[LAU] SMPTE timecode?

[Rick Green]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Paul Davis wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Rick Green <rtg at aapsc.com> wrote:
>> I'll be soing a field recording next week for a DVD music production.  Is
>> it possible to record an SMPTE timecode on a spare track?  I've found some
>> references on the web to something called LTC, which apparently is SMPTE
>> encoded thru an audio codec.
>>  Is there any support in Ardour that would use this information to make
>> post-production easier?
>
> Ardour understands only timecode as MTC (MIDI Timecode) : same data,
> different format.
>
  After I sent my request, I continued to search, and eventually found the 
old Ardour manual, which has a chapter on MTC.  I'll see if the 
videographers have the capability of feeding me a MIDI stream with MTC. 
That will be much more useful in post, since Ardour will follow MMC.

-- 
Rick Green

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