It's a little unusual to ask for Non-Drop Frame though. Generally programs going to broadcast use Drop Frame. That means that Paul (the original poster) needs to change his Sequence setting to Non-Drop Frame before outputting to tape. You can do that by Control Clicking in the upper part of the TimeLine, where the TC numbers read, and selecting Non-Drop Frame. sb On 8/8/03 11:30 AM, "sb" <videovideo at mac.com> wrote: > Yup, that way when your program actually starts, it's at exactly 1:00:00:00 > > sb > > On 8/8/03 10:32 AM, "Craig Busch" <clbusch at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> So my understanding on this is that even though you are at the >> relative beginning >> of a tape, you set the time code on the tape so that it reads just before >> the hour? >> Thanks, >> Craig