The post‑production
pipeline for Mac.
One pipeline on your own Mac, from the memory card to the client’s yes: offload with checksums, sync, RAW proxies, a searchable library, the editor package — and a client link that comes back approved.
Direct download · ≈590 MB · free 7-day trial
The whole app, running on your Mac
Copy the card. Prove every file landed.
Point at the card, pick one or two drives, press start. Launchr Post reads the card once, writes every copy, and then reads each copy back from the destination’s own disk and compares its SHA‑256 with the source. Real progress the whole way — MB/s, files, time left — and a report in _launchr-offload/ you can hand to a producer. Interrupted? The journal lets it continue where it stopped.
Timecode first. Sample‑accurate waveform when it isn’t.
Recording sound separately? Launchr Post pairs every audio take with the right camera clip and drops it in sync — file timecode and BWF/iXML metadata first, sample‑accurate waveform matching wherever timecode is missing. It measures drift with real numbers, so you can see exactly how many ms/min a recorder is running off, and groups multiple cameras into multicam clips. A whole shoot day in one pass. No clapper, no manual nudging, no plugins.
Drop in the whole folder — it sorts itself
Point the app at your cards and audio dumps and press one button. It walks through everything recursively, reads the metadata, and separates camera, production sound, drone and junk — deterministically, with no cleanup on your part. Empty folders, false takes and system files are ignored automatically.
Light proxies, hands off — even for RAW
Proxies without the busywork. When a master can’t be proxied directly (RAW like Canon CRM, RED, BRAW), Launchr Post drives your own tools — DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Media Encoder or Compressor — and kicks off the render with exactly the right settings. You collect a finished, edit‑ready proxy without touching a button. Already have editor proxies? They’re reused. And from any clip in the library, the full‑resolution original is always one click away.
Search for what was said — on your Mac
Speech is transcribed on‑device with Whisper. Search a whole shoot day for words and phrases and jump straight to the timecode where they’re spoken — instead of scrubbing through hours of footage. Filenames and spoken words, one search box. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Find the clips that actually made the cut
Producer or editor: drag in an entire project — raw from the cards or finished from the edit suite. Launchr Post reads the project file (Premiere .prproj and FCP7 XML) and finds the clips that are actually on the timeline, not just everything that was imported. Perfect for archiving, reuse, and collecting only what made the film.
One click. The whole editor package.
When the day is processed, hand it over: synced timelines as FCPXML and Premiere XML, an ALE for the workflows that want one, multicam groups ready to cut, and a sync report that shows exactly what was matched and how. Your editor opens a project — not a puzzle.
The approval comes back into the app
Send the finished export straight from the project. Your client gets a link, opens it in any browser without an account, watches, comments with timecode and approves. The status panel shows every deliverable version by version: who approved, when, and which notes are still open. A new version never erases an old approval.
One pipeline, not five apps
The hours between the shoot and the edit are usually a patchwork: one tool for sync, another for organizing, a third for proxies — and a lot of manual glue. Launchr Post runs that stretch as one pipeline: footage in, sync, proxies, a searchable library, and an editor handover out the other end.
All local. No subscription.
No account, no cloud. Your footage never leaves your Mac — and you pay once, not every month.
A searchable library
Every shoot day becomes searchable — filenames and spoken words, transcribed on‑device.
The editor package
One click: FCPXML, Premiere XML, ALE, multicam groups and a sync report. Your editor starts cutting, not conforming.
Coming from another tool? Honest comparisons: PluralEyes · Kyno · OffShoot
From shoot day to cut‑ready — on your own Mac
Every stage below is in the app today. It starts at the memory card and ends with a client who has said yes — in writing, version by version.
Offload from card
Copy the card to one or more drives in a single read, with a checksum on every file — or point at footage already on a disk.
Sync
Audio is paired to picture — timecode first, sample‑accurate waveform fallback — and cameras are grouped for multicam.
Proxies
Light H.264 proxies, hands off — RAW included, via Resolve, Media Encoder or Compressor.
Organize & search
On‑device transcription makes the whole day searchable — filenames and spoken words, straight to the timecode.
Editor handover
One click: FCPXML, Premiere XML, ALE, multicam groups and a sync report.
Client review
Send the finished export from the app. Your client approves in the browser — no account — and the approval comes back with name and time.
Everything a local post tool should do
.prproj + FCP7 XML), used clips at timeline level.One link. No accounts for your client. Approvals land back in the app. New in 0.1.45
The pipeline no longer stops at the editor handover. When the cut is done, send the export straight from Launchr Post: your client watches and approves in the browser — no account, no install, nothing to learn — and the yes comes back into the app with a name and a timestamp, version by version.
Export → send → approved, without leaving the app
Pick a finished export in your project, choose or create the production and the deliverable, and press send. The file uploads with real progress — percent, megabytes and part‑by‑part for the big ones, with cancel at any point. Nothing reaches your client until the file is verified complete on the other end.
Then you get the client link. Copy it into your own email, Slack or SMS — whatever you already use. Your client opens it in a browser, watches, comments and approves.
No account for your client
They open a link in any browser and approve. No signup, no seat, no software. If you want it tighter, lock the link to one mobile number — then it only opens after an SMS one‑time code.
Approval per version
Every version carries its own approval — who said yes, and when. A new version never erases an old approval; it simply shows up as awaiting approval next to it.
