MediaFlowSwift

For video creators, on the Mac

Every clip from the card to the archive, accounted for.

MediaFlowSwift keeps track of the footage from a shoot. Import from cards, phones and folders; sort, rate and review; copy everything into a tidy folder structure ready for editing; free up space only once each copy is proved; archive; publish.

Plans and free trial Get in touch

macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel. The first public release is being prepared; the download will appear here.

A hand slides an SD card into a laptop on a wooden desk, a camera beside it
  1. 01ImportCards, USB drives, folders, iPhone and cameras over USB
  2. 02CategorizeYour own categories, with suggestions if you want them
  3. 03ReviewFrame-accurate preview, stars, tags and notes
  4. 04OrganizeCopied into category folders at the project’s destination
  5. 05Free up spaceWorking copies removed only after the copy is proved
  6. 06ArchiveTo numbered drives, with a record of what is where
  7. 07PublishTitle, description and chapters drafted; upload to YouTube

How it works

A strip under the toolbar follows the seven steps of a shoot and always offers the one next action. You never have to remember where a project stands: the strip shows what is still waiting at each step, and a finished step shows a check.

Memory cards, USB sticks and external drives spread around a laptop
Cards, drives, shares: MediaFlowSwift records where every clip is, and where it should be.

Projects that know where their footage is

Each project records its destination folder — a network share, an external drive or a folder on the Mac — and every clip’s place: on the card, in a working copy, at the destination, or archived. Move a library to a new drive and one command points every project at it.

Copies that are proved before anything is removed

Freeing up space, moving a project, returning it from an editing drive: whenever a copy is followed by a removal, the copy is checked against the original first. If it does not match, nothing is removed.

An editing drive for the fast work

Move a project to a fast SSD for editing and bring it back to the library afterwards, with everything you changed carried across and checked.

Proxies over the network

Footage that lives on a network share can be choppy to scrub. MediaFlowSwift offers to make a proxy for the clip you are looking at, or for every clip that needs one.

A shared database, when you want one

Search across projects, find duplicates, and see the same project list from every Mac in the studio — a single file, or a database server on your own network.

Reports and hand-off

PDF, HTML and CSV reports of what was shot, what was kept and where it went, for your editor or your records.

What it will not do

Delete footage on a guessNothing is removed until the copy that replaces it is proved to match, byte for byte.
Send your work anywhere by itselfNo account, no usage data, no server of its own. Every outside service is off until you turn it on, and Settings › Privacy lists exactly what each one sends.
Lock you out of your own filesProjects are plain files in folders you chose. Your footage stays in ordinary folders that any app can read.
Hide what went wrongWhen something fails, it says which file, why, and what to do; a report you can read in full is one click away.

Plans

Two plans, and a free trial of the full app with no card required. Prices will be announced with the first public release.

Studio

All the file management

  • Import from cards, phones and folders
  • Categorize, review, rate, tag
  • Organize to the destination, proved copies
  • Free Up Space, Archive and restore
  • Proxies, editing drive, Library Moved
  • Reports, Help, updates, problem reports

Monthly or yearly · price coming soon

Studio Pro

Studio, plus publishing and the studio database

  • Everything in Studio
  • Titles, descriptions, chapters and tags drafted for you
  • Upload to YouTube with thumbnail and schedule
  • Results read back from YouTube
  • Shared database server across your Macs

Monthly or yearly · price coming soon

Studio and Studio Pro, side by side

What you can doStudioStudio Pro
Getting footage in
Import from SD cards, USB drives and folders
Import from iPhone and cameras over USB
Clear Card after every clip is proved copied
Sorting and reviewing
Categories, tags, notes, star ratings, selects
Frame-accurate preview, Rapid Review, undo
Category suggestions from a model on your Mac or a provider you choose
Speech transcripts, place names, weather, shoot map
Keeping it safe
Organize to the destination folder, every copy proved
Free Up Space, only after proof
Archive to numbered drives, restore, relink
Proxies for footage on a network share
Editing drive: move a project to a fast SSD and back
Library Moved: point every project at a new drive
PDF, HTML and CSV reports
Publishing
Title, description, chapters and tags drafted and revised for you
Upload to YouTube with thumbnail, schedule and visibility
Results read back from YouTube: views, watch time, subscribers
Working across Macs
Shared database as a single file
Shared database server: the same projects list on every Mac, search across projects, duplicates
Always included
Help, the online manual, updates, problem reports, email support
14-day trial of Studio Pro, no card

When a plan ends, MediaFlowSwift keeps opening every project and keeps showing where every clip is; restoring from an archive and copying footage out always work. Only new imports, proxies, publishing and the shared server pause.