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1. HD SDI Capture Color Conversions Audio Capture Non Real Non RT capture Internal Sync Time Time In 00 00 00 00 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 Channels 1 2 5 Encoding 59 59 2311 a Capture Time Out 23 59 59 23 X YUV to RGB Channels 3 4 Video Format 1080524 RGB Range Ext X Channels 5 6 4 2 2 Channels 7 8 i AAAA Audio channels E2E xz gt E Reset 50 14 Settings RGB to XYZ 709 FrameRate 24 fps Figure 22 Source Tab HD SDI Capture Field RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 27 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 8 Color Space Conversion for File and HD SDI Capture To be consistent with DCI color and sample space specifications the RAPID automatically assumes that the frames are encoded to XYZ color space If the frames are not XYZ then convert the frames from RGB to XYZ from the Source Tab see Figure 23 below Note A license is needed to use the RGB to XYZ conversion feature To receive the license contact Doremi Technical Support at support doremicinema com Note If the files are already XYZ then selecting the RGB to XYZ setting will result in a blurry resolution At the same time if the user is unsure whether the files are 2 and files have not been converted from RGB to XYZ the compressed files will result a lower quality resolution
2. 35 5 3 1 2 How to Format and Crop an Image At 4k active 35 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 2 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC UNES PC TET 35 5 3 1 4 How to Upscale HD Flat Image 1920 pixels x 1038 lines to 1998 pixels x 1080 line Sui did b a mad d 35 5 4 CUSTOMIZABLE LABEL FOR HD SDI 2 02022000 0 0 0 000 0 37 5 41 Default Lab l NC TT 37 S4 2 Custom Label ero 37 5 3 EMBEDDED LOGO ee ve ibo ehe ted A 37 6 Compression Tab p ic 38 6 1 COARSE STEPSIZE OPTION cccssssssccccccccecssssssccccccceessssssscccccceseeessssscccscesesususssesccecceeesceceseceseees 40 7 VTR Control RTT 41 7 1 EXTERNAL DEVICE CONTROL 0 000 41 7 2 AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF VTR 42 Main Functions eoe e dert ett tb veles e bre E Ce Ree 42 7 2 2 Automatic Commands Sent Server 43 eds 3 VIR Sh utlle B tton i vti et e e laca to e deed ee e ee ee dete shes 44 8 Job Manager cca C ee 45 8 1 How ro SCHEDULE MULTIPLE JOBS FILE SOURCE 45 8 2 Ho
3. v3 0 1 rhle5 gt RAPID Encoder GUI 2 5 20100331 _ Figure 57 gFTP Location RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 70 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Host Field Username Field Password Field Remote Bookmarks Transfers Logging Tools Help ED mental eanta home dms2000 Local All Files 10 10 1 33 FTP All Files Filename Size User Group hi Filename Size User Group Date 41096 root root F 32 1002 0 Trash 528 384 dms2000 capture qui 21 1002 100 ThuA 8 Desktop 4 096 dms2000 capture 6 incoming 00 0 Si G eggcups 4 096 dms2000 capture C3 mozilla 4 096 dms2000 capture 8 gnome2 4 096 dms2000 capture fp 4 096 dms2000 capture data 4 096 dms2000 capture evolution 4 096 dms2000 capture nautilus 4 096 dms2000 capture C3 kde 4 096 dms2000 capture 4 096 dms2000 capture local 4 096 dms2000 capture thumbnails 4 096 dms2000 capture tsclient 4 006 dms2000 capture 8 media 4 096 dms2000 capture 3 config 4 096 dms2000 capture 8 4 096 dms2000 capture C3 redhat 4 096 dms2000 capture C3 gstreamer 0 10 4 096 dms2000 capture nedit 4 096 dms2000 capture Les Filename Progress Figure 58 gFTP GUI Window RAP OM 000960 DRM Pa
4. File Browser Computer Search doremi 100 view as Icons Folder data datalocal dev etc lib64 lost found media misc mnt proc root sbin selinux srv tmp usr var Figure 52 File Browser doremi Folder RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 64 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC doremi File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help gt 4 6 Up Reload Home Computer Search etc Folder TT 2 C gt Home Folder System bin etc lib b C gt boot b 9 data share tmp k gt datalocal gt dev gt D doremi 4 etc home B lib libe4 Figure 53 File Browser etc Folder RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 65 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC vel rc once Folder gt Home Folde ELIT P bin gt boot b 2 data 2 datalocal gt dev doremi gt backup b bin b b ib Edit View Bookmarks Help Q Up cert Tht orcaj2kgui Reload Home X advanced conf etc File Browser e Computer Search upgrade vnc Figure 54 File Browser rc once Folder RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 66 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 12 File Transfer Protocol FTP 12 1 FIP Server on RA
5. Figure 25 Output Tab Destination Directory and Browse Button Window RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 32 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 5 2 Number of Frames The Number of Frames field on the Output tab will automatically reflect the number of consecutive images detected from the source If the user wants to reduce the number of frames then adjust the number from this field see Figure 26 below Note The user can only adjust the number of frames when the source is coming from a file Every time the user changes the file source it becomes possible to change the number of frames to encode File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report Video Properties Dest Directory My Movie Test 1 Label Number of Frames 109998 Video Standard 2K activearea 2048 pixels 857 lines Color Space CxCz ICT Number of Frames Field Embedded logo I m Figure 26 Output Tab Number of Frames Field 5 3 Video Standard The selection of the video standard is valid for both file and HD SDI encoding The default format is 2048 pixels x 1080 lines This option is available form the Output tab see Figure 27 below The illustration of ratio aspects is below When encoding from File and HD SDI Source Default Setting formats the entire image area e Full 2K Container 2048 pixels x 1080 lines RAP OM 000
6. Sede 85 ISAMOUN E 86 IE RN 86 16 Trouble 88 17 sepe 90 18 Document Revision nnmnnn 91 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 4 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Software License Agreement The software license agreement can be found at the following location http www doremilabs com warranties html Hardware Warranty The hardware warranty can be found at the following location http www doremilabs com warranties html RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 5 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 1 Introduction 1 1 Purpose The RAPID is a Digital Cinema Mastering Station compliant with DCI specifications Mastering and Generation of a DCP package is made in two steps e Compressing Encoding video content into JPEG 2000 files following specified standards using the RAPID Encoder Generating a DCP package using the JPEG 2000 compressed video content and the audio subtitle and projector configuration files Note This user manual describes the Encoding Process refer to the MXF Wrapping User Manual for information on how to generate a DCP package This User Manual also describes the RAPID Player see Section RAPID Player below It is recommended that the RAPID Player be used to preview the encoded files to ensure the quality of the images The RAPID Player serves
7. Eile Help Advanced Display Mode 709 Frame Index Reels Ready For Playback Editor Playback Report Figure 47 Playback Functions For Reels RAP OM 000960 DRM Doremi Cinema LLC Page 59 Version 1 4 10 7 Report Tab Use this tab to view all information that is relevant to the status of the playback such as reel parameters warning messages errors encountered during playback etc Resetting the OrcaJ2K Driver doremi bin reset orcaj2k u 0 t 0 p 2048 1 857 ox 651 oy 1013 qj 1 qa 5 amp doremi log rst app err log PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrcaJ2K f home dms2000 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 000 1 audio data hdsdi capture ch01 wav audio data hdsdi capture ch02 wav audio data Playback finished File data 112106 file encoding MM 2k RGB 00001 j2c dimensions 2048x857 Failed to open movie file data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture 01 Error Could not open source frame data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture ch01 wav File data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture 01 dimensions 2048x1080 File data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture 0005760 j2c dimensions 2048x1080 File data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture 0009894 j2c dimensions 2048x1080 Warning ignored playing several reels with different settings Starting reel Reel 1
8. Lefto0023 tif Lefto0024 tif Lefto0025 tif Lefto0026 tif Lefto0027 tif Left00028 tif Lefto0029 tif O Leftoo030 tif Lefto0031 tif Left00033 tif Lefto0034 tif Lefto0035 tif Lefto0036 tif Left00037 tif Left00038 tif Lefto0039 tif Lefto0040 tif Lefto0041 tif Lefto0042 tif Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo Leftooo File name File type All Files 4 2 1 To Edit the Default Settings Figure 5 Browse Directory Button Use the Common Settings option to change the framerate or to convert from RGB to XYZ see Figure 6 below Note A license is needed to use the RGB to XYZ conversion feature To receive the license contact Doremi Technical Support at support doremicinema com RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 14 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 If the file is 3D sequence A8fps select the 48fps option from the FrameRate drop down list see Figure 6 below user can convert the color of the frames from RGB to XYZ see Figure 6 below It is very important that the user understand the implications of using this option because it will effect the resolution and quality of the images that are generated Click the Apply button e Cl
