Howto davinci resolve

RX580

install amdgpu-pro drivers:

wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aur-43227c96bde5619f54d1fd2ba2a74bf0e943066c.tar.gz
tar xvf aur-43227c96bde5619f54d1fd2ba2a74bf0e943066c.tar.gz
cd aur-43227c96bde5619f54d1fd2ba2a74bf0e943066c
makepkg -si

install opencl-legacy:

yay -S opencl-legacy-amdgpu-pro lib32-opencl-legacy-amdgpu-pro

6950XT

install amdgpu-pro drivers:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/amdgpu-pro-installer.git
cd amdgpu-pro-installer
makepkg -si

intel arc770

remove xorg intel driver:

pacman -R xf86-video-intel

enable chaotic repo:

https://wiki.vidalinux.org/index.php/Howto_create_own_archlinux_distro#enable_chaotic_repo

install mesa-tkg-git and lib32-mesa-tkg-git :

pacman -S mesa-tkg-git lib32-mesa-tkg-git --noconfirm

install latest xanmod-edge:

yay -S linux-xanmod-edge-linux-bin-x64v4 linux-xanmod-edge-linux-headers-bin-x64v4

install intel-runtime:

pacman -S intel-graphics-compiler intel-compute-runtime onevpl-intel-gpu intel-gpu-tools intel-media-driver

clone vidalinux aur github repo:

git clone https://github.com/vidalinux/AUR.git

create and install intel-compute-runtime package:

cd AUR/intel-compute-runtime
makepkg -si

add this to /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.force_probe=56a0"

update grub:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

recreate initramfs:

mkinitcpio -P

reboot system:

reboot

launch davinci resolve in wayland:

QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb /opt/resolve/bin/resolve

in gnome 47 set the following to fix an error with vulkan:

sudo su -
echo "GSK_RENDERER=ngl" >> /etc/environment
reboot

install davinci archlinux

install davinci-resolve using yay:

yay -S davinci-resolve

or install davinci-resolve-studio:

yay -S davinci-resolve-studio

for amd when installation finish edit /usr/share/applications/DaVinciResolve.desktop:

Exec=/usr/bin/progl /opt/resolve/bin/resolve

if you have the following issues when launching davinci:

symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_task_set_static_name

use the following script:

cat > /usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash
srcdir=/opt/resolve
if [ ! -d ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries ];
then
mkdir ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
fi
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libglib* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libgio* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libgmodule* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
EOF

set script permissions and execute:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh
/usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh

now you can launch davinci resolve:

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve

install davinci opensuse

download the following script:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vidalinux/resolve-flatpak/main/shell/download-resolve.sh

set script permissions:

chmod +x download-resolve.sh

download davinci resolve using this script:

./download-resolve.sh

install the package, ignoring the whether all of the prerequisite packages are installed:

SKIP_PACKAGE_CHECK=1 ./DaVinci_Resolve_19.0b3_Linux.run

install libjpeg62 package:

sudo zypper install libjpeg62 

create the following script:

cat > /usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash
srcdir=/opt/resolve
if [ ! -d ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries ];
then
mkdir ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
fi
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libglib* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libgio* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libgmodule* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
EOF

set script permissions and execute:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh
/usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh

now you can launch davinci resolve:

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve

install davinci fedora

enable rpm-fusion free and non-free repos:

sudo dnf install \
 https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install \
 https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

make sure you have nvidia cuda drivers install:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

download the following script:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vidalinux/resolve-flatpak/main/shell/download-resolve.sh

set script permissions:

chmod +x download-resolve.sh

download davinci resolve using this script:

./download-resolve.sh

install the package, ignoring the whether all of the prerequisite packages are installed:

SKIP_PACKAGE_CHECK=1 ./DaVinci_Resolve_19.0.3_Linux.run

install libxcrypt-compat package:

sudo dnf -y install libxcrypt-compat

create the following script as root user:

cat > /usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash
srcdir=/opt/resolve
if [ ! -d ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries ];
then
mkdir ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
fi
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libglib* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libgio* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
mv ${srcdir}/libs/libgmodule* ${srcdir}/libs/disabled-libraries
EOF

change script permissions and execute:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh
/usr/local/bin/disable-resolve-libraries.sh

as normal user launch davinci resolve:

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve

manually download davinci resolve

download latest davinci resolve:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vidalinux/resolve-flatpak/main/shell/download-resolve.sh

install jq package:

sudo pacman -S jq

get available davinci resolve download_id:

curl -o- https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/api/support/nz/downloads.json |
 jq -r '.downloads[]
         | select(.urls["Linux"] != null)
         | select(.urls["Linux"][0]["product"] == "davinci-resolve")
         | [.urls["Linux"][0].downloadTitle, .urls["Linux"][0].downloadId]
         | @tsv'

get available davinci resolve studio download_id:

curl -o- https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/api/support/nz/downloads.json |
 jq -r '.downloads[]
         | select(.urls["Linux"] != null)
         | select(.urls["Linux"][0]["product"] == "davinci-resolve-studio")
         | [.urls["Linux"][0].downloadTitle, .urls["Linux"][0].downloadId]
         | @tsv'

edit download-resolve.sh and modify davinci-resolve free edition downloadid and pkgver:

else
_downloadid='47739b7a6f9e4ac2946d9b2ee503dce4'
_pkgver=19.0b4

download davinci-resolve free edition with script:

chmod +x download-resolve.sh
./download-resolve.sh

edit download-resolve.sh and modify davinci-resolve studio edition downloadid and pkgver:

if [ $1 = studio ];
then
_downloadid='811cb06367b048b0af45782571d7e0bf'
_pkgver=19.0b4

download davinci-resolve studio edition with script:

./download-resolve.sh studio

davinci-resolve-checker

install required dependencies:

sudo pacman -S expac mesa-utils python-distro python-cached-property

install other required dependencies from aur

yay -S python-pylspci

clone git repo:

git clone https://github.com/Ashark/davinci-resolve-checker.git

execute the script:

cd davinci-resolve-checker
./davinci-resolve-checker.py

install obs amd encoder

install obs with amf support:

yay -S obs-studio-amf

if using wayland launch obs with the following settings:

VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/amd_pro_icd64.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/amd_pro_icd32.json obs

errors

if you have this error when loading davinci resolve:

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

use the following command to load davinci resolve:

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so /usr/bin/progl /opt/resolve/bin/resolve

references

• https://discord.com/channels/930482284774191215/984132126574276689
• https://fedoraproject-org.translate.goog/wiki/SIGs/HC?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DaVinci_Resolve
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU_PRO
• https://gist.github.com/c0debreaker/94d65d0a48d9173436c949fe62903964
• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/obs-studio-amf
• https://linuxgamecast.com/2023/02/davinci-resolve-on-linux-amd-gpu-drivers
• https://github.com/CosmicFusion/fedora-amdgpu-pro/tree/main
• https://dgpu-docs.intel.com/devices/hardware-table.html
• https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/issues/659
• https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/releases
• https://notes.mark.himsley.org/BlackmagicDesign_DaVinciResolve/install_DaVinciResolve_on_OpenSuse_Tumbleweed

[progl]

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ashark/archlinux-amdgpu-pro/master/progl

[shutter]

• https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/

[amdgpu repo]

• https://repo.radeon.com/amdgpu