DaVinci Resolve - Revision history

Cucumber: Fix sentence structure, change sentence order

2026-09-16T15:29:37Z

Fix sentence structure, change sentence order

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:29, 16 September 2026
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	If DaVinci Resolve shows an error about the GPU memory being full upon opening a small or empty timeline, it may be worth investigating whether Resolve actually uses the correct GPU.		If DaVinci Resolve shows an error about the GPU memory being full upon opening a small or empty timeline, it may be worth investigating whether Resolve actually uses the correct GPU.

	The following has been tested using an Nvidia RTX 40-series mobile graphics card. As such, these troubleshooting steps only apply for running Resolve on an Nvidia GPU. First, examine if offloading is actually the problem:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">		The following has been tested using an Nvidia RTX 40-series mobile graphics card. As such, these troubleshooting steps only apply for running Resolve on an Nvidia GPU. Note that Resolve may show your GPU as correctly detected and in use (under Preferences → System → Memory and GPU), despite not having access to it due to the missing offload configuration. First, examine if offloading is actually the problem:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
	__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia davinci-resolve		__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia davinci-resolve
	</syntaxhighlight>Note that, even though Resolve may show your GPU as correctly detected and in use (under Preferences → System → Memory and GPU), despite not having access to it due to the missing offload configuration.		</syntaxhighlight>If this fixes the problem, you may want to auto-apply these environment variables upon launching DaVinci Resolve:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">

	If this fixes the problem, you may want to auto-apply these environment variables upon launching DaVinci Resolve:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	{ pkgs }:		{ pkgs }:

Cucumber: Add troubleshooting step on Nvidia offload-related problem

2026-09-16T15:27:24Z

Add troubleshooting step on Nvidia offload-related problem

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:27, 16 September 2026
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	hardware.amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;</syntaxhighlight>		hardware.amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;</syntaxhighlight>

			=== GPU memory full (missing Nvidia offloading) ===
			If DaVinci Resolve shows an error about the GPU memory being full upon opening a small or empty timeline, it may be worth investigating whether Resolve actually uses the correct GPU.

			The following has been tested using an Nvidia RTX 40-series mobile graphics card. As such, these troubleshooting steps only apply for running Resolve on an Nvidia GPU. First, examine if offloading is actually the problem:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
			__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia davinci-resolve
			</syntaxhighlight>Note that, even though Resolve may show your GPU as correctly detected and in use (under Preferences → System → Memory and GPU), despite not having access to it due to the missing offload configuration.

			If this fixes the problem, you may want to auto-apply these environment variables upon launching DaVinci Resolve:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
			{ pkgs }:

			pkgs.callPackage "${pkgs.path}/pkgs/by-name/da/davinci-resolve/package.nix" {
			buildFHSEnv = args:
			pkgs.buildFHSEnv (args // {
			extraBwrapArgs = (args.extraBwrapArgs or []) ++ [
			"--setenv" "__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD" "1"
			"--setenv" "__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME" "nvidia"
			];
			});
			}
			</syntaxhighlight>Use this overridden package like so:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
			(pkgs.callPackage ./davinci-resolve-nvidia-fix.nix {
			inherit pkgs;
			})
			</syntaxhighlight>
	[[Category:Applications]]		[[Category:Applications]]

Momi V: Document Resolve Studio potentially needing a UDEV rule to get access to the USB License dongle

2026-06-15T22:15:05Z

Document Resolve Studio potentially needing a UDEV rule to get access to the USB License dongle

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:15, 15 June 2026
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	If you can spot a line similar to <code>Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (5.15.12) with this library (5.15.2)</code>, and have configured QT options in your NixOS configuration (<code>qt.enable = true;</code>), try disabling them.		If you can spot a line similar to <code>Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (5.15.12) with this library (5.15.2)</code>, and have configured QT options in your NixOS configuration (<code>qt.enable = true;</code>), try disabling them.

			=== Resolve Studio crashes during License check with USB dongle ===
			When Resolve Studio starts fine as root, but crashes when you are trying to run it as a normal user and you are using a USB License Key Dongle you might need to add a UDEV rule to allow user access to the USB device<ref>https://github.com/zelikos/davincibox#resolve-studio-crashes-on-checking-licences</ref>:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
			# DaVinci Resolve UDEV
			services.udev.extraRules = ''
			SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="096e", MODE="0664", GROUP="users", TAG+="uaccess"
			'';
			</syntaxhighlight>

	=== Resolve crashes on Edit/Fusion tab with Intel iGPU ===		=== Resolve crashes on Edit/Fusion tab with Intel iGPU ===

SeniorMatt: Changed the wording a little.

2026-04-18T19:34:36Z

Changed the wording a little.

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:34, 18 April 2026
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	=== Resolve crashes on Edit/Fusion tab with Intel iGPU ===		=== Resolve crashes on Edit/Fusion tab with Intel iGPU ===
	If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how to pinning packages works you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].		If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how pinning packages to specific versions works, you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].

