EDL Import Issue - Timeline Timecodes vs. Source Clip Timecodes

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Hello Community,I'm experiencing an issue with importing an EDL into Adobe Premiere Pro, and I could really use some help. The problem is that the EDL treats all the clips in my timeline as a single file, referencing the timeline's timecode rather than the source clip timecodes. I tried nesting all my clips into a single sequence and applying the EDL to the nested sequence, but this doesn't seem to resolve the timecode mismatch.To clarify, the EDL timecodes refer to the timeline position instead of the original source clip timecodes. My goal is to automatically apply the EDL edits to my source footage based on the timeline timecodes. So far, I’ve imported the EDL into Premiere Pro, attempted nesting, and verified that my source clips are properly linked, but none of these steps have worked as expected. Is there maybe a solution with other formats like xml?Is there a workaround or a different approach to apply an EDL that references timeline timecodes rather than source clip timecodes?

Michael Grenadier · Answer

an edl should reference BOTH source timecodes and Sequence timecode.  How did you get this edl?  The formatting of edl's can be a little daunting.  I suggest you edit a clip or 2 into a sequence and export an edl and see what it looks like.   You might want to add the edl to this thread and I'll see if it's setup properly.  Spent many many years building edl's for online video edits...

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