X-Git-Url: https://git.carlh.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fdcpomatic.xml;h=4fd17dd6ddf5a01839afbc18f517c7705435bcdd;hb=cd298dad8ac7cdea6b7fd04827f6cdb6ea669cda;hp=76fa4c2d72c174531efc56f03ea13e9d38b5afb4;hpb=1f261b862e4f065505970c945531bf94843d5d17;p=dcpomatic.git diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index 76fa4c2d7..4fd17dd6d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -128,23 +128,10 @@ with the first (main) part.
-Debian, Ubuntu or Mint Linux +Debian, Ubuntu and Mint Linux - - You can install DCP-o-matic on: - - - - Debian 9 (‘squeeze’), 10 (‘buster’) and unstable (‘sid’) - Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 and 20.10 - Mint 18 and 19 - - - -using .deb packages: download the appropriate package -from https://dcpomatic.com/ -and double-click it. Debian, Ubuntu or Mint will install the necessary bits and -pieces and set DCP-o-matic up for you. +There are .deb packages for Debian, Ubuntu and Mint on + https://dcpomatic.com/
@@ -154,7 +141,7 @@ pieces and set DCP-o-matic up for you.
Fedora, Centos and Mageia Linux - There are .rpm packages for Fedora 31, 32 and 33, Centos 7 and 8 and Mageia 7 on + There are .rpm packages for Fedora, Centos and Mageia on https://dcpomatic.com/
@@ -170,72 +157,17 @@ thanks to Stefan Karner. - -
-Other Linux distributions - - -Installation on other Linux systems (for which no packages are -available) is quite hard as it must be compiled from source. If you -can't download packages for your distribution, do let me know by -email and I will look -into providing packages on the website. - - - -The following dependencies are required: - -FFmpeg -libsndfile -libsamplerate -OpenSSL -libopenjpeg -Boost -libssh -GTK (on Linux) -wxWidgets -libxml++ -xmlsec -curl -libzip -asdcplib with some patches -libdcp -libsub -libcxml -locked_sstream -rtaudio -libicu - - - - -Once you have installed the development packages for the dependencies, -download the source code from https://dcpomatic.com/, -unpack it and run the following commands from inside the source -directory: - - - -./waf configure --disable-tests -./waf build -sudo ./waf install - - - -With any luck, this will build and install DCP-o-matic on your system. To run it, enter: - - - -dcpomatic2 - - - -in a shell. + + Building from source + + + Since DCP-o-matic is open-source you can also build it yourself, though this can be quite a difficult process (especially on Windows and macOS). There are instructions for how to do it on + + https://dcpomatic.com/ +
- @@ -267,8 +199,12 @@ the low-resolution version to save everyone's bandwidth bills. Now, start DCP-o-matic and its window will open. First, we will create a new ‘film’. A ‘film’ is how DCP-o-matic refers to some pieces of content, along with some settings, which we will make into -a DCP. DCP-o-matic stores its data in a folder on your disk while it -creates the DCP. You can create a new film by selecting +a DCP. DCP-o-matic stores its ‘film’ data in a folder on your disk while it +creates the DCP. + + + +You can create a new film by selecting New from the File menu, as shown in . @@ -299,7 +235,7 @@ linkend="fig-video-new-film"/>. 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 choose whereabouts you want to create +name for the DCP itself. You can also choose where you want to create the film. In the example from the figure, DCP-o-matic will create a folder called ‘DCP Test’ inside my existing folder DCP into which it will write its working files. @@ -399,9 +335,8 @@ linkend="fig-making-dcp"/>. -When it has finished, the DCP will end up on your disk inside the -film's folder. You can then copy this to a projector via a USB -stick, hard-drive or network connection. See for details about the files that DCP-o-matic creates. @@ -507,7 +442,7 @@ modify them in various ways. The first step in manipulating an existing DCP is to import it. Click Add DCP... and select your DCP's folder. It will be added to the DCP-o-matic project. If the DCP is unencrypted you -can preview it in the normal way, though playback will be slow as +can preview it in the normal way, though playback may be slow as decoding of DCPs is almost as computationally intensive as encoding them. @@ -709,12 +644,14 @@ example, a JPEG, PNG or TIFF file. images which should be treated as the frames of a video. -Subtitle — a file containing subtitle which will be +Subtitle — a file containing subtitles which will be superimposed on the image of the DCP. These can be .srt, .ssa, .ass or .xml -files. +files. Subtitle files can also be used to make closed captions. DCP — an existing DCP. + +ATMOS MXFs — if you have Dolby ATMOS content in MXF format (created using Dolby's tools) you can add it to a DCP just like any other content. @@ -927,38 +864,6 @@ and DCP-o-matic will pick up the appropriate frames from each. - -