9. default Src threads X default Src timeout X default Debug Display X Figure 34 RAPID Encoder GUI Preferences Menu 7 2 3 VTR Shuttle Button The VTR Shuttle button allows the user to manually select the encoding speed for testing and viewing of compressed images to ensure full user satisfaction There are three speeds available 100 Real Time Speed e 48 Approximately half Real Time Speed i e Non Real Time Capture Mode e 20 The purpose of this option is to encode at a much slower speed i e compressed images are blurry etc Note The Shuttle and Automatic control of VTR buttons are exclusive This means that the user cannot select both buttons at the same time Automatic control of VTR will encode at 48 speed The VTR Shuttle allows the user to manually choose from one of the three speeds RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 44 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 8 Job Manager Tab The Job Manager tab allows the user to view schedule and reorder encoding jobs Scheduling and reordering encoding jobs apply only when encoding from a file source Use the Job Manager tab to view all relevant information pertaining to the encoding job This applies to jobs from File Source and HD SDI Sources Scroll to the right side of the window to see all the information pertaining to a job see Figure 35 below 8 1 How to Schedule Multiple Jobs File Sourc
10. Resetting the OrcaJ2K Driver doremi bin reset orcaj2k u 0 t 0 2048 857 ox 651 oy 1013 qj 1 qa 4 amp doremi log rst app err log PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrcaJ2K f home dms2000 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 000 1 audio data hdsdi capture ch01 wav audio data hdsdi capture ch02 wav audio data 8 Starting reel Reel 2 PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrcaJ2K f data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture 0005760 j2 1 audio data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture ch01 wav audio data 1hr encoding Q12 8 Starting reel Reel 3 PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrcaJ2K f data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture 0009894 j2 1 audio data 1hr encoding Q12 hdsdi capture ch01 wav audio data 1hr encoding 012 8 Report Playback finished Tab Figure 48 RAPID Player GUI Report Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 60 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 11 Software and Firmware Upgrades Software and Firmware upgrades are provided by Doremi Labs There are several ways that the user can perform the upgrade which includes but is not limited to USB DVD and FTP The upgrade package has to be copied into the directory doremi etc rc once and the user must then reboot The most common way to upgrade the software and firmware is from a USB 11 1 How to Perform a Software or Firmware Upgrade From USB Once the user has received the upgrade package from D
11. The user must be sure that the frames are actually or XYZ before encoding The user should receive this information from the administrator or creator of the files If the user is unsure what color space the frames are or XYZ then do an encoding test with a small number of frames first to check the resolution of the compressed files File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report File Encoding Source File data dcp Olivier Boulant OpAtom High bit rate TIFF Emilio0001 tif TIFF file 1920x1080 Depth 8b HD SDI Capture B 1 Time In Out O Video Format No INPUT 0 Audio channels XYZ El Reset SDI Detection To convert images from Common Settings to XYZ RGB to XYZ 709 FrameRate 24 fps check this box EBS Figure 23 Source Tab Converting Images From RGB to XYZ RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 28 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 4 8 1 Default Profiles for Color Space The objective is to obtain a 4 4 4 sample space and 2 color space signal in all cases Change the default settings if required e If the files are then select the appropriate settings to convert to XYZ See Figure 24 below BT 709 to convert
12. mount 192 168 100 001 data dcp space mnt nfs and then press Enter Note The above is only an example where The number characters represent the IP Address of the RAPID data dcp represents the directory path the RAPID e The mnt nfs is the path to the shared directory Tounmount the NFS shared directory do the following Type unmount space mnt nfs and then press Enter Note If the mnt nfs directory does not exist then the user needs to create it first Refer to http nfs sourceforge net nfs howto for more information on setting up NFS shares RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 76 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 14 Samba Directory for Windows 14 1 Setting a Server 14 1 1 How To Create A Samba Shared Directory For Windows Users e From the Linux desktop go to System Click on Administration Click on Server Settings and then choose Samba from the list User will be prompted to the Samba Server Configuration window see Figure 65 below e To generate a new Samba User click on Preferences see Figure 65 below Click on Samba Users and then click Add User see Figure 66 below User will be prompted to the Create New Samba User window see Figure 67 below Select dms2000 as the Unix and Windows username is doremi and the Samba Password is doremi see Figure 67 below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 77 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LL
13. rw 1 on boot type ext3 rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 none on dev shm type tmpfs rw dev hda4 datalocal type ext3 rw on data type xfs rw dev sdd1 on mnt usb type ext3 rw 15 5 FDISK This command lists the different drives and partitions connected on the DMS2000 Type su and then press Enter Password enter the root password e Type sbin fdisk and then press Enter Disk dev sda 400 0 GB 400088457216 bytes 255 heads 63 sectors track 48641 cylinders Units 7 cylinders of 16065 512 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Idev sda1 1 48641 390708801 83 Linux Disk dev sdb 400 0 GB 400088457216 bytes 255 heads 63 sectors track 48641 cylinders Units cylinders of 16065 512 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System dev sdb1 1 48641 390708801 83 Linux Disk dev sdc 400 0 GB 400088457216 bytes 255 heads 63 sectors track 48641 cylinders Units 7 cylinders of 16065 512 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Idev sdc1 1 48641 390708801 83 Linux Disk dev sdd 300 0 GB 300090728448 bytes 255 heads 63 sectors track 36483 cylinders RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 86 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Units 7 cylinders of 16065 512 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System dev sdd1 1 36483 293049666 83 Linux Disk dev hda 400 0 GB 400088457216 bytes 255 heads 63 sectors tra
14. window see Figure 42 below It is not recommended to change these default settings unless the user understands the implications 9 3 1 How to Change the Default Settings from the Preferences Window From the RAPID Encoder go to the File menu and select Preferences see Figure 41 below The Preferences window will appear see Figure 42 below Important default commands are as follows Src Timeout source This command applies only when encoding from a File Source The default is set at 5 seconds This command automatically tells the server to look for another file to encode for only 5 seconds after the last frame in the image sequence To change the default settings un check the box next to the Scr Timeout option and use the up and down arrows to change to the desired seconds VTR This command will automatically locate the first frame time in of the image sequence to be encoded The Pre roll is set at 5 seconds by default This means that the server will automatically locate 5 seconds before the first frame to be encoded and sync the server with the source To change the default setting un check the box associated with the VTR Pre roll option and use the up and down arrows to change to the desired seconds RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 51 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC File Menu Help Open Save Ctrla S ession Contro
15. 1 4 14 1 2 How To Create A New Samba Share Directory Click on the Add Share button from the Samba Server Configuration window see Figure 65 above User will be prompted to the Create Samba Share window see Figure 68 below e From the Basic tab choose the Directory Share name Description and whether the directory is Writable or Visible see Figure 68 below e From the Access tab choose to allow access to everyone or only allow access to specific users see Figure 69 below T Create Samba Share T E li Basic Access Directory data Browse Share name data a A Description Rapid User 0 Visible Cancel Figure 68 Create Samba Share Window Basic 5 Create Samba Share Z fer dms2000 Allow access to everyone Cancel lt Figure 69 Create Samba Share Window Access Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 81 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC By default the share directory is accessible on the Mygroup domain under the Windows network To modify any of the basic settings and security options for the default server do the following e From the Samba Server Configuration window go to Preferences e Click Server Settings see Figure 70 below e User will be prompted to the Server Settings where necessary modifications from the Basic and Security tabs are ma
16. 12 RAPID Encoder GUI Report Tab The Job Manager tab displays information about the Job including its source bit rate and frame number see Figure 13 below Note To schedule several jobs and to choose which order the server will encode them go to the Job Manager tab and enable the Multiple Jobs option by clicking Add Job The server will automatically highlight the new job Go back to the Source tab and continue with the instructions as laid out under Section 4 1 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 18 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 File Help Job Source Output Compression VIR Control Manager Tab The job Multiple Jobs number and its source are Job Source displayed in Job 1 data dcdm Starwars Star Wars Eplll L In Three ShowEast 2008 left 002622 ti the Job Manager tab Figure 13 RAPID Encoder GUI Job Manager Tab Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Job X Multiple Jobs Manager Tab Source Dest Directory Height Width Rate Control Max Bitrate Add Job TYPE 625 1920 1080 VBR 250 Delete Job Delete Move up Scroll all the Moveipswn way to the right to view the Source information Figure 14 Job Manager Tab Viewing the Source Information RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 19 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 4 Encoding From H
