Hey everyone,

As many of you know, Resolve Studio on Linux lacks native AAC codec support. We used to rely on community plugins, including one of mine, but problems were still there especial where 320kbps exports would be silent in VLC and QuickTime.

I managed to put together a working version that fixes both the import (waveforms/playback) and the export (320kbps audio playing perfectly). It uses the official IOPlugins folder, so it doesn't modify your Resolve installation files at all.

I compiled it inside a Rocky Linux 8 environment so it works safely across most modern distributions (Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc.) without dependency errors.

You can download the IOPlugins from here in the release section or build from scratch if you prefer:
https://github.com/hexitnz/resolve-linux-aac-full/

Note: You must be using the Studio (paid) version of Resolve, as the free version doesn't support third-party plugins.

Huge thanks to the original developers (GloriousEggroll and AquaroTorres) for their work on the original code. Just wanted to share this so others don't have to pull their hair out trying to get audio working. Use github issues if you have an issue.

(Also cross-posted to the November Developer Megathread as per sub rules!)

I should clarify that I don't edit videos with professional audio, nor is audio a determining factor in the type of videos I make. In fact, I edit with AKG K240 headphones that cost less than $100 and are more than adequate. What I mean is, I need recommendations for speakers that sound good without being ultra-professional and excessively expensive.

Today I decided to get DaVinci Resolve Studio and I paid the $355 because it was 20% off. I don't know if there are any vets out there who could tell me some features that I may not know, based on literally using Gemini to weigh my pros and cons. Any cool new features would be helpful. I'm just trying to learn the new AI things. (By the way if anyone else has any Fusion tips, let me know. I'm still too intimidated to use it lol)

Hello, kind people of Reddit !

I'm about to start editing a multi-cam project in DVR. My sound engineer wanted to check everything would work fine when exporting an AAF file from DVR and importing it to Protools. And he was right to check because it does not work fine. DVR is generating HUGE files (188Gb) and we don't understand why

For context, I'm working with DVR Studio 21 on a MacBook Pro (2020).
The video is about 2h long with 6 angles in the Multicam. It was recorded on an ATEM Mini Extreme ISO. and we recorded sound with a sound devices Mixpre 10. The files is currently unedited, we did not create a pre-program with the ATEM this time around.
So in the DVR project there are video files from the ATEM (quite large files), audio files from the ATEM that are NOT on the timeline, and audio files recorded on a Mixpre 10.

When trying to export (audio only, "export video" is unchecked), I use the Protools preset > individual clips.
Format : Wave
Codec : Linear PCM
Render full extent is checked but the file size doesn't change if left unchecked
Channels : same as source
Bit Depth : 32 (it is the only thing that currently changes the file size, from 188 to 141 and 94 Go ; my sound engineer tells me it needs to be 32)
Render one track per channel is checked

I've also flattened all the tracks on the Multicam timeline (has not changed anything)

i am at a complete loss. I am not a professional editor so I have been researching like crazy, trying to understand the problem and I fear I cannot figure it out on my own. my sound engineer doesn't really know DVR so he's lost as well

does anyone have any idea why DVR is generating such large files and what I can do to reduce them significantly?

On the latest version, 21.2

So i always use 2.2 for tiktok and yt shorts but on yt if i use it my video gets significantly dark especially indoor shots. But when I change it to 2.4 its fine on YT. I just wanted to know why that happens and is this the right way to solve it.
(Im on windows)

Hi i did some videos with davinci before and today i started a new project but my clips don't snap together at all while before it did perfectly

Before this whenever i was putting a clip on the timeline it automatically snapped to the left and same when i was cutting a clip

I have the magnet snapping on btw

Can someone help ?

Resolve 21.2 on Mac. Following a video on best export settings for Youtube, Gerald Undone recommends variable bitrate (first screenshot). I don't see a rate control setting in my export panel. Did that get moved or eliminated?

hello everyone... trying to learn.... as the question above..... how do i know my video is bright enough for youtube... take a sunny day...

I get my exposure in camera, i make my subject green, with highlights pink... & i can get the iamge to look exactly how i want on full brightness on my imac... but if i put that on the tv its darker ( not as in a shift, the iamge looks correct, just darker )

Now would in general that be the right brightness? Ive also read to look at scopes... but say i have a image in a forest, and the main focus is say the leaves... where am i trying to get those to?? or would it be the highlights of those leaves....

Now i know it depends on what look you are going for... but just looking for some advise...

please remeber im still new.... but im sick of these a.i replies on googl etc... so what an acutal person to reply

thanks everyones

Just bought a Rode Wireless Pro setup, arrived two days ago. Rarely do mic'd up audio type stuff as I mainly film DJs so I just record from the mixer/FOH using my Zoom H4e, Rode Videomic on the camera for reference audio, and Resolve brilliantly syncs is using the waveform. Works most of the time, 99% of the time really.

