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I am trying to make use of the NeatVideo v5.5.1 OFX on Natron and following this guide:
https://www.neatvideo.com/support/quick ... des/nv5/mb

Now, I can see it and use it correctly on Nuke but for Natron nothing...
I installed and run package name: but still, can't see the plugin on Natron.

Using the flatpak version 2.4.3
https://flathub.org/apps/details/fr.natron.Natron

but the thing has not changed since my last try (1 year ago)

any help would be highly appreciated

> I am trying to make use of the NeatVideo v5.5.1 OFX on Natron and following this guide:

The correct guide for Natron would be another one:
https://www.neatvideo.com/support/quick ... des/nv5/na

Please try to follow that one.

Thank you.

Update.
I finally found out why the plugin could not be seen.
I had to install a utility (can also be done manually) called Flatseal
and give Natron permissions to read "All system libraries, executables and static data"
Then, add the path on the
Edit > Preferences > Plug-ins > OpenFX plug-ins search path
to the directory, which should be
but that I have custom installed as (suggested, spaces are evil)

Now it should work,
but it does not because you'll soon find out that the directory cannot be seen, as flatpak has for some reason not direct access to it.
Luckily, it gets mounted into So, to make it work,
the path must be set to or if you prefer evil spaces to This makes NeatVideo v5 usable on Natron.

Thanks for your attention and happy denoising!

Thank you for the update. This seems to be a solution for the case of using flatpack.

Just a small comment on the directory to link to. Perhaps it would be simpler to link to /usr/OFX/Plugins
where Neat Video's plug-in is present and the path does not contain spaces already.

Thank you,
Vlad

Hmm..
When it prompts where to install, the default path is the one I mentioned, unless modified.
Unfortunately, if run via Flatpak that path is also non-visible unless navigated through /run/host/usr/

but yes, it would be more intuitive, agree!

If you install using all default settings, then the product is installed into /usr/local/Neat Video v5 OFX
but also a link is added into /usr/OFX/Plugins because that is the standard location for OFX plug-ins
where most OFX applications look for plug-ins.

Vlad

That is true, but seems like the mounting process under /run/host does not follow symlinks,
this causes the OFX/Plugins directory to be empty.

This might be solvable, but out of the box does not work as a solution, unfortunately.