Time Stamp FX - Frame Count Issue

prevaljo

Member Joined: Oct 01, 2017 22:19 Messages: 105 Offline

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Mar 22, 2023 23:33

I want to add a countdown timer to a video clip. The exact time is important to the video. The TimeStamp I am using in Power Director 21 has what I consider a bug. I can set the timer to count down from 20 mins but with the FPS set to 30 the most I can set the initial time to is 20:00:24 (ie 20 mins, 0 seconds 24 frames). If you manually advance the timeline one frame at a time the frame count decreases to 20:00.01 and the next frame the timer displays 19:59:29. From this point on each second is 30 frames. Any suggestions on how to resolve ?

Buggy feature ?

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Mar 23, 2023 00:00

I don't see any issues when my project's frame rate and the FX FPS are both set to 30. I see the counter advance by 1 second per frame whether I count up or use the Reverse time option and count down.

It works the same whether I have the dragged the FX directly onto a clip (black numbers in the below video) or if I place it on a separate FX track (shown with yellow numbers):

This was done on a 60p clip.

I also tried setting the inital value to 20:00:29 and 20:00:24, and both timers work exactly as expected

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at Mar 23. 2023 00:05

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Mar 23, 2023 02:12

Quote I want to add a countdown timer to a video clip. The exact time is important to the video. The TimeStamp I am using in Power Director 21 has what I consider a bug. I can set the timer to count down from 20 mins but with the FPS set to 30 the most I can set the initial time to is 20:00:24 (ie 20 mins, 0 seconds 24 frames). If you manually advance the timeline one frame at a time the frame count decreases to 20:00.01 and the next frame the timer displays 19:59:29. From this point on each second is 30 frames. Any suggestions on how to resolve ?

Buggy feature ?

From your description, it sounds as if your PD pref > General Timeline frame rate: is set at 25fps.

Jeff

prevaljo

Member Joined: Oct 01, 2017 22:19 Messages: 105 Offline

Mar 23, 2023 02:53

Thanks for having a look at this issue. The two attachments show the Time Stamp set up, I cannot set the frame count to 30. and a piece of video that attempts to show the frame counter..

Filename	Produce_23.mp4	Download
Description	Poor attempt at slowing video down
Filesize	3818 Kbytes
Downloaded:	277 time(s)


Filename	CLTS 2023-03-23 193513.jpg	Download
Description	FX Timestamp Setup
Filesize	61 Kbytes
Downloaded:	10 time(s)

prevaljo

Member Joined: Oct 01, 2017 22:19 Messages: 105 Offline

Mar 23, 2023 05:52

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From your description, it sounds as if your PD pref > General Timeline frame rate: is set at 25fps.

Jeff

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THank you for this wonderful answer.. I can only say yet another hidden gem in Power Director 21, roll on PD22.

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Mar 23, 2023 09:29

29 to 00 in frames is a count of 30 frames when the frame is advanced on my 59.97 fps timeline.