fcpxml

What problem does it solve?

This Skill enables users to efficiently parse, modify, and generate Final Cut Pro XML files, reducing manual effort and errors during post-production workflows.

Core Features & Use Cases

• XML Parsing and Validation: Reads FCPXML files into structured Python objects, ensuring security against malicious content.
• Timeline Analysis and QC: Provides tools for detecting flash frames, gaps, duplicates, and timeline health scoring.
• Batch Editing and Generation: Automates clip trimming, reordering, splitting, and rough cut creation for faster editing iterations.
• Cross-NLE Support: Converts spine-based timelines into track-based formats compatible with DaVinci Resolve, Avid, and Premiere.
• Use Case: A video editor exports a timeline XML, analyzes for errors, applies automated fixes, and reimports with minimal manual intervention.

Quick Start

Parse your Final Cut Pro XML file, run a QC, and generate an improved version by invoking the parse command followed by correction utilities.