Resolve Cache Issue?

[ThatBeardedDroneGuy]

First off, I'm totally new to Resolve, but I've thought I was making pretty good progress.

I had a clip I wanted to clone something out of so I've been using a tutorial from Casey Faris. It's a lot more convoluted than I'd like, but it worked beautifully in another clip. Now I'm working on another project and it's become insane.

I "think" I have a cache issue. This is what I see in the Edit timeline.



Per Google, the blue line is my cached files. However, when I play now, the two highlighted clips are black. The video is gone. I only see the before/after clips.
I've tried rebuilding the cache.

To be honest, I'm thinking my love affair is quickly fading. Resolve 17 crashes on me nonstop.

 

[RUFFSTUFF]

System?

 

[ThatBeardedDroneGuy]

Mac

 

[RUFFSTUFF]

Sorry can't help you with that platform, but the blue line just means that the portion of the video directly under it is cached. Uncached portions will be red. So I doubt you have a cache problem based on that small screenshot.

 

[RUFFSTUFF]

The crashes may be indicative of your system being asked to do something that it needs more horsepower to do.

 

[ThatBeardedDroneGuy]

Hmm. I wonder why those are the only two clips cached out of the whole project.

I should have plenty of horsepower. What's odd is that it closes when the app isn't in use. I was in my browser, for example, flipped back and it was gone. All I'd done is restart it from the last crash. Guess I'll keep poking around.

 

[ThatBeardedDroneGuy]

Black video solved. Operator error. I was trying to clone out some ground debris and failed miserably. When I deleted that work from Fusion, I also deleted MediaIn/Out. That's why it couldn't display. Added those back and all is right with the world.

Now to fix the crashing.

 

[RUFFSTUFF]

Typically cache is only necessary for clips with additional editing features applied.... in your case, cloning, but also things like titles, transitions...

 

[ThatBeardedDroneGuy]

Aha! That makes sense. The pieces are coming together.

Hey, and Resolve is still up!

 

[Cymruflyer]

Get the new version 18, and consider buying the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor. I am very good with Photoshop but no clue with editing video so have been putting off that learning curve. I saw someone mention the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor and looked it up. Amazing piece of kit to help with ease and speed of editing. Take a look at some YouTube videos on how easy it is to edit with this deck.

New they cost $395 but I bought a new one on ebay for $250 and had seen some earlier sales where people paid less than $200. If you don't have one, you might thank me for the suggestion, once you look at what it can do for you.

 

[ThatBeardedDroneGuy]

Yeah, the Speed Editor just crossed my radar. I used to be a PS whiz, but like you, video editing is pretty new to me beyond the basics. And v18 does sound pretty cool. Looking forward to learning more about it.