{
  "id": 14516745,
  "title": "How I Use a $5.5 WebDAV Mount to Edit 4K Video Without Local Storage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/how-i-use-a-5-5-webdav-mount-to-edit-4k-video-without-local-storage",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-14T19:21:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/scsoi/how-i-use-a-55-webdav-mount-to-edit-4k-video-without-local-storage-15dg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Editing 4K ProRes or 8K RAW video on a laptop with a 1 TB SSD can be taxing, requiring cache clearing, footage offloading, and drive swapping. To avoid these inconveniences, the author tried a unique solution for three months. The setup involves a home server running a WebDAV endpoint on a 10 Gbps NIC, paired with a second-hand ATOM nhk Lake computer (around $400 on eBay) with 64 GB RAM. The 4K ProRes source files reside on the server, accessible through a WebDAV share.\n\nThe share is mounted as a drive letter (W:) on Windows 11 using a WebDAV client called ScsDriver. DaVinci Resolve treats W: like any other local path, allowing optimized media cache, audio waveforms, and timeline proxies to function seamlessly without pre-generation. This setup proved effective, with the author experiencing no dropped sessions or corrupted project files over three months. Reconnection was sub-second on a standard home network.\n\nHowever, multi-user editing was not feasible with a single WebDAV share due to potential conflicts and per-file locking. For collaborative workflows, the author recommends using a proper SAN or a cloud workstation service. The checklist includes running the server on wired gigabit, keeping the WebDAV client connections alive, generating optimized media to a local scratch disk, saving the project file locally, and making backups of the project file.\n\nThe author suggests that if you already possess a home server, the only additional expense is the WebDAV client, costing around $5.5 for a lifetime license. This is significantly cheaper than alternative solutions like ThunderBolt RAID enclosures or 4 TB external SSDs. If you lack a server, renting a small VPS with 200 GB of NVMe for $5 a month allows you to set up a similar WebDAV mount. Keeping project files and optimized media cache local is crucial, treating the WebDAV share as an external scratch disk that offers speed and capacity.",
  "summary": "How I Use a $5.5 WebDAV Mount to Edit 4K Video Without Local Storage Most video editors assume your media lives on a fast local drive. If you are editing 4K ProRes or 8K RAW on a laptop with a 1 TB SSD, you know the pain: clearing cache, offloading footage, swapping drives. I tried something different for the last three months and it actually worked. The setup A home server running a WebDAV…",
  "key_points": [
    "Author used $5.5 WebDAV client to mount 4K ProRes files on Windows 11.",
    "DaVinci Resolve treated WebDAV share as local path for optimized media cache.",
    "Setup proved effective with no session drops or corrupted files over three months."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}