What happens in a run

Click Make the Cut (or Sync). The run screen shows where it is, with a card for each stage.

The stages

• Sync: matches the clips to the recorder.
• Transcribe: listens to every take.
• Read scripts: reads each script you checked.
• Line up takes: matches what was said against each script line.
• Write: saves the XML and the text files.

A run that only syncs shows three cards: Sync, Transcribe and Write.

How long it takes

• Transcribing is the slow part. After it has timed a few takes, the screen shows an estimate like “About 9 minutes left”.
• The elapsed time counts up at the right of the progress bar.
• Run the same files again and Circle Take reuses the sync and transcripts it already made.

While it works

• Your Mac stays awake until the run finishes. You can switch to other apps, and Circle Take keeps working.
• Click Cancel to stop the run.
• If you open another project or go Home mid-run, Circle Take asks whether to stop the run first. With Pro and the queue, it doesn't ask: the run keeps going.
• Running again overwrites the files that run makes. Files from an earlier run that this one doesn't make, like picks.txt after a run that only syncs, stay in the folder.

The queue

Line up several projects and Circle Take runs them one after another, which is handy overnight.

The queue is part of Pro. Without it, Circle Take does one run at a time.

• Click Add to Queue next to the run button. If nothing is running, that run starts right away.
• While the queue is busy, the run button reads Run Next. It puts this run at the front of the waiting ones. It doesn't stop the one that's running.
• If a project and shoot is already waiting, the button reads Update in Queue and replaces its picks and options.
• The Queue row in the sidebar opens the queue. Drag waiting runs to reorder them, remove them, or cancel the running one. Pause Queue lets the running one finish and holds the rest.
• A run that fails is marked failed and the next one starts.
• The queue only lasts while Circle Take is open. Quitting asks first. Each project keeps the files from its last finished run.