Time Code Won't Display

[Robbie Comeau]

Hey guys

I'm using Premiere 5.5 editing 5K RED footage.

I need to burn in timecode to send out for sound - but when I apply a timecode effect to a clip, there aren't any numbers or text displaying on the video. I've tried bringing up the opacity, and dragging the position, and I know this won't fix it, but I tried anyway and nothing seemed to happen.

Are there settings I'm missing to display timecode?

Is there an option in the export settings?

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Petros Kolyvas]

Are you running PrPro 5.5 on OS X Lion by any chance? There was a bug where the timecode plugin didn't render the overlay on Lion. It was fixed in the 5.5.2 update.

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Thanks - I fixed it. But now problem number two:

Once I export the movie, I view it in quicktime. I go frame by frame at the beginning of the 13 minute film, and the timecode that was burned in, matches the timecode in quicktime. I scrub thru the film, and the timecode gets out of sync.

It goes a couple frames ahead, and the more I get into the film, it starts to get 10-18 frames out of sync.

I'm exporting is low quality for my sound designer, exporting at 24fps.

In the effects for the time code, the settings are:

format: smpte
tc source: generate
time display: 24
offset: 0
label text: automatic.

Thanks,
Rob