THE 5-STEP SYSTEM for Smooth Playback on Any Laptop - DaVinci Resolve

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[@LearnColorGrading]

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[@hr3178]

By the way: the crash course is really helpful! Everyone who starts with resolve should do it. The time spent will save you a lot of time when editing.

[@954BRii]

amazing work brother bless

[@SkulzR]

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[@DRAWKCABLLA]

does this effect the quality of the video when delivering?

[@cipherxen2]

This video is proof that "knowing the tool" is more important than "having better tool"

[@adamubercaku7382]

true

[@voted]

I like your name *totally not because my name is Magnus too. no no no, not at all cough cough*

[@cipherxen2]

@@voted I'm just fan of both.

[@simplepeepsofficial]

Yup this is a fact I have a Mac book 2020 and it was hard to playback 4K videos

[@LeeSteelebeatz]

If you’re reading this I wish you smooth playback 💻🖥

[@LxRazer]

No I wish you smooth playback

[@LeeSteelebeatz]

@@LxRazer thanks my guy i now have smooth playback.

[@lucif3r_op920]

I needed this thank you. I wish you the same

[@h_editzofficial5754]

you too buddy!!!

[@SkulzR]

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[@scottsprojects658]

The 5-Step System: 2:17 Step 1: Project Settings > Master Settings - Optimized Media Format and Render Cache Format set to DNxHR SQ - Enable background caching after 1 second 2:55 Step 2: Playback - Use Optimized Media Available is checked 3:04 Step 3: Playback - Render Cache from none to user 3:43 Step 4: Right Click on video file - Generate Optimized Media 5:01 Step 5: Color Settings

[@indiedy_ghaze0968]

The comment i was looking 4 thxx

[@ALANAYARSA]

hahaha.... thanks.

[@syafster]

render cache color output

[@FoHsi]

Works until you put the title on the timeline :D

[@JayPatelVlogs]

Thanks man

[@StrayFei]

I like the fact that the 2013 laptop is still smoother than mine ;(

[@nikhilb3880]

yeah right. I have a 2016 i5 7th gen laptop and it lags for 720p video.

[@trendmadegamer8725]

@@nikhilb3880 i feel for u

[@Weezeler]

Mines from 2027 and its shit

[@joserauloromi3538]

@@Weezeler wow did we survive? Was Trump reelected?

[@Weezeler]

Jose Raul Oromi were still inside and nope

[@wishbone030]

Another Tip: At the options Displayed at around 2:37 choose Optimized Media Resolution from Automatically to Half or even Quarter. This will make your footage Look more grainy but it saves a lot of disc space for the Media Cache and provides smoother playback on weaker machines.

[@MickeyMouseMK]

Thanks!

[@emmalund7859]

Thank you! NOW even my stone age Mac is running smoothly! :D

[@ewartbuilt660]

Will it export in full resolution automatically?

[@targguitarggui7546]

@@ewartbuilt660 yes of course, those are just playback options

[@mikejperot]

wishbone030 thank you

[@Manoj-rh2cx]

I love you for this video. I'm a broke teen with no hopes, and started to learn video editing to have atleast one skill. But as soon as the system was lagging, I was actually crying from 2 days, you actually motivated me. Thank you, I'll never forget you.❤

[@eldeni24]

Can't remember myself being more excited about an app

[@belfkiaquatics1860]

Dennis Agenorov-Papulovskiy - Same

[@PardeMalas]

Me too

[@sunnystardust1008]

I second that man lol

[@weirdvfx9779]

Same

[@MattJett]

DR is really really good, been using Premier Pro for 7 years, now I'll never go back.

[@stuminnis4050]

I teach film production at the university level, but my summer intro class has had to go remote because of COVID. This leaves my students shooting in their phones and editing in Resolve (because free). This is a great resource for making sure those of them with older/weaker computers can still cut their projects. Thanks so much!

[@lazy1677]

Do you know why when I changed the settings like in this video and played my video it went really fast and the audio started to skip.

[@mayattv4986]

As a film production professor, sir what programm do you think is the best for video editing?

