Last updated on
Oct 19, 2025
Learn how to change the timecode display format in Premiere Pro.
You can change the timecode display format in any panel where timecode is shown in hot text.
To display timecode in audio units, Audio Samples or Milliseconds, select the panel menu in the Timeline panel, and then select Show Audio Time Units.
Set timecode to Audio Samples or Milliseconds via File > Project Settings > General. Select Display Format options under Audio.
Press Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (macOS) a hot text timecode display to toggle through any available timecode formats.
- Drop-Frame
- Non-Drop-Frame
- Feet + Frames 16mm
- Feet + Frames 35mm
- Frames
The timecode display format for the Program Monitor, including the instance in the Trim Monitor, and Timeline panels always match one another. Changing the display format in one of these panels changes it in the other.