How to know the clip duration in the timeline?

Hello.
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Is there a way of knowing the clip duration when in the timeline?
In the Premiere - I´m moving from there for good - there is a window called "Info", where we can know the clip duration in the timeline, the duration of the "holes" between clips, among others.
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Thanks in advance.
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João Marco

Hello.
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Is there a way of knowing the clip duration when in the timeline?
In the Premiere - I´m moving from there for good - there is a window called "Info", where we can know the clip duration in the timeline, the duration of the "holes" between clips, among others.
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Thanks in advance.
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João Marco

Hello,

Edit Page: Open the Edit Index panel. There is a lot of information.

hope this help

It would be nice if hovering over the clip provided duration and full name.... Besides, the Edit index, the other way to do it is mark the clip and check the duration in the program viewer.

I've seen it, now. But, the program viewer is the only place where that information is shown.
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It was really nice if BlackMagic could manage to work this out. Maybe on "mouse over" and in the index tab as "duration in timeline".
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That would deliver a better product with a simple move!
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Thanks for your answers.

Right click on the clip.
Choose "Change clip duration"
The duration is displayed.
Select "Cancel"
If the display showed the info you want on every clip it would be massively distracting when trying to edit.
A readout on the timeline viewer would be better.
At the moment there is timeline duration at the top left of the timeline viewer.
Perhaps next to that would be a good spot to show the duration of the selected clip or have it selectable between timeline duration and clip duration.
I like that idea.

Premiere has done the hover thing for years. It's not at all a distraction, there's a time delay on it, you have to hold the position, and the popup window is small. It virtually never comes up unintentionally, and even if does, no harm.

Nice to know John.
I'd still like to see my method employed as you could then copy the duration into the clipboard and use it elsewhere.
Lets see what 17 brings.

Avid is king here. Two lines of timecode display above both the source and record viewers, with a duration display in the middle. Each line of display can be independently set to show record time, or the timecode from any source on your timeline...V1, V2,V3 A1, A2,A3 etc, or can show in to out duration, or timeline duration. As well you can display times in current frame rate, or converted to different frame rates, which is essential for cutting a 23.976 program, but having to deliver a 30 frame drop frame timecode version.

As well any of this information can be added on a timecode burn window for sending to sound or colour to clarify source location, name and timecode issues. Resolves method of showing record or source timecode, by only displaying the uppermost clip on your timeline is a joke.

As we can see here... That is a good example how this little things could be achieved:

Hello,

Everything is online without having to click in all directions.

You just have to move the playhead:
What's in black: it's under the playhead
What's in gray: it's not under the playhead.

I also Avid and by dint of clicking in all directions: I get to have like a tenniselbo on the wrist ...

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Much better in Avid. The information is where you are looking while you work...at the source and record screens. You don't have to click around at all to see it...its just there.

Resolve has tried implementing a very weak version of timecode information at the moniitor area, but it needs to be vastly improved to be usefull. Nobody wants to be constantly looking over at the bin section to see what the clip on their monitors information is.

Hello, Jean Claude.
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In your image, there is no Clip Duration. Media In and Media Out. BlackMagic can put there some "Duration in Timeline". It will help.
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Meanwhile I just workaround it.
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Nothing too bad, of course.
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Davinci is a really nice piece of software. Thanks for this BM.

+1 for this please!

This was one of those things that when I switched over from the dark side I thought I was missing something somewhere. Glad to hear I wasn't, but sad to hear there isn't a quick way to do this. Please improve soon!

Looks like the best way to get the info at the moment is with the Mark Clip command. You'll see the clip duration over the Timeline Viewer on the left.

+1 for getting this better implemented.

Or you can double click on the clip in the timeline. It will then appear in the Preview window with its duration top left.

In Vegas Pro, there are two options for you to see the clip's duration.
1. A floating window (dockable) which is called 'Show Event Length'
Any selected single clip A or V, the duration will be shown here & update as well if you trim or extend the file.
2. Toggle on/off Event Length
This is embedded in all of the clips in the TL, shown in upper right corner, also update like #1 when you edit them.

I use #2 all of the time, just assign a shortcut to toggle it on/off & you're good.

This feature is very helpful especially b-rolls or even monitoring & dividing multiple duration snippets of interviews to be edited for the purpose of paid airtimes.
For editing music videos also, for us to see how many seconds does that shot is shown or expose to the screen etc..better than needing to press LMB(x2) or ctrl d of each.
Seeing a duration of a clip without even going one by one is a time saver in a situation indeed. Hope resolve will have this.

