How to dump timecode from QuickTime metadata

[jamie parry]

hello
i got a friend to do this for me (i'm just a colourist....)
it is called aditc and it outputs the first value of the timecode track to stdout so you can use it in scripts.
i've used it in scripts to do "any old Quicktime">dnxhd (using ffmpeg)>avid mxf (using writeavidmxf) with timecodes intact. it was great for movies off little cameras.
I think metafuze (as of yesterday...) may make all this unnecessary but it was fun learning anyway and this my stuff is all native on mac os x (powerpc or intel)
correct use is
aditc /somefile/somewhere.mov
this will then put out the timecode to stdout eg
10:15:42:21

if it finds no timecode track it will add one with the start timecode 00:00:00:00 (I'm in PAL land here so its non drop frame) if anyone's interested i could do a 2997 drop frame version (or post the source code somewhere....
here is the powerpc version

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploade...1236463168.zip

the intel version will be next week when i'm back at work with a newer mac!
hope this helps someone
cheers
jamie

[Milivoj]

Jamie, coming back to this very old thread to see if there has been any news on the TC front, I just saw your mention of aditc last year. That sounds exactly like what I was looking for at the time, and I would again be very interested in such a solution.

The link you had posted is now dead, and it was for a PPC binary. Would it be possible to have an Intel binary, or the source?

I also wonder if this program gets the info from Quicktime libraries, or if it parses the .mov file itself. In the latter case, I guess it could easily be compiled for Linux and Windows.

[jamie parry]

http://homepage.mac.com/lindsayellis/aditc.html

love
j

[Milivoj]

Thanks a lot! It seems to work fine. What is the license on this?

[Bouke]

Little late, but nevertheless
mediaInfo.exe does the job, and more....

[Milivoj]

MediaInfo is fantastic, but I have never seen it display timecode. Or is there some other mediainfo.exe? I have these from sourceforge:

$ mediainfo --Version
MediaInfo Command line,
MediaInfoLib - v0.7.29BETA

and

MediaInfo.exe --Version
MediaInfo Command line,
MediaInfoLib - v0.7.33

But anyway, Jamie's aditc does it fine.

[jamie parry]

aditc is based on the apple quicktime libraries and built by xcode and the only license i think you need is....
creative license.
if you want to make something good with it go ahead! (just let me have it when you've done!)
and you must promise to spend quality time with those you love.

one thing though... if you save the quicktime with the position anywhere other than the start then use aditc on it THAT NEW POSITION TIMECODE is the timecode that gets reported.

however if you just aditc a quicktime that has been freshly made that is not an issue.

j

[Dave Rice]

Jamie, Thanks for aditc. It's been much more accurate at timecode reporting that mediainfo or ffmbc. Can you clarify what the license of aditc is? Is the source code available?
Dave

[jamie parry]

PM me
use of the binary is all cool. no problems as long as you are having fun!
source code?for building into your own app? let's talk....
j