How to do timecode calculation?
Solution 1
framerate = 24
def timecode_to_frames(timecode):
return sum(f * int(t) for f,t in zip((3600*framerate, 60*framerate, framerate, 1), timecode.split(':')))
print timecode_to_frames('15:41:08:02') - timecode_to_frames('15:41:07:00')
# returns 26
def frames_to_timecode(frames):
return '{0:02d}:{1:02d}:{2:02d}:{3:02d}'.format(frames / (3600*framerate),
frames / (60*framerate) % 60,
frames / framerate % 60,
frames % framerate)
print frames_to_timecode(26)
# returns "00:00:01:02"
Solution 2
I'd just use gobal frame numbers for all computations, converting back to timecodes only for display
def tc_to_frame(hh, mm, ss, ff):
return ff + (ss + mm*60 + hh*3600) * frame_rate
def frame_to_tc(fn):
ff = fn % frame_rate
s = fn // frame_rate
return (s // 3600, s // 60 % 60, s % 60, ff)
for negative frame numbers I'd prepend a minus to the representation of the absolute value
Solution 3
If the timecode is SMPTE timecode, you may need to take into account drop frames. Drop-frame timecodes drop frame numbers 0 and 1 of the first second of every minute, except when the number of minutes is divisible by 10.
This page provides some history background with formulas to convert between timecodes and frame numbers.
Malu05
Updated on June 11, 2022Comments
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Malu05 about 2 years
I got a question regarding calculating time code delta.
I read metadata from a movie file containing a timecode formatedHH:MM:SS:FF
(
FF
= frame,00->23
for example. So its like00
toframerate-1
)So i get some data like
15:41:08:02
and from another refrence file i get15:41:07:00
Now I have to calculate the timeoffset (like timedelta but just with frames).
How would i go around doing this? -
Malu05 over 12 yearsThanks alot for all the quick answers everybody! Surprised how kind and fast people are here.
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yannick about 11 yearsFor drop-frame timecode, the timeoffset between 01:08:59:29 and 01:09:00:02 should be 1, shouldn't it?