Free software to watch .MTS files with timecode

[BrandonT]

I'm in preproduction for a project that will be in a language that I don't speak (Mandarin Chinese). It will be interview format. I'll be working closely with someone on it who is a native speaker. I plan to give her all of the footage and then let her give me the timecode for good clips and tell me the order they should be in. I just checked M Player X (my preferred for playing native files outside of an editing suite) and VLC, and neither seem to give timecode, just individual clip time. So is there anything free or inexpensive ($10 or so) that will work? I could always get her to just get the 30 day trial of Premiere, but it would be easier for her if we could do it this way. Thanks!

 

[bengiles]

If you don't have masses of material, you could always run it through your NLE (assuming you're using Prem Pro), add a Burnt in Timecode filter and export to whatever codec you want to give her. It also allows you to cut down/top and tail some of the material prior to handing it over. I do this when creating clips for transcription.

Ben.

 

[BrandonT]

Ah, that's a great idea, Ben! I got stuck on one solution and missed the easier one. Thanks!