My Project CRASHED Resolve

[@djvphotography]

Kudos to you for being upfront about what happened, Darren. You could have just done the episode pretending you wanted everyone to know how to deal with a corrupted project without saying it had happened to you but you didn't. Much respect to you.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Daniel. My channel is based on real world scenarios....my ideas come from using the software professionally every day. Not every day goes smoothly!!

[@user-pv9uz3cg8n]

@@DarrenMostyn That's honestly probably what makes so many of your tutorials so useful. You have really been putting out such great DaVinci tutorial content, and it brings a lot of insights into how to utilize the tools for real practical applications. Great job with all the knowledge you have been sharing with the DaVinci Resolve community, it is much appreciated!

[@bigglesoftltd9298]

"The upside is that it allowed me to do this episode for you". That is an admirable attitude! I reserve my rudest words for when I have to repeat work, especially creative work. If I have been doing a mechanical, grind-type of process when the work fails, I'm upset. But if the crash/corruption comes after 30 minutes of my best creativity, well...! There is just no getting those ideas back, for me anyway.

[@mattspadesoundandvision]

I just had something similar happen to me. I had 934GB of cache files on my internal drive. I started exporting .DRP of each project for the sake of moving the project from my desktop to my laptop when I'm traveling for shoots. Your videos are always very helpful. Thank you.

[@rogerzutter]

Thank you for this feedback. This happened to me as well and I had no idea that it is so easy to recover. Love all your videos. You are the first channel I have watched all videos and understood what you where showing. Please don't stop with that. Greetings from Switzerland Roger

[@rails-n-things]

Thank you! Not only did I forget to do "Live Backups" but also I didn't know how to restore the backups that I did have. You saved my bacon!

[@racocrea]

i cannot find anything in youtube, i was struggling so hard on a deadline project, i thought it was my computer , but thank you for this video!

[@DarrenMostyn]

welcome.

[@TudorBaba]

Thanks for sharing, Darren! Good to know. The ending part is so funny with ... can I call you back ?😄

[@SleipnirADV]

Getting a bit nervous here, I literally left Premiere Pro to get away from these kinds of issues, and now more and more videos of DR projects becoming corrupt start to pop up on KZbin 😅 Great video though with useful tips, thanks for sharing!

[@DarrenMostyn]

I can assure you it rarely happens....Ive been using it for about 12 years and this is the second time for me! I use it every day. Premiere I lost count of the problems Ive had. You won't regret it! And I recovered everything in 1 minute!

[@SleipnirADV]

@@DarrenMostyn Cool! Looking forward to more of your content.

[@-PiP-]

lol Laughing at the ending! ; ) What a panic that must been! Good save!

[@DarrenMostyn]

She calls me pretty much every time I'm actually recording! usually on a good take :))

[@hivestudiosinternational]

I had to edit my project in BBEdit and delete a corrupt timeline in the xml list. Note Fairlight routing is a mess

[@dellsdiy]

I love that you kept the incoming phone call in the video LOL...these things happen

[@DarrenMostyn]

my daughter calling! Guaranteed my phone rings during filming...or the office cleaner starts hoovering the hallways outside!

[@moazzamtanoli1024]

Thank you, Darren. my project crashed before exporting but saved me a ton of time. Definitely gonna subscribe you

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for the sub!

[@JiriKrivanek]

UGHHHHH. You a kind of saved my life. I already stopped using the FCPX as it was buggy like a hell. It actually appears that Resolve is buggy too (not so badly as FCPX, but really a lot - there is so many things which just does not work - most annoying at the moment: the Fusion page does not respect the selected color science - how crazy - so I am still stucked with the unmanaged - and most of the youtube influencers silently do not mention this problem). At least your approach lead me to recover - thank you for spending time with this video. And BTW: I had some blessed idea to setup the auto backups for every 15 minutes. So I actually did not loose even my latest changes (I ended up yesterday with the test render and it took more than 15 minutes, during which Resolve probably made it to do the backup). I STRONGLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO SETUP THE AUTO BACKUP AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE. AS RESOLVE IS BUGGY, THIS IS A MUST!!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

I back up regularly all the time. System is solid, but Id rather not redo work if something happened. Note you should actually check your backups work every now and again too!

[@ppulkkinen5308]

Loved how you turned a crash to a useful tutorial.

[@samuelrajkumar4975]

God bless your heart, Darren... You are so kind to share this experience of yours accompanied by the troubleshooting tips... By the way, I like THE END bell....reminds of our old cinema halls...😁

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Samuel. Good to have you on board!

[@Brandon-he4ev]

Hey Darren, thanks man for this video - Pain of working on a project ready to render and then being unable to access. It worked Cheers!

