Quote Newbie here with strange problem.

Using PowerDirector 365 free version (21.4.5131.0) on MacOS Monterey 12.5.1. I have a clip length 35.1 that I want to change to 32.8. But when I try to set the new speed it jumps from 32.29 to 33.00 - in other words I cannot set the fraction of a second to anything higher than .29.

This happens with all clips - not just this one.

Is this some limitation of the free version or a bug? I'm attempting to attach a movie.

Thanks in advance for any advice / help.

Timecode is not fractional seconds, but HR:MM:SS:Frames. So it appears you have the timeline set to 29.97fps NTSC, so after 32 seconds 29 frames, then next frame, 30, would be another whole second, so that's why it goes to 33:00.

Jeff

That's a common misunderstaning of what PD's counter means.

It's in the format of HH:MM:SS:FF, where FF is the number of video frames per second (not hundredths of a sec). So if your project is set to 30fps, you can only set the last digits between 0 and 29. If you're working at 60fps, the range becomes 0 - 59.

In all cases, you're able to precisely set the duration to within 1 frame, so there aren't ever any parts of a clip that are "inaccessible"

EDIT: Looks like you got two simultaneous answers for the price of one 👍

Thank you JL_JL and optodata for the promt reply! That also explains why there was a colon in there and not a period.

Quote Thank you JL_JL and optodata for the promt reply! That also explains why there was a colon in there and not a period.

A colon or semicolon is used to differentiate between drop frame timecode on or off set in pref.

Jeff