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- Joined: Sun Sep 26, 2021 10:17 pm
- Real Name: Joachim Otahal
Sun Sep 26, 2021 10:36 pm
Hi BlackMagic!
It is the usual problem: Nvidia is unable to do the hardware decoding - again. A know reoccurring issue for years not only in DaVinci Resolve. The issue can be forced when using "generating optimized media" with 4k h265 source. Just a few seconds and RAM usage explodes, driver crashes (or Windows with the driver). It even ignores the configured RAM limits set in the program.
I upgraded to Windows 11 to check whether it is still the same problem, and it is.
But Nvidia is, as usual, failing again to provide a stable driver. And I am not alone. The geforce forum shows many hits on that, including specifically mentioning Davinci Resolve.
GPU Acceleration for other stuff is fine, but video decoding in software is needed since Nvidia breaks it every now and then, leading to effects like driver restart, blue screen or hard freeze (black screen).
As for video encoding: I always use software since it beats Nvidia by a mile when it comes to quality vs. bitrate.
System Summary: Ryzen 5950x, 64 GB ECC RAM, Titan RTX.
So I am again in the situation not being able to use DaVinci Resolve when having an actual use for it, albeit the free edition for testing. The "DaVinci Resolve Log.zip" is avail on request.
It is the usual problem: Nvidia is unable to do the hardware decoding - again. A know reoccurring issue for years not only in DaVinci Resolve. The issue can be forced when using "generating optimized media" with 4k h265 source. Just a few seconds and RAM usage explodes, driver crashes (or Windows with the driver). It even ignores the configured RAM limits set in the program.
I upgraded to Windows 11 to check whether it is still the same problem, and it is.
But Nvidia is, as usual, failing again to provide a stable driver. And I am not alone. The geforce forum shows many hits on that, including specifically mentioning Davinci Resolve.
GPU Acceleration for other stuff is fine, but video decoding in software is needed since Nvidia breaks it every now and then, leading to effects like driver restart, blue screen or hard freeze (black screen).
As for video encoding: I always use software since it beats Nvidia by a mile when it comes to quality vs. bitrate.
System Summary: Ryzen 5950x, 64 GB ECC RAM, Titan RTX.
So I am again in the situation not being able to use DaVinci Resolve when having an actual use for it, albeit the free edition for testing. The "DaVinci Resolve Log.zip" is avail on request.
