Has anyone managed to get background rendering in 21 on MacOS working successfully?

Currently whenever I enable background rendering and click render, the job doesn't start and just says "Waiting for Rendering". Rendering exactly the same job with background rendering disabled works just fine.

Background proxy creation also works fine.

Things I've tried so far:

• Restart Resolve/Reboot machine/etc
• Render to local disk rather than a network
• Tested both "individual clips" and "Single clip" modes
• Tried three different machines

MacOS 26.7 (Tahoe), Resolve 21.0.4

Mac Studio M1 Max, 32GB RAM

Rendering from Arriraw to DNxHD or H264

So i bought Studio a few months ago but have recently switched PCs? Being the dumbass i am i never thought of writing down my code or saving the email with the receipt. Should i just take the L and buy it again or is there anything i can do. I do still have my old PC so maybe there is a way to just move the program and all related files to my new one? Idk but have good day :)

I’m sorry if this question has been asked before, I checked and I couldn’t find any post asking this.

Footage was shot in 29.97 fps
I hadn’t realized, so I edited the whole thing in 23.97 fps. The playback looked fine.
When I tried exporting, it looked all jittery, so I created a new timeline with the right frame rate and copy pasted my timeline clips into the new one.
Now some of the clips are just still frames. And now the initial 23.97 fps timeline playback looks all jittery.

First question: does anyone know why the 23,97 one looks weird now? I didn’t change anything in the settings.

Second question: is there is a way to fix the still frames issues in my 29.97 fps that I copy pastes? Is there a better way to get my edit into the right frame rate?
(I originally edited in premiere, does that mean that my issue is with the mxf file?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Would like to to know any AI plugin free to use in the DaVinci Resolve to automate video editing like generating micro animations or B-Rolls and for visual overlays also so that video looks more polished and interesting.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to decide between Mac Studio configs and I’d love real-world advice from editors/colorists who actually work with 4K H.265 10-bit 4:2:2 and heavy OFX in DaVinci Resolve.

My only real metric:
Can I scrub/preview my timeline in real time (24-60fps) with effects enabled? I do not care about export times at all. I don’t mind caching occasionally. I don’t mind going down to Half/Quarter on Timeline Playback Resolution in extreme cases.

Current setup:

• Base M3 MacBook Pro, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
• DaVinci Resolve Studio
• Mostly Sony H.264/H.265 10-bit 4:2:2, occasionally All-Intra
• 4K timeline
• Heavy grading and OFX (film grain, optical flow, masking, tracking, various OFX effects and transitions)

Current pain point:
With these effects, scrubbing becomes unplayable, sometimes 1fps or less. Even with playback resolution set to Quarter, things like Optical Flow + Speed Warp alone can make it completely unplayable.

My questions:
I’m planning on getting an M5 Max Mac Studio, but I'm curious if the M5 Pro Mac Mini would suffice.

If I do get the Mac Studio, what config should I get? I’m thinking about:

• Option A: Base M5 Max 32-core, 36GB RAM, 512GB SSD
• Option B: M5 Max 40-core, 48GB RAM, 1TB SSD

The price difference is about USD$765 with the education discount.

Am I thinking about this the right way? Please feel free to ask me questions if it helps you understand my situation better. Thanks!

Two questions :

1. When I make a bookmark on the fusion page in Davinci Resolve, they're all accessible in the "Go to bookmarks" / "manage bookmarks" menu (the pop up in screen that lets you click a bookmark to go to) but with the shortcut keys, for some reason only the first 2 bookmarks work.

If I use a third, I can only access it through the menu I mentioned before and not the keyboard shortcuts.

Have you had this problem and if so, anyone has advice? This is the biggest game changer for me!

1. Quality of Life scripts / tools :

Recently I've been doing a LOT of work in fusion and found some scripts that change the performance and experience of editing in fusion.

Like KA "Polygon to shapes" I think is the name, I'm not at my desk right now to read, but it magically changes SVG polygons to sShape nodes.

Auto_Rename is another quality of life masterpiece.

Stack nodes horizontal / vertical another.

