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Topic: Multi-part Features in Cinedigm
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Stu Jamieson
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 524
From: Buccan, Qld, Australia
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 12-17-2012 08:13 AM
Thanks again, Steve, I'd be in the dark if not for you.
Is that document available to me or only tech staff? I've been through the help desk site (which I've subscribed to) but couldn't find a relevant article there. In fact that site seems practically broken. I've been unable to post any queries there at all.
If I may, I'd like to ask another couple of questions....
What does that "pin" function do exactly?
And do I need to repeat this process for every instance of this show or is it possible to copy it throughout the schedule?
Heh, "support". It seems that training is not a high priority at any level of the industry down under. Our support staff seem to be on as steep a learning curve as we are. The amount of digital training I've had over the last few years has been practically zero. Everything I know I've learnt by playing with the equipment, collaborating with others, or reading manuals. It's a sad state of affairs really and with software as unintuitive as Cinedigm it's been particularly hard. It would be a lot easier if there were decent documentation for it - maybe there is and I just don't have the access priveleges for it??
However, that rant aside, at least raising these issues here allows others like me to see the solutions as well.
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Ian Freer
Expert Film Handler
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From: Wellington, New Zealand
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 12-17-2012 07:39 PM
Slightly off topic, but I have tested Doremi's (DCP-2000, not IMB ShowVault) with about-to-expire KDM's. During a film festival last year I had many short-window KDM's. One of them happened to expire around 15 minutes after the public session finished, but we had a decent gap until the next film. So 5 minutes before the KDM expiry I started the show again to an empty auditorium, it played happily for at least 5 minutes after KDM close time, at which point I stopped the player, then tried to start again and of course it wouldn't play this time.
I suppose it's not wholey conclusive as I didn't try to run the entire feature, but I was happy enough with proving the idea. Also, I don't know if newer DCI-compliant software/firmware would allow this either (time to test it again!)
Of course, if you were relying on this for a public screening but you don't have a UPS and there is a power failure, then you'd never get to finish the session... Not a situation I'd like to find myself in..
Cheers, Ian
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Randy Stankey
Film God
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-17-2012 08:34 PM
I see what you're working at. It's a neat idea.
What if you made FEATURE#1 + INTERMISSION#1 a program by itself and made FEATURE#2 + INTERMISSION#2 another program?
You could schedule the first program to play at the appointed time. Then, because you know how long the first program should take to play, schedule the second program to play two minutes after the first one ends.
The extra two minutes is buffer time, just for safety. Most people probably wouldn't notice 120 seconds of dead air. Many of those who did might even appreciate the extra time to get back from the bathroom or popcorn stand.
Program house lights, cues and non-sync to activate the way you want them in order to give the appearance of a continuous show.
As far as the computers are concerned, you are playing two or more separate shows but, the customer thinks it's one continuous show.
If things work the way I think they do, you should still be able to use POS to set showtimes. Again, POS just thinks you are showing three movies with really close intervals.
If your POS shows progress reports on the movie playing, your box office personnel would then know which segment of the show is playing and what time the next one starts. Done the other way, they would know what time the main program starts and ends but not necessarily the individual segments.
This method might even give you the ability to lengthen the interval between shows if unforeseen circumstances arise. Done as only one program, you could start, stop or pause the whole show but putting it on hold at a certain point might be unwieldy. Done as separate programs, you could stop the show at the end of the currently-playing segment and restart the next segment when you need to, without having to pause the server and, possibly, finding the point where it left off.
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