This manual uses icons from the <ulink url="http://tango.freedesktop.org/">Tango Desktop Project</ulink>, with thanks.
</para>
+</section>
+
+<!-- ============================================================== -->
+<section>
+<title>This manual</title>
+
+<para>
+This manual presents bits of DCP-o-matic's user interface (such as menu items or buttons) <guilabel>like this</guilabel>.
+</para>
+
+<note>
+Notes of an advanced nature are presented like this. Ignore them unless you want to know the gory details.
+</note>
+
</section>
</chapter>
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.
+</para>
+
</section>
DCP-o-matic will run on Mac OS X version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and
higher. To install it, download the <code>.dmg</code> from <ulink
url="http://dcpomatic.com/">http://dcpomatic.com/</ulink> and double
-click to open it. Then drag the DCP-o-matic icon to your
+click to open it. Then drag the DCP-o-matics icon to your
<guilabel>Applications</guilabel> folder or wherever else you would
like to install it.
</para>
+<para>
+You do not have to install all the applications, but you must always
+install <code>DCP-o-matic 2.app</code> as the other applications
+depend on it.
+</para>
+
</section>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<listitem>Debian unstable (‘sid’)</listitem>
<listitem>Ubuntu 12.04 (‘Precise Pangolin’)</listitem>
<listitem>Ubuntu 14.04 (‘Trusty Tahr’)</listitem>
- <listitem>Ubuntu 15.04 (‘Vivid Vervet’)</listitem>
- <listitem>Ubuntu 15.10 (‘Wily Werewolf’)</listitem>
+ <listitem>Ubuntu 16.04 (‘Xenial Xerus’)</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<section>
<title>Centos Linux</title>
- <para>There are <code>.rpm</code> packages for Centos 6.5 and 7 on
+ <para>There are <code>.rpm</code> packages for Centos 5, 6.5 and 7 on
<ulink url="http://dcpomatic.com/">http://dcpomatic.com/</ulink>
</para>
</section>
<para>
Installation on other Linux systems (for which no packages are
-available) is quite hard; you will have to compile it from source. If
-you are using distribution for which no packages are available, do let
-me know by <ulink url="mailto:carl@dcpomatic.com">email</ulink> and I
-will look into providing packages on the website.
+available) is quite hard as it must be compiled from source. If you
+can't download packages for your distribution, do let me know by
+<ulink url="mailto:carl@dcpomatic.com">email</ulink> and I will look
+into providing packages on the website.
</para>
<para>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en">
-<title>Creating a video DCP</title>
+<title>Creating a DCP from a video</title>
<para>
-In this chapter we will see how to create a video DCP using
+In this chapter we will see how to create a DCP from a video file using
DCP-o-matic. We will gloss over the details and look at the basics.
</para>
need some content. Download the low-resolution trailer for the open
movie <ulink url="http://sintel.org/">Sintel</ulink> from <ulink
url="http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/graphics/blender/apricot/trailer/Sintel_Trailer1.480p.DivX_Plus_HD.mkv">their
-website</ulink>. Generally, of course, one would want to use the
+website</ulink>. Generally one would want to use the
highest-resolution material available, but for this test we will use
the low-resolution version to save everyone's bandwidth bills.
</para>
</para>
<para>
-Alternatively, if you have a projector or Theatre Management System
-(TMS) that is accessible via SCP across your network, you can upload
+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 <xref
linkend="sec-prefs-tms" endterm="sec-prefs-tms-short"/> in <xref linkend="sec-prefs-tms"/>.
</para>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en">
-<title>Creating a still-image DCP</title>
+<title>Creating a DCP from a still image</title>
<para>
DCP-o-matic can also be used to create DCPs of one or more still images, perhaps
</para>
<para>
-As with video DCPs, the first step is to create a new
+As with DCPs made from video files, the first step is to create a new
‘Film’; select <guilabel>New</guilabel> from the
<guilabel>File</guilabel> menu and the new film dialogue will open as
shown in <xref linkend="fig-still-new-film"/>.
</figure>
<para>
-As with video DCPs, 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 <guilabel>Timing</guilabel> tab and
-you will see a <guilabel>Play length</guilabel> setting, as shown in <xref
+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 <guilabel>Timing</guilabel> tab and you will see a
+<guilabel>Play length</guilabel> setting, as shown in <xref
linkend="fig-timing-tab"/>.
