“In the edit room” mode: sync a project you have already started
If you are an editor and need only sync, choose the “In the edit room” mode: the “Sync” and “Export” pages remain. You can drop the footage in as folders or open a project already started in an editing app: XML, FCPXML, AAF or EDL. After sync the sequence goes back to your app.
Two modes: “On set” and “In the edit room”
| “Where you work” | Which pages | Who for |
|---|---|---|
| On set | Offload → Footage → Sync → Export | The DIT, an assistant, the whole crew on the shoot |
| In the edit room | Only Sync and Export | An editor who needs only sync |
The mode is chosen on the start screen at first launch and changed in “Settings”: the “Where you work” line.
Sync footage from scratch
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Choose “In the edit room”
Only “Sync” and “Export” remain.
2
Add the footage
“Add shoot folder” finds cameras, recorders and proxies and lays them out on tracks. You can simply drop folders or files into the window. Renders and music are skipped.
3
Sync and export
“Synchronize”, check the result and export the sequence to your editing app. More in the article “How to sync audio and video”.
Sync a project already started in an editing app
- In your editing app, export the sequence: Premiere Pro to XML, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro to FCPXML, Avid to AAF, or any app to EDL.
- In MultiSyncer, on the “Sync” page, open the “+ Add files” menu → “Import XML”.
- The app reads the sequence and tells you how many tracks and clips it found.
- “Synchronize”, then export back to your editing app: the synchronized sequence comes back to you.
Take 1Take 2Take 3
V1 · A · wide
V2 · B · close-up
V3 · F · BTS
A1 · S · Sound
A2 · L · Lavs
Clips by file time
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XMLFCPXML 1.9FCPXML 1.10AAFALEEDL
What it reads and where the project goes
| What | Formats |
|---|---|
| Video | MOV, MP4, MXF, MTS, MKV, AVI, camera RAW formats, 360° camera files, action camera low-res copies |
| Audio | WAV and BWF, RF64, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, AAC and more; over 30 video and audio formats in all |
| Timecode | Camera and recorder timecode, LTC recorded as audio on a track |
| Project import | XML, FCPXML, AAF, EDL from an editing app |
| Premiere Pro and Vegas | XML |
| DaVinci Resolve | FCPXML 1.9 |
| Final Cut Pro | FCPXML 1.10 with a multicam clip (Final Cut Pro does not open Blackmagic RAW, so those files are left out of its export) |
| Avid Media Composer, EDIUS, Pro Tools | AAF and ALE |
| Any other app | EDL |