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Occasionally I use one or more of my cameras to capture video for multi-cam content to be edited in Davinci Resolve.

Problem 1: Davinci Resolve doesn't play nice with MP4 files, so I have to convert them to *.MOV files.

Problem 2: Multi-cam shoots are a nightmare to sync if there's no timecode or create date.

Right now, I bring the files into the media pool in Davinci Resolve and manually change the timecode to match the file creation time.

Problem 3: If I convert the video files, since there's no other reference to a date than the file creation date, conversion changes that when it creates a new file. So, if I don't convert them on the same day I captured the video, I lose track of when the video was created, and then lining them up to the cameras I have that DO track this information becomes a nightmare.

QUESTION: Is there a way to have ZM add EXIF data? I've already checked the little box that suggests that it can, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

problem 1: ffmpeg can convert the images into any of several different movie formats. I believe this is built into the video export functionality of ZM. I have written simple bash scripts to take the images of a particular event and export them somehow using ffmpeg, its not very difficult.

problem 2: I do not know about the internal time coding, but the image files should have properties that show precisely when the server created them. Sounds like you are already skinning the cat that way. The database has this info, I believe.

Problem 3: Whats wrong with the timestamp embedded into the image? The database should have the info you are after, I think. How to get it would entail some research.

HTH....