🔥 Metadata Burn-In · Final Cut Pro · macOS

Timecode on screen.
No export required.

Malibu Burn overlays source timecode, clip name, reel, and camera frame-accurately over your Final Cut Pro timeline — live, as an FxPlug title. Works with standard, unmodified Final Cut Pro.

FxPlug 4 title · Reads FCP libraries read-only · No modified FCP required

The Workflow

Add the title, see it live.

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Add the FxPlug title

Drop the Malibu Burn title onto your timeline like any other FCP title.

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Host reads the library

The Malibu Burn Host reads your .fcpbundle SQLite files in read-only mode — no injection, no private APIs.

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Metadata resolves live

Timecode, clip name, reel, and camera are looked up per-clip and passed to the title via XPC.

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Burned in, frame-accurate

The overlay tracks every cut and retime automatically — no manual re-syncing.

What's inside

Burn-in without touching your FCP install.

Standard, unmodified Final Cut Pro from the Mac App Store — no code injection, no dylib loading, no private APIs.

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Frame-accurate timecode

Source timecode burned in per clip, tracking every cut and retime automatically.

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Clip name & reel

Overlay the clip's real name and reel straight from FCP's own metadata.

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Camera metadata

Show which camera shot a given clip, useful for multicam and dailies review.

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Standard FCP only

No modified Final Cut Pro required — works with the version from the Mac App Store.

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Read-only

Reads FCP's SQLite library files in immutable mode — never writes to your project.

Live, not exported

No FCPXML round-trip — the overlay updates as you edit.

Why Malibu Burn

Built for dailies and screener workflows.

🔥 No export step

Other burn-in tools need an FCPXML export first. Malibu Burn overlays live in the timeline.

🧩 Untouched FCP

No patched app, no injected code — just standard Final Cut Pro plus an FxPlug title.

⏱️ Always in sync

Re-cut, retime, reorder — the burned-in metadata follows automatically.

🔒 Read-only

Never modifies your FCP library, only reads from it.

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