random loss of audio in the edit timeline

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Frazer Bradshaw

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random loss of audio in the edit timeline

PostWed Mar 19, 2025 9:15 pm

Hi all.

I'm having a weird problem, where audio will stop playing in the timeline. In this scenario, it will be playing fine, then I'll switch over the the source window to pick my take, drop it in and the timeline will no longer play audio. The VU meter still shows audio, but no sound happens. I can then go back to the source window, and the audio will be fine. This is happening to me many times a day. A restart of Resolve fixes it, no problem, but it's annoying. Has anyone else had this issue?

I'm in 19.1.3 Build 7, working on a Mac running 15.3.2

Thanks for any insights!

Frazer
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Re: random loss of audio in the edit timeline

PostWed Mar 19, 2025 9:41 pm

What's your audio hardware?
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Re: random loss of audio in the edit timeline

PostThu Mar 20, 2025 12:11 am

Jim Simon wrote:What's your audio hardware?


Feeding sound with picture out to a DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K. When the failure happens, the feed is still fine with the source window.

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Re: random loss of audio in the edit timeline

PostThu Mar 20, 2025 3:02 pm

OK.

I've never used that hardware. Does it need a driver update, maybe?
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Re: random loss of audio in the edit timeline

PostSun May 25, 2025 2:40 am

Frazer Bradshaw wrote:Hi all.

I'm having a weird problem, where audio will stop playing in the timeline. In this scenario, it will be playing fine, then I'll switch over the the source window to pick my take, drop it in and the timeline will no longer play audio. The VU meter still shows audio, but no sound happens. I can then go back to the source window, and the audio will be fine. This is happening to me many times a day. A restart of Resolve fixes it, no problem, but it's annoying. Has anyone else had this issue?

I'm in 19.1.3 Build 7, working on a Mac running 15.3.2

Thanks for any insights!

Frazer

I basically have the same problem that you're describing and even bigger. One day a timeline has audio the next day it doesn't even though the meters are still moving. I was curious as to whether you had found a solution.
Resolve 19, Mac pro 7.1 (2019), Monterey, headphone audio out

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