Which Media player reads timecode?

[sp_key]

Hi all,

a simple question: I need a player that plays mpg-2 files and reads their timecode as opposed to their duration.

Thx in advance!

[Krispy Kritter]

Most players, by default, show current position and the total duration. What is viewed is often configurable in most players.

[sp_key]

Krispy Kritter,

my fault for not being clear. I am not referring to duration and current position but SMPTE timecode. So far I have tried Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player 11 and vlc and none of them displays the timecode. If you know something I don't in regards with configuration or some other player that does display SMPTE timecode for MPG files please let me know.

thanks

[Baldrick]

I don't know any player with such support but maybe use avisynth, create and script and then play the avs with a media player like

video = DirectShowSource("video.mpg")
ShowSMPTE(video,video.framerate)

See http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/ShowFrameNumber

[sp_key]

Thanks Baldrick, will this solution show the actual SMPTE timecode embedded in the actual file or will it generate a new one starting from 00:00:00:00 for example? I need a solution that will display the actual timecode.

thanks again!

[Midzuki]

sp_key wrote:

I need a solution that will display the actual timecode.

http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/corefilters/showframes.htm says:

offset enables the user to add an offset to the timecode,
while offset_f enables the user to add an offset to the timecode
specifying the number of frames (offset takes precedence over offset_f).

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic338370.html#1762020

HTH.

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[Midzuki]

I have found this:

CaptionMaker Version History

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MPEG2 Video File, Read Embedded Time Code

Added the ability to scan MPEG2 video files for embedded time code info.
Added the ability to scan MPEG2 video files for embedded time code and
use this “actual” time code within CaptionMaker.

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blah
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{ http://www.cpcweb.com/download/captionmaker_version_history.htm }

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[SpectateSwamp]

It can randomly pick a video and then a random timecode and play for a few seconds..
It also allows you to start play at a given timecode; in slow motion or not and a replay if you like.

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/stonedan/slomo_demo.htm
This is a demo that shows you how. Download some test videos, the text control file and the player to a USB stick and a couple clicks and it is off and running.

Here is the screen reshoot of that demo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzULqlf8598