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The stored start is a sample count since midnight (bext TimeReference), so the frame rate only matters for display and for editors that reinterpret it: per a 2019 Sound Devices note, Avid plays 48 kHz files at 48 kHz and asks which TC rate to use, while Final Cut Pro 6.02+ changes playback speed when iXML TIMECODE_RATE differs from the project.","status":"active","body":{"text":"To land a field-recorder WAV at its timecode in REAPER, use the source-preferred-position actions (move items, since v1.01; Media Explorer insert, v6.17) or InsertMedia flag &4096; since v6.19 REAPER also reads time references in mp3/flac/ogg/opus/wavpack. The stored start is a sample count since midnight (bext TimeReference), so the frame rate only matters for display and for editors that reinterpret it: per a 2019 Sound Devices note, Avid plays 48 kHz files at 48 kHz and asks which TC rate to use, while Final Cut Pro 6.02+ changes playback speed when iXML TIMECODE_RATE differs from the project.\n\nCurator qualifications: Docs read 2026-10-22; no file imported, rendered or converted. Avid/FCP behaviour from a 2019 vendor note, not Avid or Apple documentation. 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