Fri Sep 23, 2022 1:45 pm
It's so simple, that the confusion is itself stupefying. Try this: forget about the "Local Database" created by the default installation and hidden away in data folders.
You're going to create your very own disk database, so you'll know exactly where it is and what's in it. Pick a disk where you want that database to reside. Using the OS, create an empty folder at the root of the disk and (if you want to make life easy) give it the name of the database (and you'll want to avoid spaces and special character).
Now go into Resolve's database manager and create a new database, giving it the same name. We're talking about two or three mouse clicks, and filling in the name field. Then browse to the folder you just created, as you'll be directed to do, and select it. Voila! A database! Now, create a project, even an empty one, doesn't matter, as long as it has a name and you save it.
Then go back to the OS, find the folder you just created and have a look at it, and see how obvious and simple the organization is. A "database" is just nested folders. Thanks to "legacy" design, you may find that stuff pertaining to your own configuration is inside the "guest" folder. But after that, it should be easy going and self-explanatory. And you'll find your newly created project, sooner or later.
This is not a recommendation to "mess" with the folders, though you can, if you have to and know what you're doing. But at least you'll see what's going on, and you'll know where to find it.
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John Paines on Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.