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# Setting FCP XML & AAF Preferences

You define sequence import preferences like you do for media files, with the exception that there is only one rule for all XML and AAF files.

To set the import preferences for AAF and XML sequences:

1. Open the Clip Library menu.

   In the EditDesk, click the Open button.

2. Open the File I/O menu.
3. Open the FCP XML / AAF menu.
4. Edit the Metadata Options and Media Options menus; changes are automatically saved.

   You do not set the import settings for each of the media referred to in the imported sequence. The each media file linked to an imported sequence is processed and imported using the import rule currently activated for its format. See Importing Media Files.

#### Topics in this section

- FCP XML & AAF Metadata Options Menu
- FCP XML & AAF Media Options Menu