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Budget (including currency): 800 € Country: Czech Republic Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly gaming (1440p 165hz), Hobby use of Davinci Resolve (Paid version) Other details: Hello, I would like to ask if this is a good idea to upgrade. My GPU is heavily bottlenecked by my i5 11600k. Therefore, I have decided that I want to upgrade my CPU and go for the AM5 platform due to the fact that I like this generation of AMD CPUs and their overall gaming performance. However, before I do that, I wanted to ask if I will harm my productivity in Davinci Resolve by making this upgrade. I reckon the paid version of Davinci is heavily dependent on GPU rather than CPU, where my 4080 should do the job just fine. Also, going from a 6-core to an 8-core CPU should still be better for my productivity. So, if somebody could give me their input, that would be highly appreciated. I just think this upgrade will overall help both gaming and productivity. Current build: CPU 11600K 32 GB ram DDR4 Motherboard: Z590 MSI PRO WIFI GPU: 4080 Ventus Overall 3 TB of storage (gen 3 SSDs) PSU: MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 Planned upgrade: CPU: 7800X3D Ram: 32GB DDR5 6000mhz CL30 Motheboard: MSI B650 TOMAHAWK GPU, PSU and storage will remain same

Budget (including currency): 10,000 PLN which converts to about 2500 USD Country: Poland Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve Studio 18 Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed - NO, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy - In about a month or so, what resolution and refresh rate you want to EDIT at - 4k 30-60 hz, etc): PSU - https://www.morele.net/zasilacz-be-quiet-pure-power-12-m-1000w-bn345-12629038/ CASE - https://www.morele.net/obudowa-phanteks-eclipse-g300a-argb-ph-ec300ga-dbk01-13116561/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhNy8noiShAMVHwqiAx15YwDiEAQYASABEgK4evD_BwE MOBO - https://www.morele.net/plyta-glowna-gigabyte-z790-aorus-elite-ax-12200993/ CPU - https://www.morele.net/procesor-intel-core-i7-14700k-3-4-ghz-33-mb-box-bx8071514700k-13123069/ CPU cooler - https://www.morele.net/chlodzenie-cpu-noctua-nh-d15s-chromax-black-8266424/ RAM Sticks - https://www.morele.net/pamiec-g-skill-flare-x5-ddr5-32-gb-6000mhz-cl30-f5-6000j3038f16gx2-fx5-12888012/ SSD NVME FOR Ongoing project - https://www.morele.net/dysk-ssd-samsung-980-pro-1tb-m-2-2280-pci-e-x4-gen4-nvme-mz-v8p1t0bw-5944303/ SSD Sata x 2 - https://www.morele.net/dysk-ssd-goodram-cx400-gen-2-2tb-2-5-sata-iii-ssdpr-cx400-02t-g2-13112021/ Fans x 5 - https://www.morele.net/wentylator-endorfy-stratus-120-pwm-ey4a007-12777956/ I'm building it for the friend of mine, mainly for Video editing work in DaVinci Resolve studio. I wanna someone to double check if it's allright. If any of you can find CPU, GPU Benchmark for DaVinci Resolve studio specifically, especially featuring relative CPU and GPU i'll also be glad. I only found https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/video-editing-workstations/davinci-resolve/hardware-recommendations/ with RTX 4070 ti featured in the build, but some more data would be nice. Don't feel discouraged by the language, curency or shop links. I'm looking for somone who used DaVinci resolve studio or/and have at least some knowledge of how different component specs affect performance.

Budget (including currency): 2500 euros, excluding peripherals Country: Portugal Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve, Adobe premiere, Photoshop; Baldur's Gate Is this build decent? What would you change? Taking recommendations on 4k monitors too. The rest of the peripherals is sorted out. Thanks! PCPartPicker Part List: https://pt.pcpartpicker.com/list/GkYL28 CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor (€459.90 @ Globaldata) CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€199.90 @ Globaldata) Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€237.90 @ Switch Technology) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory (€179.91 @ PC Componentes) Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€146.50 @ Switch Technology) Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card (€884.90 @ PCDIGA) Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (€85.80 @ PCDIGA) Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€178.81 @ PC Componentes) Total: €2373.62 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 18:19 WEST+0100

Hey Guys, I am building a tight budget 8k60fps editing PC. I even want to push it higher to say 12k60fps footage? But, hope it won't take more than 5-6 hours for rendering 20 minutes of 8k60fps or 12k60fps footage. What do you think time required will be for both 8k60fps and 12k60fps in Adobe Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve??? So, is RTX 3060ti or RTX 3070 good enough with say i5 13500 or 13600k with 2x16GB DDR5 6000hz ram??? Will it crash in 8k60fps or 12k60fps even after using 2k or 4k proxy files for editing? Can you please specifically tell me what will happen?

