Help me please with this db file

Hi im in over my head and have an assignment due tomorrow,

Resolve crashed on me and i thought it would be fine because i have saved my project,

well apparently only a .db file that can't open.
I've looked at other threads did the same thing with making a new folder but still nothing shows up.

Can someone please help me? I know the location of my db file [C:\Users\freya\AppData\Roaming\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Resolve Disk Database\Resolve Projects\Users\Projects\SelfportraitDFA2023], and its in there just when i try to open it in resolve, it says the folders empty..

Have you completed any training for Resolve yet?

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... ning#books

The Beginner's Guide is not going to help you here.

Are you seeing that project in the Project Manager and when you try to open it you get an error message? Or is it not showing at all? What you actually did -- "making a new folder" -- is not clear.

I assume "SelfportraitDFA2023" is a folder. Look inside. Is there a file there called "project.db"? If so, upload that file to a file sharing service and post a link here. Staff may be able to fix it. Or not.

Of course, you should have had .drp back-ups, as well as database backups. Refer to the manual for instructions on backup procedures.

Jim's question is appropriate in that I can't tell from the OP's question whether they are completely new to Resolve or an extremely advanced user poking around trying to copy db files from one project library location to another (my guess is an inexperienced user who got some bad advice from YouTube).

Anyway, John's suggestion is good. It sounds like your project db file is corrupt so perhaps if you provide a link to it, someone from BMD can confirm this.

In the future, perform an 'Export Project' operation every day to make sure you have a copy of your project (drp) and use a naming convention such as 'project_name_yyyy_mm_dd' to keep track of it. Note that a project export is just a set of instructions, it doesn't have the media with it. You can also setup Resolve to create automatic project backups apart from those generated manually.

Normally a crash of Resolve does not corrupt your saved project, but it can (and does) happen.

The Beginner's Guide is not going to help you here.

That depends.

It does go over the proper way to open projects. Whether or not Freya already knows that was unclear.

Jim, advising every user, in every situation, to read the beginner's guide and informing every newcomer of your biggest mistake may not be as helpful as you suppose, particularly when their situations are unlikely to be solved by your suggestions.

There is no minimum daily posting quota here. Your membership won't expire if you let a thread go by without comment.

I like to comment when I see the two of you disagree, even if I have nothing meaningful to add - such is the case with this post.

Jim, advising every user, in every situation, to read the beginner's guide and informing every newcomer of your biggest mistake may not be as helpful as you suppose, particularly when their situations are unlikely to be solved by your suggestions.

He's not wrong.

In this case, the easiest way to back up is to export a DRP of the session (preferably on a daily basis, with an ongoing project). That... you can always restore. A Resolve .db file is not intended to be moved or changed or renamed or copied directly by the user. Like it says in the manual, users need to do any session/database operations within the Project Manager. That includes backing up the Project Libraries, which you can very definitely restore with the Restore command.

He's not wrong.

Maybe not directly. But saying someone should just read the manual or posting Youtube videos without context is a very crude and imo rude way of helping with someone's issues. It completely counters the concept of a forum by removing the social interaction with others experienced in the field. It also makes you look stupid by suggesting you actually not knowing anything about the problem at hand or possible solutions. I think it's pointless trying to defend such posts and rude to the OP. It doesn't matter if someone is a complete rookie or a senior user. Even the 'best' learn something new every day. People post to forums to get help because the interaction makes it easier to solve problems and they may receive solutions/insights that may have not been obvious through own trial/error and manual reading.

If you don't care about elaborating or giving solutions why bother posting in the first place.

He's not wrong.

Nobody is ever wrong for advising a user to consult reference materials. The question is whether it's helpful in every and all instances, any more than instructing all Premieres users who are questioning the forum narrowly on Resolve features that the only way they'll learn is to forget everything they know about Premiere and do as one person here, who's not a trainer, editor or a post-production professional, advises.

In this case, the easiest way to back up is to export a DRP of the session (preferably on a daily basis, with an ongoing project).

Easy it may be, but in this case, there is appparently no backup. That's the situation which has be dealt with. Although to be fair, it's not altogether clear what the OP's problem actually is. If in fact she doesn't know how to use the project manager to open a project, that indeed would be a new low in user due diligence.

A Resolve .db file is not intended to be moved or changed or renamed or copied directly by the user. Like it says in the manual, users need to do any session/database operations within the Project Manager. That includes backing up the Project Libraries, which you can very definitely restore with the Restore command.

I'm not sure where exactly it says that in the manual, but what you're supposed to do and what you may have to do are two different things. Some conditions are not correctable from the Project Manager. Dwaine himself routinely provides instructions for adding projects directly to the Projects folder -- manually, not through the Project Manager. And you can't "very definitely restore with the Restore command" if there's nothing to restore. Or the restore fails.

If the choice is between losing everything or manually altering the database with a simple copy and paste operation, what will you do? Tell the client the manual says you're not allowed?

[Dwaine Maggart]

Put your .db file on a file sharing site and provide a link here, and it can be examined to see if it's recoverable.

If you are a new user, the forum system may not allow you to post a URL. If that happens, just put a space near the front of the URL so the system doesn't think it's a URL.

Make sure the link you post does not require access credentials.

There is no minimum daily posting quota here. Your membership won't expire if you let a thread go by without comment.

lol

Three things are certain concerning Resolve database troubles; they'll keep popping up, John will try to help each and every time, but only after Jim has reminded the desperate souls that they should have read the manual

It truly baffles me that anyone could be opposed to the idea of learning how to do something before you try doing it.

For those who look at my original comment only as a suggestion, you're missing something.

I phrased it as a question purposefully. It could be that Freya is trying to open a Resolve project the same way one might open a Premiere Pro project, by clicking the file on the hard drive. My question was an attempt to ascertain if that's true.

It's a QUESTION, first and foremost. It's only a 'suggestion' (and hence a solution to her issue) if the answer to that question is no.

Sheesh!

Sheesh, indeed, Jim. You don't know when to stop. Do the forum a favor and put aside your 30,000 post goal....

Freya will never post here again...

Just a comment: Coming from Edius (6/7/8), opening an automatic backup is much easier there than it is with Resolve; it (edius) even suggests to load an automatic backup if Edius is restarted after a crash

Freya, don't feel discouraged to keep asking if you're still having trouble.

Just a comment: Coming from Edius (6/7/8), opening an automatic backup is much easier there than it is with Resolve; it (edius) even suggests to load an automatic backup if Edius is restarted after a crash

Every NLE is easier in that regard than Resolve

Every NLE is easier in that regard than Resolve

And no NLE, much less a free one, or going for all of $299, with year after year of free updates, offers what Resolve does.

Is it reasonable to compare a system designed for collaborative industrial projects with standalone NLEs meant mainly for solo operators?

It's true there are frequent database questions here, but they're also coming mostly from people who will resist to the death reading ten pages of the manual (and no, I'm not advising anyone to do beginner's training). If the lack of self-executing project files is so great an impediment, along with creating and connecting databases, in 3 or 4 guided steps, how the hell will anyone get through post-production?

True. And yet, it could be easier.

I can export my current project any time from the ‚home‘ page.
If I double-click that project, it opens in DR. But then, I’m using a Mac.