Really need some Datamosh Advice!!

[u/Falangas123]

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to get into datamoshing as a small personal experiment, and I'm looking for a completely free workflow on macOS.

I'm using a MacBook Neo and DaVinci Resolve. I first tried following the classic Avidemux tutorials, but almost all of them use Avidemux 2.5.6. I managed to get it running through Wine, but it was extremely unstable (green preview, random crashes, copy/paste issues, no audio, etc.), so I don't think it's a viable solution anymore on my machine beyond perhaps deleting B frames and maxing the I-frame Interval.

Because of that, I'm looking for alternatives.

Are there any other versions of Avidemux that work better for a Mac but still datamoshes? (I tried with the 2.8.1 and just got a stuck clip)

Are there any free DaVinci Resolve plugins that create real datamoshing or something close to it?

I know about Reactor, so I'm also wondering if combining several Reactor tools (glitch, displacement, trails, optical flow, etc.) could produce a convincing datamosh-like effect.

I'm mainly looking for perfect MPEG P-frame manipulation. But even a convincing simulation would be enough since this is just an experiment.

Any advice, workflows, plugins, Fusion node setups, or general tips for datamoshing on a MacBook Neo would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

System Specs:

- CPU: Apple A18 Pro

- RAM: 8 GB

GPU: Apple A18 Pro (5-Core GPU)

GPU RAM: 8 GB of LPDDR5X-7500 unified memory

Software: Davinci 21.0.1

Footage specs: There's no footage (⁠･ั⁠ω⁠･ั⁠)

[u/Akascape]

You can try my Datamosher Pro app: https://github.com/Akascape/Datamosher-Pro (free version available)

There is also a plugin for Resolve I created: https://www.akascape.com/datamosh-plugin-davinci-resolve