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| author | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2012-12-06 20:30:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2012-12-06 20:30:49 +0000 |
| commit | 830decc4642f33ebe3cd0a07bce27f0ea73f0e6f (patch) | |
| tree | c72541e01b429baea786053b4ca905a85ba3a49a /doc | |
| parent | 434f6cacb0c74ba06e001c0a0fffc8979a3f51e3 (diff) | |
Some manual updates.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/dvdomatic.xml | 82 |
1 files changed, 68 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/dvdomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dvdomatic.xml index a94be83cc..46833cbeb 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dvdomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dvdomatic.xml @@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ and double-click it. Click through the installer wizard, and DVD-o-matic will be installed onto your machine. </para> +<para> +If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, you will need the 32-bit +installer. For 64-bit Windows, either installer will work, but I +suggest you used the 64-bit version as it will allow DVD-o-matic to +use more memory. You may find that DVD-o-matic crashes if you run +many parallel encoding threads (more than 4) on the 32-bit +version. +</para> + </section> <section> @@ -169,9 +178,9 @@ You can build libdcp using: </para> <programlisting> -wget http://carlh.net/software/libdcp-0.24.tar.bz2 -tar xjf libdcp-0.24.tar.bz2 -cd libdcp-0.24 +wget http://carlh.net/software/libdcp-0.32.tar.bz2 +tar xjf libdcp-0.32.tar.bz2 +cd libdcp-0.32 ./waf configure ./waf build sudo ./waf install @@ -259,12 +268,19 @@ linkend="fig-video-new-film"/>. <para> In this dialogue box you can choose a name for the film. This will be used to name the folder to store its data in, and also as the initial -name for the DCP itself. You can also set whereabouts you want to create +name for the DCP itself. You can also choose whereabouts you want to create the film. In the example from the figure, DVD-o-matic will create a folder called ‘DCP Test’ inside my home folder (carl) into which it will write its working files. </para> +<para> +If you always create your DCPs in a particular folder, you can use +DVD-o-matic's <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> to make life a little +easier by setting the default folder that DVD-o-matic will offer in this dialogue. +See <xref linkend="ch-preferences"/>. +</para> + </section> <section> @@ -273,7 +289,7 @@ will write its working files. <para> The next step is to set the content that you want to use. Click the content selector, as shown in <xref -linkend="fig-click-content-selector"/> and the a file chooser will +linkend="fig-click-content-selector"/>, and a file chooser will open for you to select the content file to use, as shown in <xref linkend="fig-video-select-content-file"/>. </para> @@ -298,13 +314,13 @@ linkend="fig-video-select-content-file"/>. <para> Select your content file and click <guilabel>Open</guilabel>. In this -case, we are using the Sintel trailer that we downloaded earlier. +case we are using the Sintel trailer that we downloaded earlier. </para> <para> When you do this, DVD-o-matic will take a look at your file. After a -short while (when the progress bars at the bottom right of the window -have finished), you can look through your content using the slider to +short while (when the progress bar at the bottom right of the window +has finished), you can look through your content using the slider to the right of the window, as shown in <xref linkend="fig-examine-thumbs"/>. </para> @@ -328,25 +344,57 @@ Dragging the slider will move through your video. <para> Now there are a few things to set up to describe how the DCP should be -created, as shown in <xref linkend="fig-video-setup"/>. +created. The settings are divided into four tabs: film, video, audio and subtitles. </para> -<figure id="fig-video-setup"> - <title>Setting up to make a video DCP</title> +<section> +<title>Film tab</title> + +<para> +The ‘film’ tab contains settings that pertain to the whole film, as shown in <xref linkend="fig-film-tab"/>. +</para> + +<figure id="fig-film-tab"> + <title>Film settings tab</title> <mediaobject> <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="screenshots/video-setup&scs;"/> + <imagedata fileref="screenshots/film-tab&scs;"/> </imageobject> </mediaobject> </figure> <para> -The first thing is the content type. This can be +The first thing here is the name. This is generally set to the title +of the film that is being encoded. If <guilabel>Use DCI +name</guilabel> is not ticked, the name that you specify will be used +as-is for the name of the DCP. If <guilabel>Use DCI name</guilabel> +is ticked, the name that you enter will be used as part of a +DCI-compliant name. +</para> + +<para> +Underneath the name field is a preview of the name that the DCP will +get. To use a DCI-compliant name, tick the <guilabel>Use DCI +name</guilabel> checkbox. The DCI name will be composed using details +of your content's soundtrack, the current date and other things that +can be specified in the DCI name details dialogue box, which you can +open by clicking on the <guilabel>Details</guilabel> button. +</para> + +<para> +Next up is the content type. This can be ‘feature’, ‘trailer’ or whatever; select the required type from the drop-down list. </para> <para> + +</section> + + +<!-- from here needs moving around a bit --> + +<para> Next is the format. This will govern the shape that DVD-o-matic will make your image into. Select the aspect ratio that your content should be presented in. The ‘4:3 within Flat’ and @@ -463,6 +511,12 @@ film's directory. You can then copy this to a projector via a USB stick, hard-drive or network connection. </para> +<para> +Alternatively, if you have a projector or TMS that is accessible via +SCP across your network, you can upload the content directly from +DVD-o-matic. See <xref linkend="sec-tms-upload"/>. +</para> + </section> </chapter> @@ -695,7 +749,7 @@ best all-round option, but tests are ongoing. </section> -<section xml:id="tms-upload"> +<section xml:id="sec-tms-upload"> <title>TMS upload</title> <para> |
