• Adobe Premiere Pro

  EDL and linking media problems

  Posted by Mike Lacher on April 7, 2009 at 8:20 pm

  When I import and EDL and try to link media to offline clips, I lose the in and out point data. It always just starts the clip at the beginning.

  Here is what I’m doing:

  I have a project with one sequence and a clip named “XYZ.avi”. The sequenced is edited so XYZ’s in point is 00;00;02;00 and its out point is 00;00;03;00. Thus the whole sequence length is 00;00;01;00.

  I choose File>Export>Export to EDL and go with the default settings:
  Start Timecode: 00;00;00;00
  Drop Frame: yes
  Include Video Levels: yes
  Include Audio Levels: yes
  Audio Processing: Audio Follows Video

  Then I import the EDL and everything looks fabulous. XYZ.avi is of course offline, but the project panel shows it having the correct in and out points. I right click XYZ.avi and choose “Link Media…” I select the XYZ.avi file in the browser. It then loses its in and out point information and instead plays from 00;00;00;00 to 00;00;00;01;00.

  If I just put XYZ.avi in the bin, right click the offline footage in the timeline, and choose Replace With Clip>From Bin, it puts the clip in, but Premiere promptly crashes. Alas.

  Any ideas how to get this to work?

  I know usually with an EDL you batch capture the offline footage, but in my case I just want to relink the digital files. I’m experimenting with building an AIR application that writes EDLs.

  Thanks in advance for any help,

  Mike

  Mike Lacher replied 17 years, 1 month ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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