Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

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Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

PostThu Dec 22, 2022 2:53 am

Was browsing one of my network drives when realized that Resolve is logging "davinci_resolve.log" to some unrelated location on that network drive. I can't seem to find where to change this so that Resolve uses a local drive for these logs.

Can someone point me to the location on the Resolve app or to some config file were I can change/redirect the "davinci_resolve.log" logging location.

FYI - this is where the Resolve logs are getting generated on Z:\ (mapped network drive). This location is completely unrelated to Resolve:
Z:\VT\AHK\#ProgramData#Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\logs\davinci_resolve.log


Thanks in advance....

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Last edited by pr2resolve on Thu Dec 22, 2022 6:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

PostThu Dec 22, 2022 2:56 pm

I'm not aware of any User controls for this.

You have Resolve installed in its default location on C:?

You have My Documents in its default location?
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

PostThu Dec 22, 2022 4:10 pm

Jim Simon wrote:I'm not aware of any User controls for this.

You have Resolve installed in its default location on C:?

You have My Documents in its default location?


Thanks for the reply Jim.
Yes, Resolve installed on default C: location.
Yes Documents in default location and contains the "Blackmagic Design" folder.
C:\Users\W10U\Documents\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\

Database and project cache files are on r: drive (local m.2 ssd drive)

Only the log files are getting written to this mapped network drive on Z:\. If I delete the log files on Z:, they get recreated at that same network drive location.
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location (solved)

PostThu Dec 22, 2022 6:29 pm

Problem Solved (figured it out)

I am launching Resolve using a keyboard shortcut app (AutoHotKey AHK) using the command below.

Run,"C:\Program Files\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Resolve.exe"

The above command is executed from a script that reside on the network drive Z:\VT\AHK\.

I don't know why but Resolve is using keyboard shortcut script's location as the base root for where to write its log files.
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

PostFri Dec 23, 2022 5:41 pm

Never would have guessed that. ;)
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location (solved)

PostWed May 17, 2023 9:37 pm

pr2resolve wrote:Problem Solved (figured it out)

Sorry, didn't get the solve part. Did you find a way to set Resolve's log location?
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

PostThu May 18, 2023 1:56 pm

I found BMD_RESOLVE_LOGS_DIR environment variable
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Re: Change "davinci_resolve.log" file location

PostMon May 29, 2023 9:50 pm

JarenSNA wrote:I found BMD_RESOLVE_LOGS_DIR environment variable

Thanks, Serhii.
This variable indeed works, but it sets up a location for different kind of logs, and does not prevent producing those #ProgramData# logs.

But I realized there's also a log config file, which it is located here:
%AppData%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Preferences\log-conf.xml

You can change the param name="file" value="" to the folder you need, separated by forward slashes, and Resolve won't produce any unwanted log folders.

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