Just wondering if anyone has a solution to the issue or if my use-case is too niche or too new. So I usually edit with Adobe but after one too many crashes i have made the switch to Davinci Resolve. I work on a M1 Macbook Pro attached to a 5120x1440 monitor. it appears that everytime the monitor goes into sleep mode and I wake it after lunch or a break, Davinci Resolve flat out refuses to stay on the external display as a floating window and if I force it onto the display, all the context menus (Right Click) appear on my Macbook Display. This only goes away if I reboot the software. Which I can do but doing it multiple times a day all week does get repetitive. This is the first time I've encountered this issue and from my experience, no other application window exhibits this behaviour. Any suggestions for fixes? This quality of life issue is causing a little bit of pain.

Budget (including currency): 1800 euro Country: Ireland (any shops in EU will do) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve 18, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Handbreak, FFMPEG, Reaper, Cubase. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): No gaming will be done on this unit, it's strictly a dedicated work PC where 80% of use will be Video Editing the other 20% are social media, business apps (O365, CRMs etc...) and watching YouTube videos. I am looking for input on what to go for in terms of CPU+MBO+COOLING, GPU, SSD, PSU and CASE. No need for input on peripherals/monitor or software. The main app that is used is DaVinci Resolve. All help is welcome!

I need to be able to work on the same project but sometimes I like to work away from home using my laptop. How can I set it up so that I can do that? I've tried one method so far but the guy didn't do a great job of explaining it so I don't know if I did it wrong. My first attempt was downloading the same media files on both computers and exporting the project from the computer I started the project on as a drp file and sending it to my other computer but to no avail. Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Greetings community, I have come up against this issue for a while and I believe I have found a solution, however, I am not 100% sure of that. I have done photography for a while and worked with computer files for a long time. I personally always try to save a project file and/or render out/save the finished file with the intention of just rewriting over that file with the updated file with the same file name; thus just basically updating the file. A couple of months ago, BlackMagic released a version of DaVinci Resolve 16 that suddenly made it so (seemingly) things would not render at random (this is still happening with all versions leading up to and including DaVinci Resolve 17). As soon as I clicked render, the estimated time would continue to rise until it finally got to multiple days worth of estimated rendering time left. Even worse, when you tried to stop the render, the program would completely lock up, to the point of closing it out through task manager. This has happened to me on multiple different installs and computers. I believe the problem is that you can not have ANY file with the same name on your computer or you will have this error. DaVinci Resolve will not replace files for some reason it seems. Please comment though if you think it is something else as it has been very perplexing in recent months.

Budget (including currency): 1,630–2,500 USD Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Affinity Suite, DaVinci Resolve, Blender, maybe gaming (Overwatch, Valorant, Xbox Series X exclusives I can't get on PS5). Other details: The intent is for architecture student work and content creation. I need a monitor included in the budget, I already have a mouse and keyboard. I may want a trackpad as well (Apple Magic Trackpad 2) though I can always get one later. The goal is to supplement my 2016 13" base model MacBook Pro, moving my school and creative productivity to the PC. The competition is the new M1 iMac, thus the matching $1,630 target budget—though I'm willing to go over to reach a comparable level of performance, quality, and compactness. For example, the monitor must be at least 4K to approximate the 4.5K iMac display, and have a similar level of color accuracy. Parts List I came up with: Monitor: LG 4K 27" 27UK650-W $400 Case: Louqe Ghost S1 $295 CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X $280 Cooler: Noctua-L12 Ghost S1 edition $55 GPU: RTX 3060 Ti $400 Motherboard: ROG Strix B550-I mini ITX $210 PSU: NZT C650 $110 RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8gb LPX 16 DDR4–3600 $93 M.2 storage: Western Digital Black SN750 500gb $70 Case Fan: Noctua A12x15 FLX $26 Total: $1,939 Some Questions I Have: What is the difference between Noctua's FLX and PWM fans? Will I even need a case fan? What is the difference between motherboards? For example, what does the "B550" refer to? It is my understanding that built–in wifi on a motherboard just means it has wifi capability and a separate antenna that has to be placed on the desk somewhere. Are there cleaner solutions, antennas that plug into the back, or stay inside the case? I know Ethernet is an option, I would have to run the cables myself through the attic. I'd of course appreciate possible solutions for the GPU problem. Are there some cheap cards I could use temporarily, or would it make sense to wait for a Ryzen 5 3600G? Any other case recommendations? Any other monitor recommendations? What options are there for getting the build down to $1600-1700? Or even lower?