[@RobertsonDMcI]

Thank you for this and I will make certain to follow your tips ..... my "crashing" began yesterday, and I think I overcame the problem thanks to you and I have been able to reload my project, but I have discovered that with each edit command I am facing delays evidenced by the 'rotating ball'. I sense that I may have "overloaded" the system possibly because I am running 6 timelines. So far, it is a trial and error event ... trying to "resolve" the issues.

[@grahamcohen3850]

Great video Darren. Very handy tip here. An idea for a future video that I would like to see you do is how you manage your project databases? I'm curious to see how you manage and setup your project heirachy.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Graham. Noted.

[@yp118]

Darren, you are awesome. The most impressive thing is, how good, you use the digital pen! 😁

[@DarrenMostyn]

Love my Wacom!

[@CreateGreg]

Hope never need to do it but good to know in advance. Thanks Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Id be surprised, but good to know you have the security of live save behind you.

[@CreateGreg]

@@DarrenMostyn I've dealt with Adobe crashed files and it was a nightmare, so didn't expect to see it from DR... Hopefully we all know there is a solution to that ;)

[@londonztoa6359]

I was nervous for a while there. Hope I don’t need this, but grateful for the info as always. Resolve is very stable, Resolve is very stable, Resolve is very stable…

[@samermhd1]

When resolve crashes before creating xml file on export, exporting xml won’t work for the graded footage, it links only to orginal media, any idea how to fix that ?

[@chrajesh2k]

super informative thanks Darren!

[@paullondon445]

Thanks for this! ...been worried about a crash like this for a while. Good to know what to do. (I also do a full project archive within a few days of project completion).

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Paul.

[@CallitDemocracy]

One thing that does crash Davinci is when the cache is filled, and it took me a few minutes today to realize that was happening incessantly.

[@AdamSzarmack]

Nothing beats that feeling of opening a backup file and being relieved that you didn’t lose precious hours of your life. lol.

[@DarrenMostyn]

A1 !!

Hey, one of my project vanished out of the project library. Is there any chance to get it back?

[@DmitriFilms]

When DaVinci crashes on me, I call it "Doing an Adobe". Thankfully it crashes rarely. Love this program!

[@DarrenMostyn]

nice one.

[@MilanKarakas]

Dude, 0:27 how did you get that window to open??? My DaVinci Resolve 18.1 crashes before that.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Its the project manager. Press the home icon bottom right corner.

[@CosminNeagu]

Great video on this, but this still didn't work for me. I updated Resolve and apparently deactivated the backup. I have zero backups and I can't run the project in any way. Bonkers. Ruined my day.

[@blueroomstudiosbury]

Great video Darren, I've had a few crashes mainly due to video drivers screwing up....but this is very useful to know...so thanks... Could you do a short video on how you do your regular exports and what you export while still working on a project. Also I would love to see a colour grade tutorial using BRAW Gen5 colour science. Thanks Phil Blueroommedia

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thansk Philip. Yes can do

[@petelyden8193]

What a very useful tip, thanks Darren.👍

[@DarrenMostyn]

No problem Pete

[@DrPawfection]

Thanks Darren. Just happened to me. Cheers Jason

[@avdpost]

I also have my project backup folder sync with my Google Drive. So if my machine is non-responsive I can recover on another machine pretty easily.

[@beeftownz]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I just had a project file.. not really get corrupt on me. But everytime I loaded it there wasn't a enough GPU to load that frame and it was just.. MAXED OUT upon start, for very specific reasons. and it would crash.. with no hope lol (I was going through a process of "render in place" before export and I accidentally switched the resolution to 4k while I was on the actual file.. ) Thankfully I made a duplicate of this project yesterday when the process first began.. But this video is will make it such less of a headache in the future. Apperantly I'm squeezing the most out of my GPU and well.. I'm just happy I can get what I want without reverting to 1080p. Render in place can be a bit of a ghetto solution for effects especially if you render the grade THEN THE EFFECTS. But I suppose it required this crash on "my masterpeice" before I could actually address this flaw in my workflow. anyways.. I'm rambling as most grateful creatives do.. In short thank you for this video and for making it simple. Have an.. amazing rest of your year lol!! :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you have seen this episode now then. All the best, darren

[@2424rocket]

Hey Darren… Can you explain to us how to use mesh tracking? I’ve watched a couple tutorials and they explain things so badly that it’s hard to follow. All your tutorials are easy and fun to follow.

[@Mass200]

But why davinci is still doing this in 2023 after a million update ? Do you know what can trigger this error ?

[@MiaogisTeas]

I just now realized that after I switched machines I didn't set up project backups on the new one, and a time-critical project has completely crashed with no backups at all. About a month's worth of work is gone. Deep breaths...

[@DarrenMostyn]

wish you well on your recovery! one back up is not enough but you know that now. Always export projects to a third area every day probably twice at least.

