How to create a DCP with Open. DCPUpdate: Please check out my new website myonlinedcp. It is the most convenient way to create a DCP. Simply paste a link to your film into a text field and receive a download link to your DCP 4. A . It has replaced 3. The main advantages over other digital container formats are that a DCP looks exactly the same in any DCI licensed cinema across the world and can display all the colors the human eye is able to see.
To create a DCP of your film for free you can download the open source software Open. DCP and follow my guide below. Please read it carefully, since small errors in the process lead to bigger errors during the projection. For further information read the Open.
DCP FAQ and Documentation. Source Material. 1. Picture: Tiff sequence, 8- bit / 1. Sound: WAV file, 2.
To get the best results for Jformdesigner 5.2 avoid including words such as serial key number code etc, not including those words will bring better results. A Digital Cinema Package (DCP) is a collection of digital files used to store and convey digital cinema (DC) audio, image, and data streams. The term has been defined. Download the latest NeoDCP Player here. Trial and full version share the same installer.
Stereo, 5. 1 or 7. The most widespread DCI standard . It features frame rates of 2. It is very important that the image sequence and the sound file have the exact same duration.
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A difference in the duration might lead to unexpected results during the projection. Oftentimes you will only have a 1. WAV sound file. You will have to convert it with Quicktime Pro, Adobe Media Encoder or Audacity (free) to 2. Delivery. A small DCP may be sent over the internet.
A DCP that is smaller than 4. GB can be delivered on a FAT3. USB- Stick. The two methods above are the most hassle free ways of delivery. If you want to create a 1. DCI compliant DCP, you will have to put it on an EXT2 or EXT3 formatted hard drive with an MBR partition table and an I- Node size of 1.
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I will create a separate tutorial for that. Please create a ZIP archive of the DCP folder before you upload it or copy it to another location.
Otherwise you might run into a . Bit flips happen frequently when you copy files. One bit changes its value from one to zero or the other way around. Step 1: The Title Generator.
There are four tabs at the top of the Open. DCP interface: JPEG2.
MXF, Subtitles and DCP. These represent the individual steps we need to take to create a DCP. I will not discuss subtitles here.
The easiest and safest way is to render them into your Tiff sequence before going into Open. DCP. We will start in the DCP tab and click on the . It is important to fill out as many fields as possible. The projectionist will use the title to check the frame rate, aspect ratio and more for a correct projection. Use the image below as a guide.
For a more in- depth explanation check the Open. DCP Documentation. Step 2: Create some folders. Copy the title out of the title field in the DCP tab. Create a new folder and name it like the title. In my case: THE- TITLE.
This is your DCP folder. A DCP is not a single video file, it is a whole folder. Now create a folder for your Tiff sequence and name it . Furthermore create a folder for the JPEG2. Next paste your sound file into the project directory. Step 3: JPEG2. 00. Go to the . We will now convert the Tiff sequence to a JPEG2.
As the input directory choose your . The output folder is your . Adjust the settings as in the image below and hit .
Again for more information on the parameters use the Open. DCP Documentation. If you encounter artifacts in your images, try setting the bandwidth value to 1. But usually values higher than 1. In my experience even 5. Try it, the file size will decrease dramatically! JPEG2. 00. 0 images will look strange on your computer, because the color space is being transformed from s.
RGB to XYZ during the conversion. But dcp player software and the DCI projector in the cinema will interpret them correctly. Update: Since version 0. Open. DCP uses a different s. RGB - > XYZ color transform. If your source material is output from Adobe software, please use s.
RGB or Rec. 7. 09 as your source color. If the colors of your DCP look wrong, you might have chosen the wrong source color.
Step 4: Create the Video- MXFGo to the . MXF is a container format like Quicktime or MP4. The JPEG2. 00. 0 sequence will be embedded into an MXF now.
Use the settings below. Make sure that the frame rate matches the frame rate you used during the JPEG2. The picture input directory is the .
The output file goes into your DCP folder (THE- TITLE. If you get any errors, please read the specifications of the source material at the top of this page again. Step 5: Create the DCPNow that we have created both the picture and sound MXFs, we need to generate a couple of XML files that tell the DCI server where to put your film and how to play it (aspect ratio, frame rate, etc.). Again use the image below as a guide. Make sure that the duration of the picture and sound are the same.
If they differ Open. DCP will not let you create the DCP. You can get away with adjusting the duration with the up and down arrows to the right of the frame number, but I would not do this. It is more save to go into your .
Beware that the JPEG2. Then create the video MXF again. Now press ! There are many things that can go wrong and you can end up with elevated blacks, compression artifacts or simply an invalid DCP that most DCI servers won't play. To check the image and sound quality of your DCP, download the trial version of Neo. DCP Player. The trial expires after a month or so and shows a logo on top of the film.
The playback stops once every minute, but this way you can check for synchronicity and compression artifacts. The basic version of Neo. DCP Player is only 7. Euros. To check for . This will open up the . If the hash check fails, remember to ZIP your DCP folder before copying. Note that the trial version only plays the first 1.
DCP. For a final check you may also visit your friendly projectionist at your local movie theater and ask him or her to ingest your DCP into the server. Shameless self promotion. If you don't want to go through the time consuming process of creating a DCP yourself, please visit my new DCP website myonlinedcp. Through automation My Online DCP can offer DCPs for up to 8. The DCPs have great quality and small file sizes, so that they can be distributed over the internet very well. So, go ahead and create a DCP now!