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NHT  
#1 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 4:51:40 AM(UTC)
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I don't know if this is a massive ask or not.

Would it be possible for vMix to accept and use external time code in, maybe on an audio input?

I've been doing a 4 camera show where they want a live cut, 4 iso records and the camera cards, but these all need to be timecoded together.
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#2 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 7:15:33 AM(UTC)
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Yes this would be the ultimate for me . I frequently use MTC or SMPTE to sync video, graphics, dmx and artnet lights and backing tracks together for TV shows.
As someone mentioned,a work around with vmix is to have some smpte timecode as an audio file in vmix , trigger that with a video and send it out a separate audio bus to your lighting desk .

I would really love vmix to input outout SMPTE or MTC as well .
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#3 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 11:35:28 AM(UTC)
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A simpler solution would be having the record files that support TC jam sync to the PC's clock. Even for a single record having the time of day is useful.

Using a timecode audio file that is recorded on each file can work with Resolve and Avid that can use an analogue track as the TC source. This system can convert the analogue track to the TC track -

https://www.tentaclesync.com/
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#4 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 11:48:32 AM(UTC)
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Peter B wrote:
A simpler solution would be having the record files that support TC jam sync to the PC's clock. Even for a single record having the time of day is useful.

Using a timecode audio file that is recorded on each file can work with Resolve and Avid that can use an analogue track as the TC source. This system can convert the analogue track to the TC track -

https://www.tentaclesync.com/


I agree that TOD is useful, but for me it's the ability to take in external timecode so you can time single or multi record files to external equipment that would be really useful.
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#5 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 12:15:04 PM(UTC)
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Agree that a TC input would be most flexible.

Here's the app that would allow using an analogue input as
a TC source but you do need to make new files.

https://shop.tentaclesyn...ct/tentacle-sync-studio/
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#6 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 12:22:25 PM(UTC)
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Peter B wrote:
Agree that a TC input would be most flexible.

Here's the app that would allow using an analogue input as
a TC source but you do need to make new files.

https://shop.tentaclesyn...ct/tentacle-sync-studio/



So we just need Martin to reverse engineer this and link it to vMix internal clock ;)
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#7 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 6:18:59 PM(UTC)
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NHT wrote:
Peter B wrote:
Agree that a TC input would be most flexible.

Here's the app that would allow using an analogue input as
a TC source but you do need to make new files.

https://shop.tentaclesyn...ct/tentacle-sync-studio/



So we just need Martin to reverse engineer this and link it to vMix internal clock ;)


Using this app vMix's audio system carries the external timecode input, no changes required.
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#8 Posted : Sunday, May 6, 2018 6:24:48 PM(UTC)
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Peter B wrote:
NHT wrote:
Peter B wrote:
Agree that a TC input would be most flexible.

Here's the app that would allow using an analogue input as
a TC source but you do need to make new files.

https://shop.tentaclesyn...ct/tentacle-sync-studio/



So we just need Martin to reverse engineer this and link it to vMix internal clock ;)


Using this app vMix's audio system carries the external timecode input, no changes required.


Peter I'm slightly lost as to how this would work, could you explain it more?
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#9 Posted : Monday, May 7, 2018 9:15:51 PM(UTC)
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The Tentacle sync system has a time code generator on each camera plugged into its audio input. The generators are all synced. Each camera then produces files with indentical TC on the audio track. The problem is editors need the TC on the TC track, with some exceptions.

The Tentacle application makes new files with the audio TC duplicated to the file's TC track.

Such a system could work with vMix by sending audio TC into the audio system and recording it on the various recorders. Then the files need to go through the Sync Studio app and new files made. That could be a deal breaker for your application.

Some level of TCode support would be welcome with vMix as I always record an iso for backup and post fixups.
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#10 Posted : Tuesday, June 19, 2018 1:06:41 PM(UTC)
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I would also like to add my support for a timecode LTC input feature. I don't do anything super complicated, but I often need the ability to match a vMix recording back to the camera ISOs to make fixes or other edits.
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#11 Posted : Friday, July 5, 2019 6:57:24 AM(UTC)
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+1 to this. It's the solution to so many issues! better than some on phone video for video and audio syncing manually. If we could get Timecode vmix could automagically sync all the Audio and the video!!! this would be amazing! It would also mean the video files could be all synced up in Post!!! WIN WIN WIN WIN!!!
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#12 Posted : Friday, July 5, 2019 3:18:51 PM(UTC)
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NDI 4.0 should sync on all inputs including multi ISO recordings.
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#13 Posted : Monday, September 23, 2019 3:55:07 AM(UTC)
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even thou i find NDI usefull, i am fully committed to stick to SDI,
i would like to get timecode in as well as an audio input, then i can sync everything to the truck, where we use timecode as well,

a +1 from me...
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#14 Posted : Monday, September 23, 2019 5:04:59 AM(UTC)
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+1 . I use vmix with lighting and projection mapping software. To have it generate and receive timecode would be of great benefit
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#15 Posted : Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:17:01 PM(UTC)
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#16 Posted : Wednesday, December 25, 2019 9:52:03 AM(UTC)
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+1 for timecode
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