[@freedomofspeech122]

Yes, his video is so great, the best around for optimizing Resolve.

[@maimatang360]

@@lazy1677 try changing all these settings before starting any type of edit

[@Blendsoft]

*Adobe Premiere has left the chat* Great video, thanks!

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

HAHA XD

[@bahayalniz]

Premiere is much more smoother than Resolve with default settings. And Premiere also has the proxy mode which is better for me.

[@kosmosfantasias7545]

@@bahayalniz Can you put keyframe in premiere? It's the only reason I'm not using it because I want to do a moving picture, let say that picture will move from bottom to top and that requires keyframes to do it. I had to do in adobe animate for that and then you have to transfer them into premiere which is super time-consuming. Also, premiere is so problematic, sometimes it won't open at all and I had fixed it, then the problem came back and the usual fixing won't solve it anymore. I'm tired with premiere already.

[@bahayalniz]

Yeah of course keyframes are exist in Premiere

[@nille6049]

@N Rabbit Yeah good point Adobe is 20$ a Month Davichi Is Soo Much Better

[@abhisheksk954]

Just 2 words for you....THANK YOU. I was struggling with editing 4k footage on my laptop but this just makes my life so much easy.

[@MichVaugier]

DUUUUUDE! You just improved MY LIFE!

[@captwhiskey7774]

This was the PERFECT explanation that i really needed. Just got a drone and started (learning) editing 4K 50fps and my big gaming PC was having trouble with playback in 1080p.. Works perfect now! Thanks!

[@panagjim]

Excellent! Last night I could not sleep trying to figure out how to add text to my video without suffering through the incredible lags that resulted. After watching your clear and detailed video I did exactly what you said and now the video runs smoothly with much text added! Very very helpful. Thank you so much.

[@clxpzplays8853]

same

[@ReviewzCorner]

Still relevant after all these years. And probably more relevant than many similar videos out there on KZbin. Thanks a bunch!

[@eddu4361]

A step 6. For a Mac with a FireWire or Thunderbolt port connect a SSD drive like a LaCie with either port and put the DavinciResolve library and source media on it. It separates program I/O from data I/O via a fast port. Works like magic. You already made an excellent movie about moving libraries just a while ago. Thanks for that by the way, was a saver.

[@cosmonaut1961]

Hi! What do you think, will a SSD survive long time if use it for DaVinci cache? Or do you mean to use a SSD only for source media, but for cache files use HDD? Thanks

[@jrustyshaffer5438]

I have to comment again - you are a magic man. My 2019 Dell XPS 13, 16 GB was performing horribly. I followed your 5 steps and it's now working amazingly well - ZERO STUTTER. Thank you. again.

[@connorgioiafigliu]

Thanks a lot Alex, this was a game changer! Here's another tip for even smoother playback: click Playback on the top bar, scroll down to Proxy Mode, and change it to Half (or even Quarter) resolution.

[@user-zxjb]

No shouting, no hyper excited thumbnail, just to the point with that shuttle voice ,knowledge is the power,thanks!

[@gr33dl0cknein3]

This is so helpful! Especially when you're working with 1-5 seconds clips and want to add transitions. Preview window just stutters until the point of missing entire clips. I optimised my entire timeline and can now properly edit my proyects. Thank you.

[@andynovakYT]

Thank You!👍 Literally saved one of my projects I shot in 4K! My computer used to lag for 1080p color graded video but now I can even edit 4K color graded video smoothly! 😄

[@fahryhanglekiu6639]

His 8 min video just saved the whole world

[@82acresfarm]

I haven't actually used these tips yet but as I am very busy I just wanted to say that I appreciated how straight forward and consice this video is. It is going to help me and I will be recommending it to my friends as well.

[@Aly2120]

My PC used to struggle with editing 1080p video. I can now edit 5K like a boss. Thanks!

[@joaosantos3519]

It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.

[@yuuuuu5608]

Thank you so so much, you saved my time and life from keep frustrated 😭😭

[@usmvnjaved]

I have been looking for faster playback and couldn't find a proper video then KZbin suggested it and I love it how simly you've shared all the information.❤

[@BillyHankeJr]

I never comment on tutorial videos but the Generate Optimized Media on the clips changed my life. I have a pretty powerful system working on big drone files all the time and always had issues until now. Thank you!!

