Importing an edl – Grass Valley Aurora Ingest v.6.3 User Manual
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Importing an EDL
7. You can stop the scanning for broken timecodes operation by clicking the
Abort
Find
button.
NOTE: Do not save the EDL in .ale or .edl format, as the internal “control track” to
properly locate broken timecodes could be lost and may result in standard VTR
confusion when dealing with timecode direction. Save the EDL as .vlg type only.
Importing an EDL
You can also import an Edit Decision List (EDL) to use as your segment (batch) list.
Supported EDL formats are .ale, .edl, .vlg, and .xml. Clip names in the imported file
cannot be longer than 32 characters.
To export an EDL, see
“Exporting an EDL” on page 110
NOTE: Importing an EDL will clear any existing segments in a VTR’s segment list.
To import an EDL:
1. Choose
File | Import EDL
.
2. In the Open window, navigate to the correct folder, select the EDL to import, and
click
Open
. The Import Details dialog box opens
3. Enter the Tape ID and select where to record the clips and click
OK
.
The EDL appears in the segment (batch) list for the selected channel and is ready
to record:
4. Record your clips to the media server, as described on
.
NOTE: If you have a clip that failed to record for some reason, you can change its
status back to Ready by highlighting the clip, right-clicking and selecting
Mark Ready
.