For those who can't see the red bar, go to playback settings in the top and change Render Cache to user

I am forever in your debt. I am just envisioning all the hours and days of frustrations I would have had in the future, had i not stumbled on this Video. Thank you.

Please note: For this to work, you must have the following selected in the dropdown menu: Playback > Render Cache > Smart

The tip is to check "Use render cached images" on the deliver page. This tip is more of a workaround than a fix. The main issue is that if your cached footage settings are lower quality than your desired output settings then you just played yourself. The manual gives the same warning: "Use render cached images: When this checkbox is turned on, DaVinci Resolve will write media from the cache to the files being output to save time. If you’re caching using the same media format you’re outputting to (or better), this can be convenient. However, if you’re caching in a lower-quality format than the one you’re outputting to, you’ll want to turn this checkbox off to force DaVinci Resolve to process all media as it’s being rendered, writing at the maximum quality you’re outputting to."

Render was freezing at different times on 4 different attempts. Worked the first time after following these steps. Great advice!

This saved my project. I could render any other project but this one kept crashing. Your fix got me through it. Thanks a ton!

Mate, you are a Saviour to me man. I edited an anime edit for 6 hours and it was not rendering. I thought all my hard work went to waste but then i found you. Thanks a lot man!

Dude. That was so simple. You need to be paid for this. Good stuff. Thank you!

You saved me. I have had a project of 75 minutes with a little heavy grading on it. I waited to reneder cache about 60 minutes then to render on file just 6 minutes ( 280-290 fps ). Thank you very much for this tutorial!!!

Thank you. The first time I tried it Davinci crashed during the pre render. But then I created a tiny project, 30s clip, and rendered that successfully. Went back and did the pre render again and everything worked. Thanks for the tip.

WOW! Thanks! You saved my soul! ;-)

i had deliverables for a client due ASAP and this tip SAVED me. thank you!

Awesome thank you so much!

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