DaVinci Resolve on AMD Finally Works on Omarchy OS – Full Install & Real Test (RX 9060 XT)
In this video, I finally get DaVinci Resolve working on AMD under Omarchy OS — something I’ve been trying to solve for a very long time.
In this video, I finally get DaVinci Resolve working on AMD under Omarchy OS — something I’ve been trying to solve for a very long time.
Link to download load the install script from the project section of my site
as usual safety not guaranteed ...experimental... use at you own risked //etcetc ..repeat till fade
If you’ve followed the channel, you’ll know this has been my white whale: getting DaVinci Resolve running reliably on Linux with an AMD GPU. I’ve tried Ubuntu, Fedora, SteamOS, and multiple Arch-based setups, and it’s always broken in different ways — black video, freezes, crashes on relaunch, or complete system lockups.
In this video, I show how I finally cracked it.
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🔹 What This Video Covers
• Why DaVinci Resolve has historically been so difficult on AMD under Linux
• The role of OpenCL encoders in causing black video and crashes
• How previous installs would:
• Show black video
• Freeze when reopening a project
• Crash the system on relaunch
• Discovering the missing OpenCL handling that was breaking everything
• Building a large install script that:
• Selects the correct GPU (ignores the iGPU)
• Installs required AMD / ROCm / OpenCL components
• Applies fixes discovered from existing community projects
• Forces Resolve to use system libraries instead of bundled ones
• Disables the problematic Blackmagic OpenCL decoder
• Adds proper PipeWire / ALSA audio routing
• Creates a desktop launcher and helper tools
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🔹 System Used in the Video
• Dell desktop (used previously on the channel)
• AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
• Fresh install of Omarchy OS
• Clean system (no prior tweaks)
This script is designed specifically for AMD 9000-series cards.
It is not intended for older AMD GPUs or NVIDIA cards.
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🔹 DaVinci Resolve on AMD – What Works
• Resolve launches correctly
• UI scaling fixed by setting 150%
• Projects open without freezing
• ProRes media loads correctly
• Editing works
• Colour page works (with some lag at first)
• Rendering to ProRes HQ works
• Audio works correctly
• Closing and reopening Resolve no longer crashes the system
Codec limitations still apply in the free version:
• No H.264 / H.265
• ProRes workflow works as expected
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🔹 Why This Matters
The entire reason I’ve pushed so hard on this is the bigger goal:
a single machine that can both game and edit.
Steam is heavily focused on AMD, and if we want a future Steam box that can:
• Play games
• Record gameplay
• Edit footage in DaVinci Resolve
…then Resolve has to work on AMD.
This video is one major step toward that goal.
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🔹 Important Notes
• This is a large, aggressive install script
• It pulls in a lot of dependencies
• Do this on a clean install
• Do not try it on unsupported GPUs
• Test at your own risk
If you’re on AMD 9000-series and you’ve been stuck like I was, this may finally get you moving.
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🔹 Final Thoughts
This took a lot of trial and error, broken systems, and failed installs — but it finally works.
DaVinci Resolve on AMD under Linux is no longer a myth, at least on Omarchy OS with the RX 9060 XT. There’s still more work to do, but this removes one of the biggest blockers in building a proper Linux gaming + creator machine.
Let me know in the comments if you try it, and what card you’re running.
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