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Edzel Yago wrote:I can't tell if Resolve is 'working' or not, judging by this thread...
yes -- it's more or less working -- since version 15 even with native audio support via your usual sound card.
but it's worth mentioning, that the actual codec support in the free version for linux is much worse than for mac os or windows (i.e. you'll have to reencode most footage by ffmpeg before you can use it in resolve on linux systems).
the installer is still a horrible inferior crap and only supports CentOS. therefore most users actually utilize community supported hacks to get resolve running on their preferred distributions. repacking and more user friendly support by distribution maintainers resp. more user friendly integration into existing widely used linux distributions is prohibited by the rather restrictive EULA and software download procedures.
it's still necessary to have a powerful machine with at least a recent nvida card with lots of VRAM (maybe some AMD cards may work as well) to run resolve on linux. iGPUs are not sufficient, although they may work for resolve on other operating systems.
it's also useful to communicate to new users, that you will not get any continuous full screen preview (e.g. while editing) on a second second screen in resolve before you purchase a blackmagic video i/o card or adapter. using only the GUI preview resp. computer monitors instead is rather unsatisfying, because the software calibration LUT entries do not work reliable and consistent in all modes of the application.
but beside all this rather unpleasant irks and tons of of other bugs, it's IMHO still the most powerful affordable NLE-like solution on linux right now! it's simply the only one, which allows unlimited import/export of projects in common exchange formats -- that's IMHO the most important and unique feature, which i really miss in all other freely available linux solutions. nevertheless i still think, we shouldn't forget all the other serious linux alternatives (natron, blender, ardour, nuke non-commercial, sgo mistika, autodesk flame, baselight). in the long run it's very important that the whole ecosystem prospers and gets better and better over time and others don't wither in the shadow of only one popular product.