those are some nice features! Looks like I’m gonna upgraded to the studio version. Between the subtitles, transcription stuff, and these export settings, it’s worth it.
I started exporting my 1080p videos to 4k and the quality is way better. The bitrate, everyone says to crank it but automatic does seem to work well. I’ll have to test it some more
THIS WAS AWESOME. I Watched a million videos and not one person gave the these export setting in such a way that made you feel like you understood the what and why for most of the features.
Network Optimization is basically faststart option in ffmpeg, it'll move "moov atom" to the beginning of the file. So having moov atom at the beginning of the file have a benefit with no impact of file size and quality. For example, when you upload it to RUclips, your video will get process instantly *while you're still uploading* This is because moov atom contains information about your video such as resolution, frame rate, and other information that require mp4 or mov container to function. (There are a lot of details about how mp4 container works. I'm not going to write it all in here.) This is the same reason why OBS said when you choose mp4 for recording format that the file will corrupt if there's BSOD or power outage. Because moov atom usually write at the end of the file in the finalizing process when you press stop recording. When there's BSOD the moov atom didn't finalize and result in the corrupted file.
sorry do we chose Main 10 or Main 4:2:2 10 for encoding profile ? thanks in advance , I don't know if I got what you said there because you say use main 10 but on your screen you selected Main 4:2:2 10
Great video, but I still have a doubt, with these settings h.265 Best in bitrate and Main or Main 10 (depending if screen recording or video), which settings on PC for rat control: variable bitrate, constant bitrate, CBR high quality or VBR high quality. Thanks.
First off great video very informative! Just wondering for my case I am doing gaming content / live streams and I was wondering if when I edit it, should I do 4k 30 fps or 2k 59.9 fps or 60 fps? Mostly high motion action style games through obs
I currently only have 1 SSD and 1 HDD, what would be the best workflow for recording clips, cache, and exports? If I buy another SSD should I use the HDD and what for? Is it better to use the HDD for exports or recording clips? Right now I just have everything on an SSD. Thanks
Unfortunately i dont have the AV1 on my Mac but i am able to export Quicktime h265 with Main 4:2:2 10 - going to try that - Thank you for all the work you put into this :)
I'm using your settings, really helpful. But one thing I can't change is bitrait. I'm still using 80000kb/s for my 24fps video from BM 6k Braw, I just afraid that automatic can change it somehow
Thx for this!! However, the "Network Optimization" feature doesn't work for me for some reason. When rendering, it will get to 99% then stall and never finish. This only happens when "Network Optimization" is selected, so I just don't use that feature. Everything else works great!!!!
This was a great video. When you say Automatic for best results etc... Is this the same for HDR content too?? As I normally set my Encoding Profile to Main 4:4:4 10 or Main 4:2:2 10, I can't remember off the top which one. Cheers! Also, when you are not using the inspector, you normally have 2 preview windows, which one is the best for getting an idea of what it will look like after render? or is the Render/Deliver page the best place to get a real preview of what it will look like. Thanks.
All of my videos are .mov h.265 with pcm audio and I noticed none of them had audio when uploading to patreon, so I actually had to render them again using .mp4 with aac audio due to compatibility. The same applies for Plex, not all devices can stream PCM so to avoid constant transcoding, it's worth noting that even though .mov with pcm is far better, .mp4 with aac is basically guaranteed to work on every single platform and every single device that exists.
When I upload to Facebook specifically, I get a huge loss in quality. I am currently exporting pro res 422 since I am in Mac. Should I export H265 for Facebook?
Looking forward to using these suggestions on my next video! Definitely interested in the audio normalization. I typically would upload a test render and compare the content loudness dB to more popular creators so I know my loudness is on par with those.
if you find it easier, in resolve, you can export everything on your timeline, in the fairlight page, as one audio file, once that file is rendered then you can right-click, analyze audio, to get the respective LUFS and Truepeak you are looking for, which youtube is -14 LUFS and -1 dbTP
Excellent video! Would you consider doing an updated video on color spaces and ranges in OBS for recording gaming videos? You have a video on this from a few years ago, but I feel like an update on this topic would be very useful. In particular, ideal settings for recording (maybe streaming?) both legacy SDR games and modern HDR game would be very helpful. Thanks!
Very usefull video. Thanks. What about Format MKV/ Codec AV1/Type Intel - there few options for Rate Control. Which one is the best and what best settings forit if we doing 4k export? We can choose between: - Constant QP/ - Constant Bitrate/ - Variable Bitrate/ -Intelligent Constant-Quality ? I suggest it must Constant QP but there 3 values QP I - 87 QP P - 112 QP B - 134 Do we need to change them if Constant QP is best option for AV1 export with intel ARC graphics cards?