17. 300 Field Basic Permissions Read only j Read Write 36 9 Figure 61 Edit NFS Share Window Basic Tab The following are the default settings on the General Options tab Sync write operations on request Hide filesysetems beneath XJ 5 Edit NES Share General General Options User Access Options Tab O Allow insecure file locking L Disable subtree checking Sync write operations on request L Eorce sync of write operations immediately Hide filesystems beneath L Export only if mounted Optional mount point Set explicit Filesystem 1 Por Figure 62 Edit NFS Share Window General Options Tab From the User Access tab the user can change any of the following settings see Figure 63 below By default none of the options are selected RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 75 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC T3 Edit NFS Share X User Access Tab O Teat all client users as anonymous users Local user ID for anonymous users Local group ID for anonymous users Figure 63 Edit NFS Share Window User Access Tab 13 2 Setting an NFS Server on the Client On the client machine the user needs to mount the NFS shared directory On a command line while logged in as root do the following to mount the NFS shared directory Type
18. HD SDI input Dol Enc 1 e Connect the output of Dol Enc 1 to the input of Dol Enc 2 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 9 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Done 1 e optional Connect output of Dol Enc 2 to a display input A Dol Enc 1 Dol Enc 2 input B e input A Dol Enc 2 Dol Enc 1 in Dat output A Dol Enc 2 output A Dol Enc 2 output B Dol Enc 1 output B RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 10 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 3 Launching the RAPID Launch the RAPID GUI by double clicking on the RAPID Encoder GUI icon on the desktop see Figure 1 below The Rapid Encoder GUI will appear as illustrated below i EM 29 cut WAX f b Applications Places System 68 Computer Screenshots Lol dms2000 s Home Encrypted_feature_ RAPID Player MECS Rapid Encoder GUI icon RAPID Encoder GUI N Figure 1 RAPID Encoding GUI Icon RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 11 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 Encoding Overview The user can encode data from a file source or an HD SDI source Each source will be described in full detail below e General encoding LCD color schemes when encoding Orange The server is idle not encoding anything or has already finished encoding a job see Figure 2 below e Green Encoding in progress see Figure 3 below e Red Server is preparing encoding job see Figure 4 below File Help Source Output Compression Control Job Manag
19. RAPID Encoder GUI Encoding Missing Frames e After the server is done encoding a job an image sequence go to the Report tab and view the status of that particular encoding job see Figure 12 below File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager 4 Finished 0 PostProc Finished No Conf Video preprocessing Warning Frame data dcdm Subtitle apanese png 03317602 a8c9 4222 814b 871fde9 has incompatible dimensions SKIPPED Video preprocessing Warning Frame data dcdm Subtitle apanese png 033176e02 a8c9 4222 814b 871fde9 has incompatible dimensions SKIPPED Video preprocessing Warning Frame data dcdm Subtitle Japanese png 033176e02 a8c9 4222 814b 871fde9 has incompatible dimensions SKIPPED Video preprocessing Warning Frame data dcdm Subtitle Japanese png 033176e02 a8c9 4222 814b 871fde9 has incompatible dimensions SKIPPED Video preprocessing Warning Forcing xfer to stop although a frame is still in the pipeline Encoder stuck Restarting current job Terminating PostProcessing Video postprocessing Processed 1 frames Skipped 1 100 driver 0 Skipped in last 100 frames 1 Missing 68 out of 69 frames Missing frames from 10002 to 10069 Some frames could not be encoded See file doremi log listOflndex log Starting next job Finished job 1 in 00 00 35 Report Tab Figure
20. and follow the network and computer found RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 84 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 15 Useful Commands 15 1 LS This command lists the content of the directory Type Is and then press Enter e total 0 drwxrwxr x 2 dms2000 capture 6 Aug 25 2005 backup drwxrwxr x 2 dms2000 capture 53 Aug 28 11 05 db drwxrwxr x 2 dms2000 capture 6 Aug 25 2005 dcdm drwxrwxr x dms2000 capture 21 Aug 28 10 50 drwxrwxr x 3 dms2000 capture 21 Aug 25 17 11 j2c drwxrwxr x 2 dms2000 capture 6 Aug 25 2005 kdm drwxrwxr x 2 dms2000 capture 6 Aug 25 2005 pcf 15 2 DU This command indicates the disk space used by the content of a directory Type du sh and then press Enter e 0 backup 4 0K db 0 dcdm 116 116 j2c 0 kdm 0 15 3 DF This command indicates the available disk space of the different partitions currently mounted Type df h and then press Enter Filesystem Size Used Avail Use Mounted on dev hda2 9 7 5 4G 3 96 59 1 99M 13M 82M 14 boot none 314M 0 314M 0 dev hda4 3576 1146 225G 34 datalocal 1 4T 216 1171 2 dev sdd1 276 2586 4 1G 99 mnt usb RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 85 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 15 4 MOUNT This command indicates the currently mounted partitions Type mount and then press Enter dev hda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw usbdevfs on proc bus usb type usbdevfs
21. capture ch03 wav Composition wis 1 Field audios 0 wios 0 Editor Playback Figure 44 Reel Manager Field With Video and Audio Files RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 56 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Reel Highlighted In Blue Incompatible settings You have created a playlist with several reels but they do have the same settings frame dimensions etc This may prevent a successful playback Are you sure you want to go on with these settings Figure 45 Incompatible settings Error Message r Reel Manager oe lt gt Reel Composition Video Audiol Audio2 Audio3 Audio4 Audio5 Audio6 Audio7 Audio8 Report Figure 46 Reel Manager Field Video Highlighted In Blue RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 57 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 10 6 Playback Tab Use the Playback tab to play and preview reels 10 6 1 Playback Functions Once the user has created the reels in the Editor tab go to the Playback tab The reels ready for playback will be listed in the white box on the right part of the window see Figure 47 below Anorange circle indicates that the reel has already been played back Agreen circle indicates that the reel is currently being played back If there is not
22. f use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 Error g i ing Video preprocessing Error Source file has extension 206 Video preprocessing Error with the file name Error PreProcessing process exited with error 1 Encode check stopped by user MUR Ee Finished job Job 1 in 00 00 06 Destination Filename MM 2k RGB 00026 j2c Starting job Job 3 Reseting the OrcaJ2K Driver doremi bin reset orcaj2k p 2048 1080 u 1 t 0 fps 25 use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 Pre and Post PostProcess cmd issued doremi bin postprocess c 3 n 10974 b0 70 b1 15 b2 Processing 15 b3 0 b4 0 b5 0 b 244 r 1 q 98 p 2048 1080 f Encoding 4 MM 2k RGB 00026 2 use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 Commands PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrcaJ2K n 10974 p 2048 l Issued 1080 f datalocal StEM2K MM 2k RGB 00026 tif use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 Terminating Terminating PreProcessing PreProcessing Video preprocessing Info Received stop command Encoding Terminating PostProcessing stopped by Encoder stopped by user Finished job Job 3 in 00 00 36 Missing user Missing frames from 205 to 10999 frames X Encode Apply zm eoe NER T Figure 39 Report Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 48 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC The Destinat
23. from RGB compliant with ITU BT Rec 709 color space with 2 2 gamma to DCI X Y Z e P3 DCI 065 to convert from 065 RGB with 2 6 gamma to DCI X Y 2 Custom allows user to define save and load a new profile For each profile user can select values for the inverse gamma used on the RGB the Gamma In area Note For more information on the Custom feature contact Doremi Cinema Technical Support at support doremicinema com 4 9 Sample Space Conversion for HD SDI Capture To be consistent with DCI color and sample space specifications the RAPID automatically assumes that the frames are set to XYZ color and 4 4 4 sample space 4 4 4 specifies the size of each sample i e what range was used If the user knows the frames are not XYZ then the user can convert the frames from RGB to XYZ from the Source tab see Figure 24 below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 29 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report Encoding Source File 7 TIFF file 2048x857 Depth 16b Color Conversions Settings Non RT capture Internal Sync Color Conversions Audio Capture Time In 00 02 00 00 Iz D 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 Channels 1 2 2 Time Out 03 02 00 00 C YUV to RGB X Channels 3 4 video Format 2Ksf24
24. m Tee 7 Home Folder data 7 MM 2k RGB 00203 copy j2c C My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00006 j2c C My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00013 j2c C My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00020 j2c Desin My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00001 lon My_Movie_Test_ 1MM 2k RGB 00007 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00014 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00021 j2c m media My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00001 7 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00008 jac My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00015 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00022 jac m MM_2k_RGB_00181 j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00002 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00009 j2c C My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00016 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00023 j2c Figure 50 File Browser Home Folder RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 62 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 File Browser Edit View Go Bookmarks Help 9 4 Reload Home Computer Search 2 5 home dms2000 File TG System b NH ome Folder Folder bin boot data datalocal 2 C D 6 home lib lib64 lost found net opt proc root sys tftpboot tmp usr Figure 51 File Browser File System Folder RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 63 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC
