Convert EDL to CSV
Turn edit decision lists into tidy, spreadsheet-ready CSV with clip names, reels, and timecodes intact.
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How to convert EDL to CSV
CutConvert's EDL to CSV converter turns CMX3600 edit decision lists into clean, spreadsheet-ready CSV in seconds. Drop a sequence's .edl file and get back one row per event: clip name, reel, source and record timecode, plus duration in seconds and timecode, ready for Excel, Google Sheets, or any database.
Add your EDL files
Drag your .edl files onto the drop zone, up to 10 at once, or click to browse.
Convert EDL to CSV
Press Convert. CutConvert parses every event and builds a CSV with clip names, reels, and timecodes intact.
Download your result
Download the converted file instantly, or a single ZIP archive when you convert a batch of files.
What the conversion looks like
Two events from a CMX3600 .edl
001 A001C003 V C 01:02:10:05 01:02:14:17 00:00:00:00 00:00:04:12
* FROM CLIP NAME: INTERVIEW_WIDE_TK2
002 A002C011 V C 03:11:02:20 03:11:06:08 00:00:04:12 00:00:08:00
* FROM CLIP NAME: CUTAWAY_HANDSThe same events as CSV rows
| event | reel | source_in | source_out | dest_in | dest_out | clip_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | A001C003 | 01:02:10:05 | 01:02:14:17 | 00:00:00:00 | 00:00:04:12 | INTERVIEW_WIDE_TK2 |
| 002 | A002C011 | 03:11:02:20 | 03:11:06:08 | 00:00:04:12 | 00:00:08:00 | CUTAWAY_HANDS |
Showing 7 of 12 columns. The full CSV also includes track, transition, duration in seconds and timecode, and frame rate.
EDL file and CSV spreadsheet, explained
An EDL (Edit Decision List) is a plain-text record of every cut in a sequence, exported by Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. CSV makes that data easy to sort, audit, and share. That suits conform prep, VFX pulls, music cue sheets, and QC reports.
Turn edit decision lists into tidy, spreadsheet-ready CSV with clip names, reels, and timecodes intact. It is free to start, encrypted in transit, and converts a whole batch into one ZIP — sign in when you need large, high-volume jobs.
EDL to CSV FAQ
Is an EDL the same as a CMX3600 file?
CMX3600 is the classic EDL flavor and the one this converter reads. It is the plain-text edit decision list that Avid Media Composer, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve all export, so if your NLE saved a .edl file, it will almost certainly work here.
What columns does the CSV contain?
You get one row per event with the clip name, reel, source and record timecode, plus duration in seconds and timecode. That structure drops straight into Excel, Google Sheets, or any database for sorting and auditing.
What would I use an EDL-to-CSV conversion for?
Common uses are conform prep, VFX pulls, music cue sheets, and QC reports. Anywhere you need to sort, audit, or share the cuts in a sequence as spreadsheet data rather than raw EDL text.
Can I convert more than one EDL at a time?
Yes. Drag several .edl files onto the drop zone and download the results as a single ZIP. Guests can convert 5 files a month at up to 100 KB each; a free account has no monthly cap on files within the free size limit and batches up to 100 files, and paid plans start at $9/month for 100 conversions with 50 MB files.
Do you handle subtitle files too?
Yes. Alongside EDLs, CutConvert converts subtitle and transcript formats. For example, the SRT to VTT converter at /srt/vtt turns SRT subtitles into WebVTT for web players.
