FCE Timecode Display

FCE Timecode Display is a freeware script filter that displays the Timecode information for clips in Final Cut Express. The main purpose is to provide FCE users with a functionality otherwise reserved to FCP users: in FCP you may apply the filter Video/Timecode Reader that displays the current playhead Timecode, but doesn’t provide any other information, nor has the flexibility of FCE Timecode Display. This makes FCE Timecode Display possibly useful also for FCP users.

The main purpose is to display the current timecode, that is, the timecode at the playhead position; but you can choose to display also the timecodes of the IN and OUT points, and/or the timecodes of the start and end of the clip’s media file, as well as the clip “handles” size.

The displayed timecode may be chosen among three types: the absolute values (source time in FCP) as recorded by the camcorder, that are not visible in FCE without this filter; or the FCE timecodes, that are relative to the media start, and are usually displayed in the FCE windows; or the clip timecodes relative to the clip IN point.

The generated text may also be formatted and positioned in the frame at your choice, using its controls in the Viewer. The format of the displayed values is described in Timecode and is compliant with the standards, including the NTSC drop-frame convention.