🎬 Using Object Mount with DaVinci Resolve

This guide walks you through the best setup for using Object Mount with DaVinci Resolve, along with a few optional tweaks and performance tips that may help smooth things out depending on your system and workflow.

⚙️ Recommended Settings (Per Project)

After opening or importing your Resolve project, please check the following:

From the top menu bar, go to:
Preferences > System > Media Storage
Add your Object Mount volume as a Media Storage Location
- The Object Mount volume should not be first in the list
- Resolve uses the top location for gallery stills and cache files, so keep this separate
Disable Direct I/O for the Object Mount path
- This helps ensure better compatibility and smoother read/write behaviour

🧪 Optional Performance Tweaks

These settings aren’t required, but can improve responsiveness or playback performance — especially on larger projects or when working over cloud storage.

Playback and Caching

Playback > Render Cache → Set to Smart
Playback > Timeline Proxy Resolution → Set to Half or Quarter
Playback > Proxy Handling → Set to Prefer Proxies
Playback > Use Optimized Media if Available → Enable

In the Edit tab:
- Use the Timeline View Options (top-left of the timeline)
  - Set Thumbnail View to Thumbnail or None
  - Disable Display Audio Waveform
In the Media tab:
- Switch Timelines panel to List View (top right)
- Open the overflow menu:
  - Disable Film Strip
  - Disable Audio Waveforms
In Media Storage, switching from Thumbnail View to List View can also help when browsing through folders over Object Mount.

📊 Monitoring Performance

Because of how Object Mount optimises transfers, the built-in file copy progress indicators (in Finder or File Explorer) may not accurately reflect what's happening behind the scenes.

For a better view of performance:

On macOS: Open Activity Monitor > Network tab
On Windows: Go to Task Manager > Performance > Network

If Object Mount is saturating the network connection, that’s a good sign — it’s doing what it’s designed to do. Transfers may still appear idle in the UI, but they are active under the hood.

⏳ Tip: Don’t cancel a transfer just because the Finder or Explorer bar seems stuck — always check your system’s network usage first.