Budget (including currency): $1145.91 (after conversion) Country: Malaysia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Davinci Resolve, After effects, Photoshop, Assassin's creed, Counter strike and maybe animation in the future Other details: Motherboard MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI AMD Socket AM4 B550 CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 GPU COLORFUL GTX 1660 SUPER 6GDDR6 VGA Ram CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3200MHZ x 2 Case Tecware Alpha M TG WHITE m-ATX Tempered Glass Casing HDD Western Digital WD Caviar Blue 3.5" Internal HDD 1TB SSD Kingston NVMe A2000 PCIe Gen 500GB Power supply CORSAIR 550W CV550 80+ BRONZE POWER SUPPLY CPU Cooler Stock Cooler This will be my first ever pc build so any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I'm currently using a hp laptop (not a gaming one) with 16gb of ram and a graphics card. It gets slow when I video edit while using other applications in the background. The main use of this pc will be for video editing. Currently working with 1080p footage and laptop is struggling to run Fusion on Davinci Resolve smoothly. I have a 75hz monitor. My hopes for this pc is to be able to run Fusion on Davinci Resolve smoothly and be able to handle multitasking such as having After Effects and Resolve open at the same time while utilizing them simultaneously. Hopefully my fps on games will increase too. Some questions i have 1. I'm aware that the studio version of Davinci Resolve is GPU intensive but the free version is using the CPU more. I'm a little tight on my budget so should I get a GTX1660 instead? Or would GTX1660s be the minimum I should get? 2. Are there any major differences between a motherboard with wifi and just getting a WIFI dongle separately? 3. Lastly, do the specs match the price in your opinion, or would going with a prebuilt be a better choice for me? Any help/opinions/suggestion would be greatly appreciated

Hey guys! I’m so sorry for asking you guys help again, but after a while, my Davinci resolve 17 just ran into so much issues. I ended up deleting and reinstalling it but after that the plugins became corrupted. I uninstalled all of them and deleted and reinstalled Davinci again. Now it shows up my old files that I don’t want. Is there a way to do a complete fresh installation for Davinci and how to fix my Red Giant Plugins? Thank you

Oh god I don’t know if this is the right place for this but I really value the info that I get from the Linus Media Group team on YouTube. I work in engineering in a TV/Film post production facility where we rely heavily on Davinci Resolve. We operate over 30 resolve systems across windows, centOS7, and macOS. Our primary workstations are windows. They cooperate better than any other OS with our network storage (NVMe, Isilon) so we put the most effort into windows. That said, we don’t have prores rendering capabilities in windows but many clients require prores deliverables. Our macs are crap and are on their way out, they can’t run the kind of jobs that are coming out of our color suites. so we are relying on remote rendering with Linux and prores resolve licenses. The problem we have is sending jobs from multiple places to headless remote resolve systems, is kind of a basic workflow. We need to have some sort of job queue management or central monitoring window. blackmagic design’s dev team says it’s all possible with the API tools built into resolve 17. It looks promising for sure. But we don’t have anyone who’s confident with python. I can only run basic one liners. There is nothing online or in technical documentation that outlines the practical use of these modules included with resolve, the only thing I could find was a few YouTube videos talking about useless console commands. short of hiring someone experienced in python, is there somewhere to go to learn from the ground up? Or better yet, is there anyone out there reading this that has experience with the Resolve API scripting modules that is willing to have their brain picked a bit? my python experience is basically mindstorms lego 101. That’s it. ive reached out on Reddit and BMD forums but there isn’t anything on the internet about this specific request. Remote render monitoring, or job queue management. I know this is a long shot. Also a long post lol

Just as the title says. These things are like $20 on eBay, and it'd be nice to have the extra horses for rendering. I know that Resolve can take advantage of two GPUs from the same company (AMD/Nvidia), but just want to make sure that Resolve can take advantage of a Tesla, since they're not exactly mainstream.