	Here's the solution for [[NixOS system configuration#Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:		Here's the solution for [[NixOS system configuration#Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:

NexRX: Correct the placement of `hardware.amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;`

2026-02-07T18:53:13Z

Correct the placement of `hardware.amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;`

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:53, 7 February 2026
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">hardware.graphics = {		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">hardware.graphics = {
	enable = true;		enable = true;
	amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;		};
	};</syntaxhighlight>		hardware.amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;</syntaxhighlight>

	[[Category:Applications]]		[[Category:Applications]]

SeniorMatt: Updated the broken link.

2026-01-22T07:42:26Z

Updated the broken link.

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:42, 22 January 2026
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	If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how to pinning packages works you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].		If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how to pinning packages works you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].

	Here's the solution for [[Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:		Here's the solution for [[NixOS system configuration#Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:

	{{File\|3=inputs = {		{{File\|3=inputs = {

SeniorMatt: Described an Issue in DaVinci Resolve with latest intel-compute-runtime-legacy1 and provided a way to fix it.

2026-01-22T07:39:05Z

Described an Issue in DaVinci Resolve with latest intel-compute-runtime-legacy1 and provided a way to fix it.

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:39, 22 January 2026
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	If you can spot a line similar to <code>Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (5.15.12) with this library (5.15.2)</code>, and have configured QT options in your NixOS configuration (<code>qt.enable = true;</code>), try disabling them.		If you can spot a line similar to <code>Cannot mix incompatible Qt library (5.15.12) with this library (5.15.2)</code>, and have configured QT options in your NixOS configuration (<code>qt.enable = true;</code>), try disabling them.

			=== Resolve crashes on Edit/Fusion tab with Intel iGPU ===
			If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how to pinning packages works you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].

			Here's the solution for [[Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:

			{{File\|3=inputs = {
			nixpkgs-c5ae371f1.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/0c3fc1cd3494aa52a2c111d5f18a7689fd15ab83"; # Paste this nixpkgs commit to your Flake's inputs.
			};

			outputs = { nixpkgs, ... }@inputs
			{
			# Pass it to your configuration.nix via inputs.
			};\|name=flake.nix\|lang=Nix}}{{File\|3={ inputs, ... }:
			{
			# OpenCL support.
			hardware.graphics = {
			enable = true;
			enable32Bit = true;
			extraPackages =
			let
			pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs-c5ae371f1 {
			system = "x86_64-linux";
			config.allowUnfree = true;
			};
			in
			[
			pkgs.intel-compute-runtime-legacy1 # Use the latest driver commit that worked with DaVinci Resolve.
			];
			};
			}\|name=configuration.nix\|lang=Nix}}

	=== Cannot import video file ===		=== Cannot import video file ===

SeniorMatt: /* Intel */ Added documentation for older Intel OpenCL support before 12th Gen.

2026-01-21T17:11:52Z

Intel: Added documentation for older Intel OpenCL support before 12th Gen.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:11, 21 January 2026
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	=== Intel ===		=== Intel ===

	DaVinci Resolve has partial support for Intel GPUs on Linux. Audio playback works on the Fairlight page, but the video timeline does not work. To add Intel support, add the ~~following setting~~ to your <code>configuration.nix</code>:		DaVinci Resolve has partial support for Intel GPUs on Linux. Audio playback works on the Fairlight page, but the video timeline does not work. To add Intel support, add one of the option to your <code>configuration.nix</code>:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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	enable32Bit = true;		enable32Bit = true;
	extraPackages = with pkgs; [		extraPackages = with pkgs; [
	intel-compute-runtime		intel-compute-runtime # For Intel 12th Gen and newer
			intel-compute-runtime-legacy1 # For Intel Gen 8, 9, 11
	];		];
	};		};

IntangibleW: Update status of wayland support

2025-12-09T08:23:52Z

Update status of wayland support

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:23, 9 December 2025
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	== X11 or Wayland ==		== X11 or Wayland ==

	DaVinci Resolve can run on ~~both X11 and on~~ Wayland.		Currently, DaVinci Resolve can not run on native Wayland. This is due to qtwayland version mismatch. See [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/341634 nixpkgs issue] .

	If you want to maximize your chances you can try and start davinci in the following way to check for ROCM or Rusticl support		If you want to maximize your chances you can try and start davinci in the following way to check for ROCM or Rusticl support

RedbeardyMcGee: Enable `opencl` instead of installing a package directly.

2025-12-04T01:41:42Z

Enable `opencl` instead of installing a package directly.

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:41, 4 December 2025
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">hardware.graphics = {		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">hardware.graphics = {
	enable = true;		enable = true;
	~~extraPackages = with pkgs; [~~		amdgpu.opencl.enable = true;
	~~rocmPackages~~.~~clr~~.~~icd~~
	];
	};</syntaxhighlight>		};</syntaxhighlight>

	[[Category:Applications]]		[[Category:Applications]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:42, 22 January 2026
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	If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how to pinning packages works you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].		If you are using <code>intel-compute-runtime-legacy1</code> and DaVinci Resolve crashes whenever you try to switch to Edit or Fusion tab, it indicates the issue with the latest package. If you want to learn more about how to pinning packages works you can read [[FAQ/Pinning Nixpkgs\|this article]].

	Here's the solution for [[Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:		Here's the solution for [[NixOS system configuration#Defining NixOS as a flake\|flake-based]] NixOS system:

	{{File\|3=inputs = {		{{File\|3=inputs = {