X-Git-Url: https://git.carlh.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fdcpomatic.xml;h=e8ee6799530d96d8e075ee3bcb51b366e101b61e;hb=8dbee9a861f00d72a995a2b2369385651f2ec734;hp=ee7b960837e2fef53707c013039321f4f550b8b9;hpb=a0856e3fbef17f24073b01cb96be6bbcb229ecbc;p=dcpomatic.git diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index ee7b96083..e8ee67995 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ DCP-o-matic is licensed under the Tango Desktop Project, with thanks. + + + @@ -60,7 +68,7 @@ DCP-o-matic is licensed under the http://carlh.net +http://dcpomatic.com and double-click it. Click through the installer wizard, and DCP-o-matic will be installed onto your machine. @@ -81,10 +89,10 @@ version. You can install DCP-o-matic on Ubuntu 12.04 (‘Precise -Pangolin’) or 12.10 (‘Quantal Quetzal’) using -.deb packages: download the appropriate package from -http://carlh.net and +Pangolin’), 12.10 (‘Quantal Quetzal’) or 13.04 +(‘Raring Ringtail’) using .deb packages: +download the appropriate package from http://dcpomatic.com and double-click it. Ubuntu will install the necessary bits and pieces and set DCP-o-matic up for you. @@ -560,8 +568,9 @@ how it is getting on with the progress bar in the bottom of its window, as shown When it has finished, the DCP will end up on your disk inside the -film's directory. You can then copy this to a projector via a USB -stick, hard-drive or network connection. +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 DVD-o-matic creates. @@ -709,7 +718,7 @@ processors (or processor cores) in your machine. Default directory for new films -This is the directory which DCP-o-matic will suggest initially as a place to put new films. +This is the directory (folder) which DCP-o-matic will suggest initially as a place to put new films. @@ -928,5 +937,62 @@ be noticed when a new encode is started. + +Generated files + + +DCP-o-matic generates a number of files as it makes a DCP. shows the files that might be generated +after you have created a DCP for a film called ‘DCP Test’. + + +
+ Creating a new film + + + + + +
+ + +The DCP Test folder is the one that you specify when you +select the New Film option from DCP-o-matic's +menu. Everything is stored inside this folder. + + + +DCP-o-matic generates some working files as it goes along. These are as follows: + + +log is a list of notes that DCP-o-matic makes as it goes +along. This can be useful for debugging purposes if something goes +wrong. + +metadata stores the settings that you have made +for this film: things like cropping, output format and so on. + +video is where DCP-o-matic writes the DCP's +video data as it encodes it. + +analysis is used to keep the results of audio analysis runs. + +info contains details of each video frame that +DCP-o-matic has written so far. This is used when an encoding +operation is interrupted and DCP-o-matic must resume it. + + + + +Following this is the DCP itself: +DCP-TEST_EN-XX_UK-U_51_2K_CSY_20130218_CSY_OV. This +contains some small XML files, which describe the DCP, and two large +MXF files, which contain the DCP's audio and video data. This folder +(DCP-TEST_EN-XX_...) is what you should ingest, or pass +to the cinema which is showing your DCP. + + +
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