[Timo Teravainen]

Is prores render on Windows also coming back at some point? On V9?

[Timo Teravainen]

Hi,

I’m running Ultrastudio SDI USB 3-card on a PC with Asus P8P67 motherboard, it works just fine with Resolve. For most scenarios, it’s just as good as Decklink 3D Extreme card that I have on my other PC. Just be sure it’s compatible with your PC.

As for other cards, I remember having read that Intensity Pro doesn’t work so well on a PC with Resolve..

[Timo Teravainen]

[Clark Bierbaum] “I can get to crash if you play forward / play reverse without hitting stop first (on the wave.) Is this a known bug or just me – all versions have done this and I just try to hit stop between play directions.”

Yes, that’s how I also get it to crash. Less so if my working bit depth is 8 bit (not 10)

[Timo Teravainen]

[Chris Hall] ” yeah 8.2 beta 2 only read prores files as 8 bit on windows. caused me some serious consternation. thank goodness its fixed”

Ok, that’s good news!

[Timo Teravainen]

Actually, on Resolve lite (PC) when I import Prores HQ-files from Final Cut, their resolution is 1920×1080 8b, on Resolve viewer. Should be 10 bit..?

[Timo Teravainen]

[Robert Houllahan] “Are you sure the PC version of Resolve writes Pro-Res? As far as the specs on the BMD website go it is Mac OS only.”

Haven’t tested it myself yet but that’s what I’ve heard:

https://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?71746-DAvinci-Resolve-beta-3-download

If it does, it’s pretty awesome.

[Timo Teravainen]

Another reason not to stay on Mac hardware: the most recent PC version of Resolve writes prores.

[Timo Teravainen]

[Michael Jordan] “I can confirm it does. And it is glorious. ;)”

Halleluyah!

Is the prores rendering working on the Lite version also?

[Timo Teravainen]

People say it does..!? Haven’t been able to test it yet, but if that’s true, it’s huge!

https://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2189/prores-encoding-with-davinci-resolve-8.2-beta-3-on-windows.

[Timo Teravainen]

Are you monitoring through a Decklink card to a calibrated monitor? If not, then what you see is not what you get. 

I have found that Resolve beta on Windows renders differently than Mac version, when it comes to selecting “full range” or “scaled” on render. On Windows, it seems impossible to get out a full-range render, even if you choose that option. It’s scaled. And the “scaled” option is useless, the blacks are way up and whites are down. On a Mac it works as it should.

You could also check the preferences- are you monitoring full-range or scaled data? I prefer to monitor “scaled” because output is for broadcast. Not sure about web stuff..