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imported>Trenchcoat1
The timecode looks too similar to one I keep seeing in a Betacam deck, same font, same placement, same text.
 
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[[Image:Burnt-in timecode.jpg|thumb|250px|[[EBU colour bars]] with burnt-in timecode]]
{{Short description|Human-readable time display added to a video}}
[[Image:Burnt-in timecode.jpg|thumb|250px|[[EBU colour bars]] with burnt-in timecode; likely from a Sony Betacam deck]]
'''Burnt-in timecode''' (often abbreviated to '''BITC''' by analogy to [[Timecode/Vertical interval timecode|VITC]]) is a [[human-readable]] on-screen version of the [[timecode]] information for a piece of material superimposed on a video image. BITC is sometimes used in conjunction with "real" machine-readable timecode but more often used in copies of original material onto a nonbroadcast format such as VHS so that the VHS copies can be traced back to their master tape and the original timecodes easily located.  
'''Burnt-in timecode''' (often abbreviated to '''BITC''' by analogy to [[Timecode/Vertical interval timecode|VITC]]) is a [[human-readable]] on-screen version of the [[timecode]] information for a piece of material superimposed on a video image. BITC is sometimes used in conjunction with "real" machine-readable timecode but more often used in copies of original material onto a nonbroadcast format such as VHS so that the VHS copies can be traced back to their master tape and the original timecodes easily located.