Re: [boost] Gauging interest in time code for broadcasters...

Subject: Re: [boost] Gauging interest in time code for broadcasters...
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-09 22:14:27

on Tue Oct 09 2012, "Vicente J. Botet Escriba" <vicente.botet-AT-wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Please could you explain which kind of algorithm is needed and why at
> least two frames will be off a day with the ratio approach?
>
> Could you explain why a specific ratio could not be used? Is because
> the period is not a rational number?
> Couldn't specific clocks help?
>
> Is there some documentation and/or code available?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_timecode#Drop_frame_timecode
explains.

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