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OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen
Posted by wayne granzin
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 08:06AM |
That's exactly how long it takes ? four hours, 24 minutes, 48 seconds and 20 frames ? to install Final Cut Studio from the DVDs that come in the box.
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 10:04AM |
I thought it was how long one had to listen to an AVID editor complain about FCP before they just shut up and cut something.
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 10:05AM |
Only if the "4" refers to years, Andrew.
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 10:31AM |
Or it could mean hours if the FCP editor was the one who just gives up listening and just cuts something while the whiner is left to whine into the wind as the buttressed walls of civilization crumble around them until all we have left is Peter Ustinov and his cats to show us the folly of our youth obsessed culture. Renew! Renew!
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 11:44AM |
They don't call it trivia for nuthin'.
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 02:49PM |
Critics.... ha!
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
ak
Sleeplings, AWAKE!
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 08:06PM |
"Cynics" not "critics"
Critics should have something constructive to say...
I read this on another board - at least we have something a little less Autistic to say about our lovely Digi-slate!
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Critics should have something constructive to say...
I read this on another board - at least we have something a little less Autistic to say about our lovely Digi-slate!
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http://theboard.byu.edu/index.php?area=viewall&id=28844
Question
Dear 100 Hour Board,
When you open the Academic version of Final Cut Pro, the opening screen comes up as the program loads. The icon on this screen is the classic film slate used in logging footage, yet this particular slate has red numbers listed across the top: 4:24:48:20. I highly doubt they are random, but what could they mean?
- Paprika
Answer
Dear Paprika,
Traditionally, clapperboards have been used to synchronize video and audio footage while filming. The editor can align the sound from the clap with the visual cue of the closing clap, thus ensuring that the video and audio will be in sync.
As digital technology has become more prevalent, the SMPTE timecode system has become increasingly common. This system encodes the time code on both the video and audio recording, making syncronization simpler. Digital clapperboards display the current time to make the editor's job even easier.
SMPTE timecodes use the hour:minute:seconds:frame format. In traditional film (not television) systems, there are 24 frames per second. Therefore, the timecode shown in Final Cut Pro represents 4 hours, 24 minutes, 48 seconds, and 20th frame.
Have a nice day!
-Yellow
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 07, 2009 08:37PM |
Apparently 4:24:48:20 is a sequence of 4 answers (out of the full 65) to the equation:
a^2+b^2+3*c^2+3*d^2=n
[1,4,4,4,20,24,4,32,52,4,24,48,20,56,32,24,116,72,
4,80,120,32,48,96,52,124,56,4,160,120,24,128,244,
48,72,192,20,152,80,56,312,168,32,176,240,24,96,
192,116,228,124,72,280,216,4,288,416,80,120,240,
120,248,128,32,500]
Listen here to the full sequence expressed on an 88-key keyboard: [loudandfast.co.uk]
or the 4:24:48:20 looped! [loudandfast.co.uk]
Spooky!
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a^2+b^2+3*c^2+3*d^2=n
[1,4,4,4,20,24,4,32,52,4,24,48,20,56,32,24,116,72,
4,80,120,32,48,96,52,124,56,4,160,120,24,128,244,
48,72,192,20,152,80,56,312,168,32,176,240,24,96,
192,116,228,124,72,280,216,4,288,416,80,120,240,
120,248,128,32,500]
Listen here to the full sequence expressed on an 88-key keyboard: [loudandfast.co.uk]
or the 4:24:48:20 looped! [loudandfast.co.uk]
Spooky!
For instant answers to more than one hundred common FCP questions, check out the LAFCPUG FAQ Wiki here : [www.lafcpug.org]
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 08, 2009 12:54AM |
Ben, what the HELL are you talking about.
OK. It was kinda catchy though...
OK. It was kinda catchy though...
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 08, 2009 12:27PM |
If I could waste my time doing stuff like that and NOT answering stupid forum questions, I'd do it. But I don't have access to a piano.
I could try to learn the harmonica. I wonder what this would sound like on the harmonica...
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I could try to learn the harmonica. I wonder what this would sound like on the harmonica...
www.shanerosseditor.com
Listen to THE EDIT BAY Podcast on iTunes
[itunes.apple.com]
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 08, 2009 01:11PM |
You're a freak, Ben...and I love you for it. This round's on me 
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 10, 2009 01:32PM |
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open both links in separate tabs and listen to both at the same time ... positively symphonic.
Only if you wanna score some Guillermo del Toro Horror!
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen May 10, 2009 05:27PM |
>Only if you wanna score some Guillermo del Toro Horror
That's a horrible name for a woman... Whoever she is...
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That's a horrible name for a woman... Whoever she is...
www.strypesinpost.com
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Re: OT: any significance to the timecode on the FCP startup screen November 13, 2009 11:40PM |
4:24:48:20 means that the FCP team of developers smoked herb (hence, the 4:20) 24 hours a day for 2 days, after finally completing FCP, at a party. I know this - My Brother - In - Law worked as a creative consultant several years ago. He told me that he met Steve Jobs. Super cool guy. Anyway, that's what 4:24:48:20 means. 
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