Sync keywords
Media Sync Tool tags the clips it creates with a small set of keywords, so you can find synced clips, sort by media type, and spot anything that needs a second look — all from the Final Cut Pro keyword list.
Why Media Sync Tool adds keywords
So the sync results stay easy to work with, Media Sync Tool adds specific keywords to the synced event. Those keywords enumerate the clips it produced, distinguish media types, and flag clips that couldn’t be synced cleanly — so you can find sync issues without opening every clip by hand.
The keywords
The following keywords may appear in a synced event in Final Cut Pro:
| Keyword | What it marks |
|---|---|
| Synced Clips | Only the standalone synchronized clips. When a multicam clip is built, its per-angle synchronized clips are also surfaced in the event with this keyword, so you can use them independently of the multicam. |
| Multicam Clips | Only the multicam clips. |
| To Verify | Clips with a possible sync issue. Check every clip carrying this keyword once the sync finishes — see below. |
| No Timecode | Clips with no timecode track. These can’t be synced by timecode. |
| Not Synced | Clips that couldn’t be synced and weren’t marked another way — typically audio with no matching picture, or a clip a sync issue stopped from completing. |
| MOS | Silent picture — video with no audio to pair with (“Mit Out Sound”). Surfaced as standalone clips so you can still find them even if the multicam they were grouped into is deleted. The Mark not synced video clips with MOS keyword setting (Clip Logging) also routes unsynced picture here instead of to Not Synced. |
| Processed Originals | Standalone copies of the source clips that became part of the synced output. Added only when Include source clips in synced event is turned on, so you can hand off a self-contained synced event after deleting the source event. |
“To Verify” layers on top
Media Sync Tool adds To Verify when a clip synced but more than one source overlapped where it expected a single, clean pairing — so it can’t be certain it combined the right clips. In practice that means one of:
- Two or more video clips from the same camera overlap within a single angle — overlapping timecode, or a camera that kept rolling across takes.
- More than one audio source intersects the same take — for example two recorders whose ranges both cover the clip, so either could have anchored it.
- A multicam angle is assembled from several clips, or the take resolves to more than one audio angle.
These are synced clips, not failures — a clip that couldn’t be synced at all gets Not Synced instead. To Verify simply asks you to glance at the result and confirm the tool picked the right combination.
The keyword is additive: it never replaces a clip’s category, it layers on top of it. A flagged clip keeps its categorization keyword (such as Synced Clips or Multicam Clips) and also carries To Verify, so it still shows up where you’d expect while standing out as something to review.
Tip: Click the To Verify keyword collection after a sync to triage every flagged clip at once. Clearing the keyword from a clip leaves its category keyword intact, so the clip stays in its normal collection.
Take ratings from continuity notes
If you log clips using continuity notes during the sync, clips can pick up Final Cut Pro ratings keywords: good takes can be marked Favorite and NG takes marked Rejected, according to the attached continuity notes data. Media Sync Tool searches every column for Good or Perfect (Favorite) and NG or Not Good (Rejected) text marks to identify take ratings automatically. Like To Verify, a rating coexists with the clip’s sync keywords rather than replacing them.
Ratings and keywords are independent in Final Cut Pro: a clip can be a Favorite, carry To Verify, and live in the Synced Clips collection all at once.