-Filtering - - -The ‘filters’ settings allow you to apply various video -filters to the image. These may be useful to try to improve -poor-quality sources like DVDs. You can set up the filters by clicking the -Edit button next to the filters entry in the -setup area of the DCP-o-matic window; this opens the filters selector -as shown in . - - -
- Filters selector - - - - - -
- - -After changing the filters setup, you will need to regenerate the DCP -to see the effect on the cinema screen. The preview in DCP-o-matic -will update itself whenever filters are changed, though of course this -image may be smaller and of lower resolution than a projected image! - -
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Colour conversion @@ -1688,6 +1593,107 @@ open to allow you to choose which settings you want to copy. Clicking
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+Advanced content settings + + +There are a few more content settings that you can change by right-clicking a piece of content in the list and choosing Advanced settings... +This opens the dialogue box shown in . + + +
+ Advanced content dialogue + + + + + +
+ + + +
+Video filters + + +The Video filters setting allows you to apply various +filters to the image. These may be useful to try to improve +poor-quality sources like DVDs. You can set up the filters by clicking the +Edit button next to the filters entry; this opens the filters selector +as shown in . + + +
+ Filters selector + + + + + +
+ +
+ + +
+Override frame rate + + +The Override detected video frame rate setting has some different effects depending on the type of content +you use it on. + + + +For video content, it sets the frame rate that DCP-o-matic will run the video at. This is useful if DCP-o-matic has mis-detected +the video frame rate. For example, if DCP-o-matic says your content is 24fps when you know for a fact it's 25fps, you can set the +override value to 25 to force DCP-o-matic to do the right thing. + + + +On audio, subtitle and caption content this setting behaves slightly differently. It sets the video frame rate that the content +in question was intended to work with. As an example, consider a project with a 23.976fps video source and some separate audio files. +Perhaps those audio files have been mastered alongside a 24fps version of your video. By default, DCP-o-matic will see the 23.976fps +video file and decide to run it slightly fast at 24fps to fit the DCP standard. It will then also run the audio slightly fast so that +it stays in sync with the video. + + + +In this case, though, that is not what you want, since the audio is already ‘fixed’ to work alongside 24fps video. If you +override the video frame rate of the audio content to 24fps this will stop DCP-o-matic altering it. + + + +A similar situation can occur if you have video at one rate and a subtitle file that was prepared with its timing at a different rate. +In that case, you should override the video frame rate of the subtitle content to the one that it was prepared for. +This will mean that DCP-o-matic can get the relative timing right. + + + +Do not use this setting to change the DCP frame rate. Doing so will result in strange effects and sync problems. + +
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+Video has burnt-in subtitles + +Details about subtitle language are stored in various places within the DCP metadata. If a piece of video content already has subtitles +burnt into the image you can tell DCP-o-matic the language that they are in by clicking the Edit... button. + +
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+Ignore this content's video + +Tick this if you have some content which includes video along with other things (such as audio or subtitles) and you do +not want the video to appear in the DCP. + +
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+ @@ -2167,7 +2173,7 @@ methods to understand it. We suppose that we are trying to send a DCP to -Alice's cinema without a troublemaker called Mallory being able to +Alice's cinema without an attacker called Mallory being able to watch it himself. @@ -3769,6 +3775,51 @@ The full details of OV and VF files are discussed in + + + +Keyboard shortcuts + + + Keyboard shortcuts + + + + Key + Action + + + + + Space + Start / stop playback + + + Delete + Remove content from film + + + Left arrow + Move back one frame + + + Right arrow + Move forward one frame + + + Ctrl+A + Add file(s) to film + + + Ctrl+T + Open timeline window + + + +
+ + + Configuration files