How To Stop Da Vinci Resolve Freezing And Crashing! NVIDIA

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[@ckying29]

me before this video: Davinci Resolve is a hot piece of garbage me after this video: DaVinci Resolve will replace Premiere

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

So glad! I’d love a sub if it helped you out!

[@vhsfootball2020]

me before this video: Davinci Resolve is a hot piece of garbage me after this video: DaVinci Resolve is still a hot piece of garbage, but now I have this irritating Nvidia thing

[@BenEncounters]

So freaking true!!!

[@until_its_0v3r97]

Man my stuff does this all the time and once I forgot to save something and it deleted all my stuff when it crashed

[@HowToWatchMovies]

2:18 "If it helped you, tell me it helped you. That would really help me out."

[@shinakohana]

I had issues at first because this vid is a bit older when I watched it. But when I went into the GeForce Experience, I clicked on the 3 dots to the right of "check for drivers" and .... there it was. A studio driver. One I didn't even know existed till this video and my determination to make RESOLVE FREAKIN' WORK!! It is SUCH a pain to get my Let's Play channel up to date if my editor isn't working properly... Thank you for the vid!!

[@smOOdiebOOdie]

It worked for me thanks!! Was trying to render a 10 minute video in 4K 60fps (h265) and it couldn’t get over 50-70% but now it works flawlessly 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

INTENZO RC ACTION yes! So glad it worked! I’d really appreciate a sub if you feel the urge!

[@marcosgmunoz1]

coincidentally just updated my drivers yesterday, and suddenly davinci would crash the instant I tried to preview any footage. It all makes sense now. Thanks

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're welcome 😊

I had the exact same problem, however it costed me several hours and half dozen PC lockups to realise and remember that I updated display drivers.

[@Epictutorials]

You Sir are a saint! Resolved, my, errr - Resolve issue. A million thanks.

[@TiedyeHomie]

I’ve went through so many KZbin videos trying to figure out why da Vinci wouldn’t work, THANK YOU SO MUCH, now I can finally be productive!!!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're welcome! Glad it helped 😊

[@TiedyeHomie]

@@ChrisWatkinsMedia lol turned out my computer was just absolutely terrible at running resolve so I gave in and invested in Adobe. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jhevon]

Cheers mate, seemed to have solved my problem! The Driver released October 26, 2021 fixed my issue, thanks to your video staying relevant exactly two years later, what a happy coincidence!

[@Gavrev]

I think it helped out yep.. I admit I had already discovered this driver in my searching, but I will take the moment to say you're the first you tuber I've come across who has mentioned this driver at all!

[@PH1R3FLY3R]

This instantly solved my problem, Resolve always got stuck and crashed after about 5 seconds in the interface. The Studio Driver seems to work. Thanks!!

[@melaniemorris4184]

I have a online membership where I provide weekly painting videos to members. I bought a new laptop that was supposed to be great for video editing only to find that not only was I constantly getting critical errors with DaVinci Resolve, when I opened the program back up not only were my changes gone but all the projects I had been working on were gone and not in my back up file. I made the update you suggested and so far I have not had any more issues. Thank you!!!

[@mikeben9587]

Oh man, now with this studiodriver i can make cameratracking without crashes. Thanks a lot

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Mike Ben is really appreciate a sub if you found the video helpful! Trying to get to 1000 before Christmas! Glad it sorted your problem!

[@vnunez71]

After I spent days watching tutorials to solve these issues, I decided to upgrade my graphics card and SOLVED! if you have a cheap one don't expect to perform well. Trust me.

[@Afrosono]

which one did u get?

[@toshisate8121]

lifesaver tip... i was so frustrated that the very minimum effect in fusion was freezing my PC... it is now rendering fine.. Thanks a lot.

