How to BACKUP & RESTORE Your DaVinci Resolve 18 DATABASE - PROJECTS - TIMELINES - MEDIA

[@Katy133]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm new to DaVinci, so this was very helpful.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome, thanks for checking out the video!

[@hellscream4354]

Im so thankful that I came across this video as I had deleted half my timeline and realized a few hours later. But that load timeline option really saved my neck so thank you so much :D

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, glad you were able to get your work back!

[@kgill113]

Question. Do you know if we are able to download or save the Cloud Library Back up to a hard drive? Thanks for this video, it was helpful.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yes I believe you can backup the cloud library the same way.

[@chrisbogart687]

Thanks - A few minutes of backup will save someone hours of grief and sorrow. I just needed the reminder and using the save settings are a must do for any editor. Great information. I save to my NAS. and a cloud storage serviced similar to yours. Love the not if, but only when. 😃

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad you've got a good backup system going! 😁

[@NodesofTravel]

Thanks so much for this.

[@simonrhys]

Thank you for this, I've been using resolve for years, but use these types of videos as a reference. This one is very good.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful!

[@omegacon4]

Briiliant video! Liked and subscribed!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks for the sub!

[@paulg3388]

Life saver as always Jason thanks for the great Video. I had missed a couple of those ticks, so this could have been disastrous! Also set a reminder in my calendar to backup every month as suggested. Have a great day.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad I could help!

[@Yvesphotoandfilm]

great video! i'm updaiting to 19 and this was pretty comprehensive...I'm in awe for the cloud based service I'll check that out!

[@ZoddCast]

Awesome video, thank you! :)

[@hybridollar]

This was super helpful. thanks a lot. saved my day

[@JasonYadlovski]

Great to hear!

[@diesse_action_lab]

Hey, great vid! Have a question though: how can you back up your media and keep it linked with the projects of the database you backed up? Because I understood you can back up media and databases separately, but how do you manage do keep them linked? Thx💪💪

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! For me, I've got a large external RAID hard drive that I keep all my projects on when they are complete. I can just relink the resolve media to that drive. Then my whole big backup drive gets backed up to Backblaze for off site storage.

[@dontrez8412]

Sometimes erasing EVERYTHING is just a way of clearing your mind and starting afresh and anew. At least that's what I'm telling myself after flippantly erasing my whole hard drive trying to do something completely different. And here we are... "Stupid tax" always come at the worst time.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Oh man! I'm sorry to hear that you lost stuff!

[@michelvincent3470]

Thanks sir for these tips. Have a nice day.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@donaldm9286]

Your videos are so insightful but what if davinci doesn’t want me to the select the backup file for whatever reason is there a way to fix it 😭😭😭

[@JasonYadlovski]

If it’s not selecting the backup file you can try using the tips in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXTFYqKbgreAh68si=R4JtdFl5SlNxXSMZ

[@ElieHaykal]

Thank you Jason just in time as I was wrapping up my project and thinking about backing up :)

[@JasonYadlovski]

AWESOME! Yes, back it all up! 😜 Congrats on finishing the project!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Great video - great advice 🤘 Thanks as always, Jason 🙏

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks Gary!

[@PaulaKeezer]

Wow, that timeliness backup David mw 6 hours!

[@pedromarquez114]

This has been the only helpful video I’ve seen about this

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, glad it was helpful!

[@ArshanTravel]

my resolve backup has taken about 60gb in my MacBook internal storage. Can I delete that as my live save is already on?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hi! backups are different thank live save, but if you don't need or want the backups, you can delete them.

[@BartSantello]

Thank you. Important to know and do backups!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Absolutely!

[@thegenerousthief]

Legend.Thank you for this.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome! 👍

[@EvanLaPointe]

So I'm a little behind on backing everything up and I'd like to back up all of my projects and media. What do you recommend to back everything up and how should I keep up with it moving forward?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! I'd backup your DaVinci Resolve Database - that will include all of your projects. I do that every so often or when there is a Resolve update. For all of the media, I use Backblaze to back all that up offsite.

[@Diaspora_UA]

Thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@Yoshiroulol]

Man I didn't know about backing up anything while editing. I had to reset my PC because of hardware issues and didn't even think of backing stuff up from davinci. I opened up the app and everything was gone, it hurt a little considering I knew I should have done something. Thanks for this video, I'll be sure to back stuff up from now on!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Sorry to hear you lost everything! While not very 'fun' backing up is super important.

