X-Git-Url: https://git.carlh.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fdcpomatic.xml;h=5c819e0a790d9c682838ae3fec3b19767c7d5d0e;hb=44da1840ca17d0945cb1886bb17218990850894c;hp=3e4e1eadd01615c5c3b0c0b29dbaa387c2987c0e;hpb=a713e8258acc3f0e960c4e87ba8684902d29a591;p=dcpomatic.git diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index 3e4e1eadd..5c819e0a7 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ Hello, and welcome to DCP-o-matic!
What is DCP-o-matic? -DCP-o-matic is a set of programs to perform the following tasks: +DCP-o-matic is a set of programs to allow you to: - Creation of Digital + Create Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) from video, audio, subtitle and closed-caption files. - Playback and verification of DCPs on a PC/Mac. - Creation of KDMs for DCPs. + Play and verify DCPs. + Create KDMs for DCPs. + Write cinema-format drives containing DCPs.
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ Hello, and welcome to DCP-o-matic! DCP-o-matic is free and open-source and is licensed under the GNU +url="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU GPL. @@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ This manual presents bits of DCP-o-matic's user interface (such as menu items or -Notes of an advanced nature are presented like this. Ignore them unless you want to know the gory details. +Notes of an advanced nature are presented like this. Ignore them unless you want to know the details. @@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ Notes of an advanced nature are presented like this. Ignore them unless you wan To install DCP-o-matic on Windows, download the installer from -http://dcpomatic.com/ +https://dcpomatic.com/ and double-click it. Click through the installer wizard, and DCP-o-matic will be installed onto your machine. @@ -97,36 +98,33 @@ DCP-o-matic will be installed onto your machine. 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 DCP-o-matic to +suggest you use the 64-bit version as it will allow DCP-o-matic to use more memory. You may find that DCP-o-matic crashes if you run many parallel encoding threads (more than 4) on the 32-bit version. - -If you are still using Windows XP, download the specific XP version as -it should be more stable on your machine than the ‘normal’ -Windows version. Be aware, though, that support for Windows XP will -not last forever and you should plan to upgrade if at all possible. - -
-Mac OS X +macOS -DCP-o-matic will run on Mac OS X version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and -higher. DCP-o-matic is split into five separate applications, each of +DCP-o-matic will run on macOS version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and +higher. DCP-o-matic is split into seven separate applications, each of which can be installed by downloading the .dmg, double-clicking to open and then dragging the icon to your Applications folder. -If you are not sure which parts of DCP-o-matic to install, start +Make sure you choose the correct download, depending on whether you are running macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) (or higher) or something older. + + + +If you don't know which parts of DCP-o-matic to install, start with the first (main) part. @@ -141,14 +139,14 @@ with the first (main) part. - Debian 7 (‘wheezy’), 8 (‘jessie’), 9 (‘squeeze’) and unstable (‘sid’) - Ubuntu 14.04 (‘Trusty Tahr’), 16.04 (‘Xenial Xerus’), 18.04 (‘Bionic Beaver’) and 18.10 (‘Cosmic Cuttlefish’) - Mint 17, 18 and 19 + Debian 9 (‘squeeze’), 10 (‘buster’) and unstable (‘sid’) + Ubuntu 16.04 (‘Xenial Xerus’), 18.04 (‘Bionic Beaver’), 19.10 (‘Eoan Ermine’) and 20.04 (‘Focal Fossa’) + Mint 18 and 19 using .deb packages: download the appropriate package -from http://dcpomatic.com/ +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. @@ -160,8 +158,8 @@ pieces and set DCP-o-matic up for you.
Fedora, Centos and Mageia Linux - There are .rpm packages for Fedora 27, 28 and 29, Centos 6 and 7 and Mageia 6 on - http://dcpomatic.com/ + There are .rpm packages for Fedora 30, 31 and 32, Centos 7 and 8 and Mageia 7 on + https://dcpomatic.com/
@@ -218,7 +216,7 @@ The following dependencies are required: Once you have installed the development packages for the dependencies, download the source code from http://dcpomatic.com/, +url="https://dcpomatic.com/">https://dcpomatic.com/, unpack it and run the following commands from inside the source directory: @@ -242,33 +240,6 @@ in a shell.
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-‘Simple’ and ‘Full’ modes - -When you start DCP-o-matic for the first time it will ask you if -you want to use ‘simple’ or ‘full’ mode. - - -The difference between these two is that some of DCP-o-matic's -more complex or less-used controls are hidden from view in -‘Simple’ mode. This makes the interface simpler to -navigate. You may wish to choose this mode if you do not have much -experience with DCP or video processing. - - -Even if you choose ‘Simple’ mode you can always go -back to ‘Full’ mode by changing the Interface -complexity setting in the General tab -of Preferences. - - - -All the screenshots in this manual are from a copy of DCP-o-matic in ‘Full’ mode. - - -
- @@ -310,7 +281,7 @@ shown in . Creating a new film - + @@ -324,7 +295,7 @@ linkend="fig-video-new-film"/>. Dialogue box for creating a new film - + @@ -426,7 +397,7 @@ linkend="fig-making-dcp"/>. Making the DCP - + @@ -470,7 +441,7 @@ shown in . Dialogue box for creating a new film - + @@ -1056,7 +1027,7 @@ are already in the XYZ colour space and require no conversion. DCP-o-matic's colour conversion processes are discussed in much more detail in a separate document colour.pdf. +url="https://dcpomatic.com/manual/colour.pdf">colour.pdf. @@ -2472,7 +2443,7 @@ KDMs. By default the DKDM list will list any DCPs for which you have clicked Make DKDM for -DCP-o-maticin the main DCP-o-matic program. If you have +DCP-o-matic in the main DCP-o-matic program. If you have other DKDMs you can add them by clicking Add... and specifying the file containing the DKDM. @@ -2614,7 +2585,7 @@ You will need to restart DCP-o-matic to see the new language. The translations for DCP-o-matic have been contributed by helpful users. If your language is not on the last, head to the DCP-o-matic website to +url="https://dcpomatic.com/i18n.php">the DCP-o-matic website to find out how to contribute a translation. @@ -2724,7 +2695,7 @@ If this checkbox is ticked an audio analysis will be run whenever content is add The Check for updates on startup option, if enabled, will tell DCP-o-matic to check on dcpomatic.com to see if there any +url="https://dcpomatic.com/">dcpomatic.com to see if there any newer versions of DCP-o-matic then the one you are running. If so, a dialogue box will open with a link to download the new version. @@ -3368,7 +3339,7 @@ server or open a window to show its status. If you would rather not bother installing DCP-o-matic on your server computers, the other option is to use the live-CD image that you can download from the DCP-o-matic web site. +url="https://dcpomatic.com/">DCP-o-matic web site. Either burn the image to CD, or write it to a USB stick (using something like