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| Very good to know, thanks for the correction. On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote: >> Here's a detailed blog post about creating DCPs: >>http://bitfilms.blogspot.com/2010/02/making-dcp-entirely-with-open-source.h > tml > > That's very out of date and incomplete information (there is a newer article > linked in the post) - but it's also out of date as well. It's also missing a > lot of information you need (e.g. it's for a short, disk info in wrong for a > feature (EXT3 Linux needed). > > This is a better link: > http://www.mattcameronfilm.co.uk/2012/04/digital-cinema-package-tutorial.htm > l - but a couple of small points. AE is a better quality tool for XYZ > colorspace conversion and JPEG2000 encoding (Fnordware) than OpenDCP as > outline in the article. > > If your soundtrack is stereo, a stereo DCP does load and play - however, you > may be very unsatisfied with how it sounds. That's why Academy/DCI recommend > 3.1 or 5.1 as a minimum. Some venues playback stereo just through left and > right. The center and sub are not active, so it will sound flat, too soft > with no bass. However, some venues wire stereo through all 6 speaker > channels equally, which will blast out the theater. > > You don't have to do a full 3.1 or 5.1 mix. Use something like > Vegas/Audition/ProTools etc. to create a simple 3.1 or 5.1 multiplex, > strongly weight to center/left/right with proper LFE crossover at theatrical > levels. A good mix should average around -12db but monitoring on a setup > weighted to -81db or so is recommended. Do not push a broadcast mix out - > that has been compressed to -3 or -6. It will clip and theaters will be most > unhappy with you. > > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > > A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a > progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the > meaning, all that comes later. > -Stanley Kubrick > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