Hey Epos, great video as always! Been a long time viewer (just subscribed on this account, as I didn't even realize I wasn't already), and I wanted to touch base with you regarding some information you have in this video and an older video of yours. To preface, I currently stream on twitch and don't do much editing, but use DVR to cut up my streams into slightly smaller videos to upload as VODs to YT. In your previous OBS 29.1 BETA video, you stated with the new lossless audio encoders, you would be recording using Fragmented MOV (once it works), Nvidia NVENC HEVC, and 32 bit PCM. I have been using these settings to record/ stream at the same time and the quality has been superb and great for editing in DVR, but due to me streaming 5+ hours twice a week, it generates MASSIVE file sizes (some being 100+ GB), and storage has been rough. To get to the point of my comment, you mention in this video that you should render your videos in 1440p or 4k due to how YT encodes/renders 1080p footage. Are the settings you listed in your OBS video the best settings necessary to ensure that the final upscaled render quality has the least amount of issues (artifacting, noise, etc.)? Or are those settings extreme overkill for doing something like recording at the same time as streaming? To add to this, I currently stream at 936p (as I've seen many videos stating it is less resource heavy for single PC set ups and is more optimal for fast paced content) and record at 1080p with your above preset. I understand that I could easily set my OBS recording video encoder to the stream encoder in order to save resources as I am on a single PC set up, but I am unsure how to physically test the pros/cons of each encoder, and what that would mean for my overall work flow. Without having to make you pool over my pc specs, how would you go about optimizing the video quality to system intensity ratio from recording/streaming in OBS to upscaling in DVR? Is having separate streaming/recording settings completely suboptimal for my use case? Sorry for the long essay, I am sure you are very busy and hope this long comment doesn't come across as too much, but thank you again for the video and any insight you may have! (P.S., I would love to know if you have any recommendations for programs/systems that can help compress these massive file sizes, as my external hard drive can only handle so much lol)
I've been using Davinci for a while now but only have been doing basic stuff such as clipping video recordings, but I've always had issues on exporting. Your video helps A LOT not only on getting to the point fast but also explains on what each setting does and which system is best for it. Amazing summary.
Could you make a video that slightly enhances the quality of the video? For instance, Microsoft Edge has a feature that you can find when you hover over a video that you're watching called 'enhance' that slightly makes the video better, where the colors/sharpness/clarity/etc. all gets slightly improved.
Free version here. The AV1 hw encoder has always showed up using an ARC GPU. The software AV1 encoder does not show up on either of my computers (both with different GPUs).
When I right click the media in the media pool there is a long drop down list and nothing say anything about timeline settings. I am using davinci resolve 19 on windows 10. I set my SHIFT P Project settings, but couldn't find timeline settings. Is this the same? Esstenially all my videos/photos used were 4k and i am trying to scale it down to upload to instagram. Would 60frps shots be a issue for instagram uploads? why should I shoot in 30 or less? Is there a setting option I should to edit for the lower frame rates. I cant seem to change it at the end on the delivery tab or the gear icon at the bottom right. Time Frame Rate can not be edited , but playback frame rate can be edited. P.S. I tried to export a 4k video with the new settings and when I uploaded on a desktop the video worked perfectly fine, but when teh same file was use via smartphone it got all pixalated again. I made sure my mobile data was off and was only using wifi...any reason for this?
Thank you very much for making a useful video about export. I recently upgraded to DR19 Studio and I see under Audio Normalization a checkbox "Output Track1" that was not in 18.6.x. Should I check that box for RUclips (or other platforms)?
8:55 this is far from exclusive to screen capture content, virtually ALL video uploaded to youtube in 10-bit SDR will have degraded quality compared to 8-bit uploads, so it's not a good idea to recommend it under any circumstances. I doubt anyone is exporting at 5 Mbps where the compression efficiency gain of 10-bit may outweigh the inherent quality drop of youtube's handling of 10-bit. And it's not like most Windows applications or games render gradients with 10-bit precision for it to have benefit in your local "master" anyway. As for the reason this happens, I'm 99% certain it's because youtube dithers down to 8-bit before the compression step, which in theory retains effective 10-bit smoothness in an 8-bit container, but in practice, none of that noise makes it past the encoder, and instead you get terrible blocking. Feels like a feature that was rolled out in the backend with 0 time spent testing how it actually affects the final result in the real world. The reason I know they dither it down is that even when you upload 10-bit HDR and then view their SDR-converted version, it will often show noise that was never in the source, and was never in the HDR encode.
The PCM Linear is awesome. I'm recording my music at 24/96 so this keeps everything perfect. Question though... as a musician/mixer I would think that in my case (music videos) selecting normalization of audio) would mess up any automation in the song such as adding a few dbs making the song pop here and there for choruses etc., Unless you're saying RUclips is going to do that anyway automatically? Thanks, mate! I owned the Lewitt 640 when it first came out... nice mics. Now I'm all about the Vanguard Audio V13. I've owned roughly 40 to 50 mics. Take care
but buddy when i select automatic and best quality for bit rate, the output video quality isn't that good, the visuals feels very much tweaking, kind of flickering with a foggy output... i saw another youtuber recommending restict option and selecting the youtube recommended bit rate, and i use that with a little more addition to that of yt recommended bit rate, and now it works good..
