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Switching Between Proxy Media and Original Media
You can switch between using your original source media and the proxy media for playback in the Cut page by using the Proxy Handling icon in the Viewer, or in the Edit page, by selecting Playback > Proxy Handling and selecting one of the following options.
— Disable All Proxies: This option disables the proxies altogether and forces the original media playback only. If the original media is not available, the clip is replaced with a Media Offline graphic.
— Prefer Proxies: This option will use proxy files for playback, and if there is no proxy file for a clip, the original media will automatically be used instead. If the original media is not available, the proxies will be used, and the timeline will have a purple line across it for the duration that the original clips are missing.
TIP: Regardless of the proxy mode, a purple line on your timeline indicates the original media is missing and gives you a visual indicator to help identify those missing clips.
TIP: Regardless of the proxy mode, a purple line on your timeline indicates the original media is missing and gives you a visual indicator to help identify those missing clips.
TIP: Regardless of the proxy mode, a purple line on your timeline indicates the original media is missing and gives you a visual indicator to help identify those missing clips.
— Prefer Camera Originals: This option will use the original media files for playback, and if there is no original media file for a clip, the proxy media will automatically be used instead, and the timeline will have a purple line across it for the duration that the original clips are missing.
Using Proxy Files for Delivery
By default, the Deliver page always reverts proxies to the original source media for final output to ensure the highest quality render. Checking the “Use proxy media” box in the Advanced Settings of the Video Render settings in the Deliver page overrides this so DaVinci Resolve uses proxy media for final output instead. This can be useful if you need to save rendering time while making dailies, or
to quickly create outputs of your timeline for producers or audio engineers where master quality is not necessarily needed. You will also need to check the “Use proxy media” box if you are editing with proxies and do not have access to the original source media.
Moving Proxies Using a DaVinci Resolve Archive (.dra)
When moving proxies from one DaVinci Resolve system to another, it can be time consuming and problematic to manually copy many individual assets (proxies, graphics, source files, etc.) from different folders and locations. By far the easiest way to move complete projects from system to system is by letting DaVinci Resolve do all that file management for you, by creating a DaVinci Resolve Archive (.dra). An archive file contains not only your project, but all its media as well, maintaining the file paths and organization of the original project.
To create a DaVinci Resolve Archive file, right-click on any project in the Project Manager, and choose “Export Project Archive” from the drop-down menu. Within this mechanism, a new Archive setting in DaVinci Resolve makes working with proxies simple and elegant.
Creating a Proxy-Only Archive to Share
In the Archive Options dialog, if you check Proxy Media, and uncheck Media Files and Render Cache, DaVinci Resolve will make an Archive using only the proxy media. This allows you to create a compact and easily transported version of your project to either move to another computer, or to give to an