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

shrimp needs his own channel

[@Evrything7family]

You are THE BEST!!! after 4 videos that didn’t work I thought after step 4 on your video I was over for me.... BUT THEN STEP 5 fail from the heavens!!!!!!! THANK YOU 🧡7️⃣

[@filipficnakov3201]

Great video but you need a lot more optimizing options than this, so you can be able to work on ANY Laptop like you mentioned. i have a really old i3 laptop with 4 GB RAM and intel HD 5500u graphic card. only with the options you mentioned i can't do anything, still laggy. but when i: - change the timeline format to 720p in the option bar (only for editing, when exporting i set it back to full hd), - video format to 720p and 8 bit video depth - proxy mode to quarter resolution then, it runs like a beast!

[@Theaaronchris]

Filip Fic Nakov good tips. Renders still will take a while though on more complex edits huh?

[@Theaaronchris]

And do you create optimized media with the 720p TL?

[@filipficnakov3201]

@@Theaaronchris I usually use 720p HD. It's still running smoothly. When exporting with more advanced and complex color correction (I export in 1080p) it usually takes up to 3 minutes for a 1 minute clip. To be honest with the shity graphic card I'm using, I'm surprised how well davinci resolve 16 is optimized.

[@Theaaronchris]

Filip Fic Nakov are you saying you usually use 720p HD footage?

[@filipficnakov3201]

@@Theaaronchris I import videos in 1080 p, but the timeline before edit I set to 720p HD, like I said when I export I set it back to 1080 p. And optimized with the options I mentioned above it runs perfectly. Try them next time you edit.

[@364anw]

I watched three videos before I got to yours and none of their suggestions worked except for yours. Thank you for the informative video.

[@patrickhay2561]

Thanks for this, it's the most thorough tutorial on optimized media I've seen. Extremely helpful!

[@imagesbydavide]

even if 3 year old... finally a great simple effective tutorial to deal with lagging playback... THANKS HEAPS!!!

[@mrfeelgood3239]

The way this guy says " Smooth " really does it for me. P.s Nice Cat 🐈

[@KenyaCars]

You beautiful man. Now THIS is what you called consumer information. No fuss, no silly thumbnail with arms out or facepalms 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ with TONS of question marks to strike intrigued. Just amazing, engaging information. I tip my hat off to you good sir.

[@unlock-er]

Once all videos are optimized, do i have to re-optimize everything again on every restart of my laptop? or will they be retained?

[@MeeLoNengStudio]

Genius! It works! I use fusion color often so I think step 5 is what helps me the most. Thank you!

[@ihavenoidea25]

lucky.. this didn't change anything for me at all..

[@alphariusfuze8089]

Me: Here for tips and learning Reality: Focusing on the Cat

[@chocolategear789]

I accidently filmed a whole project in 4k and was worried I wouldn't be able to edit it. Its going to take a while, but you saved my footage and time. Thank you!

[@UnprofessionalWay]

Other editing software plays smoothly h264 in my laptop. But davinci resolve has very laggy playback. That's means it is not optimize as others.

[@andyq9669]

Yeah - without tweaking any settings I get much smoother 4k H264 playback on Premiere Pro CC than Resolve 16 on the same system, and even after generating optimised media Resolve isn't quiet as smooth. That's when it's not throwing up "out of GPU memory" errors every 30 seconds... I know I've got a crappy 2g GPU on the laptop, but that's twice the memory of what's used in this video, so things seem to have gone backwards with Resolve 16 (I'm presuming this video is V15?).

[@leveluppictures5794]

@@andyq9669 If you're on a NVidia card, have you installed the latest STUDIO driver? I used to only use gaming drivers but after swapping to the latest studio version that GPU memory is full message stopped coming up for me. And this is with 6k footage

[@andrewquicke1054]

@@leveluppictures5794 Unfortunately there are no Studio drivers for this particular model, which is a laptop GPU and thus I'm stuck with it. I can't do 4k on it without getting memory errors, but it's OK with 1080p stuff.

