<p>U. Windi is probably correct.</p>
<p>I was trying to use DaVinci Resolve on Debian/bookworm using the zip/run file install method.</p>
<p>This was with an mkv <code>h.264</code> video from OBS Studio, that being the default format.  But the Linux Resolve doesn't support this on the free version, you need DaVinci Resolve <strong>Studio</strong> for that.</p>
<p>Switching OBS to record in <code>mp4</code> format instead has actually allowed me to import the video into Resolve.</p>
<p>I will say that there was absolutely <strong>zero error reporting</strong> from Resolve about this.  It just did ... nothing.  I couldn't see anything relevant in the log file I found either.</p>

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2024-07-07T13:02:13.933Z
2024-07-07T13:02:13.933Z
Athanasius
<p>I am trying to use DaVinci Resolve 18.6 on Linux Mint 21.3 but I am having a rather peculiar issue when trying to add footage to the media storage.  I had rather lengthy footage in *.mp4 format that wasn't even recognized by Resolve (most likely because I am on the free version).  I converted this to *.mov format using ffmpeg and the result (even larger than the mp4) could be imported.</p>
<p>However, it was impractical to work with this huge file. It didn´t seem able to even generate proxies in spite of the resolution of my *.mov files being 720p.</p>
<p>I then resorted to extracing the various segments I was interested in using this ffmpeg incantation:</p>
<pre><code>ffmpeg -v quiet -y -i 2015_0101_000056_008.MP4 -c:v dnxhd -vf &quot;scale=1280:720,fps=60000/1001,format=yuv422p&quot; -b:v 110M -c:a pcm_s16le \
-ss 00:01:16 -t 00:00:22 -sn -an -dn footage08_001.mov \
-ss 00:02:07 -t 00:00:30 -sn -an -dn footage08_002.mov \
-ss 00:02:42 -t 00:00:06 -sn -an -dn footage08_003.mov \
-ss 00:32:40 -t 00:00:21 -sn -an -dn footage08_004.mov \
-ss 00:38:43 -t 00:00:32 -sn -an -dn footage08_005.mov \
-ss 00:39:34 -t 00:00:46 -sn -an -dn footage08_006.mov \
-ss 00:40:53 -t 00:00:35 -sn -an -dn footage08_007.mov \
-ss 00:41:42 -t 00:00:11 -sn -an -dn footage08_008.mov 
</code></pre>
<p>I have confirmed that I can watch each of these shorter clips both in VLC and Celluloid.</p>
<p>Now comes the issue: when I try to import these clips (by either dragging&amp;dropping or using the contextual menu &quot;Import Media&quot;) only the first one is imported.  I even tried removing the clip that was imported and then manually selecting just the second one but that didn't work. Re-importing the first one again worked fine.</p>
<p>I dumped the metadata for the first two clips but I cannot see anything that would explain why the first one can be imported but none of the others:</p>
<pre><code>$ ffprobe -show_data -hide_banner footage08_001.mov
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'footage08_001.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt  
    encoder         : Lavf58.76.100
    comment         : DEMO1
    comment-eng     : DEMO1
  Duration: 00:00:22.01, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 219975 kb/s
  Stream #0:0(eng): Video: dnxhd (DNXHD) (AVdn / 0x6E645641), yuv422p(tv, bt709/unknown/unknown), 1280x720, 219980 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 60k tbn, 60k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : FFMP
      encoder         : Lavc58.134.100 dnxhd
$ ffprobe -show_data -hide_banner footage08_002.mov
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'footage08_002.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt  
    encoder         : Lavf58.76.100
    comment         : DEMO1
    comment-eng     : DEMO1
  Duration: 00:00:30.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 7791 kb/s
  Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720, 7785 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 15360 tbn, 120 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : FFMP
      encoder         : Lavc58.134.100 libx264
</code></pre>
<p>As a matter of fact, I have several original footage that I broke down in the manner described above.  When importing media, only the first clip is ever imported.  So, I could see:</p>
<ul>
<li>footage01_001.mov</li>
<li>footage02_001.mov</li>
<li>footage03_003.mov</li>
</ul>
<p>Imported correctly but never:</p>
<ul>
<li>footage01_002.mov</li>
<li>footage02_002.mov</li>
<li>footage03_002.mov</li>
</ul>
<p>I searched blackmagic's forum and stackexchange for something vaguely similar to no avail.</p>
<p>It may well be something very silly but I would be really greateful if someone could shed some light in this mystery.</p>