[@erisentera]

You saved my life thanks

[@elmabaisie]

When you back up the entire project or database - does it include your color grade stills/powergrades?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Good question! I don't know if it includes them or not. I know all of the project files will get backed up, but I don't know about the stills and power grades. I think the stills for a project would be there.....

[@David_Schwarz_DOP]

You saved my a** ! Thank you so much! 🖤

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@billfordbreezy]

Please help! :( So...I exported a project and had "refer this new export as the media source for all clips” checked because I copied all my project files over - there were a lot of clips in the video that were offline because the thumbdrive I was using for a lot of clips wasn't plugged in...now the source folder for 90% of my project is directing to empty folders made by the export.......resulting in me needing to reconnect every single one manually...any help? Your videos have always been helpful, especially enjoyed your audio ones!

[@pascalg1981]

Hello, thank you very much for all your presentations on Davinci. I was wondering why you didn't mention "Media Management". I thought we were supposed to use it at the end of a project for backup?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hi! When I'm done with a project, I just move it to an external drive for long term storage. I also use an online backup service to backup everything and the long term storage projects are included in that. So I really don't have to think about backing them up, it's automatically done. 😁

[@sayvisuell.janzuch4656]

OMG!! Thank you very much! I'm so happy, I could cry. Maybe I even did.🤭

[@pascalg1981]

hello, thank you very much for everything! I have a question, how can we save only the part of our clips that we use in the edit. I only need 4 seconds of a 2 minute clip sometimes...

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yes, you can make a subclip and put that in your media pool if you want. Just set In-N-Out points on the longer clip and then drag it into the media pole.

[@mauricioasfurtado]

Thank you, it helped me a lot. Greetings from Brazil./ Saudações do Brasil.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome! Hi from the USA!

[@NoxorionZ]

Thank you so much, at the end you just remembered me one time that I asked you If I could restore lost data xD This is just the solution I needed before that happen jaja

[@Justin_Allen]

Great video!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! I appreciate you watching!

[@Justin_Allen]

@@JasonYadlovski I actually threw it up on the Resolve forums as I think there are so many people not truly understanding how to backup their files. I know for me it took longer than I wanted it to when trying to understand it.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks for sharing it, I appreciate that! I hope I was able to make it clear enough and easy enough.

[@pablojaviermuratore]

Excellent!! Thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@zecavieira9626]

seriously: i love you!!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

😜😁👍

[@sebon11]

Thank you dude!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Happy to help!

[@bachutiemphim]

I don't know if it related but how to retrieve a video tracks (around 56 clips) after Backspace-Deleting and closing Davinci Resolve?

[@JasonYadlovski]

If you have a project backup file, you can try loading that. Open the project manager, right click on the project and choose project backups. If there are any, you'll see them and you can load them backup. It won't overwrite the project, it will just add a new project to your project manager.

[@evancarestia1409]

Hello! What do I do if I want to export multiple projects that share the same media pool? Do I export project archive for one of the projects, then export just the project file for the others?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! You only need to export the project file once. All the timelines and media info will be with it. Export the project file for just the Resolve project file or export the project archive to include the media as well. Thinking about it some more you need to export each project if it’s separate projects and resolve. Otherwise the media won’t be linked up to your timelines, etc. in eachproject

[@evancarestia1409]

@@JasonYadlovski thanks a lot!

[@neetusingh74]

please reply, method you are telling in this video ,by backing up the database in this way When we upgrade version and then restore the database backup, will that media also be connected? The media is stored where it was in the old version The backup we took of the old version knew where the media was and was connected to the media. So when we restore the backup of old version, will it connect to that media and will it find the media?

[@JasonYadlovski]

See my reply on your other comment....

[@neetusingh74]

I have updated Davinci 19 i have macbook m1 There is a problem, Davinci's UI is not fit on screen it is big I have reset the UI but DaVinci still appears larger than the screen due to which all options are out of screen is there any solution

[@boyanyanchev98]

For some reason I can't find the tab with the timeline backups, I have everything there except this drop window, how can I fix this? EDIT: Found it, apparently I had to uncheck and check the timeline backup again for it to appear, thanks for the video!

