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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.
-
-
-‘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