DLEDL is an EDL file based on the CMX 3600 format supported by most digital nonlinear editing systems. DLEDLs are unique to Autodesk Flame applications and contain extra comments that they can interpret, such as media file locations. Using DLEDLs in your post-production workflow allows you to automate the import of media files (video and audio) residing in different locations. Instead of performing media import for each file separately, you can use a DLEDL to import all media files in a single operation.
The following table lists the DLEDL flags used in creating an EDL file. It describes the comments used in creating DLEDLs and provides examples of basic EDLs that you can use in your projects.
Note that the order of flags always remains the same:
| DLEDL Flag Example | Description |
|---|---|
| DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 | The start timecode of the clip that will be created from the media files imported into Flame. This timecode can be different from the source start timecode of the EDL event. Both drop-frame (00:00:00:00) and non-drop-frame (00;00;00;00) timecodes are supported. |
| DLEDL: PATH /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 | The location of the files on the filesystem. All the files for an event must be in the same directory. |
| DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO .(010@240).dpx or DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: (009@100).dpx | Name of the video file sequence to load. Numbers in parenthesis refer to frames in the sequence. In this example, the following files are referenced:
INTRO.010.dpx, INTRO.011.dpx, ..., INTRO.240.dpx or 009.dpx, 010.dpx, ..., 100.dpx |
| DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_1.AIF | Audio file name to import. The audio files can contain one file per track (_1), one file per stereo pair (_12), or one file per multiple tracks (_1234). Supported formats are wave (.WAV) or AIFF (.AIF). |
| DLEDL: REEL: 12345678 123456781234556 | The CMX EDL format limits the length of the tape name to eight characters. Some editing systems do not impose a tape name length limit. If the tape name exceeds eight characters, Flame generates a short name to be used in the EDL and stores the original name in the Source Table list at the end of the EDL file (one Source Table per EDL). |
The following examples are given to facilitate the creation of edit decision lists for the automatic import of multiple media files into a project. You can simply copy and paste the suitable example into a text editor, modify it accordingly, save the file with an .edl extension, and import the resulting file into your application.
TITLE: SIMPLE EDL VIDEO ONLY FCM: DROP FRAME 001 TAPENAME V C 10:00:00:00 10:00:05:00 00:00:30:00 00:00:35:00 * FROM CLIP NAME: clip DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 DLEDL: PATH: /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO.(010@240).dpx DLEDL: REEL:TAPENAME TAPENAMEVERYLONG
TITLE: SIMPLE EDL WITH VIDEO AND 2 AUDIO TRACKS (1 TRACK PER FILE) FCM: DROP FRAME 001 TAPENAME AA/V C 10:00:00:00 10:00:05:00 00:00:30:00 00:00:35:00 * FROM CLIP NAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 DLEDL: PATH: /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO.(010@240).dpx DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_1.AIF DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_1.AIF DLEDL: REEL:TAPENAME TAPENAMEVERYLONG
TITLE: SIMPLE EDL WITH VIDEO AND 2 AUDIO TRACKS (2 TRACKS PER FILE) FCM: DROP FRAME 001 TAPENAME AA/V C 10:00:00:00 10:00:05:00 00:00:30:00 00:00:35:00 * FROM CLIP NAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 DLEDL: PATH: /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO.(010@240).dpx DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE_12.AIF DLEDL: REEL:TAPENAME TAPENAMEVERYLONG
TITLE: SIMPLE EDL WITH VIDEO AND 4 AUDIO TRACKS (1 TRACK PER FILE) FCM: DROP FRAME 001 TAPENAME AA/V C 10:00:00:00 10:00:05:00 00:00:30:00 00:00:35:00 * FROM CLIP NAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 DLEDL: PATH: /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO.(010@240).dpx DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_1.AIF DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_2.AIF DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_3.AIF DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_4.AIF AUD 3 4 DLEDL: REEL:TAPENAME TAPENAMEVERYLONG
TITLE: SIMPLE EDL WITH VIDEO AND 4 AUDIO TRACKS (2 TRACKS PER FILE) FCM: DROP FRAME 001 TAPENAME AA/V C 10:00:00:00 10:00:05:00 00:00:30:00 00:00:35:00 * FROM CLIP NAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 DLEDL: PATH: /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO.(010@240).dpx DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE_12.AIF DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE_34.AIF AUD 3 4 DLEDL: REEL:TAPENAME TAPENAMEVERYLONG