[@cuocsong.menthuong]

Oh my god, this is the 3rd video about playback speed I’ve watched today and it’s the easiest to understand. My playback is finally smoother now, thank you so much 😭

[@marcom.3554]

I have 2 questions: 1. How do you go back to the original settings without affecting the color grade or edit? Because after I generated optimized media the playback window became very small and I had to zoom in so it can fit. 2. Does this affect the export settings? For example, if the file is 4k and I want export it in 4k, does this lessen the quality in any way?

[@6px]

hey can you pls say if you got the answer

[@rramonrivas]

@@6px do y'all got a solution yet? having the same problem..

[@anexwilson3476]

I waited till I tested this out on my laptop to check if this works because I've seen other videos that gave solutions that didn't. But this works. This is awesome. I've been struggling for three weeks with laggy playback and you've literally saved my life. Thank you.

[@kcoppa]

Saw the cat. Liked the video.

[@WAHB50YY]

I have an iMac 2013 but it was maxed up to 32 GB ram, fast graphic card, and 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, and the playback is trash. Thank you, your method is great, it's now working like it used to be almost ten years ago, fast and smooth!

[@SaguinMedia]

Thanks for this video! Does this method create additional files on our file system and, if so, where is it located? Is there a way to automatically clean the optimized media after we've completed our project?

[@JonasBorho]

tsagone yes, you can find them under Videos->CacheClip. There will be for each project a folder with the optimized media. Just click on any folder and then open the „Info“ file to find out which project it is.

[@MayKun507]

many ytbers make vids like this, but none of them worked for me, but this guy just made it so simple and easy, and it actually works!!!

[@Ben-id1tc]

Not sure if you done this but the c200 has the ability to record proxy footage and internal raw at the same time. I hear people talk about an online/offline workflow where they throw the proxy footage onto the timeline for editing, and then they reconform to the raw footage for colorgrading. Can you make a tutorial on this process/workflow?

[@FunWithGuns]

Us people watching this particular video cant afford a c200 😢🤣

[@itsnotaboutyouproductions3195]

Assuming the C200 is smart enough to make the file names the same between both proxy and raw files, all you would have to do is unlink the media in your timeline and relink it with the Raw media.

[@puggeele]

I can't thank you enough. I was seriously thinking about buying a new pc. You saved me about at least 1000$. Thank you again.

[@kepler4192]

2013? My computer is from 2009 (that's what I think at least) and it's working just fine! (Thx father)

[@Klaux]

Hey, wasn't expecting another GD player here :)

[@thechittychef]

I tried the first 4 steps since I don't do anything with color changes (at least not yet). I hit the play button and it worked flawlessly. The very next thing I did was give a thumbs up and subscribed. You are the man! P.S. my laptop is a 2012!

[@jacoonex7457]

i have a strong cpu, 16ram and 8gb graphics card. I did all the steps but its still really laggy. im editing 1080 fotage and there is no color effects on. What should i do ?

[@chrismainka6212]

JaCooNex same problem here!

[@TAT4guitar]

I had the same issue, tried endless solutions and ended up switching to another editor... not ideal but hey

[@superwokemarketing]

Out of interest what CPU and GPU are you using?

[@chrismainka6212]

super woke marketing i7-8550u and Nvidia MX150 4GB, 16 GB RAM

[@superwokemarketing]

@@chrismainka6212 that is weird, however my friend had a high end laptop and resolve was very stuttery but on my old middle road pc (i5 and gtx 970) it runs really well. have you made sure you closed other programs and set the power mode to power setting (not battery safer or some other profile)

[@benitoflakes7478]

Thank you man!! I ain’t lagging anymore. Instructions were clear and concise, steps worked perfectly, and my cpu isn’t committing non alive.

[@itsanthony3049]

I've had the app for a week and everything was perfect. And today I opened my project and it was laggy wtf. My specs for my PC is 2060 super and i7 8700k

[@pritoxi2492]

Yeah same thing happened with me too but I don't have the same specs as yours

[@leveluppictures5794]

Laggy in what way? The app itself was slow to respond to any input or the footage playback was lagging?

