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Default working directory
by Greg Huson on Aug 9, 2012 at 1:07:46 am

Every time I create a new project it sets the default working directory to a RAID that was taken out of service at least a year ago- but must still exist in some menu somewhere, because it becomes the default directory. It though resolve was SUPPOSED to default to the top drive in the list media pool list, but it never does that. How do I force it to pick the correct drive for the default working folder? (not a huge issue - I can change it by hand once the software points out that default drive doesn't exist, but would be nice not to see that.)

Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
http://www.secretHQ.com

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Re: Default working directory
by Peter Chamberlain on Aug 9, 2012 at 1:29:03 am

Is the drive you have selected in Preferences the one Resolve is looking for? Is this the drive at the top of the media library list?
Are you on v9, which OS?

Peter

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Re: Default working directory
by Greg Huson on Aug 9, 2012 at 4:39:23 pm

Hey Peter
Thanks for looking into this. I'm on OSx 10.7.3, Now Resolve 9 beta 2.

When creating a new project, the 'working folders' are always set to a RAID that was removed from my system well over a year ago. That raid does not appear in the media pool or anywhere else that I can find. I can change the directory to the drive I want - but I can't figure out how to set it so it defaults to the correct directory.

The incorrect drive is in the default project, which I cannot save, but can only 'Save As'

Should I start a new database? I'm sure this is an operator error of some kind, and not a huge deal since the first time I grab a still I get a window reminding me to change to a valid drive, but, still...

Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
http://www.secretHQ.com

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Re: Default working directory
by Dwaine Maggart on Aug 9, 2012 at 4:56:47 pm

The DEFAULT behavior is to use the first volume specified in the Resolve Preferences Media Storage area. However, that can be overridden by manually selecting a different path in the General Options Working Folders area. And manual selections made there can be stored in user configs, or as they are now called, Presets. So it would seem the preset you are using (likely your default preset) has the path selection saved in it that you don't want. Just change the Working Folders paths to be what you want, and save the preset. Or make a new preset. You can right click on any of the presets to make them the default preset.

Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support

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Re: Default working directory
by Greg Huson on Aug 9, 2012 at 5:30:47 pm

Yes, I have a user preset - and it looks like that's where it's coming from. I'm having a little trouble change the user preset, but I'm sure I'll figure that out. Thanks Dwaine!

Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
http://www.secretHQ.com

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Re: Default working directory
by Greg Huson on Aug 9, 2012 at 7:49:43 pm

That worked - the default user preset was updated with the correct drive, now new projects get that drive. Thanks for the explanation.

Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
http://www.secretHQ.com

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