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1 (Optional) Use the drop-down menu next to the Search button that exposes the Search and Filter by controls in the Media Pool to choose whether you select All Bins or Selected Bins.
2 (Optional) If you’re searching Selected Bins, then open the Bin list and select one or more bins in which to search.
3 (Optional) Choose a criteria from the Search Options drop-down menu at the top right of the Media Pool; you can choose All Fields to do a simultaneous search of every metadata column in the Media Pool at once, or you can choose a specific criteria to restrict your search.
4 Type a search term in the Search field. As soon as you start typing, all clips that don’t match the search criteria are temporarily hidden. To show all clips in the Media Pool again, click the cancel button at the right of the search field.
Finding Synced Audio
If you’ve synced dual-system audio and video clips together in DaVinci Resolve, you can find the audio clip that a video clip has been synced to using the following procedure.
— Show the Media Pool in List view, and reference file name in the Synced Audio column.
— Right-click a video clip that’s been synced to audio, and choose “Reveal synced audio in Media Pool” from the contextual menu. The bin holding the synced audio clip is opened and that clip is selected.
Finding Timeline Clips in the Media Pool
If you have a clip in a timeline and you want to find the corresponding clip that it’s conformed to in the Media Pool, you can right-click that clip, and choose Find in Media Pool from the contextual menu.
Finding Timelines in the Media Pool
If you’d like to find the currently open timeline’s location in the Media Pool, you can choose Timeline > Find Current Timeline in Media Pool.
Finding Media in the Media Storage Panel and Finder
If you find yourself needing to determine the location of a clip’s source media file on disk, you can right-click an item in the Media Pool and choose Reveal in Media Storage panel. The Library automatically opens to the folder containing the media file you’ve selected, with that media file selected in the Library browser to the right.
Another feature that’s only available for macOS systems is the ability to right-click an item in the Media Pool and choose Reveal In Finder. A file system window opens up, revealing the media file that clip is linked to.