Hi Richard,

This is usually taken care of by a countdown clock. You've probably seen one dozens of times on TV when they didn't quite get their timing right.

Videos for broadcast or display at festivals etc should start with an audio reference tone, colour bars and then a countdown clock.

I usually start with an information page that details what is to follow, eg :-

1) This information page - 30 seconds
2) Colour bars and audio tone - 30 seconds
3) Black - 10 seconds
4) Countown clock - 60 seconds
5) Video entitled "My Latest Film" - 25m24s15f

It's not a good idea to put more than one item on a tape or disc.

This way the editor or projectionist can shuttle back and forth with confidence and fade in at the right moment.

Sorry if this sounds like teaching granny to suck eggs but others might find it useful.

Kind regards
Brian Hazelden

Hi Brian

I haven't explained that very well. We don't use tape any more this is purely for playback of avi and wmv files which don't have clocks etc. the reason for the countdown timer is so that we can communicate to the rest of the crew when the video is ending. Ie 10, 9, 8 etc. I don't know how useful this would be to the rest of your users.

Cheers Richard

Hi Luc

Yes, just remaining time would be good for conference playback applications. Something like "1:20:15" counting down. (Hours , Min, Sec) Although hopefully we don't need the hours indicator!

Cheers Richard

Hi Martin

That's great, thanks very much


Richard