How to create a live text SMPTE display from external MTC?

Hello, total video and VDMX noob here. I’m using Studio One as my DAW and I want to use some live effects in VDMX to record a live music video. S1 is recording all of my audio inputs and also generating MTC during the recording, which VDMX is recognizing nicely via the Timecode plugin. However I want to create a timecode burn-in on the video so I can sync it up when I throw the recorded video back into S1 for a full audio mixdown. I found some old resources but nothing that explicitly shows that this is possible. Any help is welcome! Thanks! :smiley:

Based off this old tutorial, I made an ISF shader that does the same.

Link to ISF Shader: https://github.com/ProjectileObjects/MiscISFShaders/blob/main/VDMX%20MTC%20Display.fs

Save the shader to ~/Library/Graphics/ISF and load in VDMX. Then with your MTC running, right-click detect MIDI and it should pick up your MTC signal.

Old tutorial: Receiving MIDI SMPTE Time Code (MTC) in VDMX — VDMX - MAC VJ SOFTWARE

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