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    Hello everyone, it's been a while!

    I'm coming back to my VHS/Betamax > Digital endeavor & I wonder if buying the full version of Davinci Resolve will fix these issues.

    I don't want to overload this post with too much detail as of yet, but I've been currently getting the best results using:

    black magic shuttle to capture,
    Panasonic DMR EX-79 to stabalise,
    i7 8th Gen Thinkpad on Windows 10 for capture on Media Express at uncompressed 8 / 10bit YUV
    & free version of Davinci Resolve to export.

    (15 years in the making/improving of processes, I've exhausted the amount of settings to try exporting with on Davinci resolve)

    When I exported the files on my Macbook, I was able to export & compress my captures (about 230GB size) as MP4 at a good enough quality with files that turned out around 4GB in size maximum (although I'd like to lower this without sacrificing too much quality).

    This was a hassle though as I'd need to transfer 230GB to the macbook each time, since I captured on the Windows Thinkpad. (I used the Thinkpad because capturing on the macbook would cause issues with audio sync delay, which was eliminated by using this windows machine).

    One huge issue is, the file sizes of my 1-2 hour captures when I export on the Thinkpad are about 17-20GB.

    I've tried everything I can to reduce the size of my exports from Davinci Resolve Free version without sacrificing quality, but anything as low as 4GB is significantly reduced in quality. Its just not a good image & sound whilst on the Macbook it tends to be OK when I export the same uncompressed file to this 4GB approx size. I've tried lowering the file size with VidCod but again, it tends to be recognisably lower in quality when I convert my exports this way.

    Has anyone found that Davinci Resolve Paid version, with a capable enough video card & processor would cure this issue? Or could it be likely that I wouldn't benefit so much from the paid version & improved hardware/PC capability in terms of having one PC that can capture and export successfully?

    I'm going to have a new PC built for a number of reasons, so I'm just thinking whether to invest in making it good enough for this kind of use & whether the paid version of Davinci Resolve would be worth the investment.

    Any thoughts would be very much appreciate.

    Thanks
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    Originally Posted by Neil-Betamax View Post
    Hello everyone, it's been a while!

    I'm coming back to my VHS/Betamax > Digital endeavor & I wonder if buying the full version of Davinci Resolve will fix these issues.

    I don't want to overload this post with too much detail as of yet, but I've been currently getting the best results using:

    black magic shuttle to capture,
    Panasonic DMR EX-79 to stabalise,
    i7 8th Gen Thinkpad on Windows 10 for capture on Media Express at uncompressed 8 / 10bit YUV
    & free version of Davinci Resolve to export.

    (15 years in the making/improving of processes, I've exhausted the amount of settings to try exporting with on Davinci resolve)

    When I exported the files on my Macbook, I was able to export & compress my captures (about 230GB size) as MP4 at a good enough quality with files that turned out around 4GB in size maximum (although I'd like to lower this without sacrificing too much quality).

    This was a hassle though as I'd need to transfer 230GB to the macbook each time, since I captured on the Windows Thinkpad. (I used the Thinkpad because capturing on the macbook would cause issues with audio sync delay, which was eliminated by using this windows machine).

    One huge issue is, the file sizes of my 1-2 hour captures when I export on the Thinkpad are about 17-20GB.

    I've tried everything I can to reduce the size of my exports from Davinci Resolve Free version without sacrificing quality, but anything as low as 4GB is significantly reduced in quality. Its just not a good image & sound whilst on the Macbook it tends to be OK when I export the same uncompressed file to this 4GB approx size. I've tried lowering the file size with VidCod but again, it tends to be recognisably lower in quality when I convert my exports this way.

    Has anyone found that Davinci Resolve Paid version, with a capable enough video card & processor would cure this issue? Or could it be likely that I wouldn't benefit so much from the paid version & improved hardware/PC capability in terms of having one PC that can capture and export successfully?

    I'm going to have a new PC built for a number of reasons, so I'm just thinking whether to invest in making it good enough for this kind of use & whether the paid version of Davinci Resolve would be worth the investment.

    Any thoughts would be very much appreciate.

