beretta Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 I need a lightweight program/app for OSX and PC that will play our .wav files with stamped timecode. Apparently quicktime pro shows timecode, but only for videos. Any one know of a piece of software to play TC encoded .WAVs? FCP does but that software is not easy to come by for free. I need it simply for reporter/producer types who want to listen to track and create simple EDL from audio file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Wave Agent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Pro Tools. Version 9 is native now, and being able to use timecode won't cost you an arm and a leg. All you have to do is spot the audio files into the session, and there you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McQueen Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 i don't have a recorder that does time code, but i know that if i open up an audio file in quicktime pro and click window>show movie properties i can then check on timecode and it will be displayed in the quicktime player window. but i'm using an fr2le recorder so i'm not sure what info that is. someone care to try it that has a timecode based recorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Wave Agent? Yup. Free too. BWAV Reader will show the TC start time. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 The only thing is you can't skip forward/back in the track, unless I am missing something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I haven't used quicktime pro in a while, so correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't it just show the frame rate, and not smpte timecode? That's what I use to double check the frame rate of picture I would get for sound editorial. i don't have a recorder that does time code, but i know that if i open up an audio file in quicktime pro and click window>show movie properties i can then check on timecode and it will be displayed in the quicktime player window. but i'm using an fr2le recorder so i'm not sure what info that is. someone care to try it that has a timecode based recorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McQueen Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 here's a screen cap i made showing the QT window, which is displaying a number that runs, but its not in an HHMMSSFF, its some other rate that i'm not familiar with. you can see behind the player is the movie properties where i've checked on the timecode track. dfisk, you might be thinking of the movie info box where it shows codec, length, frame rate, etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Yes, you are correct. I was thinking of the movie info box. Again, I haven't used QTPro in a few years, so I was just assuming...and only asses assume, right? So, if it displays some other rate that isn't the normal SMPTE rate, is it really useful? here's a screen cap i made showing the QT window, which is displaying a number that runs, but its not in an HHMMSSFF, its some other rate that i'm not familiar with. you can see behind the player is the movie properties where i've checked on the timecode track. dfisk, you might be thinking of the movie info box where it shows codec, length, frame rate, etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael McQueen Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 well thats why i posted this here, because my recorder doesn't do SMPTE timecode. so figuring the OP might be able to give this a whirl if they didn't know of this option in QTpro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 dave, those might be samples... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Sorry I missed this thread before. Sound Devices' Wave Agent will do this -- for free. Works on both Mac OSX and Windows. I think BWF-Widget is better overall player for logging, but it's Windows-only. --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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