Not being able to see the clip duration in many ways in timeline is counter productive.

One simple reason out of many:

Trimming the clip, you have to mark the clip each time...

Select clip
CTRL (CMD) -D

There it is, no?

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If you left click on either the head or tail of the clip with the trim cursor active, you'll see the duration after you nudge it a bit. You'll need to undo the nudge afterwards, but it's pretty quick.

I do agree that this is a badly-needed feature. In fact, I'd like to see the other program's clip info window somewhere on-screen all the time.

Ric

Is this solved yet? I want to know how to view the duration of selected clips quick, one clip or several clips. Anyone know how to do that?

If I select in and out point, the time on the far left (over the track names) still shows the whole project time.

I should be able to simply click on the clip...or multiple clips...and see the duration somewhere ANYwhere in the program, easily. Doing anything more than this is just a waste of my time.

Having to click the handles and drag and then undo just to see the duration, is silly and a waste of my time.

Having to Right click, select Change duration or speed, or even Command + D, is just silly and a waste of my time. Especially considering you then have to close the window.

I need an economy of clicks in my life. This should be an easssssy solution!

Even in the media pool column you don't have a clip duration metadata , only the number of frames so you have to pull out the calculator if you want a simple info like how long in seconds the clip is.

Vegas always shows the cursor position in the bottom right of window and if clip is selected will show its length.

I would also like to see the clip duration in a quick and effective way.

Even in the media pool column you don't have a clip duration metadata , only the number of frames so you have to pull out the calculator if you want a simple info like how long in seconds the clip is.

You can select what menu headings are in the media page. Duration is one you can set which will give you the length. Right click in the menu bar to select what you want to be displayed. I set up mine for what is important to me so deleted a lot of the default headings.

Hello: Thank you for your input. Unfortunately, I don't see that option you mention in the media page.
In the column layout on top there is no time duration of the clip. There ia a TC start and frame numbers and a lot of other metadata columns but not the most important for me that is duration
In the metadata panel on the right you have a TC end that is duration. Not prominent on the clip as it should be but at least there is a place where to look for.

Once in the edit page the only place where I can see the duration is the source window. Again inconvenient. If I want to have only the destination window open I cannot see how long every individual clip is.

I would also like to see the clip duration in a quick and effective way.

Even in the media pool column you don't have a clip duration metadata , only the number of frames so you have to pull out the calculator if you want a simple info like how long in seconds the clip is.

You can select what menu headings are in the media page. Duration is one you can set which will give you the length. Right click in the menu bar to select what you want to be displayed. I set up mine for what is important to me so deleted a lot of the default headings.

You have to right click the menu bar and then can choose what the menu items are in the bar. There is a very long list of items the choose to display.

Once in the edit page the only place where I can see the duration is the source window.

Timeline clip instance duration (Record Duration) is also displayed in the Edit Index.

And why show it directly on the screen when selecting a clip? It's too simple and can greatly simplify the work ... And this is not right, not modern!

Hello.

What do you mean "Edit index" ?. I have looked at all the options (three dots) in the timeline viewer and I do not see clip duration. I see the total duration of the timeline. I can see timecodes options (even in overlay which is very cool- I want to see as much information as possible when editing).

But the duration of the clip I can only see in the source left top above the clip. What are you refering to edit index and where to look for change it?

Once in the edit page the only place where I can see the duration is the source window.

Timeline clip instance duration (Record Duration) is also displayed in the Edit Index.

In the media page I guess you mean the Timecode option right? There I can see the clip duration
I wish this could also be seen in the timeline view window in the edit page (clip duration and timeline duration)

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Unfortunately in the timeline view this seems not possible so you have to always jump back to the media page or open the source viewer

The transparent overlay over the timeline viewer would be a perfect place to view the clip duration

You have to right click the menu bar and then can choose what the menu items are in the bar. There is a very long list of items the choose to display.

What do you mean "Edit index" ?

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Thank you very much. That is very useful. Now I have another place to check the clip duration in the edit page beside the right click "change clip duration) and the source view.

3 options. That's great. Still would love an option on the top of the timeline view like total timeline duration /and clip duration. But with these options I can keep track of that important parameter for me.

Thanks


Now if they

What do you mean "Edit index" ?

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For quick work, it should be like this - I selected the clip in the editing panel and saw the duration there, Just like we see the timecode - it's so easy to implement - but no...