On-Screen Video Counter

[foochuck]

I use Adobe Premiere Pro and I'm looking for a solution to create a custom on screen video counter - using minutes and seconds in this format 1:00 . I'd like to the actual time running as my video clip is playing. Is there a plug-in I can get to create this? If anyone knows of anything I can use, please share it.

Thanks!

[AlanHK]

If you can take Avisynth input:

ShowSMPTE(x=100,y=120)


See the help for details.

Note that after the seconds it shows frames, eg if you're using 25fps, it will count to 24 then 0 each second.

[foochuck]

I'm going to be exporting my timeline to an AVI file and then converting it to a flash FLV file for the final product. Will this still work?

[JohnnyMalaria]

I'm going to be exporting my timeline to an AVI file and then converting it to a flash FLV file for the final product. Will this still work?

If you are creating a Flash file, why not use ActionScript to generate the counter?

Have a look at http://www.enosoft.net/products/enodvdec/enodvdec.htm

There is a Flash object with a counter etc. In this case, there is just a single still image but you can do the same thing with a movie. (The ActionScript also uses your computer's clock to display the time and date).

The ActionScript is:

function updateTimecode() {
	timecode.text = "";
	var milliseconds = getTimer();
	var seconds = int(milliseconds / 1000);
	milliseconds = milliseconds - seconds * 1000;
	var minutes = int(seconds / 60);
	seconds = seconds - minutes * 60;
	var hours = int(minutes / 60);
	minutes = minutes - hours * 60;
	var frames = int(milliseconds / 33);
	if (hours < 10){
		timecode.text = timecode.text + "0";
	}
	timecode.text = timecode.text + String(hours) + ":";
	if (minutes < 10){
		timecode.text = timecode.text + "0";
	}
	timecode.text = timecode.text + String(minutes) + ":";
	if (seconds < 10){
		timecode.text = timecode.text + "0";
	}
	timecode.text = timecode.text + String(seconds) + ";";
	if (frames < 10){
		timecode.text = timecode.text + "0";
	}
	timecode.text = timecode.text + String(frames);
	updateAfterEvent();
}
function updateRectime() {
	rectime.text = "";
	recdate.text = "";
	now = new Date();
	var seconds = now.getSeconds();
	var minutes = now.getMinutes();
	var hours = now.getHours();
	var day = now.getDate();
	var month = now.getMonth() + 1;
	var year = now.getYear();
	if (hours < 10){
		rectime.text = rectime.text + "0";
	}
	rectime.text = rectime.text + String(hours) + ":";
	if (minutes < 10){
		rectime.text = rectime.text + "0";
	}
	rectime.text = rectime.text + String(minutes) + ":";
	if (seconds < 10){
		rectime.text = rectime.text + "0";
	}
	rectime.text = rectime.text + String(seconds);

	if (year < 110){
		recdate.text = recdate.text + "0";
	}
	recdate.text = recdate.text + String(year - 100) + "/";
	if (month < 10){
		recdate.text = recdate.text + "0";
	}
	recdate.text = recdate.text + String(month) + "/";
	if (day < 10){
		recdate.text = recdate.text + "0";
	}
	recdate.text = recdate.text + String(day);
	updateAfterEvent();
}

setInterval( updateTimecode, 33 ); 
setInterval( updateRectime, 1000 ); 
_root.createTextField(timecode, 1, 50, 50);
_root.createTextField(rectime, 1, 50, 50);
_root.createTextField(recdate, 1, 50, 50);
updateTimecode();
updateRectime();

[foochuck]

Good idea. I'm gonna test out this code. Thanks

[JohnnyMalaria]

Good idea. I'm gonna test out this code. Thanks

You'll probably need to change the event timing. I suspect ActionScript may be able to trigger events when a movie changes frame - but I'm not sure since I haven't tried it with a movie.