# Adapters

OpenTimelineIO supports, or plans to support, conversion adapters for many existing file formats.

### Final Cut Pro XML ###

Final Cut Pro X XML Format: - Status: Supported via the fcpx_xml adapter - <a href=”https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/FinalCutProX/Reference/FinalCutProXXMLFormat/Introduction/Introduction.html” target=”_blank”>Intro to FCP X XML</a>

### Adobe Premiere Project ###

Based on guidance from Adobe, we support interchange with Adobe Premiere via
the FCP 7 XML format (see above).

### CMX3600 EDL ###

Status: Supported via the cmx_3600 adapter
Includes support for ASC_CDL color correction metadata
Full specification: SMPTE 258M-2004 “For Television −− Transfer of Edit Decision Lists”
http://xmil.biz/EDL-X/CMX3600.pdf
<a href=”https://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=96%26section=1” target=”_blank”>Reference</a>

### Avid AAF ###

Status: Reads and writes AAF compositions - includes clip, gaps, transitions but not markers or effects - This adapter is still in progress, see the ongoing work here: <a href=”https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenTimelineIO/projects/1” target=”_blank”>AAF Project</a>
<a href=”http://www.amwa.tv/downloads/specifications/aafobjectspec-v1.1.pdf” target=”_blank”>Spec</a>
<a href=”http://www.amwa.tv/downloads/specifications/aafeditprotocol.pdf” target=”_blank”>Protocol</a>
Depends on the <a href=”https://github.com/markreidvfx/pyaaf2” target=”_blank”>`PyAAF2`</a> module, so either:
- pip install pyaaf2
- …or set ${OTIO_AAF_PYTHON_LIB} to point the location of the PyAAF2 module

Contrib Adapters¶

The contrib area hosts adapters which come from the community (_not_ supported: by the core-otio team) and may require extra dependencies.

### RV Session File ###

Status: write-only adapter supported via the rv_session adapter.
need to set environment variables to locate py-interp and rvSession.py
from within the RV distribution
set ${OTIO_RV_PYTHON_BIN} to point at py-interp from within rv, for
example: setenv OTIO_RV_PYTHON_BIN /Applications/RV64.app/Contents/MacOS/py-interp
set ${OTIO_RV_PYTHON_LIB} to point at the parent directory of rvSession.py:
setenv OTIO_RV_PYTHON_LIB /Applications/RV64.app/Contents/src/python

### Maya Sequencer ###

Status: supported via the maya_sequencer adapter.
set ${OTIO_MAYA_PYTHON_BIN} to point the location of mayapy within the maya
installation.

### HLS Playlist ###

### Avid Log Exchange (ALE) ###

### Text Burn-in Adapter ###

Uses FFmpeg to burn text overlays into video media.

### GStreamer Editing Services Adapter ###

### Kdenlive Adapter ###