</para>
<para>
Finally, as with video, you can choose <guilabel>Make DCP</guilabel>
from the <guilabel>Jobs</guilabel> menu to create your DCP. This will
-be much quicker than creating a video DCP, as DCP-o-matic only needs
+be much quicker than creating a DCP from a video file, as DCP-o-matic only needs
to encode a single frame which it can then repeat.
</para>
<para>
Frequently DCP-o-matic is used to take content in formats such as MP4
-and convert it to JPEG2000 for a DCP. Alternatively, it can be used
+and convert it to JPEG2000 for a DCP. It can also be used
to take existing DCPs and modify them in various ways.
</para>
computationally intensive as encoding them.
</para>
+<para>
+If your DCP is a Version File (VF), in other words it refers to
+another DCP's assets, you should import it as follows:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>Use <guilabel>Add folder...</guilabel> to import the VF DCP.
+The VF DCP will be added to the content list and marked “NEEDS
+OV”.</listitem>
+<listitem>Right-click on the VF DCP in the content list and choose <guilabel>Add OV...</guilabel> from the menu.</listitem>
+<listitem>Choose the folder that contains the OV DCP. The VF will now be playable as normal.</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
</section>
</para>
<para>
-DCP-o-matic can do this if you avoid changes to the following content
-settings:
+DCP-o-matic can do this if you <emphasis>avoid</emphasis> changes to
+the following content settings:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
</section>
-<section>
+<section xml:id="sec-overlay">
<title>Making overlay files</title>
<para>
<listitem>Select the DCP in the content list</listitem>
<listitem>Tick the <guilabel>Refer to existing DCP</guilabel> checkbox
in the tabs for the parts of the DCP that you want to refer to in your
-new DCP. For example, to refer to the ‘Content DCP’'s video and audio you would select the <guilabel>Video</guilabel> tab, click <guilabel>Refer to existing DCP</guilabel> then select the <guilabel>Audio</guilabel> tab and do the same.</listitem>
+new DCP. For example, to refer to the Content DCP's video and audio you would select the <guilabel>Video</guilabel> tab, click <guilabel>Refer to existing DCP</guilabel> then select the <guilabel>Audio</guilabel> tab and do the same.</listitem>
<listitem>Do <guilabel>Make DCP</guilabel> as usual and your VF DCP will be created.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<listitem>Subtitle — a file containing subtitle which will be
superimposed on the image of the DCP. These can be
-<guilabel>.srt</guilabel> or <guilabel>.xml</guilabel>
+<guilabel>.srt</guilabel>, <guilabel>.ssa</guilabel>, <guilabel>.ass</guilabel> or <guilabel>.xml</guilabel>
files.</listitem>
<listitem>DCP — an existing DCP.</listitem>
</figure>
+<!-- ============================================================== -->
+<section>
+<title>Refer to existing DCP</title>
+
+<para>
+This option is only applicable if the selected content is an existing
+DCP. It allows you to get the video content from the existing DCP by
+referencing it (rather than copying). See <xref
+linkend="sec-overlay"/>.
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<section>
<title>Image type</title>
<para>
-The first option on this tab is the ‘type’ of the video.
+The next option on this tab is the ‘type’ of the video.
This specifies how DCP-o-matic should interpret the video's image.
<guilabel>2D</guilabel> is the default; this just takes the video
image as a standard 2D frame. The <guilabel>3D
</mediaobject>
</figure>
-
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<section>
<title>The audio map</title>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<section>
-<title>Other controls</title>
+ <title>Other controls</title>
+
+<para>
+The <guilabel>Refer to existing DCP</guilabel> checkbox isonly
+applicable if the selected content is an existing DCP. It allows you
+to get the audio content from the existing DCP by referencing it
+(rather than copying). See <xref linkend="sec-overlay"/>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+<guilabel>Show graphs of audio levels</guilabel> will analyse the
+audio of the selected content and plot it on a graph. See <xref
+linkend="sec-show-audio"/> for more details.
+</para>
<para>
‘Audio Gain’ is used to alter the volume of the
</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>Extract ‘image’ subtitles that are embedded in video files, or</listitem>
- <listitem>Use text subtitles from SubRip (<code>.srt</code>) or DCP XML files.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Extract subtitles that are embedded in video files, or</listitem>
+ <listitem>Use subtitles from SubRip (<code>.srt</code>), SubStation
+ Alpha (<code>.ssa</code>) or DCP XML files. You may find the great
+ free program <ulink
+ url="http://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit/">Subtitle Edit</ulink> useful
+ for creating such files.</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
-Image subtitles are represented using a set of bitmaps, as commonly
-used on DVD and BluRay. Such subtitles can (currently) only be
-‘burnt’ into the DCP (that is, they are included in the
-image and not overlaid by the projector).
