Adobe Premiere or DaVinci Resolve render server

[Sawtaytoes]

When using TrueNAS SCALE, is it possible to add a container for rendering Adobe Premiere or DaVinci Resolve projects? Or is this something that requires a separate VM?

If it requires a VM, do I need a Windows box or can I use Linux?

I know this is getting a bit outside of the "TrueNAS" realm when we start talking about VMs. I've never set one up before in TrueNAS because I've always had a container available.

 

[donkmeister]

You'll need the paid for Da Vinci Resolve Studio... £245 in my location so not expensive as video editing software goes but not cheap either. You can use a Linux or Windows VM. You'll need to pass through GPU to make it worthwhile.

Personally, I run the free version of DVR on a Windows box... 10900K, 64GB, RTX3080 and I am quite happy with render times for 4k video - I can't recall the FPS I get but it runs faster than the length of the timeline. My video editing is very basic, so YMMV!

 

[donkmeister]

Sorry, 11900K.

I'd also say that you can batch up jobs to render when you are not using your workstation, so that's worth considering. I've done that when I want to render multiple versions of the same timeline and it works very well. DVR is definitely up there with TrueNAS in terms of free software that is worth a fortune

I love virtualisation but this is one of those jobs where, unless you are a pro, it's probably worth keeping on your workstation and spending a bit more on that rather than building an epicly fast TrueNAS box.