[@OriginalMrE]

I got screwed out of one of my license activations due to adding a 2nd gpu... I wish I had known that would occur because now I need to change a GPU out again, and I'm terrified of losing access to studio and not being able to complete my work

[@JasonYadlovski]

Whoa, that doesn't seem right. You should only need 1 studio license to utilize more than 1 GPU... As long as you have your key for Studio, you can always log into the studio version on any machine or even on the same machine again. You shouldn't have any problems with it.

[@OriginalMrE]

@@JasonYadlovski No, the issue was I didn't deactivate the first one when I started adding hardware, so it made me utilize the 2nd activation on the license and I don't know how to get the first one back. I literally didn't know I could deactivate inside davinci until after the fact.

[@JasonYadlovski]

I'd try to de-activate everything for Resolve, then try to activate it again. If you have trouble, reach out the Blackmagic Design. They should help you since you've got Studio.

[@AliSkyeBennet]

Is there a way to open or load a Timeline Backup OUTSIDE of the Project itself? Every time I try to open the Project, I get the spinning ball of doom... and sadly, the Project was not backed-up, only the Timelines was. Can I do anything with that??

[@JasonYadlovski]

I’m actually doing some research on that right now. I’ll make a video about it if I find a good way to do it. Do you still have the project?

[@doughgarcia6086]

@@JasonYadlovski I am having this problem as well have you figured this out by any change... It tells me that this appliction can open this type of file

[@krunge]

Great advice Jason! Just wish I knew this 6 months ago when I started using DaVinci... because why in Gods name is everything located within a local database and not individual project files like every other piece of software out there?! I just lost all of my projects (not that many, but still) when upgrading from an iMac to a Mac Studio because I thought all of my project files where located on my Google Drive account like everything else I have whether it's Photoshop files, Illutrator files, Ableton projects etc etc. But NO, you need to manually remember to move a DaVinci database file(s) to somewhere else... besides the great advice in this video it would have been nice if the DaVinci guys made some kind of on-boarding in the installation process explaining how this works since it so different from other software. Not sure if my frustration from losing all my projects comes through in the above rant :D ...anyway, I'll follow your advice from here and set the backup files to automatically save to an external drive instead of the default local location.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Sorry to hear you lost stuff! That's a pain. Yeah, resolve works a little differently than other programs by using the database. It's got it's pro and cons, and it's just a new way to work compared to other NLE's.

[@frequency_sequencer]

Gold

[@JasonYadlovski]

😁👍

[@monizfilms]

I bought a new laptop and I'm not able to restore any of my backups.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Are using the same version of resolve that you used when you created the back up?

[@monizfilms]

@@JasonYadlovski hi, no, it has been updated.

[@Danetto]

i dont have this i icon

[@JasonYadlovski]

What version of Resolve are you on? If it's an older version, it used to look a little different....

[@Danetto]

@@JasonYadlovski 17 probably

[@FitTectArijit]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5XUpXx7d92IipI

[@sum1strange518]

So I just wiped my computer today but saved all of my timelines to my D drive in a folder called Davinci Project Backups. All backups were saved within a folder labeled random letters and numbers with an extension of project.db.123456789 1) Whenever I right click from the Project Manager and Import Project, DaVinci wants either DRP or .resolveZIP's. Project is unrecognized. 2) If I try to restore project archive, and select that alternate folder, I get an error. 3) If I click RESTORE next to Project Libraries at the project manager, it wants .backup or .diskdb files. Project backup files are unrecognized. I've been scouring the internet to try and get these back but Resolve doesn't seem to have a method to restore these timelines. I know they work however. Any ideas? These projects are EXTREMELY important to me

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! Sorry to hear you're having troubles. For the next time, I'd 'backup the database' which will have all your projects and everything in it. But since you have the Project.db.xxxxx files, look at this video and you should be able to restore them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXTFYqKbgreAh68

[@sum1strange518]

@@JasonYadlovski God I fucking love you dude. I'll have to relink everything since my drives all switched and DaVinci dunno where they went but I had footage gathered into timelines in projects that I made from when my mom had passed away in 2023. I made backups but was slightly worried I lost all these projects. I was making some cinematography pieces that I eventually want to revamp once I get a better camera and some gear to create some lighting scenes. Thank you so much... I was a bit worried I lost these but i'm good now. I put my heart and soul into some of these projects.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad you were able to get everything back!

[@VRBreak]

Thanks as always