Auto Import & Sync to Timeline (no multicam)

[Jake Charlson]

I want to be able to select all my media, import it into a new project, and have every single piece of it sync on the timeline (where possible).

Most of my projects are like 2-5 minutes. I don't want to deal with multi cam setups or other more elegant solutions - quick and dirty is the order of the day.

I'd like there to be an option to choose between having each file sync to a different track and having them sync to already used tracks if there is room and it won't overwrite other media. If I'm importing 70 video files for instance, I don't want to deal with 70 video tracks - that would be an insane timeline to navigate.

Where an audio sync can't be made, I'd like it to fall back to timestamps and have it placed on the timeline where it should be according to the timestamp, and highlighted to indicate an imperfect match.

This setup would save me hours. I'm sure it's not the most efficient, at least in theory, but it's how I've been doing it for more than 20 years and significant change probably isn't super likely to happen with my workflow.