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You can also use absolute or relative timecode entry to move the playhead in the Color page Viewer. When entering timecode, type each pair of hour, minute, second, and frame values consecutively, with a period representing a pair of zeros for fast entry. The last pair of timecode values (or period) you enter is always assumed to be the frame number, with any untyped values assumed to be zero. It’s not necessary to enter colons or semicolons. For more information, see “Moving the Playhead Using Timecode” in Chapter 36, “Preparing Clips for Editing and Viewer Playback.”
Viewer and Transport Timecode Displays
The Viewer has two timecode displays, each of which defaults to a different timecode setting.
A timecode display at the top, the Header timecode display, shows the Source timecode by default. The timecode display at the bottom, the Transport timecode display, shows the Record timecode by default. The bottom timecode display can be changed to show one of four different options, which are similar to those found in the Data Burn-In palette.
The top timecode display is a drop-down menu that can be changed to whatever timecode, frame number, or KeyKode you want to display. The bottom timecode display can also be changed by right- clicking on it and choosing the type of value to show from the contextual menu that appears. There are the following options:
— Timeline Timecode: The timecode corresponding to the playhead’s position in the overall Timeline.
— Source Timecode: The timecode corresponding to the playhead’s position relative to the currently selected clip.
— Timeline Frame: The frame count corresponding to the playhead’s position in the overall Timeline.
— Source Frame: The frame count corresponding to the playhead’s position relative to the currently selected clip.
— KeyKode: The KeyKode number corresponding to the media’s KeyKode track, if there is one.
— Show Timecode at 30 FPS: Displays 24 fps timecode, via 3:2 pulldown, as 29.97 fps timecode. Has no effect on video playback.
— Copy and Paste Timecode: Two commands make it easy to copy and paste timecode values.
In the same way, the top timecode display can alternately be changed to show KeyKode, if it’s available, within a DPX media file’s header.