Free Creator Tool · Editorial Math

Timecode ↔ frames ↔ seconds converter

Convert any of three time representations across every common editorial frame rate. Type any value — the other two update live.

Timecode

HH:MM:SS:FF

Frames

Total frame count

Seconds

Decimal seconds

Timecode

01:00:00:00

Total frames

86,400

Seconds

01:00:03.604

Non-drop frame counting at the rounded fps integer (e.g. 23.976 fps → 24 frame slots per second). Pure browser math.

Why editors need this

Editorial timecode (HH:MM:SS:FF) is the language of NLEs, but everything around it speaks in seconds (CSV exports, captions) or in raw frames (after-effects, audio software). Converting between the three is a constant tax — this tool zeros that out.

The conversion uses non-drop frame counting at the rounded fps integer (e.g. 23.976 fps → 24 slot frames per second). That matches how NLEs display non-drop timecode on the timeline. For drop-frame projects, expect a tiny drift at long durations.

When you need to find every silent gap in a multi-hour interview, do not count frames by hand — Yond Cut Silences in the YondCut Premiere Pro plugin detects silences and razor-cuts them automatically across nested sequences.

Frequently asked questions

Drop-frame timecode (29.97 DF) skips two frame numbers every minute to keep wall-clock accuracy. Non-drop counts every frame at the integer rate. NLEs default to non-drop on most modern formats; this tool uses non-drop.

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