Ach, my pile of silicon is at least 8 yrs old now ( if not older) Put a SSD drive in it early this year after cloning the HDD drive and although it now boots within 10 secs of hitting the start button, it’s “old hat” by modern day standards. I think the time to upgrade is fast coming. Win 10 support is coming to an end soon ( this computer won’t upgrade to Win 11) so I reckon it’s time to retire this one 
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My laptop may be 64bit - but it’s also over 8 years old tech. I survive. 
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Tbh nowt wrong with 18. Yeah 19 a little better but…
The only change I have noticed with version 18 is the upload to YouTube is now a lot faster than before
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@JockyB Did you mean ver 19 John?
Nah Colin, my computer is only a 32bit. Version 19 only runs on 64bit computers. Version 18’s last update did speed uploads to YouTube considerably
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Cool. I used 18 but noticed an improvement in the speed of rendering when I upgraded to 19 beta free version. I think it uses the accelerater card GPU more than it did with the 18 ver as it runs smoother in full 4k playback too.
Seems to be uploading to YouTube as it’s being rendered now. Before it used to render the video completely before uploading.
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Beta 5 is out now.
Up to 3x faster AI performance on supported Intel Windows systems . Multiview layouts in the cut page now adapt to the width of the viewer. Set transition type, duration and alignment from the cut page timeline context menu. New transition actions in the edit options menu in the cut page.
Beta 6 out now.
Beta 6 out now, quite a lot of stuff to look into too.
What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 19 Public Beta 6
Support for Blackmagic RAW 4.2.
New halation saturation controls for Resolve FX Film Look Creator.
Import and export speaker tagged transcriptions as .srtx subtitle files.
New stinger templates in the effects library under generators.
Ability to resync media for all media bins from the replay toolbar.
Ability to jog at 0% replay speed.
Replay stingers now play in real time independent of the underlying media speed.
Add transition to all edits action in the cut timeline now uses the last used transition.
Transitions are now retained when ripple deleting clips.
Improved media pool and timeline sizing to maximize cut page viewer sizes.
Improved mouse scroll speeds in the edit and deliver timelines.
Support for clip handles with referenced Fusion compositions.
Support for changing audio format for timeline clips from the inspector.
Support for Dolby Vision HDMI tunneling on DeckLink 8K Pro G2.
Support for Dolby Vision tone mapped viewer previews and scopes when in dual SDI mode.
Greatly improved performance for some large Fusion compositions.
Support for collaboration using Blackmagic Cloud organization groups.
Support for current group filter in the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel.
Support for encoding to QuickTime JPEG YUV 422 and 444 formats.
Support for bitrate settings for H.264 and H.265 renders in Quick Export.
Rendered DNxHR 444 clips now default to using full data range.
Scripting API support to query for a timeline item’s linked clips.
Scripting API support to query for a timeline item’s track type and index.
Improved media pool scripting support for stereoscopic 3D clips.
Fusion Fuse examples are now available in the developer documentation folder in the help menu.
Addressed Fusion effect icon not being cleared when resetting a timeline composition.
Addressed incorrect color warper vectorscope indicator.
Addressed incorrect Resolve FX effects and overlays on clips with SuperScale and crop.
Addressed an issue with default Resolve FX Motion Trails behavior.
Addressed an issue with Resolve FX Lens Flare position limit.
Addressed an issue with adding or subtracting strokes with the 3D keyer in the edit page.
Addressed a crash when changing speed for multiple clips with auto track selector disabled.
Addressed an issue with pasting transitions from locked tracks.
Addressed an issue with muting and unmuting audio tracks for a timeline item in clip attributes.
Addressed an issue with muting clip from the context menu in the cut page timeline.
Addressed Alt numpad keys sometimes invoking timecode entry on Windows.
Addressed an issue with some H.265 media decoding with media offline frames.
Addressed an issue with render cache invalidation when changing node stack count.
Addressed an issue with capturing NTSC formats to Quicktime ProRes 422.
Addressed incorrect timecode errors for multicam or compound clip creation from interlaced clips.
Addressed an issue with resetting ColorSlice from the DaVinci Resolve Micro color panel.
Addressed issue with Text+ follower character range.
Addressed incorrect 3D motion path axis overlays in the Fusion viewer.
Addressed incorrect Fusion cache after scrubbing H.264 in the edit page.
Addressed issue with extruding and expanding some Fusion shapes.
Addressed incorrect bit depth metadata displayed for some DNxUncompressed 16 bit formats.
Addressed an issue with data level tagging for DNxHR 444 renders in auto mode.
Addressed render presets setting incorrect default audio tracks for audio normalization.
Addressed a start up issue with user paths with non-English characters on Windows.
Addressed a Resolve startup issue if the DaVinci Resolve Renderer plugin was in use on Mac.
Addressed scripting API issue with loading render presets.
Addressed scripting API issue with elision of long LUT names when querying node tools.
Addressed an issue where scripting APIs would not honor timeline disabled state.
General performance and stability improvements.
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What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 19 Public Beta 6
Support for Blackmagic RAW 4.2.
New halation saturation controls for Resolve FX Film Look Creator.
Import and export speaker tagged transcriptions as .srtx subtitle files.
