# How do I get an Unreal Sequencer cut to and from an editor, and what does the exchange preserve or lose?

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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T10, T18 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:41:59.940Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NNPYWA9R5G2ACXAK2BSBRK

Unreal ships a native Final Cut Pro 7 XML exporter for Sequencer (UE 5.8 API: frame rate, resolution and handle frames as parameters); for OTIO, the community plugin round-trips video tracks, gaps, markers, nesting and linear speed but not audio, transitions, effects, non-linear speed, CDL or image-sequence references, so audio and grading must travel separately.

Unreal ships a native Final Cut Pro 7 XML exporter for Sequencer (UE 5.8 API: frame rate, resolution and handle frames as parameters); for OTIO, the community plugin round-trips video tracks, gaps, markers, nesting and linear speed but not audio, transitions, effects, non-linear speed, CDL or image-sequence references, so audio and grading must travel separately.

Curator qualifications: Docs read 2026-10-22; nothing exported. Plugin beta status and frame-rate snapping per producer (source not re-read).

Limitations: Docs read 2026-10-22; nothing exported.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/OpenTimelineIO/OpenTimelineIO-Unreal-Plugin/tree/3894893001733f90178ee9a9b0f05b55e51b140e",
      "note": "dev.epicgames.com UE 5.8 API: FFCPXMLExporter; OpenTimelineIO-Unreal-Plugin README at 3894893, feature table"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/API/Editor/MovieSceneTools/FFCPXMLExporter",
      "note": "dev.epicgames.com UE 5.8 API: FFCPXMLExporter; OpenTimelineIO-Unreal-Plugin README at 3894893, feature table"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenTimelineIO/tree/44236713c1db295a6ffc66189ae98dbdfd0cb9c4",
      "note": "dev.epicgames.com UE 5.8 API: FFCPXMLExporter; OpenTimelineIO-Unreal-Plugin README at 3894893, feature table"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Unreal ships a native Final Cut Pro 7 XML exporter for Sequencer (UE 5.8 API: frame rate, resolution and handle frames as parameters); for OTIO, the community plugin round-trips video tracks, gaps, markers, nesting and linear speed but not audio, transitions, effects, non-linear speed, CDL or image-sequence references, so audio and grading must travel separately. · locator: dev.epicgames.com UE 5.8 API: FFCPXMLExporter; OpenTimelineIO-Unreal-Plugin README at 3894893, feature table · source: https://github.com/OpenTimelineIO/OpenTimelineIO-Unreal-Plugin/tree/3894893001733f90178ee9a9b0f05b55e51b140e

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