UNLOCK Timecode in any SONY MIRRORLESS
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- What is TIMECODE? How do you use timecode in a SONY A7SII? Understanding how timecode works is crucial to landing bigger jobs.
Basically, if you can master timecode, you can get a lot more work in the professional field.
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A few reminders, TIMECODE is not a replacement for a proper slate, often we will use both in commercial / network tv work. You also want to match up your frame rate across all your devices and be specific, 24fps is not the same as 23.976 or 23.98.
For more info on Timecode and how to use it, heres a handy website with more than enough info to keep you rolling,
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Please make a video showing the process of using time code in editing and syncing everything. Tips and tricks please!
i second this
agreed.
Yesss
Please make it ☺️
NOTE FOR NEW VIEWERS... THIS IS THE ONLY VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING WITHOUT BS'ING AROUND FOR 9 MINUTES OF TALK AND SPONSER STUFF, HE ACTUALLY GETS TO THE POINT WITH NO SILLY ACTS... ok moving forward. It's 6-18-2024 12:45 AM... This 6 year video literally raised my worth by 89% because NOW I can say "Yes I have TC/UB ready to roll just need call time" or when I'm marketing, "I have xxx...xxx.......TC/UB". I actually KNOW the stuff now and can work with teams. Thank you bro. Please make a backup of this video in case yt deletes it for no reason because it helps new video peeps like me.
Thanks for this advice!
I watched a couple of your videos and it's the most valuable channel for Sony's cameras users!!! No bullshitsu included!!!
Can't wait for more.
Awesome thanks man!
Great video... quick industry gripe. Camera makers keep selling us yesterdays stuff. 18 years ago I setup a lab test that needed highly accurate time. We built a timeserver that used time from GPS satellites. I haven't heard of it being done for cameras, but cameras could easily do this. Especially those that have a GPS receiver... Otherwise an external GPS chipset could be connected. And only real argument against a GPS chipset is maybe power consumption. They're like the size of end of your pinkie finger now, heck you get watches with GPS now. Then you can sync to atomic clocks in satellites all based off GMT. All equipment with a receiver that costs pennies, maybe dollars at most. No need to sync up otherwise with cables and a bunch of BS. I think most of us are ready for this. When is Sony, Panasonic, Canon, etc going to do it?
For my first wedding I must have spent 7 hours piecing together lav mic audio, camera clips etc. I just tried what you taught me and FCPX was able to snap it all into place. So much time saved. Thank you so much!
Awesome! Glad it helped!
try out Plural Eyes. so you don't have to do all that work! keep shooting!
@@renesanchez53 Timecode route is cheaper (free actually), oui?
Just realized this it's amazing superpowers for tag team wedding videographers! Easily sync up footage and post!!
It's true. Very helpful for that.
Have you tested this yourself on a full-day, professional shoot? I can't imagine this method would be at all precise. Even if you *could* somehow reset the TC of all your cameras at the same time (most likely impossible, too much room for human error, especially if you are doing it with another person or several), the clocks in these mirrorless cameras like the GH5 or A7SII/III are just too imprecise - they WILL drift, even two cameras of the same model. They are not TCXO clocks, most likely just a simple digital clock to give you a general idea of time of day for your photo metadata. Even if the cameras were to stay relatively in-sync (or off-sync, but in the same fashion), they certainly would not be able to sync up with a proper audio field mixer and timecode generators attached to other cameras, meaning the whole point of "being able to take bigger jobs because you have timecode* is moot.
The only way to get proper TC into one of these mirrorless cameras without a dedicated TC input (GH5S included, the TC jam in that is only momentarily, before immediately going back into the unreliable digital clock) is with continuous Audio-TC coming from something like a Tentacle Sync or Ambient Lockit, like you mentioned at the end, that has already been jammed with a master clock, like from a sound mixer for example.
I just hope no one sees this and thinks they can actually start advertising that their camera has timecode to potential clients, because no serious sound mixer would take them seriously. If you don't have a Tentacle or Lockit, just get a decent camera-mounted shotgun and sync with waveforms.
I agree.
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.
This video is just about hype and getting likes.
