Blackmagic : LogBlackmagicMedia received an invalid Timecode frame number

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Hello everyone,

I use a Blackmagic camera and an Iphone as a tracker for virtual production. Both are set at 30fps. In my Unreal project everything is at 30 fps (livelink, timecode, …). However I get errors messages in my Output Log and I don’t really understand it :

LogBlackmagicMedia : Warning : The Engine couldn’t run fast enough to keep up with the CustomTimeStepSync. ‘-1’ frame(s) was dropped.
LogBlackmagicMedia : Warning: BlackmagicTimecodeProvider input ‘1’ received an invalid Timecode frame number (24) for the current frame rate (24fps).

If you have any idea about how to fix this it would be amazing !

Thanks ! :slight_smile:

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First message sounds like the scene is taking longer so isn’t able to be refreshed to match the speed of the camera. Try with a very simple level?

You mention 30 fps at start but mention 24 fps later. Make shure camera and all systems are set to the same fps.

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Thanks for your reply,

It seems that the problem persists with a very simple level.

For the second part, I checked and everything is at 30 fps that is why I am very confused.

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Wondering if you might want to post to blackmagic groups or to some of the Youtubers doing virtual production with Black magic cameras…