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Versions of the Interchange Format

This appendix provides information about the versions of the Final Cut Pro XML Interchange Format.

Version 1 of the interchange format was released with Final Cut Pro 4.0; version 2 with Final Cut Pro 5.0; and version 3 with Final Cut Pro 5.1.2.

In this section:

Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4

Version 1

The elements of version 1 of the interchange format are specified in “DTD for Version 1 of the Interchange Format” All of the elements of version 1 are valid in subsequent versions except for trackcount, which is deprecated in version 2 and later.

Version 2

Version 2 of the interchange format introduced these new elements:

• filmdata and its subelements appspecificdata, filmslate, cameraroll, labroll, keycode, dailyroll, inknumber, filmstandard, telecinespeed.

• filmslate and its subelements scene, take, slate.

• multiclip and its subelements name, angle, collapsed, synctype.

• angle and its subelements clip, activevideoangle, activeaudioangle.

• audiochannel and its subelements channellabel, sourcechannel.

• mediadelay

• channelcount

• layout

• takenote

• shotnote

• scenenote

• feetframes

• perfoffset

• reversed

• channellabel

• UUID

Version 3

Version 3 introduces support for these new capabilities:

• Management of metadata in QuickTime files. See “Managing QuickTime Metadata”

• Management of project components. See “Managing Project Components”

• Support for FxPlug plug-in effects. See “effectclass”

• Support for specifying a gamma setting for a still. See “gamma”

The new elements in version 3 of the interchange format are:

• uuid

• updatebehavior

• metadata and its subelements storage, key, updatebehavior, size, type, value.

• effectclass

• gamma

Version 4

The new elements in version 4 of the interchange format are:

• itemhistory - see “The itemhistory Element”

• mixedratesoffset - see “mixedratesoffset”

• createfcpprojectatxmlfilepath - see “createfcpprojectatxmlfilepath”

• deletethisxmlfileatimport - see “deletethisxmlfileatimport”

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