Load Project in Safe mode

Hello
To recover a project that crash,
It would be nice for small PC config that the projects can be loaded with - ALL consuming effect turned OFF -
Even better : if it could be possible to disable consuming effect all the time in the option menu
=> Even a preview with a mouse fly sometime crash DR (18.5)
Highlight Stretch is the main cause of trouble here


Thanks

+1

+1

Highlight Stretch is the main cause of trouble here

What is Highlight Stretch?

For years and years and years, we've done three things to work out the rare case of corrupted projects:

1) be prepared to export the project from the project manager, then import the exported project and see if that new project copy has "uncorrupted" itself

2) keep the system you're working on as simple, un-modified, and powerful as you possibly can, and don't run anything else in the background (except really light-duty stuff like notepad). Whatever you do, don't run anything that tries to use the video drivers. And don't touch the system during renders.

3) have a second system (if you can afford it) and be prepared to use the second system to examine or fix the original bad project. This goes back decades to Avid, Final Cut, all that stuff: sometimes one person's log-in allows the session to open, but the original owner's does not.

I have had cases where Resolve choked because of a bad plug-in, but they do at least give you the ability to turn off plug-ins while you're in Project Manager (and not opening up a project per se). Our solution was: kill the bad plug-in, delete it, and Resolve should then run OK.

And add to this the constant reminder to backup every single day. I think I've only had it happen 3 or 4 times in 13 years, but once in awhile, you need to restore a backup to recover from a crash or a drastic mistake (like deleting a timeline or shifting several hundred clips by mistake, or unintentionally doing a Global Ripple).

Highlight Stretch is a fusion effect

Thanks for your advices.
My process to rescue it was: I move the video files in other directories so the project open without making calculation
then delete the Highlight Stretch fx on the clip
then save and remove files in place
Was good

Since I've upgraded GPU & Vram
lot better

My process to rescue it was:

Or you can launch Resolve, open a different project (or a new empty one) and toggle off the Fusion/Color Bypass mode (Shift D) there... then you can switch to the problem project and remove the effect... then toggle the Bypass mode again to reenable effects/grades.

100% agree that there should be a method to launch Resolve with Bypass mode enabled automatically tho eg hold Alt/Opt while launching until you see the splash screen or some such. Would be so much more convenient than the song and danec routine currently required.

+1

Or you can launch Resolve, open a different project (or a new empty one) and toggle off the Fusion/Color Bypass mode (Shift D) there... then you can switch to the problem project and remove the effect... then toggle the Bypass mode again to reenable effects/grades.

That's a great idea for a fix when it's Fusion-centric, for sure.

I'm actively having to do this right now. There's something going on in a Fusion heavy timeline where Fusion hangs when trying to initiate it the first time. I have to open my project, hit "Shift-D", go to the timeline and enable one of the Fusion comps. Then, while it's spooling on something, crawl my mouse to another sequence, right click and open it. Once I do that, I can go back to the problem timeline and it all works fine.

Yep... Fun times.

+1 for Safe Mode per timeline.

Or you can launch Resolve, open a different project (or a new empty one) and toggle off the Fusion/Color Bypass mode (Shift D) there... then you can switch to the problem project and remove the effect... then toggle the Bypass mode again to reenable effects/grades.

I know this is 12 years old now, but this still was super helpful for getting back into my project!! Thank youuuu

I remember advocating for something similar years ago!
so +1 for that.

One thing that could be a life saving and pretty simple to implement, is to no load any timeline in this mode. So there is no effects trying to get rendered in the background, etc.

And a way to toggle on/off almost ALL the effects (even those on clips, that's why I would like to have my FR about super-charging the "bypass" toggle button with more stuff). So you toggle off all the effect, then you load the problematic timeline. And try to find what could be the problem, without crashing again.

+++9000
Oh, that would be perfect.