Copy/Add Timecode to exported equilateral MAX files for multiple camera edits

[KyleGW]

I am not sure how to get a hold of the GoPro Player team, maybe someone here could direct this to them. The GoPro MAX camera with labs firmware will keep a precise timecode, and can be used with something like Tentacle Sync E and their Tentacle Timebar phone app which will also generate a QR code for setting a precise synced timecode across multiple cameras.

Unfortunately, you have to transcode the .360 file to equilateral format to use the footage in an editor like Davinci Resolve or Adobe Premier. When the GoPro player exports the equilateral file, the timecode isn't copied into the export. This make syncying footage more difficult than it needs to be when running multiple cameras.

I can use ffprobe to see the Timecode metadata on the original .360 file, and go through and manually set this in the new files in the editor, which is a real PITA. I tried using the UDTAcopy tool with the export mov and supplying the original .360 file, like the 12gb chapters page shows to do with a combined .360 file, but that didn't work. I haven't hit on the right FFMPEG or Exiftool command yet either to copy or set the timecode metadata in the exported file either. Any help here would be appreciated.

[dnewman-gpsw]

I forwarded the question to the desktop team. I expect there is a copy command via ffmpeg.

[KyleGW]

Thank you!

[stevegopro]

time code is not carried over on to rectilinear exports from GoPro studio 2.2
all clips start at zero !

[jvandalsem-gpfw]

Hi Kile,
Timecode retention currently isn't supported on Player for Mac, but it is on Player for Windows. Are you on Mac or Windows Player currently?

Timecode retention on Windows had some bugs fixed recently as well, so can you confirm you are on the latest version if you're on windows?

Thanks.

[fxstein]

Really need the Timecode to work on the Mac. Hopefully this gets to the right team.

Meanwhile anybody has an example of how to do the mentioned ffmpeg copy for the Timecode?

[stevegopro]

still ( April 2024) doesn't work on a Mac ! timecode export

[stevegopro]

September 2025, a new “professional” max 2 just released and still no timecode on the exported files.

[dnewman-gpsw]

I filed the report. Player is getting more attention with MAX2 so this should be fixed.

[KyleGW]

I updated the player to version 2.1.6.3155 and exported a .360 to .mov and the timecode data is now showing. Thank you!

As an aside - where can we find release notes for the latest versions of the player software? I searched support and also used popular search engines and found no mention of release notes or that anything related to timecode was fixed or added. The only article I found related to release notes was the link below, which is out of date.

https://community.gopro.com/s/article/Software-Update-Release-Information?language=en_US

Thanks again for fixing this, it is immensely helpful and eliminates a time-consuming manual step when working with many video files.