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@Nujja1967]

Thank You - worked perfectly first time. Your time in sharing this was well spent & I am very grateful. :-)

[@elliykollek]

Those "Studio drivers" are apparently optimized for Davinci Resolve 16 (Free + Studio), and are way more stable than the "Game ready" ones I've previously installed, I didn't even know they existed before seeing your video, thanks a lot!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

No problem at all glad it helped you. I’d appreciate a sub if you found it useful :)

[@elliykollek]

@@ChrisWatkinsMedia Done!

[@benjiplaizier2935]

@@ChrisWatkinsMedia hi chris, ive just downloaded it and went to install it and it came up (NVIDIA installer cannot continue. and under that says.. (the NVIDIA graphics driver is not compatible with this version of windows. the graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware. can you please help with this?? earlier today i turned off 1 of 2 graphics cards, (the smallest of the 2) as to improve Davinci from crashing during rendering, something i learnt from watching trouble shooting videos today? could that be the issue? please help me. ive been at the 12h :(

[@cubingonmymind]

I thank you so much I updated my drivers before a big project and was freaking out you saved me

[@marcanon7370]

Thank you so much, my brand new laptop wasn't running Resolve even as well as my much older one. This was an instant fix.

[@ottoswinebar]

Mate, I owe you a beer. I almost gave up on Resolve, tried a few things, but this did the trick. Thanks a heap.

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

ottoswinebar no worries at all, I’m glad it worked for you, it doesn’t seem to work for everyone but it’s worth a try. Instead of a beer I’d love a sub 🥳

[@steveplaysgames6172]

You sir, just helped me out a lot! My pc is far over the task of editing videos and after a new Driver update for games, my pc just completly froze so I had to manually restart it everytime. I never knew there was a Studio Driver and I can finally go back to editing, thanks again!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're very welcome 🙂

Thank you for your tip it has saved me a tremendous amount of time.

[@TFBrit]

Incredibly helpful still. Thank you so much!

[@amayacameron1575]

If only I discovered this video sooner than later. Thanks so much!

[@PascalAchermann]

@chris watkins, thank you this solved all my problems on the altest 2021 Windwos and Geforce updates. i had only the Gam ready driver, after seeing your video i used gefroce experience to install the Studio drivers now resolve 16 works again like a charm. thanks a lot!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're very welcome 🙂

[@v.e.i]

but like i already have the newest drivers so i dont think it will be good for my gaming experience to go and download a older driver or does this just ad on?

[@InfoArt1]

once i change text color davinci reslove stops... is there any solution?

[@ReEngineerTech]

We had an issue where the program would stop allowing me to scrub or play the timeline after an edit without restarting the program. This fixed it for Resolve 15 today! Thanks!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're very welcome :)

[@theholygrail]

i dont think this works with resolve 17, its saying it doesn't support CUDA 11.0 or something which I was using to make resolve run faster, it's still laggy :/

[@ksreddy]

Thanks Chris! I just got my razer studio OLED laptop with RTX 2080 MaxQ graphics. I installed the latest studio drivers and am using content creation mode. But still my DaVinci Resolve 16 Studio freezes every time I open and start doing something. Any thing else you think I should do?

[@joshuabradburn3748]

Thanks muchly. I was starting to think I had a hard drive full of corrupted footage. The studio driver worked for me.

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Joshua Bradburn no problem! I know how frustrating it is! Took me 2 days to figure it out! I’d love a sub if this video helped you out.

[@jacobstaylow]

Thanks so much I subbed and liked bro I had this problem for ever

[@revenue9388]

This still works in 2021, and I solve the problem thank you :)

[@webslinger2011]

My laptop had built-in intel hd graphics. In da vinci -> preferences -> use Graphic card.

[@itzkopu]

Oh my God you literally saved my day thank you so much!

[@kielcabusao646]

So uhh, when i load an effect , like stabalization effect in a video aT fusion , it either crashes or the file wont play..... what should i do??

