XML inspector
Fix an XML file's codes and times, then save the result or use it straight in an import.
On this page
The Inspector is the third tab of the XML preview drawer, next to Summary and Source. Open it from the XML library or from an import to retime a clip, rename a code, or line up a file tagged against a different cut of the video.
The table
Every timed instance in the file — clips and events together — lists in time order, with its Code, Start and End editable right there. Events are points in time, so their End column shows a dash.
Against a video, two lines can cut across the table: one at 0:00, "what is above does not make it," and one at the video's end, "what is below does not make it." Rows on the wrong side get a red tint. Nothing is deleted while you look — those rows are only left out when you save, and the count shows in the footer, and in the import's own success message too.
Editing a cell
Click a code or a time, type the new value, and press Enter to commit it. Esc puts it back. A cell you opened and left untouched — a click in, a click out, nothing typed — isn't recorded as an edit.
Selecting rows
Tick a row's checkbox to select it; shift-click another row to select the whole range between them. With rows selected:
- A ladder of quick nudges shifts the selection by a fixed amount, either direction.
- Move to a time shifts the whole selection by whatever delta puts its earliest row there — spacing between rows doesn't change.
- Rename relabels every selected row at once.
- Delete removes them.
Categories
Switch to Categories to see one row per code, with its count and total time. Click a category's code to rename it, same as a table cell — rename it onto a code that already exists and the two merge, which the inspector confirms first. A small trash icon deletes the category and every instance under it.
Aligning on the detected start
Align all… shifts every instance by the same amount, keyed on the match's detected start: a period-start marker in the file — something like "Start Period" or "Comienzo primer tiempo" — or, failing that, an "offsets" row in the first two minutes. With neither, the earliest instance is used. Type where that start should land and confirm with Align.
Undo and discard
Undo steps back one edit at a time. Discard drops every edit from this session and puts the file back as loaded — it asks you to confirm first, since there's no way back once you do.
Nothing here reaches your project until you save. Editing a file never touches clips already imported from it — to carry a fix into your library, re-import the corrected file, or edit before you import.
Saving, or using it in an import
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Save as copy | Adds the edited file to the XML library under a new name, alongside the original |
| Replace original | Overwrites the original in the XML library — the tagging tool's version can't be recovered after |
| Use in the import | Hands the edited file straight to the import you opened it from, no separate save |
From an import, the entry point is Review and edit rather than a plain preview, and an Undo edits action drops the changes without reopening the inspector.
What's untouched, and what's refused
Everything the inspector doesn't act on — labels, colors, ids, any other markup your tagging tool wrote — comes through byte-for-byte. Some tools also export a leading index instance ("Orden") listing label positions rather than a match moment; the inspector never shows it as a row, so it's kept exactly as it was.
Two things are refused rather than applied silently: an instance whose end lands at or before its start, since a file can't hold that and saving stays blocked until it's fixed; and a file whose layout the inspector can't line up safely, which it leaves untouched rather than risk an edit landing on the wrong instance.