5 Methods to Fix Slow Playback in DaVinci Resolve 16 - On ANY Computer

[@seattleentertainmentgroup]

You win. The first tip worked. Watched 5 other videos before I tried yours, and now.. You have another subscriber. Thank you, kind sir.

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[@quinnkarson7251]

@Archer Musa glad I could help xD

[@hannahmccutchen1590]

Dude. You are the ONLY person that has been able to solve my problem. Thank you SO much!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Dude. You’re welcome! 😊 Thanks so much for watching and really great to hear that it helped!

[@K9Einstein]

Heads up! After downloading recent upgrade I was having seriously slow playback. I tried the above methods in this video with no improvement. What finally worked for me was checking the GPU Configuration. I run a dual monitor setup and the upgrade defaulted to the wrong monitor and video card for handling video. Note: you can only use one video card with the unpaid version - make sure it's the monitor you're running DaVinci. The GPU Configuration is found in the Memory and GPU page under the DaVinci Resolve menu.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Spot on advice there Troy! Thanks for contributing. Sorry the tips in the vid didn’t work though for you.

[@aasaps.fables]

What does the GPU need to be? Im using a 2015 macbook pro

[@XziledBlog]

thanks a lot, render cache is what worked out for me, now I don't have to wait 5 seconds after any change I make to get the playback, it's quite nice

[@LaszloParkanyi]

Changing the timeline resolution was new to me. I'll be applying it in my next edit. Thank you.

[@SimpIeton1]

Thank you very much. I set it to a custom 240x135. It still somehow manages to choke, but it's infinitely more bearable. I didn't expect my quad core to be this much of a bottleneck, as I've thought only of gaming.

[@anathrenier975]

Man that first suggestion already made my playback load instantly. Been frustrated trying to edit a video over an hour long that was loading incredibly slow as I went through the timeline. Thanks!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

So glad that you found this video helpful. Thanks so much for watching and then letting me know how you got on. 👍🏻

[@official_seanswanson]

The render proxy and timeline resolution tricks were the easiest wins! Thank you!!

[@isaacthecreator_]

I'm new to editing and I decided to go with DaVinci resolve. I was sold on it when I discovered how great the results can be when you master such software but then I encountered the problem of not having a smooth playback. I was discouraged at first because I really wanted to use Davinci resolve but your video saved me. Thank you! Now I don't have to settle for another software or wait till I can get a more powerful machine to chase my dreams,

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

So glad to hear that! Glad it helped for now and you can pursue your dreams using DaVinci Resolve. Then when that new machine lands, you'll be able to fly my friend! All the best and thanks for watching!

[@jnoblehiphop]

The Proxy Mode and Render Cache tip made a huge difference. Thanks.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Great to hear! Appreciate you letting me know James!

[@sarahsmith7857]

Thank you. I am new to this program and spent hours (HOURS!) trying to figure out why the zoom dynamic did not work. And your first tip solved that issue!

[@Walnutplaner]

i am pretty late in finding this, but i have used your Divinci tutorials exclusively all week for my needs with the program. You are an excellent trainer and i hope to see more of your content. Maybe a few videos on beginner photo videographers. i bought a gh5 and a dji drone hoping to start making a living doing what i love, editing. getting started with the camera part is harder than it looks! thanks for this video again! much love

[@blehj4295]

That first tip has saved my life thank you so much!

[@MissMobileTech]

Awesome, saw the fist tip somewhere else but the rest was new for me and love the tip at the end for 'downgrading and upgrading' while editing! I'm just learning to edit on my laptop after doing it on my phone in powerdirector so it's a switch but these tips help a lot. Thanks!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

I'm so glad that you were able to take something from the video. You'll love Resolve! Do stick around as I'm working on some new videos at the moment so hope to have a bunch coming out very soon. Thanks again for taking the time to watch and comment too.

[@IanConnel]

I didn't realize Smart Render wouldn't always stay on. Thank you so much!

[@sbhopper8511]

Haven't watched it all yet and has already been very helpful, thank you!

[@onon2ski183]

Thank You! My problem clips are now smooth running! A lot easier then digging through the 3600+ page user guide for the answers.

[@MikeyMaxted99]

Thank you, setting the render cache to 'Smart' fixed my issue! :)

[@TheKubreckianPS]

This was great I didn't know I could change optimized media to a specifically optimized resolution, now I can edit with ease much appreciated!!!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're very welcome!

[@ellieinspace]

THANK YOU!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're welcome!