[@CTHESI]

How can I download this? My computer says incompatible

[@ecgedeon]

Nvidia studio driver says that it doesn't work with a 1660 super on the supported devices page, should it still work or not? (it does say that the normal 1660 works so does the 1660 ti)

[@LiborioTV]

This was the best tip here on youtube! Thanks for that :-)

[@Robert08010]

So I tried your advice but with NO LUCK. I still cant get through a render without it crashing at some random point during the render. NVidia says their STUDIO driver is not compatible with windows 10. According to windows, I have an NVidia GTX 950.

[@Seamusyt1396]

I love simple straight forward answers thank you very much

[@DrFakerYuGiOh]

Had similar problem trying to make a 4k video after a reformat. Switching to Studio Drivers fixed it. Thank you!

[@benjiplaizier2935]

hi chris, ive just downloaded it and went to install it and it came up (NVIDIA installer cannot continue. and under that says.. (the NVIDIA graphics driver is not compatible with this version of windows. the graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware. can you please help with this?? earlier today i turned off 1 of 2 graphics cards, (the smallest of the 2) as to improve Davinci from crashing during rendering, something i learnt from watching trouble shooting videos today? could that be the issue? please help me. ive been at the 12h :(

[@DannyAliencat]

Nvidia Studio Driver is only for computer and laptop, with Nvidia graphic card? It's works with the computer or laptop, who have different graphic card? Please answer me!

[@JaavisFootball__1]

I'm so happy I found this video

[@alexadotchan1593]

I AM DESPERATE. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DAVINCI AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG!! I tried to contact the Davinci support and have no answer. I was editing the video and when was time to render the app just close itself and. I tried to render and it doesn't work. With Quick Export it Exports the files but are impossible to open and also IMPOSSIBLE to upload on KZbin. Meanwhile all the savings of the cache and backups double themselves and suddenly occupy all my computer memory and I formatted it twice!! Help me please I'm getting crazy!!!

[@arpc]

Thank you! Thank you! You are awesome - Fact! DR was working fine before I rebuilt my laptop. I then found your video, follow your instructions and BOOM! I'm working again! Thanks again!

[@r8ntaros]

Whenever I try to open Resolve the message keeps coming up saying that it's not responding, can someone please help me?

[@TheGhostPlanet]

I have a Nvidia GForce GTX 1070 super Clocked card. Will the Studio driver work for this graphics card? Thank you.

[@aditya_akash]

It worked like a charm! THank you!

[@johnrichardlim9574]

Thank you so much, I just noticed my NVIDIA was in the middle of downloading the driver when I shut it down. When I opened it back, the process was paused and it was the reason.

[@jakeredford6460]

Hey a little off topic but I'm having a issue I'm having a hard time solving. Idk if I hit a setting but get this. You know the orange bar that you you drag back and forth to line up clips. Whenever I now drag a clip instead of stopping against it, lining up with it, I doesn't. This makes lining up clips together much harder. I know this is off topic but I'd much appreciate a explanation.

[@webslinger2011]

I have an Asus FX505. It says not compatible for this version of windows. Still randomly crashes even after setting my GPU on resolve 16. I would have to find another way.

[@webslinger2011]

Having some success now, by optimizing my media files after importing then setting playback to a quarter.

[@kasp407]

Thanks so much. It works much better now!

[@xkxndy216]

okay so i did this and when i go to download it and when it opens up the download software it says the NVIDIA Installer cannot continue because it says its not compatible with this version of windows. and i have the latest driver update and everything is up to date... Can someone help?

[@MrClauretti]

Great video, solved my problem since you pointed it as a driver issue. But I have just used NVIDEA GeForce Experience to update drivers, and it is not freezing anymore! Thanks buddy!

[@roalddhal2]

Many thanks! works like a charm now!

[@robertpluso]

Thank you, so, much. This did the trick. You don't know how many videos I went through before I found yours. I have a Titan X (pascal). My Nvidia driver started not responding and the Microsoft graphics driver kicked in every time. Then as I was trying to troubleshoot the Nvidia problem, a major window update came up. So, hoping that that would help, I updated windows. It did, the Nvidia graphics driver was working again. But then, I needed to edit a video and wam! I couldn't get Resolve to work. Took me about two hours of watching similar videos that did nothing to help me out, until I found yours. Thank You.

