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# DaVinci Resolve

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Davinci Resolve is a proprietary video editor, color correction and compositing application.

## Installation

There is a free version and a paid version (a.k.a. Studio).
For free version Install the davinci-resolveAUR or davinci-resolve-betaAUR package.
For studio version install davinci-resolve-studioAUR or davinci-resolve-studio-betaAUR package.

To run Davinci Resolve it is required to have suitable OpenGL driver and suitable OpenCL driver.

Table of OpenGL drivers
GPU vendor | Type | Driver | OpenGL | Documentation | Works with Davinci Resolve
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
AMD / ATI | Open source | xf86-video-amdgpu | mesa | AMDGPU | No
xf86-video-ati | ATI | Not tested
Proprietary | xf86-video-amdgpu | amdgpu-pro-libglAUR | AMDGPU PRO | Yes
Intel | Open source | xf86-video-intel | mesa | Intel graphics | Yes
NVIDIA | Open source | xf86-video-nouveau | mesa | Nouveau | No
Proprietary | nvidia | nvidia-utils | NVIDIA | Yes

Table of tested OpenCL drivers
GPU Vendor | OpenCL driver | Tested version | Works with D.R. 16.0b6-1
--- | --- | --- | ---
Neutral | opencl-mesa |  | No
AMD | opencl-amdgpu-pro-orcaAUR | 19.30_838629-1 | Yes
opencl-amdgpu-pro-palAUR | 19.30_838629-1 | Yes
Intel | intel-compute-runtime | 19.27.13361-1 | Core dumped
beignet | 1.3.2+12+gfc5f430c-2 | Core dumped
intel-openclAUR | 5.0.r63503-2 | Core dumped
intel-opencl-runtimeAUR | 1:18.1.0.013-2 | Core dumped
Nvidia | opencl-nvidia |  | Suitable, but working on cuda instead?

So currently it is not possible to use intel gpu alone. If using AMD + Intel setups, you can render on intel (set it as primary in uefi setup) and install proprietary opencl driver for amd gpu.

### BlackMagic Design Cards

If using DeckLink, UltraStudio or Intensity cards for video capture and playback, install Desktop Video Software with decklinkAUR package.

## Troubleshooting

### Application window misses title bar

It is a problem of a Linux version of D.R. There is a workaround for KDE - a window rule to force enable title bar. See [1]

### My .mp4 clips are shown as audio clips and even its sound is not working

This problem only affects a free version of D.R. for Linux. MP4 containers are not supported, also AAC audio is not supported. To workaround, you may convert your video file to another format or purchase a studio version. Transcoding command may look like this:

    ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v dnxhd -profile:v dnxhr_hq -pix_fmt yuv422p -c:a pcm_s16le -f mov output.mov

### HiDPI

To enable compatibility with high-resolution displays, set the following environment variables accordingly:

    export QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO=2
    export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=true

Source: https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=84614&p=469009&hilit=hidpi#wrapper

### Wine version

Some plugins are available for Windows, but not available for Linux, so you may want to use Davinci Resolve via wine. Unfortunately, as of wine 4.13-1, it is not working. Splash screen stucks at "Looking for control surface" and in terminal there is such error message:

     wine: Call from 0x7bc6c52c to unimplemented function OpenCL.dll.clReleaseDevice, aborting

## See also

Post on Davinci Resolve forum with tested configurations.

Categories:

- Audio
- Video