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Linear timecode BCD field packing: drop-frame flag bit · case 04

Drop-frame timecode corrupts the frame units digit.

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Case contract

Pack HH:MM:SS:FF into four bytes [frames, seconds, minutes, hours] in transmission order. Each byte holds units in bits 0-3 and tens from bit 4 upward. The frames byte carries the drop-frame flag (bit 6, set when the last separator is ";") and the color-frame flag (bit 7).

Why this case matters

Timecode arithmetic errors misplace edits, commercial breaks and captions against the broadcast clock.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
regression: drop-frame flag bit	`[4, 0, 0, 0]`	`[64, 0, 0, 0]`	Failed

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