Hello! I was just wondering, how do you properly time a run? I usually just look in premiere pro, but the timer / timecode only goes down to the hundredths second. Is there any better way of doing this?
The solution is using Livesplit, a free program for timing, very simple stuff for speedrunners. If you wanna know more about livesplit, and other very similar you gotta go there in Resources, all the info you need is there: https://www.speedrun.com/resources. (In my opinion, Livesplit is the best timer for doing this).
@manticor5 's solution is what's generally used when your game does not have a built-in timer which runners use and when your game does not need sub-second precision, which applies to most games. If, however, you do require or want that precision, you can framecount the video, which usually amounts to putting your video in a video editor or similar tool and counting the frames. You seem to already be doing this, so to solve your Premier Pro problem, just use a little math. If you know your video's framerate (let's use 60 fps as an example) and the length of the video to the hundredths place (e.g., 8:06.82) then you can find how many frames are in the video, or at the very least, just that last portion of a second. Taking .82 and multiplying by the framerate, 60 fps, we obtain: .82 * 60 = 49.2 which, once you round, tells us your run was 8 minutes, 6 seconds, and 49 additional frames. If you want that thousandths digit, you can flip the order of the calculation: 49 / 60 = .81666... which is rounded to the thousandth digit, resulting in .817.
I always rounded to the floor of the thousandth digit, so .81666... will be .816. I guess it doesn't matter as long as it's consistent in the same leaderboard.
https://mattbraddock.com/yt-frame-timer/ Frame-perfect YouTube retimer with instructions ^
I do want to know is there any type of website to go to for adding certain times and adding them to another time as well? I have a run and I am trying to calculate the times. And, I don't know what Program to use LiveSplit or YT-Frame-Timer. If, anyone can help. That would be awesome. It is something that I want to know real quick. If, that's fine?
https://slashinfty.github.io/yt-frame-timer/ New Link for YouTube Interval Timer
Could also try VidTimer: https://vidtimer.com/