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diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml
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--- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml
@@ -26,15 +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
- Cinema Packages (DCPs) from video, audio and/or
- subtitle and closed caption files.
- Playback and verification of DCPs on a PC/Mac.
- Creation of KDMs for DCPs.
+ Create Digital
+ Cinema Packages (DCPs) from video, audio, subtitle and closed-caption files.
+ Play and verify DCPs.
+ Create KDMs for DCPs.
+ Write cinema-format drives containing DCPs.
@@ -46,7 +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.
@@ -90,7 +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.
@@ -98,36 +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.
@@ -142,14 +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 8 (‘jessie’), 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.
@@ -161,8 +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/
@@ -219,7 +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:
@@ -255,7 +252,7 @@ you want to use ‘simple’ or ‘full’ mode.
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 video processing.
+experience with DCP or video processing.
Even if you choose ‘Simple’ mode you can always go
@@ -335,7 +332,7 @@ 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
the film. In the example from the figure, DCP-o-matic will create a
-folder called ‘DCP Test’ inside my home folder (carl) into which it
+folder called ‘DCP Test’ inside my existing folder DCP into which it
will write its working files.
@@ -348,8 +345,8 @@ will write its working files.
The next step is to add the content that you want to use. DCP-o-matic
-can make DCPs from multiple pieces of content, but in this simple
-example we will just use a single piece. Click the Add
+can make DCPs from multiple pieces of content, but in this example we
+will use a single piece. Click the Add
file(s)... button, as shown in , and a file chooser will open for you to
select the content file to use, as shown in for details about the files that DCP-o-matic creates.
-Alternatively, if you have a projector or Theatre Management System
-(TMS) that is accessible via SCP or FTP across your network, you can upload
-the content directly from DCP-o-matic. See the in .
+Alternatively, DCP-o-matic can upload your DCP directly to a projector
+or Theatre Management System (TMS) that is accessible via SCP or FTP
+across your network. See the in .
@@ -496,7 +493,7 @@ linkend="fig-still-select-content-file"/>.
Most of the default settings will be fine for a simple test. The one
thing that you might wish to change is the length of the still.
Select the Timing tab and you will see a
-Play length setting, as shown in Full length setting, as shown in .
@@ -871,7 +868,7 @@ held down. Note that not all settings can be changed in this way.
The content properties are split up into four sections:
Video, Audio,
-Subtitles and Timing. Not
+Timed text and Timing. Not
all of these sections will be active for all content types. The controls
in each section are described below.
@@ -988,7 +985,7 @@ as shown in .
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 is much smaller and of lower resolution than a projected image!
+image may be smaller and of lower resolution than a projected image!
@@ -1057,7 +1054,7 @@ 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.
@@ -1097,9 +1094,9 @@ ratio that your content should be presented in.
At the bottom of the video tab is a short description of what will
happen to your video with the current settings. In the example of
, DCP-o-matic is telling you that the
-video file is 1920x1080 pixels and it has square pixels (a pixel
-aspect ratio of 1.00) hence its display aspect ratio is 1.78:1. Since
-the controls specify ‘16.9’ for the ratio, DCP-o-matic
+video file is 2048x872 pixels and it has square pixels (a pixel
+aspect ratio of 1.00) hence its display aspect ratio is 2.35:1. Since
+the controls specify ‘2.35’ for the ratio, DCP-o-matic
does not scale the image but pads it to the DCP's container ratio of
1.85:1. For a 2K DCP this is 1998x1080 pixels.
@@ -1121,7 +1118,7 @@ frame-rate conversion.
Audio
-The Audio tab controls properties of the image, as shown in .
+The Audio tab controls properties of the sound, as shown in .
‘Magic’ KDM strings
@@ -2930,33 +3016,6 @@ The Reset to default text will replace the current KDM emai
-
-
-
-Accounts
-
-
-The Accounts tab is shown in .
-
-
-
-
-
-DCP-o-matic can download projector certificates from the Barco and
-Christie websites if you have the appropriate credentials. Enter your
-usernames and passwords.
-
-
-
-
-
Notifications
@@ -3017,7 +3076,7 @@ DCP that has been made:
-‘Magic’ Cover sheet strings
+‘Magic’ cover sheet strings
@@ -3138,8 +3197,7 @@ however, always possible.
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 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.
+play fine, but another (of a different type) will refuse to play.
@@ -3148,10 +3206,10 @@ even refuse to ingest.
Guaranteed rates
-The only rates that are (pretty much) guaranteed to work on all DCI
-projectors are 24 frames per second (fps) for video and 48kHz for
-audio. If you are sending DCPs to unknown places it is wise to
-consider using these rates if at all possible.
+The only rates that are guaranteed to work on all DCI projectors are
+24 frames per second (fps) for video and 48kHz for audio. If you are
+sending DCPs to unknown places it is wise to consider using these
+rates if at all possible.
@@ -3308,7 +3366,7 @@ 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 Start a new DCP-o-matic film.
-Click Add folder... and specify your existing DCP's folder.
+Click Add DCP... and specify your existing DCP's folder.Go to the DCP tab and choose Split by video content for Reel type.Go to the Video and
Audio tabs in turn and tick the Use this DCP's audio as OV and make VF checkboxes.
@@ -3633,7 +3691,7 @@ DCP.
Start a new DCP-o-matic film.
-Click Add folder... and specify your existing DCP's folder.
+Click Add DCP... and specify your existing DCP's folder.Add your subtitles to the film in whatever format you have.Check the subtitle appearance in the preview; it will be
slow to respond as it is having to decompress images from the existing
@@ -3649,7 +3707,7 @@ DCP. Adjust the appearance using controls in the
Start a new DCP-o-matic film.
-Click Add folder... and specify your existing DCP's folder.
+Click Add DCP... and specify your existing DCP's folder.Add your subtitles to the film in whatever format you have.Go to the Subtitle tab and tick the Burn subtitles into image checkbox.Check the subtitle appearance in the preview; it will be
@@ -3707,7 +3765,7 @@ The full details of OV and VF files are discussed in
- Playing DCPs
+ Playing and verifying DCPsDCP-o-matic includes a DCP player, and although it requires a
very high-speed CPU to play DCPs in full resolution, it can also
@@ -3733,6 +3791,12 @@ The full details of OV and VF files are discussed in
+
+ The player also offers a simple DCP validator. To check a DCP,
+ open it and then select Verify DCP from the
+ Tools menu. This will run some basic checks to see if the DCP meets the required standards.
+
+
@@ -3754,3 +3818,24 @@ The full details of OV and VF files are discussed in
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