Thanks for the reference. I am tring to get through all those terms, completely new to me. The first thing I am to figure I think is whether there is any "conventional" way to acquire those timestamp data, or I need to "break in"= .. Arkady -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf Of David Duffy (AVD) Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 12:28 AM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE]:: LTC signal from DVD player: how? On 18/10/2013 8:53 AM, skorokhod wrote: > Hi, > Can someone help me with the following task? I need to get a timecode signal > (in LTC format) from a consumer DVD player. > Basically I need the time (and probably frame count) that is being displayed > on the LCD panel of the player during the playback to be output as an LTC > signal for some further processing by the customer. What would be the > simplest way to achieve that? There's some info in this Pioneer pdf about "Program Chains" in DVD titles. Might be enough to get you started with the right search terms? http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/images/portal/cit_3424/28121665PIB= 1 52528_DVDPlyr_DVDVidtitle-Frm-RandmSrch.pdf David... -- ___________________________________________ David Duffy Audio Visual Devices P/L Unit 8, 10 Hook St, Capalaba 4157 Australia Ph: +61 7 38235717 Fax: +61 7 38234717 Our Web Site: www.audiovisualdevices.com.au ___________________________________________ -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .