Thank you very very much Dean. I am going to attempt that right now.

Appreciate that.

David

I’m frustrated trying to keep my media folders in alphabetical order, if at all in DaVinci.

When editing deadlines I am a ‘rabid raccoon’ and go crazy when I cannot find a file because it

is not inorder. I like A B C D… Open for suggestions.

Thank you.

I always 1st export a ProRez file, then work from there.

Thank you very much Michael. Looks like I do have a SDI output on the Sony DVCAM player. I will certainly attempt that capture. Appreciate it. I’ll let you know of my success or whatever.

I have many DVCAM tapes and the Sony DVCAM player. The player was hooked up to my old MAC and Final Cut Pro 7. No problem with importing into FC7. The MAC crashed forever. My question: I’d like to capture into DaVinci 18. Under preferences in DaVinci, under Video I/O, capture device is dark and states NONE. Is it possible to capture into DaVinci…

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Yes I have. Seems that on the M-1 MAX Apple, I Catalyst crashes. But on my iMAC the older Catalyst does not crash. Now I have to constantly switch computers back and forth if I want to quickkly color grade and then use the DaVinci on the MAX.

Thank you Ricardo, yes terrible, terrible Sony service. I wrote to them at least 6 times. It seems I am going a little longer with Browser before that crashes. I have been handling both Browser and Catalyst kid gloves but they still crash, especially Catalyst.

Hello Riccardo, you mentioned Sony Catalyst. I shoot with the FX6. Sony gives you the Browser for the footage. And / or buy Sony Catalyst. Both continue to crash on my Apple M-1 MAX. Sony Support does not answer ???s and pushes you off. But they get their money. I have sent them 12 emails. Am I missing something with preferences or has Sony not…

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I shoot with Sony’s FX-6. Sony is so kind to give us the Catalyst Duo inorder to watch our media. The Browser is free but Prepare cost $$$. I also got Prepare but it constantly crashes. Matter of fact they both crash on my Apple M1 Max / version 12.4 Monterey.

Anyone have such a problem with Sony’s Catalyst. Forget about getting an answer from…

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This past summer I purchased the Mac Studio Apple M1 Max. I was in “the edit frenzy zone” working on a pilot film and the old system was overheating. Things have calmed down but now I am looking at storage. I have been a G-tech guy for years with daisy chains, Seagate external drive, WD Books which I would never buy again (sorry I was…

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I started shooting June 1st, 2021, along the waterfront in south Jersey on the bay at a bait and tackle, boat rental dock business. The owner approached me a couple of years ago and told me he has whacky characters, all kinds of craziness going on and you basically never know what is going to happen next . I am now a believer in the…

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Thank you Tristan for the advice. Very helpful. I edit in Resolve and am simply concerned

with how my MAC acts editing with my FX-6 footage and 4K.

Sincerely,

David

Very true. I quickly calculated to the top and you can spend easily 10 to 15K. I’ll take your advice. Thanks.

Wow looked at the event and the film of the new MAC studio. It’s bananas! I shall look no further thanks again

Thank you Robert for the update I’ll be checking it out.

Thank you Paul. It is time consuming with hours of folders to relink. The disconnect may happen once or twice during the week but not as severe as you. I’ll take your advice and start up again. Thanks

Thank you Michael. I have not set the power management. I will try that.

Am I missing something here in preferences or whatever. I may have a good week editing and then all of a sudden my files disappear. I spend an hour or more to relink all the footage. My iMac has external drives hooked up. They are always on when I start editing yet files disappear! All the file folders are numbered and dated on the external hardd…

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Ah Hah! That is the issue. Thank you Gary for informing me of the situation. I will wait.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

David

I love my Davinci Resolve. I was hung up on Final Cut Pro since it blasted onto the scene in April 1998 (around then???). Glad I made the leap 3 years ago. I have always been an artist creator butn lack the techny computer wisdom. Although I have been forced to. I shoot with the Sony FX-6 and use DaVinci 17. 4

I currently edit on an iMAC 2017. I…

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Thank you Pete I’ll try that on this lovely day of rain and great editing

Thank you Pete. I have the purchased Davinci. But I will check that out thru Black Magic about the 10 bit. In regards to your prior message. I cannot find the where I have control over the timeline res. Appreciate your help.

I am ready to start editing 4 months of raw footage that I shot on the Sony FX-6 (Advanced XAVC Codec). I am still not happy with DaVinci Resolve 17.4 It is not handling my HD footage properly. Need HELP. It still is stuttering, I lose audio, it pauses… never had this issue with FC7 after 20 years. I edit on an iMAC 5k, 27″ 2017, processor 4.2… Read more

I have often wondered the same. But in my case it does not render correctly when I use Fusion effects. I am considering adding Sapphire as a plug-in. You’ll get your answer soon. Thanks

Thank you Michael. I knew it was something like that but you explained it simply. I have been shooting in 1080. Guess I have to prepare when a client wants 4K. I’m glad I do not have to transcode.

Sincerely David

Thank you Jeremy. Duh?!@#$ You are right. Why should I convert. Initially using the FX6 footage it seemed to be stuttering so I figure Davinci could not handle the FX6’s codec.

I kept playing around with it. Now I just tried the raw Fx6 footage again and it seems to be working fine. I greatly appreciate it that you just slapped me across the…

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I shoot with Sony’s new FX-6. Sony provides the Catalyst Browser in order to change the

wrapper. I spit out ProRez and ingest it into Davinci 17.3

The problem I am having is in the edit page, sometimes the video does not move, shakes,

stutters, etc. in the viewer, I cannot even place in and out sometimes. I insert into the timeline anyway and it…

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