Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of time code.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

time +‎ code

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word timecode.

Examples

  • And more importantly, when I'm talking to someone I like to note "timecode" so I can quickly come back and identify key clips.

    David Akin's On the Hill 2009

  • Because program stream packets are variable-length, the player can end up reading a significant amount of data, only to discover that the timecode tells it that it's badly off, and it has to seek again.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Farnz 2010

  • Bluray escapes this by using MPEG-2 transport streams as the container, but with a 4-byte timecode added to each transport packet.

    How a 1980s telecoms compromise helped set the Bluray video format. Farnz 2010

  • Both DVD and Bluray are built on MPEG; DVD uses MPEG-2 exclusively, carrying video and audio in an MPEG-2 program stream, extended to add timecode to packets, resulting in the "VOB" file format.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Farnz 2010

  • Both DVD and Bluray are built on MPEG; DVD uses MPEG-2 exclusively, carrying video and audio in an MPEG-2 program stream, extended to add timecode to packets, resulting in the "VOB" file format.

    How a 1980s telecoms compromise helped set the Bluray video format. Farnz 2010

  • This has limitations when it comes to seeking; when an optical disk player seeks, it moves the read head to a location that's approximately right, then reads the disk until it finds the timecode it's after, then either moves the heads again to a better estimate of the correct place, or resumes playback.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Farnz 2010

  • This has limitations when it comes to seeking; when an optical disk player seeks, it moves the read head to a location that's approximately right, then reads the disk until it finds the timecode it's after, then either moves the heads again to a better estimate of the correct place, or resumes playback.

    How a 1980s telecoms compromise helped set the Bluray video format. Farnz 2010

  • Bluray escapes this by using MPEG-2 transport streams as the container, but with a 4-byte timecode added to each transport packet.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Farnz 2010

  • Because program stream packets are variable-length, the player can end up reading a significant amount of data, only to discover that the timecode tells it that it's badly off, and it has to seek again.

    How a 1980s telecoms compromise helped set the Bluray video format. Farnz 2010

  • Thank goodness someone has posted the entire movie in segments on YouTube, so I can direct you to this portion and timecode 1:30.

    Better Yet, Read the Book 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.