Hello all,
Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV capturing
utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name the destination file, how
can I use these pieces of information after my footage has been packed into
its AVI container? Is it there after the capture, at all?

I'm asking this because by now I have mastered the capturing process and am
ready to move to the second step of the home video production, but would
like to know what to expect of this metadata? Your answers might even help
me to choose between different editors...

"Griffo Fooxburr" wrote in message
...
Hello all,
Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV capturing
utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name the destination file,
how
can I use these pieces of information after my footage has been packed
into
its AVI container? Is it there after the capture, at all?

Just for the record... My editor (Ulead VS8) names the captured .avi file
with a string based on the PC's clock at time of capture. The timecode in
the DV seems to get junked.

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

Griffo Fooxburr wrote:

Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV
capturing utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name
the destination file, how can I use these pieces of information
after my footage has been packed into its AVI container? Is
it there after the capture, at all?

See http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/
Video-Editors/Visual-DV-Time-Stamp.shtml

--
znark

"Griffo Fooxburr" wrote in message
...
Hello all,
Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV capturing
utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name the destination file,
how
can I use these pieces of information after my footage has been packed
into
its AVI container? Is it there after the capture, at all?

I'm asking this because by now I have mastered the capturing process and
am
ready to move to the second step of the home video production, but would
like to know what to expect of this metadata? Your answers might even help
me to choose between different editors...


I capture with Scenealyzer Live, which offers a naming option that includes
the date and time. I find this very useful, as it organizes clips
chronologically, and makes it easy to divide clips up by day.

What else do you want to do with this data?

On Thu, 5 May 2005 22:01:48 +0200, "Griffo Fooxburr"
wrote:

Hello all,
Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV capturing
utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name the destination file, how
can I use these pieces of information after my footage has been packed into
its AVI container? Is it there after the capture, at all?

I'm asking this because by now I have mastered the capturing process and am
ready to move to the second step of the home video production, but would
like to know what to expect of this metadata? Your answers might even help
me to choose between different editors...


When you capture DV the result should be an exact copy of the
original data wrapped in an AVI container. (There may be other things
there as well.)

This means that *all* the metadata is still there, not just date
and time but things like exposure info.

There are a number of free and nearly free utils that will show
this data. There is at least one that will take the date and time and
'brand' the video visibly with this, if that is the sort of thing you
want to do.

Regards,
Harry.


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Jukka Aho wrote:
Griffo Fooxburr wrote:

Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV
capturing utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name
the destination file, how can I use these pieces of information
after my footage has been packed into its AVI container? Is
it there after the capture, at all?

See http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/
Video-Editors/Visual-DV-Time-Stamp.shtml

Thank you, I think this is what I might eventually need!

PTravel wrote:
"Griffo Fooxburr" wrote in message
...
Hello all,
Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV
capturing utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name the
destination file, how can I use these pieces of information after my
footage has been packed into its AVI container? Is it there after
the capture, at all?

I'm asking this because by now I have mastered the capturing process
and am ready to move to the second step of the home video
production, but would like to know what to expect of this metadata?
Your answers might even help me to choose between different
editors...


I capture with Scenealyzer Live, which offers a naming option that
includes the date and time. I find this very useful, as it organizes
clips chronologically, and makes it easy to divide clips up by day.

What else do you want to do with this data?

I'm not quite certain yet, I would like to know what CAN be done, in the
first place...

Harry Broomhall wrote:
On Thu, 5 May 2005 22:01:48 +0200, "Griffo Fooxburr"
wrote:

Hello all,
Besides the fact that some (at least the ones I've tried) DV
capturing utilities use the timecode from a DV tape to name the
destination file, how can I use these pieces of information after my
footage has been packed into its AVI container? Is it there after
the capture, at all?

I'm asking this because by now I have mastered the capturing process
and am ready to move to the second step of the home video
production, but would like to know what to expect of this metadata?
Your answers might even help me to choose between different
editors...


When you capture DV the result should be an exact copy of the
original data wrapped in an AVI container. (There may be other things
there as well.)

This means that *all* the metadata is still there, not just date
and time but things like exposure info.

There are a number of free and nearly free utils that will show
this data. There is at least one that will take the date and time and
'brand' the video visibly with this, if that is the sort of thing you
want to do.

Thanks, Harry.
Yes, I suppose that superimposing would be something I would like to do.
Another poster in this newsgroup posted the link to one inexpensive
shareware programme called Visual DV Time Stamp. I haven't tried it yet, but
I think it is the direction to follow.

Actually, I think it could be very nice to have this timecode superimposed
on the beginning (first 5 or 10 seconds) of each chapter on finished DVD.