Michael de Meyer wrote:ok, first, here are the stats so far: more than 650 replies, more than 80000 (!!!) views in this thread. still... NO audio, NO h264 in the lite version, and LOTS of installation issues...
Seriously Blackmagic??
Seriously. I agree with Tero Ahlfors. There was a lot of pointless queries, because DRS requires certain level of CPU/GPU, and the answer was always system upgrade.
BMD was bit late in admitting the system audio is unsupported and BMD gear is required for full editing experience. They could've saved some people's time. So there's another pool of questions that were ultimately pointless.
Michael de Meyer wrote:I know that it's supposed to run on a CentOS system.
The Linux version was released as is (Centos build). Other installs are effectively hacked out of Centos. Is all about finding the correct libraries, and every distro has maybe one unique problem. It takes a bit of time and teamwork, but that is Linux.
One particular problem was mandatory English (US) session. Using any other language settings creates a large variety of bugs. This mean a lot of international users had a successful install but many different errors. This create yet another pool. One fix solved many issues.
Put it to perspective, the Linux betas had only a few problems that were outside the above.
The panel daemon and black screen on Color tab/10-bit were most common bugs. This is normal.
I can live with BMD's 'hands up' attitude on other Linux distros beside Centos. It's understandable that they need to target their resources.
Why BMD omit system audio? I guess, they want to control DRS on Linux for now. Without sound, it is novelty for most people. as the I/O card means casual users stay away.
I think BMD kept this quiet at first during the 14 launch on purpose, for sure they knew. As result, I think, most Linux users had DRS already.
They can fix this in the future by adding system sound. I would do it in DRS 15. They can use 14 to get a lot of data about different distros. With system audio, DRS gets a lot of new users on the Linux side. Things should get interesting then.
One thing they should add in 14.x is libpng16-0 support, or include 12-0 in installer.
Michael de Meyer wrote:As a professional editor I'm bound to windows or mac right now (so far I'm working with adobe and avid), but I would definitely give the linux side a shot and maybe make a switch.
Why not try Resolve 14 on Win/Mac? You get system audio output and mostly same user experience.
Also, you can grade without sound (I hear DRS is good at that
). Different DRS ports talk well together, and you can transcode around the Linux/h26x issue.
And I agree. DRS on Linux is very cool. But this is still early days and I think is still beta, without system audio or proper installer. Enter at your own risk and have fun.
Linux Mint 19.3 | DaVinci Resolve Studio 17.1 | 2700x 32gb Radeon VII | macOS Mojave