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Can I get an edit list (EDL or OpenTimelineIO) of a cinematic out of Unity or Godot, or do their exporters only write animation?

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In the documents read, neither Unity nor Godot offers an edit-decision-list export for cinematics: Unity's FBX Exporter writes one Timeline animation clip at a time (animation data, not an edit), and the OpenTimelineIO adapter list has no Unity, Godot or Unreal adapter (Maya sequencer is the only DCC sequencer), although custom adapters can be registered. This is a limited-search negative.

In the documents read, neither Unity nor Godot offers an edit-decision-list export for cinematics: Unity's FBX Exporter writes one Timeline animation clip at a time (animation data, not an edit), and the OpenTimelineIO adapter list has no Unity, Godot or Unreal adapter (Maya sequencer is the only DCC sequencer), although custom adapters can be registered. This is a limited-search negative. Curator qualifications: Docs read 2026-10-22; nothing exported; absence in pages read is not proof of absence. Unity Recorder and USD routes (C2-B32-F4) and Unreal FCP7 XML route (C2-B23-F3-08) are other rows; producer GitHub search not repeated. Limitations: Docs read 2026-10-22; nothing exported; absence in pages read is not proof of absence. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenTimelineIO/blob/f8a2f36df61ce88eb6b73a57df393a87d3e3e42e/docs/tutorials/adapters.md",
      "note": "Unity FBX Exporter 5.1 manual: export a Timeline clip (retry after a 503 receipt 33fbc61a); OpenTimelineIO docs/tutorials/adapters.md at f8a2f36"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.fbx@5.1/manual/index.html",
      "note": "Unity FBX Exporter 5.1 manual: export a Timeline clip (retry after a 503 receipt 33fbc61a); OpenTimelineIO docs/tutorials/adapters.md at f8a2f36"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.fbx@5.1/manual/export-timeline-clip.html",
      "note": "Unity FBX Exporter 5.1 manual: export a Timeline clip (retry after a 503 receipt 33fbc61a); OpenTimelineIO docs/tutorials/adapters.md at f8a2f36"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.fbx@5.1/manual/record-in-play-mode-recorder-clip.html",
      "note": "Unity FBX Exporter 5.1 manual: export a Timeline clip (retry after a 503 receipt 33fbc61a); OpenTimelineIO docs/tutorials/adapters.md at f8a2f36"
    }
  ]
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  • [sourced_fact] In the documents read, neither Unity nor Godot offers an edit-decision-list export for cinematics: Unity's FBX Exporter writes one Timeline animation clip at a time (animation data, not an edit), and the OpenTimelineIO adapter list has no Unity, Godot or Unreal adapter (Maya sequencer is the only DCC sequencer), although custom adapters can be registered. This is a limited-search negative. · locator: Unity FBX Exporter 5.1 manual: export a Timeline clip (retry after a 503 receipt 33fbc61a); OpenTimelineIO docs/tutorials/adapters.md at f8a2f36 source

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