The DVdate plugin for Adobe Premiere Elements* allows the user to apply a timecode within the Timeline video clip. I last explored this plugin in 2014 in Premiere Elements 10, 11, and 12. It worked well. For details, please refer to a Premiere Elements forum discussion** back in 2014. See HERE. The following important DVdate source and setup details from that discussion are excerpted for convenience
I just downloaded the DVdate plug-in. Road tested 10, 11, or 12 Premiere Elements with Windows 7 64 bit).
Download DVdate plug-in from link given in post 1.
It is a bit of a detour for 11 and 12, but...
Double click the downloaded DVdateSetup.exe to start its installation.
When you get to the dialog for selection the destination, select
Target Application
"Adobe Premiere Elements 10.0, 11.0 (64 bit)"
and, below that, for Folder accept
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 10\Plug-ins\en_US"
This will put the plug-in in the version 10 location. After the installation is successful in 10, then I copied the DVdate Folder in the 10 en_US Folder and pasted it in the comparable location for versions 11 and 12.
In versions 11 and 12, the DVdate plug-in is found in Expert workspace/fx Effects Tab/Video/DVdate. After you drag the effect into the clip, you edit the effect via Applied Effects/Applied Effects Palette/DVdate Panel. In the DVdate Panel is a Setup icon. Click on that for the complete setup.
Version 10, its Edit Header/Effects/Video Effects/Video/DVdate. And, then Edit Effects for the Properties Palette and its DVdate Panel with the Setup icon.
The DVdate Folder in the en_US Folder contains files named 409.Ing, 419.Ing, DVdate.prm, DVdate409.chm, and DVdate419.chm. Open the DVdate409.chm for how to use in project. The author of the DVdate409.chm file is Ilya Topolnitsky with copyright dated 2012.
ISSUE
When that DVdate Folder stored from the 2014 time was copied in 2017 into Premiere Elements 15
C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 15/Plug-ins/en_US (on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit or Windows 10 Home 64 bit) it functioned well.
If a user has the DVdate Folder still installed on his/her computer, this DVdate plugin should work for him/her as described above. The DVdate Setup.exe appears to be no longer available online. Please refer to DVdate plugin availability comment in the COMMENTARY section of this blog post.
SOLUTION
In the absence of using stored older download, there appears to be no solution for use of DVdate plugin in conjunction with Premiere Elements when wanting to insert timecode into Premiere Elements Timeline video. The unavailability of the DVdate Setup.exe/DVdate Folder appear to be the limiting factor.
COMMENTARY
I am still searching online for possible archived DVdate plugin files. The following may be a possible source, but I am hesitant to download from an archived web site that is unknown to me. The link referred to is
https://archive.is/73WLO which I have left inactive in this post.
A program named DVMP-Pro 6.3 might be a consideration for insertion of a timecode within Timeline video, but it is not free, and I have not downloaded nor tested it in conjunction with any version of Premiere Elements.
ADD ON entered into this blog post on December 10, 2017.
Current version 2018 as well as earlier versions of Premiere Elements do not come with a built in feature for applying timecode to a video.
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* With my computers, I did not experience any security issues when opening the active link https://archive.is/WLVqF used here for the archived description of the exact 2014 source of my DVdate plugin.
** I no longer visit the Adobe Premiere Elements forum, consequently I will not respond to 2017 follow up questions added to that 2014 thread. Hopefully, the details above will update my views of the DVdate plugin used in conjunction with Premiere Elements.
ATR
