Edit offline in Final Cut Pro
Work on a plane, on set, or in a cafe. Final Cut never blocks on the network.
Final Cut + cloud drives is fragile
Cloud-mounted drives introduce random latency that Final Cut timeline hates. A single hiccup mid-edit, and the timeline shows offline media warnings. You spend more time debugging network than editing.
Everything local until you choose to conform
Once Sanbila has cached your ProRes Proxy locally, Final Cut works entirely offline. Internet is only needed at two moments: ingesting new media from a card, and exporting a master against the cloud originals. Between the two, Final Cut never talks to the internet.
Local-only edit mode
Once proxies are cached, the whole edit runs on your SSD.
No offline warnings
No cloud drive means no random network errors on the timeline.
Export on demand
Conform to cloud originals only when you choose to render master.
Cross-Mac sync
Pull proxies on a second Mac via Sanbila to keep editing on the go.
Sanbila by the numbers
Real specs from the live Sanbila product, not marketing claims.
Frequently asked questions
How is Sanbila different from the proxy generator built into my NLE?+
Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Avid all generate proxies locally, but they keep the original full-resolution files on the same SSD — so the disk fills up twice. Sanbila stores the originals in the cloud (Cloudflare R2) and keeps only the lightweight proxies on your machine. At export, Smart Relink streams the originals back via a local WebDAV mount, so you finish at full quality without ever downloading the source files.
Does Sanbila work offline?+
Yes for editing — once a proxy is cached on your SSD, you can cut, trim, color and arrange your timeline without an internet connection. You only need network access for the initial import (uploading originals to the cloud) and for the final export (streaming originals back via WebDAV).
How much cloud storage does the free plan include?+
The free plan includes 5 GB of cloud storage and one project, with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $49 per month for 2 TB and 50 projects, going up to 25 TB on the Enterprise plan with overage billing for teams that need more.
What upload speed do I need to use Sanbila?+
Any broadband connection works for the initial upload — Sanbila chunks files into 50 MB parts and uploads in parallel, so a typical 100 Mbps fiber line uploads 1 hour of 4K H.264 footage in about 6 minutes. After upload, day-to-day editing happens on local proxies, so your connection speed only matters again at export time when originals are streamed.
Which video formats does Sanbila support?+
Sanbila handles 22+ formats out of the box: MP4, MOV, MXF, R3D (RED RAW), BRAW (Blackmagic RAW), ARRI proxies, ProRes, DNxHR, DNxHD, H.264, H.265, plus WAV and AAC for audio. Both 4K and 8K sources are supported up to 200 GB per single file (URL imports have no size limit).
Edit Final Cut offline with confidence
Install Sanbila, cache proxies, unplug, keep cutting.
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