On 1 March 2010 16:08, Robin Norwood <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Dries Desmet <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Since time and timecode is crucial in an editing application, the
> displaying
> > of it should be well treated.
> > So, HH:MM:SS:FF is crucial with FF displaying up to 25 frames for 25fps
> > projects and up to 30 for 30fps projects.
> >
> > Still the total numbers of frames of a clip or a sequence is also handy,
> > especially for animation projects. To save space, it is quite acceptable
> > that these timings are located in a single spot, that when clicked upon
> > changes display.
>
> Cool.
>
> If someone on the development team can let me know this is the way
> they want to go, I can come up with a patch to add a config option.
> My guess as to the list of options:
>
> T == Tenths of a second
> F == Frames after last second
> FF == Total frames
>
> o HH:MM:SS.T
> o HH:MM:SS:F
> o MM:SS:T
> o MM:SS:F
> o FF
>
> Any others? Is this the right solution?
>
> -RN
>
> --
> Robin Norwood
>
> "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone."
> -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching
>
My vote would go to having hours HH always there and keep evertying 2
digits, except for when only displaying frames. In that case, you will find
the minutes always in second position, impossible to get confused.
Basically there are only 2 modes: TC (timecode) and Frames.
Depending on the project you're working on, it should be displayed as:
hh:mm:ss:ff (exactly 2 digits for each field separated by colons).
Keep in mind there is a smpte specification for timecode with an official
notation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_time_code
Among other stuff, it specifies that semicolons should be used for
drop-frame timecode.
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