Importing multiple files in a sequence

Hi -
I am new to this forum - excuse me if this has already discussed eslewhere. I am trying to see if there is a way of importing clips from an excel file which has the folder name, file name and the time stamp from which the video shd play and import all of them by reading the rows in excel file into premier pro. Any pointers will be helpful. Thanks for the help.
vimmy

Hi Vimmy,
If you can find or create a tool to convert such an Excel file into a Final Cut XML file, Premiere Pro could then import that as a set of clips or as a sequence.
Regards,
Zac

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