Great video. 👍👍 Can you or anyone please help me with my query? Can I get a 500GB NVMe SSD and partition it, using one partition (200GB) for the windows OS, and the other partition (300GB) for the Cache files (Davinci Resolve). Are there any drawbacks to this? Or is it necessary to use separate SSDs for some reason? Could you also guide me as to what speeds are ideally required for a dedicated CACHE drive in Davinci? Is more than 3500MB/s overkill? Thks.
My experience with the Automatic Best profile in DaVinci Resolve is completely different from yours. The export quality has been so much better for me if I restrict bitrate myself. It seems that the "Best" don't select a high enough bitrate to preserve details properly. Maybe a difference between Mac and PC? Different Hardware encoders?
@@EposVox @motionblurgamer I had the same issue with automatic bitrate while exporting HDR color graded files. Maybe in SDR or not spuer high quality projects Auto works fine.
MY 4k video playback is smooth and perfect looking. After render I get weird stuttering/pixilation in my exported/rendered project.. Idk what else to change to help this.. Please help! :D
Is there going to be any interpolation and, consequently, any frame loss if I change 60fps in clip attributes to 30fps, then put the clip on the 30fps timeline, and speed it up to 200% (to get the normal speed instead of slo-mo)?
you don't have to change your frame rates in attribute when you can create a new timeline with custom settings. just drag and drop the old 60fps timeline into your new 30fps timeline🙃. No need to change your video speed.
At least when choosing h.265 with AMD (and Windows 11), there is no "best" option for me and I still have to choose target and max bitrates, so it ends up not being all that great. So "automatic" really is not the best option for me, anyway, though that could also just be that AMD's encoders aren't particularly great.
Thank for this i was using the H264 and the rendering time was 3hrs for a 5hr video once I used the H265 the rendering time was drastically lowered to 30mins
about the main10 profile, if i shoot my video all in SDR 8bit, should i also export it in 10bit which is main10?, can explain on this, i don't really understand
Followed the settings and my file sizes are larger than the initial file while being shorter in time since im clipping gameplay for highlights. any suggestions? im on the free version with a 4080. Thanks
Thank you for this settings. I am not only make better video quality but alsow make faster render because it starts utilising my graphics card for free Davinci!
Great video - well informative - enjoyed it. Tweaked a setting or two as a result. One question - if I want Davinci to be part of my projects pipeline i.e. its output is going back to be used by another program ( in this case AVISynth) would I be best served with sticking to mov and ProRes (and equiv) since I know they work? i definitely want no quality loss. I probably need to have a think about the process tbh as its a bit tennis like from those two programs right now. I start from literally pictures (video exported to 16 bit TIFFs) as I need to photoshop some individual frames. Doing AI upscaling work with 90s SD content is a pain - but getting solid results. Also I really hope Resolve get a proper Rec 601 -- Rec 709 path - having to jump hoops to solve that one (yes there is a difference) Its one thing I would like them to add. Cheers again dude
This is GREAT info! Thank you thank you :) I might suggest turning down some of your film grain and the extreme blue hue on the video, but tons of great knowledge in here.
Hi Epos, I have a question Up until now, I use my SSD to store my footage and put the cache/optimized files on the HDD. it's because I never use a cache because I think it's double the storage usage Why using cache if I can directly edit from my footage on my SSD? and why transcode to DNxHQ from my sony 8bit mp4 footage? is it necessary? Thanks before!
I have a 2 minute clip of valorant which is 1080p 60fps. I added optical flow and vector motiom blur and its taking 3 hours for 2 minute clip. any tips
Optical Flow won’t do anything if your source and target is 60fps, it’s just doing extra calculations for no reason. Adding motion blur just turns the video to visual vomit and makes it take forever. Want smooth videos? Play in 60fps or an even multiple of it, record in 60fps, export 60fps
All great points. I'll note one point where I'll dare to disagree, specifically exporting final audio in 24bit. 16bit for masters is perfectly sufficient and indistinguishable in audio quality from 24 bit. On the raw recording and processing side you always want 24bit or more for maximum headroom and flexibility, but for the master 16bit is plenty, because everything already sits where it needs to. Please disagree if I'm missing a good reason to export in 24bit.
Hey, I was checking out Davinci Resolve again after using it a few times before. I didn't really know what all the extra settings did, but your explanation was super clear! I realize now that I wasn't using the export features to their full potential.
I do use 18.5 Free version. It seems HW acceleration is used when exporting h264/h265 to h265. But if the source file is in AV1, HW acceleration is not used even if exporting to h265.
@@EposVox i thought that too at first. but it is using GPU Encode in task manager. tried to post a imgur link to screenshot, but RUclips seems to delete comments with links. Dunno if Resolve bug or undocumented test feature, but thats the reason why i am staying on 18.5 as free user for now.