+Embedded subtitles are usually represented using a set of bitmaps,
+especially on files that have come from DVD or BluRay. Such subtitles
+can (currently) only be ‘burnt’ into the DCP (that is,
+they are included in the image and not overlaid by the projector).
</para>
<para>
-With text subtitles you have the choice to either burn-in or include
-the subtitles as separate subtitle ‘asset’ within your DCP
-(in which case the projector overlays them onto the image on
-playback). The difference between burn-in and overlay is
-illustrated by <xref linkend="fig-burn-in"/> and <xref
-linkend="fig-discrete"/>.
+With SubRip, SubStation Alpha or DCP subtitles you have the choice to
+either burn-in or include the subtitles as separate subtitle
+‘asset’ within your DCP (in which case the projector
+overlays them onto the image on playback). The difference between
+burn-in and overlay is illustrated by <xref linkend="fig-burn-in"/>
+and <xref linkend="fig-discrete"/>.
</para>
<figure id="fig-burn-in">
scale such subtitles down using these controls.
</para>
+<para>
+The <guilabel>Line spacing</guilabel> control adjusts the line spacing
+of the subtitles. This only works for non-embedded (text) subtitles.
+</para>
+
<para>
The <guilabel>Stream</guilabel> control changes the subtitle stream
that is used when the content has more than one.
</para>
+<para>
+If you are using non-embedded (text) subtitles you can see the
+subtitle text and timings by clicking the <guilabel>View...</guilabel>
+button, or specify the fonts that should be used by clicking <guilabel>Fonts...</guilabel>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+With any subtitles you can click <guilabel>Appearance...</guilabel> to
+change how the subtitles look.
+</para>
+
</section>
</para>
<para>
-<guilabel>Trim from start</guilabel> specifies the amount that should be trimmed from the start of the content.
+<guilabel>Trim from start</guilabel> specifies the amount that should
+be trimmed from the start of the content. You can set this amount to
+trim up to the current preview position by clicking <guilabel>Trim up
+to current position</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>
-<guilabel>Trim from end</guilabel> specifies the amount that should be trimmed from the end of the content.
+<guilabel>Trim from end</guilabel> specifies the amount that should be
+trimmed from the end of the content. You can set this amount to trim
+after the current preview position by clicking <guilabel>Trim after to
+current position</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>
more modern of the two).
</para>
+<para>
+Ticking the <guilabel>Upload DCP to TMS after it is made</guilabel>
+will ask DCP-o-matic to copy the finished DCP to your configured TMS (see <xref linkend="sec-prefs-tms"/>).
+</para>
+
<para>
At the bottom of the DCP tab are a further two tabs, one each to
contain the settings for the DCP's video and audio parts.
<para>
The <guilabel>Processor</guilabel> control allows you to select a
-process to apply to the audio before it goes into the DCP. Two processes are currently provided:
+process to apply to the audio before it goes into the DCP. Three processes are currently provided:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
-<section>
+<section xml:id="sec-show-audio">
<title>Show audio</title>
<para>
</chapter>
+
+<!-- ============================================================== -->
+<chapter xml:id="ch-templates" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en">
+<title>Templates</title>
+
+<para>
+If you frequently make DCPs with similar settings you may find it
+useful to use templates.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Say, for example, you often make 4K feature DCPs from video files in
+’scope at 25fps. You can speed up this process by following
+these steps:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Create a film with any content and set it up how you like;
+ in our example, set the content to scale to DCP, the DCP resolution
+ to 4K, and so on.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Choose <guilabel>Save as template...</guilabel> from the <guilabel>File</guilabel> menu.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Enter a name for your template.</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>
+Then in the future you can create a new film, tick the
+<guilabel>Template</guilabel> box and choose your previously-saved
+template. The basic film's settings will come from your template, and
+when you add some content it will take on the settings of the
+first similarly-typed piece of content in your template.
+</para>
+
+</chapter>
+
+
+
+<!-- ============================================================== -->
<chapter xml:id="ch-encryption" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en">
<title>Encryption</title>
<title>KDM dialog</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="screenshots/kdm&scs;"/>
+ <imagedata scale="40" fileref="screenshots/kdm&scs;"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
doubt, use <guilabel>Modified Transitional 1</guilabel>.
</para>
+<note>
+The differences between the three KDM types are fairly subtle.
