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Is it safe to update to Resolve 14.2.1?

We can't promise any update is safe for your system. This page shows what Blackmagic Design's release feed says about 14.2.1, word for word, so you can decide.

Summary

Free vs Studio: wording that differs

Sentences that appear in only one edition's official description:

Only in the Free description

This software update includes over 50 stability and general performance improvements, and is recommended for all DaVinci Resolve 14 users.
DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 features better performance on the edit page while generating thumbnails, correct output of 5.1 and 7.1 WAV files, a more reliable progress indicator when generating optimized proxy media, over a dozen Fairlight audio improvements, better Multicam viewer performance, the ability to change multiple clip properties at the same time, new Power Window tracking indicators for frame mode, improved stability for rendering Cineform and H.264, faster ProRes encoding, faster XAVC-I decoding and much more.
Technical support for the free version is available via the Blackmagic Design web forums only.

Only in the Studio description

This software update includes over 50 stability and general performance improvements, and is recommended for all DaVinci Resolve 14 Studio users.
DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Studio features better performance on the edit page while generating thumbnails, correct output of 5.1 and 7.1 WAV files, a more reliable progress indicator when generating optimized proxy media, over a dozen Fairlight audio improvements, better Multicam viewer performance, the ability to change multiple clip properties at the same time, new Power Window tracking indicators for frame mode, improved stability for rendering Cineform and H.264, faster ProRes encoding, faster XAVC-I decoding and much more.
This version requires either a DaVinci Resolve dongle or a software activation key.

What Blackmagic Design says

DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1

Edition: Free · build 0 · platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux · released 23 Jan 2018

This software update includes over 50 stability and general performance improvements, and is recommended for all DaVinci Resolve 14 users. DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 features better performance on the edit page while generating thumbnails, correct output of 5.1 and 7.1 WAV files, a more reliable progress indicator when generating optimized proxy media, over a dozen Fairlight audio improvements, better Multicam viewer performance, the ability to change multiple clip properties at the same time, new Power Window tracking indicators for frame mode, improved stability for rendering Cineform and H.264, faster ProRes encoding, faster XAVC-I decoding and much more. Technical support for the free version is available via the Blackmagic Design web forums only.

Source: Blackmagic Design downloads feed, record b25ce87a99b54cf9ae275c18e3308ae3, field desc, fetched 2026-10-16 15:46 PT.

DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Studio

Edition: Studio · build 0 · platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux · released 23 Jan 2018

This software update includes over 50 stability and general performance improvements, and is recommended for all DaVinci Resolve 14 Studio users. DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Studio features better performance on the edit page while generating thumbnails, correct output of 5.1 and 7.1 WAV files, a more reliable progress indicator when generating optimized proxy media, over a dozen Fairlight audio improvements, better Multicam viewer performance, the ability to change multiple clip properties at the same time, new Power Window tracking indicators for frame mode, improved stability for rendering Cineform and H.264, faster ProRes encoding, faster XAVC-I decoding and much more. This version requires either a DaVinci Resolve dongle or a software activation key.

Source: Blackmagic Design downloads feed, record 25380f25ded147b097fdd5a5a035d5bf, field desc, fetched 2026-10-16 15:46 PT.

Plugin compatibility

Plugin compatibility is tracked from Resolve 18 onward.

Before you update

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