Configure timecode settings

  1. In the Encoding Options tabbed panel, select the Timecode option.

  2. Click the settings icon  next to the Timecode option.

  3. In the Timecode Settings dialog box, configure any of the following settings:

    Frame Interval
    Specifies the frame interval at which timecode is embedded into the video stream. The default is 15.

    Embed System Time as Timecode
    Embeds the system time as AMF data tags from the encoding computer. Use this option if you want embedded timecode but your capture device cannot generate it.

    The system date is embedded in the <sd> tag in the format dd-mm-yyyy (day-month-year). The system time is embedded in the <st> tag in the format hh:mm:ss:ms (hour:minute:second:millisecond). The hour is in 24-hour clock format.

    Device Timecode
    Embeds the timecode that is generated by the capture device in the stream. If the selected video device is not capable of generating timecode, this option is not available.
    Note: If the selected video device is not a FireWire device, you may need to provide a DLL file in the appropriate format for that device to embed a timecode. Install the DLL in the FMLEInstallDir\Timecode folder (typically C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Live Encoder 3\TimeCode).

    Vertical Line Number
    Specifies the vertical line from where the device timecode is extracted.

    Burn Device Timecode
    When selected, the external video device burns a timecode on the video image, and the timecode is visible in the Input and Output preview.
    Note: If the selected video device can generate timecode but cannot burn timecode on the video, the Burn Timecode option is unavailable.

    Position
    Specifies where the device timecode is burned, by row and column. If the encoding device does not support burning of timecode, this option is disabled.

    Timecode settings are stored in the XML profile. For information on XML profiles, see Saving encoding profiles. For more information on using timecode, see Working with timecode.