GLOBAL TIMECODE · LIVE

One clock for every timeline.

Frame-accurate SMPTE timecode from a single global source — every camera, editor, and collaborator reads the exact same frame, genlock-free.

SMPTE 12M · LTC + MTC · files with BWF timestamps · free · nothing uploaded
00:00:00;00
rate 29.97 DFreference UTC every device same frame
UTCLOCALUTC --:--:--LOC --:--:--
How it works

Nothing is streamed. Everything agrees.

01

Lock to the global clock

Every device locks to the same worldwide reference over a plain HTTPS connection — a browser is enough. No genlock cable, no house sync, no special hardware.

02

Made on each device

Every device stays in step with the shared clock on its own — nothing to drop, buffer, or chase. The running timecode stays rock-steady.

03

Everyone reads the same frame

A camera in LA, an editor in New York, a truck in London — all reading identical timecode. Files carry BWF timestamps so post lines everything up.

Accuracy

Honest about precision — it's measured, not promised.

The dispersion readout is part of the product.

DropFrame continuously measures its own sync quality and shows it — a live ± window on every screen. Millisecond-class agreement over the open internet: exactly what multi-location production needs to stay on the same page.

And it never pretends: 29.97 stays 29.97 — drop-frame handled with the real math, not rounded to 30.

±18 ms
typical measured dispersion
shown live · never assumed
Formats

Every professional rate. Live streams and files.

23.9762425 29.97 DF29.97 ND30 LTC · liveMTC · MIDIsingle · batch · continuous filesBWF timestamps

Open the generator. It's already in sync.