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're very welcome 🙂

[@ArthurAllen0915]

It Worked, Thank You 👍

[@DarkMatterFilms]

Worked perfectly even on DV17, thank you!

[@AhmedThahir2002]

Hi, I've got Resolve Studio 16.2.3.15 (latest) I've got no issues with playback, but resolve just randomly crashes for some reason... especially when i just play through the timeline at 2x or 4x speed. I've asked on the forum but no response. Please help me :( My specs i7 7700hq GTX 1050 16gb ram 128gb ssd

[@svenjamaria4474]

there are different studio driver banners you can download on the site. i am confused. Right side? Right driver?! Explicit links would be helpful....

[@joshuavanzyl6536]

You can switch to studio drivers via the Geforce Experience App, I downloaded and installed it there and all my problems are no more, thanks for the video it helped a lot.

[@HolyEliteIII]

im not sure exactly what type of driver i have installed on my Nvidia but is this gonna download as like an extension thing or is it gonna completely replace my existing driver ?

[@HolyEliteIII]

Im not very tech savy when it comes to computers so i may not be using the right terms here .

[@chandalf4500]

Worked for me, thanks !!! :)

[@NUNUA]

You saved my project. Thanks!

[@Jotok]

I'd really appreciate a help with Da vinci Resolve crashing when rendering. Basically the percentage counter stops. Can't change window panel, but the remaining time is going up and up. The processor is working on around 30% constantly, until I stop the rendering and memory around 3600M. then I have to kill the process in task manager (if I can...). I have 8 giga ram, and a Geforce 1660 card, and with my previous computer I had no issue, it was much less powerful... can it be a timeline issue? that I put 4k and 1080p videos in the same video? Tried stuffs already: - studio driver install (Nvidia) - 50 and 25% rendering speed - use render cache image - CUDA GPU processing mode (instead of auto) - untick Stop renders when a frame or clip cannot be processed (UI Settings) I even repoisitioned the videos, it does not always stop at the same percentage if I make some modification, but around 20-26%. -Tried using different timeline settings. Thank you for every help in advance!! T

[@s7if_xd17]

mine frooze while i was editing and i was deep in it almost done will i have to restart`???

[@robertozazueta7900]

I have an AMD RX580 and 23.2.1 graphics verson on preview versions worked for davinci resolve 18. Thanks for the video, I didn't thought about the drivers before

[@sergioivan]

Thank you so much. This video was life saving.

[@eyroundtheworld4298]

So I have this Everytime when I try to color correct. The edit/fusion page work really fine. Gotta try this at home, I think it happened after I downloaded a new driver through the GeForce experience app. Can I downgrade my driver?

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

EYroundTheWorld hi 👋 when you install the studio version I believe it overrides the gaming driver but yes you can roll back to an earlier driver within the GeForce experience program :)

[@jaszy_official]

Thanks this video, I've got a question; I'm streaming, gaming and editing recorded gamplay on the same PC. If I change from currently driver to nVidia Studio driver, then will be performance problem under stream or game?

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Jaszy shouldn’t be. I play quite a few games myself and haven’t had any issues at all. If this video helped you I’d really appreciate a sub :)

[@Mark.Brindle]

Worked perfectly. Thank you so much! New sub!!!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Mark Brindle thank you 😊

[@gtamediaproductions1]

I have the nvidea gtx 970 and it did not load the studio driver. It showed error message and won't load that driver.

[@oguzakgul748]

It worked !!!!! Sir thank you so much, u are a great person ........

[@hestenpz]

Thanks for the help man :)

[@VinnyX]

I use an RTX 3060Ti and I keep getting an image processing error from GPU as well as my resolve freezes my pc and crashes will this work?

[@mubashshira]

I just installed Da Vinci Resolve today and just started using it. I did not even import media yet and just tried adding generator and it shut off immediately. My laptop is Lenovo Ideapad 320S-13IKB. I don’t know what’s wrong. Please help.

