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Author Topic: Disney DCP training videos Jenn Jennings Film Handler Posts: 36 From: Peabody, MA Registered: Aug 2011 posted 02-11-2012 10:59 PM                        Thanks to David Bordwell for finding these If you haven't seen Disney's training videos for how to run a DCI system, you owe it to yourself to check them out here: http://digitalcinema.disney.com/dcIngestMov.aspx http://digitalcinema.disney.com/dcKDMsMov.aspx  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-12-2012 11:46 AM                     Jenn, these are absolutely awful and damn near useless. People owe it to themselves to PRETEND THESE DO NOT EXIST. INGESTING VIDEO "The first thing you'll need is a projectionist!" People, this is 2012. We can do things like turn on the heater at our houses from our phones. There is no reason to have a system that needs somebody upstairs in this day and age. The DCS system doesn't! "Open up your DCP. Inside you will find instructions from the studio." Don't you mean open up your CASE that the HARD DRIVE containing the DCP was shipped in? "This will tell you how much space you have remaining." No it won't. It will tell you how much of the PERCENTAGE of space you have remaining. It won't in any way tell you if you have ENOUGH SPACE. "daddy_day_camp" Nice going Sony Pictures. Way to follow the DCP naming convention! (That's not the only one that failed, but that one didn't even make an attempt.) "You should however spot check the ingest every 20 minutes to make sure everything is ok." Thanks for telling the audience what to do if it ISN'T ok. KDM VIDEO "Double click the file and it should unzip the content to a new folder with the same name as the original file on the desktop." Way to go Mr. Smarty Pants video director. Use an operating system that is least found in movie theaters with no mention of how to do it on a Windows computer, which is what the vast majority of theaters will be using. "Insert your USB or cd directly into the server." Ummmm, this is step 2. You said at the beginning of step 2 if the KDM arrived via cd to skip this entire step, so what's with the cd now?" I know there are several more of these videos, but geez, does nobody proof them before they go online? And why is theater staff even having to mess with KDMs at all. The DCS system doesn't require it! 2012 folks.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 02-13-2012 02:57 AM                     Oh I get it. It's a paradoy. Good job, Disney! Pff...1000GB = 1TB. Sure! More like 1024GB == 1TB. Durp. Looked like they ripped off Joe's advanced booth training seminar in the beginning...Guy eating a burger at the bench  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-13-2012 03:38 AM                        quote: Brad Miller "Double click the file and it should unzip the content to a new folder with the same name as the original file on the desktop." Way to go Mr. Smarty Pants video director. Use an operating system that is least found in movie theaters with no mention of how to do it on a Windows computer, which is what the vast majority of theaters will be using. That's not how it works on Windows? You can't just double-click it?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-13-2012 02:05 PM                        That works to open it, but to unzip there's a lot of clicking involved. It's stupid.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-13-2012 02:08 PM                     You can actually drag it out of the WinZip folder onto the desktop, but there are many different un-zipping programs. The video didn't explain any server specifics, why would they show a computer and program specific procedure?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-13-2012 03:06 PM                     Windows' built-in un-zipping utility normally creates a new sub-folder within the same folder where the .ZIP file was stored. The unzipped content will go into the new sub-folder unless you tell the utility to save the unzipped content elsewhere. Unzipping a compressed file is not difficult regardless of whether you use a basic utility like that found in Windows or an after market app like WinZip or WinRAR. IMHO, anyone using a computer ought to have a fundamental understanding of how directories work as well as many other tasks of file management. Unfortunately millions of computer users, even users in workplace environments, really don't understand how to manage files. It's a sad, disgusting situation.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-13-2012 03:42 PM                        True that. And they get annoyed when you try to explain it to them. I've got Users who if it's not on their desktop, they are lost. And these people run big institutions.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 02-14-2012 08:30 AM                        Disney? This from the guys who lost more world premieres (on digital) than all film based premieres in the history of film. Louis  |  IP: Logged Edward Havens Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 614 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 02-14-2012 09:07 AM                     Let's be fair. Those videos are from 2007.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-14-2012 10:22 AM                     Then why are they still posted on the front page of their website?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-14-2012 02:59 PM                     All that was missing was Frank and Annette bounching around  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-14-2012 03:45 PM                        quote: Brad Miller Then why are they still posted on the front page of their website? Disney has this habit of building new stuff but not maintaining old stuff. Want proof, go to Disney World.  |  IP: Logged

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