How to add time codes (v2) to video?

[Selur]

Atm. I use:

• mkvmerge for mkv files
• mp4fpsmod for mp4 files

but I was wondering:
1. What tools could be used to create vfr avi, ts/m2ts, mov files ?
2. Can ffmpeg add (v2) time codes to a video stream ?
3. Are there alternatives to mkvmerge and mp4fpsmod to add time codes to mp4 and mkv files?

Cu Selur

[El Heggunte]

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1. What tools could be used to create vfr avi, ts/m2ts, mov files ?

for pseudo-VFR .avi files:

tc2cfr v1.5 by tritical - Help File -- August 02, 2006
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INFO:

This program turns an avi file (with each frame present once)
into a new avi file with null frames with the specified framerate
and a v1 or v2 timecode file specifying the display length for
each individual frame.


SYNTAX/EXAMPLES:

tc2cfr out_fps input_avi_file timecode_file_or_fps output_avi_file

tc2cfr 119.880120 c:\video.avi c:\timecodes.txt c:\video-120.avi

tc2cfr 120000/1001 c:\video.avi c:\timecodes.txt c:\video-120.avi

tc2cfr 120000/1001 c:\video.avi 24000/1001 c:\video-120.avi

tc2cfr 119.880120 c:\video.avi 23.976024 c:\video-120.avi


PARAMETERS:

out_fps -

The framerate of the destination (output) avi file. The
fps is specified as a double precision floating point number or
as a fraction in numerator/denominator format. When using a
fraction input the exact numbers specified for numerator and
denominator will be used for the dwRate and dwScale fields of
the output avi file.

As for .mov files: I have no idea

Regarding transport streams... since they don't have a global header, I'm afraid the only workaround is to concatenate the segments with different framerates and pray that the resulting file doesn't go out-of-sync

[El Heggunte]

Regarding transport streams... since they don't have a global header, I'm afraid the only workaround is to concatenate the segments with different framerates and pray that the resulting file doesn't go out-of-sync

P.S.: you could also create a VFR mp4 file, apply GPAC's mp42ts and see if it works

[Selur]

Thanks. I'll look at tc2cfr and mp42ts.
So if anyone knows additional tools for these tasks please let me know.

Cu Selur