Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

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Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostWed May 18, 2022 11:57 am

.. you export a still.
Just upgraded to 18 and same problem.
Please Blackmagic put this in as as option.
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostWed May 18, 2022 2:12 pm

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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostThu May 19, 2022 7:53 am

Jim Simon wrote:https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=150657

Thanks, Jim.. have already plus-oned that topic.

Was looking for a workaround.
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostThu May 19, 2022 12:24 pm

easy workaround when exporting many files. open finder / explorer and sort by file type. delete all the files you don't want
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostThu May 19, 2022 1:16 pm

Sven H wrote:easy workaround when exporting many files. open finder / explorer and sort by file type. delete all the files you don't want

Thanks, Sven.. have been doing that for days now.. and it's a pain.
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostThu May 19, 2022 5:24 pm

Use any file system watcher tool or a simple chron job to clean up...
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostThu May 19, 2022 9:04 pm

The easiest and fastest workaround is to make a cropped screen grab of the footage when it is in a viewer large enough to have the viewer window equal to or larger than the delivery image resolution. For many purposes that is good enough, although you are dependent on the calibration of your screen display for the color accuracy of the result.
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostFri May 20, 2022 10:09 am

DavidVogt wrote:The easiest and fastest workaround is to make a cropped screen grab of the footage when it is in a viewer large enough to have the viewer window equal to or larger than the delivery image resolution. For many purposes that is good enough, although you are dependent on the calibration of your screen display for the color accuracy of the result.

Thanks, David..

.. now using a batch job to delete all drx files in the folder .. will figure out how to set this up in Task Scheduler in Windows.

Blackmagic.. please put this in as an option.. I can see no reason why it needs to be created each time a still is exported unless it is useful for something every time a still is exported... which for me it isn't.
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostThu Sep 14, 2023 6:32 pm

From the release notes of 18.6

• New option to export only .drx files when exporting stills.
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Re: Why oh why does it have to export drx files every time..

PostFri Sep 15, 2023 11:59 am

Thanks, Sven.. but my point was it is not necessary to export drx files when exporting jpgs or pngs to use in the time line .. totally unnecessary .. there should be an option to turn this off.

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