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Extract the frame (in image format) at exactly every minute (or second) from a video (by ffmpeg)

Motivation: I would like to seek the frame, then take high quality and exact time screenshots (images) from a video. The video is length is 00:48:43.71 and 23.98 fps (we can think it is 24 fps, isn't ...
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Setting timecode in Premiere Pro by using file creation date of clips

I have filmed a small rock concert with 4 cameras. One of the cameras was filming short sequences (about 3 mins Clips), then paused for a few minutes and than resumed. Now it is quite a lot of work ...
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Is there a container format in ffmpeg that supports non-monotonous timestamps?

I have recorded over-the-air digital TV broadcasts from my own antenna. Due to reception blips, the MPEG-TS file can have corrupted packets, and thus corrupted timestamps, in the middle of a ...
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Change Davinci Resolve Fusion timeline to 0

I have a long clip that I've cut down and now I am making changes in fusion. The timeline starts at the specific frame I cut it from (from my example, frames 984-1119). I Want the timeline to start at ...
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Copy timecode from SEI Picture Timing to MXF Timecode Stream with FFmpeg

I am receiving an HEVC encoded live stream that contains SMPTE 12-1 timecode in the SEI picture timing, as it is recommended in ITU-T Rec-H.265-202108 Annex D.3.3 Picture timing SEI message semantics....
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How to change Timeline's output time from "Frames" to "Timecode" (Premiere Pro)

I was editing a video for a friend when I accidentally changed my Timeline's timestamps from "Timecode" to Frames" It has been really frustrating to figure out what second of footage I am on when ...
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How can I remove the timer of the preview screen?

How can I remove timer from the lower center of the preview screen (circled in red) of adobe after effects?
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Force Final Cut to use embedded timecode in preference to file creation time?

I have a series of clips from a GoPro that have embedded timecodes -- the media start/end fields show up correctly in the Info inspector. However, when the files were copied between filesystems, the ...
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Decoding and Using VITC?

Can any one give me more explanation on VITC? I need to identify the VITC code presented in the VBI signal. How does it's format work? how does one extract it? How are VITC embedded in a video signal? ...
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ffmpeg: How to burn in the timecode from a stream's metadata

I have a timelapse video from a GoPro and want to overlay the time of the recording on the current frame. For instance, a frame taken at 9am might show 09:00. It seems like the drawtext filter is the ...
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Why is there no drop-frame rate for 23.976 fps?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it seems like the available tools for labeling frames with timecodes don't support maintaining the film-transferred-to-NTSC frame rate of 24000/1001. It seems you could ...
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FFmpeg - Is it possible to invert blackdetect filter's results to extract timecodes start/end of "segments" between blacks?

I'm researching to automate some process on rushes video files. The timeline is black > sequence > black > sequence... I would like to extract the timecodes start/end of each sequence and ...
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How to display EXIF date (timestamp) from images (timelapse) in AVISynth

I use this script to collect images CoronaSequence("X:\timelapse\IMG_*", textmode=3, expression="midstr(filename,21,4)") LanczosResize(1920, 1080) ConvertToYV12() and want to ...
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Export MOV timecode track as a text file with FFMPEG

I need to check a set of MOV files for broken timecode so I've been attempting to export the entire timecode track of an MOV file using FFMPEG. I've attempted this: ffmpeg -i [source] -map 0:d -c copy ...
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Why do we still have difference between Media Time and SMPTE Time Code?

I'm implementing a web application which works with video sources with SMPTE time codes printed on it. Often the SMPTE and media time differs, my understanding of the reason based on what I have read ...
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ffmpeg or ffplay time index not matching with VLC

I am trying to trim many smaller videos out of one big video. I have watched the entire big video using VLC and noted the time index where each video stops and starts. Next, I use ffmpeg to trim each ...
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Capture original timecode with ffmpeg from decklink

I am trying to capture tape content via a BlackMagic Decklink Quad 2, using ffmpeg. I believe the timecode is passed on through the Decklink because when capturing manually with MediaExpres the ...
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Extract timecode per frame

I have 2 video clips and their start time differs in a few seconds, as in the first camera started recording at 13:20:35, and the second camera started the recording at 13:21:00. These cameras have a ...
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Comparing FFprobe to Wave Agent Beta

Wav Agent outputs the following when I drag the same file in, so the data has to be in the file somewhere, and I just don't know how to look for it: WavAgent: StartTC: 13:09:21:18 Now, FFmpeg with ...
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Adobe premiere Pro: timecode not synchronize

I trying to add a timecode to my video but the timer is not synchronise with the video time Settings: Any idea ?
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Error decoding timecode using ffprobe

I'm using ffprobe to get timecode from an mxf which has DF timecode but with a non DF frame rate. I'm getting the error Drop frame is only allowed with 30000/1001 or 60000/1001 FPS. I'm running ...
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