Media Offline

I am running Resolve19. I import new media files H264 and H265 into a new progect and they appear as "Media Offline". As far as I know this has nothing to do with "relocating files". I tried that. Let me repeat ; in a new progect imported media files import as Media Offline! Extremely frustrating with such a capable program. Other more simple editing programs on my computer have no problems whatsoever importing and using the files. Thanks for any assistance! Jon-newbie

Free on a PC? Or Mac?

This does sound like a limitation of the Free version of Resolve. You may need to invest in Studio for your media to work properly.

Hi Jim, is your response to Uli or Jonathan? Thankyou, Jonathan

My questions were aiming at the same point.
On a PC you need the Studio license for some modern codecs. Alternatively, you can transcode to an intermediate codec with free software, but you'll temporarily need more space.
If you need further details:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N91KnI ... sp=sharing

Thanks for the info Uli

Hi Jim, is your response to Uli or Jonathan?

To you. Uli and are were on the same track.