Guides for this workflow
- What is an EDL?The CMX3600 edit decision list, decoded: structure, a real example, how to open an .edl, EDL vs XML vs AAF, and getting one into a spreadsheet.Read guide
- EDL vs XML vs AAFThe one-table answer to what each format carries, when to send which, and why post houses still want an EDL alongside everything else.Read guide
- EDL file exampleDownload a working sample EDL, then read what every line means: events, dissolves, AX reels, audio tracks, and the comments conform depends on.Read guide
- EditingTools.io alternative$19-27/month buys a genuinely broad suite, but a single conversion shouldn't cost a $13 day pass. Where each tool wins, honestly.Read guide
- What is an AAF file?The Avid-to-Pro-Tools workhorse: what an .aaf contains, the embedded-vs-linking trap, what opens one, and how to convert it to XML without Avid.Read guide
- Export an EDLFile > Export > EDL, the Media Pool right-click, and the List Tool, with the CMX3600 constraints that surprise people the first time.Read guide
- Premiere ↔ Resolve roundtripThe XML default, when AAF or EDL wins, the what-survives table, and the pre-flight checklist that saves a re-export.Read guide
- Drop-frame timecodeWhy color TV created 29.97, the 3.6-seconds-per-hour drift, the exact skip pattern, and the DF-vs-NDF choice, with a calculator that does the math.Read guide
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Made for editors
Whole timelines from Premiere, Final Cut and Avid with transitions, markers, titles, keyframes, levels, nests and bins; captions that keep their italics, colour, placement and speakers across SRT, VTT, ASS, TTML, iTT, SCC and STL, any of them in, any of them out; transcripts into Premiere with the words the engine timed. Frame rates and timecode handled the way post expects.
Private by design
Files are converted in your browser. Queued files can be saved locally to restore your job after checkout. Conversion metadata helps us diagnose errors; file contents are not uploaded.
Questions, answered
Where are my files processed?
In your browser. The converter runs on your own machine and the file never leaves it; the site only records that a conversion happened. CutConvert never sees, stores, sells or shares your media.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
About an hour of footage per file is free, on every converter: 100 KB of subtitles or captions, 500 KB of Word transcript, 2 MB of transcript JSON, 1 MB of Resolve project, 5 MB of Final Cut XML, with Premiere projects and Avid AAF a little under the hour. Guests get five conversions a month, a free account has no monthly cap within those sizes, and above that project-to-project transfers are $5 per file. Every other conversion is $3, including project files to captions, reports or cut lists, and captions or transcripts into an editor. Pro is $9 a month ($39 a year) for every file type up to 50 MB; Studio is $19 a month ($79 a year) for files up to 500 MB. Paid-file access lasts 24 hours.
What do I get when I convert multiple files?
Drop several files and you get back one ZIP archive containing every converted file. Convert a single file and you get that one file back, no ZIP. Tick extra formats under the output chips and the same ZIP carries every one of them, and a file counts as one conversion whatever it is written to.
Which formats are supported?
Timelines: Premiere .prproj, DaVinci Resolve .drp (as exported, or gzip- or Zstandard-wrapped), Avid AAF and Final Cut FCPXML in; FCP7 XML, FCPXML, Resolve .drp, CMX 3600 EDL and shot-list CSV out. A Premiere or Final Cut edit travels with its transitions, markers, titles, opacity and scale keyframes, clip volume, speed changes, nested sequences, bins, audio channel routing and each file's own frame rate, wherever the output has a place for them; an Avid AAF brings its transitions, markers, clip levels with their keyframes, muted tracks, nested stacks and each clip's own rate. Captions and transcripts, read and written: SRT, WebVTT, SBV, ASS, TTML, DFXP, iTT, SCC, MCC (a second 608 channel comes out as its own file), EBU-STL, Avid caption TXT, CapCut drafts of any size, timed CSV, Word, plain text, Whisper, WhisperX, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, Rev.ai and CapCut JSON, TwitchDownloader chat logs as a chat replay, Premiere transcript JSON and .prtranscript, Rev, Otter and Word-style transcripts, with italics, colour, placement and speakers kept where the output can hold them and measured word timing into Premiere. EDLs become event CSV reports. The capability table lists what every pair keeps.
Can I pick a frame rate?
Yes. For EDL and Avid caption output you can choose 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, or 30 fps, or let CutConvert auto-detect it from your source.