[@mehmeteminbeyektemir7415]

hi my laptop is lenovo c940 2-1 4k i7 10g 16 ram 512 ssd and 9 secend sony slog 3 video ı try to color gred keep freezing can you help me ı can fix it or the compitur is shit?

[@ghossk1767]

Hello Chris, davinci resolves still keeps crashing even after I have downloaded studio driver. Is there another fix?

[@taldofrances]

once i v installed it he said not compatible with my version of windows. wich is the last one .... what can i do ?

[@rohonisam2551]

Fixed. Thanks Chris!

[@hardrightx]

Thanks for this video. I was at a loss as DR kept crashing. I was wondering why and couldn't figure it out. I kept updating my Nvidia graphics card using the Nvidia game driver. Up until your video. Thanks so much!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

hardrightx no worries if it helped you out I would love a sub :)

[@KlasiqueTV]

Thanks this helped a lot!

[@moradasverdes]

Hi. Not luck for me. I have a Gforce GTX 1050. But i get "you memory card is full" or "the GPU failed to perform image processing because of an error. error code 79. " Any ideas, pls. Thank you.

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Moradas Verdes sounds like you might have a full hard drive? Have you checked where your media cache is stored?

[@pedromonteiro8792]

Just did it and it works. I was almost done with davinci but this really helped

[@snowset675]

I have an AMD Ryzen graphics card. Would the NVIDIA driver still work or is there an alternative for Ryzen?

[@analogpunk-7743]

Fantastic brother! Thank you :)

[@improfilmimalev]

It worked.. up to a certain point.. It seems I have another type of issue as well.. Will have to dig into it.

[@CokFamous]

🔥🔥You just saved my LIFE in 2021! 🔥🔥

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

😊

[@GeovannetHeoRy]

THANK YOU SO MUCH CHRIS!!!

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

You're welcome

[@brucestirling8215]

I couldn't find the studio driver on the NVIDIA download page - it was buried under the game driver - had to click open to find it cuz it is not in sight - I've had no issues with it

[@jasminbregente4730]

not working for me, i installed it but still the crashes and lagging are still there. Any idea what should i do? My laptop is Lenovo Ideapad gaming3

[@ruinknows]

i just keep getting "the gpu failed to perform image processing because of an error" and then playback stops working. it happens whenever i try dragging things onto the timeline like my text or clips

[@cult2]

i have the same issue, did this still happened after installing studio driver?

[@ruinknows]

@@cult2 yeah and i haven't been able to fix it since. i eventually had to just switch off of resolve to another program

[@cult2]

ok so mine works flawlessly. my resolve problems same like the one youre having now. now went away, it fixed it

[@steveedelen3251]

I had a problem with resolve 15 crashing whenever I used the mouse for skimming on a any clip in my timeline.... I got so frustrated trying to find the solution I gave up on resolve.... some time went by and I decided to give it another go and after Downloading version 16.1 I haven’t had the same issue and I’m waiting for it but so far so good. I think it might have been because the clips I was using were unpacked from an unfinished Final Cut Pro Project and May have been optimized by Final Cut Pro X for Final Cut Pro X...

[@vitaliistep]

You are my hero! Thank you!

[@Kurtie7]

Thank you Very Much!! Very clear and you saved my scene..man....thanks again...

[@ChrisWatkinsMedia]

Kurtie7 no worries! I’d love a sub if it helped you out :)

[@troykane]

Yup, this works. I was using Davinici for about 6 months then did a computer update. Then it was freezing & crashing, I couldn't use the program. Thought I had a hardware problem. The software update fixed my issues. Thank You!

[@BenEncounters]

You are a genius, now it works perfectly for me!!

[@digital1ministry911]

Wow! Lots of positive feedback! Haven't tried this yet, but in earnest I'm thoroughly disappointed with davinci resolve! I was elated when I found out about this program, but it takes an eternity to load, and slightest operation causes crashing!