Comments with timecode
Client notes come back with the timecode they refer to, marked open or resolved, sitting next to the exact version they belong to. No more “around the middle somewhere”.
Honest about the edges: the panel in the app shows status, versions, approvals and comments — it does not play the film back inside the app; your client watches it in the browser. The app checks for new approvals on a timer and whenever you press refresh; there are no push notifications yet. And the rest of the pipeline stays local: only the export you deliberately choose to send ever leaves your Mac. Client review is included in the €99 license and in the free 7‑day trial.
The pipeline starts at the card. New in 0.1.46
Copy a card or a camera drive to one or more destinations in a single read, with a checksum on every file. Then every copy is read back from the destination’s own disk and hashed again — a file is only called verified when the destination’s checksum matches the card’s. That is the difference between “it copied” and “it is proven”.
Proof you can hand to a producer
The report is written next to the footage in _launchr-offload/ — as JSON, as plain readable text, and as MHL‑like XML with a SHA‑256 for every file. You get real progress the whole way (percent, MB/s, time left, which file), pause, continue and stop, and 3‑2‑1 advice the moment you add a second destination.
A journal is written after every file, so an interrupted offload can be resumed — even from another Mac. When the copy is done, the same footage scans straight into the library and the rest of the pipeline takes over.
report.txt
report.mhl.xml
Verified means read back
Every copy is fsync’ed and then read back from the destination’s own disk and hashed again. Matching the number in memory is not proof; matching the file that actually landed is.
Partly secured is said out loud
A file is only “verified” when every destination you picked is proven. If it reached some of them, it says “only partly secured” — and the report says the same. Don’t format the card on a half‑truth.
Interruptions are survivable
Cable out, full disk, power cut: the journal knows what was already proven, so continuing skips it. Two different cards on the same day get a folder each.
Honest about the edges: the checksum is SHA‑256 (hardware‑accelerated on Apple Silicon), not the xxHash used by ASC MHL — so the XML we write is MHL‑like, and the JSON and text reports are the authoritative ones. Nothing at the destination is ever overwritten: an identical file is verified instead, and a different file with the same name is left untouched with an honest message. Offload is included in the €99 license and in the free 7‑day trial.
Take it further with Launchr
Want to share with a team, hand off to editors and gather everything in one searchable cloud library? Launchr Post can push your synced, transcribed footage straight into Launchr — resumable upload, one click, entirely optional. The app stands strong completely on its own.
Requirements and formats
One license. Pay once.
No subscription, no account, no meter running. Try everything free for 7 days first.
- Client review & approval links included
- All v1.x updates included
- 2 machines, 1 in use at a time
- Everything runs locally — footage never leaves your Mac
- 7-day full free trial — cancel anytime before it ends
Prices excl. VAT — VAT added at checkout based on your country.
Working with a team? The shared review layer on the web starts at €29 a month, priced by the size of your team and the material you keep with us — never by how many people open a link. Storage beyond what a band includes is €25 per TB a month, with no cap. Your clients and approvers stay free either way. See all plans
Good to know before you try
What happens when the 7 days are up?
If Launchr Post earned its place, do nothing: at the end of the trial the €99 one-time license is charged to the card you added, and you keep working right where you are. If not, cancel with one click before the trial ends and nothing is charged. Your library and files stay untouched on your disk either way.
Is my footage uploaded anywhere?
No. Sync, sorting, proxies and transcription all run on your own Mac. The app works offline, and nothing leaves your disk unless you explicitly choose to push to Launchr.
Will it run on my Mac?
Launchr Post requires a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 12+. Intel Macs are not supported. ffmpeg, Whisper and the language model are built in — nothing else to install.
Does it work with my cameras and recorders?
MOV, MP4, MXF, AVCHD, R3D, BRAW, Canon CRM and ARRIRAW on the picture side; WAV/BWF, MP3 and M4A on the sound side. Timecode and BWF/iXML metadata come first, with sample‑accurate waveform matching as fallback.
Does it offload my cards with checksums?
Yes — since version 0.1.46. Pick the card and one or more destinations; Launchr Post reads the card once, writes every copy, then reads each copy back from disk and compares SHA‑256 against the source. The report lands next to the footage as JSON, plain text and MHL‑like XML. See how it works.
Can my clients review and approve cuts?
Yes — since version 0.1.45. Send a finished export straight from the app; your client gets a link, watches it in the browser and approves without an account. The approval comes back into the app on the exact version they saw, with name and time, and comments arrive with the timecode they refer to. See how it works.
Do my clients need an account, or to pay?
Neither. Approvers are always free and account‑free — a link in a browser is all they need. You can optionally lock a link to one mobile number, so it only opens after an SMS one‑time code. Client review is included in your €99 license and in the free trial.
Start your free 7‑day trial
Download Launchr Post for Apple Silicon. The first 7 days are a full, free trial — every feature. You add a card at the start, and nothing is charged if you cancel before the trial ends. Signed and notarized by Apple, and it keeps itself up to date.
Requires a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) · macOS 12 Monterey or later
Signed & notarized by Apple
Latest version · ≈590 MB download · keeps itself updated
Latest release 0.1.50 — your account, your subscription and your footage in the cloud, all visible inside the app. Earlier releases added checksum‑verified card offload with a report you can hand over, and client review with approval per version. What shipped recently
How to install (30 seconds)
- Open the downloaded
.dmgfile. - Drag Launchr Post into Applications.
- Open it from Applications — the first start takes a moment while macOS verifies the app.