Need Time and Date Stamp on Video..

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:09 pm

..but cannot find option that will allow me to do this. ???
Video Studio 10 trial version downloading straight from the DV camcorder. Any help would be appreciated..

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:21 pm

Welcome to the forums,

Go to Preferences by Pressing F6 on your keyboard or File menu>Preferences, then at the very bottom of the General tab, place a check in the box beside Display DV Timecode on Preview Window. This will allow you to see the timecode while previewing in clip mode only. If you preview in Project mode it is not visible, and it is not rendered in your video files.

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:46 am

Thanks Vidoman, but it's not the timecode of the tape I need, but the actual time of day and date stamp in the corner that I need to display on the finished product...?

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:52 am

To be clearer; this is an inspection video. When we film we turn on the time and date option to show on the video when we were there. We're trying to switch to non-linear and this is the second software that we've tried that I cannot find a way to display that information. I have to have it visible throught the finished DVD; the end product.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:21 am

That's what the DV Timecode is. I just dropped a DV clip into the timeline of VS and pressed play in clip mode. In the corner the Date, and Time that I shot the video were displayed.

How about trying DV Date. It will allow you to burn this information into the DV (avi) file, which will be maintained onto disk.

inlay (or should I say burn) datecode or timecode into the frames of a DV file: it is useful to display the date and time of capture on the screen, like the analog camcorders used to do. This function is highly personalizable, with nice features (change font, position, schedule to display ay each scene change, display the datecode on two lines, adjust the alignment...

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 1:52 am

OK, think I've got it. It won't show when I'm capturing which was throwing me for a loop, but I have it when I playback. I should be able to see it when I burn this to a DVD right?

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:19 am

Using just the DV time code in VS? No. With DV Date program that the above link goes to? Yes..

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:20 am

OK, more issues. Once I start cutting the file, the time stamp dissapears. When I burn to a DVD the time stamp is not there.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:24 am

lostuw wrote:OK, more issues. Once I start cutting the file, the time stamp dissapears. When I burn to a DVD the time stamp is not there.

Which are you using, the one found in the Preferences of VS or the DV Date Program?

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:27 am

Actually I don't have to even edit to have the time/date dissapear, just using the pointer to click on a different part of the timeline does it. This seems very strange...

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:35 am

Preferences..would like to avoid using two programs if possible.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:35 am

lostuw wrote:OK, think I've got it. It won't show when I'm capturing which was throwing me for a loop, but I have it when I playback. I should be able to see it when I burn this to a DVD right?

The new Ulead MovieFactory 6 Plus will allow you to generate a subtitle stream using the date/time stamp of the dv recording.

But if you want it burned into the video, then as suggested, using dvdate can do that for you...

Regards,
George

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:40 am

lostuw wrote:Actually I don't have to even edit to have the time/date dissapear, just using the pointer to click on a different part of the timeline does it. This seems very strange...

Right the option in VS just allows you to see the date/time stamp only while previewing in clip mode. It does not burn it into the video, and can not be seen while previewing in Project mode.

lostuw · Post by **lostuw** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:51 am

So best option at this point is to use VS to edit and add narration, then use DV date to burn in the time/date code, then burn to disk using VS. Sound right?

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:55 pm

lostuw wrote:So best option at this point is to use VS to edit and add narration, then use DV date to burn in the time/date code, then burn to disk using VS. Sound right?

This assumes you will output a DV file from the VS Timeline (not another format such as mpeg2, WMV, or other...).

Regards,
George