[Linux] Strange error importing video files

Hi, i just downloaded Resolve and fusion to do my work in my linux machine but something is going on, when i try to import any video file, mp4 mov etc it doesn't show up, at first i thought my files where corrupted, but no, i can play them and even edit in other editor, images and sound files works tho, can i get some help ?

and is there anything that i can do to workaround that? (not going to buy the studio version just for a codec)

Os: Ubuntu 17.10
GPU: gtx 1080
CPU: i7 6700

This worked for me:

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ffmpeg -i GP030011.MP4 -vcodec prores -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 48000 -ac 2 -f mov GP030011.mov

It looks like h.264 files just can't be imported in the Linux version.

It also makes the files massive, but they seem to play back a lot better than they do in kdenlive - plus everything else in Resolve 15 is so much nicer than kdenlive, If I get good at editing (especially if I start earning money with it), I'll probably end up buying Studio.

OS: Ubuntu 17.10
GPU: 680GTX
CPU: AMD FX8320e

[Dwaine Maggart]

Non-Studio Resolve for Linux will not decode H.264 files.

If you don't want to use Resolve Studio, then Steve's suggestion above, or something similar, might be the way to go.