Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1472)

Chapter 10 Importing and Exporting EDLs 121
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Elements of an EDL
The elements of an EDL are described in the following sections.
Title and Sequence Timecode Format
The first line of an EDL contains the title of the sequence. In NTSC sequences, the
second line displays whether the sequence timecode is drop frame or non-drop frame.
Event Number
An event number uniquely identifies each event in the EDL. An EDL event requires two
lines if more than one source is used. For example, a dissolve requires one line for the
outgoing shot and a second line for the incoming shot.
001 004 V C 04:31:13:04 04:31:22:23 01:00:00:00 01:00:10:00
001 014 V D 030 14:27:03:03 14:27:25:22 01:00:10:10 01:00:30:00
Reel Name
A reel name describes which source tape (or reel) the clip comes from. Final Cut Pro
assumes that clips without reel names come from non-tape sources, such as color bars,
black, or other generators. Final Cut Pro automatically designates these auxiliary
sources with the reel name AX.
Important: Make sure all clips with timecode sources have reel names before exporting
an EDL, or you won’t be able to easily recreate your sequence when you open the EDL
on another editing system.
Track Type
Each edit uses one or more tracks in the sequence. In the case of tape-to-tape editing,
this field determines which tracks are enabled on the record deck during this event.
 V: Video
 A: Audio (Some EDL formats label this 1 or 2.)
 A2: Audio 2
 AA: Both channels of audio
Video track V1 is the only video track exported. Clips on video track V2 appear as key
effect (K) over the V1. Video tracks V3 and above are ignored during EDL export.