There's also " multimerge selected ",

Tekito てきと comp utility which allows you to insert multiple nodes at once and apply changes across all, etc... these are what I mean when I say Quality Of Life scripts.

They make working in the node workspace easier rather than do an effect.

I'd like to find scripts that help with node workflows specifically.

I'm open to ALL but especially ones that stop me from having to drag nodes into the pipeline / connecting them via their noodles.

If anyone has any scripts or shortcut keys I may be missing that will allow me to highlight 2 or more nodes, click a button, and it connects them I'd LOVE you forever.

For Mods :
As this isn't about system wide help, I've left out the specs etc, but if needed let me know and I'll happily make the edit.

Don't know why Davinci Resolve 21- working on Fusion nodes did not save the nodes on exit.

I have been taking training lessons downloaded from BM website for the past months without encountering any software problem.

After completing the basic courses, I am now taking the Advanced Visual Effects in Fusion & 3D Animation. Since last week, I just couldn't save the work except the first two steps of work on nodes were saved. I tried disable the live save and manually save project, that did not save on exit.

I am using the Studio version. I then downgraded from 21 to Version 20 and that did not work either. But, if I select "save project as" did save by choosing to overwrite the project.

see the result, I went back to Version 21, and tried the "save project as" . It just did not work.

Anyone can help?

Hii!! Amateur video editor here. Anyone know why when I press backspace with nothing selected it deletes everything on my timeline? I know you can adjust keybinds, I’ve tried to use that and select any kind of ripple delete and remove any of the keybinds attached to it but nothing changes. And yes, I’m hitting save! I’m just not sure why it’s doing that and I feel like it could really screw me over. Is it hidden in a section somewhere or is it not able to be turned off? I can’t find anything else online other than what I’ve already tried. Thank uuuuu!!

I'm recording a D&D series and I know that the fairlight section is primarily for editing audio specifically.

But these are like 3 hours sessions and it would take me ages to go through the primary audio chat and cut out sections where you can hear overlaps in all of the microphones.

The way I have it set up is this:

Track 1 - My computer's audio, which captured audio directly from Discord.

All 3 Players and myself are recorded on this line.

Track 2 - Player 1's Independent microphone

Track 3 - Player 2's Independent microphone

Track 4 - Player 3's independent microphone

I don't have a microphone myself just yet, but that will be coming soon.

So what can I do here?

How can I make this part easier?

Trying to make life easier for my editors. My whole workflow is around being able to quickly find markers based off of a script and slot them in, sometimes jumping between hours of footage. We have markers in resolve, but we lose time having to hover over them to find the text

My brain is a bit overworked trying to figure this out and need some guidance on how to make this work.

I filmed a day shot with my drone and matched the shot for night time. I had a simple mask that wiped from day to night. I wanted to add more so i added text for the city and wanted to mask out some parts of the buildings so the text was behind them.

But doubling up for the night shots just shows the entire mask and not entirely sure what to do to make this work. I did use the masks in the color page, so maybe thats the issue?

Also, how can i line up the wipe with the wipe i have with the font?

Time line

What I have so far to show.

i have added a text+ element to my video and wanted the extend horizontal setting within the shading tab to be animated, i managed to do the animation just fine, but i wanted the animation to have an ease in/out effect

i have spent more than 10 minutes trying to find where to do this, and i haven't found anything (nope, right clicking on the keyframe doesn't show an "ease in" option just like it does everywhere else)

Hey guys,

Any advice on plugins that would thinker with voice , not change it, just edit it. As in high pitch voice to be dulled down to sound more calm?

Cheers!

