I have installed the free version of Davinci Resolve 14 on my Mac. So far I have not been able to load a video from my Mavic Air into the Media Pool. It allows me to click and chose, or drop and drag, but nothing ever loads into the media pool. I have been recording in .mp4 and in a variety of frame rates.
Are you dragging into DR direct from your Air whilst itâs connected to your computer? Or are you copying the video to your computer first, and then dragging into DR?
If the former ⌠try the latter.
If the latter ⌠not sure.
I had a similar prob on my laptop running Windows 10. I could load up a video clip and then start editing, got about halfway through then it crashed and lost the part edited file. I came to conclusion there was too much deal running in the background on my laptop
I have to say, that of all video editing apps Iâve used, Iâve found DR to be the most stable on my laptop (Win10).
Not one crash in 4-ish months of use - despite normally having all sorts of other things running at the same time.
I just tried dragging direct from my phone to DR - it wonât accept it either.
I think this relates to different connection protocols - and if youâre dragging direct from the Air, that will probably be the reason.
When you drag to DR, it doesnât copy the whole file in any case. It creates its own âthumbnailâ version, but needs to constantly refer to the original file for certain actions, and certainly for rendering. DR is rather efficient at working in this way, I find.
So if you were dragging from the air and it did accept it, youâd have to keep the Air connected and switched on at all times whilst editing. This obviously wouldnât be very practical.
I have to admit Iâve never connected my MP to my laptop to copy files - I always remove the MicroSD and use that in my laptopâs card reader slot. It copies quicker, for one thing, and doesnât need the MP switched on (the batteries are probably recharging after a flight in any case).
Let me know if copying to the computer first solves the issue.
Hi All,
I am entirely new to video post production and to the Resolve package but I have a couple of simple (I hope) questions.
From my mavic I download a video file (.mp4) to my desktop just so that I am editing a local copy.
I add the file to the media pool and then just try and play it but the video playback is stuttering all over the place.
What is causing it to do this when if I just play the mp4 from my desktop by double-clicking it, it plays perfectly,
Back in resolve, if I render the clip, the rendered output file plays fine.
My laptop is Win10, Intel i7-5500U @2.40Ghz
There is nothing much else running on the machine.
Cheers CallumâŚ
Nah, I have to draw the line at shelling out for a new laptop just to edit video clips.
Iâll just have to find something a bit less resource hungry.
Shame