Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

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Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostThu Mar 29, 2018 10:41 am

I need to set Node cache to On for the first node in hundreds of clips. Is there a way to make this easier than doing it manually with every single clip?

I can add a node to many clips at once, or I can copy/paste the node quickly into every clip, but found no way to have the Node Cache setting preserved. It always reverts to "Auto".

I also found no way to configure a keyboard shortcut to set the Node cache to On, which would still be faster than doing it with the mouse.

Does anyone have a trick to make that a bit easier/faster?
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostThu Mar 29, 2018 2:31 pm

Why do you need it on, there could be a more clever workaround
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostThu Mar 29, 2018 9:23 pm

Because it's a very processing-intensive node ("Neat Video", for cleaning up film scans and reducing grain), so I put it as the first node before starting CC.

Forcing the node cache to on was the "least unreliable" way I found to have this node permanently cached so that CC can be done without constant caching problems and losing real time playback.
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostFri Mar 30, 2018 12:09 am

Neat Video is an OFX: if you turn the [smart cache] on it will automatically cache that node.

(that is why I asked ;) )
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostFri Mar 30, 2018 9:23 am

Yes, it should. But in practice, it was very unreliable. Maybe that was with version 12.5 and I should retry it now with 14.3.

Too bad Resolve doesn't have any scripting API to be able to do stuff that keyboard shortcuts can't.
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostFri Mar 30, 2018 2:20 pm

Albert Hofmann wrote:Yes, it should. But in practice, it was very unreliable. Maybe that was with version 12.5 and I should retry it now with 14.3.

Too bad Resolve doesn't have any scripting API to be able to do stuff that keyboard shortcuts can't.

I used smart cache both in 12.5 and 14.x, it is very relatable for this sort on things
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostSun Apr 01, 2018 9:13 am

Yes, I agree with Albert: it would be nice to be able to manually Ripple a grade and force the Cache to turn on in a specific node.
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostSun Apr 01, 2018 4:55 pm

waltervolpatto wrote:
Albert Hofmann wrote:Yes, it should. But in practice, it was very unreliable. Maybe that was with version 12.5 and I should retry it now with 14.3.

I used smart cache both in 12.5 and 14.x, it is very relatable for this sort on things


i also lean on smart cacheing, the only thing a bit sub-optimal that i see is it's pretty aggressive in what it choses to cache, often cacheing nodes that already play RT without a cache.

as long as disk space is not an issue (and it's not for me) i'd leave it on 24/7, does not hurt anything to have it on, other than useing disk space
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostFri Oct 09, 2020 7:51 pm

Hi everyone,

Just found this post because I use Neat Video the same way as the OP and as years go by I never could figure a way to preserve the first node cache (where my NR lives on) when I load a grade from Gallery or a Memory. Even if I set my Gallery album to "preserve 1st node", as I load it the cache is gone.

Is there a way to do it?

Thanks!
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostFri Oct 09, 2020 10:00 pm

+1

Also, if you swap two nodes and one had cache on, that is nor retained in the swap (it should swap with the node, instead it stick to the current one)
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Re: Node cache On: how to preserve on copy

PostWed Jan 20, 2021 3:33 pm

It would be easier to create a custom shortcut with automation software such as Keyboard Maestro if Node Cache Auto / On / Off was included within the Color menu. For now the only solution I can currently see is using mouse coordinates and activating clicks... but that only works if you have a fixed node structure & you somehow don't move the nodes around due to window resizing / layout configuration adjustments, which is unlikely.

I haven't been deep in resolve until the last six months or so but a node cache shortcut seems to have been a perennial request for some time.

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