Podcast multicam auto-switch
Drop the camera files (a wide and one on each person) and the mic tracks (one per person). Everything is lined up by its sound, the mics tell us who is speaking when, and each cut goes to the camera on that person: never shorter than 3 seconds, to the wide shot when people talk over each other, and not for a short "yeah" from the host. You get a timeline of plain cuts you can move in Premiere or Resolve, or the finished video. Nothing is uploaded.
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Every switch is a plain cut on one video track, so you can move any of them in your editor. The XML points at your original files; your editor asks you to locate them the first time.
How to use it
- Drop the camera filesA wide shot and a camera on each person, 2 to 4 videos.
- Drop the mic tracksOne per person, or one stereo file with a person on each side.
- Find who speaksEverything is lined up by its sound and each mic is read for speech.
- Check the planPick the camera for each person and the wide, and set the shortest shot.
- DownloadA timeline XML of plain cuts, the finished video or a cut list.
What you can download here
- Timeline XMLPremiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve: the cuts on one video track, the mic tracks under them
- Finished videoMP4 (H.264) in Chrome and Edge, the mic tracks mixed underneath
- Cut list (CSV)every shot with its timeline and camera timecodes
Good to know
The rules come from podcast editors: hold every shot for at least 3 seconds, cut to the wide when people talk over each other, and stay on the guest while the host says "yeah". Treat the result as a first pass: it is quick to fix by hand because every switch is a plain cut.
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Pro keeps this free
Every tool stays free. Pro (early access, $5/month or $39/year) adds batch delivery with client presets and file naming, editor timelines, multi-camera sync, the extension's Pro features and 200 credits every month. Early subscribers keep their price and choose what gets built next.
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Questions
What do I need?
The video file from each camera (2 to 4, usually a wide shot and one camera on each person) and a separate mic track for each person, as most podcast recorders and mixers can save them. One stereo file with a person on each side works too: tick the box. The cameras need their own sound, even a scratch mic, so everything can be lined up by waveform.
How does it decide who is speaking?
From the mic tracks. Each mic also hears the other people, but more quietly, so a person counts as speaking when their own mic is clearly the loudest. Short sounds over someone else (a "yeah", a laugh) are ignored, and when two people talk over each other for more than a second the cut goes to the wide shot.
Can I change the rules?
Yes: the shortest shot (2 to 6 seconds), how long someone must speak before the cut goes to them, whether crosstalk goes to the wide shot, which camera shows each person and which one is the wide. The plan updates at once, with a strip showing which camera is on screen when.
Can I fix the cuts in my editor?
Yes, that is what the timeline XML is for. Every switch is a plain cut on one video track, with the mic tracks underneath, so you can move, trim or swap any cut by hand. Premiere Pro imports it with File, Import; DaVinci Resolve with File, Import, Timeline. Final Cut Pro is not supported yet.
Does it stay in sync on a long episode?
Each camera is lined up against the first mic track near its start and near its end, so the slow clock drift between devices is measured. Every cut uses that camera's own position at that moment, so the picture stays with the mics cut by cut.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The files are read in this tab. The timeline XML is ready in a minute or two even for an hour-long episode; the finished video re-encodes every frame, so a long episode takes a while and needs a computer with plenty of memory.
Is this a free alternative to AutoPod?
For the camera switching, yes: the same idea (each mic decides the camera) without a plugin or a subscription. AutoPod also makes social clips and jump cuts, which this page does not.