Installing

Download Datamosh from the Datamosh page or the releases page. Every release has three downloads: a macOS installer (.pkg), a Windows zip and a macOS zip.

macOS

The installer

1. Download datamosh-<version>-macos.pkg.
2. Double-click it and follow the prompts.
3. Tick Arena, Avenue or both.
4. Start Resolume.

The installer is signed and notarised by Apple, so there is no security warning, nothing to type into Terminal and no administrator password. It installs into your own Documents folder: ~/Documents/Resolume Arena/Extra Effects/ (and the Avenue equivalent if you ticked it).

The plugins are universal, so they run natively on Apple Silicon (Resolume 7.11 or later) and on Intel Macs.

The zip, if you would rather copy files by hand

1. Unzip datamosh-<version>-macos-universal.zip.

2. Copy Datamosh.bundle and DatamoshTransplant.bundle into ~/Documents/Resolume Arena/Extra Effects/ (or ~/Documents/Resolume Avenue/Extra Effects/).

3. Clear the quarantine flag macOS puts on anything unzipped from a download. In Terminal:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Documents/Resolume\ Arena/Extra\ Effects/Datamosh.bundle
   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Documents/Resolume\ Arena/Extra\ Effects/DatamoshTransplant.bundle
   

4. Start Resolume.

Windows

1. Download datamosh-<version>-windows-x64.zip and unzip it.
2. Copy Datamosh.dll and DatamoshTransplant.dll into Documents\Resolume Arena\Extra Effects\ (or Documents\Resolume Avenue\Extra Effects\). Create the folder if it does not exist.
3. Start Resolume.

You do not need to right-click the DLLs and tick Unblock. That advice is real for some other kinds of plugin, but Resolume loads these either way.

If your Documents folder lives in OneDrive, Resolume reads the OneDrive copy. Put the DLLs there. You can also point Resolume at any folder in Preferences → Video.

First launch

Start Resolume and check both plugins are there:

• Datamosh is in the Effects list.
• Mosh Transplant is in a layer's blend-mode dropdown, not the Effects list.

Drop Datamosh on a layer. At the bottom of its parameters is a text field called Licence. On a computer that has never had a licence or a trial, it reads Licence: locked, unlicensed, and the effect passes video through untouched until you start the trial or enter a key.

The trial

Datamosh has a free 30-day trial, with nothing held back.

1. Click the Licence field on Datamosh or Mosh Transplant.
2. Type your email address and press Enter.

The field empties, and within a few seconds its name changes to Licence: trial, N days left, counting down. Effects already in your composition unlock straight away. The trial runs on this computer for 30 days.

Your licence key

When you buy Datamosh you get a key that starts LT-DATA-.

1. Click the Licence field.
2. Type or paste the key and press Enter.

The field's name changes to Licence: activating... and then Licence: active. Case, spaces and look-alike characters (O and 0, I, L and 1) do not matter. One licence covers both plugins and runs on 2 computers at a time.

Activation needs the internet once. For a computer that is never online, see Offline activation. Everything else you can type into the field is on the Licence field page.

Updating

Quit Resolume and install the new version over the old one: run the new installer, or replace the two files in Extra Effects. Your licence stays, and compositions saved with an older version open as before, because the plugins' identities never change between versions.

To see which version you have: on macOS, select Datamosh.bundle in Finder and choose Get Info; on Windows, right-click Datamosh.dll, choose Properties and open Details. Inside Resolume, the version is at the end of the effect's description.

Uninstalling

1. If you are moving your licence to another computer, first type deactivate into the Licence field and press Enter. That frees this computer's seat.
2. Quit Resolume.
3. Delete Datamosh and DatamoshTransplant (.bundle on macOS, .dll on Windows) from Extra Effects.

The licence itself lives in a folder of its own, which you can delete too:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/LeTissier/Datamosh/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\LeTissier\Datamosh\