FCP 7.0.3 Timecode window burn

I cant seem to do a timecode window burn

In your project, make a new sequence (empty) sequence with the same settings as the finished sequence you want the timecode burn for.
Once you create the new sequence, return to your finished sequence. Remove any In or Out points. Now open the new, empty timeline you created. Drag the icon of your finished sequence from the FCP browser to the new (empty) timeline.
Your Finished sequence will appear in the new sequence as a nested track.
Now go to Effects Tab > Video Filters > Video > Timecode Reader.
Apply the Timecode Reader filter to the nested clip on your timeline.
If you want to make adjustments to the Timecode Reader filter, control-click on the nested clip and select Open from the drop-down menu. Once it is open in the viewer, click on the Filters tab to make adjustments. If you double click on the nested clip, it will open your original timeline.
MtD

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http://www.xmedit.com/
MAYBE...with that. FCP doesn't do it on it's own.
Why file names? TC is all you need. Make sure you burn ONE DVD per tape...name that DVD the tape name and then keeping track of footage will be easier.
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I have to export footage to a client that wants to give me a list of in and out points for shots.
I am not at FCP to experiment, but should I export all my clips to one qt movie at the TCE window burn effect or I read that you can nest your clips and add the effect/filter.
Either way, can you walk me through how to do it. I am using P2 media at 720p and have about an hour and a half of clips.
I have FCP3. Again, sorry for asking a beginning question, but I have only done this in adobe and not in FCP yet.

Then you did it incorrectly or FCP is not working correctly.
If you apply the TCG to the NESTED SEQUENCE, there is only one "clip". There is nothing to start and stop.
This is what I do.
Create new sequence in the Browser.
Double click on it to open it.
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x

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Hi,
One of the things I miss from Avid in fcpx is the nice big scalable timecode window. This is quite essential when you work in a team where more people need to be able to see the timecode. As far as I know the only solution in fcpx is to add the timecode plugin on your clips and scale that up.
I stumbled upon an Apple app called "Pixie" from the "Graphics Tools for Xcode" which is found on Apples developer site. This app can enlarge a part of your screen and display it in an always on top window.
Just start the app, go to settings and turn off "Enable Development Mode" to get rid of the overlays, scale your window to your size and choose zoom level.
By default it follows the mouse, so just aim at the timecode and lock the axis with CMD+X and CMD+Y. If it gets in the way, just select it and CMD+H to hide it. Or just move it...
The numbers is quite low res from the scaling, but it is probably better on a Retina.
Not a perfect solution, but a good tip I think!
I attached a picture of it in action.

http://www.xmedit.com/
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Is it not possible to paste values into the timecode window in FCPX?

I am doing a lot of manual time timecode entering - from someone wo has handed me a paper edit (in the form of an XL spreadsheet)
Has anyone had any success pasting a value into the timecode window? I can't seem to paste even itf I click it first and it turns blue. I can type it in, but I need to copy and paste values. There's a lot of them.
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Hey - thanks in advance for any help on this.
I use FCE version 1 on a G4 running OSX 2.9. The most commonly recommended Free timecode plugin doesn't seem to work in my version. I install it, but it's not visible in the bins where it's supposed to show up. I tried saving it as a unix and/or unicode and all that other gobbly gook that you're supposed to try if it doesn't install properly. Anyhow, none of that helped. I can only assume it's because of my earlier version of FCE or my OSX.
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Wow - I had no idea my question would be such a great source of joy for those of you who enjoy making yourselves feel better by putting other people down. I'm glad I could help.
For anyone else who is actually interested in helping and can refrain from insulting me, I'm still eagerly awaiting some friendly, HELPFUL, advice.
And for the rest of you, by the way - I am a professional and as professionals know, you don't have to rely on the latest and greatest technology to get great results (if you're any good, that is). I humbly called myself a struggling artist, but my resume would put you to shame, so please, no more childish remarks.
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Filename/source window burn ??

Hi all
Does anyone know a way to print/display or window burn (like the frame counter generator) the filename, that is, the name of the source clip on the video screen, for export aswel. Is there any plug-in available for this, because I couldn't find any way in final cut itself. As an alternative, a possibility to do the same in quicktime itself would help me a bit aswel.
Thanks for helping out.
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Mac OS X (10.4)

The plugin which was mentioned above at first only prints the reel name, and not the source filename. I don't see why this plugin couldn't be modified to print that instead.
To manually enter the filename is indeed an option, but as I got 26 episodes of animation to work on, which have each 200+ scenes (read 'files') it would be great to save up on al the work. The reason that I need this is because several people have to check and write comments on al the scenes for each episode, and to avoid that (incase someone mixes up the scene numbers or forgot to count, or when scenes drop and numbering isn't correct anymore) the production drowns in chaos, it is rather important.
But.. as we are working with TGA stills to start with, I'm about to test this program called 'quickbatch' or so. Perhaps I can burn the filename during compiling the quicktimemovies to edit with.
Anyone knows of some other quicktime application which might solve my problem ?
Thanks for helping out
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Change timecode window source in CC