[@Dale_Robbins]

Very helpful! Thanks, Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful Dale.

[@EvanFotis]

Any idea on what to do when resolve does not update viewer? I have deleted cache, previews rebooted etc etc but still a stuck view…

[@DarrenMostyn]

Goto Window > RESET UI LAYOUT

[@EvanFotis]

@@DarrenMostyn Thanks, I'll try it out!

[@Vashinator7]

Great video. I have three separate questions for you if you don't mind. I create Linux tutorials and I would like to do things like zooming in on my mouse cursor. Any tips on doing this? Second, for your recording workflow, do you simply record your screen and camera separately then sync? Last, I see you holding a prn often, are you using a tablet to work in resolve?

[@wakkowarner8810]

Thank you for this video. This advice will probably save me in the future.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@blender_wiki]

For extra security we use a custom postgresql server to save project on our enterprise server, then the a replicate postgresql server of the one we save make a dump of the whole database Every 5 minutes and synchronize in the Cloud every 20min. In this way we have the full history of the all work in our studio. We have another postgresql server where we can retrieve and recover the full dump and reconnect the resolve project manager in less than 3 minutes. Everything is automatized and compitely transparent for any operator.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Good to hear. Thanks for sharing here!

[@tawahseraph7719]

Thank you so much. You saved me a lot of huddles. Gracias Senor

[@jannasc]

ohh will save for further reference. (i've been though it...)

[@fabianking6670]

Life saver man 👍👍👌👌

[@Confident1983]

Thank you so much. You saved me and my project.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad I could help!

[@TaedeMathis]

Thank you Darren. You saved my day :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad I could help!

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

Thank u so much sir for ur time and effort ♥️

[@DarrenMostyn]

you are very welcome.

[@myrealnameismadeup410]

Thanks for this great information!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@evansalina]

Thanks for this!

[@walterwa256]

Thank You. Let me try this

[@walterwa256]

I do not have any backups

[@walterwa256]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ralphgeronilla]

Once I find a stable version of resolve I don’t update ever until a there’s actually a feature I like

[@DarrenMostyn]

I run a seperate machine to test latest version on. Good to test first.

[@thomasharlevi]

thanks Darren.

[@sotonin]

damnit. just happened to me and oh look. backups aren't enabled by default. WHY BLACKMAGIC WHY

[@Billypopfinger]

What if I don’t have backups?

[@DarrenMostyn]

Then you clearly enjoy living life dangerously.

[@frankinblackpool]

I had a similar problem last year when one of my masterpiece projects became corrupt. Somehow I guessed my way to getting a backup with the method you just described. I can also imagine that sudden sickening feeling you got when you discovered that the project became corrupted.😱 BTW have you been looking at Apple's new M1 Studio Pro computers? I'd love to know your thoughts on them. I nearly pulled the trigger on getting one but bottled out and bought a new Graphics Card instead, which cost the same price as the entire Studio Pro computer.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Frank. Not looking at Apple M1 at the moment. just got a new ASUS ProCreator laptop that Im putting through its paces. Love it!! My macPro2019 in the studio needs to last a few more years yet! Hope you are well my friend.

[@ozzmanzz]

You just saved my bacon!!! Thank You

[@leoquesto9183]

Excellent. Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're very welcome!

[@mrbeats7434]

Thanks brother big help

[@MellowMelodiesHub612]

Thanks for the very useful tip.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KarlGutowski]

My projects don't crash Resolve or any other software program. The companies who make the software make defective products that can't deliver on their features. Ridiculous instability is the thing I was hoping to avoid when I lost a hundred hours trying to render in Adobe Premiere. Resolve is yet to let me render anything in 4K without crashing.

[@CTRadventures]

I have a problem when lead me to this video. Maybe you can help, maybe not. I had bought the studio version and when I started messing around with it and went to render, it would start my project render then suddenly drop frame rate and eventually freeze. I went to my preferences and unchecked auto in GPU and pcu and selected cuda. Anything with any sort of amount of work, a magic mask or compilation of layers this would happen. Frustrated because this never happened before on the free version, I ask for a refund. Or it would say my gpu memory was full. I have a laptop middle rand consumer with a gtx 3050 I believe in it. Back on the free version last night it happened again. Not sure what's going on here, if there's a setting I need to tweek to allow rendering to take it's time so it won't over load the system or if indeed I just need to start saving for a new computer. Thanks even if you can't help, I know your time is invaluable.

[@HikingWithCooper]

You probably never had magic mask crash you out on the free version because it doesn't exist on the free version. It sounds like you're trying to render vfx at the same time you're rendering your project which is very taxing on a system. I would recommend rendering any vfx clips in place prior to rendering your project out.

