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Author Topic: Create/convert to DCP Marnix Koster Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Wehl / Gelderland / Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 11-12-2012 02:28 PM                     this weekend I found the program DVD-o-matic (http://carlh.net/software/dvdomatic/ ) With this program you can easily convert video in a dcp package. I tested it with a Quicktime trailer of Despicable Me 2. To test i download the 720p version and converted it. It played on a DSS200 with video and sound. I also tried converting a youtube video and it started also. So an easy program to convert a video to dcp package. Quote from the site: DVD-o-matic is a free, open-source program to generate Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) from videos or images. It can take files in many different formats, including VOB (from DVDs), M2TS (from Blu-Ray), MP4 and others. It will also read JPEG, PNG, TIFF etc. for still-image DCPs. It will run on Windows or Linux.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-13-2012 10:49 AM                        What version of Windows or Linux? Also, what are the hardware requirements? Do you know?  |  IP: Logged Marnix Koster Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Wehl / Gelderland / Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 11-13-2012 03:24 PM                     it doesn't mention any version requirement. I tried it on my laptop with Windows 7 64 bits. for linux there is a manual for ubuntu 12.04 on the website  |  IP: Logged Jorgen Larsen Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Denmark Registered: Jun 2009 posted 11-13-2012 03:46 PM                     The program is easy to work with, but I could not get the sound to work. It sounded as if the sound was recorded in a cathedral. Maybe there are settings that can prevent this. I've been using windows PC 64 bit and Dolby server. No problems with uploading to the server  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-13-2012 07:33 PM                        I was able to get it to make a DCP of a still image, but when I tried it on a five-minute "iPhone video" it said that I had 8858 bad frames out of 8860. So I don't know WTF. I'm going to do some more experimenting later on. Using Win 7 64-bit here as well.  |  IP: Logged Bajsic Bojan Expert Film Handler Posts: 190 From: Ljubljana, Si, Eu Registered: Aug 2008 posted 11-15-2012 01:13 PM                     Tried already couple times. It does get better with time: 1)vista 32bit, intel core2duo processor I installed 3 or so months ago, didnt reach the end of installation. I now installed the new version, it installs and i can run it, but when i go to file/open, it always crashes. 2)vista 64bit, intel core2duo processor New version installs, i can make j2k files, it also makes correct audio and video mxfs, but then crashes at the end to make a proper cpl/assetmap. Have to finish it with openDcp but the result is ok. Really like the AB option to check which video filter is good for the file you input. Have to experiment with codecs to see which are supported, will report. The video preview is clunky and if you run multiple instances of the same process, the windows go crazy, but thats ok.  |  IP: Logged Paul Eckhardt Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Minneapolis, MN, United States of America Registered: Oct 2011 posted 11-20-2012 02:40 PM                     @ Mike iPhone's adjust the frame rate of their video during filming to compensate for differing lighting situations - In order to use it, you'll need to convert it to a file with a stable frame rate with a video editing program. (imovie, finalcut, etc) I haven't been able to get DVD-o-matic working yet, but it looks promising.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-20-2012 03:07 PM                        Thanks, that's good to know. I tried the program on a Pink Panther cartoon from a DVD. It worked fine once I converted the DVD to mp4 format. Took forever though...for a six minute cartoon it took a little over two hours to make the DCP. Can't imagine how that would work for a BluRay!  |  IP: Logged Joris Springer Film Handler Posts: 83 From: Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands Registered: Feb 2007 posted 11-20-2012 05:41 PM                     I think the conversion time also depends on the processor you are using in your computer.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-20-2012 09:55 PM                        Well that's obvious. I tried it on my new office computer but I'm not sure what processor it has...it's nice and fast though. (Dell Vostro desktop.)  |  IP: Logged Roy Williams Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Diego Martin, Trinidad Registered: Jul 2012 posted 11-21-2012 01:35 PM                        Processor will more than anything affect encoding time so the faster the better. I looked at the program and it's very interesting as it'll take images and videos of any size, which is more than my professional (re: very expensive) DCP creating package allows me to do. If they add the ability to import image sequences and also be able to create 3D DCPs it'll be awesome. It's a very good alternative way of doing quick movie conversions to DCP. I'll definitely be playing around with it some more.  |  IP: Logged Carl Hetherington Film Handler Posts: 93 From: York, North Yorkshire, England Registered: Jul 2012 posted 11-24-2012 08:34 PM                        Hi all, I wrote DVD-o-matic (with some help from some fine folks across the net) ... please feel free to get in touch with any problems that you are having and I will see what I can do. Email cth@carlh.net or join the mailing list and post there. In particular, if you are having problems with particular video files and you can get them to me, I should be able to fix DVD-o-matic to work with them. The 32-bit windows version 0.57 is known to be fairly knackered due to problems with my build environment... I am working on that as we speak. Best regards Carl  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-25-2012 01:52 PM                     Is there a method to "unpack" a dcinema file to play on a computer. This is an ad to play before the main feature.  |  IP: Logged Yinghong Wu Film Handler Posts: 32 From: Suzhou Jiangsu China Registered: Apr 2012 posted 11-25-2012 07:57 PM                     Any MAC Version Please.THX.  |  IP: Logged Hordur Valgardsson Film Handler Posts: 25 From: Reykjavik, Alfabakki, Iceland Registered: Oct 2009 posted 12-01-2012 06:13 PM                        i´ve been mastering movies using dolby scc2000 wich is a bit of an overkill for some situations like advertisments, so we purchased doremi´s cineasset to convert the smaller videos (advertisments etc...) looking forward to try this, i am especially curious to see how it handles the x´y´z colour conversions. the feature of adding encoding servers on the lan looks useful. good job  |  IP: Logged

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