Synchronisation and SMPTE timecode (time code)

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The audio sync tone version of SMPTE is called linear or longitudinal time code or LTC. There are four standard frame-rate formats: The SMPTE frame-rate of thirty frames per second (fps) is often used for audio in America. Within the SMPTE LTC word the numbers of the SMPTE timecode frame address are in binary coded decimal representation.

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