Frames to Timecode
Convert a frame count into timecode at a given frame rate.
Frames into hours, minutes, seconds
In video, a position is often a frame number, but people read time as timecode — hours, minutes, seconds and frames. Converting between them depends on the frame rate, since the number of frames in a second varies by format. This turns a frame count into timecode at your chosen frame rate, so an edit point given in frames becomes a readable time.
Enter a frame count and frame rate, and get the timecode.
Frame rate is everything
The conversion hinges entirely on the frame rate, because that is how many frames make up each second — and video uses several, from twenty-four for film to twenty-five and thirty and more. The same frame number is a different time at a different rate, so getting the rate right is essential. There is also a notorious complication called drop-frame timecode, used with certain rates to keep timecode aligned with real clock time, which subtly skips numbers. For straightforward rates the conversion is clean; where drop-frame applies, it needs accounting for.
Common questions
Why does the frame rate matter for timecode?
Because it sets how many frames make a second, so the same frame count is a different time at a different rate — the rate must be correct.
What is drop-frame timecode?
A convention used with certain frame rates that skips some timecode numbers to keep it aligned with real clock time.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The conversion happens in your browser.