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time:code:verter
V1.2

This converter is designed to convert time codes into Premiere Pro's timecode (hh:mm:ss:msms) for easy copy and pasting.

Sometimes as an editor I've been provided preliminary timestamps that indicate the parts in the footage that should be used in the edit. Usually these are not provided in a format that can be pasted directly into Premiere and it can be time consuming to type them in manually one at at a time into Premiere. This little tool is to help alleviate some of that by converting timecodes in bulk in one click, and allows for easy copy pasting between here and premiere.

If you find you're having issues let me know at timecodeverter@dillonbrannick.com

This converter is designed to convert time codes into Premiere Pro's timecode (hh:mm:ss:msms) for easy copy and pasting.

Sometimes as an editor I've been provided preliminary timestamps that indicate the parts in the footage that should be used in the edit. Usually these are not provided in a format that can be pasted directly into Premiere and it can be time consuming to type them in manually one at at a time into Premiere. This little tool is to help alleviate some of that by converting timecodes in bulk in one click, and allows for easy copy pasting between here and premiere.

If you find you're having issues let me know at timecodeverter@dillonbrannick.com

Select appropriate timecode for input

Select appropriate timecode for output

if you found time:code:verter helpful,
for god's sake, supprt me on ko-fi, or if you had any issues, or have feature suggestions you contact me at timecodeverter@dillonbrannick.com

Instructions

time:code:verter is designed to convert incompatibly/inconsitently written timecodes into Premiere Pro's timecode (hh:mm:ss:msms) for easy copy and pasting.
Hover over any element on the left to get instructions/info about it here.

Time code options

[hh:]MM:SS - This is (hours:)minutes:seconds, the hours are optional hence the brackets. You can input as 00:00:00 and/or 00:00.
HH:MM - This is hours:minutes(:seconds), the seconds are optional hence the brackets. You can input as 00:00:00 and/or 00:00.
You don't need to have the double digits, for example you can write 0:0:0 or 1:20:03 or any other combination of single and double digits.

Inputting

Each inputted timecode needs to be separated by either space or a line break i.e 00:00 00:00.
The separator between hours, minutes and seconds does not need to be a colon, time:code:verter will automatically convert periods, hyphens, underscores and/or forward slashes into colons so you don't have to. time:code:verter should also automatically remove rogue colons (i.e leading or ending colons, or double/triple colons).

Output Selections

hh:mm:ss:msms - This will output as hours:minutes:seconds:milliseconds which is Premiere's default timecode.

frames - This will output as frames, you'll need to input the frames per second (fps) into the box next to the selector.

Converting

Just click to 'convert' to run the conversion and the results will replace these instructions you're reading right now. There is an error checker that runs ahead of the conversion to check for errors in the input box, those errors will be displayed above the instructions when they occur and should give some insight into what the issue could be.

Auto hotkey

I've made a simple autohotkey script as a compampanion to time:code:verter that works with premiere. It's triggered with ctrl+win+v, which will then paste what you've copied in this case your time stamp and move the playhead and cut it automatically (using ctrl+k).