date and time codes

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I have a digital camcorder which stores date and time info
on the tape. I can't get those codes to show up when I
capture the video.

Canon says it's a function of the software not the
camcorder.

Any suggestions?
 
Hi there,

I have a MV500i. The camera will show various time codes in either the
viewfinder or the fold out display. When you capture the film, these values
will not be displayed on the film. However, if you capture using a program
like Movie Maker 2, AND, you have the option to make clips turned on, then
what you will end up with is the video information displayed in an index.
The start and stop times together with the duration.

You should understand that this does not mean the your video has actually
been cut up into smaller pieces. its simply a list from which you can drag
and drop sections of your video onto the time line...in other words it
gives you the chance to conveniently re-arrange the clips or even miss
certain clips out all together.
 
I understand that.

I would like to be able to see the date on my videos so
that 10 years from now when I'm viewing a movie, I'll
know when it was shot.

Seems like a pretty basic thing to have. My old analog
camcorder didn't have any trouble doing this.

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Hi there,

I have a MV500i. The camera will show various time codes in either the
viewfinder or the fold out display. When you capture the film, these values
will not be displayed on the film. However, if you capture using a program
like Movie Maker 2, AND, you have the option to make clips turned on, then
what you will end up with is the video
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information displayed in an index.
 
The camcorders that I've used have that option - but it's embedded when
taking the video on the camcorder. No, MM2 doesn't do it.

You could add a text clip to include the date info on your movie.

PapaJohn
 
Hi there,

I too have often wished MM2 would do that simple thing...but thats life,
What I do nowadays is to create an opening shot with a piece of software
meant for web animation...its called Swish...I can't remember off hand what
it cost...its not expensive. More recently I discovered a free program
called MovieXone Version 4. It has some very clever features and putting
text anywhere you like, move it around change colour and so on is about the
simplest thing it does. Version 4 is free...I dont have the url at hand
where it can be downloaded from, if you are at all interested I will dig it
out.
 
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