On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, David Bovill wrote:
> HyperCard seems to be able to do the conversion OK, here is an excerpt from
> the help file from 2.4 QuickTime Tools:
>
> The timeFormat property specifies the format by which all the time
> properties are set and displayed. The <time format> is either the string
> constant ³SystemTime² specifying a comma-delimited list of
> ³hours,minutes,seconds,ticks² or the string constant ³MovieTime² specifying
> an integer in the movie time scale.
>
> The default time format is ³SystemTime².
This is unrelated to the issue of frames and SMPTE, though the
HyperCard format, which is different from all the others, is yet
further evidence that there is no "standard" format for representing
time in movies. MetaCard only supports the equivalent of "movieTime",
but converting to system time is very simple math (as shown in my
earlier post).
Regards,
Scott
> See also: timeScale.
>
> Examples:
>
> set the timeFormat of window "My Home Movie" to "SystemTime"
> set the timeFormat of window "My Home Movie" to "MovieTime"
>
> > From: David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 18:06:55 +0000
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: QT frames to time code conversion
> >
> > I have a similar requirement, in that I have a couple of hundred video
> > clips, all time coded and marked with in/out points on a Media100 system. I
> > need to get these into MetaCard and would prefer not to have to go back and
> > redo, all the in/out points by hand...
> >
> >> From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 14:32:24 -0800
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: QT frames to time code conversion
> >>
> >> on 2/12/00 1:52 PM, Scott Raney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >>> I guess the next question to ask, is "Why do you think you need show
> >>> or accept frame information?"
> >>
> >> The frames aren't important to us - it's the time codes we're after.
> >>
> >> Any method to be able to reliably use standard SMTPE time codes would be
> >> acceptable (it's not just a SuperCard convention - see
> >> <http://www.etcconnect.com/html/service_smpte.html>).
> >>
> >> --
> >> Richard Gaskin
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