25. tif 10982 2048 Delete Job before Job Job 2 datalocal StEM2K MM 2k RGB 00005 tif 10995 2048 2 Delete All Figure 37 Job Manager Tab Jobs Field y Job Manager x A You have setup several jobs but they do not all have the same settings You should not do this unless you really know what you are doing since it may generate invalid packages Are you sure you want to go on with these settings Figure 38 Window Asking User To Delete All Jobs RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 47 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 9 Report Tab The primary purpose of the Report tab is to view all commands sent to the RAPID prior to during or after the encoding job The Report tab is accessed from the RAPID Encoder GUI see Figure 39 below The parameters that are applied to the job will be displayed in the Report tab 9 1 Heading Tab Functions e Select the parameters to apply to the encoding job and click the Apply button The Destination Filename will appear in the Report tab and the Encode button becomes enabled see Figure 39 below e When modifying the parameters the Encode button is disabled and the Apply button is enabled again File Help Output VIR Control Job Manager 9 use orcaj2 PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrcaJ2K n 2073600 p 2048 Runnin 1080
26. two functions 1 can be used to playback compressed and uncompressed files 2 It can be used to preview the encoded files to ensure their quality i e color resolution sharpness etc Note This user manual describes the encoding process refer to the MXF Wrapping User Guide for information on how to generate a DCP package RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 6 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 1 2 RAPID Encoder Presentation The RAPID is a hardware accelerated JPEG 2000 compressor It allows the encoding of uncompressed files typically but not restricted to tiff files and JPEG 2000 files compliant with the specification The RAPID Encoder GUI is laid out in six tabs Source Tab Use this tab to encode frames from a File or HD SDI High Definition Serial Digital Interface device User must choose the source from this tab Output Tab Use this tab to view and change the properties of the source for encoding Properties such as number of frames video standard i e pixels and lines color space etc Compression Tab Use this tab to control the rate at which encoding occurs The default rate is set to VBR Variable Bit Rate at 250Mb s DCI Specified however these options can be changed VTR Control Use this tab to send commands to the HD SDI device either manually or automatically The VTR control uses the standard Sony 9Pin protocol to send commands to the device Job Manager Use this tab to v
27. 3 drives RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 53 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 10 4 Launching the RAPID Player GUI RAPID Player GUI Icon Launch the RAPID Player GUI by double clicking on the icon on the desktop see Figure 43 below EB lt gt 5 Um Applications Places System m Computer Screenshots Tra RAPIR Player e Figure 43 RAPID Player GUI Icon 10 5 Editor Tab Use this tab to define the source parameters of each reel Each reel consists of one 42 file and some or no audio files The Editor tab is made up of two sections the Reel Manager and Reel Composition see Figure 44 below The user must connect the RAPID to a monitor in order to view the contents for playback 10 5 1 Reel Composition e For each reel select the first video file of the sequence in the Video field User can choose up to 8 audio files up to 16 audio channels e Click the browse button and select the first frame of the video see Figure 44 below e The Audio Entry Point box is used to synchronize audio and video frames RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 54 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 The user must determine the point at which the audio first begins to come in This is done by actually playing the files first and listening to detect the 2popleader 2popleader is a precursor to the first audio frame User will hear beep noise us
28. 960 DRM Page 33 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC The input frame will be cropped or padded with black strips to center the image 5 3 1 How to Form and Crop the Image s active area e Select Video Standard 2K active area Define the size of the frame number of pixels and number of lines to be generated The input frame will be cropped or padded with black strips to center the image File Help ource utpu Compression VTR Control anager ort S Output p VIR C Job M Video Properties Dest Directory Label Number of Frames 2073600 2 Video Video Standard Upscale HD Scope pixels lines Standard 2K 2048x1089 Color Space Field 2K active 4K 4096x2160 4K active area Embedded logo Upscale HD Scope Upscale HD Flat 2 Figure 27 Output Tab Selection of the Video Standard Field Note For the File Source of 4k 4096x2160 and 4k active area images user will need a license RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 34 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 5 3 1 1 How to Format and Crop an Image At 4k 4096x2160 From the Output tab in the Video Standard field select 4k 4096x2160 This will capture the image at 4096 pixels x 2160 lines The input frame will be cropped centered or padded with black strips centered 5 3 1 2 How to Format and Crop an Image A
29. APID Encoder GUI will therefore always show the time code field as rolling The user must set the Time In and Time Out values Begin encoding by selecting the preferred settings and then clicking on Apply Click on Encode to begin the encoding process Note When the server has finished encoding the user specified frames time in and time out the time code field will still continue to be rolling see Figure 21 below Notice that the Out value set on the server has been passed however the server will still continue to roll the video HD 5DI Capture Non RT capture Internal Sync r Color Conversions Audio Capture 1 00 03 00 00 2 X 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 Channels 1 2 alue Time Out 01 03 00 00 X YUV to RGB X Channels 3 4 ag Video Format 2Ksf24 RGB Range Ext Channels 5 6 4 4 4 or Dual 4 2 2 Channels 7 8 Audio channels ii 2 xyz Audio only Reset SDI Detection Streamin Video 9 r Common Settings X RGBtoxvz Br 709 FrameRate 24 fps Figure 21 Time Code For Video Streamer RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 26 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 4 7 Real Time and Non Real Time Capture 4 7 1 RAPID When in Real Time capture mode a very high bandwid
30. C Documentation Help 88 About GNOME amp Lock Screen Log Out dms2000 shut Down Authentication i Bootloader lt Date amp Time Display e Hardware Hardware Keyboard Language Logical Volume Management R Login Screen c Mail Transport Agent Switcher amp Network D Printing Root Password 68 Security Level and Firewall Ga SELinux Management Domain Name system 5 25 Network Booting Service Smart Card Manager Soundcard Detection System Log System Monitor a Users and Groups Create modify and delete samba shares Figure 64 Linux Desktop Samba List RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 78 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 Samba Server Configuration Preferences Menu 9 e Delete Help Add Directory Share name Permissions Visibility Description Share home dms2000 data dcp Read Only Hidden Button Figure 65 Samba Server Configuration Window Samba Users Add User Button _ Figure 66 Samba Users Window RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 79 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Create New Samba User TSX Unix Username dms2000 Windows Username dms2000 Samba Password Confirm Samba Password X Cancel t jo Figure 67 Create New Samba Users Window RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 80 Doremi Cinema LLC Version
31. D SDI HD SDI High Definition Serial Digital Interface is a standard used for transmission of uncompressed and unencrypted digital video signals When encoding from a HD SDI source the RAPID unit will automatically detect the HD SDI unit connected to it and display the corresponding information in the Source tab The RAPID will automatically extract the format and the time code from the ancillary data for both single and dual link HD SDI video inputs However the user must manually set the appropriate frame rate to correspond to the HD SDI input see Figure 15 below 4 4 4 Supported Formats Supported in Real Time Capture Mode HD SDI format for the RAPID and RAPID 2x e 2Ksf 24fps and 25fps 2 24fps and 25fps e 1080i 24fps and 25fps 1080 24fps and 25fps Supported only in Non Real Time Capture Mode on the RAPID less than 5096 speed e 2Ksf 30fps 2 30fps e 10801 30fps e 1080p 30fps Formats not supported e 23 98fps e 29 97fps 720p 4 4 2 Default and Custom File Names 4 4 2 1 Video HD SDI Captures The RAPID uses the HD SDI embedded time code and converts each frame to j2c file using an incrementing index See Section 4 6 for more information on how this works e The default name of the compressed files will be hdsdi capture 0000254 j2c e Example One j2c file per image hdsdi capture nnnnnnn j2c where nnnnnnn is the index corresponding to the time code of the image See Section 4 6
32. Expected Average 75 150 Mb s arse Stepsize RC Profile Live Action default 75 150 5 65 135 Ross 50 120 Mb s 40 100 Mb s Figure 30 Compression Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 38 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC RC Profile Rate Control contains three predefined settings Live Action default Animation and Low Grain If the user chooses the Custom option the Rate Control window will appear where the user will be able to change the predefined values see Figure 31 below These settings are contingent on the type of film Rate Control Apply the Live Action setting to images that have live characters i e not animated Apply the Animation setting to images that are animated i e cartoon caricature etc Apply the Low Grain setting to images that are used in advertising music videos and drama Mismatches of grain color cast and so forth between shots are often deliberate and added in Help post production put Compression Control Profile Out Rate Control RC Profile Menu Bitrate Profile Job Manager Report Coarse Stepsize ver 250 mb s Expected Average Oo Live Action default Animation CGI Low Grain Custom Coarse Stepsize Apply Figure 31 Compression Tab Predefined S
