DRRemote

DRRemote is a python modul which offers access to Davinci Resolve Studio. At the time the functionality is very basic. DRRemote is used in conjunction with LRDavinci. LRDavinci is a Lightroom plug-in for Davinci Resolve Studio

Features

• Changes the current timeline
• Retrieves the attributes for the current timeline
  • name, type and ipaddress of database
  • name of project
  • name of timeline

Requirements

• Python >= 3.6
• Davinci Resolve Studio (license is needed for Davinci Resolve's Python API).

Installation

1. Python
   You need to install version >= 3.6
2. Install/update PIP
   • Windows
     • python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   • macOS
     • curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
     • python get-pip.py
3. DRRemote
   • pip install drremote
4. Set the Davinci Resolve scripting environment. See readme file:
   macOS
   /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Developer/Scripting/README.txt
   Windows
   %PROGRAMDATA%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Developer\Scripting\README.txt

Usage

DRRemote must be executed in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) window. You can do so by calling the drremote executable/script. To execute drremote you must use the full path or extend your PATH variable.

• Windows:

%APPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\drremote.exe

• macOS

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/drremote

A simple example:

• Start Davinci Resolve Studio, open a project and select a timeline
• Open a Command Prompt/Terminal and type:

drremote -m gettimeline -o out.txt

If successful you find the gathered information in file out.txt in your current directory:

Success
project=Snippets
timeline=2021-12-10-First Snow
database=2021:Disk

If you get an error, you may find some more information in the log logfile:

• MacOS
  • $TMPDIR/drremote.log
• Windows
  • %TEMP%/drremote.log

For the commandline arguments see drremote --help:

usage: drremote [-h] -m {settimeline,gettimeline} [-p PROJECT [PROJECT ...]]
                [-t TIMELINE [TIMELINE ...]] [-d DATABASE [DATABASE ...]] -o
                OUTPUT_PATH [OUTPUT_PATH ...] [-w WAIT]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -m {settimeline,gettimeline}, --mode {settimeline,gettimeline}
                        The operating mode.
  -p PROJECT [PROJECT ...], --project PROJECT [PROJECT ...]
                        The name of a project
  -t TIMELINE [TIMELINE ...], --timeline TIMELINE [TIMELINE ...]
                        The name of a timeline
  -d DATABASE [DATABASE ...], --database DATABASE [DATABASE ...]
                        The database. The format is: DbName:DbType for disk
                        driven databases and DbName:DbType:IpAddress for
                        PostgreSQL databases
  -o OUTPUT_PATH [OUTPUT_PATH ...], --output-path OUTPUT_PATH [OUTPUT_PATH ...]
                        The name and path of the output file. This file holds
                        the result like timeline attributes or error messages.
  -w WAIT, --wait WAIT  Amounts of seconds to wait between the first and
                        second connection attempt

###Examples

Set the current timeline in Davinci resolve

drremote -m settimeline -t "2021-12-10-First Snow" -p Snippets -d 2021:disk -o out.txt

Get the current timeline IDs

drremote -m gettimeline -o out.txt

The result is written into out.txt:

Success
project=Snippets
timeline=2021-12-10-First Snow
database=2021:Disk