Budget: Around $2000 USD Country: The United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve 16, Blender, Unreal Engine 4, maybe some light gaming (not priority) Other details: I'm thinking about embarking on my first PC build and I have very limited knowledge about compatibility and really what's best for what I need. I did some research and I stumbled onto Linus' budget 4K editing pc build and based my build around it. However, that video is over a year old so I'd like to use more updated hardware and maybe even have the capability to edit higher quality than 4K, maybe 5 or 6K, without sacrificing too much of a smooth editing experience, if possible. I also would like to be able to use blender and unreal engine as well but my main priority is editing. My current set up is a Microsoft Surface Studio 2 with an Intel Core i7, 32 GB of memory, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, and a 2 TB SSD from Toshiba. I also have a Late 2015 iMac with an Intel Core i5, 8 GB of memory, an AMD Radeon R9 M395, and a 2 TB Fusion Drive. I mainly use the Surface as my daily driver and workhorse. I'll occasionally use the iMac if I need a second computer screen for something. I recently got my Surface back in May (2020) as a birthday gift and I was excited to finally have a PC that had decent performance. It is the best computer I've ever owned and I am still very happy with it. It runs most of the games I play at max settings and can even run older AAA titles (Fallout 4 and GTA V) at medium settings. It can even run some VR games decently well. Where my issues lie is with its performance in DaVinci Resolve. I've been working on a project for school that involves editing music videos shot using 4K footage and I find my computers performance to drop substantially the longer I edit to the point where it almost isn't usable (laggy playback, software crashes, etc.). I believe I narrowed the issues down to my computers GPU. If I understand correctly, DaVinci Resolve is a GPU based editing software and I don't think my hardware is powerful enough for the workloads. I looked into the possibility of boosting performance with an eGPU but after some research I found out that the Surface Studio 2 doesn't have Thunderbolt so it's impossible to connect a eGPU. I haven't tried editing using my iMac yet but I don't think that it will perform any better because it's a much older computer with worse hardware. I think the best solution is to upgrade to a better computer but I could totally be wrong and maybe all of my issues could be fixed with tweaking the settings, I would greatly appreciate some input on that as well. Here is the my attempt to find some parts that I think would work. Please let me know if there are any obvious issues or any parts should use instead of these. Also, I'm using the 3070's retail price of $499 in my cost estimates because I'm going to wait until they are back to regular prices before buying (screw scalpers). PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $209.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler EVGA CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $114.10 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.00 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $133.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $139.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 860 Evo 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $199.99 @ Adorama Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $48.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $139.88 @ Other World Computing Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1300.92 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-02 20:42 EST-0500 I've also added a screenshot of the compatibility notes that PCPartPicker gave me. Seems like I might need and different CPU cooler and case, not sure though. Sorry for the long post, I was just trying to be through. Let me know if you need any clarifications or anything like that and thank you so much for your help!

Hello all, my current video post-production workstation has AMD 3900x, MSI MEG MB, 64GB ram, RTX3090 + RTX2080Ti (Windows 11 latest) and I am wondering if it is possible to use multiple gpu demanding software effectively. To be more specific ... I use Davinci Resolve for video editing, Photoshop for graphics, Blender for 3d animation and rendering, After Effects (for you know, effects), Media Encoder and I hate that i have to turn on and off all these programs to be able to fully use any of them. I mean .. when I use Davinci Resolve, it takes full usage of GPU (for cache previews, prerenders) and I am no longer able to jump into Blender and fully use the Optix and Denoise tools for previews and rendering, because Davinci doesnt let the GPU go. My basic sollution for this is just to quit Davinci Resolve and start it up again when I am done with other stuff. But these programs are pain to launch. Davinci takes maybe a minute to launch and when you do this 20-30times a day then it can be bad for efficiency reasons. Same story with Photoshop and After Effects. So my question is: Is it possible for Windows to maybe prioritize GPU for certain programs? Or is there any workaround? (Like there is an option for priorities in task manager - anything like this for gpus?) Thanks for any answers! JS