Hi everyone,
I swear in CS6 I used to be able to switch the source that the dedicated timecode window was looking at using the little window menu toggle (ie. from program source to each video track). I can't for the life of me work out how to do this in Premiere CC now! Am I missing something really obvious? Currently when I open the Timecode window (Menu>Window>Timecode) it displays the timeline program timecode. I want to instead see the source timecode of the video sitting on a particular track instead. (Yes, I know I can drop a Timecode filter on it but for this purpose I'm trying to sync up lots of little clips so I'm already using the filter on my top layer - I just need to know what the bottom layer is reading).
Cheers

Thanks for the reply. I could have sworn I had the option to select it in a previous PrPro - and the only other Premiere I've used in recent years is CS6, so I assumed that was it. The odd thing is the help file makes mention of the option to switch the timecode source:
View timecode in the Timecode panel
You can view timecode in the Timecode panel. To view the Timecode panel, choose Window > Timecode.
You can view the following in the Timecode panel:
If you have the Source panel selected, the Timecode panel will display source timecode.
If you have the Timeline panel, or the Program panel selected, you can choose to display sequence timecode, or source timecode from the panel menu. You can choose which audio or video track’s timecode to display from the panel menu, as well.
From here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WS1c9bc5c2e465a58a91cf0b1038518aef7-7f81a .html#WSde116ea917a21f3e44c323e6136dbdfcd85-8000

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One of the things I miss in fcpx is a larger timecode window. This is a must when working in pair with a reporter. The small standard timecode display is just too small and too hard to read from a distance.
The new FxPlug 3 functions "allows developers to create custom interfaces for their plugins inside of Final Cut."
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Well...
The compression I gave you was h.264. A nice small web version that plays nice and looks good.
Not sure what compression at the size you were talking about would actually get you to 2 gigs.
I'd send him that... or ask for a more specific call on what he gets from the TV work. I suggest he open one of those files in QUICKTIME and hit COMMAND-I (EYE) to get the information. Have him post or send you a screen grab like this:
http://homepage.mac.com/captmench/InfoBox.png
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Also, could you clarify your last sentence.
*"Forgive my guessing but this deck looks like it really wants to work in 1080 and 720 is kind of there to step up from 8 bit DVCPro HD."*
I dont think that its a 23.98 issue and our source tape is not 23.98, even still if it was, it shouldn't effect the logged TC.... but I'll try it in the morning, could'nt hurt.
Update: A person over the phone at Apple "didn't" (did) say over the phone that upgrading to 5.1 (universal) would improve 720p capabilities.
So the next step will be giving more money to Apple for Universal and installing the new Kona drivers released yesterday.....and then let the testing fun begin again.
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Itunes for windows - burning issues - 4280 error

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Help,
Trying to burn an SD DVD disc in FCP X from the Share menu. I've set Orange Chapter Markers with Titles in my project from the timeline and these don't appear when I check the box to use chapter markers for Subtitles in the Destinations box to burn a DVD. I've set a photo in the main menu and it appears with the Title of my Project, but in the Chapter Menu it only shows the default list of Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. Shouldn't my Chapters show up on the list after I set them up on my timeline in the project? Also, I did burn a disc with my Chapters not showing up the chapter list and my disc only plays from the Main menu with the picture inserted. There's a slash line in the Chapter list button stating I can't use that option and I can't play chapters. Trying to get this project out the door before January 20, 2013. Can someone please help?
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FCP 7 "Share to blu-ray" burn issue.

This may not actually be a FCP issue, but possibly some of you here are experienced in the matter.
Firstly, my video is 1080/24p ProRes.
This is my first jump into Blu-ray, and I'm quickly learning the many work-arounds, but have run in to a problem.
Initially I tried exporting a QuickTime with "current settings", and dropping it in toast and encoding/burning.
Video looked pretty good, but it was choppy. Google tells me this seems to be a common issue with toast and 24p.
Most suggest encoding with Compressor and then burning with Toast.
Tried that, but I couldn't get it to just encode the files and that be all. It kept asking for a blu-ray disc and ejecting the drive, as if Compressor was going to burn it?
When I would choose "cancel burn", my only option, the whole batch would fail. After all that encoding time...
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I threw the h264 and aiff in Toast, chose "never re-encode", and it burnt fine.
Video looks great, no stuttering. But the AUDIO! It slows drifts out of sync...
Video is an hour long, and at about 20 minutes in, it's 1-2 seconds behind, and goes from there.
Why would that be?
Any experience with this?
I checked, and the ac3 that FCP made, and the aiff are the EXACT same length.
Any thoughts? Or any other work-around for keeping audio lossless?
Thanks!

Thanks for the reply, Johnny.
I wasn't saying AC3 s*u*c*k*s. And really.. Why is that word censored? I didn't do that.
I was saying it ***** that you ONLY have the option of AC3 with the "Share to blu-ray" feature.
And yea, I'm sure I would never know the differene, and especially not my grandparents with their home movies.
But it just seems d*u*m*b (can I say that?) to be going through all this trouble for a "lossless" lineage, ie. HD camera, FCP, Blu-ray burner/player, and have to compress the audio. Isn't that one of the main advantages of blu-ray?! Quality? Wether we can detect it or not?! Ha!. Okay..
I thought an easy workaround would be to export the audio to AIFF and drop it in.
No idea why it's drifting....but yes, in the end i may settle.
Though I'll feel cheated! Guess that's what I get for loving BOTH Apple and Blu-ray....
If anyone has other processes of getting good 24p to Blu-ray, please share!
Thanks again.

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