GH5 and Davicci resolve 12.5?

BruceUSA wrote on 4/30/2018, 12:23 PM

Can anyone confirm for me. GH5 footage import into Davicci Resolve got only audio? I am a Vegas user and become more interested in learning Resolve. I have tried to learn Resolve in a few occasions and got frustrated with the interface and stopped trying to learn. I am hop back on and try learn it again. The more I got to know Resolve interface and how to use it. The more I become more interested in learning it. Any way, I try to import some sample GH5 footage and I got only audio. Davicci Resolve is not supports GH5?

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vkmast wrote on 4/30/2018, 12:33 PM

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/ ?

BruceUSA wrote on 4/30/2018, 12:42 PM

Damn. Only the paid version 14 that will support GH5. Free version is a no go.

Cliff Etzel wrote on 4/30/2018, 5:46 PM

Damn. Only the paid version 14 that will support GH5. Free version is a no go.

As much as I get people wanting to edit native clips on the timeline, I have found they introduce more problems than they solve. I have chosen to transcode everything I shoot to Cineform and I dont seem to have any issues for the most part - even in Vegas Pro 14, although I have had recently a random error window pop up in Vegas about the Cineform decoder/reader - I just click the ignore button and the project opens up.

I too am investigating Resolve 14 and have to admit, it makes my footage coming out of Vegas look substandard. Learning how nodes work for color correction is the most daunting aspect of Resolve but once you get how they are utilized, it's pretty amazing - the ability to add a LUT and have the timeline playback in real time with no dropped frames really blew me away (Wish Vegas Pro 14 would do that) Power Windows in Resolve blow me away for motion tracking, selective adjustments, etc. The magic sauce inside Resolve is pretty amazing TBH, but it will not work on a lowly laptop without decent hardware specs - I'm going to need to upgrade that part of my technology soon.

I want to believe in Vegas Pro 15 as I really prefer the editing paradigm of Vegas, but it seems there are still issues that prevent me from considering it a reliable tool in my work for post. I still use it for really simple projects but I'm in the process of migrating my projects over to Resolve exporting out XML project files from both Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro and then saving in Resolve - I lose all my color corrections and titles generated within each app but it's a small price to pay IMO for the sheer power that Resolve offers.

Getting back to your issue: Can you convert those clips to another format for editing?

BruceUSA wrote on 4/30/2018, 7:10 PM

Cliff. Yes I have an app that convert my gh5 to prores and it is great. But i rather not have to do the conversion to save time. Here is what I think about resolve and vegas. Editing in resolve is like driving new powerful car vs a good car. Although I have no issue with vegas 13 14 15 at all. I have not experiencing any crash during editing or rendering with vegas. And this is freaking nice. As i see you and others are having issue. Editing 4k footage in resolve is like editing 480P footage in vegas.

NickHope wrote on 5/1/2018, 1:41 AM

Even if you get the paid version of Resolve, there are errors with the transfer from Vegas, such as "Media Offline" errors and the order of the tracks being inverted. If Magix don't fix this, I'm hoping someone can write a little utility that will modify the XML file, at least for the 2nd issue.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-15-xml-bug-davinci-media-offlines--108689/

BruceUSA wrote on 5/1/2018, 11:07 AM

Davincci Resolve 14 is insane on my high end system, AMD 1950X @4ghz. I import some sample native GH5 10 bit 400mbps footage on a 10 bit project setting in Resolve and start all kinds crazy FX on it. I also can scrub the time line no problem, lock up what so ever. Resolve playback footage on the timeline use my Vega 10 frontier edition 16GB HBM2 to full throttle, never drop below 99% usage. It stays at 100% and 99% at all time and CPU stay 42% is highest usage. Resolve 14 using the gpu full throttle at all time is because of the AMD PRO Driver?.

I see 4%- 60% gpu usage on my R9 290X with i7 4930K @ 4.5Ghz system. But damn my frontier card edition card is kicking ass in resolve 14. I am lovin it.

PS. Add a correction. I did some more testing shown Davinci Resolve studio 14 did used R9 290X at full throttle on play back with FX applied to the timeline. I will say this, the free version 12.5 and studio 14 they have different play back engine? or BlackMagic purposely restricted the playback engine in 12.5 from using full throttle of the GPU because I never seen 12.5 using GPU like 14 did . Needless to 12.5 is still a damn good for playback footage smoothly.