Introduction

Working with videos in DaVinci Resolve can be a delight, but sometimes, importing footage in different formats can be tedious. Not all formats are supported by Davinci Resolve. To solve this problem, I use ffmpeg to transcode any video format into a .mov.

What You Need

Before diving into the script, you’ll need to have the following installed:

• ffmpeg: An open-source tool for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files.
• DaVinci Resolve: A professional video editing software that supports a wide range of formats.

The command

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec dnxhd -acodec pcm_s16le -s 1920x1080 -r 30000/1001 -b:v 36M -pix_fmt yuv422p -f mov output.mov

This command can be put in bash script to batch convert a lot of videos.