> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dfine.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# DaVinci Resolve

> Send your DaVinci Resolve programme to dfine.io Desktop by adding the dfine.io Transmit effect to the timeline node.

Resolve does not have a Mercury Transmit equivalent, so the picture is picked up by an OpenFX effect instead. Where you place that effect decides what ends up on the stream, and the timeline node is the place that covers everything.

<Note>
  This needs DaVinci Resolve **Studio**. The free version does not load OpenFX plugins from other vendors.
</Note>

## Install the plugin

Open **Settings** in dfine.io Desktop, go to **Plugin Sources**, and install the Resolve plugin. macOS will ask for your password, because OpenFX plugins live in a system folder. Then quit Resolve and start it again so it picks the plugin up.

## Add the effect to the timeline node

The Color page has two node levels. **Clip** works on the shot under the playhead, **Timeline** works on the finished programme. You want Timeline, otherwise the stream only carries the one shot you happened to be on.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Color page">
    Switch to the Color page and open the **Library** panel on the right, where the OpenFX effects live.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/zlcU0511cdZKxIb3/images/desktop/resolve-color-page-library.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=zlcU0511cdZKxIb3&q=85&s=7c5c7d7a0ca680d8de36ca1683a43c92" alt="The DaVinci Resolve Color page with the OpenFX Library panel open on the right" width="3448" height="1940" data-path="images/desktop/resolve-color-page-library.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Switch the node graph to Timeline">
    Above the node graph, change the mode from **Clip** to **Timeline**. Then type `dfine` into the library search. **dfine.io Transmit** appears.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/zlcU0511cdZKxIb3/images/desktop/resolve-timeline-node-search.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=zlcU0511cdZKxIb3&q=85&s=3b1dfded21422399b6ada73828125f7f" alt="The node graph switched to Timeline mode with dfine.io Transmit found in the effects library" width="3448" height="1940" data-path="images/desktop/resolve-timeline-node-search.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Drag it into the node graph">
    Pull **dfine.io Transmit** from the library into the empty node graph.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/zlcU0511cdZKxIb3/images/desktop/resolve-drag-transmit.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=zlcU0511cdZKxIb3&q=85&s=fafb6ffdab4475010307193026ee0b3f" alt="Dragging the dfine.io Transmit effect from the library into the node graph" width="3448" height="1940" data-path="images/desktop/resolve-drag-transmit.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check that the node is live">
    The node now sits between input and output, and the **Settings** tab shows **dfine.io Transmit** switched on.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/zlcU0511cdZKxIb3/images/desktop/resolve-transmit-applied.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=zlcU0511cdZKxIb3&q=85&s=dfc19330c839979f4b58493f3cf6ac3c" alt="The dfine.io Transmit node applied in the timeline node graph with the effect enabled in Settings" width="3448" height="1940" data-path="images/desktop/resolve-transmit-applied.jpg" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Check that it arrives

Play the timeline in Resolve, then switch to the **Ingest** tab in dfine.io Desktop. The preview shows your picture and the source is listed as connected. Press **Start** to go live.

## Sound is a separate step

The effect you just added carries picture only. Resolve keeps video and audio in different parts of the application, so sound needs its own effect on the Fairlight page.

<Card title="Activate audio in DaVinci Resolve" icon="volume-2" href="/en/desktop/resolve-audio">
  Add the dfine.io Transmit audio effect to the Main bus so your mix reaches the stream.
</Card>

## When nothing arrives

**Resolve was running during the install.** Quit it completely and start it again.

**You are on the free version.** OpenFX plugins from other vendors need Resolve Studio.

**The node sits on Clip instead of Timeline.** Then only the current shot is transmitted. Switch the graph to Timeline and add the effect there.

**Nothing is playing.** Press play in Resolve. Without playback there are no frames to send.