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Updated the README.md to clarify why a Timecode of 00:00:00:00 has 1 frame.
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assert tc4.frame_number == 0
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> [!NOTE]
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> A common misconception is that `00:00:00:00` should have 0 frames. This is wrong
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> because Timecode is a label given for each frame in a media, and it happens to be
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> using numbers which are seemingly incremented one after another. So, for a Timecode to
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> exist there should be a frame. and 00:00:00:00 is generally the label given to the
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> first frame.
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Frame rates 29.97 and 59.94 are always drop frame, and all the others are non drop
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frame.
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