[@michaelchristopher4859]

Tip one really saved my butt when getting started. Thanks!

[@storyfirstfilms5983]

Fantastic Alex, All tips combined are great!

[@Manueljusto]

Oh my god, although all of the tips are helpful, I had already tried the first three in every way possible and it still wasn't enough. I was struggling forever with 4K files and now I finally worked it out with your last tip, which I had not thought about, but makes a lot of sense.

[@Sclunger]

Thank you so much. It completely eliminated lag for me.

[@ruffimusic8457]

It sure did for me too ✋

[@gurqhan]

hi there, thanks for the tips, last one is the most effective . Basically change timeline res to 720p. (r3 1200 rx570 16gb)

[@gurqhan]

no need for optimised media then

[@sblue3964]

Method 4 worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

[@Lame-rt3ci]

Oh my gosh just that first tip helped me so much, thank you!

[@HrPedrosak]

REALLY good video! Answered everything I needed to know.

[@quikshiftmedia470]

Hi thank you very much for this video the biggest thing I noticed was changing the playback to proxy mode half resolution that made such a difference it went from very glitchy to perfect smooth. And also changing my tender cache to smart also made a huge increase thank you very much I don’t hate editing again now it’s cured it. Top man thanks

[@eavin3025]

The first method have helped me a lot. Thank you!

[@adriantristan764]

Gonna try this tonight! Thanks!

[@fhajji]

The tips work perfectly. Thank you so much!

[@josephjwoods66]

Thanks for sharing! This video was very informative and I will be using those tips.

[@Mathew-vlogs]

Can't wait to try these tips! Thanks.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching the video! Let us know how you get on!

[@Mathew-vlogs]

@@AlexCameron-Depiqd all the tips worked perfect for me. Was able to work with, and grade 4k smoothly.

[@thebandthatisDAVE]

Thanks Alex. Informative. Really need to get myself into some classes!

[@IanMiddletonPhotographyTravel]

Excellent tips. All useful.

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, i mostly convinient with optimized media but here l like your step by step approach what and why. I appreciate your insights.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Thank you so much!

[@Probbie]

Thanks so much for this. Saved my sanity! Subscribed..

[@SreeramPrasath]

Really useful thankyou i was struggling for like 4 days with the playback thx

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're very welcome!

[@amateureditinglearner.]

Method 4 does it for me! Thanks.

[@abdulmuti1]

Thank you Alex, Method 1 made a huge difference for me. Thanks again.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're very welcome. Thank you

[@vitorshaw]

This video is so helpful and yet so cruel: I did all tips at the same time and I can see almost no difference. I'm struggling with my 2015's macbook pro. Obviously it's not a new machine by any means, but jesus! Ahahaha gotta update to a new one asap. Thanks, Alex! Edit: Wow. After trying all the tips together, I decided to select the individual clips and "generate optimized media" and wow. Just wow. I guess it's the first time I've ever seen a full 5 minute clip running without lag a single time. Thanks again, Alex! wow

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

That's awesome that you got things working Vitor! It may be that the spec of your machine just isn't handling the footage you're throwing at it. Out of interest, what are the specs and what footage are you working with?

[@vitorshaw]

​@@AlexCameron-DepiqdThanks for the reply! My laptop is an Apple MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core i7" 2.8 Mid-2015 Dual Graphics. (I tried linking it here but appearently it's not possible). Anyway, here are the specs: - Quadcore Corei7 - 16GB RAM - 1TB Flash storage Dual Graphics: - An AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2 GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory - An integrated Intel Iris 5200 Pro graphics processor with 128 MB of "Crystalwell" embedded DRAM. As for the footage, the only kind of video I make is music videos for a few artists that are already recording music with us, so we're talking about several 3-to-5 minute takes that are recorded on my Fuji X-T4, so the specs for all of them are F-log, 1080p, 24fps. A little disclaimer (not excuses at all): I'm not a full time video maker; I'm actually a musician/photographer (@picsbyshaw) who happens to do this kind of video when the idea is "simple enough", but even that has become kind of a hassle. But then again, even my Lightroom brushes tend to freeze up for a few moments when I'm editing photographs, so I guess it's just the age of my machine, I guess. Files way too big for it to handle smoothly.

[@nezruna8419]

This was the ONLY one that helped, thank you so much!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

That's awesome. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Really delighted to learn that this was able to help!

[@h_editzofficial5754]

Have no words to thank you man

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

My pleasure! Glad it helped!

