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005 TAPE1 NONE C 1000Hz 01:15:14:02 01:15:16:04 01:02:47:19 01:02:49:21
006 TAPE1 NONE C “A sound” 01:15:14:02 01:15:16:04 01:02:47:19 01:02:49:21
Pyramix will extract all the information regarding audio from these EDLs and then paste a set of clips
into the current composition’s Timeline.
There are many CMX formats which differ in details, Pyramix should be tolerant enough to accept most
of them as long as edit lines fields are well separated by spaces or TABs.
Any errors encountered while parsing an EDL file are stored and reported after loading as much of the
file as possible. Any non valid lines, missing media or media sampling rate mismatches are reported.
Media reconnection
The major problem encountered while importing an EDL is reconnecting to referenced media. Pyramix
needs all referenced media to be present (mounted) when the import occurs. After the import, the newly
created composition MUST be saved as a Pyramix project to keep the connection between clips and
media.
Media are searched while importing the EDL by Media Source name (or Reel name following the EDL
terminology), and Source In and Source Out TimeCodes. So, to be reconnected, a clip needs to find in
any media folder a media file with a Media Source name matching field #2 in the EDL, in the preceding
example TEST, DAT12 or TAPE1, and where the original TimeCode and length match the Source In
and Source Out field.
Source Names - FIXREEL
It often happens that the media is generated with a different Source (Tape, Reel) name than the EDL
referencing it. For this purpose we have added a special keyword to the CMX language which allows
Pyramix to replace one Reel name with another while parsing the EDL.
FIXREEL: DAT12 DAT012 This preamble added at beginning of the file will replace all occurrences of
the reel name DAT12 by DAT012. The preamble can be preceded by the comment asterisk (and a
space or TAB) so the EDL remains compatible for import by other systems:
* FIXREEL: DAT12 DAT012
It is also possible to add the keyword MEDIANAME, FILENAME or FOLDERNAME at the end of this
line to tell Pyramix, instead of the Source (Tape, Reel) name, to search for the Media name or the Media
Filename:
* FIXREEL: DAT12 Ambiance43b MEDIANAME
* FIXREEL: DAT12 d:\pmxmedia\dat12\ambiance43b.wav FILENAME
or to search by TimeCode in the given mounted media folder (this is kind of a conformation to existing
digitized material):
* FIXREEL: DAT12 d:\pmxmedia\dat12 FOLDERNAME
The keyword OFFSET followed by a TimeCode can be added at the end of the line to allow media with-
out origin (original TimeCode, source TimeCode, time stamp) to be referenced, for example WAVE files.
* FIXREEL: DAT12 Ambiance43b MEDIANAME OFFSET 08:45:32:00