Davinci Resolve 16 and Open VPN - not compatable?

I work from home and in order to be efficient I need to be able to upload and download files through a custom OpenVPN connection while editing. I can start up OpenVPN fine with no problem but as soon as I toggle "connect" and enter the authenticator code, Resolve immediately crashes and also crashes if I try to start it again displaying "Loading waveform monitor" and when it disappears ... both instances without a crash notification.

I've tried a re-install of Resolve and both NVIDIAs latest studio and game ready driver.
current driver: NVIDIA Studio 456.71

My system
Asus ROG Strix G512LW
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile)
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
Hynix HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB

Not sure if this helps at all, but I run the Mozilla VPN with Resolve just fine.

It's NordVPN here and all is well.

Not sure if this helps at all, but I run the Mozilla VPN with Resolve just fine.

Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't have the option of switching VPNs as it's setup by the organization I work for. I'm hoping Resolve 17 will be compatible. The built-in Windows VPN was working but then a fair number of people dropped out, including myself, so they set this up as the work-around.

Edit: Tested Resolve 17 and still have the same problem...

Did you ever find a workaround? I'm having this issue now, on 18.5, in 2023.

Same issue here. Using AirVPN and Resolve 18.5 crashes if I have my VPN on.

DR under NordVPN is stable for me too.

I have the same issue with Outline VPN.
Davinci Resolve Studio 18.5 - Win 11 Pro - Ryzen 9 3950x.

Many VPNs, including most corporate set up VPNs, route all traffic through the VPN, even what would be local network traffic. I don't know what effect that could have on Resolve, depending on your configuration. This is the redirect-gateway option in OpenVPN. Everything, including DNS requests, may be forced through the VPN. Corporate VPNs often include filtering, not allowing traffic to "unapproved" sites. Again. I don't know what Resolve needs access to, but, for example, licence checking may be blocked.

Regards,

Mark

Hi.

Using BigIPEdgeClient (F5 VPN Client) at work and had the same issue.

It solved itself by switching from "Split Tunnel" to "Full Tunnel" in the server options.
For some reason when using "Full Tunnel" it opened like usual.
At "Split Tunnel" I see the window, then it checks the Fairlight Page and crashes.

Hope this solves the issue for some.

In such an environment, the dongle might be the better solution.

using cloudfare not working on windows, but works ok with macos. resolve studio with dongle.

Still same issue with Resolve 19 beta. I need OpenVPN in my work. There's no other option. Now I need to close VPN while editing and I cannot do many work related tasks.

It's NordVPN here and all is well.

DR under NordVPN is stable for me too.

In such an environment, the dongle might be the better solution.

This topic is about OpenVPN. Not NordVPN. Also dongle has nothing to do with this.