[@arabhustler9646]

This was more than amazing! Great video. Very helpful. Thank you!!!!!!! btw 2nd tip worked for me.

[@michelke3044]

Thanks - it was a really great video. It was clearly explained and very easy to follow. It's my first time seeing you on KZbin and I'll be sure to check out your other videos! :)

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Cheers Mich!! So grateful that you took the time to watch the video and comment here too. Enjoy the other videos!! More on the way!

[@Wilberstien]

Brother you are doing the lords work

[@DreamersRiseOfficial]

Great reference video! Thank you so much!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're so welcome!! Thanks for stopping by!

[@bj1676]

Hey, awesome recommendations, much appreciated :), I use Optimized Media as I have a high end PC and shooting at 10bit 4K on the A7SIII

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You’re welcome! A7sIII, NICE!

[@warrenguitar]

Excellent video Alex, thank you SO much! I tried your suggestions and my playback is silky smooth now. I was having trouble especially with adding titles. On another note; how are your getting those super cool transition effects? Do you have a video explaining that effect? Thanks again for the video; most helpful and appreciated!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Really appreciate your comment Warren. Thanks for watching and so glad the video helped! 👍🏻 for the silky smooth playback. The transitions? Do you mean the 'That's All Folks' circle shapes transitions? If so then they're actually built in Fusion but I didn't have time to build my own so cheated and grabbed it from Motion Array. Look for the Resolve Macros as these are the ones that you can add to Fusion really easily. I'll see if I can find the link to this one...

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

motionarray.com/browse?q=shape&categories=davinci-resolve-macros

[@timotimepiipponen3274]

Absolutely great, and works! Thank you!

[@GlenReed]

Thanks for the tips man! Working on a big project that’s really slowing my machine down.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Happy to help!

[@ruffimusic8457]

Men this is very very good 👍I just went to the first one you said the play back and boy did it work lol prefect.....my files are 6k B-Raw and it's playing back fine now let's hope it stays that way 👌👌👌

[@GINNNY]

Thank you for the amazing tip!!! Saved my compute from the massive lag!!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You’re so welcome!! Thank you for watching

[@itzspadey1681]

This legit saved my life, thank you so much for this I have a high end PC and I was getting jittery and bad playback. Now it is butter smooth thanks a lot doing gods work

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're very welcome!! So glad that it helped you! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@strangev0id]

How?

[@piececontrolsubhan5043]

Thank you bro you are the only one who is legit. your content is amazing and hope you get 1mill subs

[@christophfaistauer]

Very helpful, thanks a lot!

[@ErikOlsen]

Love your videos, I learn so much, thank you!! Unrelated question, when I output to a second monitor with video cleanfeed, the image has lots of banding, what must I do to get rid of it?

[@Pudding134]

Thank you so much! The tip works perfectly!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Thank you for watching, so glad they helped!

[@rckeeler]

You are a great teacher. Keep up the good work.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

That's made my day Randy! Thank you so much for that kind comment - means a lot.

[@ivorputnam5958]

Great video. Thank you for your help.

[@BLAKHARTFILM]

New to video recording and editing, so I am going to need to watch this a few more times. I am using DaVinci Resolve 17 on an Acer Aspire 5 laptop, which is not very powerful and I have had some issues. Looking forward to trying your tips, thank you.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Let me know how you get on! Thanks again for watching the video!

[@RealGrooveRandom]

Thanks for the help 😊👍🏾

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Any time! You're very welcome. Thanks so much for watching

[@neoandmorpheus123]

Life saver bro...thumbs up 🙏🙏

[@54321JackHenry]

Great video. To thepoint.I can't seem to fix the audio breaking up tho. Plays for 2-3 seconds and then starts breaking up. Not sure what to address. Any ideas?

[@hagerawitube2449]

A very informative video , subbed . Thank you

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Awesome, thank you! Glad you found it helpful!

[@lucynool8425]

I get this thing where when I move the video, it lags and the playback area goes all black and resolve crashes. To all the Resolve users, good luck to you all! I'm afraid I'll have to switch back to Shotcut. Edit: stuff have gone better for my experience, thanks to this absolute madman

[@maliute1872]

Is shotcut good does it have a watermark

[@lucynool8425]

@@maliute1872 no

[@lucynool8425]

@@maliute1872 it's a great software with no watermark

[@lucynool8425]

@@maliute1872 completely free

[@deepakjaybhaye2040]

All method I liked. Thank you sir for this great tutorial. I would like to see more tutorials about davinci from you. I am your new subscriber.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Deepak, thank you so much for your comments and for subscribing! Really means a lot and more videos coming for sure!

