For Windows
B/side, in its own window.
The same editor, as an application on your PC, with every key on the keyboard yours.
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Run the download and it installs, with no administrator password. If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, choose More info, then Run anyway.
What the app adds
The whole keyboard
A browser keeps Ctrl+W, Ctrl+T and Ctrl+N for its own tabs and windows. In the app they belong to the editor.
An editing application, not a tab
Its own window, its own icon on the taskbar, and Alt+Tab, like the other applications you cut with.
The same projects
It is the same editor as app.bside.video. Your projects, cuts and settings are the same whichever way you open them, and anyone reviewing a cut can still use a browser.
One download does both
The app brings A/Side with it and connects it to your project by itself. A/Side is the helper that reads your cards and drives.
Plays from what is here
It plays from the cloud, and from footage already on this PC when it is there.
Questions
Do I need the app to use B/side?
To ingest your footage, yes: the app brings A/Side with it. Once your footage is in, you and anyone you share the project with can also cut and review in Chrome.
Which PCs does it run on?
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
How do I update it?
You do not have to. It checks for a newer version every time it starts, downloads it, then asks whether to restart now or later.
What if the connection drops mid-cut?
Keep cutting. A banner tells you, and your edits wait on your PC until it is back.
Does it cost anything?
No. It is free with any B/side account, on every plan. You sign in inside the app.
Do I still need A/Side?
It comes with the app. Open a project and B/side starts A/Side and connects it to that project, with nothing else to download or sign in to. If A/Side is already on the PC, the app uses that one. A/Side keeps an offload or upload going after you close B/side. A computer that only ingests footage can still run A/Side on its own.