Can I collaborate with users on other networks?

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Can I collaborate with users on other networks?

PostSat Oct 06, 2018 3:09 pm

I just purchased Davinci Resolve Studio 15. I'd like to host my project on my work computer and access / edit it using my home computer. Can this be done if both computers aren't attached to the same shared storage device?

Both machines are Windows 10.
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Re: Can I collaborate with users on other networks?

PostTue Oct 09, 2018 9:52 am

Hi Jim,

This can be a complex topic, but to start a few things.
1. Working with source media on a network attached storage over a WAN is generaly not recommended unless you have some sick fast network . Connection wise you should be either on the same local network or connect to it via a vpn which can put you virtualy in the same network. But a vpn encryption layer add another performance reducing factor if you access remote storage.
2. To be able to share at all you have to run a postgresql based Resolve database so you can connect to it from both machines. Can be hosted on a resolve machine but also on an external host. Same comments regarding access over WAN although it is much less traffic to access the project data in the database so doable.
3. A good and recommended way to work at home and at work would be to have a full copy of the source media on both locations. That way it does not require the network traffic for the source media to go over the WAN but just the project data to and from the central database, which is doableeven with not very high speed networks.
If you have no space for the full source media you could generate and copy proxies and link to the proxies at home , while working on the big files at work.

In general working remote with Resolve on a true shared workflow, puts some heavy demands on your network and storage infra.

For very small stuff there are also other safe ways to approach it but is not really considered a shared workflow.
Easiest would be for you to export and reimport projects back and forth (only the project data and not the media , which you keep on both locations). That way also makes you keep a good history of the different versions of your work. This will allow you to work on both locations without needing any network connection. This works with both disk and postgresql based databases.
You could also work with disk databases and move them back and forth between the computers (risky !! and easy to corrupt all your work if you dont know what you are doing , so i would not recommend that. But i know some people that do that succesfully)
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