Great video! Exports for RUclips - some say not to go full audio/video bitrates and color depth because then you are letting RUclips do the heavy lifting when it comes to compressing to their platform. Instead, they recommend having Resolve compress slightly higher over RUclips's recommended upload encoding settings. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this or if any testing has been done. I guess it can be hard to find out exactly RUclips's algorithm when it comes to these things.
I can explain in more depth in a different format better suited to long-form discussion sometime (comes up a lot on stream etc often) but short answer: those recommendations are incredibly misinformed about basically everything regarding video compression
the free version can encode 10 bit with the dnxhr-hqx codec. but i do nt see a way to bump the bit rate . can you bump the bit rate in studio? generally, i am processing 4k 60p h265 hvec sony 10 bit 4.2.2 at 200 mbps. how can I export this using free version of 18.6?
No mention of h.265 compatibility The world doesn't revolve around streaming services Also, AV1 along with Multi-Pass encoding is absent in some 18.6 installs, good to reference this fact
I DID mention compatibility when it comes to the relevant use cases and audience of the video. Also H265 has been around over a decade, it’s compatible with virtually everything
the REAL secret and absolute greatness is: ITU-R BS.1770-4 - which is also known as -82 db leq(m) as in MOST CINEMA DELIVERIES as DCP (ads, trailers, often even film requirements). this standard used to be very ominous and complicated (expensive) to master. now it is just a checkbox. audio in cinema is the most important and usually complicated to get right...as a video person.
2:17 The BIG asterisk here is that setting your render cache format to something like DNxHR HQ or ProRes 422 HQ will QUICKLY fill up your drive as Resolve has no real cache management system. As an example, I just finished my first project consisting of about ~30GB of raw 4K footage, using these settings, my cache took up 1.5TB of space by the time I finished my project, and since Resolve has no real cache management system as mentioned earlier, you have to manually delete it. How frequently? Well that depends on how large your drive is. For most people (who aren't doing heavy color grading using cached media) I'd argue that it's better to set the optimized media and render cache to something lower quality like DNxHR LB, and then in the advanced settings (10:33) I would uncheck "Use optimized media" and "Use render cached images" and just bite the bullet of longer render times.
Brilliant. Finally someone making an export video with some genuine knowledge behind it. Thanks so much...
those are some nice features! Looks like I’m gonna upgraded to the studio version. Between the subtitles, transcription stuff, and these export settings, it’s worth it.
I started exporting my 1080p videos to 4k and the quality is way better. The bitrate, everyone says to crank it but automatic does seem to work well. I’ll have to test it some more
THIS WAS AWESOME. I Watched a million videos and not one person gave the these export setting in such a way that made you feel like you understood the what and why for most of the features.
Completely WRONG about quality settings! On PC if I leave it on 'best' my files are 3x the size, with no quality advantage!
Thanks for the video I’ve been using Resolve after the update and you explained the export settings impeccably.
Network Optimization is basically faststart option in ffmpeg, it'll move "moov atom" to the beginning of the file. So having moov atom at the beginning of the file have a benefit with no impact of file size and quality.
For example, when you upload it to RUclips, your video will get process instantly *while you're still uploading* This is because moov atom contains information about your video such as resolution, frame rate, and other information that require mp4 or mov container to function. (There are a lot of details about how mp4 container works. I'm not going to write it all in here.)
This is the same reason why OBS said when you choose mp4 for recording format that the file will corrupt if there's BSOD or power outage. Because moov atom usually write at the end of the file in the finalizing process when you press stop recording. When there's BSOD the moov atom didn't finalize and result in the corrupted file.
Yup
quality comment
So much great information! Going to try the switch from Premiere to davinci next year and will come back to this video xD
This video helped me so much! Thank you so so much in return. I really appreciate your work.
sorry do we chose Main 10 or Main 4:2:2 10 for encoding profile ? thanks in advance , I don't know if I got what you said there because you say use main 10 but on your screen you selected Main 4:2:2 10
Same question there .
I definitely notice a difference from quality preset best to restricted 95000kbps on 4k60 footage off the gc553g2
even tho the color of the video is a mistake I love the look
Insanely helpful thank you brother. Subbed.
Should I use H.265 for my proxy media resolution in my project settings if my Export Settings is also H.265?
Good thing I upgraded to Resolve Studio 2 weeks ago
Thank you very much for this. I appreciate it.
As someone who just transitioned from Premiere to Resolve, this video is SUPER useful. Thank you!
TIL I need to pay microsoft to be able to watch my own h265 rendered videos lol
(I assume this explains the "free users still kinda have too, aye)
Great video, but I still have a doubt, with these settings h.265 Best in bitrate and Main or Main 10 (depending if screen recording or video), which settings on PC for rat control: variable bitrate, constant bitrate, CBR high quality or VBR high quality. Thanks.
