Choose combined or separate before recording

Combined is useful when you want a finished picture-in-picture or split composition in one file. Separate Files is for keeping each camera view available to frame or arrange later in another app. Both serve different deliverables; neither is inherently better.

Cropping a corner inset out of a combined video cannot recreate detail that was hidden or never preserved. If you expect to change the layout after capture, decide on separate files before the take.

Record and export both files

  1. Select a supported Front & Back combination and switch to Video.
  2. Choose Separate Files before recording. Confirm the label instead of assuming a two-view preview means two files will be saved.
  3. Make a short sample with a visible action and sound, then stop and open the capture in Gallery.
  4. Inspect both items. Check orientation, picture, sound and the part of the action each file contains.
  5. Use Save to Photos or Share Capture for the current item, then move to the other item and export it too. The current preview action handles the displayed item, not an automatic two-file batch.
  6. Confirm both exported files are available in Photos or your chosen destination before deleting an in-app copy.

Separate files do not mean RAW or separate microphones

“Separate Files” describes how the views are stored. The current recording code writes ordinary H.264 video in MOV files; the internal output-mode name is not a promise of RAW, Apple ProRAW or ProRes.

One microphone feed is sent to the output writers. If you place both clips in an editing timeline, listen before playing both audio tracks together. Two copies of the same source are not isolated audio for two speakers.

Why another mode may already use two files

Portrait & Landscape and Near & Far currently require separate outputs. Their output control is fixed by the selected capture option, so it may not behave like the toggle in the front/back combined mode.

Near & Far can use two rear cameras where feasible. On some devices it instead pairs the Wide image with a cropped zoom view. Two files therefore do not always mean two physical camera viewpoints. Portrait & Landscape still requires its own Wide + Ultra Wide combination.

Before handing the clips to an editor

  • Check each exported file rather than relying on the preview thumbnail or a success message for only one item.
  • Keep the original exports until the editing app has imported both correctly.
  • Check timing and audible content before making cuts. This guide does not promise professional timecode or frame-perfect external synchronization.
  • DoubleRec stores captures locally. iCloud Photos, device backup and services used for sharing follow your settings.

Sources & notes

Written by the app developer, with product and official references. This guide does not claim a new device benchmark or detection-accuracy experiment.

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