TC Player


TC Player is a QuickTime movie player aimed at watching video clips with- or without a timecode track. It is also possible to manually add and delete timecode tracks to QuickTime movies in TC Player.


 

When Sebsky tools are launched, the loaded image in TC Player reflects the video standard/frame rate selected in the preferences. It is not necessary to change the video standard in the preferences to watch a QuickTime movie with a different frame rate.


 
 

When a movie is loaded, the FPS readout just above the slider indicates the loaded movies video frame rate. NOTE: If an audio-only movie is loaded, the frame rate display will read 00.00 regardless of the timecode tracks frame rate.
The Movie Name displays the movies file name. TC shows the current timecode and Source ID displays the timecode tracks source name. When the movie is loaded into FCP this will appear in the reel column.

Playing, stopping, rewinding and fast forward, along with stepping forward and backwards can be controlled either by the buttons under the display, or by keyboard commands.
The keyboard commands are:
 
Play l
Stop k
Reverse j
Step forward +
Step backward -
Go to Start shift - i
Go to End shift - o

Adding and deleting timecode tracks.

You can add a timecode track to a movie without one. Either choose menu item Add Timecode under menu Movie or click on the Add TC icon in the toolbar. A sheet descends where you can input the timecode in the usual format: 00:00:00:00. You can set a Source ID - optionally choose one of the last ten from the pop-up list. Finally, if you're using NTSC, you can choose Drop Frame or Non-Drop Frame timecode.

To delete a timecode track either choose menu item Delete Timecode under menu Movie or click the Delete TC icon in the toolbar. After a confirmation you're timecode track is gone.
 

Loading BWF files.

It is possible to load BWF files into TC Player and listen to the track. Note that the timecode is shown when the BWF file is loaded, but is not available when the track is playing.
To view the meta-data embedded in the BWF file, open the output log.
BWF files do not contain any information about the format the embedded timecode has. It is therefore necessary that you specify the video standard in the preferences. Note that it is not possible to display as NTSC Drop Frame timecode.