First off great video very informative! Just wondering for my case I am doing gaming content / live streams and I was wondering if when I edit it, should I do 4k 30 fps or 2k 59.9 fps or 60 fps? Mostly high motion action style games through obs
I currently only have 1 SSD and 1 HDD, what would be the best workflow for recording clips, cache, and exports? If I buy another SSD should I use the HDD and what for? Is it better to use the HDD for exports or recording clips? Right now I just have everything on an SSD. Thanks
Unfortunately i dont have the AV1 on my Mac but i am able to export Quicktime h265 with Main 4:2:2 10 - going to try that - Thank you for all the work you put into this :)
I'm using your settings, really helpful. But one thing I can't change is bitrait. I'm still using 80000kb/s for my 24fps video from BM 6k Braw, I just afraid that automatic can change it somehow
Thx for this!! However, the "Network Optimization" feature doesn't work for me for some reason. When rendering, it will get to 99% then stall and never finish. This only happens when "Network Optimization" is selected, so I just don't use that feature. Everything else works great!!!!
This was a great video. When you say Automatic for best results etc... Is this the same for HDR content too?? As I normally set my Encoding Profile to Main 4:4:4 10 or Main 4:2:2 10, I can't remember off the top which one. Cheers! Also, when you are not using the inspector, you normally have 2 preview windows, which one is the best for getting an idea of what it will look like after render? or is the Render/Deliver page the best place to get a real preview of what it will look like. Thanks.
All of my videos are .mov h.265 with pcm audio and I noticed none of them had audio when uploading to patreon, so I actually had to render them again using .mp4 with aac audio due to compatibility. The same applies for Plex, not all devices can stream PCM so to avoid constant transcoding, it's worth noting that even though .mov with pcm is far better, .mp4 with aac is basically guaranteed to work on every single platform and every single device that exists.
When I upload to Facebook specifically, I get a huge loss in quality. I am currently exporting pro res 422 since I am in Mac. Should I export H265 for Facebook?
Im using da vinci resolve studio 19, but my encoding profile has mo other option except main. Why is that? Thanks
Looking forward to using these suggestions on my next video! Definitely interested in the audio normalization. I typically would upload a test render and compare the content loudness dB to more popular creators so I know my loudness is on par with those.
if you find it easier, in resolve, you can export everything on your timeline, in the fairlight page, as one audio file, once that file is rendered then you can right-click, analyze audio, to get the respective LUFS and Truepeak you are looking for, which youtube is -14 LUFS and -1 dbTP
Should do some touch up with linux also as resolve is available for linux (I'm not procrastinating I swear lol)
Excellent video! Would you consider doing an updated video on color spaces and ranges in OBS for recording gaming videos? You have a video on this from a few years ago, but I feel like an update on this topic would be very useful. In particular, ideal settings for recording (maybe streaming?) both legacy SDR games and modern HDR game would be very helpful. Thanks!
Very usefull video. Thanks. What about Format MKV/ Codec AV1/Type Intel - there few options for Rate Control. Which one is the best and what best settings forit if we doing 4k export? We can choose between: - Constant QP/ - Constant Bitrate/ - Variable Bitrate/ -Intelligent Constant-Quality ? I suggest it must Constant QP but there 3 values QP I - 87 QP P - 112 QP B - 134 Do we need to change them if Constant QP is best option for AV1 export with intel ARC graphics cards?
Hey Epos, great video as always! Been a long time viewer (just subscribed on this account, as I didn't even realize I wasn't already), and I wanted to touch base with you regarding some information you have in this video and an older video of yours.
To preface, I currently stream on twitch and don't do much editing, but use DVR to cut up my streams into slightly smaller videos to upload as VODs to YT. In your previous OBS 29.1 BETA video, you stated with the new lossless audio encoders, you would be recording using Fragmented MOV (once it works), Nvidia NVENC HEVC, and 32 bit PCM. I have been using these settings to record/ stream at the same time and the quality has been superb and great for editing in DVR, but due to me streaming 5+ hours twice a week, it generates MASSIVE file sizes (some being 100+ GB), and storage has been rough.
To get to the point of my comment, you mention in this video that you should render your videos in 1440p or 4k due to how YT encodes/renders 1080p footage. Are the settings you listed in your OBS video the best settings necessary to ensure that the final upscaled render quality has the least amount of issues (artifacting, noise, etc.)? Or are those settings extreme overkill for doing something like recording at the same time as streaming?
To add to this, I currently stream at 936p (as I've seen many videos stating it is less resource heavy for single PC set ups and is more optimal for fast paced content) and record at 1080p with your above preset. I understand that I could easily set my OBS recording video encoder to the stream encoder in order to save resources as I am on a single PC set up, but I am unsure how to physically test the pros/cons of each encoder, and what that would mean for my overall work flow. Without having to make you pool over my pc specs, how would you go about optimizing the video quality to system intensity ratio from recording/streaming in OBS to upscaling in DVR? Is having separate streaming/recording settings completely suboptimal for my use case?
Sorry for the long essay, I am sure you are very busy and hope this long comment doesn't come across as too much, but thank you again for the video and any insight you may have!
(P.S., I would love to know if you have any recommendations for programs/systems that can help compress these massive file sizes, as my external hard drive can only handle so much lol)
The only feature I miss from Premiere is read Wav files cue markers
What render settings would you recommend for racing gameplay video for RUclips?
