Details of extension .edl

On this page, we're going to take a closer look at the .edl file extension. We'll explain what exactly a .edl fileformat is and how you can use it. If you're interested in learning more details about this type of file, we'll show you where to find them. And if you ever need to convert .edl files into different formats, we'll give you some tips on how to do that too. Let's see the 2 file formats associated with this file extension!

Contents

• NonStop ASAP Entity Definition Language Data
• Edit Decision List

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NonStop ASAP Entity Definition Language Data

The EDL file is a NonStop ASAP Entity Definition Language Data. HP NonStop ASAP software provides monitoring infrastructure and automated recovery actions for applications, subsystems, utilities, and hardware on HPE NonStop Servers.

Category: Data files

Application: NonStop ASAP

Program name: -

Mime-type: application/octet-stream

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

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.afs AktivFilter Specification Application

.mcl MCell Cellular Automata Data

.urf AppFace Skin

Links:

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Edit Decision List

The EDL file is an Edit Decision List. An edit decision list (EDL) is a list of video edits made in a video-editing project and includes reel number, clip names, in and out points, and other editing information, such as transitions and split edits, depending on the EDL format. MediaWare's EDL files are ASCII (text) files that contain a header, followed by a mixture of edit and comment lines.

Category: Data files

Application: M2 Edit-CL

Program name: -

Mime-type: text/plain

Magic bytes (HEX): -

Magic string (ASCII): -

Aliases:

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Related extensions:

.prsl Adobe Premiere Style Library Data

.layout Adobe Premiere Workspace Layout

.prexport Adobe Premiere Pro Exported Settings Data

.pek Adobe Premiere Waveform Data

Links:

Adobe Premiere

EDL on Wikipedia

Save an EDL

The .edl file extension might not only belong to a single type of file, there could be various kinds that use it. Keep in mind that files with the .edl extension may contain various content types. If you have helpful information about this extension, write to us!

The .edl extension is frequently misused

People sometimes confuse the .edl filename extension. Based on the searches on our site, here are the most common misspellings from the past year.

Having trouble opening a .edl file?

If you want to open a .edl file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. Incorrect settings for the .edl association can trigger this error.

Windows can't open this file:

File: example.edl

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To change file associations:

• Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
• In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
• Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.

Supported operating systems

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux, Mac OS X, macOS, iOS, Android