Picture Change Conform Agent

When the picture edit changes, every audio region and music cue must move with it, and doing this by hand is slow and error-prone. When a new cut arrives with its change list, this agent compares the old and new edit decision lists and finds every added, removed or moved section. It maps the changes to the audio session and music cues and builds a conform plan: which regions to move and which cues to extend, trim or rewrite. It applies the moves in a copy of the session, never the original. Then it checks sync at every cut point against the new picture. Cues where a simple move does not work are listed for the composer or editor. The engineer or composer approves the conformed session. Edge case: a cut inside a sustained musical note is flagged as needing a musical edit.