[FFmpeg-user] How can I burn-in the TRUE TIME timestamp OR SUBTITLES? from AVCHD/MTS video?

[BloodMan]

Hi Jesse,

W dniu 2025-04-04 o 20:11, Jesse Gordon pisze:
> Good Morning BloodMan and Everybody! (Not yet solved, getting closer!)
>> https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/35917/ffmpeg-how-to-burn-in-the-timecode-from-a-streams-metadata 
> Thank you for the tips! This is getting close, but in my case it always 
> just displays "00:00:00:00" because, according to ffprobe:
> TAG:timecode=00:00:00:00  For EVERY frame
> and
> [TIMECODE]
> value=00:00:00:00
> [/TIMECODE]
> Also, for EVERY frame... (Shame  shame Sony...)

Yup, fckd probably...
Hm, tip?

tip 1:
maybe... what with -copyts before and/or after -i ?
(single and multiple combinations)

btw. I know, this is probably not the solution, but if you don't check 
you won't know.


tip 2:
you can also... fix that - get start timecode via ffprobe and insert 
your OWN timecode - something like that:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65027118/ffmpeg-change-timecode-metadata-inside-video-file
(probably answer 2 is closer)

MAYBE inserting tc is done before rendering via filter
(not checked, small chances but just thinking)

Have fun :)


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