[FFmpeg-user] Reading TimeCode Track using ffmpeg

[tarun singhal]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:23 PM, tarun singhal <tsinghal18 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Francois Visagie <
> francois.visagie at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: ffmpeg-user-bounces at ffmpeg.org [mailto:ffmpeg-user-
>> > bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of tarun singhal
>> > Sent: 13 June 2014 14:58
>> > To: FFmpeg user questions
>> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] Reading TimeCode Track using ffmpeg
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Phil Rhodes <
>> phil_rhodes at rocketmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > As far as I know, ffmpeg does not support the specification of in and
>> > > out points by frame count or timecode.
>> > >
>> > > You can convert your timecode to a fractional number of seconds which
>> > > is supported by the -ss options etc.
>> > >
>> > > Yes, this may suffer rounding errors which can cause your edits to be
>> > > out by a frame.
>> > >
>> > > Yes, it would be nice if ffmpeg supported timecode or at least frame
>> > > count (or if someone told us how to do it, if it does).
>> > >
>> > > P
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>> > Are you aware of any tool which can just extract information about this
>> > timecode (frame) liest at this timestamp. If I know that I can convert
>> > timecode into timestamp and use -t and -ss
>>
>> ExifTool (http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/) by Phil Harvey.
>> It
>> works for AVCHD, at least. Use the '-ee' option to extract embedded files
>> (frames in this case). It provides options for formatting output if you
>> need
>> that; alternatively you can post-process its standard output.
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> Thanks a lot I will check and update you
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Even EXIFTOOL doesnt gives me TIMECODE information of each frame.
Does that mean there is no tool available in market which can give me
timecode of each frame in the source video? If thats the case then I think
it will be a good idea to develop one