Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

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Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostSun Sep 24, 2023 12:31 am

Hello,

I have DaVinci Resolve Studio on Linux.To my dismay, DVRS cannot decode AAC, but it does on WindowsOS. This is ridiculous. I see others have posted on this topic, so BM must be aware of this problem.
BM Design, PLEASE allow AAC audio to be decoded. It is ridiculous to need to re-encode footage to get them to work. Please enable this feature.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostMon Sep 25, 2023 3:05 pm

It's my understanding that AAC encoding is a function of the OS, not Resolve.

Windows 11 offers AAC encoding options that Windows 10 does not.

You might have to move to Windows.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostSat Oct 07, 2023 6:26 am

"Windows 11 offers AAC encoding options that Windows 10 does not."

What balderdash is that?

Linux supports a whole lot of audio formats, BMD has to leverage that.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostMon Oct 09, 2023 3:33 pm

BMNewb wrote:What balderdash is that?
That comes direct from Peter, the Lead Developer of Resolve.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostMon Oct 09, 2023 9:39 pm

Well then your precious Peter is full of it.

While you are it, tell him to get Resolve Studio functional on Linux for audio.

Thanks.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostWed Jan 17, 2024 4:31 pm

I know right.....come on blackMagic.....
if it's a patent licensing thing get around it by having a user compiled Shared object?

DR runs great on Linux except for all the missing features from the windows and mac versions...

1. MP4 AAC audio. Thinking linux is just for Pros is absurd. Make it happen I would pay extra for studio version for AAC audio support

2. Use a more popular Distro like Ubuntu or Arch as your favored Linux Distro. What is this Rocky Linux nonsense??

3. Fix the Internet accounts and bring the linux version up to parity with Windows and Mac.....

It's a extreme hassle when working with action camera files which are all AAC encoded. Converting them to PCM in a .MOV container is a huge PITA....
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostFri Jan 19, 2024 2:46 pm

Jim Simon wrote:It's my understanding that AAC encoding is a function of the OS, not Resolve.

Windows 11 offers AAC encoding options that Windows 10 does not.

You might have to move to Windows.



No that's complete bull, windows 10 can do .mp4 encoding/decodoing with AAC audio.
every single consumer device outputs .mp4 with AAC audio.
Gopro
DJI
Samsung
List goes on.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostTue Jan 23, 2024 7:35 pm

So why can't resolve link against libffmpeg.so???
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostThu Feb 22, 2024 6:24 pm

Boy, was I shocked and disappointed after buying DR Linux Studio—NO AAC support. Works on Mac and Windows. AAC works on Linux with ffmpeg, supporting several open-source video editors. How about allowing someone to write a ffmpeg plugin for DR Linux? An open-source ffmpeg plugin should end the licensing excuse. Transcoding is a drag as all of my camera files have aac audio. GoPro and Canon cameras mostly.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostTue May 14, 2024 3:03 am

Can somebody explain why is it so difficult to implement AAC support on Linux? I have been waiting for this for years.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostThu Jul 11, 2024 10:01 pm

Please please please BMD, build AAC support into Resolve Studio 19 for Linux before the end of public beta!

I check clips quickly with mpv or vlcplayer, MP4 containing HEVC video and AAC audio, and they playback no problems...but dropping them onto my timeline hear nothing.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostWed Sep 25, 2024 1:01 pm

Hello fellow sufferers,

Unfortunately, I feel the same way. I switched from Windows to Linux six months ago because I no longer want to support the way the system is developing. I'm happy with Linux Mint (an Ubuntu derivative) and was happy to get my favourite video editing software running on it.

It was only with time that I realised that the Linux version differs fundamentally from the Windows version in 2 respects:
1. no support for H.264/H.265 encoded MP4 videos, this is a paid version feature under Linux.
2. no support for AAC audio in MP4 files, not even in the paid version !!

The latter is actually an absolute no-go for a paid version. It can't be that the system supports the codecs natively and the manufacturer can't implement it in the software. If it is a licence problem, we Linux users would pay for it if necessary. But it is a cheek that even if you contact the support for the paid version with questions about the codecs, you are left out in the cold with a reference to the supported codec matrix.

As a temporary solution, I currently have no choice but to create additional audio tracks from my Canon and Samsung footage using Shutter-Encoder.

I agree with the previous speakers and sincerely hope that AAC support will be implemented in the near future.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostMon Sep 30, 2024 12:44 pm

Taurec wrote:I switched from Windows to Linux six months ago because I no longer want to support the way the system is developing. I'm happy with Linux Mint (an Ubuntu derivative) and was happy to get my favourite video editing software running on it.


I'm curious, did you have audio VSTs on your Windows install of Resolve by any chance, and if so, do they just work on Linux?

I'm looking to switch to Linux Mint in the future, and I'm searching everything about the programs that have no native support, like Affinity Photo and Designer, and all my VSTs plugin I use with Resolve.
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Re: Support AAC encoding on Linux already.

PostMon Sep 30, 2024 3:57 pm

BMNewb wrote:Well then your precious Peter is full of it.
It's a year later almost but...no, Peter's right.

Windows 10 can only encode up to 192. Windows 11 can do up to 320. (For stereo.)

So it really is up to the OS here.
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