33. PID Use the FTP File Transfer Protocol client on the RAPID to transfer information and data to and from any unit The user can connect to the FTP directory from any computer on the same network using the FTP client with the following username and password Username dms2000 Password doremi e default ftp directory is home dms2000 12 2 FTP Client on RAPID Another way to connect to a FTP server is with the Nautilus application Click on dms2000 s home icon see Figure 49 above and type the following address ftp Uusername password IP address The username and password are the same that are used for the FTP server Example If user wants to connect to a DCP 2000 unit to ingest the username would be ingest and the password would be ingest and then the IP Address of that unit Example ftp ingest ingest 10 10 1 33 see Figure 56 below There is a link to the data directory in the dms2000 home folder Double clicking on the dms2000 s icon from the desktop will prompt the user to the dms2000 home folder see Figure 55 below e Some FTP clients like Filezilla under Windows recognize this and allow access to Idata Some FTP clients like Internet Explorer under Windows do not recognize this and will not allow user to access data Another way of accessing the data directory is by double clicking on Computer from the desktop and then entering the username pass
34. RGB Range Ext Channels 5 6 5 4 4 4 or Dual 4 2 2 Channels 7 8 Audio channels E2E xz Audio only Reset SDI Detection RGB to XYZ must be checked Common Settings before changing Default the default E RGB to 1 709 Profiles for settings IBT 709 Color D6 Settings asea Figure 24 Source Tab Color Conversions and RGB to XYZ Field 4 9 1 Obtaining a 4 4 4 Signal From HD SDI Capture e Default Settings for sample space Note The RGB to XYZ box must be checked first before changing any of the default settings see Figure 24 above e Single link When user is connected to the RAPID from a single link it is assumed that the signal is a YUV signal To convert the signals and to obtain a 4 4 4 XYZ signal choose from one of the following settings that have been created see Figure 24 above e 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 e YUV to RGB RGB Range Ext In case the YPbPr signal follows Rec 709 select the RGB Range Ext option to enable the conversion to full range in order to keep true colors RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 30 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Dual link When the user is connected to the RAPID from a dual link it is assumed that the signal is a 4 4 4 RGB signal To convert to a 4 4 4 XYZ signal use the RGB to XYZ setting see Figure 24 above Note This section is on sample space i e 4 4 4 For information on how to obt
35. The VTR is sending the audio and video signals at 24fps but the timcode setup is still at 25fps There is a glitch of data once per second Set up the VTR to use the correct time code i e at 24fps Issue User begins an encoding job but the encoder skips that job and goes to the next job In the Report tab a message appears saying that it could not open destination file User begins an encoding job and the server does not start to encode and user gets the same message could not open destination file in the Report tab Solution The encoder can not write to the destination folder The disk may be full or the folder may not exist The encoder may not have sufficient permissions to write to the folder Issue RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 88 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC During a live HD SDI capture the encoder drops a lot of frames In the Report tab there are numerous warnings stating that the encoder is too slow e f user opens a terminal and the d 1 command shows processes taking a lot of CPU time nautilus gam server etc e System monitoring processes require a lot of processing power and the RAPID is longer able to encode at real time e Solution Close all the file browser windows that are open on the desktops and only leave the RAPID Encoder GUI open Issue e The display command interacts badly with the JPEG 2000 display utility and causes the images to become saturat
36. ain XYZ color space see Section Color Space Conversion for File and HD SDI Capture above RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 31 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 5 Output Tab The purpose of the Output tab is to create the desired value outputs of the compressed j2c files Output fields consist of the following Destination Directory Number of Frames e Video Standard Label Embedded Logo 5 1 Destination Directory When compressing files by default the compressed files will keep the same base name name without the extension including the same index number as the original uncompressed file The compressed file will be converted to contain a j2c extension e Example If the first file is named perfect movie 00001 tif the compressed file will be named perfect movie 00001 2 e If the user wants to create a different or new directory to put the compressed files into select the Browse button see Figure 25 below File Hel E Help Browse Destination Directory Field Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report Button m Video Properties Dest Directory My Movie Test 1 abel Number of Frames 10999 Video Standard 2 active area 2048 pixels lines Color Space YCxCz ICT Number of Frames Field Embedded logo
37. aj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 Video preprocessing Error Source file has no extension Video preprocessing Error with the file name Error PreProcessing process exited with error 1 Encode check stopped by user Finished job ob 1 in 00 00 06 Destination Filename MM 2k RGB 00026 2 Starting job 3 Reseting the Orca 2K Driver doremi bin reset orcaj2k p 2048 1080 u 1 t 0 5 25 use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 PostProcess cmd issued doremi bin postpracess c 3 n 10974 bO 70 b1 15 b2 15 b3 0 b4 0 b5 0 b 244 r 1 q 98 p 2048 1080 f MM 2k RGB 00026 j2c use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 PreProcess cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrca 2K n 10974 p 2048 l 1080 f datalocal SEEM2K MM 2k RGB 00026 tif use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 Figure 40 Report Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 50 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 9 2 Saving Settings Use the File Menu to Save or Save As the current settings into a file or to open a file with a saved setting The setting file contains all the settings for each job including the bitrate video standard source type file or HD and color space conversion It contains all the jobs that were defined when the settings are saved 9 3 Preferences Menu The server automatically sends commands to the RAPID during the encoding process These commands can be changed from the Preferences
38. art Card Manager Qj Soundcard Detection System Log system Monitor 3 Users and Groups Figure 59 Linux Desktop System Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 73 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 3 NES Server Gonfiguration Directory Help Field d P e 3 Properties Delete Server Settings Help Hosts Permissions 7homezams2000 data dcp 10 10 1 100 10 10 1 18 Read x fhome dms2000 data 10 10 1 33 Read fhome dms2000 data 10 10 1 129 Read fhome dms2000 data 10 10 1 33 Read fhome dms2000 data 10 10 1144 Read Figure 60 NFS Server Configuration Window Note It is recommended that the user use only the Basic tab for editing purposes and leave the default settings on the General Options and User Access tabs as they are If necessary see the figures below for a list of the options that can be selected from these tabs e From the Basic tab the user can change the IP Address i e host e Change user permissions i e read only or read and write Change the directory path or create a new directory path from the browse button Note The user can have more than one host IP Address RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 74 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Basic General Options user Access i 2000 owse Basic Directory ome dms2000 data dcp Browse Permissions Hosts 10 10 1
39. box If the user does not select any audio channel then the user will be prompted to an error message see Figure 17 below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 22 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Eile Help Source Output Compression Control Job Manager Report r File Encoding Source File HD SDI Capture Non RT capture Internal Sync Color Conversions Audio Capture Video Time In 00 00 00 00 C 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 2 Channels 1 2 gt Format and Time Out 23 59 59 23 C to RGB 24 Channels 3 4 Audio Video Format 1080sf24 C RGB Range Ext Channels 5 6 5 Channels 4 4 4 or Dual 4 2 2 2 Channels 7 8 gt Audio channels AAAA AE 2 xvz Audio only Reset SDI Detection Hh ommon Settings Reset SDI RGB to XYZ 709 FrameRate 24 fps Detection Button Jl 00 05 8 8 Figure 16 Source and the Reset 501 Detection Button x Wrong settings x A No audio channel selected OK Figure 17 Error Message Audio Channel Selected e number of Audio Channels detected by the server will be represented by characters on the source tab in the Audio Channels field see Figure 17 above e Example AAAA represent
