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Main Window

The main TCPLAYER interface.

TCPLAYER main GUI screenshot

The main window is divided into five parts.

Header

Open the settings window, control playback transport, and read the timecodes for the playhead and the start and end of a selected region. It also shows the current playback position and the total track duration.

Waveform View

Your main workspace — the waveform, markers, and BPM readout all live here.

Create Markers

There are several ways to create markers.

  • Press m to add a single marker at the playhead. A quick input pops up:

Creating a marker screenshot

  • Start typing the name of your new marker. If it's defined in your marker set, TCPLAYER suggests it automatically. Press Enter to accept, and the marker appears at the playhead. You can also give it a name that isn't in the set, or pick an existing one from the list that appears on the right.

  • Hold Alt and drag a marker to create a duplicate with a unique number.

  • To select multiple markers, hold Ctrl/Cmd and drag across the waveform — every marker inside the area is selected.

  • To delete the selected markers, press Del/Backspace.

  • Set a fade by dragging the top of a marker to the right. The fade time in seconds shows up right at the fade point on the waveform.


Edit Markers

Right-click any marker to open its context menu.

Markers context menu screenshot

  • Rename — opens an input field for a new name. If the name exists in your marker set, the marker takes on its defined color.

  • Renumber — assign a new number. If it doesn't match your auto-numbering strategy or falls outside the valid range, TCPLAYER assigns a corrected one.

  • Reposition — give the marker a new timecode and it jumps to that point on the waveform.

  • Delete — remove the selected marker.

Tracks List

An interactive table of your imported tracks. tracks table screenshot

Tracks List Header

The controls for managing your track list.

  • Add Media — adds more media to your playlist.

  • Clear Playlist — wipes the entire playlist. Careful: this can't be undone, though your files stay untouched on disk.

  • Remove — takes a track out of the playlist.

  • Edit — opens a small drawer:

  • TC Window — opens a large timecode display.

  • Video — opens a video window, if the media file has a video track.

Edit track GUI screenshot

  • Track File Name — rename the track. Note this renames the actual file on disk, not just the playlist entry.

  • Start Timecode — set the track's starting timecode.

  • Export Markers — export the markers in your chosen format.

  • Replace Markers — swap the current track's markers for saved markers from another track.

  • Generate LTC File — render an LTC WAV file for the current track.

Tracks List Table

  • Drag and drop tracks to arrange the playlist in any order you need.

  • The Status column lets you tag tracks with a work status from a dropdown — handy for tracking what's still to do or what needs reworking.

    Track status screenshot

  • The Type column is informational: TCPLAYER shows what it found in the media — audio only, or audio with video.

  • The Start column lets you change the selected track's start timecode inline.

  • The Duration column shows the length of the media file.

Markers List

An interactive table of the markers you've created. markers table screenshot

Markers List Header

  • AI Markers — AI-powered marker generation.

    On first launch, TCPLAYER prompts you to download the AI plugin. Sizes vary by platform:

    • Windows — 2.6 GB zipped, ~5 GB installed

    • macOS — 400 MB zipped, ~1.2 GB installed

    Make sure you have enough space on your system drive and a connection that can handle the download.

    Hardware requirements:

    • Windows — a discrete NVIDIA GPU (GTX or RTX series). Integrated graphics are not supported.

    • macOS — Apple Silicon (M-series). Intel Macs are not supported.

    • 16 GB RAM minimum is strongly recommended.

    On the first run of each session, the plugin warms up — the model loads into RAM, which takes a moment. Because of this, long tracks (over 5 minutes) can push memory usage high; on machines with limited RAM you may notice brief slowdowns while the track is processed.

    Everything runs locally — your audio never leaves your machine. No uploads, no cloud, no per-track fees.

  • Lock — freezes all marker edits: no moving, renumbering, or renaming.

  • Remove All Markers — clears every marker from the track.

  • Remove — deletes the selected marker.

Markers List Table

  • The Marker column shows the marker's name. Double-click to edit it inline.

  • The Fade column shows the marker's fade time — also editable inline.

  • The Start column lets you change the marker's start time, again with an inline editor.

A status area showing various indicators at a glance.

  • On the left, you'll see live status messages during AI Marker generation — handy for following along as the plugin works.

  • On the right sits the info cluster: TCPLAYER version, FPS, and indicators for NDI, LTC, MTC, and Art-Net timecode.

These indicators are your at-a-glance diagnostics. Enable an output — say, MIDI timecode — and its indicator (MTC) turns green. Once a track is playing, the indicator animates. Green plus animation means TCPLAYER is definitely sending timecode or an NDI stream — which makes the footer the first place to look when a console or on-PC isn't receiving. If the light's green and moving on your end, the problem is downstream, not here.