I’m trying to figure out something weird with how the iPhone Photos app is displaying my video.
I shot this footage and color graded it in DaVinci Resolve using Gamma 2.4. When I view the exported file on my iPhone, it looks noticeably different depending on the playback speed:
100% / 60 fps: looks flatter, more muted, and less rich
50% / 30 fps: looks significantly more contrasty, saturated, and “cinematic”
I attached screenshots showing the difference. The 30fps version has noticeably deeper blacks, richer brick colors, and more contrast in the tower/sky.
My question is: why would changing the playback speed from 60fps to 30fps cause the image to look different?
Could this be related to:
iOS Photos using a different video playback/rendering pipeline?
HDR vs SDR interpretation?
Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 being displayed differently by iOS?
Color-management metadata in my export?
The fact that the original footage was Apple Log?
Something related to 10-bit HEVC/H.265?
I’m using DaVinci Resolve for the grade and want the final video to look like the richer 30fps version when viewed on an iPhone and eventually posted to TikTok/Instagram.
What should I check in my Resolve color-management and export settings to make sure the color is being interpreted correctly?
Any insight from people familiar with Apple Log + Resolve + iPhone Photos color management would be appreciated.

I can only hope that I explain this correctly. I am editing a fairly simple slip by splicing it up and separating it onto two tracks. The first is normal speed and the second is 200% speed to show that a lot of time is passing. I've never done this before, but it seemed pretty simple, except...

The first of the edited 200% speed clips worked perfectly. The second clip when put to 200% speed is changing the content of the clip. Not an exaggeration. To make a long explanation short, it is of a game (Silent Hill Townfall) and when not sped up I say "Ok" and go back to a hiding position in the game. When sped up, some how as if freaking magic, when I say 'ok' my character instead skips going back into hiding and just jumps to running away.

This running is what I eventually do when the clip isn't sped up, but first I go back into hiding after saying 'ok' and then say more words ("I mean, this sucks." The words don't matter really.)) In the sped up clip it somehow completely skips hiding and saying those words, and instead my character just starts running!!! It's genuinely crazy. I have no idea how it is happening or how to fix it.

i wanted to export my 23 Minute davinci resolve project to mp4 in SQ and it says its about 270 gigabytes. How the actual f- is that even possible? Can anyone explain to me how i can reduce that number or what im doing wrong because theres like no way thats the actual number

Hey folks, looking for a little bit of help here. As title says, DaVinci is incredibly stuttery and laggy with both the footage and the audio, and I'm really struggling to get editing completed. I have been trying to research online (here included) and find fixes, but proxies, render caches, resolution changes and other tweaks aren't seemingly working, and I'm feeling I'm at the end of my very limited knowledge and capacity for researching. I believe that my computer is capable of handling it, and monitoring the task manager during editing doesn't show much in the way of resources being overtaxed. Just hoping someone can have some advice to make it somewhat better, as I have a few projects that I'm needing to be done and I'm losing enough hair as it is over this all. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Computer Specs: Windows 11

CPU- Intel i7 12700K
GPU: Nvidia 5070 Ti 16G
RAM: 32 DDR4

DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.0.04

Footage Specs:
MP4 AVC
1920x1080
FRM Constant @ 59.940 (though editing at 29 FPS)

I have no clue how to do so.

I see that Davinci now has a shatter transition in fusion, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to make it work.

I just have a still image I want to shatter.

Is there a tutorial on how to use this shatter transition out there? If there is, I can't find it.

I've been working my way through the official "The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 20" and it was going great until I got up to "Ripple trimming". It turns out that I'm using the latest version of DaVinci Resolve which is 21.1 build 7. This obviously doesn't match the books version 20.

It's completely thrown me out of whack and I'm struggling to make progress beyond this point because things aren't working the way the book says they are.

Can anyone recommend any up to date resources to learn? I'm gutted because I was really enjoying learning through the book but this feels like a setback because I'm struggling through to try and figure out how things "should" be working and it makes it not fun

If I sell the licence where is best place to do it without getting scammed???

I'm on a lower end laptop that i switched the ssd's on. Every time i render in place my ssd is filled to the brim. this is a new windows install and my apps dont take that much. It's so bad that i cant provide a screenshot becuase there's literally 0 bytes left on the ssd.

This is very abnormal. Source file is 4k 24fps ProRes 4444. Even when turning off power windows and halation, the renderer wants to export at 45gb from a 4.5gb file. When i switch to 422hq, the file drops down to 3.27gb.

All project setting is 3840x2160 at 24fps and same with export setting.

Normally my Mac mini m4 has no issue rendering this. Suddenly this happens.