To append an Edl:
Select the Edl window to which you want to append the incoming Edl.
From theFile menu, click Append Edl....
A Windows file Open dialog appears.
Navigate to the desired drive/folder and select a file with an .edl extension.
Click Open to import and append the Edl file to the current Edl.
EdlMax prompts - "Append dl - are you sure?"
Click OK to append the Edl
The incoming Edl is appended to the current Edl.
If any of the incoming Edl's record timecode values overlap the current Edl, EdlMax warns -
"WARNING - Appended Edl shares record times with previous Edl".
See TIPS:
If the format of the current Edl is CMX and if the total number of events after the append operation exceeds 999, EdlMax warns -
"Event count exceeds CMX limit of 999 events" and "Warning - Append operation may be incomplete".
The successfully appended events are retained, however the append operation is probably incomplete.
See TIPS:
NOTE: The Append Edl function appends, or concatenates, one Edl to another. It appends all of the incoming Edl's events to the tail of the current Edl. The incoming Edl events will be converted to the current Edl format.
TIPS: The Append Edl function is powerful, and with power comes some danger. Please be careful with this operation.
Overlapped Record Times - The Append operation is similar to the behavior of legacy linear edit systems where each event is added to the bottom of the Edl list. If any of the appended events overlap the original Edl, the EdlMax Clean operation will consider the appended events to overwrite the earlier events - it will modify the earlier event as required, including deleting it. This behavior can be used to merge Edls. See Cleaning Edls.
CMX Event Limit - The legacy CMX formats (340, 3400 and 3600) are limited to 999 events. If the Edl will exceed 999 events, you must use another format (GVG and Sony 9100 have a 9999 limit). If the target edit system requires CMX format, you may need to divide the Edl. You can accomplish this by using the EdlMax Modify operations (Delete Events) to edit the Edls, saving them to disk, and constructing a final set of smaller Edls by re-loading and appending as required.