# AI video and voice-over inside DaVinci Resolve Studio > The eroq script for DaVinci Resolve Studio renders AI clips, stills and voice-over into an « eroq » bin — the current frame can start the clip. Install, versions, costs. Published 2026-09-28 · eroq.ai — canonical: https://eroq.ai/blog/ai-video-in-davinci-resolve DaVinci Resolve is where a lot of short films, ads and YouTube videos are finished. The eroq script puts generation next to the timeline: write the shot, render it, and the file lands in an « eroq » bin of the current project — or straight at the end of your timeline. The frame under the playhead can be the first frame of the new clip, which is the fastest way to extend a shot or bridge two. ## Which Resolve This matters, because Blackmagic changed the rules: - **DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1 and later** — works, nothing else to install: Python is built in. - **Studio 18.5 to 21.0** — works once Python 3 (64-bit) from python.org is installed. - **Free edition 18.5 to 19.0.x** — works with Python 3 installed. - **Free edition 19.1 and later** — no. Blackmagic made script windows a Studio feature in 19.1, and since 21.1 the free edition ignores Python scripts altogether. On 19.1–21.0 the script explains this and stops. ## Install Download the zip from [eroq for DaVinci Resolve](/plugins/davinci-resolve), unzip it and run the installer: - **macOS and Linux:** `install.command` (on macOS, if the system refuses to open a downloaded script, right-click it and choose Open). - **Windows:** `install.bat`. Both copy one file, `eroq.py`, into Resolve's `Scripts/Utility` folder. Then open **Workspace → Scripts → Utility → eroq**; restart Resolve if it is not listed yet. ## Connect Click **Connect eroq**. Your browser opens eroq.ai: sign in, click **Allow**, and the tab says eroq is connected — back in Resolve, your credits appear in the header. The script's key is listed under Developers → API keys as « DaVinci Resolve on *your computer* (connected) » and can be revoked there. A pasted API key works too (the ⚙ button). ## Generate a clip Pick the **Video** tab, write the shot, pick the engine, the length and the aspect — it defaults to the one closest to your timeline — and press **Generate**. - The status line follows the job: queued (a cold start), rendering, downloading, then where the file went. - The length is snapped to what the engine renders (Veo, for example, renders 4, 6 or 8 seconds), and the price hint shows the length you will actually get. - Several renders can run at once, and Resolve stays fully usable while they do. When it lands, the clip is saved under `Movies/eroq/` (`Videos/eroq` on Windows and Linux) and imported into the project's **eroq** bin. Tick **Append to timeline** to add it at the end of the current timeline — or to an **eroq** timeline if none is open. For scale: a five-second clip is 45 credits on Seedance 2.0 Mini and 60 on Motion One, eroq's own engine. ## Start from the current frame Tick **Use current frame** and the frame under the playhead goes with the prompt: - For **video**, it becomes the clip's first frame on engines with image-to-video — the way to continue a shot past its last frame, or to animate a still you graded. The video API takes picture links, so the frame is first uploaded to your eroq Storage (folder « DaVinci Resolve »); it costs no credits and counts toward your storage. - For **images**, it is sent as a reference and stored nowhere — useful for a matching insert or a poster frame in the same look. Park the playhead on a clip in the Edit or Color page before you generate. ## Voice-over and stills The **Speech** tab reads a line with a roster voice or one of your clones and imports the audio next to your footage — temp VO in seconds, at 3 credits per 100 characters on Voice One. The **Image** tab renders stills in five formats for title backgrounds, inserts and thumbnails; a picture is 10 credits on Krea 2. ## A few things to know - **Waiting.** Images give up after 10 minutes, video after 45 — some engines really take that long. Closing the window stops the waiting, not the render: finished renders are in your [eroq library](/studio/library). - **Switching projects mid-render** saves the file but does not import it into the other project; use **Import again** when you are back. - **Errors are eroq's own words** — not enough credits, a plan required, a refused prompt — shown as they come. Failed renders refund themselves. - **Something silent?** Workspace → Console shows the script's messages, prefixed `[eroq]`. ## FAQ ### Why does the free version not work anymore? Blackmagic restricted script windows to DaVinci Resolve Studio in version 19.1, and the free 21.1 stopped running Python scripts. The script needs a window, so it needs Studio on current versions. ### Is it a Workflow Integration plugin? No — a script launched from Workspace → Scripts, which keeps the install to one file and needs no external scripting. ### Where do the files go? `Movies/eroq/` on macOS, `Videos/eroq/` elsewhere — Resolve keeps projects in its database and does not expose a project folder to scripts. Get it from [eroq for DaVinci Resolve](/plugins/davinci-resolve).