I think I'll just stick to watching Curtis Judd youtube videos. Whereas, this guy probably doesn't even know the difference between timecode & genlock.
@@woox200sx Curtis is awesome. I know him personally, and he is just as kind, intelligent, and adept at teaching in person as he is in his videos. His videos and courses were a huge benefit to me when I was starting out as a sound mixer and recordist.
JUST. GET. THE. Tentacle Sync. I tried for so long to get external audio to sync. Now it's so easy and reliable with Zoom F6 and sony a1. I used to use plural eyes and it was complete crap.
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Nice trick, for FIncal CUt PRo users; keep in mind Sony cameras record video in MP4 which doesn`t wrap metadata, so no timecode embedded, so Final Cut Pro X wont take that timecode unless you import it straight from the SD to the FCPX project (FCPX then would wrapd the MP$+TC in a .MOV)
good afternoon, please tell me (Sony a7 IV Mirrorless Camera) there is timecode?thanks in advance,
Yes, Is It.
Can't find Middle finger Icon anywhere....I hit Subscribed...lol!
You should make a video on timecode sync blooper on set 🤣🤣
For some reason jamming the timecode is always an issue... I mean not always but so frequent that usually the sound guy end up saying “it’s ok I guess we will just have to make sure we slate” 🤣
AWESOME! I had no idea! Thanks for sharing, I just found your channel and you got a new subscriber! You content is amazing. 😎
Yeah man! Super interested in Timecode! I’d absolutely watch any videos that have to do with it!
($500-600 gadget, how to compile clips and stack by timecode, etc!).
This is so cool. Totally new to me, and super useful! Multi cam excites me, and syncing them up with timecode excited me more, because it seems like I’d be able to edit the entire event much more easily. Woo!
Thank you for the information. good luck, i'm following
3:11 BAHAHAHA reason I subbed a long time ago
For those who it doesn't quite work for- Most important thing is to set that UB Preset the same, then hit the button at the same time on all cameras to have them in sync. HItting enter is what syncs them. You're welcome.
your camera displays timecode on the screen, my a6700 doesnt. Was that something you had to turn on manually?
You're the man bro i really appreciate your content, and humour ha.
thanks steve!
So the clock battery, how long does that last? or does that get charged off of the main battery and stays on when changing batteries?
TL;DR - do i need to turn off time code when my camera is chillin in the closet for a week until the next shoot?
I think it's charged off battery.
@@MAKEARTNOWCHANNEL Amazing, thanks for the quick reply! Stay up!
Can you make the UltraSync blue work with the Sony's?
Dude! Your channel is awesome. You deserve to have million subs, men! Love your charisma :)
Thanks for the vid but the timecode seems to get lost after importing to Lightroom and then into FCPX. It seems the Sony files structure has to be maintained exactly, in order to preserve timecode. Where is TC actually stored and how to include it into my normal import workflow?
The metadata is lost if you import the mp4 and XML files only. Aparantly you have to import direct into fcpx from the card. This is a pain as you are then stuck with useless named files just numbers...
How I can use Timecode to sync three Sony A7S III cameras? I also will be using Zoom H6?
NOT for ANY Sony mirrorless..do your homework better..huh
I get it now. Peter Mcwhoever copies you....
Another way around it is convert 2 time stamp video
Great stuff brother. Your videos are great, and I'm learning a shitload
Thanks man!!
Its not all sony mirrorless cameras.
The a5x00 and a6x00 dont have it
Thanks for letting me know that timecode is important. Unfortunately, you spent more time in this video scrunching your eyebrows and trying to sound or look cool then you spent actually explaining very much at all. You just whipped through all the names for things jumped into a couple of menu settings and pretended like you were actually explaining anything to us at all. I could tell by your second fake forehead scrunch that this whole video was going to be a waste of time. However, I went ahead and watched most of it anyway just proved to myself that I was right.
Bro, why the hate...
