STOP Lagging! SMOOTH Playback in DaVinci Resolve 17 & 18

We keep hearing from creators about performance issues in DaVinci Resolve. In this video, we are tackling this issue and we will see how you can achieve butter smooth playback while editing and this, even on a lower spec computer.

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Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Codecs
1:40 - DaVinci Resolve Free vs Studio
2:29 - Playback issues vs HEVC/H265
3:19 - The problem with H265
4:12 - Render Cache
5:25 - The issue with the Bypass feature
6:24 - Timeline Resolution
7:11 - Creating Proxies
8:44 - Working Folders
9:28 - Timeline Proxy Mode
9:59 - Render in Place
10:42 - Delivery
10:59 - Conclusion
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[CoreAndBlue]

What are YOUR best practices to improve DaVinci Resolve performance? Editing only as the color and Fusion pages have their own workflow.

[AncientSteel]

This is it.
The lagging solution video to end all lagging solution videos.

You saved my project and with it secured that I can keep my client.
He filmed in 265 4K with 60fps and now everything runs smooth as butter.


Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed.
THANK YOU, SIR, You were sent by God.

[powerfuldot]

You have absolutely saved me, thanks so much for this easy to understand tutorial. I have been struggling for months to learn to edit with Davinci and have been greatly hampered by the lagging and skipping in my timeline. Playback is smooth and I can now finally make cuts without going back over the same spot 6 times. I can't thank you enough. <3 You're a hero.

[Rosic]

Life saver! I needed this because lyric videos are hard to do ESPECIALLY when the playback is that laggy. Appreciate it.

[silviosantoz]

Thank you!
Proxies with DNxHR SQ completely solved the lagging for me. I had never tried it before simply because it cost computing power upfront. My typical workflow includes browsing my library (5 terabytes) for clips and throwing them directly into the timeline. This wasn't amenable to generating proxies because I would have to make proxy files for everything I capture with my camera (encodes in H.265). I've rearranged my workflow to require a bit more planning for the clips I want to make proxies of. However, it's well worth it since I now get perfectly smooth playback - including massive timelapse files. Thank you, again, for taking the time to show the community the proper way to handle H.265 media!

[honglifeng]

Wow! You save my day! Thank you so much! I just bought the R6 and use it to shoot a lot of videos. The shooting is fun. But, when I come to the editing part, it is so painful. The pain go away after I saw this video. Thank you again!

[Llorx]

This is the most detailed video about this subject. New user struggling with Davinci Resolve, and this video is gold.

[ThatHobby]

Thank you so much for the detailed video! Clearing the cache under Delete Render Cache really helped smooth things out during editing. The jumping and skipping in the playback were so frustration. Before I watched this video I looked like your thumbnails. 👏👏👏

[boganboy]

I have been searching for a fix to my lagging and stuttering issues for SO damn long now... NEVER did it occur to me that having my recorded clips on a HDD would course such issues. Swapped them to my SSD and now it runs as smooth as butter. Cheers mate.

[melvinsa]

This tutorial should come bundled with DaVinci. This helped a me so much. Thank you!

[JSONSEC]

Amazing tutorial, better explained than a lot of other videos out there. You've saved me from a heap of trouble. Thanks!

[Las_cacas]

Guess i need the crash course on this subject... thanks for your hard work and sharing your knowledge, to think a person once had to go to college and pay an ass load to get training like this... and honestly this is way better than any class i took.

[ujimin]

Thank you! clicking render cache color output fixed it, it was driving me crazy!

[MOBASkinMaster]

oh thankfully, within the 3minutes of your video, my playback finally smoothen after checking youtube ang searching google on how to work on it as I am trying to preview a video collage of 6 videos. wow such a help. thank you

[techlitindia]

Your ability to break complex things and delivery is very good. I learned a lot just from watching few videos of yours. Keep it up bro and Thanks ! 👍

[maryjeanyamamoto]

Thank you so much for your videos, I’m a new creator just started having trouble with the render que taking to much time ~ I watched many videos, just only your videos made me understand it well~ More Power! & God Bless ! ~

[peterknopf]

Holy sh.t. Thanks man. Solved all my stuttering issues regarding playback. You are a hero.

[blysswave]

I love how he speaks in french using english words! :D.
Thanks for the video, I didn't grasp much as a total noob but generating proxy media solved the issue.

[nossguillaume]

Thank you so much for your video !!!! It's really help me !! I was thinking of buying a new computer but in reality i don't need a new one

[mr_delivery]

Man this video is awesome you had great in depth knowledge of the program. i had watched a ton of videos on davinci to speed up and stop lagging while playback but i was not able to find the root cause but this video really helped me to solve and understand the program. thank you soo much Mann . keep going don't stop. 😍😍😍❤ from Travel with Mr delilvery.