DaVinci won't play .MXF files

Hello,

I'm new to DaVinci, coming from Cyberlink power director, I never interacted with a .mxf file on that editing platform anyways, but when i import these files into DaVinci they're just black, and can't be played.

my VLC plays the audio fine, but the video is choppy.

Not sure what to do, I tried to search the forums here but didnt see much

Any help would be super appreciated!

Thank you

MXF is just a container, like MOV. Probably the codec in that container is not accelerated by your hardware (so it's choppy in VLC) and not supported in the free version of Resolve.
Transcode it to something like DNxHR or Cineform with Shutter Encoder (free) and it should work.
But beware, you'll need some space.

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And what software did you use?

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