I've been using Davinci for a while now but only have been doing basic stuff such as clipping video recordings, but I've always had issues on exporting. Your video helps A LOT not only on getting to the point fast but also explains on what each setting does and which system is best for it.
Amazing summary.
Could you make a video that slightly enhances the quality of the video? For instance, Microsoft Edge has a feature that you can find when you hover over a video that you're watching called 'enhance' that slightly makes the video better, where the colors/sharpness/clarity/etc. all gets slightly improved.
Free version here. The AV1 hw encoder has always showed up using an ARC GPU. The software AV1 encoder does not show up on either of my computers (both with different GPUs).
When I right click the media in the media pool there is a long drop down list and nothing say anything about timeline settings. I am using davinci resolve 19 on windows 10. I set my SHIFT P Project settings, but couldn't find timeline settings. Is this the same? Esstenially all my videos/photos used were 4k and i am trying to scale it down to upload to instagram.
Would 60frps shots be a issue for instagram uploads? why should I shoot in 30 or less? Is there a setting option I should to edit for the lower frame rates. I cant seem to change it at the end on the delivery tab or the gear icon at the bottom right. Time Frame Rate can not be edited , but playback frame rate can be edited.
P.S. I tried to export a 4k video with the new settings and when I uploaded on a desktop the video worked perfectly fine, but when teh same file was use via smartphone it got all pixalated again. I made sure my mobile data was off and was only using wifi...any reason for this?
Thank you very much for making a useful video about export.
I recently upgraded to DR19 Studio and I see under Audio Normalization a checkbox "Output Track1" that was not in 18.6.x. Should I check that box for RUclips (or other platforms)?
Any suggestions for fixing slight stutter in final, rendered 4K video? Computer: Lenovo Legion (CPU AMD Ryzen, NVIDIA 3060, 32 GB memory, 2 TB SSD, 4K Res). Media Source (DJI Pocket 3, some screen captures, FinePix JPEGs), Project Settings (Timeline res 3840x2160 ultra HD, 24 fps, Opt. Media/Render Cache 1/4 DNxHR HQX), Render settings: MP4, H.265, Auto encoder, 3840x2160, fps 24, Quality Auto-Best, Key frames Auto. When I render the final video, it has slight shutter/stutter the entire video. Anyway to fix this?
From Adobe Premiere Pro to Davinci Resolve Studio, will look into this. Sucks Adobe does not support AV1 but they Davinci is way better!
8:55 this is far from exclusive to screen capture content, virtually ALL video uploaded to youtube in 10-bit SDR will have degraded quality compared to 8-bit uploads, so it's not a good idea to recommend it under any circumstances. I doubt anyone is exporting at 5 Mbps where the compression efficiency gain of 10-bit may outweigh the inherent quality drop of youtube's handling of 10-bit. And it's not like most Windows applications or games render gradients with 10-bit precision for it to have benefit in your local "master" anyway.
As for the reason this happens, I'm 99% certain it's because youtube dithers down to 8-bit before the compression step, which in theory retains effective 10-bit smoothness in an 8-bit container, but in practice, none of that noise makes it past the encoder, and instead you get terrible blocking. Feels like a feature that was rolled out in the backend with 0 time spent testing how it actually affects the final result in the real world. The reason I know they dither it down is that even when you upload 10-bit HDR and then view their SDR-converted version, it will often show noise that was never in the source, and was never in the HDR encode.
The PCM Linear is awesome. I'm recording my music at 24/96 so this keeps everything perfect. Question though... as a musician/mixer I would think that in my case (music videos) selecting normalization of audio) would mess up any automation in the song such as adding a few dbs making the song pop here and there for choruses etc., Unless you're saying RUclips is going to do that anyway automatically? Thanks, mate! I owned the Lewitt 640 when it first came out... nice mics. Now I'm all about the Vanguard Audio V13. I've owned roughly 40 to 50 mics. Take care
but buddy when i select automatic and best quality for bit rate, the output video quality isn't that good, the visuals feels very much tweaking, kind of flickering with a foggy output... i saw another youtuber recommending restict option and selecting the youtube recommended bit rate, and i use that with a little more addition to that of yt recommended bit rate, and now it works good..
Great video. 👍👍
Can you or anyone please help me with my query? Can I get a 500GB NVMe SSD and partition it, using one partition (200GB) for the windows OS, and the other partition (300GB) for the Cache files (Davinci Resolve). Are there any drawbacks to this? Or is it necessary to use separate SSDs for some reason?
Could you also guide me as to what speeds are ideally required for a dedicated CACHE drive in Davinci? Is more than 3500MB/s overkill?
Thks.
What about Color Tag And Gamma Tag on the deilvery tab settings? I am using PC ad want to upload to social media sites.
My guy, good tutorial but my color grading changed to everything more red in the export which looked horrible. How do I fix that?
Thank you!
