timecode

listen to the pronunciation of timecode
English - Turkish
(Bilgisayar) zaman kodu
English - English
A variant spelling of time code
Timecode is a signal that contains a chronological record of the absolute time in a recording It is used for synchronizing different recorders It can be used for electronic editing Timecode was initially invented for the motion picture business, as a method of synchronizing the pictures recorded in the frames of a camera to the sound recorded on tape recorder The 02R supports three types of timecode, SMPTE timecode, MTC (MIDI timecode), and Internal timecode
A digital timing signal which when recorded alongside sound or picture information can be used to synchronise recordings made on separate media
A feature within a video tape that identifies individual frames to define how frames are counted throughout a project It is similar to the page numbers of a book: if the pages of the book are out of sequence or have gaps, then things get confusing Similarly, if a video tape does not have a timecode, then finding a particular clip on tape would be time-consuming and confusing