diff --git a/app/common/timecodefunctions.cpp b/app/common/timecodefunctions.cpp
index 86c9eaf36..31bab1682 100644
--- a/app/common/timecodefunctions.cpp
+++ b/app/common/timecodefunctions.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ QString Timecode::timestamp_to_timecode(const int64_t &timestamp,
                                         bool show_plus_if_positive)
 {
   if (timebase.isNull()) {
-    return QString();
+    return QStringLiteral("INVALID TIMEBASE");
   }
 
   double timestamp_dbl = (rational(timestamp) * timebase).toDouble();
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ QString Timecode::timestamp_to_timecode(const int64_t &timestamp,
     return QString::number(qRound(timestamp_dbl * 1000));
   }
 
-  return QString();
+  return QStringLiteral("INVALID TIMECODE MODE");
 }
 
 int64_t Timecode::timecode_to_timestamp(const QString &timecode, const rational &timebase, const Display &display, bool* ok)
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ rational Timecode::timestamp_to_time(const int64_t &timestamp, const rational &t
   return rational(timestamp) * timebase;
 }
 
+QString Timecode::time_to_timecode(const rational &time, const rational &timebase, const Timecode::Display &display, bool show_plus_if_positive)
+{
+  return timestamp_to_timecode(time_to_timestamp(time, timebase), timebase, display, show_plus_if_positive);
+}
+
 bool Timecode::TimebaseIsDropFrame(const rational &timebase)
 {
   return (timebase.numerator() == 1001);
diff --git a/app/common/timecodefunctions.h b/app/common/timecodefunctions.h
index 0d1748394..509576e07 100644
--- a/app/common/timecodefunctions.h
+++ b/app/common/timecodefunctions.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public:
 
   static rational timestamp_to_time(const int64_t& timestamp, const rational& timebase);
 
+  static QString time_to_timecode(const rational& time, const rational& timebase, const Display &display, bool show_plus_if_positive = false);
+
   static bool TimebaseIsDropFrame(const rational& timebase);
 
 };