My experience with the Automatic Best profile in DaVinci Resolve is completely different from yours. The export quality has been so much better for me if I restrict bitrate myself. It seems that the "Best" don't select a high enough bitrate to preserve details properly. Maybe a difference between Mac and PC? Different Hardware encoders?
Well I've gotten identical results on PC and Mac, having only just switched to Mac within the past month or so.
@@EposVox @motionblurgamer I had the same issue with automatic bitrate while exporting HDR color graded files. Maybe in SDR or not spuer high quality projects Auto works fine.
makes no sense using prores422 HQ for proxy? why not prores422 proxy?
Hi, IF im editing my 4K footage on 1080 p timeline and exporting in 3850x3160 ultra hd , will it affect the quality of my export?
Great video! I have a problem though, I don't seem to have the main 422 10 encoder setting. Do you know why that is? I have the Studio 19
MY 4k video playback is smooth and perfect looking. After render I get weird stuttering/pixilation in my exported/rendered project.. Idk what else to change to help this.. Please help! :D
Is there going to be any interpolation and, consequently, any frame loss if I change 60fps in clip attributes to 30fps, then put the clip on the 30fps timeline, and speed it up to 200% (to get the normal speed instead of slo-mo)?
you don't have to change your frame rates in attribute when you can create a new timeline with custom settings. just drag and drop the old 60fps timeline into your new 30fps timeline🙃. No need to change your video speed.
At least when choosing h.265 with AMD (and Windows 11), there is no "best" option for me and I still have to choose target and max bitrates, so it ends up not being all that great. So "automatic" really is not the best option for me, anyway, though that could also just be that AMD's encoders aren't particularly great.
Thank for this i was using the H264 and the rendering time was 3hrs for a 5hr video once I used the H265 the rendering time was drastically lowered to 30mins
about the main10 profile, if i shoot my video all in SDR 8bit, should i also export it in 10bit which is main10?, can explain on this, i don't really understand
amazing content this made a HUGE difference with my content. appreciate the great knowledge!
12:00 what if I have 1440p or 4K footage in a 1080p canvas?
15:11 Just a tip, don't do this if you're a musician uploading a song that's already been mastered per youtube's specs. It'll just kill your dynamics.
Do I have any business using other codecs for export when my source files are just h.264 encoded?
Like im out right now n ur vid is in 720. But if i watch my vids its only 360-480 ?
Followed the settings and my file sizes are larger than the initial file while being shorter in time since im clipping gameplay for highlights. any suggestions? im on the free version with a 4080. Thanks
Thank you for this settings. I am not only make better video quality but alsow make faster render because it starts utilising my graphics card for free Davinci!
Bro when I edit and upload to tiktok using davinci my video on me it's 1080 but on people it's 480 how can I fix that pls 🙏 ❤
Great video - well informative - enjoyed it. Tweaked a setting or two as a result.
One question - if I want Davinci to be part of my projects pipeline i.e. its output is going back to be used by another program ( in this case AVISynth) would I be best served with sticking to mov and ProRes (and equiv) since I know they work? i definitely want no quality loss. I probably need to have a think about the process tbh as its a bit tennis like from those two programs right now.
I start from literally pictures (video exported to 16 bit TIFFs) as I need to photoshop some individual frames.
Doing AI upscaling work with 90s SD content is a pain - but getting solid results. Also I really hope Resolve get a proper Rec 601 -- Rec 709 path - having to jump hoops to solve that one (yes there is a difference) Its one thing I would like them to add.
Cheers again dude
Yeah ProRes or just a lossless/uncompressed AVI export would work.
Also Resolve has Color Space Transform effects that should do what you need
What about instagram reels? Do these rule still apply?
Is it better to render in 4k instead of 1080p ?
constant qp
preset slow
two pass on@ quarter
CQP I: 15
CQP p:15
CQP B15
so now i should change sound encoder in obs to FFmpeg PCM 24 bits?
So much misinformation out there on this. Finally a place where I can go to get the truth!
I have more settings in advanced settings and under encoding profile like bit rate controll and two pass full frame look ahead what do these all do?
As well as gamma tag color space tag
I’m on 18.6 as well
This is GREAT info! Thank you thank you :) I might suggest turning down some of your film grain and the extreme blue hue on the video, but tons of great knowledge in here.
would you recommend this for Instagram reels?
Best video ever super informative 🎉🎉🎉 thanks man
@eposvox every one is saying ecoder to be nvidia not native but i render with nvidia it longer tha ative
Hello. How to make a VHS effect in Davinchi like in this video?
Hi Epos, I have a question
Up until now, I use my SSD to store my footage and put the cache/optimized files on the HDD. it's because I never use a cache because I think it's double the storage usage
Why using cache if I can directly edit from my footage on my SSD? and why transcode to DNxHQ from my sony 8bit mp4 footage? is it necessary?
Thanks before!
170 % of disk space. Nice. I'm a damn noob. I don't know wtf I'm doing.