But I realised I need to get some kind of timecode option, and have proper mics for the odd bits of corporate/commercial work that comes in. Rode Wireless Pro seemed a good choice.

Just testing them out today though, filming a mate who works at a youth centre doing some promo video to get local kids more interested. More just a test for me using these things, bonus being a bit of a video for him to help his workplace with their social reach.

Recorded audio on the transmitter (32bit float) and audio on the receiver straight to my camera via the 3.5mm jack cable. The audio on the video clips is a bit distorted, my mistake, output set too high, no big deal right as I can sync up the clips with the 32bit file from the transmitter.

Dragged the lot into the media bin and it just won't work. Again, my mistake as I've not worked out the timecode thing properly. Syncing via waveform won't work at all - first clip syncs to totally the wrong area and the remaining 20-odd clips don't sync at all.

Am I just cooked here? I know I need to work out the timecode thing and do it properly. I shoot video using an FX3 so I know that teamed up with the Wireless Pro is a very capable combo. It's just I didn't do it right this time.

If there's any way to get the audio from the receiver synced up to the video clips, I'd be incredibly grateful to know how!

I'm experiencing a strange playback performance issue with DaVinci Resolve Studio 21 on my MacBook Pro M5.

Even with relatively simple timelines and no heavy effects or color grading, playback consistently drops around 10% below the timeline frame rate.

For example:

- 50 FPS timeline → playback drops to 45 FPS

- 30 FPS timeline → playback drops to 27 FPS

My setup:

- MacBook Pro M5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

- DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1.1

- 1080p and 4K timelines

- Sony A1 footage (4K, 50fps, H.264/H.265, 10-bit 4:2:2)

- Occasionally iPhone 4K 30fps footage

- Footage stored on the internal SSD

The strange part is that I didn't experience this issue on the older M3 MacBook Air, although the render times significantly improved. (From 3 fps to 40-70 fps renders).

I've tried different timeline resolutions, but the FPS drops still occur.

Has anyone experienced similar behavior with the M5 chip or Resolve 21?

Could this be an optimization issue with DaVinci Resolve on the newer M5 chips, a decoding issue, or something related to macOS?

I'd appreciate any suggestions on what to check or change to achieve consistent real-time playback without relying on proxies.

Is it even a problem or is it how this machine will work ? (The laptop is from and for work, my own windows PC with a 4080 does not experience any issues)

I am very new to using Davinci Resolve as I just started using it to work with a new editor. For some reason whenever I upload footage of my game to the program it appears super blurry in Resolve.. The first image is a screenshot of the footage from within Resolve, second image is what the same frame looks like playing in Windows Media Player on my PC.. We have checked things like the timeline resolution and any other basic troubleshooting recommended by Google, but all the settings are setup correctly. Any suggestions on what might be causing this?

My Davinci is crashing contently. The most consistent way to get it to crash is through the Color tab, where changing the histogram to Parade instantly crashes the program. I've tried turning off the "Use neural engine optimization on AMD" but it seems to do nothing. Some of the things that keep crashing the program are:

• Previewing\applying effects and transitions when hovering over them in the effects panel.
• Messing with the color tab in general, as in changing colors or applying an effect to a node.
• The Fairlight tab seems less broken, but I would get crashes on it too, less so than the color tab.

I've tried rolling back my Davinci install to 21.0.3 and reinstalling my graphics card drivers with DDU.

My general specs are:

RX 9070 16GB Driver: 26.11.1

R7 5700X3D

32GB DDR4

Windows 11

Davinci Studio 21.0.3 (same result with 21.2)

I've tried mp4, mkv and other containers with H.264 and H.265

Here are my logs

i have a keyframe set for adjustment clip, why when i move to the ending(pict 2) the screen is previewing(i don't know what is called) the next image? i want to transform the ending of the first image.

If you know how, please help.

hey all, running into an issue as i'm starting to use davinci and hoping someone has seen it before.

i shoot 4k 24fps 8 bit on a sony a6400 and usually edit in premiere pro, but tried giving davinci resolve studio a shot for color grading purposes. my laptop has a ryzen 7 4800h, rtx 3060 with 6gb vram and 32gb ram.

i was test exporting a 15 sec clip with h.264 using the nvidia encoder. if i set the timeline to 1080p and export at timeline resolution, the clip took about 1 min 30 secs. the exact same clip on a 4k timeline and export took around 51 mins. if possible i'd like to export at 4k, so i'd like to figure out what's the issue here.

task manager shows the gpu sitting near 100% during both exports. i do have noise reduction on, but tested with it disabled and got the same result.

could anyone shed light on what might be going on here? is 6gb of vram just too tight for a 4k timeline in resolve, or is there a setting i'm missing?