40. ck 48641 cylinders Units cylinders of 16065 512 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System dev hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux dev hda2 14 1287 10233405 83 Linux dev hda3 1288 1417 1044225 82 Linux swap dev hda4 1418 48641 379326780 83 Linux e Type exit and then press Enter exit RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 87 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 16 Trouble Shooting The following is a list of bugs problems that the user might encounter and the possible solutions If the user has encountered a bug problem that is not listed check the user manual first If the particular issue is not addressed contact Doremi Technical Support at support doremicinema com Issue If user receives the following error messages JPEG 2000 Encoder is not ready hardware licensing module not responding Other similar type of error message at login Solution If the user gets an error message the JPEG 2000 hardware encoder has been left powered off for a few hours or more and is causing a problem at start up Shut down the unit do not just reboot and power it back up after a few seconds The error message should disappear Issue If user has the following problems User loses a lot of frames at the end of each encoding job The audio is poor i e a lot of audio glitches User is playing content with a VTR Video Tape Recorder at 24fps but it was originally recorded at a different frame rate i e 25fps Solution
41. d in the Composition Reel field any modifications will be applied immediately From the Reel Manager field the user can Add Delete Reel or Delete reels see Figure 44 below Note Deleting a reel cannot be undone Scroll all the way to the right of the Reel Manager window to see the file name and entry points of each file in the reel see Figure 44 below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 55 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC e When the user is playing back a reel the Editor tab will be gray and the reel that is being played back will be highlighted in blue see Figure 46 below File Help Add Reel Button Reel Manager Filenames Add Reel 52000 _2 RGB 00018 j2c k P data hdsdi capture chO1 wav 8 Delete All Button Reel data hdsdi capture ch03 wav 8 aa data hdsdi capture ch03 wav 8 data hdsdi capture 04 8 data hdsdi capture ch05 wav 8 THEM data hdsdi capture 06 8 data hdsdi capture ch07 wav 8 data hdsdi capture ch08 wav 8 E Reel Composition ie Video 3 111945 1hr hd sdi encoding hdsdi capture 0004328 j2c 24 1 5 Audiol 1ata 111945 1hr hd sdi encoding hdsdi capture 01 Audio2 lata 111945 1hr hd sdi encoding hdsdi capture ch02 wav Audio3 1ata 111945 1hr hd sdi encoding hdsdi
42. de see Figure 71 below Server Settings Samba Server Configuration Fle Server Settings 5 ESE Users lete Help Directory Share name Permissions Visibility Description nome dms2000 data dcp dcp Read Only Hidden Figure 70 Samba Server Configuration Window RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 82 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 3 Server Setting x Authentication Mode User Authentication Server Security Tab Kerberos Realm Encrypt Passwords Yes E Guest Account No guest account Figure 72 Server Settings Window Security Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 83 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 14 2 Connecting to a Samba Network To mount a Samba share directory type the following commands Type su and then press Enter e Password The password will be the one that corresponds to the root username and login Type mount lt space gt t lt space gt cifs lt space gt ipaddress data mntsamba lt space gt o lt space gt username login and then press Enter Where the IP address can be replaced by the hostname of the computer e data is the name of the directory shared on this unit e login is a username used to connect to the Samba share Note Another way to access a Samba network is to go to the RedHat menu Network Servers
43. doremi Technology Leadership for Digital Cinema RAPID DIGITAL CINEMA MASTERING STATION User Manual Version 1 4 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 1 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Table of Contents 6 1 ERE PEE ERN E 6 1 2 RAPID ENCODER PRESENTATION titio o dae eee a 7 134 RAPID GUT VERSION iif eros Rte es EET 7 I NOW 8 2 System 1 aue euet suu 9 22M UdIbEoun 9 3 Launching tlie Eoo 11 4 Encoding 12 41 ENCODING FROM FILE 13 4 1 1 File Naming and Numbering Convention sss 13 dopo AIO tend to tonus 14 4 2 ENCODING FROM A FILE SOURCE c site save Poe exo tuo et eg re aeg Pee Lone PS A EEES REES 14 4 2 1 To Edit the Default 14 4 3 STOPPING THE ENCODING 16 4 4 ENCODING FROM HD SDE iere rre rene i ee ries ates 20 Jo Supported gittis ess eter 20 4 4 2 Default and C
44. e Only From the Job Manager tab check the Multiple Jobs box See Figure 35 below Click the Add Job button the new job will automatically be highlighted Go to the Source tab and select the file to encode from Select all the properties to apply to the job usually all of the parameters that would normally apply see Section 4 1 Go to the Job tab to view the information of the newly added job the job will be assigned a number i e Job 2 Repeat the steps above to continue adding jobs File Help Source Output Compression vrR Control Job Manager Report Multiple Multiple Jobs Jobs Add Job Check box Source Dest Directory Frame Nr Height Width Rate Control Max Bitrate Add Job Button 2073600 2048 1080 250 00005 10995 2048 1080 250 Scroll to the right of the tab to view all tm information Lo o Figure 35 Job Manager Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 45 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Eile Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report lt Multiple Jobs Frame Job Source Dest Directory Frame Nr Height Add Job Number Job 1 2073600 2048 lob 2 datalocal StEM2K MM_2k RGB _00005 tif 4 gt Delete Job and Del
45. ed In other words using the display utility command to view j2c files causes the images to be corrupted the white regions of the frames are replaced with yellow purple and or blue pixels Solution e Use Kakadu the command line utility doremi bin displayj2c to view the j2c files There is a bug in the display tool that shows the white pixels in the j2c files incorrectly The frames are in fact correct RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 89 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 17 Acronyms Definition GUI Graphical User Interface Constant Bit Rate DCI Digital Cinema Initiatives LLC ws Newer Seem RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 90 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 18 Document Revision History Date Version Description 12 22 2009 08 26 2010 First version Revised to include license page All sections updated and modified sections revised Sections 1 3 and 4 5 modified New Section 1 4 added 01 11 2010 Logo updated and contact information added 07 20 2012 1 0 11 09 2010 1 2 Revised to include updated software version 3 0 3 Sections 5 3 1 3 and 5 3 1 4 added RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 91 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC
46. elow The RAPID will automatically convert the frames to satisfy the color and size dimensions for the logo e If the user wants to change the default Doremi logo click on the Browse button and choose a new logo e When the user chooses a new logo the RAPID will automatically convert the logo to satisfy the required color and size specifications File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report Label Video Properties Dest Directory Number of Frames 10999 Video Standard 4K active area 4096 pixels Color Space gt 857 lines Field Juss Browse E uu Button oremi Embedded logo Field Embed a logo in the compressed frames doremysnareyorcajZkgunycustom Togo doremilogo png Figure 29 Output Tab Embedded Logo Field RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 37 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 6 Compression Tab The Compression tab is used to control the rate at which encoding occurs DCI specifications require that the image stream bit rate be set at 250 Mb s therefore the default values on the RAPID are set to VBR Variable Bit Rate at 250 Mb s see Figure 30 below When in VBR mode 250 Mb s is the max
47. er Report File Encoding x HD SDI Capture Time In 4b 4 Time Out Video Format Audio channels Reset SDI Detection Common Settings RGB to XYZ BT 709 FrameRate 24 fps EE Figure 2 Server Is Idle Figure 3 Encoding In Progress S oo ____ Figure 4 Server Is Preparing Encoding Job RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 12 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 1 Encoding From a File Source When encoding from a file source most recommended are TIFF files although other formats are supported the user will choose the folder that contains the files to be compressed The software application will automatically detect the number of frames with a consecutive incrementing index in a file and include it in the extension file name 4 1 1 File Naming and Numbering Convention By default the server will keep the same base name and number identifier as the original uncompressed file The server will automatically convert the file name extension to a j2c extension It is assumed that SPMTE recommended standards were followed when creating the original image sequence files The basic recommended standards are as follows e Each image is in a separate file Animage sequence consists of a series of files in a directory structure e The file name will end with the extension delimited by the period character Immediately before the file extension is the frame
48. ete All Buttons Delete All Move Up and Move Down Buttons ply Figure 36 Job Manager Tab Frame Numbers Note The Frame Nr see Figure 36 above reflects the value of the time out minus time in In other words the number of frames included in the job to be encoded 8 2 How to Reorder and Delete Jobs To reorder a job in the list click on the job and use the Move Up and Move Down arrows accordingly The job will still keep the same number that was originally assigned to it i e if reordering job 3 to encode before job 2 numbers assigned to the jobs will not change see Figure 37 below To delete a scheduled job click on the job to delete it will be highlighted Click the Delete Job button see Figure 37 below Awindow asking to delete the job will appear click Yes Note This action cannot be undone To delete all scheduled jobs click Delete All window asking to delete all the jobs will appear click Yes see Figure 38 below Note This action cannot be undone RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 46 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Eile Help Source Output Compression Control Job Manager Report X Multiple Jobs Job Source Dest Directory Frame Nr Height Add Job Job 3 to Job 1 2073600 2048 be encoded Job 3 datalocal StEM2K MM 2k RGB 00018
