Timecode to Frames Calculator

Multiply hours, minutes and seconds out to frames and add the frame field: at 25 fps, 01:02:03:04 = (1 × 3600 + 2 × 60 + 3) × 25 + 4 = 93,079. At 29.97 drop-frame the same timecode is 111,582 frames because two frame numbers are skipped every minute except every tenth. Enter it above and pick the rate.

NTSC video runs at 29.97 fps, not 30, so counting 30 frames per timecode second makes the clock drift 3.6 seconds behind real time every hour. Drop-frame timecode skips frame numbers 00 and 01 at the start of each minute (except minutes 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50) so the displayed time stays accurate; no actual frames are dropped. Non-drop keeps every number and drifts. Broadcast deliverables in North America and Japan use DF, shown with a semicolon (01:02:03;04).

Match the sequence or camera setting: 23.976 for most digital cinema and streaming drama, 24 for film, 25 for PAL regions and European broadcast, 29.97 DF for NTSC broadcast, 30 or 60 for web and games, 50/59.94 for sports and interlaced-heritage formats. The frame number is meaningless without the right rate.

41.667 seconds at 24 fps, 40 seconds at 25 fps, 33.367 seconds at 29.97 fps, 33.333 seconds at 30 fps and 16.667 seconds at 60 fps. Duration = frames ÷ exact frame rate.

Hours are not capped, so 25:00:00:00 works for long-form logs; negative frame counts are treated as zero. For arithmetic between two timecodes, convert both to frames, subtract, and convert the result back.