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Author Topic: Encrypted DCPs. Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 09-10-2016 03:27 AM                     Other than 'phoning the distributor to ask, is there any way to tell if a DCP is encrypted without ingesting it?  |  IP: Logged Matt Smith Film Handler Posts: 19 From: Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England Registered: Apr 2016 posted 09-10-2016 04:35 AM                    Does it not normally say KDM required on the drive info letter?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-10-2016 06:38 AM                        dcp_inspect will tell you.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 09-10-2016 07:30 AM                     quote: Matt Smith Does it not normally say KDM required on the drive info letter? Not always, even if you're lucky enough to have an info letter. Some servers will tell you the moment you insert the drive if it's encrypted or not, without actually ingesting it. But to do that, of course, you need to have access to a server. "dcp_inspect" will certainly do the job, if you have a computer running linex and want to go through the trouble of downloading & installing it. Other than that- - a call to the distributor, assuming the film has one, might be the only other way. The worst scenario is having to ask the filmmaker, since in my experience a large number of them are absolutely, totally clueless when it comes to dcp's.  |  IP: Logged Carl Hetherington Film Handler Posts: 93 From: York, North Yorkshire, England Registered: Jul 2012 posted 09-10-2016 06:43 PM                        If you see any <KeyId> tags in the CPL XML file, you know the DCP is encrypted. Or you can import the DCP into DCP-o-matic and it will say "Needs KDM".  |  IP: Logged

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