diff --git a/crates/time/src/timecode.rs b/crates/time/src/timecode.rs
index f8f6041b..1adf3901 100644
--- a/crates/time/src/timecode.rs
+++ b/crates/time/src/timecode.rs
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ impl Timecode {
     /// Label for an absolute frame count.
     pub fn from_frames(frames: i64, rate: FrameRate) -> Timecode {
         let negative = frames < 0;
-        let mut f = frames.saturating_abs();
-        let base = rate.nominal().max(1);
+        // Drop-frame labels can exceed i64::MAX even when the frame count fits. Widen before
+        // taking the magnitude so i64::MIN is represented exactly too.
+        let mut f = i128::from(frames).abs();
+        let base = i128::from(rate.nominal().max(1));
         if rate.is_drop() {
             // Drop 2 (or 4) labels each minute except every tenth.
             let drop = if base >= 60 { 4 } else { 2 };
@@ -147,7 +149,13 @@ impl Timecode {
         }
         let frames_l = f % base;
         let total_secs = f / base;
-        Timecode { negative, hours: total_secs / 3600, minutes: (total_secs / 60) % 60, seconds: total_secs % 60, frames: frames_l }
+        Timecode {
+            negative,
+            hours: i64::try_from(total_secs / 3600).unwrap_or(i64::MAX),
+            minutes: i64::try_from((total_secs / 60) % 60).unwrap_or(0),
+            seconds: i64::try_from(total_secs % 60).unwrap_or(0),
+            frames: i64::try_from(frames_l).unwrap_or(0),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Absolute frame count of this label.
@@ -247,6 +255,28 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(tc.to_samples(FrameRate::Fps30, sr), 178_710_400);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn extreme_frame_counts_round_trip_at_every_rate() {
+        for rate in FrameRate::ALL {
+            for frames in [i64::MIN, i64::MIN + 1, -1, 0, 1, i64::MAX - 1, i64::MAX] {
+                let tc = Timecode::from_frames(frames, rate);
+                assert_eq!(tc.to_frames(rate), frames, "{rate:?}: {frames}");
+                assert_eq!(tc.negative, frames < 0);
+                assert!((0..60).contains(&tc.minutes));
+                assert!((0..60).contains(&tc.seconds));
+                assert!((0..rate.nominal()).contains(&tc.frames));
+                assert_eq!(Timecode::parse(&tc.format(rate)).unwrap(), tc);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn extreme_drop_frame_labels_do_not_overflow() {
+        for rate in [FrameRate::Fps29_97Drop, FrameRate::Fps59_94Drop] {
+            assert_eq!(Timecode::from_frames(i64::MAX, rate).to_frames(rate), i64::MAX);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_variants() {
         let tc = Timecode::parse("01:02:03:04").unwrap();