49. ettings Set To Live Action The figure above is an example of the predefined settings when set to Live Action which is also the default setting If the user wants to change the settings click on Custom from the RC Profile menu see Figure 31 above RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 39 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 6 1 Coarse Stepsize Option Selecting the Coarse Stepsize option when encoding will reduce the amount of compressed generated data The coarseness is usually due to the harshness graininess of the images Therefore selecting this option will reduce the harshness graininess which will result in a significantly smaller frame size with a minimum loss of quality RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 40 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 7 Control Tab The VTR Control tab Video Tape Recorder has the settings and transport buttons to control VTR devices It uses the serial port to control a playback device using the Sony 9 Pin Control protocol The VTR Control tab allows the operator full control of an external VTR device that will be used as a HD SDI source for an encoding job The VTR Control tab applies only when encoding from an HD SDI source not a file source The Sony 9 Pin Control standard protocol allows the user to send commands to the HD SDI device manually or automatically It is important to remember that the VTR Control is not enabled when encoding from a HD SDI device that does not support the Sony 9 Pin C
50. for more information RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 20 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC e To customize the hdsdi capture base name to a user defined string use the Label field from the Output tab See Section 5 for more information 4 4 2 2 Audio HD SDI Captures Audio is embedded in the HD SDI stream Each channel is captured into a specific file Audio files are created in the following way e One wave file per audio channel hdsdi capture chnn wav where is the channel number File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report File Encoding gg Source File HD SDI Capture Non RT capture J Internal Sync r Color Conversions Audio Capture 00 00 00 00 2 O 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 X Channels 1 2 Time Out 23 59 59 23 0 to RGB Channels 3 4 Video Format 1080524 0 RGB Range Ext x Channels 5 6 5 4 4 4 or Dual 4 2 2 Channels i AAAA AAAA Audio channels xvz Tv Reset SDI Detection Common Settings FrameRate x rramenate 2 E yid Time code field Figure 15 Encoding From HD SDI when encoding from HD SDI source RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 21 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 5 Encoding From a HD SDI Source e Double click on the RAPID Encoder GUI from the des
51. ge 71 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 13 Network File System NFS 13 1 Setting an NFS Server If the user wants to share a directory from the RAPID with NFS the user will need to allow access to that directory for a specific machine The RAPID should have the NFS support enabled and running 13 1 1 How To Access NFS From a Linux Desktop e From the System tab to Administrator Click Server Settings see Figure 59 below e Click on NFS e User will be prompted to the NFS Server Configuration window see Figure 60 below e If user wants to edit an existing NFS directory click on the directory to edit Click Properties User will be prompted to the Edit NFS Share window see Figure 61 below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 72 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC O Applications Places Documentation Computer 99 About GNOME 00 s Home Lock Screen Log Out dms2000 8 Shut Down Encrypte M RAPID Enc r GUI FilelnMotion Authentication i Bootloader lt Date amp Time ua Display Hardware e Hardware Keyboard e Language Logical Volume Management R Login Screen c Mail Transport Agent Switcher amp Network D Printing Root Password 68 Security Level and Firewall Ga SELinux Management 2 Domain Name System 25 Network Booting Service EINEN Seda modify and delete NFS shares e Services Sm
52. he unit The password is doremi It is recommended to change the root password at the customer site e dms2000 For the encoding sessions and other operations related to encoding including use of the RAPID Player The password is doremi Note It is highly recommended that users be logged as root only when absolutely necessary Being logged in as root increases the risk of fatally damaging the system in case of a wrong operation i e involuntary delete of the system It might also modify the system permission on some necessary files making the use of the application for the normal RAPID user partial or impossible 2 1 RAPID Setup The RAPID has only one Dolphin DCI board with one license installed on it The RAPID 2x has two Dolphin DCI boards Currently all RAPID 2x units are produced and shipped with licenses for both Dolphin DCI boards However in the past RAPID 2x units were shipped with only one license installed on one board only Note Initially RAPID 2x units were shipped with only one license installed on the Dol Enc 2 board If the Dolphin DCI Dol Enc 2 board failed then only the first Dolphin card would be detected and the license would have to be re installed Description The RAPID2x has two Dolphin Encoder Dol Enc cards Each card has dual link HD SDI video inputs and outputs Each Dol Enc requires 2 bracket spaces See illustration below on how to connect e Connect the video source to the
53. hing next to a reel it means that the reel is waiting to be played Use the navigation buttons Play Stop Pause Fast Forward and Rewind to control the playback see Figure 47 below To skip to the next or previous reel click the Pause button and then select to next Reel or Go to previous Reel buttons see Figure 47 below To go to the next frame click the Previous Frame or Next Frame buttons see Figure 47 below Use the Locate button to skip to the exact frame Enter the frame number or use the up and down arrows and then click the Locate button There is a Display Mode button in the Playback tab This feature allows the user to choose to see the frames that are being played i e either by frame number or by timecode There is a RGB to XYZ conversion box in the Playback tab The user must have a license to use this feature during the encoding process For more information on this feature and how to obtain a license contact Doremi Tech Support at support doremicinema com This feature reproduces the conversion of RGB to XYZ during the encoding process and is useful to have during playback to ensure the quality of the files Audio playback is disabled when video files are uncompressed and playback of audio video on MXF files is not supported RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 58 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Go to Previous or Next Reel Previous Frame or Next Frame
54. ick the Encode button to begin the encoding process Note The duration of the encoding process depends on which station is being used i e Rapid 1x or 2x and how many frames to encode The RAPID encodes in Real Time i e 1 hour which equals to 086400 frames will take approximately 1 hour to encode The RAPID 2x is half of Real Time i e 1 hour which equals to 086400 frames will take approximately 30 minutes File Hel File p Encoding eM T x mI T T Field 9 Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report HD SDI Capture Time In x Time Out RGB to XYZ Video Format Option Audio channels Reset SDI Detection By 709 FrameRate 24fps gt Figure 6 RAPID Encoder File Encoding Option RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 15 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 3 Stopping the Encoding Job e stop encoding job click the Stop button e The Stopping Video Compression window will appear see Figure 9 below When the user clicks on Stop the server will begin finalizing the frames in the buffer This process takes less than one minute to complete Toimmediately end the encoding job click on the Now button Note The Terminate Now option terminates the encoding process without waiting for the server to finalize the frames in the buffer I
55. iew schedule add or delete encoding jobs primarily available when encoding from a file source Report Tab Use this tab to view the various messages encountered by the server while encoding i e encoding job started finished duration of the job number of frames encoded missing frames etc 1 3 RAPID GUI Version This document is referenced with RAPID Encoding GUI version 3 2 0 and with RAPID Player GUI version 3 2 0 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 7 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 1 4 Contact If in need of help or assistance please contact your nearest Doremi Labs Technical Support at USA e 24 7 Technical Support Line 1 866 484 4004 e Technical Support Email support doremicinema com Europe e 2417 Technical Support Line 33 0 492 952 847 e Technical Support Link http support doremitechno org ticketing Japan e Technical Support Line 044 966 4855 e Technical Support Email support doremilabs co jp Australia China India Indonesia Korea Malaysia New Zealand Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand e Technical Support Email supportasia doremilabs com RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 8 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 2 System Overview The RAPID runs the Linux OS 64 bit kernel revision 2 6 18 A RAID5 of six 1TB drives provides 5 TB of storage accessible mounted on directory data There are two username setups by default root Used only for administration of t