[@sammazen8004]

This was a lifesaver! I was so sad that my new Dell XPS 15 9570 was lagging while editing until I followed this. Even just the first 3 steps changed everything! Thank you.

[@alhassant9204]

I have just ordered a XPS 9570 with 32 gig of ram. Hope these tips work. How much ram do you have on yours?

[@Hogo_-to7tv]

I gotto wait for 2 hours for the generating optimized media🥵 Update: It still doesn’t work😭 help me

[@mynameisrezza]

Your specs?

[@BboyCorrosive]

This problem can be solved with money :D

[@Hogo_-to7tv]

Haniff Rezza it’s a Lenovo gaming laptop, I was to stupid to do it with a 1 hour long streaam😂

[@erikfonsecaos]

what I did before any of these tips, I went to "project settings" and choose the lowest resolutions I could find in the "timeline Resolution". I also change my "video format" to the lowest one I could find in the "video monitoring" section, I put the same frame rate that I have on the "playback frame rate" with my "video format". It help me a lot and I guess you have to repeat this steps everytime you see that the program is running slow. Im assuming that you have to do the last two step on this video everytime this happens for all the new changes you bring to the video.

[@monikaprom1109]

erikfonsecaos when you choose the lowest resolution and you save ur video at the end, could it still be hd?

[@cecilados983]

your content is amazing! The way you explain is so easy to understand and to follow. Thumbs up!

[@stefanotealdi]

Is there a way to smooth playback with titles?

[@oosmanbeekawoo]

You'll do "Generate Optimised media for Fusion" instead of "for colour", after right-clicking the clip.

[@ohwen]

its annoying i cant find a way to get titles and transitions to be smooth

[@CE-ly4gf]

im just starting and tNice tutorials video was perfect.Well explained and easy to follow for a beginner.I never understood soft soft till i watched tNice tutorials.

[@paulharies]

I was excited to finally try Resolve on my 2014 laptop with 8GB RAM and integrated graphics until I got to the end of the video and showed that you have 12GB of RAM and 1GB dedicated graphics :(

[@parranoic]

And 3rd gen i7 :)

[@YSAImusic]

They have a different definition of 'low-end' :'(

[@Devliin15]

You Just saved me $300. I'm just getting into video editing and the video playback on my timeline was so choppy I thought my Ryzen 5 1600 was too underpowered. I had a Ryzen 5 5600x in my amazon cart when I came across your your optimization video. Thank you so much

[@yellowhorse1]

god bless this man

[@HaggisDruid]

Thanks man! My laptop has some pretty decent specs, but I'm doing some really heavy editing, lots of color grading, fusion adjustments, etc and my system needed some help. This did it! Ahh.. I can edit in peace now.

[@TexasRable]

Don't you ever delete this video

[@cassidymay7031]

Can you talk about how to get rid of lag when you add transitions? Great video!!

[@KensleyInnocent]

"It has only 1GB Video RAM Wich is really low for today's standard" Me laughing in Intel HD 620 graphics

[@OmarKillzHackz]

Kensley Innocent that uses system ram as vram, Often 2gb

[@KensleyInnocent]

@@OmarKillzHackz only of you have more than 8GB

[@jaroslav22100]

still getting back here after years.. extremely useful, thanks for sharing!

[@Mindylaba]

the way you hold your cat is so adorable omg

[@zarathustra8597]

Thank you so much! Can't afford to buy a high-end setup to edit 4k videos but now I'm able to, thanks to you!

[@santanaurias3112]

You just saved me from buying a new computer. My playback was choppy and this fixed it. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@shamsahmad7884]

Man answering the important questions that I couldn't find for so many days!

[@mahmoudiamir]

I just sold my soul to buy a 580 8gb This is life saving for low wage countries like mine, thank you

[@ForestDogwoodworks]

Thank you dude. I have a lenova yoga with literally no graphics card even though the thing was made this year. Every video i've watched has not worked but this one actually fixed it , your the man

[@Jean_E]

I've been struggling with this is as a beginner filmmaker but I just got it wo work!!! THANK YOU! This is why youtube needs to introduce a super like button. For moments like this.