I've seen 9,048 videos like this teaching me shit about cameras/ filmmaking but this is the channel I subbed because I just enjoy how you come across - expressive, silly but without ego or too 'teachery' just authentic misfit and super knowledgeable & to the point. You were made for this bro : ]
🤦♂ I don't wanna be teaching people about timecode😭
...🧐 Right let's get the fuck outta this menu
My a7 is mirrorless and I can't find this feature
Can I sync a camera with sound recorder like Zoom f6, it's with internal timecode but how to sync them??
use tentacle sync. i have dual kit and sync f6 with one unit then connect 2nd tentacle sync unit to Sony a1. That just feeds time code to mic jack. Then just sync in provided tentacle sync software and open up synced audio/video in final cut x or whatever you use to edit.
Why is my time code disabled inside of my Sony a7R3? I only have one option to choose from and that’s from counter to TC. All the others settings are disabled
would be easier if you could sync the cameras with real time through your phone that way you wouldnt need to press record at the same time. Just hit record whenever and everything would be in sync with 1/100 -1/1000 of second accuracy. I dont know if that is possible with the current software though
How do I turn this off :’) it’s annoying and I don’t need it…
Hhhhh I like the last part of the video, if you found this useful don't subscribe :D
Awesome..
Thanks for freaking educating me !! SUBSCRIBED
Like your videos and style. I think UA-cam algorithm “punishes” your swearing. You should definitely have more viewers coz the quality of your videos so maybe try to avoid fu** word and similar. Sorry just my 2 cents
Is there a setting so the camera does not continually display TC on the screen?
Have you tried the up button on the directional pad? That should filter out what's on screen display
Tentacle Sync booom!!
Any way to get the HDMI time code from an a6400 into a 3.5mm?
Yo Josh. Nice use of natural light! I can see a very familiar face featured prominently on your door. And I think he would abide.
The dude abides.
Fx3 time code settings bro
This option is non existence on a6000. :/
For some reason, the TC Preset function is disabled on my Sony A7ii. Does anyone know why that is? Thanks!
I love your personality and charisma, this channel is one of my favorite channels on UA-cam. You are my mentor, I think am gonna hang your and geraldundone photo at my living room. Godspeed
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What mobile "run and gun" audio recorder would you recommend with time code. Currently have the zoom F1 but it doesn't have a time code function (is there maybe a trick around that, like resetting the date and time on both devices?). Curious to your thoughts!
Did a set up like yours. When I use the footage and wanna make slow motion out of it it looks terrible, robocalls dance style, what the hell did I wrong here ;-)
The Dude abides... I'm subscribing because of that!!!
There's no damn middle finger emoji!!! I guess I'll just have to like this video.
Does the A7III have timecode input from generators such as the tentacle sync?
Just curious if you ever ended up making the Micro Lock-it Box timecode video. If you did a link to it would be amazing! Thanks!
Thanks man! Followed up on your previous video about the settings. No middle finger here haha. Smashed the like button 3 times :p
thanks. also tell us how to import to adobe premier pro cc and create multi cam sequence. when i did same procedure as said, and tried to creat a multicam sequence, it just failed to sync
Is timecode actually that useful/accurate without a timecode port?
Josh Yeo, youve been mentoring me for the last 2 weeks with your content. I really like the theory and content you produce. Im an amateur videographer and Im just fucking absorbing your knowledge from your channel man!!! Thanks a bunch
Well, one big issue I find in this camera (A7III), is that it only have hours and minutes, so for recording one can use time code, terrific, but for stills it sucks, we can't properly sincronize our cameras, specially if the other shooter use a different brand, like Nikon for instance. I use to have Nikon, and we are able to sincronize it down to seconds, or milliseconds, don't remember properly, but hey, from seconds to minutes, Huge difference. Do you know if there's anything we can do on Sony to do that?
Thanks.
Can this work for Sony A7S2 and A73?
Heya Josh! I'm a little confused by this. Basically what I want to do is synchronise audio from my Digital Audio Workstation (Logic, Reaper, Cubase, etc.) with the footage I record using my Sony a7iii.
How is this best done? Do I need something like the Tentacle sync, and if so, how does it work??
Most DAW's can generate SMPTE, MMC, and MTC. I assume that MTC is what I would need to use?
You have to sync the audio manually by comparing the peak level meters. The method explained above is for syncing video/audio on several cameras not between one camera and your DAW. Given that the latter is most likely not part of the shooting process.
Very big Thanks, thats what i looking for very long time
Thank you!!
