DaVinci Resolve integration

Two Left Wheels 360 works with any Windows editor that opens MOV files. DaVinci Resolve gets a few extras on top. This page says what they are and which of them need Resolve Studio. For the steps, see Import into DaVinci Resolve.

Extra	Free version	Resolve Studio
Proxies linked by themselves	Yes	Yes
Sorting clips by when they were recorded	Yes	Yes
Camera details filled in when clips are added	No	Yes
Camera details from the metadata file	Yes	Yes
Creating a Resolve project with an editing pack's clips	No	Yes
Adding an editing pack's clips to the open Resolve project	No	Yes
Timelines larger than UHD	No	Yes

DaVinci Resolve Studio is the edition tested so far. The entries for the free version follow from how each extra works.

Proxies Resolve links by itself

Each clip's proxy sits in the editing pack's Proxy folder under the same name. Resolve looks there when you import a clip and links the proxy without being asked. Under Playback, Proxy Handling, choose Prefer Proxies so it plays them while you edit.

Sort clips by when they were recorded

Resolve does not read the recording time from a video file, which is why many people rename their files by date and time. The start timecode is what lets you sort clips by the moment they were recorded. Each Insta360 clip carries one: the camera's own timecode when it recorded one, otherwise the time of day the recording started, to the frame. Sort the Media Pool by Start TC.

A timecode holds the time of day, not the date. For footage from several days, the metadata file below also fills in Date Recorded.

Camera details

Resolve does not take camera details from a video file either. Two Left Wheels 360 gives each clip:

• Camera #: the model and the last four characters of the serial number, for example X4 STA6
• Camera Manufacturer and Camera Type
• Camera Serial # and Camera Firmware
• Date Recorded: the start of the recording in the camera's local time

With DaVinci Resolve Studio, Create project in Resolve and Add to the open Resolve project fill these in as they add the clips, and again on the editing pack's clips already in the project, so there is nothing to import.

The free version cannot be driven by another program, so each editing pack's folder on the drive also holds a file whose name ends in Resolve metadata.csv, with the same details. In Resolve, choose File, Import Metadata To, Media Pool, select the file and click OK with the default matching. Resolve matches the rows to your clips by file name and timecode. Clips you import later need the import again; the file itself follows the editing pack as you add or remove recordings. This is an ordinary Resolve import, so it works in the free version.

To leave the camera details and the file out of an editing pack, clear Resolve metadata file in DaVinci Resolve settings…, under Edit in in the main window.

Adding clips to the open Resolve project

With DaVinci Resolve Studio, Two Left Wheels 360 can make a Resolve project with an editing pack's clips and a 3840 × 1920 timeline (Create project in Resolve), or add them to the Resolve project you have open (Add to the open Resolve project). Only Studio lets other programs do this. In the free version, drag the MOV files from the editing pack's folder into the Media Pool.

Timeline size

The free version of DaVinci Resolve limits timelines to UHD resolution, so 360° projects are limited to 3840 × 1920 there.