X-Git-Url: https://git.carlh.net/gitweb/?p=dcpomatic.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fdcpomatic.xml;h=81321a83d4954e20918266c7145b7a13d107338e;hp=11d98cf55d0986fb9c46d2bee7a4549af5318819;hb=b4ab9f4adc9dd10d0f1a33286d78821da580a4d1;hpb=a382bddc798c2699c816d92a46718b44485f8889 diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index 11d98cf55..81321a83d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -320,7 +320,20 @@ making the DCP. Choose Make DCP from the -Jobs menu. DCP-o-matic will encode your DCP. +Jobs menu. Before encoding your DCP, DCP-o-matic +will run a series of checks on your film to look for various conditions +that might cause problems when playing back the DCP. If any potential +problems are found, DCP-o-matic will show you a list of hints. +Each hint describes the condition that was found and gives +advice on how to resolve it. If hints are found and reported, you can +either Make DCP anyway (without adjusting any +settings), or Go back in order to make +adjustments before encoding the DCP. + + + +If no hints were found (or you pressed Make DCP +after hints were displayed), DCP-o-matic will encode your DCP. This may take some time (many hours in some cases). While the job is in progress, DCP-o-matic will update you on how it is getting on with the progress bar in the bottom of its window, as shown in To get DCP-o-matic's decryption certificate, open the Preferences dialogue (see ) and go to the -Keys tab. Click the Export DCP -decryption certificate... button at the bottom of this tab +Keys tab. Click the Export KDM +decryption leaf certificate... button at the top of this tab and save the certificate. Send this certificate to the KDM creators and they can make a KDM to allow DCP-o-matic to decrypt the DCP. @@ -1730,8 +1743,16 @@ generates and modify it, click Copy as name and the ISDCF name will be copied into the Name box. You can then edit it as you wish. The DCP name should not matter (in that it should not affect how the DCP ingests or plays) but -projectionists will appreciate it if you use the standard naming -scheme as it makes it easier to identify details of the content. +projectionists will appreciate it if you use the +standard naming scheme +as it makes it easier to identify details of the content. + + + +If there is spoken language in your project's audio you can tick the +Audio Language checkbox and then specify the language +of that audio. This information will be used for the ISDCF name, written into +the DCP cover sheet, and added as metadata to the audio MXF files in the DCP. @@ -1996,6 +2017,8 @@ The smoothing slider applies a variable degree of temporal smoothing to the plots, which can make them easier to read in some cases. +Underneath the plot are shown some precise numbers for peaks and other measurements. A peak value displayed in red means that it is greater than -3dB. + The audio plot is no substitute for listening in an cinema, but it can be useful to get levels in roughly the right area. @@ -2373,7 +2396,6 @@ emailed to the appropriate cinema email addresses. Click
Creating KDMs using a DKDM -
It can be inconvenient to need a whole DCP-o-matic project just to @@ -2440,11 +2462,73 @@ a target certificate. You can get DCP-o-matic's target certificate by opening Preferences and clicking Export DCP decryption certificate... in the Keys tab. + + + + +
+Creating KDMs for a distributor + + +Sometimes you have an encrypted DCP and you want to allow somebody else +(for example, a distributor) to make KDMs for the DCP on your behalf. + + + +The normal way to do this is to send the distributor a KDM which they +can use with their own KDM creation system. Such a KDM is often called +a DKDM (the ‘D’ stands for Distribution). +It is the same as a normal KDM except that it is made to work with another +computer, rather than with a projection system. + + + +To make a DKDM for a distributor you will first need to ask them to send you +a decryption certificate. This should be a small file, usually with the extension +.pem. + + +Once you have the certificate, you will need to add a ‘fake’ cinema +and screen to the list in DCP-o-matic. This is because making a KDM for another +computer uses the same process internally as making one for a projection system, +it's just that DCP-o-matic does not have a nice way to present that. + + + +In either the KDM window in the main DCP-o-matic, or the KDM creator, first add +a new cinema by clicking Add Cinema..., giving it a name +(perhaps the name of the distributor). + + + +Then select this new cinema and click Add Screen... to open +the screen dialog box, as shown in . + + +
+ Adding a screen + + + + + +
+ + +Here you can give any name (perhaps just ‘DKDM’). Then click Get from file... +and choose the certificate file that the distributor gave you. Finally, click OK. + + + +Now you can create a KDM for this screen, and send it to the distributor. Using that KDM the distributor +can then make KDMs for your DCP for anybody (and also, of course, decrypt the DCP if they wanted to).
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Encryption keys @@ -2930,9 +3014,15 @@ KDM that is being sent; these strings are shown in $CPL_NAMEDCP title +$CPL_FILENAMEFilename of the CPL + + $CINEMA_NAMECinema name +$CINEMA_SHORT_NAMEFirst 14 characters of the cinema name + + $SCREENSName of screen or screens that KDMs are being generated for @@ -3610,8 +3700,8 @@ sets. Start a new DCP-o-matic film. 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. +Go to the Video tab and tick the Use this DCP's video as OV and make VF checkbox. +Go to the Audio tab and tick the Use this DCP's audio as OV and make VF checkbox. 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