Pioneer T502202 User Manual

Edit Decision List

Command Structure &

File Format Reference

for the PRV-LX1

TP # T502202

Table of Contents

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION........................................................................... 2

1.1 DEFINITION OF AN EDIT DECISION LIST (EDL)............................................................2

1.2 CREATING AN EDL FOR THE PRV-LX1......................................................................2

2.0 EXAMPLE OF AN EDL ................................................................................. 3

3.0 COMMAND STRUCTURE............................................................................. 4

3.1 DVD-RW DISC INITIALIZATION..................................................................................4

3.2 IN / OUT POINT RECORD ...........................................................................................4

3.3 CHAPTER POINT .......................................................................................................5

3.4 WAIT........................................................................................................................5

3.5 FINALIZE...................................................................................................................5

4.0 EDL IMPORT METHODS.............................................................................. 6

1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

Using an internal Edit Decision List (EDL), the Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Recorder can control
an external VTR via RS-422A or IEEE-1394 to perform batch recording from tape to disc.
This function, called Auto Capture, can be accessed through the PRV-LX1 Function Menu.
While the command structure and format of the EDL is unique to Pioneer, an EDL file can
be created from a simple text file that is saved with an *.EDL extension. The EDL file can
then be imported into the PRV-LX1 EDL library.

This document provides guidelines for building your own edit decision lists. The next
section shows an example of an EDL with a description of each line. The last section
discusses each segment of an EDL line entry. Please read this document completely
before creating EDLs for the Pioneer PRV-LX1.

1.1 Definition of an Edit Decision List (EDL)

An EDL for the PRV-LX1 can consist of one ore more of the following functions:

• Time code edit points

Structured compilation of time code information that defines each edited video
sequence, indicates the specific In and Out points

PRV-LX1Guide
EDL Commands

• Chapter point insertions

Inserting DVD chapter marker flags at specified points in the video

• Wait instructions

For changing source tapes

• Initialize a DVD disc

Initialization prepares a DVD-RW disc for recording

• Record to a DVD disc

EDL recording commands allow chapter insertions at fixed tim ecode locations

• Finalize a DVD disc

Finalizing the media creates a playable DVD Video disc

1.2 Creating An EDL for the PRV-LX1

The EDL file can be created with a word processing application. Save the
document as a text file (.txt) then change the file extension to .EDL so that the
PRV-LX1 recognizes the file. For additional information about importing EDL files,
please refer to the section entitled, Importing Image Data, Edit Lists in the
PRV-LX1 Operating Instructions.

PIONEER-DVDRec-EDL 001
001 INI
002 REC 01:00:05:00 01:10:12:00 STOP
003 WAI
004 REC 01:25:00:00 01:26:00:00 STOP
005 FNL

EDL text file created with Microsoft© WORD

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