+<guilabel>DCI Specific</guilabel> and <guilabel>DCI Any</guilabel> add
+a <code><ContentAuthenticator></code> tag to the KDM which
+allows the exhibitor to check that the DCP and KDM have come from a
+bona-fide source. In addition, <guilabel>DCI Specific</guilabel> adds
+information on trusted devices to the KDM. This allows the KDM
+creator to specify devices (such as sound processors) that are allowed
+to use keys delivered by the KDM. At present it is not clear how
+widely the <guilabel>DCI Specific</guilabel> and <guilabel>DCI
+Any</guilabel> features are supported (or even tolerated) by servers
+so you are advised to use <guilabel>Modified Transitional
+1</guilabel>.
+</note>
+
<para>
Finally, choose what you want to do with the KDMs. They can be
written to disk, to a location that you can specify by clicking
<guilabel>Browse</guilabel>. Alternatively, if you choose
<guilabel>Send by email</guilabel> the KDMs will be zipped up and
-emailed to the appropriate cinema email addresses. Click OK to
-generate the KDMs.
+emailed to the appropriate cinema email addresses. Click
+<guilabel>Make KDMs</guilabel> to generate the KDMs.
</para>
</section>
<guilabel>Jobs</guilabel> menu. Select the CPL that you want to make
the DKDM for and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>. This DKDM will then
be available in the KDM creator. This is a separate program which you
-can start from the same place that you start the ‘Normal’
+can start from the same place that you start the ‘normal’
DCP-o-matic. Its window is shown in <xref linkend="fig-kdm-creator"/>.
</para>
<title>The KDM creator</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="screenshots/kdm-creator&scs;"/>
+ <imagedata scale="35" fileref="screenshots/kdm-creator&scs;"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
behaviour. This chapter explains those options.
</para>
-
-<!-- ============================================================== -->
-<section>
-<title>The preferences dialogue</title>
-
<para>
-The preferences dialogue is opened by choosing
+Preferences can be edited by choosing
<guilabel>Preferences...</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Edit</guilabel>
-menu. The dialogue is split into seven tabs.
+menu. This opens a dialogue which is split into seven tabs.
</para>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
</section>
+<!-- ============================================================== -->
+<section>
+<title>Cinema and screen database file</title>
+
+<para>
+This option allows you to change the file that DCP-o-matic uses to
+store details of the cinemas and screens used to make KDMs.
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
+<section>
+<title>Integrated loudness</title>
+
+<para>
+If <guilabel>Find integrated loudness, true peak and loudness range
+when analysing audio</guilabel> is ticked, DCP-o-matic will do extra
+work when analysing audio. Leave this ticked if the extra parameters
+are useful to you. If not, untick it and audio analysis will be
+faster.
+</para>
+
+</section>
+
<!-- ============================================================== -->
<section>
<title>Updates</title>
If you want to import an encrypted DCP you will need to give the
decryption certificate to the distributor of the DCP so that they can
generate a DKDM for you. You can save this certificate to disk by
-clicking <guilabel>Export DCP decryption certificate...</guilabel>. As
-with the signing chain, DCP-o-matic will create a certificate chain
+clicking <guilabel>Export DCP decryption certificate...</guilabel>.
+As with the signing chain, DCP-o-matic will create a certificate chain
and private key for you. You can also choose to load your own
certificates and key or re-make the chain and key with new, random
values.
</para>
+<para>
+Clicking <guilabel>Export DCP decryption chain...</guilabel> will
+export the whole certificate chain, rather than just the leaf
+certificate.
+</para>
+
</section>
<!-- ============================================================== -->
suggest you leave this un-ticked unless you have a good reason to do otherwise.
</para>
+<para>
+With the filename format fields you can adjust the filenames that are
+used for metadata (CPL and PKL files) and assets (MXF and subtitle
+files). Below each field there is a list of the ‘magic’
+values that you can use in the format and an example of a filename
+that you might see with your current settings.
+</para>
+
<para>
The four checkboxes labelled <guilabel>Log</guilabel> control what
sort of messages DCP-o-matic writes to its log file when creating a
unticked.
</para>
-</section>
</section>
</chapter>
Following this is the DCP itself:
<code>DCP-TEST_EN-XX_UK-U_51_2K_CSY_20130218_CSY_OV</code>. 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
+MXF files, which contain the DCP's audio and video data. It may also
+contain subtitles in either XML or MXF format. This folder
(<code>DCP-TEST_EN-XX_...</code>) is what you should ingest, or pass
to the cinema which is showing your DCP.
</para>
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