Edit Cloud Video Projects with RcloneView: Mount Drives, Sync Media, and Protect Your Timeline

Stop shuttling drives or waiting on downloads. RcloneView lets you mount cloud storage as an edit drive, keep footage mirrored across locations, and automate protection for your timeline.

Modern shoots land footage on cameras, recorders, and remote offices at once. Moving it all by hand slows editors and risks broken links. RcloneView wraps the proven rclone engine in a clean UI so you can mount clouds like local disks, stage proxies, sync deliverables, and recover quickly when something goes wrong.

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

• One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
• Schedulers & history for reliable automation
• Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

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Why Cloud-First Editing Makes Sense

• Keep crews in sync without shipping spinning disks; everyone mounts the same source.
• Stay within tight windows by staging proxies near your editors while masters remain in cold storage.
• Reduce human error: scheduled syncs and checksum verification mean fewer broken relinks.

Set Up a Reliable Cloud Mount for NLEs

A stable mount is the backbone of cloud editing. RcloneView makes it two clicks.

• Connect remotes: add Google Drive, Dropbox, S3/Wasabi/R2, or your NAS via + New Remote. Guides: /support/howto/remote-storage-connection-settings/add-oath-online-login, /support/howto/remote-storage-connection-settings/s3
• Create the mount: Remote Explorer or Mount Manager keeps things simple: /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/mount-cloud-storage-as-a-local-drive
• Pick an edit-friendly path: drive letter on Windows (X: via cmount), /Volumes/Cloud/Edit on macOS, /mnt/edit on Linux.

Tune Cache and Throughput for Smooth Timelines

Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve want predictable IO.

• Cache mode: set Cache mode to full so the NLE can scan bins and seek quickly.
• Cache size: allocate SSD space (10-50 GB) under Cache max size for fast scrubbing.
• Read ahead and buffering: add --vfs-read-ahead 128M and --buffer-size 64M under Global Rclone Flags for large clips. See /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/general-settings.
• Bandwidth caps: throttle during office hours so other jobs are unaffected: /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/general-settings.

Keep Projects Safe with Compare, Sync, and Scheduler

Editing is messy; automation keeps it safe.

• Visual diffs before syncing: run Compare to spot missing footage or newer renders without CLI flags: /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/compare-folder-contents.
• Bidirectional or one-way syncs: build repeatable jobs to push Projects/ to S3 while pulling fresh proxies from Drive: /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/create-sync-jobs and /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/synchronize-remote-storages.
• Schedule protection: run nightly syncs after editors log off. If a job fails, RcloneView retries and records the log so you can resume fast.

Share Proxies and Deliverables Across Clouds

Different stakeholders need different copies.

• Send lightweight proxies to Dropbox or Drive for reviewers while masters live in Wasabi or a NAS.
• Use separate sync jobs per destination so bandwidth-heavy masters run off-hours and proxies run hourly.
• Keep folder structures consistent with saved presets; the NLE relinks cleanly when paths match.

Monitor and Recover Quickly

You need to know when transfers slow down or fail.

• Watch throughput live in Transfer Monitor: /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/real-time-transfer-monitoring.
• Review Job History to confirm checksums and skipped files: /support/howto/rcloneview-basic/execute-manage-job.
• Resume interrupted moves automatically; rclone handles retries and chunked uploads so you do not lose partially sent footage.

Cloud Drives That Feel Local

RcloneView makes cloud storage behave like an edit-ready drive: mount once, tune cache, automate syncs, and keep every version protected. Your team stops juggling copies and stays focused on the cut.

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

• One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
• Schedulers & history for reliable automation
• Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more

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Get Started Free →

Free core features. Plus automations available.