Davinci Resolve Offline Media Error Fix for All Versions 18/17/16/15 2024

This is a step-by-step guide to fix the media offline issue in DaVinci Resolve (versions 18, 17, 16, 15). When DaVinci Resolve can&read your footage, it gives you the "Media Offline" error message. and this could be because of various reasons, like unlinked clips, VFR (variable frame rate), 4K 60 FPS H.265 footage, etc. Once the root cause is identified, then it is really simple to fix the media offline error. So let&explore the various methods to fix it. First of all, you should check if the file is present in the media folder that you originally copied it to. Right click on the offline clip and select the "Open File Location" option, it will open the destination folder. If the clip is not there, you need to find the media file and copy it to the same folder, or relink it, and this should fix the error; otherwise, move on to the next method. Media offline could also happen if the clips you imported into Resolve lost their connection to the original footage on your hard drive. To fix it, go to the media pool, select the clip, right-click, and click on "Relink the selected clips." and browse the files and select the folder that contains the source footage. If "linking clips" does not resolve the issue, then try the next method, which is installing the HEVC video extension codec. Media Offline Immediately after importing the footage, you get the "media offline" error on any clip that you import. If you drag the clip to the timeline and try to play it, they are still...