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KONA 3 Control Panel, Timecode Tab

Timecode Tab Screen Settings

Input

RP-188 Timecode —in RP-188 timecode (SMPTE 12M-2) there can be multiple timecode values in the data stream. Use this pull-down to select the one you wish to monitor. The selection will be displayed in the timecode value displayed to the right of the pull-down.

User Bits—for monitoring variable framerate timecode (for example, Varicam), you may wish to monitor the user bits embedded in the timecode. If you set this checkbox, KONA 3 will detect and interpret the user bits and display them next to the checkbox.

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Output

Use QuickTime Timecode—when checked, this directs KONA to output timecode from the QuickTime timecode track. When not checked, KONA uses the

Output Timecode Offset value plus the number of frames into the movie.

Note:

not all QuickTime applications use or support timecode tracks, so sometimes the QuickTime timecode is missing or not meaningful.

Output Timecode Offset (entry field and FPS pull-down)—this text entry field allows you to specify a timecode offset for use with Final Cut Pro (or any other value here as the “Output Timecode Offset” to ensure the timecode is synchronized.

Timecode Burn-in—this pulldown selects whether the timecode value is “burned-in” on video output from KONA 3. If set to

“OFF”, timecode will not be keyed over the video. If set to

“timecode”, then the timecode value will be keyed over the output video. This can be useful for synchronizing, choosing edit points, dailies, and many other purposes.

Note:

SMPTE RP 188/SMPTE 12M-2 defines a standard for the transmission of time code and control code in the ancillary data space of a digital television data stream. Time code information is transmitted in the ancillary data space as defined in

ANSI/SMPTE 291M. Multiple codes can be transmitted within a single digital video data stream. Other time information, such as real time clock, DTTR tape timer information, and other user-defined information, may also be carried in the ancillary time code packet instead of time code. The actual information transmitted through the interface is identified by the coding of a distributed binary bit. Equipment manufacturers can use the meta data for different purposes.