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2024-05-20T21:19:12.297Z
Could it be that Resove thinks these are the same clip? Maybe also have a look at [Supported Formats and Codecs](https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_18_Supported_Codec_List.pdf?_v=1658361163000).
U. Windl
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DaVinci Resolve 18 not importing footage into media library
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# DaVinci Resolve 18 not importing footage into media library

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-30)

I am trying to use DaVinci Resolve 18.6 on Linux Mint 21.3 but I am having a rather peculiar issue when trying to add footage to the media storage.  I had rather lengthy footage in *.mp4 format that wasn't even recognized by Resolve (most likely because I am on the free version).  I converted this to *.mov format using ffmpeg and the result (even larger than the mp4) could be imported.
However, it was impractical to work with this huge file. It didn´t seem able to even generate proxies in spite of the resolution of my *.mov files being 720p.
I then resorted to extracing the various segments I was interested in using this ffmpeg incantation:
ffmpeg -v quiet -y -i 2015_0101_000056_008.MP4 -c:v dnxhd -vf "scale=1280:720,fps=60000/1001,format=yuv422p" -b:v 110M -c:a pcm_s16le \
-ss 00:01:16 -t 00:00:22 -sn -an -dn footage08_001.mov \
-ss 00:02:07 -t 00:00:30 -sn -an -dn footage08_002.mov \
-ss 00:02:42 -t 00:00:06 -sn -an -dn footage08_003.mov \
-ss 00:32:40 -t 00:00:21 -sn -an -dn footage08_004.mov \
-ss 00:38:43 -t 00:00:32 -sn -an -dn footage08_005.mov \
-ss 00:39:34 -t 00:00:46 -sn -an -dn footage08_006.mov \
-ss 00:40:53 -t 00:00:35 -sn -an -dn footage08_007.mov \
-ss 00:41:42 -t 00:00:11 -sn -an -dn footage08_008.mov 

I have confirmed that I can watch each of these shorter clips both in VLC and Celluloid.
Now comes the issue: when I try to import these clips (by either dragging&dropping or using the contextual menu "Import Media") only the first one is imported.  I even tried removing the clip that was imported and then manually selecting just the second one but that didn't work. Re-importing the first one again worked fine.
I dumped the metadata for the first two clips but I cannot see anything that would explain why the first one can be imported but none of the others:
$ ffprobe -show_data -hide_banner footage08_001.mov
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'footage08_001.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt  
    encoder         : Lavf58.76.100
    comment         : DEMO1
    comment-eng     : DEMO1
  Duration: 00:00:22.01, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 219975 kb/s
  Stream #0:0(eng): Video: dnxhd (DNXHD) (AVdn / 0x6E645641), yuv422p(tv, bt709/unknown/unknown), 1280x720, 219980 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 59.94 fps, 59.94 tbr, 60k tbn, 60k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : FFMP
      encoder         : Lavc58.134.100 dnxhd
$ ffprobe -show_data -hide_banner footage08_002.mov
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'footage08_002.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt  
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: qt  
    encoder         : Lavf58.76.100
    comment         : DEMO1
    comment-eng     : DEMO1
  Duration: 00:00:30.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 7791 kb/s
  Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720, 7785 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 15360 tbn, 120 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : FFMP
      encoder         : Lavc58.134.100 libx264

As a matter of fact, I have several original footage that I broke down in the manner described above.  When importing media, only the first clip is ever imported.  So, I could see:

footage01_001.mov
footage02_001.mov
footage03_003.mov

Imported correctly but never:

footage01_002.mov
footage02_002.mov
footage03_002.mov

I searched blackmagic's forum and stackexchange for something vaguely similar to no avail.
It may well be something very silly but I would be really greateful if someone could shed some light in this mystery.

**Tags:** davinci-resolve

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could it be that Resove thinks these are the same clip? Maybe also have a look at [Supported Formats and Codecs](https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_18_Supported_Codec_List.pdf?_v=1658361163000).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-07-07. Score: 0

U. Windi is probably correct.

I was trying to use DaVinci Resolve on Debian/bookworm using the zip/run file install method.

This was with an mkv `h.264` video from OBS Studio, that being the default format. But the Linux Resolve doesn't support this on the free version, you need DaVinci Resolve **Studio** for that.

Switching OBS to record in `mp4` format instead has actually allowed me to import the video into Resolve.

I will say that there was absolutely **zero error reporting** from Resolve about this. It just did ... nothing. I couldn't see anything relevant in the log file I found either.


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