DCP-o-matic users' manual

Carl Hetherington


1. Introduction
What is DCP-o-matic?
Licence
Acknowledgements
This manual
2. Installation
Windows
macOS
Debian, Ubuntu and Mint Linux
Fedora, Centos and Mageia Linux
Arch Linux
Building from source
3. Creating a DCP from a video
Creating a new film
Adding content
Making the DCP
4. Creating a DCP from a still image
5. Manipulating existing DCPs
Importing a DCP into DCP-o-matic
Decrypting encrypted DCPs
Making a DCP from a DCP
Re-use of existing data
Making overlay files
6. Content settings
Adding and removing content
Adding existing DCPs
Content properties
Video
Use this DCP's video as OV and make VF
Image type
Colour conversion
Other settings
Video description
Audio
The audio map
Other controls
Timed text (subtitles and closed captions)
Timing
Timeline
Video processing pipeline
Copy and paste settings
Advanced content settings
Video filters
Override frame rate
Video has burnt-in subtitles
Ignore this content's video
7. DCP settings
Reels
Show audio
8. Templates
9. Export
10. Encryption
Basics
How it works
Encryption using DCP-o-matic
Creating KDMs from a DCP-o-matic project
Creating KDMs using a DKDM
Creating KDMs for a distributor
Encryption keys
Should I encrypt?
Encryption overview
11. Preferences
General
Language
Number of threads DCP-o-matic should use
Number of threads DCP-o-matic encode server should use
Configuration file
Cinema and screen database file
Play sound via
Integrated loudness
Automatically analyse content audio
Updates
Defaults
Servers
Keys
Advanced keys settings
TMS preferences
Email
KDM email
Notifications
Cover sheet
Advanced preferences
12. Frame rates
DCP frame rate limitations
Guaranteed rates
Other often-supported rates
Adapting content to fit the DCP rate
Setting up
13. Encoding servers
Running the servers
Setting up DCP-o-matic
Some notes about encode servers
14. Generated files
15. Command-line tools
dcpomatic2_create
dcpomatic2_cli
dcpomatic2_kdm_cli
16. Loose ends
Resuming encodes
17. Common tasks
Adding subtitles to an existing DCP
Making a VF DCP
Making a complete DCP with projector-added subtitles
Making a complete DCP with burnt-in subtitles
Adding soundtracks or subtitles in different languages
18. Playing DCPs
Advanced playback mode
19. Verifying DCPs
Errors
Bv2.1 errors
Warnings
20. Writing DCPs to disks
Hard drive formatting
Caution
Writing a DCP to a disk
21. Keyboard shortcuts
22. Configuration files