<section>
<title>What is DCP-o-matic?</title>
-<para>DCP-o-matic is a set of programs to perform the following tasks:</para>
+<para>DCP-o-matic is a set of programs to allow you to:</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>Creation of <ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Cinema_Package">Digital
+ <listitem>Create <ulink
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Cinema_Package">Digital
Cinema Packages</ulink> (DCPs) from video, audio, subtitle and closed-caption files.</listitem>
- <listitem>Playback and verification of DCPs on a PC/Mac.</listitem>
- <listitem>Creation of KDMs for DCPs.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Play and verify DCPs.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Create KDMs for DCPs.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Write cinema-format drives containing DCPs.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<para>
DCP-o-matic is free and open-source and is licensed under the <ulink
-url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU
+url="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU
GPL</ulink>.
</para>
</para>
<note>
-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.
</note>
</section>
<para>
To install DCP-o-matic on Windows, download the installer from
-<ulink url="http://dcpomatic.com/">http://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
+<ulink url="https://dcpomatic.com/">https://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
and double-click it. Click through the installer wizard, and
DCP-o-matic will be installed onto your machine.
</para>
<para>
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.
</para>
-<para>
-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.
-</para>
-
</section>
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<section>
-<title>Mac OS X</title>
+<title>macOS</title>
<para>
-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 <code>.dmg</code>,
double-clicking to open and then dragging the icon to your
<guilabel>Applications</guilabel> folder.
</para>
<para>
-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.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+If you don't know which parts of DCP-o-matic to install, start
with the first (main) part.
</para>
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>Debian 7 (‘wheezy’), 8 (‘jessie’), 9 (‘squeeze’) and unstable (‘sid’)</listitem>
- <listitem>Ubuntu 14.04 (‘Trusty Tahr’), 16.04 (‘Xenial Xerus’), 18.04 (‘Bionic Beaver’) and 18.10 (‘Cosmic Cuttlefish’)</listitem>
- <listitem>Mint 17, 18 and 19</listitem>
+ <listitem>Debian 9 (‘squeeze’), 10 (‘buster’) and unstable (‘sid’)</listitem>
+ <listitem>Ubuntu 16.04 (‘Xenial Xerus’), 18.04 (‘Bionic Beaver’), 19.10 (‘Eoan Ermine’) and 20.04 (‘Focal Fossa’)</listitem>
+ <listitem>Mint 18 and 19</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
using <code>.deb</code> packages: download the appropriate package
-from <ulink url="http://dcpomatic.com/">http://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
+from <ulink url="https://dcpomatic.com/">https://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
and double-click it. Debian, Ubuntu or Mint will install the necessary bits and
pieces and set DCP-o-matic up for you.
</para>
<section>
<title>Fedora, Centos and Mageia Linux</title>
- <para>There are <code>.rpm</code> packages for Fedora 27, 28 and 29, Centos 6 and 7 and Mageia 6 on
- <ulink url="http://dcpomatic.com/">http://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
+ <para>There are <code>.rpm</code> packages for Fedora 30, 31 and 32, Centos 7 and 8 and Mageia 7 on
+ <ulink url="https://dcpomatic.com/">https://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
</para>
</section>
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<para>
Once you have installed the development packages for the dependencies,
download the source code from <ulink
-url="http://dcpomatic.com/">http://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>,
+url="https://dcpomatic.com/">https://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>,
unpack it and run the following commands from inside the source
directory:
</para>
</para>
</section>
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-<section>
-<title>‘Simple’ and ‘Full’ modes</title>
-
-<para>When you start DCP-o-matic for the first time it will ask you if
-you want to use ‘simple’ or ‘full’ mode.
-</para>
-
-<para>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.
-</para>
-
-<para>Even if you choose ‘Simple’ mode you can always go
-back to ‘Full’ mode by changing the <guilabel>Interface
-complexity</guilabel> setting in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab
-of <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-All the screenshots in this manual are from a copy of DCP-o-matic in ‘Full’ mode.
-</para>
-
-</section>
-
</chapter>
<title>Creating a new film</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata scale="250" fileref="screenshots/file-new&scs;"/>
+ <imagedata fileref="screenshots/file-new&scs;"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<title>Dialogue box for creating a new film</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="screenshots/video-new-film&scs;"/>
+ <imagedata fileref="screenshots/new-film&scs;"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<title>Making the DCP</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata scale="250" fileref="screenshots/making-dcp&scs;"/>
+ <imagedata fileref="screenshots/making-dcp&scs;"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<title>Dialogue box for creating a new film</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="screenshots/still-new-film&scs;"/>
+ <imagedata fileref="screenshots/new-film&scs;"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
DCP-o-matic's colour conversion processes are discussed in much more
detail in a separate document <ulink
-url="http://dcpomatic.com/manual/colour.pdf">colour.pdf</ulink>.
+url="https://dcpomatic.com/manual/colour.pdf">colour.pdf</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<para>
By default the <guilabel>DKDM</guilabel> list will list any DCPs for
which you have clicked <guilabel>Make DKDM for
-DCP-o-matic</guilabel>in the main DCP-o-matic program. If you have
+DCP-o-matic</guilabel> in the main DCP-o-matic program. If you have
other DKDMs you can add them by clicking <guilabel>Add...</guilabel> and
specifying the file containing the DKDM.
</para>
<para>
The translations for DCP-o-matic have been contributed by helpful
users. If your language is not on the last, head to <ulink
-url="http://dcpomatic.com/i18n.php">the DCP-o-matic website</ulink> to
+url="https://dcpomatic.com/i18n.php">the DCP-o-matic website</ulink> to
find out how to contribute a translation.
</para>
</section>
<para>
The <guilabel>Check for updates on startup</guilabel> option, if
enabled, will tell DCP-o-matic to check on <ulink
-url="http://dcpomatic.com/">dcpomatic.com</ulink> to see if there any
+url="https://dcpomatic.com/">dcpomatic.com</ulink> 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.
</para>
<para>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 <ulink
-url="http://dcpomatic.com/">DCP-o-matic web site.</ulink></para>
+url="https://dcpomatic.com/">DCP-o-matic web site.</ulink></para>
<para>Either burn the image to CD, or write it to a USB stick (using
something like <ulink