This article is about entering Timeline Timecode on the keyboard.
You may have been looking for SMPTE Timecode.

Pixera is very flexible in recognizing Timecode values entered on the keyboard. It is neither necessary to enter a full Timecode address with hours, minutes, seconds and frames, nor is a colon required between the entities.

Some examples:

• Entering (without the quotes) '12' will map to 00:00:00:12
• '123' will map to 00:00:01:23
• '1234512' will map to 01:23:45:12

Entered values are mapped to Timecode values from the back (starting with frames). However, as not every number is a valid Timeline address (e.g. if the cypher for minutes is larger than 59), the number entered will be interpreted as a frame-count and converted to a Timecode address accordingly

Examples (assuming a Timeline that plays back at 25 fps):

• Entering (without the quotes) '25' will map to 00:00:01:00
• '99' will map to 00:00:03:24

Like with other numerical input fields, you can add '++' or '--' to increase or decrease the Timecode address relatively to its currently set value.

Examples (assuming that the current Timecode value is 00:00:01:23)

• Entering (without the quotes) '++300' will increase the Timecode by 3 seconds to 00:00:04:24
• '--15' will decrease the Timecode by 15 frames to 00:00:01:08

PIXERA 25.1 RC 2 | 7. May 2025 | J.B.