A simple python script to generate timecode and spit it out over UDP in a pseudo MTC format
Nothing fancy here. You should probably have Python 3 (3.7+) installed.
I recommend using a virtual environment. If you want to feel fancy use Pipenv:
pipenv installWhile this format is strangely familiar to MTC it only uses the full frame format. I can't take credit though. This was meant to work with a KISSBOX TC2TR.
Essentially you can send the output directly to the unit and it will generate an LTC timecode output.
Because of the speed and bandwidth at which even a slow network works the need for quarter frames is not needed.
Getting help
python3 generateTimecode.py -h
usage: generateTimecode.py [-h] [-f STARTFRAME] [-r {24,25,30}] [-e ENDFRAME]
[-R] [-a IPADDRESS] [-p PORT]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Timecode:
-f STARTFRAME, --startFrame STARTFRAME
The frame to start on
-r {24,25,30}, --framerate {24,25,30}
what framerate to use
-e ENDFRAME, --endFrame ENDFRAME
The last frame in the timecode sequence
-R, --rollover Determines if the code should rollover when end frame
is hit
IP:
-a IPADDRESS, --ipAddress IPADDRESS
The IP Address to send to. Defaults to localhost
-p PORT, --port PORT The port to send to.
Just start rolling code from 0 at 30 frames
python3 generateTimecode.py
# 00 00 00 00# 0# ---Start at a specific frame
python3 generateTimecode.py -f 400
# 00 00 13 10# 400# ---