Create Milliseconds Timer

Hi all.
Running DR Studio 19.1.4 on Win 10
So usually you stack a Text+ above your clip. Right click in the text-field and select "TimeCode".

This works pretty well but counts frames instead of milliseconds.
Now I'm trying to find a way to enter this expression which calculates my 30fps frames into ms:

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[h]:[m]:[s]:[round(f * 1000 / 30, 0)]

... but where ?

I am not an expression expert or anything, but here are some resources to get you started. You can find more if you search for it. But if its a simple one time animation vs reusable macro that might mean differnt approach. One is easier than the other.

30 fps is 33.333333333333336 ms

https://www.sabbirz.com/blog/create-a-c ... lve-fusion

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Hi

Thanks for putting me in the right direction. Unfortunately the videos were not that helpful, but after some new "inspiration", digging through google/chatGPT and a ton of trial and error - I finally found it

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os.date("%M:%S",(time/30))..":"..(string.format("%03d",(time%30)*1000/30))

You'll need to insert this expression into your Text+ node to get a M:S:SS timer

PS: I might add that DR is not alway "in the mood" to work correctly.
I had it twice that the correct time was shown in the Inspector but only a few numbers were put in the clip.
If something like this happens, you'll need to restart DR.

Cool. Thanks.