Application to use .MOI and .MOD to insert timestamps for digital camcorders?

[gogetadbl]

I have a Canon FS20 and I want to insert timestamps in my movies. I have no idea how to add in the data from the MOI's into the MOD files. The mod files are just mpeg2 files.

I read about a Linux user that used all these filters and codecs and bash scripting to do this, but I have no idea how this works. Macs have Final Cut to do this. I cannot find anything in Windows to do this . The programs that came with my camcorder only let me copy files to my computer and burn files on DVD. I've been researching this for a few days and I haven't had any luck.

[gogetadbl]

Is there a PC-like software similar to Final Cut?

[Guest]

What do you mean by "insert timestamps in my movies"?

[Ghitulescu]

No answer also in these threads:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f160/application-use-moi-mod-insert-timestamps-digital-camcorders-276840/
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1154706
:D

However, if you'd used google before you'd certainly found this info:
http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t135224.html

so you can open yourself this in any hex editor and extract the info yourself (date, time etc.). You can always use this info in your video editing software or as a subtitle.

so :search:

[galocza]

hi,

my mother wants a light and easy to operate camcorder. i think the best for her would be an sd-card based one, these record mpeg2 video.
id like to create a subtitle file with timestamps and include these into the final dvd when authoring (dvdlab). i was able to do this without much effort with my trusty old dv camcorder (one more reason not to "upgrade").
ive read many topics in many forums (actually doom9 too, but i didnt search in capturing, thought it was for analogue), and now im quite confident that a moi->subtitle converter doesnt exists.
i know of the dv-method (convert the video through a dv camcorder because when playing back, these mpeg2 camcorders can show timestamps), but i dont like an idea of digital-analogue-digital, and mpeg2-dv-mpeg2 converions just for the stupid timestamps (as the video material is already in mpeg2 it is ready to be written to dvd) - but my mother wants them.
i thought of a workaround: to simply write a subtitle file, starting from the timestamp extracted from the moi file with sdcopy, something like this:

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,999
2009.12.24.|18:56:32

2
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:01,999
2009.12.24.|18:56:33

etc.
but it seems very, very time consuming, given that on these devices - i think - all scenes are in different files. i tried all better known subtitle software, but i couldnt find such feature...
so my question is: could you please think of a method to automate this process?

thanks in advance,
galocza

ps: i know hd is the future (and maybe the present too), but i was surprised that a tool like this (similar to dvsubmaker) doesnt exist.

[Ghitulescu]

You can always use this info in your video editing software or as a subtitle.

i thought of a workaround: to simply write a subtitle file, starting from the timestamp extracted from the moi file with sdcopy, something like this:

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,999
2009.12.24.|18:56:32

2
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:01,999
2009.12.24.|18:56:33

etc.

A good idea you had.

Working with video requires a little bit of effort. Working in general requires a bit of effort.
Personally I hate 1click software, they allow (if they) few choices and pretend take the best decision for you.
I refuse to fly with a jet designed by a 1click software. ;)

I fail to see the extra effort you have to do in inserting some lines of text, when you nevertheless have to combine these videos, or the insert titles/menus (Mallorca 2009, Tunisia 2007 etc.).

[galocza]

ok, so you say when my parents came back from vacation with a few hours of footage, i should write a four line block for every second of it (ok, let it be only 2, one being an empty line and another the number of the subtitle), 3600 blocks per footage hour - always counting and not making mistakes. you are right, thats really not something a program should do, they arent written for monotonous, repetitive tasks.
when i saw that there was a reply, i hoped for something more constructive.
thanks anyway.

[Ghitulescu]

ok, so you say when my parents came back from vacation with a few hours of footage, i should write a four line block for every second of it (ok, let it be only 2, one being an empty line and another the number of the subtitle), 3600 blocks per footage hour - always counting and not making mistakes. you are right, thats really not something a program should do, they arent written for monotonous, repetitive tasks.
when i saw that there was a reply, i hoped for something more constructive.
thanks anyway.

Then you don't know how subtitles work.
You specify a start time and an end time
like 0:01:00,00-0:10:59,24 Mallorca 2007 - runs for about 10 minutes ;)
You do this once per video file

If you want to count the seconds, and/or the frames, that's your problem - anything to make your parents happy, if they want to have the seconds on screen.