Charles Bennett wrote:Mara, what are the specs of your computer? I shoot MP4 with a Canon and have no problems.
Windows 10, Intel core i3 processor, Dell laptop. No problems whatsoever when it comes to playing clips or pictures from the camera (clips automatically open in Windows media player). It's just that it doesn't work in Resolve so I figure it does have something to do with the format.
Jim Simon wrote:Peachesandpotatoes wrote:The uploading in DaVinci Resolve is no problem
A lot of noobies get this wrong. Not sure why. It's an odd phenomenon.
First you
copy the media to the hard drive.
Then you
import it into Resolve.
Then you
export or
render your finished program.
Finally, you
upload the finished video to YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
To help with this particular issue, Optimized Media is worth a look.
Having said all that, I do recommend completing the training on Resolve
before working on real projects. It'll save you a
lot of headaches.
I actually have edited clips before, although this was a few years back and in Premier Pro. I know the drill of uploading, importing, exporting copying and whatnot perfectly fine, thanks. That is not the problem here, it's simply that the clip doesn't play in Resolve.
Will checkout Optimized Media though!
Frank Engel wrote:This can happen with straight-from-camera footage that is recorded with a codec that is not editor-friendly; try transcoding to ProRes (Mac) or DNxHD (Windoze) and substituting those files for editing. Those formats are basically the industry standard and are specifically optimized for editing.
Also make sure that your files are stored on fast media: older external USB hard drives or the media from your camera (SD cards and the like) may be too slow to keep up and the footage might not be streamed to the computer fast enough to keep the editor fed with data.
You could also be running into a problem if your computer is underpowered to run Resolve while handling footage at the resolution of your camera, so if transcoding the footage does not help, check your system specifications against the requirements for the software. If you are trying to edit UHD or 4K footage, you could try generating proxies for editing at a lower resolution if you think you might be running into a limitation of the performance of your hardware.
Thanks Frank, I think this is my most helpful solution at the moment! I will checkout every option over the weekend.
Thanks for your help guys!