    Thanks
    I will just deal with the DaVinci Resolve Studio (paid version).
    The best way is to test it yourself. You can send a request to the developers and ask for a limited time to test it's full functionality may be few days and if they accept to help you then that's great. But I think they will tell you to pay for the full version and you have a 14 or 15 days window to request a refund if you are not happy with it. (I think this falls under the "software" category in their refund policy):
    https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/refund
    Before paying the full price, look for discount coupons as almost all high priced software have websites that offer such discounts. Most of them are fake but maybe you get lucky.
    Better still ask the developers if they can offer you a discount.

    Good luck for the new PC build.
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    Originally Posted by Subtitles View Post
    Originally Posted by Neil-Betamax View Post
    Hello everyone, it's been a while!

    I'm coming back to my VHS/Betamax > Digital endeavor & I wonder if buying the full version of Davinci Resolve will fix these issues.

    I don't want to overload this post with too much detail as of yet, but I've been currently getting the best results using:

    black magic shuttle to capture,
    Panasonic DMR EX-79 to stabalise,
    i7 8th Gen Thinkpad on Windows 10 for capture on Media Express at uncompressed 8 / 10bit YUV
    & free version of Davinci Resolve to export.

    (15 years in the making/improving of processes, I've exhausted the amount of settings to try exporting with on Davinci resolve)

    When I exported the files on my Macbook, I was able to export & compress my captures (about 230GB size) as MP4 at a good enough quality with files that turned out around 4GB in size maximum (although I'd like to lower this without sacrificing too much quality).

    This was a hassle though as I'd need to transfer 230GB to the macbook each time, since I captured on the Windows Thinkpad. (I used the Thinkpad because capturing on the macbook would cause issues with audio sync delay, which was eliminated by using this windows machine).

    One huge issue is, the file sizes of my 1-2 hour captures when I export on the Thinkpad are about 17-20GB.

    I've tried everything I can to reduce the size of my exports from Davinci Resolve Free version without sacrificing quality, but anything as low as 4GB is significantly reduced in quality. Its just not a good image & sound whilst on the Macbook it tends to be OK when I export the same uncompressed file to this 4GB approx size. I've tried lowering the file size with VidCod but again, it tends to be recognisably lower in quality when I convert my exports this way.

    Has anyone found that Davinci Resolve Paid version, with a capable enough video card & processor would cure this issue? Or could it be likely that I wouldn't benefit so much from the paid version & improved hardware/PC capability in terms of having one PC that can capture and export successfully?

    I'm going to have a new PC built for a number of reasons, so I'm just thinking whether to invest in making it good enough for this kind of use & whether the paid version of Davinci Resolve would be worth the investment.

    Any thoughts would be very much appreciate.

    Thanks
    I will just deal with the DaVinci Resolve Studio (paid version).
    The best way is to test it yourself. You can send a request to the developers and ask for a limited time to test it's full functionality may be few days and if they accept to help you then that's great. But I think they will tell you to pay for the full version and you have a 14 or 15 days window to request a refund if you are not happy with it. (I think this falls under the "software" category in their refund policy):
    https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/refund
    Before paying the full price, look for discount coupons as almost all high priced software have websites that offer such discounts. Most of them are fake but maybe you get lucky.
    Better still ask the developers if they can offer you a discount.

    Good luck for the new PC build.

    Hey, I'm so sorry for the late reply. I thought I'd replied already but it musn't have sent.

    That's a great shout, I plan to get in touch with Davinci & ask them exactly what you suggest here. Perhaps if they allow it, I could try it on my existing machine & then try it a few months down the line once I've built the new PC. Or maybe I could just buy it and see whether what I aim to do is workable, I'll need to plan my time around that so have capacity to focus on a lot of testing within the 2 week period.

    Good shout on coupons too, I'll keep an ear out. I know Ableton often have a period of time where it goes on sale cheaper, I did this a few years ago and saved a good couple of hundred on that. So yes, I'll take a look into that. In all Davinci has been fantastic for creating music videos with the free version alone, hopefully with a better PC I can improve the way I work & get to where I'd like to be when it comes to limitations.

    Thanks for your input on this
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