ffmpeg_encoder_plugin

FFmpeg Encoder Plugin for DaVinci Resolve Studio

This plugin enables you to export H.264, H.265 and AV1 video from DaVinci Resolve Studio using FFmpeg encoders. The plugin supports both CPU encoding and GPU encoding on Linux using VAAPI, Vulkan and NVENC where available.

Supported encoders

• H.264
  • X264
  • VAAPI
  • Vulkan
  • NVENC
• H.265
  • X265
  • VAAPI
  • Vulkan
  • NVENC
• AV1
  • SVT-AV1
  • VAAPI
  • Vulkan
  • NVENC

Installation

Linux

• Unzip ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle.zip to /opt/resolve/IOPlugins/.

There is also an AUR package at davinci-ffmpeg-encoder-plugin for Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions.

If the hardware-accelerated VAAPI encoders are missing in Resolve, you may lack the required VAAPI driver for your GPU. Installation instructions can be found on the wikis of Arch, Debian, and Fedora. The driver installation can be verified by running vainfo.

Windows

• Unzip ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle.zip to %ProgramData%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\IOPlugins\.

Mac

• Unzip ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle.zip
• Run xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle. This is necessary because the binary is not notarized by Apple and without this step, macOS will refuse to load the plugin and say that it is damaged.
• Move ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle to the following directory depending on the installation method of DaVinci Resolve.
  • Standalone: /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/IOPlugins/
  • Mac App Store: ~/Library/Containers/com.blackmagic-design.DaVinciResolveAppStore/Data/Library/Application Support/IOPlugins/

Build instructions

Linux

Requirements

• GCC or Clang
• CMake
• FFmpeg (with development files)

Building the plugin

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

• Copy ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp from ./build to /opt/resolve/IOPlugins/ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle/Contents/Linux-x86-64/.

Windows

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022
• MSVC or Clang
• CMake
• Shared FFmpeg development files from https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/

Building the plugin

• Extract the downloaded ffmpeg-release-full-shared.7z to the project root, and rename the folder to ffmpeg.
• Open the project in Visual Studio 2022 and select Build > Build ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.
• Copy ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp from .\out\build, and the dll files for avcodec, avutil and swresample from .\ffmpeg\bin to %ProgramData%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\IOPlugins\ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle\Contents\Win64\.

Mac

Requirements

• Clang
• CMake (from Homebrew)
• FFmpeg (from Homebrew)

Building the plugin

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

• Copy ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp from ./build to the following directory depending on the CPU architecture and installation location of DaVinci Resolve.
  • Mac x86-64: /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/IOPlugins/ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle/Contents/MacOS-x86-64/
  • Mac x86-64 (App Store): ~/Library/Containers/com.blackmagic-design.DaVinciResolveAppStore/Data/Library/Application Support/IOPlugins/ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle/Contents/MacOS-x86-64/
  • Mac Arm64: /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/IOPlugins/ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle/Contents/MacOS/
  • Mac Arm64 (App Store): ~/Library/Containers/com.blackmagic-design.DaVinciResolveAppStore/Data/Library/Application Support/IOPlugins/ffmpeg_encoder_plugin.dvcp.bundle/Contents/MacOS/

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