DaVinci Resolve on Debian Linux (and makeresolvedeb)

@Christian: Free Resolve on Linux does not support H.264/H.265 files. Only the Studio version has that support.

Ugh! We really need better Linux support with Resolve!!
Ok thanks Dwaine. So, but the STUDIO version should work ok if instead I installed that on the laptop, right?
I know I have a 2nd INSTALL of my STUDIO version with the purchase.

And perhaps you could refer me to the answer as to REINSTALLS... Say for example my pc crashes and I need to REinstall my STUDIO version. How will BMD determine whether I'm installing more than my 2 installs permitted?

[Dwaine Maggart]

You get 2 license activations. If you need to move a license, be sure to Deactivate the license first in the Resolve Help menu.

If you use the 2 activations and try to activate a 3rd time, the activation system will deactivate the existing 2 activations and start the count over. It will do this as often as required, but this process is limited to once per week. To prevent abuse.

If you utilize the forced activation process more often than once a week, the activation process will be locked out for 1 week.

Ok got it. Thanks again Dwaine.

Hi Dwaine,

@Christian: Free Resolve on Linux does not support H.264/H.265 files. Only the Studio version has that support.

What is the point of providing a video editor that does not support H.264/H.265 codecs in 2024? I had to go back to the beginning of the 2000's to find a video in my computer which had another video codec.

I would like to buy a professional video editor on Linux because I am tired of the bugs of the free pieces of software such as Flowblade, Openshot, Shotcut... I hesitate between Lightworks and Davinci Resolve with a preference-before-test for Davinci. Is there any way to test for a couple of weeks a trial version of Davinci that works with H.264/H.265 codecs on Linux? I will not blindly invest more than 300 € taxes included. Even H.264 would be sufficient because I could render again the videos in H.265 after buying the Studio version. I have plenty of H.264 videos that I should work with.

It is just a detail but maybe not a negligible one. I spent 6 hours yesterday and 4 today to try to install Davinci Resolve to import one of my videos. Of course it did not work despite testing different Nvidia drivers, libraries, ways to install the piece of software, etc. because I only have H.264/H.265 videos. Davinci imported my H.264 videos without an error message, just with the video missing. I could not imagine that a professional video editor would not support these codecs in the 2020's, even a free/trial version, and there are no hints of that fundamental piece of information in your Web site. So I spent a lot of time in wrong directions. That looks very unprofessional from BlackMagic. Maybe the Web site could be updated with that important piece of information for the benefit of every Linux user.

Thanks in advance for the answer to my question written in bold.

[Dwaine Maggart]

No, there is not a trial version of Resolve Studio available.

No, there is not a trial version of Resolve Studio available.

Thank you for your answer.

I've successfully installed Resolve Beta 19 on AVLinux AVL-MXe 23.2-20240405 “Enlightened” using Makeresolvedeb on a Lenovo Thinkpad P1 gen 3, Core i9 with Nvidia Quadro T2000. I am able to launch Resolve and import clips (*.mp4) but no video is displayed in any of the available viewers.

[Dwaine Maggart]

Are you using Studio Resolve? If not, h.264/265 files are not supported in the free version on Linux.

Good evening,

I am about to switch from Ubuntu (Studio 22.04 LTS) to Debian (12.5 - Bookworm). Graphics card is: Nvidia Gforce RTX 3060 (12 GB). DR 18..6.6. has been installed (makeresolvedeb by D. Tufvesson) and is basically running smoothly. With one exception: I cannot make microphone recordings via Fairlight. The microphone does not seem to be recognized. The recording starts but the result is soundless. This is obviously not due to a sound setting, as I can record sound with Audacity and the sound works well in all other programs and also in Davinci Resolve. Only the microphone recording does not work.

(Input/output patch is done properly via ALSA).

I have no explanation for this phenomenon. Because Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS is also running on the same workstation (see below). So the same hardware and the same DR version (18.6.6. Studiio). And Fairlight works here without any problems even the microphone input.

What could be the problem?

Thanks for answers
Blaselteso

My system:
CPU: AMD® Ryzen 7 (2700)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB)
DDR: 64 GB
Debian 12.5 (Bookworm) and Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
DaVinci_Resolve Studio 18.6.6 _ Linux

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