determining date/time for clips from dv files

dmz · Post by **dmz** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:02 pm

Greetings,
I capture my digital video to dv format. I was wondering how can I found out the date and time an individual clip was filmed? I know that data must be stored in the avi file somewhere.

Thanks

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:25 pm

Hi DMZ,

In the Preferences (File>Preferences or press F6 on your keyboard) dialog window, there is an option on the General Tab, at the very bottom. Display DV timecode on Preview Window. Check that box. Now it will display the timecode when being played back.

However note that your videocard must be VMR (Video Mixer Renderer) compatible for the timecode to display properly.

dmz · Post by **dmz** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:19 pm

Thanks heaps. That did the trick so i must have the right video card. Pity it only appears when clip is selected and not when project is selected. I assume it will not end up on the finished rendered product.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:53 pm

Your correct, it will not..

However the only time that having the date/time code displayed continuously is desired is by lawyers and judges in a court of law. The footage is being used as evidence to determine at a specific time the defendant was/was not...

However if you are wanting to do that there is a free utility, that burns that information into the video. DV Date.