Convert DaVinci Resolve marker edl to YouTube usable timeline

edl2timeline.py

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from pprint import pprint
from collections import OrderedDict
import sys
import re

with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as f:
    data = f.read()

lines = data.splitlines()
cases = ['\n'.join(lines[i:i+2]) for i in range(3, len(lines), 3)]
plain = []
for case in cases:
    parts = re.split('\n', case)
    times = re.split('\s+', parts[0].strip())
    timestamp = re.split(':', times[4])[0:3]
    # Fixes where timestamp starts at 1 not 0.
    timestamp[0] = "%02d" % (int(timestamp[0]) - 1)
    meta = re.split('\|', parts[1].strip())
    metadict = dict(s.strip().split(':', 1) for s in filter(len, meta))
    # Only outputs blue markers (default marker colour). Remove condition to output all, or replace with your preferred colour.
    if metadict.get('C').strip() == 'ResolveColorBlue':
        plain.append("[%s] %s" % (':'.join(timestamp), metadict.get('M').strip()))

# Omit markup if not required or replace with whatever you need.
print("+++--- MARKUP ---+++")
for i, row in enumerate(plain):
    print(row + "<br />")
print("+++--- PLAIN ---+++")
for i, row in enumerate(plain):
    print(row)