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# DLEDL Structure

The DLEDL is an EDL file based on the CMX 3600 format supported by most digital non-linear editing systems. The following table lists the DLEDL flags used in creating an EDL file. It describes the comments used in creating DLEDLs and provides examples of basic EDLs that you can use in your projects.

Note that the order of flags always remains the same:

- Clip name (EDL comment)
- Start TC
- File path
- Video file name
- Audio 1 file name
- Audio 2 file name
- Audio 3 file name
- Audio 4 file name

DLEDL Flag Example | Description
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DLEDL: START TC: 10;00;00;00 | The start timecode of the clip that will be created from the media files imported into the Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing application. This timecode can be different from the source start timecode of the EDL event. Both drop-frame (00:00:00:00) and non-drop-frame (00;00;00;00) timecodes are supported.
DLEDL: PATH /CXFS1/PRODUCTION1/SHOW5 | The location of the files on the filesystem. All the files for an event must be in the same directory.
DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: INTRO .(010@240).dpx or DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: (009@100).dpx | Name of the video file sequence to load. Numbers in parenthesis refer to frames in the sequence. In this example, the following files are referenced: INTRO.010.dpx, INTRO.011.dpx, ..., INTRO.240.dpx or 009.dpx, 010.dpx, ..., 100.dpx
DLEDL: EDIT:0 FILENAME: TONE-8TRK-44KHZ.AIFF_CHANNEL_1.AIF | Audio file name to import. The audio files can contain one file per track (_1), one file per stereo pair (_12), or one file per multiple tracks (_1234). Supported formats are wave (.WAV) or AIFF (.AIF).
DLEDL: REEL: 12345678 123456781234556 | The CMX EDL format limits the length of the tape name to eight characters (Smoke has the same limit). Some editing systems do not impose a tape name length limit. If the tape name exceeds eight characters, Smoke generates a short name to be used in the EDL and stores the original name in the Source Table list at the end of the EDL file (one Source Table per EDL).

NoteFile names, tape names, and clip names cannot contain spaces or special characters. For example, TAPE 1 should be set to TAPE_1 (no space) and CLIP$,12/2 to CLIP_12_2 (no special characters).