where is this setting/feature

gmes29 wrote on 12/19/2014, 3:48 PM

i seem to remember there being a setting in older versions (maybe 13 too) where you could display a timestamp on the timeline that represented the point in the original unedited version of the video that that point on the timeline occurred. anybody know what this is? can't seem to find it.

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Chienworks wrote on 12/19/2014, 3:58 PM

Effects / SonyTimecode. You have to add it to the media file in the project properties window. If you add it to the event or the track you'll get running time from 0, rather than the original clip time.

gmes29 wrote on 12/19/2014, 4:10 PM

thx but i think we're talking about different things. my recollection was that there was an overlay with a timestamp placed on top of each event/video segment and i don't remember having to add an effect. at least i think it represented the point in the original video.

vkmast wrote on 12/19/2014, 4:15 PM

If you just want to insert a marker, press M.

gmes29 wrote on 12/19/2014, 4:21 PM

well, yes i know that. i honestly want to know the point in the original unedited video at which my edits were made. i may have to redo a project (using original video) and i'd rather know ahead of time where to make my edits instead of going through all the trouble of finding/deleting commercials all over again.

D7K wrote on 12/19/2014, 6:54 PM

I just tried the fix on the time code in project media works like a charm, you see the TC on the preview window.

Chienworks wrote on 12/19/2014, 7:57 PM

Do you have the original .vf project file still? If so, just curious why you don't start with that instead of starting from scratch. And if you don't have it, there's not much you can do to find out where your edits were.

gmes29 wrote on 12/19/2014, 8:20 PM

the video in the original project was corrupted as far as the audio not being in sync with the video. i rerecorded that same movie to get a good copy but now of course i have to start from scratch. at least with the original project the edits were already made so now i'd like to map the placement of those edits to the new video. i thought there was a way to display an overlay on the timeline itself that displayed the point in the original video that that point in the timeline takes place. it wouldn't be exact but it would be at least close.

Chienworks wrote on 12/19/2014, 9:14 PM

You should try replacing the corrupted file with the new copy. You might be able to do this by adding it as a take, but it would be simpler to merely put the new file where the old one was on your drive and give it the same name as the old one. Then when you open the project the new video will be there, using exactly the same edits since it will be in the project. All you'll have to do is adjust left or right to account for a possibly different starting point of the recording.

gmes29 wrote on 12/19/2014, 9:31 PM

that's a good idea. the only hesitation i would have is that the original project was done in v11 but now would like to do the new one in v13 and i've already experienced major problems porting v11 projects to v13. there's also the issue of the old file being an MP4 and the new one being AVCHD (M2TS).