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Sharing Network Project Libraries via the Project Server
You can also use the DaVinci Resolve Project Server to easily set up a shared Project Server on your local network. However, for this to work, you need to adhere to the following requirements:
— All workstations need to be connected to the Project Server on a local network.
— All network connections should be reasonably fast (preferably Gigabit Ethernet or faster).
— The computer functioning as the Project Server should be reasonably fast, but it doesn’t need fast GPU processing.
The following procedures describe how to set up a shared Project Server, and how to export an access key with which to easily set up other workstations to connect to it.
1 Open the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application.
2 In the File > Network Interface menu choose the IP address you wish to use to connect to the client workstations.
IMPORTANT: You must select the appropriate Network Interface IP address that matches the network the client computers are on before you create and share a project library or create an access key, otherwise a connection error will occur.
IMPORTANT: You must select the appropriate Network Interface IP address that matches the network the client computers are on before you create and share a project library or create an access key, otherwise a connection error will occur.
IMPORTANT: You must select the appropriate Network Interface IP address that matches the network the client computers are on before you create and share a project library or create an access key, otherwise a connection error will occur.
The Network Interface menu
1 Select or create a DaVinci Resolve project library you want to share, and click the Project Library Enabled slider on. It’s at the top of the project library’s details section.
2 When a dialog appears asking if you want to authorize the configuration of your Project Server, click Authorize. That project library can now be shared among other DaVinci Resolve workstations on the same network.
Once you’ve set up a Project Server, it’s easy to connect other machines to that server using access keys that you can create using the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application.