EDL is not formatted correctly?

redrogue5 wrote on 5/15/2003, 12:57 AM
I'm trying to import an EDL generated in Premiere into Vegas. I've tried various forms, but none of them are reading the files correctly - they are putting the reel no. where Vegas thinks the clip filename should be. I can do a find and replace throughout the text file, but that's a major pain. Is there anything else I can do?

The CMX looks like this:
001 002 V C (in) (out) (timeline in) (timeline out)
REEL 002 IS CLIP 3A-1.AVI

Vegas is looking for clip 002, not 3A-1.avi

Comments

SonyEPM wrote on 5/20/2003, 12:32 PM
If you export a Premiere cuts-only project as a CMX 3600 edl, and save that to a single folder where (importantly) all the media is located, it should load in Vegas with events in the right places on the timeline. Vary from this set of requirments and it probably won't work.

Formatting of the edl in P6 should look like this (stock settings):


TITLE: UNTITLED4
FCM: DROP FRAME
001 UND001 AA/V C 00:00:00:00 00:01:33:07 01:00:00:00 01:01:33:07
REEL UND001 IS CLIP BATCH - CLIP 002.AVI
002 UND002 V C 00:00:00:00 00:00:57:25 01:01:33:07 01:02:31:04
REEL UND002 IS CLIP BATCH - CLIP 003.AVI
003 UND003 AA/V C 00:00:00:00 00:00:34:25 01:02:31:04 01:03:06:01
REEL UND003 IS CLIP BATCH - CLIP 004.AVI

filmy wrote on 5/20/2003, 2:25 PM
What I have found is that it matters where you place the audio as well. 99% of the time so far audio either imports with no video or video with no audio. It seems to work better if you put audio after video, when it does import that is. I think the bottom line really is just don't count on VV importing EDL's from any NLE very well at this point.
redrogue5 wrote on 5/20/2003, 3:56 PM
I never realized the EDL had to be in the same folder as the media - I just thought the media had to be available on the drive. Well, that answers that.

I've thought about doing seperate EDL's for each track - including seperate audio and video tracks - and then copying and pasting them together into one Vegas project. Any comments?
filmy wrote on 5/20/2003, 8:45 PM
It would be easier if all media was in the same folder as the EDL but you can "find" the media when VV asks. That is where a lot of the issues come in I feel. One of the points of an EDL is have a shot list that includes things like time code and tape number. Sort of "Place Tape 001 in Deck 1 now" type of thing. VV does not currently have the ability to re-capture based on an EDL so you are 'stuck' with media already captured. And once again - most people don't place all media into the same folder, so you are stuck manually telling VV where the media is or taking all the media and moving it over to the same folder.

I tried doing individual trakcs but I can't find a way to do a virtual insert edit. In other words you can open one EDL but you can't import another one without having an entire new project open. But what you are suggesting is to output seperate EDL's and then manually edit them in a text editor. I can't say if it will help the import into VV but it can be done. I have done it before going to an online session when there have been minor timecode offsets to fix, so it couldn't hurt to try. Please let everyone know how it turns out if you do it.
SonyEPM wrote on 5/21/2003, 8:55 AM
Just so everyone is clear about edls and Vegas:

Vegas 4 has minimal project interchange support. We have never claimed otherwise. If on a regular basis you need to generate a rough cut for finishing in another app, or the reverse (import a rough cut from some other app), Vegas 4 is probably not the right tool for you.

redrogue5 wrote on 5/21/2003, 3:56 PM
Sonic, I understand. This is one-time-only problem where a rather extensive and complicated project was built prior to Vegas, that we would now like to finish in Vegas. The question is how to move it over.

Filmy, what I meant was to output a seperate EDL for each track; open each EDL in a seperate Vegas project; and then copy each new Vegas project into different tracks of a "master" Vegas project. Any reason this wouldn't work?
filmy wrote on 5/21/2003, 4:20 PM
SonicEPM - just to point out the obvious maybe. While here on these boards there have been discussions about EDL import/export and their limits the actual VV spec sheet states - "Imports CMX and Sony EDLs" and that is a bit misleading don't 'cha think?

:)

Doesn't stop me from loving VV however. I did not get VV because of it's EDL functions but it is just somehting that would be nice to have...especially for all of us who have projects 80 - 99.9% done with other NLE's and would love to finish them up in VV