Whats better pro res or h265hvec for the best video quality on windows
Bro gets a view every time I export a video from Davinci Resolve. Thanks for these settings, this helped alot!
Glad it helped!
I have a 2 minute clip of valorant which is 1080p 60fps. I added optical flow and vector motiom blur and its taking 3 hours for 2 minute clip. any tips
Sure, don't do that.
@x I need it for it tho, anyway else I can get a smooth clip
Optical Flow won’t do anything if your source and target is 60fps, it’s just doing extra calculations for no reason.
Adding motion blur just turns the video to visual vomit and makes it take forever.
Want smooth videos? Play in 60fps or an even multiple of it, record in 60fps, export 60fps
even for gaming clips@@EposVox
…yes.
All great points. I'll note one point where I'll dare to disagree, specifically exporting final audio in 24bit. 16bit for masters is perfectly sufficient and indistinguishable in audio quality from 24 bit. On the raw recording and processing side you always want 24bit or more for maximum headroom and flexibility, but for the master 16bit is plenty, because everything already sits where it needs to. Please disagree if I'm missing a good reason to export in 24bit.
I have last version of Davinci studio 16.6.4 on Mac but in the automatic bitrate there is no selection for best quality
Latest version is in the 18 range
Thanks so much.
You bet!
Hey, I was checking out Davinci Resolve again after using it a few times before. I didn't really know what all the extra settings did, but your explanation was super clear! I realize now that I wasn't using the export features to their full potential.
evernythimg that you said made it all wrose nothing worked after that
So is it better to leave the setting under h265 on auto or native whats the difference
Thank you very much for your tips.
I will apply them right from my nearest rendering.
I do use 18.5 Free version. It seems HW acceleration is used when exporting h264/h265 to h265. But if the source file is in AV1, HW acceleration is not used even if exporting to h265.
Well that means you're probably reading the HW *decode*, not encode metrics
@@EposVox i thought that too at first. but it is using GPU Encode in task manager. tried to post a imgur link to screenshot, but RUclips seems to delete comments with links. Dunno if Resolve bug or undocumented test feature, but thats the reason why i am staying on 18.5 as free user for now.
Huh. Interesting. Thanks for sharing
@@EposVox imgur "link": "kVLeKrO" From encoding speed, and task manager, i am convinced i am seeing what i think i am seeing 🤔
What is the correct way to downsample footage in resolve?
example: 4K to 1080p or 8k to 1080p
Set your timeline resolution to 1080p, plop your footage on there
Thank you! I always look forward to your deep dives on programs I use!
Great video!
Exports for RUclips - some say not to go full audio/video bitrates and color depth because then you are letting RUclips do the heavy lifting when it comes to compressing to their platform. Instead, they recommend having Resolve compress slightly higher over RUclips's recommended upload encoding settings. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this or if any testing has been done.
I guess it can be hard to find out exactly RUclips's algorithm when it comes to these things.
I can explain in more depth in a different format better suited to long-form discussion sometime (comes up a lot on stream etc often) but short answer: those recommendations are incredibly misinformed about basically everything regarding video compression
the free version can encode 10 bit with the dnxhr-hqx codec. but i do nt see a way to bump the bit rate . can you bump the bit rate in studio? generally, i am processing 4k 60p h265 hvec sony 10 bit 4.2.2 at 200 mbps. how can I export this using free version of 18.6?
DNxHR is a lossless mezzanine codec. It offers no bitrate control, but there’s also no scenario where you’d need to increase it heh
No mention of h.265 compatibility
The world doesn't revolve around streaming services
Also, AV1 along with Multi-Pass encoding is absent in some 18.6 installs, good to reference this fact
I DID mention compatibility when it comes to the relevant use cases and audience of the video.
Also H265 has been around over a decade, it’s compatible with virtually everything
the REAL secret and absolute greatness is: ITU-R BS.1770-4 - which is also known as -82 db leq(m) as in MOST CINEMA DELIVERIES as DCP (ads, trailers, often even film requirements). this standard used to be very ominous and complicated (expensive) to master. now it is just a checkbox. audio in cinema is the most important and usually complicated to get right...as a video person.
2:17 The BIG asterisk here is that setting your render cache format to something like DNxHR HQ or ProRes 422 HQ will QUICKLY fill up your drive as Resolve has no real cache management system.
As an example, I just finished my first project consisting of about ~30GB of raw 4K footage, using these settings, my cache took up 1.5TB of space by the time I finished my project, and since Resolve has no real cache management system as mentioned earlier, you have to manually delete it. How frequently? Well that depends on how large your drive is.
For most people (who aren't doing heavy color grading using cached media) I'd argue that it's better to set the optimized media and render cache to something lower quality like DNxHR LB, and then in the advanced settings (10:33) I would uncheck "Use optimized media" and "Use render cached images" and just bite the bullet of longer render times.
why cant every tutorial giver be like you
You are the man! I'm currently switching to Davinci Resolve from Adobe. thank you so much EposVox!
Great video where’s the export settings located ?