[FFmpeg-user] Timecode in DV muxer

[Tim Nicholson]

I have been trying to add timecode to.dv files as the feature was 
introduced back in July, with ffprobe reporting introduced last month.

However I cannot seen to get the timecode added to the .dv files, or at 
least its not reported by ffprobe.

Am I expecting the wrong thing here:-

 > ffmpeg -i fcp.mov -timecode 09:57:00:00 -target pal-dv -pix_fmt 
yuv420p -y fcp.dv
ffmpeg version N-35732-g917ce9b-by_Tim, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the 
FFmpeg developers
   built on Dec 13 2011 17:06:31 with gcc 4.6.2
   configuration: --extra-version=by_Tim --enable-static 
--disable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 
--prefix=/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local 
--libdir=/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local/lib64 
--enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags='-static 
-I/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local/include' 
--extra-ldflags='-static 
-L/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local/lib64' --enable-libfaac 
--enable-libx264 --enable-libfreetype
   libavutil    51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
   libavcodec   53. 43. 0 / 53. 43. 0
   libavformat  53. 25. 0 / 53. 25. 0
   libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
   libavfilter   2. 53. 0 /  2. 53. 0
   libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
   libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'fcp.mov':
   Metadata:
     major_brand     : qt
     minor_version   : 537199360
     compatible_brands: qt
     creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:16
   Duration: 00:01:01.80, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30341 kb/s
     Stream #0:0(eng): Video: dvvideo (dvcp / 0x70637664), yuv420p, 
720x576 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 28800 kb/s, SAR 118:81 DAR 295:162, 25 
fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:16
       handler_name    : ?Apple Alias Data Handler
     Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, 2 
channels, s16, 1536 kb/s
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:16
       handler_name    : ?Apple Alias Data Handler
     Stream #0:2(eng): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74)
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:33
       handler_name    : ?Apple Alias Data Handler
[buffer @ 0x177dae0] w:720 h:576 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:118/81 
sws_param:
Output #0, dv, to 'fcp.dv':
   Metadata:
     major_brand     : qt
     minor_version   : 537199360
     compatible_brands: qt
     creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:16
     encoder         : Lavf53.25.0
     Stream #0:0(eng): Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 118:81 DAR 
295:162], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:16
       handler_name    : ?Apple Alias Data Handler
     Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 
kb/s
     Metadata:
       creation_time   : 2011-12-15 12:15:16
       handler_name    : ?Apple Alias Data Handler
Stream mapping:
   Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (dvvideo -> dvvideo)
   Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (pcm_s16le -> pcm_s16le)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 1545 fps= 78 q=0.0 Lsize=  217266kB time=00:01:01.80 
bitrate=28800.0kbits/s
video:217266kB audio:11588kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead -5.063291%

 > ffprobe fcp.dv
ffprobe version N-35732-g917ce9b-by_Tim, Copyright (c) 2007-2011 the 
FFmpeg developers
   built on Dec 13 2011 17:06:31 with gcc 4.6.2
   configuration: --extra-version=by_Tim --enable-static 
--disable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 
--prefix=/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local 
--libdir=/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local/lib64 
--enable-runtime-cpudetect --extra-cflags='-static 
-I/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local/include' 
--extra-ldflags='-static 
-L/mnt/msds-store-0/tim/ffmpeg-tux/usr/local/lib64' --enable-libfaac 
--enable-libx264 --enable-libfreetype
   libavutil    51. 32. 0 / 51. 32. 0
   libavcodec   53. 43. 0 / 53. 43. 0
   libavformat  53. 25. 0 / 53. 25. 0
   libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
   libavfilter   2. 53. 0 /  2. 53. 0
   libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
   libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0
[dv @ 0x1734100] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, dv, from 'fcp.dv': 
 
 

   Duration: 00:01:01.80, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 28800 kb/s
     Stream #0:0: Video: dvvideo, yuv420p, 720x576, 28800 kb/s, SAR 
64:45 DAR 16:9, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
     Stream #0:1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s



-- 
Tim

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