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authorCarl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>2014-06-22 16:52:03 +0100
committerCarl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>2014-06-22 16:52:03 +0100
commit14b1f672dc92ae8e1385c75e30420a4dcb4e32c9 (patch)
treef84ecc1fba867d805a2e9389844b3e32d2787e78 /doc
parent4e095df78051cfff5a7eeaad5e2340fae7eb3665 (diff)
Document advanced preferences.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml68
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/screenshots/prefs-advanced.pngbin0 -> 32295 bytes
3 files changed, 64 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/Makefile b/doc/manual/Makefile
index eb10af245..2e37c96be 100644
--- a/doc/manual/Makefile
+++ b/doc/manual/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SCREENSHOTS := file-new.png video-new-film.png still-new-film.png video-select-c
still-select-content-file.png examine-thumbs.png examine-content.png timing-tab.png \
calculate-audio-gain.png add-file.png dcp-tab.png \
prefs-kdm-email.png prefs-colour-conversions.png prefs-metadata.png prefs-misc.png prefs-tms.png \
+ prefs-advanced.png \
making-dcp.png filters.png video-tab.png audio-tab.png subtitles-tab.png timing-tab.png \
audio-plot.png audio-map-eg1.png audio-map-eg2.png audio-map-eg3.png kdm.png
diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml
index 8460c2cbc..dd0d3bf0c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ linkend="ch-files"/> for details about the files that DCP-o-matic creates.
<para>
Alternatively, if you have a projector or TMS that is accessible via
SCP across your network, you can upload the content directly from
-DCP-o-matic. See the preferences in <xref linkend="sec-prefs-tms"/>.
+DCP-o-matic. See the <xref linkend="sec-prefs-tms" endterm="sec-prefs-tms-short"/>.
</para>
</section>
@@ -1411,6 +1411,7 @@ into the DCP. The default values should cause no problems.
<section xml:id="sec-prefs-tms">
<title>TMS</title>
+<titleabbrev xml:id="sec-prefs-tms-short">TMS preferences</titleabbrev>
<para>
The TMS tab (shown in <xref linkend="fig-prefs-tms"/>) gives some
@@ -1463,8 +1464,56 @@ DCP's title.
</para>
</section>
-</section>
+<section xml:id="sec-prefs-advanced">
+<title>Advanced</title>
+<titleabbrev xml:id="sec-prefs-advanced-short">Advanced preferences</titleabbrev>
+
+<para>
+The advanced preferences are shown in <xref linkend="fig-prefs-advanced"/>.
+</para>
+
+<figure id="fig-prefs-advanced">
+ <title>Advanced preferences</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="screenshots/prefs-advanced&scs;"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+</figure>
+
+<para>
+<guilabel>Maximum JPEG2000 bandwidth</guilabel> specifies the maximum
+bit-rate of JPEG2000 that DCP-o-matic will allow you to create. You
+are advised to leave this at 250Mbit/s in normal use for maximum DCP
+compatibility.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<guilabel>Allow any DCP frame rate</guilabel> removes the limits on
+the DCP video frame rates that DCP-o-matic will create. This may be
+useful for experimentation. Again, you are strongly advised to leave
+this unticked for normal use.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The four checkboxes labelled <guilabel>Log</guilabel> control what
+sort of messages DCP-o-matic writes to its log file when creating a
+DCP. It is useful to leave <guilabel>General</guilabel>,
+<guilabel>Warnings</guilabel> and <guilabel>Errors</guilabel> ticked
+as this makes the log files useful for tracking down bugs.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+The <guilabel>Timing</guilabel> checkbox will enable extra log entries
+to allow developers to investigate and optimize the speed of
+DCP-o-matic. It will significantly increase the size of the log files
+that are generated, so in normal use it is best to leave this
+unticked.
+</para>
+
+</section>
+</section>
</chapter>
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en" xml:id="ch-frame-rates">
@@ -1477,12 +1526,12 @@ however, always possible.
</para>
<section>
-<title>DCP rate limitations</title>
+<title>DCP frame rate limitations</title>
<para>
-There are some limitations to video and audio rates in DCPs. This is
+There are some limitations to video and audio frame rates in DCPs. This is
complicated by the fact that not all projectors will play DCPs at the
-same rates. It is possible to create a DCP which one projector will
+same frame rates. It is possible to create a DCP which one projector will
play fine, but another (of a different type) will refuse to play, or
even refuse to ingest.
</para>
@@ -1567,6 +1616,15 @@ content will give a summary of what DCP-o-matic is doing with that
content.
</para>
+<para>
+If you want to experiment with other non-standard frame rates, you can
+do so by ticking the <guilabel>Allow any DCP frame rate</guilabel> in
+the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab of the preferences dialogue (see the
+<xref linkend="sec-prefs-advanced" endterm="sec-prefs-advanced-short"/>). You are strongly advised to
+use this only on your own equipment, and only for experimentation
+purposes.
+</para>
+
</section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/doc/manual/screenshots/prefs-advanced.png b/doc/manual/screenshots/prefs-advanced.png
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