[@skhosanamathiyane]

That's amazing,,,old school or not you still have platform, thanks man.......South Africa

[@SuburbanPhilosophy]

the best video so far about using a low laptop.

[@kompasstheband8386]

I wish I could "like" this video 5 times over. Loved this vide. So thorough and helpful!

[@TheSunnySaudadeProject]

OMG thankyou! got a new camera but still skint and can not aford fancy equipment so thank you for making a point of that! I hate when people just tell you to buy knew equipment or show you the most expencive products and just expect you to know every weird terminolegy. you have a new subscriber my friend and I will be back to learn more about colour grading! Thank You!

[@kiira1101]

I am beginner at editing, this night I started to watch tutorials and I practised editing but it was really difficult and slow because I am using my brothers old laptop that he gave me last year. He bought it in 2013, it's an asus gamer laptop but it's not the best for games and programs these days. Finally next week my first camera will arrive and I was so dissappointed after stuggling with davinci resolve today. It's kinda a dream to me filming and editing videos since my childhood. I will definitly try these tips soon.

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

Years later, this video saved my bacon (as I ran like hell from HitFilm's new model). Thanks man!

[@tism-02]

YOU ARE THE BEST HUMAN EVER, I MEAN THIS. I WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT AND IT WAS LAGGING SO BAD IT WAS UNUSABLE, BUT I TRIED TIP 1 AND IT INSTA FIX, THANK YOU !

[@LURKING323]

You are the BEST!!!! Thank you!!! My computer could not for the life of me handle any optical flow or snitching without freezing.. now it’s a beast!!!!

[@rachel9933]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! For the whole time I have been editing my project I was so frustrated with the choppy playback. I am new to editing and Resolve and didn't realise it was because of the color grading. You should have seen my face when I watched it back after following your tutorial and it was smooth for the first time!! Legend

[@hausahiphop24]

Thank you very much for adding Value to the world (editing communities) Greetings from Nigeria

[@moaawyah]

There is few channels on KZbin that makes you really see the subscribe button as golden bar my time is saved thank you!

[@BellaEssentialLiving]

Thank you so much!! I went through the steps and now my videos actually run! Thank you!!! My laptop has 2.5 GHz and 12 GB ram.

[@EssexRc]

Thank you so much for this! I almost gave up after watching multiple videos, I'm so glad I found this and so greatful to you. Bless you 🙏

[@TonySimons]

Worked great on my 2018 mid-range Samsung laptop! Thanks for putting this together!

[@godfreygits]

This is the most useful Da Vinci Resolve tutorial I’ve ever come across 😂. Thanks so much!!

[@ATLJB86]

3 years later on Davinci 18 and this helps alot thanks!

[@navintom557]

I could listen to Nice tutorialm talk for hours man what a passionate dude ❤️

[@oliviadance1174]

Thank you so much! You saved my day! I was so discouraged by it not working and you gave me the answer! I am so grateful!!!

[@petestripes0920]

Just want to say thank you for this video! I had watched other videos on how to do this in other ways and it just wasnt working for me. Had almost given up on the 4k footage that I had for a editing project. Life saver!

[@skulkerradio3852]

Thanks for the support. This has been bothering me for the longest time, wish I knew about all of this earlier!

[@muhamadabdurrehman8580]

Dude, witNice tutorialn 4 hours of watcNice tutorialng tNice tutorials video, I bought soft soft, and made my first 56-second soft clip. You're an aweso teacher,

[@adamkoch212]

Shrimp has to be the best cat in the film business.

[@anilgrover1955]

One of the best tutorials on DaVinci Resolve!! I am new to Resolve, have an old laptop but your step by step tutorial has come as a blessing. Thanks a ton. Subscribed. Prayers for you.

[@throughmyeyes4]

This has helped a ton. For aomeone migrating from Premiere Pro it's been a harder journey than i thought

[@nvstudioproductions4555]

I have a really good PC. And resolve is still really laggy. This helped a lot. This was a big change for me are used to use final cut. I think I still like to final cut a little bit more but I am impressed.