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Edit start end time quicktime movie
13 Jul 2012 16:01 #11481
by Hummer
Edit start end time quicktime movie was created by Hummer
Good news, everybody. I did not find a solution of editing the start and end time of a (imported) quicktime movie.
I have some issues.
Two cameras. They were imported and encoded with the Canon EOS plugin, back in the day of FCP7. As a result, they have a creation date, that is not the recording date and time. Bad news, that is everything I have. Originals are gone. Like forever.
The start and end time of the files (in media browser of FCPX) are the actual hours and minutes of start recording button and end recording button.
But, fcpx treats them as a timecode. Not a problem, normally. But since the timecode is hours and minutes based on the 24 hour clock, things get messy here.
Timecode normally starts at zero, but zero is like 12am/25 hours. So verything gets messy here. Created date can't be relied either.
Now I have several options:
Lock the files in a dark place and forget about them.
Take a piece of paper and write down all file, dates etc. an add a news creation date and time based on my start time in fcpx.
Or find a tool and program that does all that.
Somehow the meta info of start and end "time" must be stored in the .mov file. It is shown in fcpx, but it is not editable.
MPEG Streamclip, QT Edit (Digital Rebellion), iTimize can't do it. Google is not very helpful either.
Now what...
I have some issues.
Two cameras. They were imported and encoded with the Canon EOS plugin, back in the day of FCP7. As a result, they have a creation date, that is not the recording date and time. Bad news, that is everything I have. Originals are gone. Like forever.
The start and end time of the files (in media browser of FCPX) are the actual hours and minutes of start recording button and end recording button.
But, fcpx treats them as a timecode. Not a problem, normally. But since the timecode is hours and minutes based on the 24 hour clock, things get messy here.
Timecode normally starts at zero, but zero is like 12am/25 hours. So verything gets messy here. Created date can't be relied either.
Now I have several options:
Lock the files in a dark place and forget about them.
Take a piece of paper and write down all file, dates etc. an add a news creation date and time based on my start time in fcpx.
Or find a tool and program that does all that.
Somehow the meta info of start and end "time" must be stored in the .mov file. It is shown in fcpx, but it is not editable.
MPEG Streamclip, QT Edit (Digital Rebellion), iTimize can't do it. Google is not very helpful either.
Now what...
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13 Jul 2012 18:42 #11483
by plysat
Can't sleep? Try this: fcpxpert.net ;-)
Replied by plysat on topic Re: Edit start end time quicktime movie
Can't sleep? Try this: fcpxpert.net ;-)
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13 Jul 2012 18:51 #11484
by Hummer
Replied by Hummer on topic Re: Edit start end time quicktime movie
Thanks, but doesn't help. :dry:
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13 Jul 2012 22:40 #11506
by Scrubelicious
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Maybe reexport with a new time code?
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