Improving Performance, Proxies, and the Render Cache

DaVinci Resolve is a high-performance piece of software designed to enable real time effects on a variety of workstations.

This section describes the various ways you can monitor your performance to make sure you’re maintaining real time playback, along with different methods of optimizing real time performance, including using on-the-fly proxies and the background Render Cache.

Understanding the GPU Status Display Prioritizing Audio or Video Playback in the Edit Page Performance Mode Improves Overall Performance Adjusting Performance Mode Timeline Proxy Mode Improves Effects Performance Reducing Decode Quality Improves Raw Media Performance Optimized Media Improves Overall Performance Creating Optimized Media Optimized Media for Raw Source Clips Customizing the Type of Optimized Media You Create Switching Between Optimized and Original Media Sharing Optimized Media Between Projects Rediscovering Lost Optimized Media Deleting Optimized Media Using Optimized Media for Delivery Using the Smart or User Cache Improves Effects Performance How Cached Media Is Organized Choosing a Cache Format and Location When Caching Happens The Difference Between the Smart Cache and User Cache Modes Manually Controlling the Cache Controlling Fusion Output Caching Controlling Node Caching Controlling Color Output Caching Controlling Edit Page Filter Caching Using Cached Media When Rendering in the Deliver Page Clearing Cached Media The Cache Manager Using Proxy Media Creating and Using Proxy Media Creating Proxy Files with the Blackmagic Proxy Generator Generating Proxy Media in Other Applications Managing Proxy Media Switching Between Proxy Media and Original Media Using Proxy Files for Delivery Moving Proxies Using a DaVinci Resolve Archive (.dra)Working Remotely Using Proxy Media Proxy Media vs. Other Playback Optimizations in DaVinci Resolve Using Optimized Media, Proxy Media, and Caching Together Which Playback Optimization Method Should I Use?Other Project Settings That Improve Performance