An 80-bit standardised edit time code adopted by the SMPTE.
A video time-code scheme used to mark the hours, minutes and frames of a video program.
A method of indicating precise time by means of recording signals used to synchronize various events. This technique was devised by the Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers and breaks down events to hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. Stamp er The metal plate created by an electroforming process from a mother, used in the injection molding of compact discs.
Binary time code denoting hours, minutes, seconds and frames. See also time code.
A time code based on SMPTE standards which allows an editor to read drop-frame or non-drop frame code and calculate both.
A standard adopted by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in which each moment of time (usually, each 120th of a second) is given a unique address. Used extensively in the film and video industries, the main function of SMPTE time code is to synchronize audio and visual cues with one another. (See "MIDI Time Code" and "Synchronization")
In video editing, time code that conforms to SMPTE standards. It consists of an 8-digit number specifying hours: minutes: seconds: frames. Each number identifies one frame on a videotape. SMPTE time code may be of either the drop-frame or non-drop-frame type.
A standardized timing and sync signal specified by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
A frame-numbering system developed by SMPTE that assigns a number to each frame of video. The 8-digit code is in the form HH:MM:SS:FF (hours, minutes, seconds, frame number). The numbers track elapsed hours, minutes, seconds, and frames from any chosen point.
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a timing standard adopted by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers for controlling different audio and video devices. Allows a sequencer and an external device such as a tape recorded to stay synchronized.
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Time code. SMPTE is time code recorded on an audio pr cue channel of a tape and is used to label each block or frame of a tape with a unique identifying address. Commonly used when reffering to either DAT or U-Matic tape.
A timing reference signal developed by the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and used for synchronizing film and videotape to audio tape and software-based playback systems. Pronounced "simp-tee." See frame.
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers time code. In film and video compositing, a method of denoting hours, minutes, seconds, and frames on videotape so that individual frames can be accessed. SMPTE time code is used with NTSC video. Longitudinal Time Code (LTC) is a type of SMPTE time code.
SMPTE timecode is a set of cooperating standards to label individual frames of video or film with a timecode defined by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in the SMPTE 12M specification.
