I am having difficulty importing video clips into Da Vinci 15

[George Dean]

Hi Terence,

Can you post the DNxHD specs (use the free app Mediainfo in text mode) here so we can take a look. Also if you have a short section you can upload, so we can download it and tinker with it, that may work well. I have no issue with Avid source in Resolve, so rather than guess, if you can provide a sample or at least the spec of you files that be be faster to a solution. Thank You.

Best Regards……George

[Marc Wielage]

[Terence Christopher] “After help from many users I realized that DNxHD was immensely better and started switching to that format. However that also has been impossible for me. The new clips that I have look like this Clip 001_DNxHD-HD1080[Anamorphic], however I cannot get them into Davinci.”
How are you bringing the clips in? Are you using the Import Media command or dragging them from the desktop?

It would also help if we knew about your system: what hardware (CPU, RAM, GPU, disk i/o)? What OS? What specific version of Resolve? What timeline resolution? What resolution and aspect ratio does the format have?

Is this Resolve Studio or the free version? It may be that there are issues with using this format on the latter, particularly if it’s 4K or above. I have done many sessions with DNxHD and OP1a from Avid in Resolve and it works great.

[Terence Christopher]

Here is the text mode report. I would happily sent you a clip if you could tell me where to send it.
The whole problem might be my fault as this is a new programme for me.
I really appreciate your help
Terence

General
Complete name : D:\Sony Video Archive\M2t clips clips\2006\Aug Air Show 2006\Clip 003_DNxHD-HD1080[Anamorphic].mxf
Format : MXF
Commercial name : DNxHD 220
Format version : 1.3
Format profile : OP-1a
Format settings : Closed / Complete
File size : 544 MiB
Duration : 20 s 521 ms
Overall bit rate : 223 Mb/s
Encoded date : 0-00-00 00:00:00.000
Writing application : FFmpeg OP1a Muxer 58.19.100.0.0

Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-3
Commercial name : DNxHD 220
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : HD@HQ
Format settings, wrapping mode : Frame
Codec ID : 0D01030102110100-0401020271040000
Duration : 20 s 521 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 220 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 3.540
Stream size : 538 MiB (99%)

Audio
ID : 3
Format : PCM
Format settings : Little
Format settings, wrapping mode : Frame (AES)
Codec ID : 0D01030102060300
Duration : 20 s 521 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 29.970 FPS (1601.6 SPF)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 5.64 MiB (1%)
Locked : Yes

Other #1
ID : 1-Material
Type : Time code
Format : MXF TC
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code settings : Material Package
Time code, striped : Yes

Other #2
ID : 1-Source
Type : Time code
Format : MXF TC
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code settings : Source Package
Time code, striped : Yes

Other #3
Type : Time code
Format : SMPTE TC
Muxing mode : SDTI
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00

[Ole Kristiansen]

Hi

If you look at the picture I postet – how to use ER Media Toolkit – you forgot to change to .mov !

Best,
Ole

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Terence Christopher] “however I cannot get them into Davinci”

How are you not getting them in Resolve? Do they not show up in the media page? If you actually have brackets in the filename you could try removing those. Do not use any special characters when naming files.

[Terence Christopher]

Hi Ole. I am afraid the image on my computer was not big enough to see you clicking on the Mov button and as the other choice was mxf that seemed to be the right one so I just went with that. I also didn’t realise the significance of the choice and actually still do not! I thought the mov format was an old low res one unrelated to HD or UHD. When is it used nowadays? I will go back and try some movies with that option. I’ll report back. What had I done wrong with the format that I chose? I will go ahead and report back to the other people who are also trying to help me.
Thanks for all the very kind help
Terence

[Tero Ahlfors]

It really doesn’t matter if it’s an .mov or an .mxf file as Resolve supports both.

[Ole Kristiansen]

Yes, but there is a problem with ER Media Toolkit and .mxf – I made the test with Davinci Resolve 15 Studio – it was okay with .mov !

[Ole Kristiansen]

“I also didn’t realise the significance of the choice and actually still do not!”

I think there is a bug in the code that ER Media Toolkit uses to convert to .mxf extension – so davinci Resolve cannot read the files!

“I thought the mov format was an old low res one unrelated to HD or UHD.”

mxf and mov is a media container and have nothing to do with low res and so on !

“When is it used nowadays?”

Everywhere ! Try asking those using MAC computer !

[George Dean]

Terence@ I would happily sent you a clip if you could tell me where to send it.

When you reply there is a disc looking icon above the reply text window, that will allow you to upload a file here.

Unless the ER Media Tool Kit conversion file with the mp4 wrapper is working for you now.

Best Regards……George