it is available.
3) I don't know about VF - my guess is that it is captured, but the capability to access it is disabled in VF, but origianl DateTimecode info is supported and captured in the VV capture utility

I am going through the same thing as you (archiving family videos), and have been using the VV capture utility to log all of my videos - It has been working great

You may want to have a look at this older VV thread regarding logging of raw footage:

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=104702

frenchy

Thanks Frenchy!
I may have misunderstood Roscoe's goal.

The date and time information is definitely in the AVI file. You can prove this by capturing a few seconds of video from your camera onto your computer. Then, cut a few seconds from the beginning and/or ending of the video, render it, and then print it back to your camera. Push the button on your camera that enables display of the date and time information and, voila, there it is.

The problem is that VideoFactory does not have a feature that lets you turn that date/time information into a video overlay that can be displayed on the frame. This would be a great feature. In addition, I'd like to extend that feature to allow my to display an offset to the actual time of day so I could display a stopwatch, counting from zero, to time sporting events.

Upgrade to Vegas! :)

Jim

THAT'S what I thought Roscoe wanted to do......display the captured timecode in the timeline as an overlay. For that, I guess one would have to record the video with such a time/date being enabled on the cam & visible in the cams viewfinder.

I'm thinking John has Vegas. Have you played with that "Timecode" plugin John?