I'm a Linux newbie and I am running into an issue with DaVinci Resolve. I'd greatly appreciate any help because I really want to use this software to edit YouTube videos. (However, If anyone knows any good open-source alternatives to Resolve I am definitely open to other software.)
Anyway, the issue is that I can't import any videos into Resolve. I've tried with .mp4 and .mov files, however every time they just show up blank in the media tab and don't work. I installed Resolve using the help guide on Zorin Help and so far everything else seems to work fine. I tested and I was able to import .png images as well.
I looked up the issue and most people said it was a problem with the graphics drivers. I am running the nvidia 570 driver and Resolve seems to recognize my nvidia graphics card under the Memory and GPU section in preferences in the software. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the 570 driver, which did nothing. As far as I know, everything with my drivers seems to be working correctly. Does anyone know what may be causing this issue with Resolve or am I missing something with the drivers?
Thanks for the suggestion. I took a quick look at kdenlive and it doesn't look bad by any means. I still think I am going to try a few more things to get Resolve to work though; it just offers a ton of amazing features. That will be my back up if I can't figure anything out though.
Well, after I doing a lot of research I agree that DaVinci Resolve is not worth the headaches it causes. I will probably go use kdenlive.
However, now I can't uninstall all of DaVinci Resolve for some reason. The normal apt command to remove it is not working properly. I really don't want Resolve files just rotting on my system. Is there any other way to reliably remove the the entire application? I know it isn't recommended, but is it possible to do it by just deleting files?
Here is the command I used:
sudo apt-get purge davinci-resolve
And here is the output I got:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
davinci-resolve*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 289837 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing davinci-resolve (19.1.4-mrd1.8.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 284934 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for davinci-resolve (19.1.4-mrd1.8.1) ...
dpkg: warning: while removing davinci-resolve, directory '/var/BlackmagicDesign/DaVinci Resolve' not empty so not removed
Afterwards, I can't access the applications, however there are still a ton of DaVinci Resolve files on my system. Is there anyway to find and remove all these files or am I just screwed?
DaVinci Resolve definitely isn't worth all the problems it causes. If anyone could help me with this, I'd be super grateful. I'm nervous to just start deleting a ton of files in case I mess something up with my system.
Thank you for the help! I noticed the files while I was navigating around the nautilus GUI. I still have many files in my home folder for Resolve. I also saw files in my usr directory and var directory. I started using the search function and noticed many BlackMagicDesign and or Davinci Resolve files. I also noticed my disk did not free up all the space that the application originally took up.
I deleted the folder you suggested. I did a search and that eliminated some of the files I originally saw.
Programs will place files in places that logically align to what that file is needed for.
I realize... that this can look scattered. This is true on Windows OS, GTK and Plasma DE's the same.
As well as many other operating systems.
So, let's do a quick breakdown:
User specific Software Configuration files will be placed in that users Home Folder to keep it only applicable to that user. You can find software specific files in Home in /.local/share/ or in that software name. For example, /.mozilla or /.wine
Desktop Launcher files are located in Home /.local/share/applications or system-wide /usr/share/applications. As you can see, this separates andd organizes.
System wide configuration files are stored in root, /usr/share. You can see the similarity if name convention, there. You must elevate to root privileges to delete these files.
You are completely right: Using the search function is a method to Seek & Destroy. I do it. As long as you only remove the files for that removed software, you have nothing to worry about.
Many different software applications leave residual files behind for a good reason:
If the user is reinstalling, this allows them to reinstall without having to run the setup and get all their configurations back. It can just access the residual config files and it is like you never reinstalled it.
It prevents filling the apt cache redownloading every single file. You can do minimal download and install action by having the remaining files take up the slack.
So, it may seem annoying that residual files get behind - it is a trade off against something that can be far more annoying. Especially if you are reinstalling to troubleshoot software - the last thing you want to do is stop what you are doing and spend an hour reconfiguring it, too.
Alright, I am starting to understand things better now.
I will try to do that to clean up the files the best I can then. Are there any tricks for knowing what files are good to delete? I see a lot of files with DaVinci in the name in the folder "usr/src/linux-hwe-6.8-headers-6.8.0-59/". Are these the configuration files you were talking about?
Do not remove anything from /usr/src - that is the System Kernel.
I am... confused. I cannot fathom that BlackMagic would add any software specific files to the Linux Kernel folder.
I have never installed DaVinci... I may need to in order to see if there is a coincidence in a name being used. I have never ever come across anything like this before...
Wow, that was not what I was expecting. I'm glad I didn't mess with them then. I checked and I have a total of 10 folders and 34 other files with davinci in the name in that directory. All of the files are under a few different subdirectories in that first directory I mentioned. I hope they didn't hack into my computer or anything. I know with "free" software the user's data is normally the "payment."
That helped - referencing this module support, it is Texas Instruments TI DaVinci DA8xx - this is some ARM based hardware that has Linux Kernel support - Confirmed that it is a name coincidence.
Great, that is good to know; I'm happy it is nothing illicit.
I did a search for blackmagic and all those remaining files are in my /home directory. I am probably good to delete those right? There was also a couple of python (.py) files with blackmagic in the name, but they were under "var/lib/flatpak/app/org.blender.Blender/x86_64," so I assume this is just another naming coincidence as they look like files for Blender.
