Since I've have had the same problem I want to share the solution I've founf with all forum members.
Lets say upfront that I've used a comercial solution. However the cost its so low ($19,50) that I think its an excellent investment. Don't have any comercial interest in this software. I just purchased the solution and I think is pretty simpe to use, it solves a common problem, works well and deserve the money you've paid for.
- DV tapes have the time code embeded in the video recording. The time code data is transferred to the DV-AVI file when you capture the video clip to you PC, providing you do the capture in DV. If you capture in mpeg-2, mpeg-4 or whatever other system, this data is lost, and is not recoerable unless you do the capture again.
- I've found a software called vDTS, that is able to take the captured DV-AVI file and add the time code information over the image. Please note that you have to run this utility before doing any editing and/or rerendering of the file.
- Very offen we decide not to add time and/or date while recording with the camcorder. If we do that we can't remove it afterwords. With this solution you can avoid that problem because you can always add date/time later.
- vDTS give us the option to add this information selectively after capturing the clip. You can choose if adding time and or date (multilanguage, even in Chinesse), the position in the screen, the font, size, color. As well you can choose if adding date/time in all video footage, or just for a few seconds after each time change, scene change, or randomly... It's highly configurable. After adding it you can use the genrated output (still DV-AVI) in your PD or PP application.
If somebody needs it, I can send you a PM with the URL (or just use google). There is a trial version that allows you to test the tool, ut includes a "Trial" watermak.
Hope this is useful and of interest for some forum members.If you have any additional question, post it
Best Regards