Edit list atom ('elst')

Mentioned in

• Representing encoder delay explicitly
• Historical solution for implicit encoder delay

Overview

You use the edit list atom to map from a time in a movie to a time in a media, and ultimately to media data. This information is in the form of entries in an edit list table. Edit list atoms have an atom type value of 'elst'.

Topics

Data fields

• Size
• Type
• Version
• Flags
• Number of entries
• Edit list table

See Also

Describing tracks

• Track atom ('trak')
• Track header atom ('tkhd')
• Track exclude from autoselection atom ('txas')
• Track aperture mode dimension atoms
• Clipping atom ('clip')
• Clipping region atom ('crgn')
• Track matte atom ('matt')
• Compressed matte atom ('kmat')
• Edit atom ('edts')
• Playing with edit lists
• Track load settings atom ('load')
• Track reference atoms
• Track input map atoms