Is there a way to convert a Microsoft JPEG-XR file (JXR) into an OpenEXR file or any other HDR-capable container? I'm trying to import the JXR into Premiere, but it's not supposed by Photoshop, Premiere, nor others. It only seems to work fine in the Windows Photo viewer and HDR + WCG Image Viewer. I'd love to be able to convert these images into another HDR format that is more universal as JXR appears to only be supported on Windows.

Hello all, recently I’ve been able to completely switch from Windows to Linux full time. The only main hurdle I’ve had is getting my AMD GPU to work with Davinci Resolve (which I need for school and work) which fortunately has been resolved (heh heh… see what i did…) by using EndeavourOS (or any Arch distro) and using an OpenCL package from some absolute Chad in the AUR. It works great and I’m superbly happy with it, however, I still have some caveats regarding Arch Linux. I’m still a huge sucker for Point-Release distros, especially Linux Mint (the 21 beta rocks btw) but I have no idea how in the world I’d be able to install the necessary OpenCL packages on a non Arch system. (Obviously for Mint it’d be an Ubuntu based system) Unfortunately, team Red has yet to release another AMDGPU-PRO package for Ubuntu 22.04 so I can’t just install the supported OpenCL stuff from that; essentially… my question is: is there any way to get OpenCL for Resolve installed on Ubuntu based systems or should I just stick with Arch?

Hello all, as the title suggests, I’m curious about the current state of AMD gpus on Linux regarding Davinci Resolve. Unfortunately, I’m still rocking an RX 6600; I love the card, but have heard that Nvidia GPUs are the way to go when it comes to resolve on Linux. Is there any way possible to get GPU acceleration working with an AMD GPU without using the subpar AMD-GPU-PRO drivers? Do I need to use ROCm or OpenCL? What Distros have worked the best with this kind of configuration? All in all, I’m just curious how to (if at all possible) make this work; I need Resolve for work and podcasting; I’ve already mastered gimp, Krita, and Inkscape, I just need a good video editor on Linux tbh. (I’ve also already tried using the AUR method of installing certain pro driver components to no avail on Manjaro and Endeavour) Thanks! Sincerely, - Someone trying to ditch Windows 11

Budget (including currency): 2800 euro/2330 pounds Country: I'm in Bulgaria, but I have close friends traveling to and from the UK every couple of weeks with a lot of room in their hand luggage, so they can bring me parts at no extra cost. But honestly, apart from the GPU, CPU, and RAM, everything else is available at identical prices here (the local market hasn't caught up with price drops yet) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: This is going to be a video editing PC mostly used with Davinci Resolve to work on 4K footage. No 3D or heavy VFX planned, I'm primarily a post-production and coloring specialist. Other details: - Storage is taken care of already, so I'm just adding one M.2 here for projects. - I'm using a dedicated reference monitor, so I need a spare PCI-E slot and room to plug in my DeckLink 4k (https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink/techspecs/W-DLK-32). - I can't seem to pick a case that fits everything, so I'd appreciate help with that. I do some sound recording in the room where the PC is going to be, so quieter case and cooling would be better, but I read that the new intels are quite toasty, so I wouldn't want to compromise with that. A USB-C plug in the front would be a bonus. Don't care about RGB, but don't hate it either. - Speaking of sound, I'm using an external USB sound card, so I don't care about MoBo codecs and outputs. Same for WiFi - I have a 1gbps connection over cable. I use quite a few USB slots and have a lot of USB-C external drives that I offload daily. The MoBo I have picked seems to offer all I need, but I lack knowledge to tell if it's actually good. - The only reason I went for the KFA version of the 3080TI is that it's the cheapest I found (£50 over MSRP) and I don't care about it having one less HDMI port. But I'd be cool with any other delivery at the same price point. - I initially planned the build around a 5900x, but then decided to spend some more and go intel for the DDR5 and the additional h.265 4:2:2 options. I would have to also go to windows 11 to get the maximum performance out of it, which always brings the potential for software/driver issues. Do you guys think it's worth it? Thanks in advance! PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s9mHBj CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor ($354.98 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($124.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD ATX LGA1700 Motherboard ($258.83 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory ($329.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($163.77 @ Amazon) Video Card: KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB SG (1-Click OC) Video Card Power Supply: Fractal Design Ion+ 860 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