[@jonirolis]

This helps me a lot, thank you Alex.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Glad to hear it! Happy editing! 👍🏻

[@scrafty_dude3574]

When im in the fusion tab in davinci resolve my clip plays in slow motion and says it has more frames than it actually does, but in the edit tab it plays normally, do you know how to make my clip play at normal speed in the fusion tab?

[@viktorwallenius1494]

Thank you so much, helped me alot!

[@lill_miss_ash]

THANK YOU! turns out the proxy thing worked!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Great!

[@YashMenghani]

Thanks for making this, really helpful video.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

No problem! You're very welcome. Thank you too for watching and commenting.

[@lucynool8425]

The only bad thing about this is the insane storage you need to do these :V

[@strangev0id]

How much?

[@bobosmith101]

@@strangev0id Multiple GB. For large projects, easily hundreds.

[@vascopinheiro9412]

tysm im a new editor and this helped a lot

[@johannaklumi]

Thank you this was massively helpful! 🙏

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for letting me know and watching the video Johanna.

[@zalzitap728]

Thank you! It worked!! but now I am having trouble with the audio, why does it play a different part when I play it in the middle of the video but if I play it from the start it is different?

[@christophertamagi569]

THANK YOU! Saved my life.

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching Christopher!

[@maahi0206]

this really helped me make a montage. even though i have no dedicated graphics card so thanks. U have earned a like and sub from me. Hope to enjoy ur upcoming vids :)

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

That’s fantastic! No dedicated GPU you say? Bet you can’t wait to get a system with one, you’d be flying. Really glad it helped and that you’re now subbing! Really means a lot so thank you.

[@trashbutdeadly]

Bro this video helped me so much thx. Imma tell my friends to subscribe also

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

I'm thrilled that this was able to help you! Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know and your friends are more than welcome! 😉 Working on more content at the moment! Anything particularly that you'd like to see?

[@LivingEd]

Thank you very much 💝

[@urbanskargren9310]

Hi. Thanks for your clear tutorial. I have an issue, every time I close down Davinci, my footage files go offline (they are on an external drive), and when I try to reconnect them, Davinci by default points toward the cache folder on my computer hard drive. Why is that? Could it be solved by changing the cache folder to where I store my footage?

[@madinabonualimjonova2804]

Proxy mode works great 👍

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

That's great to hear. I certainly find it is the way to go when you need more fluid, smooth playback. Thanks for letting me know and watching the video.

[@arikipnis7136]

Brilliant video and super helpful! Quick clarifying question: I have 4k Video clips on an external hard drive that I connect to my laptop through a USB C. Where's the most optimal place to store my media and even optimized files so that Resolve can work the fastest. I'm using a PC laptop? Thanks in advance!

[@juhakoivisto3849]

I've got a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 Gt 1600 MHz DDR3, Intel Iris Pro, 1536 Mt and I did all the tricks but it seems like I'm out of luck? New Mac or an another editing software? Is there anything else I can do?

[@KyeWilson1]

THE OPTIMIZED MEDIA ON THE MEDIA POOL WAS A HUUUUUUUUUUGE HELP!!!! waiting for it to render now but I can actually edit my vids and see whats happening rather than hearing it xD

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

That’s awesome! Glad it was such a help!

[@anatolikbelikov]

@@AlexCameron-Depiqd Hey! thanks for the tutorial! it's awesome! I have a quick question, I've updated till version 17 and there is no such option as Optimized Media in that media sources list. Where did it go? thanks!

[@thelookingcat]

@@anatolikbelikov it's still there, right click and click generate optimized media, then it will automatically use that instead of the original.

[@hyk4905]

@@thelookingcat I am not seeing an optimized media either

[@photoshootuk]

Thanks Alex at last a tutorial I can understand top tutor

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Thank you so much for that very kind comment! Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see in an upcoming video!

[@SANTOSHSHRESTHA111]

Thank you for saving my day

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment

[@brybtw4713]

I've already followed these steps yet, there isn't any difference even though I saw how the resolution changed in playback, it is still choppy. I'm on a laptop, intel core i5-7200U with a dedicated GPU(Nvidia 920M) with 8gb of RAM and a 480gb SSD. About a year ago, editing in this laptop is still fine without proxy but as of today it is kind of frustrating seeing the playback even though I've set everything to the lowest possible resolution. I would highly appreciate your response :)

[@lazysod3]

What are all those Render Cache Formats? I can’t find any lay explanation of what each one means. Would be a good sequel to this video since you didn’t explain that part in this one.

