tmcq : details

<f> : [<w>][(.|,)[<p>]] (1 by default). Optional set of following flags :

• <w> : count of the minimum amount of digits for the integer part,
• . or , : the decimal separator to use,
• <p> : count of the maximum amount of digits for the fractional part.

The tokens option is used for the '%t' format marker. For drop frame, the first character is used. For non-real-time, the second character is used if set. If not defined the one for drop frame is used. For non drop frame, the third character is used if set. Alternatively the one for non-real-time is used.

These optional markers specify how the timecode values are rounded, but don't cause anything to be displayed. You have to specify a display marker (see above) to see some output.

This rounding markers affect the timecode as a whole. For example, if you specify %<m (round down the minutes), the seconds (and frames) value will always be 0.

• <p> : rounding precision (optional, 0 to 9, 0 if missing).
• <t> : rounding target (d for days, h for hours, and so on …)

• 23n (23.976 fps non-drop frame, not real-time¹⁾)
• 29n (29.97 fps non-drop frame, not real-time²⁾, uncommon)
• 29d (29.97 fps drop-frame, 30/1.001³⁾, de-facto standard for NTSC work)
• 30d (alias of 29d)
• 59d/60d⁴⁾
• 59n/60n
• other integers,
  • especially 24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 600, 1000… (for video),
  • especially 44100, 48000, 96000… (for audio).

• hh:mm:ss:ff or h:m:s:f (hours:minutes:seconds:frames)
• m:s:f
• s (seconds integer value)
• s.p(ost decimal positions)⁵⁾
• d:h (days:hours)
• frames: frame count starting at 0 or at 1 (default: 0 is the first frame, as widely used in compositing applications).

You can append a FPS designation (see above) by preceding it by a @. When not specified, the FPS designation used is the one specified for the output.