Media Management Tool in Davinci Resolve. How to trim, save or archive without loosing quality?

In this video I'll explain how to archive and export videos in source quality and even in RAW by using Media Management Tool in Davinci Resolve
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[@jeffreythemeditator]

seriously: one million thanks. sharing this type of knowledge makes a huge difference for so many. thank you thank you!

[@louiscollin2805]

Hugo, you just saved us a lot of time and money over the next few years. We shoot a lot of 15 to 60 minutes of data-heavy interviews and were ripping through storage like no tomorrow. We implemented your media management tips in our workflow and we are now saving around 50% to 60% of storage space after the 1st derush pass.

[@angelsv]

LOL I can't believe that I just found this video 2 years later. Thank you Hugo, you save me a lot of headaches, I'm new Davinci Resolve user.

[@justinmichael007]

I have a 10 Terabyte raid 1 setup that is FULL. I need to slim it down all my video projects, but didnt want to manually export everything. This tool is a god send, so glad I left premiere. This video was very helpful. Thank You!

[@ElliotMillson]

In precisely the same situation! This has gotta be one of the best things about Resolve

[@capeavy]

This is a big help! I've never used Resolve but I need to send a project to a colorist across the country. This should help immensely.

[@Elusive_Pete]

This is incredibly helpful! Once I finish a project filmed in R3D and I'm happy with the exact edit I may keep the shots permanently trimmed for archiving. Great to know I don't need to resort to Red Cine-X anymore :D Thank you.

[@HugoWill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MarkSiegemund]

the reason why i switched to Davinci entirely! Even VFX i do now 50-80% in Fusion (im almost there 100%)! Big thanks HUGO...i know this video is from some time ago but incredibly helpfull after editing for one year on a Film!!! THANKS

[@HugoWill]

Awesome!

[@vireakin]

Omg I don't need to buy more external drives... this is awesome and a big thank you!

[@HugoWill]

Glad it helped!

[@mogmaximus]

Wow this guy is LA based, luckiest guy in the world!

[@itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837]

Game-changing! Great and important vid, Hugo!

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

Incredible !!! Thank you. I imagined a function like that and in fact its already in Davinci. Thank you for showing me the media managment!!!

[@MauricioFelicio]

This video would deserve a tip. Big one! Thanks!

[@HugoWill]

Glad you think so!

[@ChallengerAndyOfficial]

Great video, this helps so much!

[@MyEyePhotography1]

Nice, thanks. Saved me a boat load of cash on hard drives. Cheers Dude.

[@HugoWill]

Glad I could help

[@marklongchamps6741]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@HugoWill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Vision-do3zp]

Thanks Hugo! What a great tip, much appreciated!

[@HugoWill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Tomweldonsays]

Haha I just recently uploaded over 900gb of footage for my colorist to color my film. Had I done this it would've only been 100gb. Sheesh! Thanks for the tutorial.

[@HugoWill]

That's awesome!

[@alchemisthere]

Great video, thanks man!

[@HugoWill]

Glad you liked it!

[@Carsonous]

This is HUUUUUGE! Thank you. Subscribed!

[@HugoWill]

Thanks for the sub!

[@swr5945]

Hi! I desperatly need help with a project Media management (when I copy) fails, but most of the clios are done, but for some reason when relinking media to the new place the clipa time ode in the time line aren't the same so everything looks offline unless I manually drag it to where it needs to be...

[@petersiggs3350]

Incredible feature, well explained. thank you.

[@HugoWill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MariusGerome]

Thank you a lot, exactly what I was looking for

[@Sukinsun]

Super! But i got a strange problem. my r3d files are trim super cool but my mov (prores) files are still full size :( actually from the full project 100 files i got trimmed and save only 1 file but all the 99 is just copyed. Maybe you know some about this bug ???

[@HugoWill]

not sure, it trimmed prores no problem for me

[@michelefalzone]

very useful tool and Video Hugo! subscribed! :)

[@damorgman]

Very nice. Can I take all my raw footage, create clips of good, useable shots, and then export all clips, not just the used clips?

[@Omriki_triki]

thanks for awesome video! encountred a color grading problem tho: i tried to use project \ timeline but encounter the same problem it doesnt copy the grade on groups, or the color managment settings and exporting + luts from the projects libary doesn't let me trim the clips obviously.. does anyone have a work around? thanks!

[@JZ1917]

This is amazing content! Thank you so much for sharing and explaining this!

[@HugoWill]

My pleasure!

[@ajoyce26914]

awesome vid thanks for uploading!

[@HugoWill]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@CamilaCamaleon]

where is the project file saved?

[@DancedZikrNZ]

Fantastic video, so useful, thanks

[@HugoWill]

Glad it was helpful!