[@jorn1409]

Your bad luck might be my and others fortune. Thanks for the video!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thats why im sharing it. Thanks Jorn.

[@JaroAtry]

Well If I had project backups, I probably wouldn't need a tutorial what to do if my project crashes.

[@2424rocket]

What you didn’t talk about is what you then did with the corrupt project. I would imagine you deleted the corrupt project and just kept the copy. Right?

[@DarrenMostyn]

Yes. the corrupt project is over. I cant open in 18 either. DEAD!

[@2424rocket]

I’ve been using resolve for about a year now and it’s never crashed on me yet. Cross my fingers! I do think 18 is just slightly less stable than 17. I’ve had to close down 18 several times because something won’t work and then it does work… That never happened to me in 17. But, still way way more stable and better than premiere Pro.

[@cuttercarlo547]

that ending 🤣🤣 so true

[@DarrenMostyn]

Guaranteed when I hit record!

[@cuttercarlo547]

@@DarrenMostyn 😁

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Was it urgent? Do we have to wait for the next episode? not sure I can wait. lol. Good thinking to make this a bonus episode. Hopefully people will not have to do this. But if they need it - everybody out there make a mental note to look up Darren's video and get your stuff back. Cheers Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

haha, that's my daughter, Lulu. Always calls when I'm in the middle of recording! But I always answer if it's her - brightens up my day! If "what's the login for Disney plus" is urgent then I guess so!

[@Narcissistic_Father]

I don't quite understand why this isn't at the top of DaVinci's development team things to fix. I have never used a editing program that has such a tendency to corrupt its own projects files particularly if you use compound Clips or doing things in a unusual way. It puts all its eggs in one basket "the project file". At least included utility to analyze project files and fix problems.

[@HikingWithCooper]

I fully agree. I had a project about a year ago that I was backing up every hour. Well, it crashed out hard and cleared the timeline (this was a bug that has supposedly been fixed but should have never existed.) Went back 1 hour to when it was working well and somehow that timeline was empty. Another hour, same thing. I think I had to go back 4 hours to find a backup where the timeline was still intact. So it would stand to reason that the backups aren't really WYSIWYG but are cooking behind the scenes and spitting something out that the user isn't seeing. It drives me bonkers to see them add a boring detector or vertical reframing while also introducing bugs that entirely destroy the program.

[@marcwielage4678]

It happens to the best of us. But there re almost always workarounds. And backups can save your life.

[@DarrenMostyn]

absolutely! I this was the one time I got caught off-guard....lesson learned.

[@sotonin]

almost is key word. because apparently blackmagic doesn't enable backups by default so..... yeah. just happened to me and no backups. fucked. project gone. thanks blackmagic

[@beingbadisgood4965]

this happened to me but unfortunately i didnt have the right settings... now i know!

[@colourscloud.]

Thank you

[@salvadormarley]

It always crashes. It's a pile of shit. Glad it was free to try

[@srikeshpillai]

❤️❤️❤️

[@davidsimpkinss]

this saved me

[@LuisMartinez-qb2eo]

👍💯🎶🥇🎵

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Luis

[@thelazywanderer_jt]

And I ask Why the FUCK ISN'T THIS ON BY FUCKING DEFAULT. I LOST 5 HOURS OF WORK DUE TO IT CRASHING DURING COLOR GRADING.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Are you saying you didnt press save once for 5 hours? Or you did and you cant recover? Seems very unusual to lose 5 hours work if you saved

[@sotonin]

@@DarrenMostyn The project is corrupt. but the backups feature isn't on by default. in the same situation. there are zero backups. This is really stupid on black magics part. i'm brand new to the software and this is the first project i didnt realize i needed to enable backups. project gone

[@P.Mantis-nw3xi]

Typical Mac user.... crashes... and no automated backups.

[@DarrenMostyn]

It has automated back ups ? Whats the reference to typical Mac user ?? I dont understand..? What, Mac users dont back up ?

[@Sean-ep2so]

If This Doesn’t Work Open A New Project (((Press Ctrl D))) Then Import Your Project Thank Me Later

[@arcian2519]

all parameters are ok for me but this program keeps crashing like shit every 6-7 minutes

[@DarrenMostyn]

Your machine must be too low spec or faulty. The software is rock solid.

[@AngelRuiz88]

After 3 days I can do it I try all this -Change Config.bat -Change windows 10 to 11 - Trying with different types of drivers and sofwares for my Radeon rx 580 - Disconnect All device (physical) - Disconnect my second Screen But my problem was that when I used a program called Parsec to share my screen, it created a virtual screen and when I deactivated it in the device manger, everything was solved drive.google.com/file/d/1CM5ZYg87zjTh4Y798coV7RE_yvMRz_qE/view?usp=sharing

[@DarrenMostyn]

Good to know, Thanks for sharing Angel.