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Author Topic: SMPTE package tests on Dolby server Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-01-2015 12:42 AM                     I'm trying to do the server test for SMPTE DCP compatibility from http://isdcf.com/t/SMPTE-DCP-Tests/Home.html. I have downloaded the .zip content and unpacked it to a USB drive, and tested it successfully on a few Doremi server systems (3D subtitles? wtf?) The DCP is a bit weird compared to what I've seen before: it has the content image and sound file plus 3 PKL files (for 3 different tests) but only one named CPL file (for the 3D subtitle test) and two more CPL files with UUID names. Doremi ingest manager shows all 3 tests available for ingest. The DSS200s on v4.8.5(21) show the 3D test (the one with a named CPL file) in "features", the two 2D tests don't show anywhere in "clips" but do appear in "packages" ... but don't ingest. Any ideas how to get these clips ingested?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-01-2015 05:53 PM                     How about the extender names-something different than normal where the system can't recognize the filename? Been there and done that in renaming the extender for a system to recognize the file. Just a guess. Good luck - Monte  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-01-2015 07:43 PM                     Dolby gave me an explanation that these CPLs have a "rating" tag with no data, and that their servers will not accept that. I don't know if this is allowed in the SMPTE CPL spec but one would hope that SMPTE authored these packages to meet SMPTE specs. Regardless, Dolby says DSS200 v1.9 will accept it. No release date given for 1.9 though.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-01-2015 10:22 PM                     Just noting the typo above ...he meant 4.9. I don't know how soon 4.9 will come out...it is a pretty massive change...probably worthy of more than a single tick of the version tenth.  |  IP: Logged

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