14 Apr
2003
14 Apr
'03
12:09 p.m.
SMPTE/MTC has
a resolution of (typically) 1/30 second. it therefore
cannot be used for sample-accurate positioning. this will still ensure
that everything is in the same place, but it may not be exactly where
you want them to be.
This problem disappears when you forget about frames and start looking
at it just as an encoded form of time epressed in seconds. Depending
on the signal quality (no problem with today's hardware), you get an
accuracy of better than a microsecond.