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9948 | 3 <sect1 id="edl" xreflabel="Edit Decision Lists (EDL)"> |
9675 | 4 <title>Edit Decision Lists (EDL)</title> |
5 | |
6 <para> | |
7 The edit decision list (EDL) system allows you to automatically skip | |
8 or mute sections of videos during playback, based on a movie specific | |
9 EDL configuration file. | |
10 </para> | |
11 | |
12 <para> | |
13 This is useful for those who may want to watch a film in "family-friendly" | |
14 mode. You can cut out any violence, profanity, Jar-Jar Binks .. from a movie | |
15 according to your own personal preferences. Aside from this, there are other | |
16 uses, like automatically skipping over commercials in video files you watch. | |
17 </para> | |
18 | |
19 <para> | |
20 The EDL file format is pretty bare-bones. Once the EDL system has reached a | |
21 certain level of maturity, an XML-based file format will probably be implemented | |
22 (keeping backwards compatibility with previous EDL formats). | |
23 </para> | |
24 | |
25 <para> | |
26 The maximum number of EDL entries for the current incarnation of EDL is 1000. | |
27 If you happen to need more, change the <systemitem>#define MAX_EDL_ENTRIES</systemitem> | |
28 in the <filename>edl.h</filename> file. | |
29 </para> | |
30 | |
31 <sect2 id="edl_using"> | |
32 <title>Using an EDL file</title> | |
33 <para> | |
34 Include the <option>-edl <filename></option> flag when you run | |
35 <application>MPlayer</application>, with the name of the EDL file you | |
36 want applied to the video. | |
37 </para> | |
38 </sect2> | |
39 | |
40 <sect2 id="edl_making"> | |
41 <title>Making an EDL file</title> | |
42 <para> | |
43 The current EDL file format is: | |
44 <programlisting> | |
45 [begin second] [end second] [action] | |
46 </programlisting> | |
47 Where the seconds are floating-point numbers and the action is either | |
48 <literal>0</literal> for skip or <literal>1</literal> for mute. Example: | |
49 <programlisting> | |
50 5.3 7.1 0 | |
51 15 16.7 1 | |
52 420 422 0 | |
53 </programlisting> | |
54 This will skip from second 5.3 to second 7.1 of the video, then mute at | |
55 15 seconds, unmute at 16.7 seconds and skip from second 420 to second 422 | |
56 of the video. These actions will be performed when the playback timer | |
57 reaches the times given in the file. | |
58 </para> | |
59 | |
60 <para> | |
61 To create an EDL file to work from, use the <option>-edlout <filename></option> | |
62 flag. During playback, when you want to mark the previous two seconds to skip over, | |
63 hit <keycap>i</keycap>. A corresponding entry will be written to the file for | |
64 that time. You can then go back and fine-tune the generated EDL file. | |
65 </para> | |
66 </sect2> | |
67 </sect1> |