FCP auxTC reader

As most know, FCP cannot read AUX TC. And even when you set it manually, you have to capture all clips separately, even if you have continuous TC on your normal TC track. Quite tedious.... This application will take all your trouble away!

If you don’t know what this is about:
AUX TC is ‘normal’ timecode, but recorded on one of the normal audio tracks.

Why would you want AUX TC?
Well, if you do a multicamera shoot and you want to sync up the different reels fast, you normally lock the timecode of all the cameras. Two problems: You cannot easily batch digitize the tapes, as there are huge TC jumps when there was a pause in the recording. Second problem, cheap cameras do not have this option. What you can do is broadcast a TC signal and record it on one of the audio tracks. In FCP, choose AUX TC for display and you know exactly what goes where.

Another example, if you shoot a music video, you probably play back a CD of the song while shooting. Create a CD with one channel of the song, and put TC on the other, record both on the camera. Not only do you have a reference to the song, you also instantly know where to put the take on your timeline. As this is a separate TC track, you can always go back to tape for redigitizing.