Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player

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Tue, May 15 2007 at 7:30AM PDT • Contributed by: Anonymous

This is very useful for video editors: In Quicktime 7, you can choose between viewing a movie's elapsed time, timecode, and frame number. Just hover your mouse cursor over the time display, as seen in the image at right, and a drop-down menu is displayed.

This option is not available in full-screen mode.

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Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: wilder212 on Tue, May 15 2007 at 8:28AM PDT

I'm using Quicktime Pro 7.1.5 and I can't get this option to work. Is this a new update in 10.4.9?

Duel 2GHz PPC G5 / OSX 10.4.8

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: ahoogerwerf on Tue, May 15 2007 at 8:29AM PDT

?!? Very, very interesting, but... not working for me
Tried hovering, rightclick, option-click to no avail...
(QuickTime version 7.1.5)

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: tobyvoss on Tue, May 15 2007 at 8:47AM PDT

for .mov, .avi, and .mpg, i get different options than the author of this hint:

Standard

Frame Number

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QT 7.1.6 Pro, QT Player 7.1.6, MacOS X 10.4.9 (PowerPC)

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: skellener on Tue, May 15 2007 at 9:07AM PDT

I get nothing with any file I try (.mov, .mp4, .m4v)

I'd like to see this work. I've wanted a frame counter in QT since QT4!!!

Mac OS X 10.4.8
Dual 1 Ghz G4
QT 7.1.5

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: electricpig on Tue, May 15 2007 at 9:27AM PDT

You're an Angel, I've been checking out for this with every update for years.
Only wish the first frame was 1 and not zero (I'm a compositor, not an editor or CG), but other than that, fantastic.

QT 7.1.6
OSX 10.4.9
MacBookPro Core2

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: Bemopolis on Tue, May 15 2007 at 11:27AM PDT

The first frame is #1. It displays the frame immediately to the right of the playback marker, which, when it is flush to the left, is no frame at all.

Now, if only this hint had come out last week before I spent the weekend editing some animation...

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: Bemopolis on Tue, May 15 2007 at 11:29AM PDT

Oops. I meant the LEFT of the playback marker, not the right.

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: skellener on Tue, May 15 2007 at 11:28AM PDT

Yes - frame 1 would be better.

Unless you are en editor dealing with timecode - there's no such thing as frame zero. Nobody every uses that. Not animators, not compositors. I guess it makes sense to throw a slate in there to offset it.

Still can't get it to work yet. I'll have to try updating my software.

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: cwatts on Tue, May 15 2007 at 7:36PM PDT

Unless you are a VFX person, who always makes the first frame of a quicktime the slate, and the SECOND frame match 00:00:00:01

WOO HOO!

chris

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Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: ahoogerwerf on Tue, May 15 2007 at 11:04AM PDT

Ok, i just updated from 7.1.5 and i can now confirm this is a new (great) feature since version 7.1.6!

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: skellener on Wed, May 16 2007 at 10:38AM PDT

I finally did get it to work by updating to 10.4.9 and 7.1.6 - awesome! My next question would be, is there anyway to make "frame numbers" the default?

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7.1.6+
Authored by: drmacnut on Wed, May 16 2007 at 11:41AM PDT

Thanks for this great hint! It is available in QT 7.1.6.

Display frame numbers in QuickTime 7's Player
Authored by: D3D on Fri, May 25 2007 at 12:26PM PDT

Is there a way to display the frame counter within the movie instead of the timeline? Like, a little box in the corner of the movie window that counts the frame?

That would be great and would keep me from having to do it in AE.

D3D

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