I recently upgraded a Lenovo Ideapad 310-15IKB (80TV) to Linux Mint 20. I wanted to use DaVinci Resolve on it, but it flagged issues with the drivers, despite having the i915 drivers pre-installed by my distribution. I don't know what to do next, since it won't open despite me having the correct drivers. Is there anything I can do? I've already updated everything. Hardware information: https://termbin.com/uyqu

If someone has a Ryzen 5 3400G 32GB Ram And a vega 64 Is that PC gonna bottleneck and if so then is it gonna crash while rendering a video?

Hey I was wondering if I could use a Raspberry Pi 4 as a renderer for Davinci Resolve. Rendering takes a while on my laptop (3550h, gtx 1650) and I want to be able to use my PC while its rendering, but want to be able to use my full computing power while it is rendering. Is there a way to render my videos on the Pi? I could work with it set up as just a rendering server or just straight up installing resolve on it.

I'm looking to switch from an old gaming laptop to a more editing appropriate desktop, but my budget is rather tight, so I want to understand what I should and shouldn't sacrifice. My needs: I want my workflow to be a smooth as possible - to be able to go from one thing to another, and to preview my video without it getting stuck. That said - I really don't mind slow rendering, and I'm also willing to convert my files before or after the process, in other tools, if that makes it easier to work smoothly. My source files are 4K 30FPs, shot on my smartphone. The final video will be 1080p, though. My videos are generally under 30 minutes long. I use a bit of rather basic Fairlight effect - titles, transitions, VERY basic animations. But really - very few of them. I do some basic color correction (not really to create a look, just for uniformity - if lighting changes between shots - to match them as much as possible). I prefer using used parts to new ones (more pocket and environment friendly, but also - from my experience with non-editing computers, an older i7 often beats newer i5s, and they live longer). Ryzen CPUs are not as easy to find used here (but possible) My questions: 1. CPU - I know that both the number of cores and their individual speeds matter, but are there any other considerations I should look at when comparing CPUs? Let's say - if two CPUs have the same number of cores and the same speed, but are of different generations - are they equivalent? What about a case where a newer generation CPU has less per-core speed? should I opt for newer or for faster? What about Ryzen vs. Intel Core vs. Xeon? I know that I can find detailed comparisons between any two processors, but I'm looking for a rule of thumb that will allow me to reach quick verdicts (even if it's not completely accurate). 2. RAM - I know that generally it is said that for 4K editing, 32GB is the recommended minimum. Is that still the case if the output isn't 4K? How does using optimized media (even as low as 1/8 res) affect that? 3. RAM - are more cards better than fewer? (e.g. 2X16GB or 4X8GB?) and how do RAM speeds play into that? 4. GPU - I know that GeForce cards are recommended and that so is more vRAM, but how do I prioritize things here? Say - RX card with 8GB vs. GTX with 4GB? What's the deal with CUDA cores? For now let's assume I'm OK with storage. Any other consideration I should be aware of? Thanks!

I'm not switching... I'm keeping both. Premiere Pro for me and DaVinci for my brother. Just one question... what's the difference? Along with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K, inside the box includes a free product activation key for DaVinci. I've been a Premiere Pro user for years and I'm curious to know what differences it makes for the editing experience overall. I know that DaVinci is a little heavy on performance so my specifications are updated on my profile in case you need it. - The user interface at first glance seems very friendly compared to Premiere. - Color grading is a breeze on DaVinci. - Uses a little more GPU, RAM, etc. - You only have to pay one-time only... I think. So is DaVinci worth it? Anything else to add to these points would be bliss. Thanks guys!

Hi all, After viewing Taran's 2 massive video editing Premiere tutorials and his use of macros, I wanted to ask if anyone has ever automated their workflow in either Premiere Pro and Davinci Resolve (the 2 platforms I plan on using). I know there is some automation with some smaller and open source video applications, but is there any chance of automation with these two major commercial editing programs? Best, Eric