Keep Timecode through transcoding - how?

Folks, when I try to take my XDCAM footage and transcode it to H.264 or some other type of quicktime, I want the resulting file to keep the timecode from the source. How do I do this? Presently, when I open the resulting file in Quicktime the track starts at zero.

TOnyTOny is right, you should be able to see it QT Player so long as you're encoding to .mov.
There is even an option in QT Player's Preferences to set it globally - Show timecode when available. (That's not a feature that requires QT Pro, in case that's a concern.)
But what are you using to transcode? You should be dropping the original file (from your Capture Scratch folder) into Compressor, which maintains the timecode track.
But, since since many firms don't actually play these movies in QT player, I've always been told that it's necessary to burn-in timecode. I take it this firm doesn't require that?

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