[@codymorgan4534]

VERY GOOD. Thank you for being straight to the point. The timeline resolution definitely helps - but I have one quick question? In premiere, when I shoot in 4k, and edit in a 1080 sequence, I'm aware that I have capability to zoom up to 200%....how can I ensure no quality loss on editing in a 1080 sequence with 4k footage, without simply trusting that it's scaling properly? Sorry if it's a novice question - appreciate the help!

[@JanArmor]

Hey Alex, Great tips! Since I've begun using Resolve I noticed I mysteriously have a new folder called "CacheClip." You mentioned a cache folder in your video, and recommended I could delete it after my project is rendered out and off to You tube. I realize that if I ditch the folder I will have to re-render in the future. Which is ok by me. Hope that I am getting this correctly in my head. Thanks again for all your excellent videos on Resolve. They are a big help to a newbie like me. They are always well done and on point. Jan Armor

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Thank you Jan for your kind comments and so glad the videos are helping you. Yes that Cache Folder that appears (in the directory that you select in the project settings) can be deleted but just be aware that this will delete all the cache files for all the projects in your database (or all those within that top level cache folder). It can be a little fiddly to work out which ones belong to which project but remember this isn’t deleting your source media, just the cache which can be easily cached again as you need it. It also shouldn’t stop you opening the project and rendering it out. Does that help?

[@JanArmor]

@@AlexCameron-Depiqd Yep! Just as I suspected. Thanks for your help. Yours or for an away the most helpful tutorials one resolve. Mooch us Gracias Ha ha ha

[@TheWateringSpace]

Thanks for these tips. I learned a lot. Still having the slow playback issue, but it is only with Audio tracks that I am previewing. It will play, choppy, stop, then the entire screen flashes white quickly and then will be ok...until it's not. wondering why....the audio file is a 28MB .WAV file. It's been happening with other audio too. Do I have preview window settings that are too high or something? Thank you

[@prellele]

Hej! Thanks for this well structured and explained video. Unfortunately I still have a laggy playback, even with all the recommendations combined. I work on an i5-2500K with 16GB DDR3 and a GeForce GTX 970 - media and cache is stored on seperate SSDs. The video I edit is 1080p in h264 with 29.970 fps and it laggs even after a fresh project setup. I would really appreciate any further advices! Thanks in advance and keep up the excellent work!

[@OdetteML]

hi! was this resolved? I have the same problem too? almost same specs but I have i7-6700hq.

[@prellele]

@@OdetteML Not really, my workaround was a upgrade to Resolve 17

[@OdetteML]

@@prellele thank you! that was quick. I installed Resolved 17 first and I had this GPU config warning. Didn't know how to resolve it so i uninstalled and opted for this 16. Now, this. :(

[@handwoundpickups6555]

Thanks for this video it’s very helpful. I have recently been trying to edit on my 2015 MacBook and have been experiencing laggy playback. I reduced the time line playback res and the buffer size and that seemed to work. Does the timeline playback resolution need changing back to full before exporting? Thanks

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Great to hear! To answer your question, whilst Resolve has excellent image scaling I would do exactly what you've suggested and simply change back the timeline to the desired resolution. Resolve is resolution independent so any created graphics will scale as well which saves a bunch of time. Thanks for watching.

[@elizabethsuero9107]

thank you so much .. so helpful!!!👍

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

You are very welcome!

[@TheFamilyVaults]

Thanks for the tips!

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@veronikalavey]

Thank you for the video. Really appreciate tutorials like yours. I'm still having issues with my video getting jerky and laggy after I apply the Film Damage effect to all my clips. If I turn it off, it plays smooth, when I turn it on it becomes unwatchable whilst editing. Unfortunately the tips above didn't help me this time. Is there anything you could suggest? - Once I render and export the video, will that get rid of the lag? Many thanks! :)

[@DaneElcar]

I've read there could be quality issues when editing 4k footage on a 1080P timeline and then upscaling back to a 4k TL to export. What do you mean by resolution independent? So you haven't had any quality issues by doing this? Just double checking. All of this was very helpful!

[@JeffyGamer]

Thanks so much I had thus problem forever and i tried the first it worked however it lags a little. Im trying the others this is great

[@AlexCameron-Depiqd]

Really appreciate you letting me know! Also, remember that you can use these together too to really help your playback.