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With VLC, I have found two approaches for determining milliseconds.

Approach 1. Addon: Jump to time (Previous Frame)

• Install Jump to time Previous Frame via the macOS menu VLC > Addons Manager or the Ubuntu menu Tools > Plugins and extensions > Addons Manager tab > Extensions. In VLC 3, click the "Find more addons online" button. The online install page is addons.videolan.org/p/1154013.

  Note: Jump To Time version 3 extension may need to be manually installed. At this time (2023.02.23) the Addons Manager is installing version 2.1.

• Restart VLC.

• Use the menu is under VLC -> Extensions -> Jump to time (Previous frame) to open the dialog below depicted. [Note: older VLC placed the extension under the View menu.] The Jump to time (Previous frame) Get time >> button updates to show HH:MM:SS,mmm.

  (Note: this is a different dialog then Jump to time in the Playback menu).

Approach 2. Calculate/Estimate

One can estimate milliseconds based the MM:SS that is displayed as follows:

• Stop slightly more than one second prior to the point of interest.
• Use the Next frame e hot key to count frames after when the seconds display changes values to the point of interest.
• Use the Frame rate from the Media Information Window > Codec Details tab to convert to an approximate milliseconds value.
• frame_count / frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds
  The margin of error will be: 0.5/frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds

With VLC, I found two approaches for determining milliseconds.

Approach 1. Addon: Jump to time (Previous Frame)

• Install Jump to time Previous Frame via the macOS menu VLC > Addons Manager or the Ubuntu menu Tools > Plugins and extensions > Addons Manager tab > Extensions. In VLC 3, click the "Find more addons online" button. The online install page is addons.videolan.org/p/1154013.

  Note: Jump To Time version 3 extension may need to be manually installed. At this time (2023.02.23) the Addons Manager is installing version 2.1.

• Restart VLC.

• Use the menu is under VLC -> Extensions -> Jump to time (Previous frame) to open the dialog depicted below. [Note: older VLC placed the extension under the View menu.] The Jump to time (Previous frame) Get time >> button updates to show HH:MM:SS,mmm.

  (Note: this is a different dialog than Jump to time in the Playback menu).

Approach 2. Calculate/Estimate

One can estimate the milliseconds based the MM:SS that is displayed as follows:

• Stop slightly more than one second prior to the point of interest.
• Use the Next frame e hot key to count frames after when the seconds display changes values to the point of interest.
• Use the Frame rate from the Media Information Window > Codec Details tab to convert to an approximate milliseconds value.
• frame_count / frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds
  The margin of error will be: 0.5/frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds

With VLC, I have found two approaches for determining milliseconds.

Approach 1. Addon: Jump to time (Previous Frame)

• Install Jump to time Previous Frame via the macOS menu VLC > Addons Manager or the Ubuntu menu Tools > Plugins and extensions > Addons Manager tab > Extensions. In VLC 3, click the "Find more addons online" button. The online install page is here.

• Restart VLC.

• Use the menu is under VLC -> Extensions -> Jump to time (Previous frame) to open the dialog below depicted. [Note: older VLC placed the extension under the View menu.] The Jump to time (Previous frame) Get time >> button updates to show HH:MM:SS,mmm.

  (Note: this is a different dialog then Jump to time in the Playback menu).

Approach 2. Calculate/Estimate

One can estimate milliseconds based the MM:SS that is displayed as follows:

• Stop slightly more than one second prior to the point of interest.
• Use the Next frame e hot key to count frames after when the seconds display changes values to the point of interest.
• Use the Frame rate from the Media Information Window > Codec Details tab to convert to an approximate milliseconds value.
• frame_count / frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds
  The margin of error will be: 0.5/frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds

With VLC, I have found two approaches for determining milliseconds.

Approach 1. Addon: Jump to time (Previous Frame)

• Install Jump to time Previous Frame via the macOS menu VLC > Addons Manager or the Ubuntu menu Tools > Plugins and extensions > Addons Manager tab > Extensions. In VLC 3, click the "Find more addons online" button. The online install page is addons.videolan.org/p/1154013.

  Note: Jump To Time version 3 extension may need to be manually installed. At this time (2023.02.23) the Addons Manager is installing version 2.1.

• Restart VLC.

• Use the menu is under VLC -> Extensions -> Jump to time (Previous frame) to open the dialog below depicted. [Note: older VLC placed the extension under the View menu.] The Jump to time (Previous frame) Get time >> button updates to show HH:MM:SS,mmm.

  (Note: this is a different dialog then Jump to time in the Playback menu).

Approach 2. Calculate/Estimate

One can estimate milliseconds based the MM:SS that is displayed as follows:

• Stop slightly more than one second prior to the point of interest.
• Use the Next frame e hot key to count frames after when the seconds display changes values to the point of interest.
• Use the Frame rate from the Media Information Window > Codec Details tab to convert to an approximate milliseconds value.
• frame_count / frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds
  The margin of error will be: 0.5/frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds

With VLC, I have found two approaches for determining milliseconds.

Approach 1. Addon: Jump to time (Previous Frame).

• Install Jump to time Previous Frame via the macOS menu VLC > Addons Manager or the Ubuntu menu Tools > Plugins and extensions > Addons Manager tab > Extensions. In VLC 3, click the "Find more addons online" button. The online install page is here.

• Restart VLC.

• Use the menu is under VLC -> Extensions -> Jump to time (Previous frame) to open the dialog below depicted. [Note: older VLC placed the extension under the View menu.] The Jump to time (Previous frame) Get time >> button updates to show HH:MM:SS,mmm.  (Note: this is a different dialog then Jump to time in the Playback menu).

Approach 2. Calculate/Estimate . One can estimate milliseconds based the MM:SS that is displayed as follows:

• Stop slightly more than one second prior to the point of interest.
• Use the Next frame e hot key to count frames after when the seconds display changes values to the point of interest.
• Use the Frame rate from the Media Information Window > Codec Details tab to convert to an approximate milliseconds value.
• frame_count / frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds
  The margin of error will be: 0.5/frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds

With VLC, I have found two approaches for determining milliseconds.

Approach 1. Addon: Jump to time (Previous Frame)

• Install Jump to time Previous Frame via the macOS menu VLC > Addons Manager or the Ubuntu menu Tools > Plugins and extensions > Addons Manager tab > Extensions. In VLC 3, click the "Find more addons online" button. The online install page is here.

• Restart VLC.

• Use the menu is under VLC -> Extensions -> Jump to time (Previous frame) to open the dialog below depicted. [Note: older VLC placed the extension under the View menu.] The Jump to time (Previous frame) Get time >> button updates to show HH:MM:SS,mmm. 

  (Note: this is a different dialog then Jump to time in the Playback menu).

Approach 2. Calculate/Estimate 

One can estimate milliseconds based the MM:SS that is displayed as follows:

• Stop slightly more than one second prior to the point of interest.
• Use the Next frame e hot key to count frames after when the seconds display changes values to the point of interest.
• Use the Frame rate from the Media Information Window > Codec Details tab to convert to an approximate milliseconds value.
• frame_count / frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds
  The margin of error will be: 0.5/frame_rate = 0.mmm seconds