The title is misleading as both my Sony mirrorless cameras do not have timecode
I seriously never signer up for a channel after the call to action, before today.
Thank-you.
Very helpful and intresting video. Ive tried doing it on my Sony A7III cameras but they both give me this notice: This function is currently disabled. Does anyone knows how i can enable it?
Switch to movie mode.
I don't have time code on my Sony a5000
Love the tips and tricks awesome videos!
thanks yo
Best explanation so far. Question: What happens if sometimes you are multicam and sometimes only one camera. How are the different clips placed on the timeline? Tks.
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thank you for great timecode explanation! I appreciate your video!
good stuff. thanks for making this vid!
awesome chanel !
Thanks dude!
Thanks. A helpful vid...just so I'm clear..... I set the timecode to the time of day once, and that's it? Then I might have say a 3 frame gap between my 2 cameras...but I can adjust for that everytime and it's always the same?
The timecode is arbitrary. You can set the start to anything, but make sure both cameras have the same exact start, and when you push the set button for them both at the same time, there will most likely be some frame difference. So yeah, just scoot it over in post and you're golden.
Problem is the A7S timecode drifts during longer shoots. Just be aware an hour in, your timecode will probably be off. Know that from experience.
Hi Scott, could you explain more on this. I own an A7s2 and i wanted it to have timecode for easy workflow between Premiere and Resolve
@@HecProman we have tried to jam timecode on big shoots, once set, when rolling longer intvws, we notice the timecode will drift. The longer we recorded, the more it drifted. Now it isn’t much of a drift, but will not sync up with other timecode. Just found slating or clap works better for our workflow. Now I might try it again with newer firmware update just to see if they fixed that issue.
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Super informative
So underrated
Ha!!!! Thanks dude!
FUNNY
Thank you so much!
Hey man! amazing informative video. Loved everything. I tried everything you said but I'm having trouble now finding the timecode of the clips in FCPX so I can sync them up... I set my a73 to the exact settings you mentioned here and I'm recording at 1080 60fps... I'm going crazy trying to find info on how to sync using timecode but I just cant get it... any advice? Please help!
ok, I found some info... FCPX does not read timecode from XAVCsHD sony files Premier did, so in order to do it on FCPX I had to get a software called EditReady that rewraps the file and then its readable by FCPX... Dont know if this info is helpful but there it is. Keep doing videos man, great job!
thanks again for this
Awesome man, thanks a lot.
Hey, thanks for this!! This is helpful (: But may I ask how do you sync with timecode? I know Premiere can sync up for multi camera sequences, how do I sync if I don't want to edit in multicam? Like if I have a bunch of footages & audio clips and want it in a single timeline? Thanks!
Download Resolve 14 (Free) , there is a way to sync based on timecode in there. Then batch export all your footage as new files. That would be my answer for syncing random footage that I didn't have a project in mind for. Hope this helps......There is another method that I use, but it would require you to shoot with a piece of hardware with that old footage and thats using Tentacle sync or ambient Nano lockits. They have a software that marries the audio and timecode audio together into a new file as a batch export.
MAKE. ART. NOW. Ah, alright thanks!! 😊
When this video came out all this went over my head. Fast forward to now I’m like, “this all makes sense now.”
Something wrong with the audio in some of your videos, a very high ferquance noise, like ultra sound.....
You probably won't read this, but I give it a try:
Do I have to change any other settings to activate TC?
I currently use the a7RIII and the TC settings are greyed out "this function is currently disabled" pops up.
Keep up the great content!
Best
Steve
Are you in 29.97 or 23.976? You can't use it in 60p to my understanding. That may be the reason.
@@MAKEARTNOWCHANNEL wow that was fast!
Thanks
Unfortunately I tried 24p, 30, 60p, 120p (NTSC)
Nothing changes
Are you in movie mode?
Follow the setup steps for my Sony A7iii cinematic setup. It may be slightly different than you camera but you need to start fresh and get rid of a setting or two that is messed you up.
Go to settings and do factory restore
@@MAKEARTNOWCHANNEL thanks!
I found the problem
This TC is only available in movie mode - I tried to enable it in my custom modes.
Big thanks
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