Need help syncing by timecode

jimingo-1 wrote on 2/24/2026, 10:56 AM

I'm filming an event with multiple cameras and I want to jam sync them with Tentacle Syncs. Most my cameras are Sony FX3s but I'm using a Panasonic S5ii as well. I should be able to sync the FX3s no problem but the S5ii can only bake the jam synced timecode into an audio channel. How do I sync the clips from the Panasonic with the timecode embedded in the audio channel?

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jimingo-1 wrote on 2/24/2026, 12:00 PM

So I did some testing and I can't even get the FX3s to sync up. I thought that would be simple but "Synchronize Media Timecode to Align Events" is grayed out. "Synchronize by date/time to Align Events" is also grayed out (not that I want to do that but it's odd that that's not an option). I tried using Vegasaur but it can't sync the timecode either, however it can sync by date/time.

How do I go about syncing by timecode in Vegas?

johnny-s wrote on 2/24/2026, 12:07 PM

@jimingo-1

I can't help with timecode syncing but a good fallback may be the very good recent addition by @GJeffrey util.

Audio sync tool. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/audio-sync-script--150611/

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jimingo-1 wrote on 2/24/2026, 1:13 PM

Thanks. I do have PluralEyes for audio sync - I was just looking for actual timecode sync to make things easier. The more I look into it, I don't think you can timecode sync in Vegas which totally blows my mind. Hopefullly I'm wrong.

NoKi wrote on 2/24/2026, 2:34 PM

Hi, for reading the audio LTC you'll need this tool.

https://tentaclesync.com/downloads/tentacle-timecode-tool-windows

It reads the LTC and writes the timecode to the file, so that Vegas is able to read it.For positioning the events according to their timecode please try the script below. This works if Vegas recognises the timecode in the Sony files properly.

I also wrote a script to use LTC from within Vegas. I'll post it if you like.

Nils

using System;
using ScriptPortal.Vegas;

public class EntryPoint
{
    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
    {
        Timecode minPosition = vegas.Project.Ruler.StartTime;
        
        foreach (Track theTrack in vegas.Project.Tracks)
        {
            foreach (TrackEvent ev in theTrack.Events)
            {
                //if (!ev.Selected) continue;

                Timecode position = ev.ActiveTake.Media.TimecodeIn + ev.ActiveTake.Offset - minPosition;
                ev.Start = position;

                if (ev.Group != null)
                {
                    foreach (TrackEvent groupevent in ev.Group)
                    {
                    groupevent.Start = position;
                    }
                }
            }
            foreach (TrackEvent ev in theTrack.Events)
            {
                //if (!ev.Selected) continue;

                Timecode position = ev.ActiveTake.Media.TimecodeIn + ev.ActiveTake.Offset - minPosition;
                ev.Start = position;

                if (ev.Group != null)
                {
                    foreach (TrackEvent groupevent in ev.Group)
                    {
                    groupevent.Start = position;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}