Between the events of an EDL, other lines add detail. A few have a defined meaning to edit controllers. Most are comments that start with an asterisk: a machine reading the list ignores them, though conform software has come to read several of them by convention.
M2: speed changes
A motion memory line gives a speed change for an event. The keyword is followed by three fields.
M2 131 000.0 10:57:41:00| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
M2 | The keyword. |
| Reel | The source reel. |
| Speed | Frames a second, as a signed decimal. 000.0 is a freeze frame. |
| Timecode | A source timecode, 11 characters, ending the line. |
SPLIT: video and audio cut apart
A SPLIT: line comes before a split edit and says which side is delayed
and by how much. The next two event lines share the notes that follow them.
SPLIT: AUDIO DELAY= 00:00:01:12The line holds either AUDIO DELAY or VIDEO DELAY, not
both.
AUD: audio channels 3 and 4
The channels field has no codes for channels 3 and 4, so a following
AUD 3 or AUD 4 line adds them to the event above. Exact spacing
differs between writers.
Comments
Any line starting with
*is a comment. Software has settled on these forms, none of them from a published specification. OpenTimelineIO’s parser reads them all.* FROM CLIP NAME: x* TO CLIP NAME: x* FROM CLIP: x,* TO CLIP: x* FROM FILE: x,* TO FILE: x* LOC: 01:00:10:00 RED note* ASC_SOP (s s s)(o o o)(p p p)* ASC_SAT n* FREEZE FRAMEFinal Cut Pro can also write the clip name, Master Comments 1 to 4, Comments A and B, filter names, opacity and audio levels as notes. This content varies by program and has no fixed syntax.