[@romtieche]

Is there a more direct solution to archive and trim ONLY THE CLIPS USED (not all the media pools) on different timelines belonging to a project without to have to select the clips in the timeline (as you described as you preferred method) ?

[@ericdargan]

This is brilliant!

[@BadoudTom]

Nice job on this.... informative. Do you like this method vs the Export Archive & Restore Archive method?

[@afkology]

After I trim (without transcoding) when I import the trimmed files again and I try to transcode it fails: Failed to decode, check if the file is still available on HDD. Anyone has this issue? Trimmed videos become unusable.

[@skydiverninetysix]

I get "failed to copy" and can't figure out why!

[@joyoffilming9500]

Cool Stuff, indeed!

[@ChadCarriereVideographe]

MAn that is usefull! Ive suscribe! THX

[@ginotarabotto]

Thx Hugo. After we do this step, do we need to delete anything such as the original large file size before the Media Management step?

[@user-eg7wq5dk6t]

But what if trimmed files have huge amount of frame handles on each side, regardless of me setting this parameter to 0? 100fps sony a7III mp.4 files.

[@orangerecords_studio]

thanks sir, great info here :)

[@woodyjames2913]

Cheers for this Hugo. I am fairly new to BRAW having just bought the 12K URSA 6 weeks ago. I'm using Resolve 17.1. All workflow and editing going really well so far- blown away by being able to smoothly edit 8K BRAW on my 2014 MBP, with no rendering needed. It's pretty scary deleting the original source files having trimmed and copied the BRAW using Media Management. You need total trust that if it say's its worked fine then it has. I deleted my first 2.5TB last night. It's too time consuming to go through every copied clip to check for dropped / missing frames. Have you ever experienced this or anything else like it to be aware of? I did a lot of google searching to find any other reports before deleting my first load of source footage, as I'm paranoid and trying to be extra careful. Look forward to hearing your view! Thanks Woody

[@HugoWill]

never had this issue. all I had is only successful exports

[@crummudge3123]

how is the alexa holding up? i was following your previous videos on the utilization of that system, an update on that would be great!

[@HugoWill]

it's holding up pretty great.

[@Sincerelytk]

Hello, I have a clip on my TL. I've trimmed within the clip to remove parts that I no longer want. It's now a TL of multiple clips. I'm trying to still use media management to export this TL as 1 braw clip or I've created a new compound clip and I'm trying to use media management to export it as 1 braw clip. Nothing is working. It exports the original untrimmed version of the clip or multiple trimmed clips. How can I export the new sequence as 1 Braw clip?

[@HugoWill]

it's really hard to help since I dont see the steps are done...

[@Sincerelytk]

@@HugoWill what do you mean? 1. Create new timeline with selected clip 2. Trim the video clip at multiple parts within the single clip 3. Nudge each cut closer together so that it's 1 long clip without gaps 4. I'd like to export this timeline, or consolidate the clips from media management to preserve BRAW. Rather than media management each cut from a single timeline.

Thank you for this video, Hugo! I have a question though. If I make trimmed copies of my footage through Media management, how do I know that the copies are the same quality as the original footage? I would love to always trim my RAW footage, create copies and throw away the original, but I would be worried about the quality. Can you recommend a source where I can read up on this?

[@HugoWill]

because if you do that this way it doesn't even process the footage, it just copies it already trimmed. and you'll know that it's raw when you put it back to an editing software. it'll have all metadata

@@HugoWill Great, thank you!

[@adeeboberoi5362]

incredible, very useful information. Question, Braw copy besides trimming can I take out the audio? I tried your workflow and it works but I would like to create new BRAW files but without the audio. Eventhough there is no audio in the timeline (I deleted them) it still copies the new trimmed Braw files with audio

[@candicecan1634]

Hi there, not 100% sure, but I'm suspecting that if you select only the video files in your timeline and then select the option "Use selected Timeline Clips", that should fix the problem. Let me know if that works ;-)

[@festivaldayfilms]

Thanks Hugo, this sounds great. Just to be sure before I go ahead though, it doesn’t automatically delete the old timeline does it? That would make me a little nervous :)

[@HugoWill]

No. It just copies

[@festivaldayfilms]

@@HugoWill thanks!

[@imiy]

it doesn't copy only selected clips (selected part of the files) but just copies all the files entirely, for some reason

[@HugoWill]

Did you choose trim option?

[@williamji]

Hi i think canon raw light is also supported

[@HugoWill]

Of course it's supported. I'm talking about re-exporting trimmed files in native RAW format

[@asphaltandtacos]

So all of the metadata you entered is preserved?

[@HugoWill]

yes

[@huskers4lifeMF]

I like my women how I like my archived media, loose quality