Important

At the time of release, everything works 100%, but please note that API access, workarounds and libraries can be deprecated at any time.

Installation

Execute the following command in Terminal:

git clone https://github.com/yioannides/fedora-resolve.git && cd fedora-resolve && chmod +x ./install.sh && sudo ./install.sh

• To install the Studio version*, add the optional argument --studio at the end of the script above.

^{* I don't own a Davinci Resolve Studio license, so I was not able to test anything past downloading its executable.}

Things to consider

No mp4 import / AAC audio format

Due to licensing issues, it is not possible to import .mp4 files on the free Linux version of Davinci Resolve.
Therefore, installing the free version of Resolve also includes:

• a transcoder script for batch conversion from .mp4 to .mov (via ffmpeg)
• an additional h.264 video encoder plugin (for exporting only)

To automatically batch-convert .mp4 videos to .mov:

1. cd onto your project's media folder and
2. simply type transcode

All of the converted files will be on a new folder called "transcoded", inside your media folder. If you prefer .avi, find the transcode alias script in ~/.bashrc and change all "mov" strings to "avi".

^{* please pay close attention to your disk space after converting to .avi and .mov, or else you might end up with hundreds of gigabytes worth of converted files!}

User fonts

If you want to use your own fonts in Davinci Resolve for text input, you have to copy them in your system's font folder: usr/share/fonts

Your local user font folder in ~/.fonts won't be seen by Davinci Resolve.

Acknowledgments

Perfect Linux Gaming for the h.264 export plugin : https://youtu.be/NoVQz79eSpw

pobthebuilder's Python scripts for auto-downloading Resolve : https://github.com/pobthebuilder/resolve-flatpak

Davinci Resolve, for helping me realize how terribly unoptimized it is on Linux and unironically helping me discover my current video editor of choice, Lightworks : https://lwks.com/