How do I work with Spanned Media?

To make sure PluralEyes 4 and your editing software recognize the spanned media correctly, keep the camera memory card folder structure intact when copying the media from the memory card to your hard drives. 

PluralEyes supports spanned media including spanned Panasonic P2 MXF files, spanned Canon XF MXF files, spanned AVCHD MTS files and spanned SONY XDCAM MP4 files. 

There are two ways to work with the spanned media:

• Starting your project in PluralEyes 4
  1. Launch PluralEyes 4
  2. Drop the top-most folder that contains the spanned media onto PluralEyes 4 (e.g. the folder above the CONTENTS folder if you are working with the Canon XF MXF files)
  3. Drop the rest of the media onto PluralEyes 4
  4. Sync
  5. Export the synced project to your editing software.
• Starting your project in your NLE
  • Premiere Pro CC 2014 - CC 2017
    1. Use Media Browser and browse to the spanned media location
    2. Right-click and select Import to import the spanned media into your project panel. See this Adobe help page on how to use Media Browser.
    3. Import all the other media into the project panel with media browser or via drag-and-drop
    4. Create a sequence, drop the clips from different devices onto different tracks
    5. Launch PluralEyes Premiere Pro panel from the Premiere Pro menu item Window > Extensions > PluralEyes 4
    6. Synchronize
  • Premiere Pro CS6
    1. Use Media Browser and browse to the spanned media location
    2. Right-click and select Import to import the spanned media into your project panel. See this Adobe help page on how to use Media Browser.
    3. Import all the other media into the project panel with media browser or via drag-and-drop
    4. Create a sequence, drop the clips from different devices onto separate tracks
    5. Head into File > Export > Final Cut Pro XML… and export the project to an XML file
    6. Drop the above XML file onto PluralEyes 4
    7. Synchronize
    8. Click Export Timeline button and choose Premiere Pro as the export format then press Export
    9. Drag the newly created XML file from Finder/Explorer onto the Premiere Pro project panel
  • Final Cut Pro X
    1. Create a new event
    2. Click the Import Media button
    3. In the Media Import window, browse to the spanned media location, highlight the spanned clip and press Import Selected…
    4. Import the rest of the media
    5. Create a new project by pressing Cmd + N
    6. Drop the clips from different devices onto separate tracks
    7. Highlight the project name
    8. Head into File > Export XML…
    9. Launch PluralEyes 4
    10. Drop the FCP X XML file you just created onto PluralEyes 4
    11. Synchronize
    12. Click Export Timeline and choose Final Cut Pro X as the export format, check the checkbox for Import automatically into FCP X,  then press Export
    13. In FCP X, choose a library to import the synced project

Note that PluralEyes has been discontinued as of February 1st, 2024. We cannot offer additional technical support should issues arise.