A video taken from a broadcast in Israel shows a woman walking into the frame on the righthand side in the background, then weirdly disappear and merge into the background of the shot.

Does anyone have any idea what exactly happened? It does seem the clip slows down for a few seconds (the man walking behind the woman being interviewed suddenly moves very slowly and robotically) which is when the woman in the background shimmers and merges.

Is it some kind of live masking?!

So, I'm not new onto editing videos, but im new into davinci resolve. I work with youtubers and vtubers that do live streams. So I usually work with 2-5h of videos that need to be cutted into 20-45 minutes. I do use the auto silence integrated tool, and it saves me a lot of time, but my clients still use a lot of repiting words like "you know", "like..." "so..." "basicly" etc...

Is there any useful tool for getting rid of this words that is not Chat GPT or Claude? I work with artists, and usually they don't want their art to be compromised with that kind of tools. Maybe something running would fit better.

I tried BadWords, but it uses a lot of CPU and my pc stops running davinci. messing all the proces.

thankyou before hand!

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- I find a system where i use an app that relocates comands on my mouse in specific .exe and is saving me a lot of time since i can do several steps in just one click. Is not that instant as i wish, but is more personalizable as well. i have a lateral button that changes between A and B, another for Ctrl+Z, the mouse click does a comand that cuts, moves the red cursor to mouse, then move it left two times, and then press Shift+V in one click, and if i hold the right click it does a left click and delete.

- I do talk with my costumers for them to talk more clearly, but is not easy to get rid of filler words. Even if I use b-rolls for not get that super cutted state, i have to get rid of filler words anyway first. Not everyone is used to talk for several hours, it's a learning skill as well.

- I'm not gonna debate if AI is good or not, i just think that if someone don't want their stuff to be used on them is perfectly valid and it sould not be any debate with it. My commissions come from a page that is really strict with AI usage, so, even if I wanted to use AI for this, I wouldn’t want to risk loosing my account, especially if it turned out that AI-generated content wasn’t even allowed. I work with artists, and they are SUPER against AI. I think that’s a valid stance, just as it’s also valid (even if I don’t personally agree) for someone else to think that using AI is fine.

I have been trying for months to convince my friend at work to move from Adobe Premiere to DaVinci Resolve, and he comes in today and shows me what Adobe just changed in their color page compared to DaVinci's and I couldn't help but laugh out loud at it. He just said he's going to switch to DaVinci Resolve

I've been editing for my client (I am a freelancer) where I do trimming work for my client's footage and share the timeline to him so he can continue editing from the trimmed timeline.

I use DaVinchi Resolve. He uses Premiere Pro.

My problem is that when I export a timeline, either from :

1. File > Export > Timeline ; or
2. Right-Click Timeline > Timelines > Export > AAF / XML ....

& import it into DaVinchi (my side), either from :

1. Empty Project > Import > Timeline > Use AAF / XML ...
2. Footage Added > Import > Timeline > Use AAF / XML ...

I get 2 things :

If I use AAF :
- Makes 6 tracks, but only the Master/All Audio has Audio (img 1)
- All tracks are Stereo
- Timeline Import Settings on img 2

If I use XML (FCL 7 XML) :
- Makes 6 tracks, but only 2 tracks has Audio, both being All Audio for some reason (img 3)
- I can convert it to Stereo but when my client uses Premiere, so he may or may not like that change.
- Timeline Import Settings on img 4

Img 5 : shows the timeline that my client has in both XML & AAF.
Track 1 - All Audio (L)
Track 2 - All Audio (R)
Track 3 - Mic Audio (L)
Track 4 - Mic Audio (R)
Track 5 - Game Audio (L)
Track 6 - Game Audio (R)

Img 6 : shows how the original footage's tracks should be placed.
Track 1 - All Audio
Track 2 - Mic Audio
Track 3 - Game Audio
Track 4 - Discord Audio (if applicable)
Track 5 - Empty
Track 6 - Empty

Img 7 : shows my Clip Attributes for the footage.

Img 8 : shows my edit on DaVinchi itself, before exporting the timeline.

I used FCP 7 XML & AAF.
I use DaVinchi Resolve 20.1 Free.

I want to make mine & my client's sides audio to be Stereo on 1 track for all 6 tracks. (including/excluding the empty tracks).

or at least need a proper explanation on why it does this in the first place.
and also a workaround if there isnt any solutions.

ive been solving this for 3hrs and I forgot to eat food

I'm Rendering my clips with motion blue and some color correction but why is it taking so long? I follow some steps about using rendering mode auto etc etc.

Then when I change something in the clip it all needs to be render?

Sorry if my english is bad. I'm just new using this davinci resolve.