# Converting burn-in TC - is it possible?

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/converting-burn-in-tc-is-it-possible/6481>\
**Category:** Tools and Tech\
**Tags:** conform\
**Created:** [August 10, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/converting-burn-in-tc-is-it-possible/6481 "2022-08-10T12:18:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/kmor/32/2227_2.png) [@kmor](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kmor)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/converting-burn-in-tc-is-it-possible/6481/1 "2022-08-10T12:18:49Z")

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I’m working on the set a lot these days, editing the shots on the fly. The original idea was to make a rough cut for the director and then re-edit and grade the movie in my studio. But I found my rough cuts pretty good, needing only a little finessing.

The problem is that I receive the camera image via a wireless transmitter, and no timecode is presented in the feed. However, my on-set recordings have the burn-in TC from the RED. Thus, it’s easy to manually ‘conform’ the rough cut with the raw media - but who wants to work twice?

So I’m wondering if anyone happened to use or heard of any solution that can recognize the burnt-in numbers and convert it to timecode as an audio file or TC track for the ProRes files?

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**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/converting-burn-in-tc-is-it-possible/6481/2 "2022-08-10T15:00:41Z")

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This is not a solution, but it reminded me of the days when we piped the timecode signal to the audio channel for the musicians.

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**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/converting-burn-in-tc-is-it-possible/6481/3 "2022-08-10T15:24:16Z")

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I think you’re going to have a much better time if you attack this from the camera instead of your laptop.

$5 says @marcwellington knows a way to transmit video and time code wirelessly.

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**Author:** ![kmor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/kmor/32/2227_2.png) [@kmor](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kmor)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/converting-burn-in-tc-is-it-possible/6481/4 "2022-08-10T15:32:12Z")

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Yes, that’s exactly what I’ll do in the future: I send TC from a Tentacle to an audio channel of the camera. But it would be nice if most transmitters could transmit timecode and record triggers as well.