Source Timecode
Josh Glaser
Hello... I'm a video editor and this tool is fantastic, but there are two things that are missing that would make a huge difference...
1) When i create a composition, I need a way of knowing the source timecode and file name corresponding to each bite. Even though Descript is designed to be a fully featured editor with the ability to export to premiere, sometimes I need to go back to the source material (to get other camera angles of a multi cam interview for instance, or if i want to use descript as a quick rough cut tool, but then manually recreate the edits with the original media in my video editing application).
2) If there is timecode embeded in the file that I add to the program, it would be great if descript could read that timecode and reference it in the transcripts... (for some reason, none of the online transcription services support this, and I need to manual add the timecode)
Thanks... I think this could be a really revolutionary product for documentaries but #1 would need to be addressed before it could fully be adopted...
Kevin from Descript
Merged in a post:
Preserve Original Timecode
M
Michael Rosenberg
When duplicating sound bites to a new composition, it's critical that we are able to carry over a bread crumb of some sort to include what the timecode was in the original source material. This should be a checkbox or setting for the duplicate to menu, or should be a configuration setting for transcript exports.
Kevin from Descript
Kevin from Descript
Merged in a post:
Export Highlights with Timecodes
Sean Adomilli
It would be nice to be able to export just the highlighted sections of text you select throughout your transcription as well as having them appear with their original time-codes, rather than you having to copy and paste the highlights into a new document, changing their time-codes completely.
Kevin from Descript
Merged in a post:
Use Master Timecode of files
K
Keren Aarons
We have an enterprise account, and are using Descript in a video production workflow. Thousands of painful hours of relinking video to their original master timecodes could be remedied if you added the ability to read the original video / audio files' timecode. I can't stress how important this. Please, please add this functionality.
Kevin from Descript
Merged in a post:
I need an easy way to view the timecode of a clip in its original file
Ben Gregson
I am using Descript primarily to storyboard complicated podcast projects that include multiple recording, music, and narration. It would be very helpful if there was a way to see, when looking at an edited composition, the timecode of that clip in the original file.
Our audio editors are using this as a guide for editing the piece together, so the easier I can make it for them to find the right part of the audio, the better.
Kevin from Descript
I
Ian Robertson Kibbe
Agreed. When working with video editors, not having the original clip timecode really hampers the workflow. Once an xml is generated, adding new clips and making small edits becomes much more difficult, as re-exporting a brand new xml isn't practical (once clips have been paced out, music added, b-roll laid in, etc.). Yes there are workarounds, but being able to include original clip timecode would be MUCH easier and better reflect pre-XML transcript workflows, which many editors still prefer.
L
Leo Falkenstein
This would change our entire scripting workflow and save hours upon hours
M
Michael Rosenberg
This is the ONE thing standing in the way of us using this to ditch paper scripts forever
K
Kent Nichols
The timecode issue is killing our love for Descript.
Load More
→