OBS to timeline

Record it. Um Out has the rough cut waiting.

Point Um Out at the folder OBS records into. Pick the takes that make up the video and it lays them end to end and cuts them as one: silences gone, filler words gone, captions written, the strong moments marked. You open a rough cut instead of a folder of files to splice.

Included on Plus. Not part of the trial or the Local licence.

One pass over the recording, four tools deep.

Silences, filler words, captions and highlight markers are planned together, so the timings still line up when the cuts are applied.

One recording, one pass
  1. Watched folder recording finishes Um Out waits until the file stops growing
  2. One first pass Four tools, planned together
    • Remove silences
    • Remove filler words
    • Captions
    • Mark highlights
    Each one a switch. All on by default.
  3. Premiere A rough cut, waiting for you Source sequence kept untouched beside it

It starts from the folder you already record into

You pick the local folder OBS writes to. Um Out does not connect to an OBS account, sign in to anything, or upload the file. It watches that one folder and nothing else.

A file that is still being written is ignored. Um Out waits until the size has stopped changing across several checks before it reads anything, so a recording you are still making is never treated as finished footage.

Four tools in one pass, each of them a switch

The first pass runs the quiet gap remover, the filler word cleaner, captions, and highlight marking. All four are on by default and each one is a switch, so you can take captions off and keep the cuts, or mark highlights without removing anything.

They are planned together rather than run one after another. Cutting silence first and filler words second would invalidate every timecode the second pass depended on, so every proposed cut is held as a range on the original recording, the ranges are combined once, and the captions and markers are then placed on the shortened timeline.

Your recording is never the thing it edits

Um Out keeps an untouched source sequence and builds the first pass as a separate one, so the footage you recorded is still there exactly as recorded. You see the plan and the counts before Premiere is asked to create anything, and a half-finished creation is reported as an error rather than left on your timeline.

The plan is versioned and fingerprinted against the recording it was built from. If the file or the sequence changes between the plan and the apply, it is refused rather than applied to different media. This workflow is on Plus; signed server entitlements and the local companion enforce that, so nothing on this page grants access on its own.

Questions people ask

Can I turn captions off?

Yes, and the same goes for the other three. Removing silences, removing filler words, captions and highlight marking are each a switch. All four are on by default, and turning captions off afterwards updates the plan rather than making you run it again.

Is this the same as Stream Highlights?

No. This is for a video you recorded and want a rough cut of. Stream Highlights is for going through a long VOD looking for the stretches worth posting. Different job, different tool.

I recorded the video in several takes. Can it join them?

Yes. Pick the takes that make up the video and Um Out lays them end to end and cuts them as one: the silences and filler words go across the whole thing, the captions run continuously, and you get one rough cut rather than a sequence per file. Each take keeps its own entry, so dropping the assembly never touches the originals.

Does Um Out upload the OBS recording?

No. The watched folder and the recording stay on your computer. Analysis runs locally, and anything hosted has to disclose and minimise the text it sends before it sends it.

Does it overwrite my original timeline?

No. The recording is never edited in place. Um Out keeps a source sequence exactly as recorded and builds the first pass as a separate sequence next to it.

Which plan includes OBS to timeline?

Plus. The entitlement is checked by the signed licence and the local companion rather than by the website.

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The quiet gap remover, the filler word cleaner and captions are the same tools this pass runs, and you can try all three on your own footage for seven days.

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