New stinger templates in the effects library under generators.
Ability to resync media for all media bins from the replay toolbar.
Ability to jog at 0% replay speed.
Replay stingers now play in real time independent of the underlying media speed.
Add transition to all edits action in the cut timeline now uses the last used transition.
Transitions are now retained when ripple deleting clips.
Improved media pool and timeline sizing to maximize cut page viewer sizes.
Improved mouse scroll speeds in the edit and deliver timelines.
Support for clip handles with referenced Fusion compositions.
Support for changing audio format for timeline clips from the inspector.
Support for Dolby Vision HDMI tunneling on DeckLink 8K Pro G2.
Support for Dolby Vision tone mapped viewer previews and scopes when in dual SDI mode.
Greatly improved performance for some large Fusion compositions.
Support for collaboration using Blackmagic Cloud organization groups.
Support for current group filter in the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel.
Support for encoding to QuickTime JPEG YUV 422 and 444 formats.
Support for bitrate settings for H.264 and H.265 renders in Quick Export.
Rendered DNxHR 444 clips now default to using full data range.
Scripting API support to query for a timeline item’s linked clips.
Scripting API support to query for a timeline item’s track type and index.
Improved media pool scripting support for stereoscopic 3D clips.
Fusion Fuse examples are now available in the developer documentation folder in the help menu.
Addressed Fusion effect icon not being cleared when resetting a timeline composition.
Addressed incorrect color warper vectorscope indicator.
Addressed incorrect Resolve FX effects and overlays on clips with SuperScale and crop.
Addressed an issue with default Resolve FX Motion Trails behavior.
Addressed an issue with Resolve FX Lens Flare position limit.
Addressed an issue with adding or subtracting strokes with the 3D keyer in the edit page.
Addressed a crash when changing speed for multiple clips with auto track selector disabled.
Addressed an issue with pasting transitions from locked tracks.
Addressed an issue with muting and unmuting audio tracks for a timeline item in clip attributes.
Addressed an issue with muting clip from the context menu in the cut page timeline.
Addressed Alt numpad keys sometimes invoking timecode entry on Windows.
Addressed an issue with some H.265 media decoding with media offline frames.
Addressed an issue with render cache invalidation when changing node stack count.
Addressed an issue with capturing NTSC formats to Quicktime ProRes 422.
Addressed incorrect timecode errors for multicam or compound clip creation from interlaced clips.
Addressed an issue with resetting ColorSlice from the DaVinci Resolve Micro color panel.
Addressed issue with Text+ follower character range.
Addressed incorrect 3D motion path axis overlays in the Fusion viewer.
Addressed incorrect Fusion cache after scrubbing H.264 in the edit page.
Addressed issue with extruding and expanding some Fusion shapes.
Addressed incorrect bit depth metadata displayed for some DNxUncompressed 16 bit formats.
Addressed an issue with data level tagging for DNxHR 444 renders in auto mode.
Addressed render presets setting incorrect default audio tracks for audio normalization.
Addressed a start up issue with user paths with non-English characters on Windows.
Addressed a Resolve startup issue if the DaVinci Resolve Renderer plugin was in use on Mac.
Addressed scripting API issue with loading render presets.
Addressed scripting API issue with elision of long LUT names when querying node tools.
Addressed an issue where scripting APIs would not honor timeline disabled state.
General performance and stability improvements.
Windows 10 …
Bit up against it today - haven’t got time to watch all the release vids - does anyone know if we can edit 10-bit D-Log footage in the free version yet, which notably didn’t work in 18.6 ?
I doubt it. Can’t recall seeing anything specific in 19 Beta updates.
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It’s probably easier/quicker to install this latest Beta version and find out than it is to read all the updates and watch all the videos.
Thanks. Ah well, I suspected as much, but hope springs eternal…
I’ve had zero issues with the 19 Beta, even on an old mid-range laptop, so probably worth installing anyway.
You only gain things, you don’t lose anything.
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@AeroJ Sorry Jay, You can edit a Dlog-m clip(s) in DR but only as 8 bit files in the free version. Full 10 bit is available in DR Studio.
I stopped using Dlog files because of the above and TBH, I actually prefer the DJI normal mode as less buggering about and for YouTube plenty good enough.
@D0c.Col I’m actually with you 100% there. For a while I put up with converting my D-Log H.265 files down to H.264’s but quickly realised that the result I was getting was not superior to Normal mode, and actually the grading you need to do in Normal mode is considerably less, and well within the regular gamut of 8-bit colour ! I still have a satisfying range to play with in shadows, mid-tones and highlights, so lack of 10-bit isn’t stressing me much.
I think it’s probably only one more version of DVR to wait for until we get 10-bit in the free version, but until then I am not even slightly unhappy with what’s coming out of my editor ! It’s not that I begrudge Black Magic the cash - heaven knows it is exceptionally reasonably priced software for the power it offers, but I’ve been spending rather a lot in the software department recently (damned virtual instruments to help me write my video soundtracks), so remain grateful that the free version is as good as it is ! I was surprised they allowed us 4K at bitrates as high as we can get them to be honest ! They’re definitely the ‘good guys’; kinda like the diametric opposite of Adobe !!
I know the D-log guys will probably disagree with us, but heyho! 