Usage

How to use Reconcile. Load files, review pairs, and export.

Workflow overview

A typical session has four steps:

1. Load: drop your audio and video files in
2. Review: check pairs, metadata, and QC warnings
3. Configure: set loudness target and post-process options if needed
4. Reconcile: export

Loading files

Drag and drop

Drag audio files, video files, or a folder containing both onto the Reconcile window. Reconcile pairs them automatically.

• Drop a video file onto an empty video zone to assign it.
• Drop audio files onto an audio zone to assign them.
• Drop multiple video files at once. Reconcile creates one pair per video.
• Drop a mix of audio and video. Reconcile auto-pairs by filename (see below).

Filename-based auto-pairing

When Pair by filename is on (Settings → General), Reconcile matches audio to video files whose base name appears in the audio filename:

Drop a whole folder of camera files and mix deliveries. They pair in one go.

Manual pairing

If auto-pairing gets it wrong, you can pair manually. Each pair has its own video and audio drop zone. Drag files directly onto either zone.

Reviewing pairs

Once files are loaded, each pair shows:

• Video: codec, resolution, frame rate, duration
• Audio: codec, sample rate, bit depth, channel count, duration, integrated loudness (LUFS), true peak (dBTP)

A waveform and video thumbnail timeline is shown for visual reference.

QC warnings

Warnings show up as coloured tags when a threshold is exceeded. See Settings Reference for thresholds.

Warnings are informational. They don't block the Reconcile operation.

Selecting a pair

Click a pair to select it. Use Up/Down arrow keys to navigate between pairs, and Delete to remove the selected pair.

Reconciling

Click Reconcile (or hit Return) to start. Pairs process one at a time.

What happens

For each pair, Reconcile:

1. Applies a loudness gain offset if Normalize audio loudness is on.
2. Applies head/tail fades if Apply fades is on.
3. Muxes the audio into the video container. The video stream passes through untouched, no re-encoding.
4. Writes the output file next to the source audio.

Output file naming

Output filenames come from the audio source:

<audio_stem>.<video_extension>

SC01_MIX.wav + SC01.mov becomes SC01_MIX.mov.

If a file with the same name already exists, it gets replaced.

Progress

The bottom toolbar shows progress for each pair. Finished pairs get a checkmark.

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