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SMPTE time-code

The SMPTE time code, also known as the EBU time code, is a standardized time code for indicating time in videos. It is used in analog and digitalvideo recording processes and is used for frame-accurate control for post-processing of videos.

The SMPTE time code can be recorded as a longitudinal time code( LTC) in the same way as an audio signal in the longitudinal track, or it can be keyed into some blank lines of the vertical blanking interval. The method of keying is called Vertical Interval Time Code( VITC). The SMPTE has the format: hh:mm:ss:ff, which stands for hours, minutes, seconds and frames. In addition, this time code contains other information.

For MIDI, the SMPTE time code is converted to the MIDI Time Code( MTC) using an SMPTE synchronizer.

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Englisch: SMPTE time-code
Updated at: 17.01.2007
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Links: society of motion picture and television engineers (SMPTE), code, also known as (aka), European broadcasting union (EBU), analog
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