TIMECODE CALCULATOR
The TIMECODE CALCULATOR by Netmedia Software has GREATLY improved. So much that I now can recommend it to many people. Mainly because finally it will properly convert a 23.98 NDF timeline timing into drop frame. Before this, I had to rely on the method I laid out in this blog post. And while I have had this little application for a while, but it never did a proper conversion..until now.
The calculator includes a conversion for 23.98 DF. Now, while that format doesn't really exist (no tapes can record 23.98 DF), what that setting does is convert the NDF timing to a proper DF timing. I have done lots of tests and every time it came up right. If you make the mistake, like I did, of going from 23.98 NDF to 29.97 DF, then the timing will be WAY off. Because the calculator does a frame-for-frame conversion. 45 seconds at 23.98 came up 35 seconds 29.97. Odd. BUT, they make up for that by having a format that doesn't exist, except for timing...23.98 DF.
Wondering if these timecode calculators for the iPhone can offer the same thing...
9 comments:
You know Shane, the fact that I've never need a timecode calcultor since I started working on a NLE makes me wonder what joys I am missing!
PAL, not just a pretty picture :-)
Andy
Never needed to add up separate acts and breaks of black?
time:calc will let you select 59.94 drop frame. but it's not the easiest to use since you have to hit : for entry. All three of those I mention are decent but not great. We need one for the iPhone that is GREAT!
broken link...extra h
Fixed
My iPhone frame/footage/timecode calculator, EditCalc, just became available on the iTunes App Store. It features simultaneous display of frames, footage and timecode, and a history of previous calculations that you can recall with a touch. All for 99 cents. Check out http://sites.google.com/site/editcalc for more info or search iTunes for EditCalc.
Thanks Brad. I'll have to check it out.
Shane, I'm a little confused. Do you mean: to get a proper conversion with this timecode calculator is to go from 23.98 NDF to "23.98 DF"?
Now I'm being confusing. What I meant to say was:
To get a proper 23.98 NDF to DF conversion with this timecode calculator you should convert 23.98 NDF to "23.98 DF"?
And that will give an accurate length of your show, for instance?
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