56. imum rate at which to encode However these values can be changed to reflect the desired user output Note The first series of RAPID units using a Linux 2 4 kernel have a disk access limitation Encoding from HD SDI at high bit rate will force the encoder to skip video frame Select the Automatic control of VTR in the VTR control tab to have the application redo the skipped frame automatically The Expected Average value see Figure 30 below corresponds to the average targeted rate that each frame will be encoded at i e from 75 150 Mb s The difficulty of encoding each image depends on the degree of its details This will vary the size of the image and the level of quality at which the images are encoded The default level of quality is 75 150 Mb s The expected average applies only to VBR not CBR Constant Bit Rate The default value is set at 75 150 Mb s The drop down menu lists the different levels of quality in descending order 1 120 250 Mb s is the highest quality and 40 100 Mb s is the lowest quality It is recommended that the user keep the default value at 75 150 Mb s See the next section for further explanation on RC Profile and Coarse Stepsize Eile Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report Expected Average Bitrate m Rate Control Menu Values Bitrate ver_ 250 mbss
57. ion Filename field displays the targeted file and its corresponding parameters see Figure 39 above f any error occurs prior during or after the encoding job the Report tab will list the error see Figure 39 above e Pre and Post processing encoding commands issued to the RAPID will be displayed in the Report tab see Figure 39 above f user clicks the Stop button when the RAPID is encoding a Terminating PreProcessing message will appear An Encoder Stopped by User message will appear afterward see Figure 39 above The RAPID will automatically check for any missing frames once a job is finished or interrupted while encoding The Report tab will display a message stating Missing frames from i e 205 10999 see Figure 39 above RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 49 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Help Running 180 PostPrac Running 180 Ready ac lt Output VTR Contral_ Job Manager Starting job 1 Reseting the Orca 2K Driver doremi bin reset orcaj2k p 2048 1080 u 1 0 fps 25 use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 PostProcess cmd issued doremi bin postpracess c 3 n 2073600 b0 70 b1 15 b2 15 b3 0 b4 0 b5 0 b 244 r 1 q 98 p 2048 1080 f j2c use orcaj2k dev id 0 use orcaj2k dev id 1 cmd issued doremi bin FileTransferOrca 2K n 2073600 p 2048 l 1080 f use orc
58. is option will automatically locate the first frame time in of the image sequence to be encoded The Pre roll is set at 5 seconds by default This means that the server will automatically locate 5 seconds before the first frame to be encoded and sync the server with the source Tochange the default setting go to the file menu in the RAPID Encoder GUI Select Preferences and uncheck the box associated with the VTR Pre roll option e Use the up and down arrows to change the seconds see Figure 34 below e Non Real Time Capture Mode is available only the RAPID not the RAPID 2X e Selecting the Non Real Time Capture mode from the Source tab will automatically command the RAPID to encode at 48 speed approximately half of real time speed File Help Source Output Compression Control Job Manager Report r Sony 9Pin Control Automatic External device control control of x Automatic control of VTR VTR VTR Shuttle 48 nli I lt E gt pr 1 Shuttle Button IEEE 0n ee Figure 33 VTR Control Button Showing Real Time Speed RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 43 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Initialization default PreProcessing default PostProcessing default Audio Capture default VTR Pre roll Field v Pre roll
59. ktop to launch the RAPID GUI e From the Source tab select the check box immediately to the left of the HD SDI Capture see Figure 16 below Enter the Time In time code of the first image to capture and the Time Out of the last image to capture Note It is highly recommended to enter a Time In and Time Out before encoding otherwise the server will encode the entire duration of the video which may be up to 24 hours See Section 4 6 below for more information e keep all of the server s default settings click Apply and then click Encode e If the Video Format or Audio Channels fields are blank click the Reset SDI Detection button and the server will search for the 501 connection and display the corresponding information see Figure 16 below Note The HD SDI device must be properly connected Video Format can only be changed from the source not from the server By default the server will automatically enable the number of audio channels the device has usually 4 or 8 However the user can manually select the channels to encode by checking or unchecking the boxes see Figure 16 below If the user does not wish to encode any audio then make sure none of the channels are selected The server supports up to 8 audio channels see Figure 16 below Note If the user wishes to encode only audio files then select at least one audio channel and check the Audio Only
60. l Job Manager Report Save As Exit HD SDI Capture jes zi n RT capture ernal 5 Time In Time Out B E GIA Video Format AXES ERES UE ar gt GE Audio channels Reset SDI Detection Common Settings RGB to XYZ 709 FrameRate 24 fps Eneee Pauses sten Preferences Figure 41 RAPID Encoder GUI File Menu Note It is recommended to leave the other automatic commands at their default settings If the user chooses to change these settings then follow the steps above be Preferences x Initialization X default k a PreProcessing default PostProcessing X default Audio Capture X default Pre roll X default Src I O threads X default E Src timeout X default Debug Display X Figure 42 Preferences Menu RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 52 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 10 RAPID Player 10 1 Overview The RAPID Player is meant to be used as playback of compressed 42 and uncompressed tiff files However the RAPID Player is also useful to preview what the images look like on screen resolution color sharpness etc The RAPID Player a
61. nd Encoder serve different functions The user must use one to the exclusion of the other i e neither the Encoder or Player can be launched at the same time 10 2 Presentation The RAPID Player consists of three tabs Editor Playback and Report Editor tab Use this tab to define the source parameters of each playback Each reel consists of one j2c file and may consist of some or no audio files The Editor tab is made up of two sections Reel Manager and Reel Composition Playback tab Use this tab to playback the reels that were created in the Editor tab e Report tab Use this tab to view all information that is relevant to the status of the playback reel parameters warning messages and errors 10 3 Supported Formats The RAPID Player outputs video on its HD SDI dual link output and embeds audio in the HD SDI stream To view the content for playback the user must have the RAPID connected to a monitor screen The RAPID supports real time playback of unencrypted compressed DCl compliant JPEG 2000 files and audio WAV files Playback of uncompressed files is also supported e g TIFF DPX etc Real Time or Non Real Time playback of uncompressed files depends on whether the files are coming from an external drive i e a usb or a RAID If the files are on an external drive playback in Real Time is not available If the files are on a RAID with 6 drives playback in Real Time is available not available on a RAID with
62. number identifier Leading zeros are used to maintain a constant number of digits The base name also known as the pre number identifier is preceded by alphanumeric text and characters delimited by another period character e Example My Movie 00192 tif where My Movie is the base name 00192 is the number identifier and tif is the file name extension When the server has finished compressing the file the end result will be My Movie 00192 j2c The frame number identifiers are in ascending order i e 1 2 3 4 5 6 with no gaps in the sequence for a given image sequence Zeros are used to keep a constant number of digits Post production reel names and abbreviations may be used Any alphanumeric text used in the file name will remain constant for all image files intended for the same image sequence The only characters that will change in a sequence are the frame number identifiers When the user s selects a file to encode that file will be the first image in that image sequence By default the server will automatically encode the remaining images in the sequence after it e Example If the user 2 has 10 200 frames an image sequence and you wish to start from frame 002567 the server will automatically encode the remaining frames until it reaches the last frame in the sequence i e 010200 If the user s does not want to encode all of the remaining frames in the image sequence then it is
63. ol FTP eese eere 67 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 3 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 12 FTP SERVER ON RAPID 0 e reo aet ou ee eco Dette vo ee eb iy ee Og 67 FTP CHENTON RAPID 67 12 3 GIC SERVER ON RAPID onie eau ide sence 70 12 3 1 How To Access a gFTP Client From the RAPID sss 70 13 Network File System 8 2 72 13 SETTING AN NFS SERVER EUM 72 13 1 1 How To Access NFS From a Linux Desktop ee debe 72 13 2 SETTING Aan NES SERVER ON THE CUIENT nep ern erret ao ea eq ee denos Ra RR Sed e ane 76 14 Samba Directory for Windows eese 77 T SETTING A SERVER p oti M puts tube 77 14 1 1 How To Create A Samba Shared Directory For Windows 77 14 1 2 How To Create A New Samba Share Directory sss 81 14 2 CONNECTING A SAMBA INET WORK baee ose Ue en QUA FIR EE 84 15 Useful Commis 85 E 85 85 Ix DB
64. ontrol protocol Note The user cannot use the VTR control buttons i e play stop pause fast forward rewind during the encoding job 7 1 External Device Control Button Selecting the External Device Control button will enable control of any VTR device connected to the RAPID using remote communication e When the LCD is green a connection is established and all of the navigation buttons will be enabled see Figure 32 below When the LCD is red a connection is not established and the HD SDI device does not support the Sony 9 Pin Control protocol Use the Go to Time Code option to enter a specific frame and then press the Locate button the frame time code will be reflected in the green LCD see Figure 32 below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 41 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Eile External Source Output Compression Control Job Manager Report device Sony 9Pin Control control External device control gt Automatic control of Automatic vTR Shuttle 4895 control of VTR button A E JA F3 gt DP 2 Fast Forward Go to timecode Field Locate Button dH H5 HB BH ee Figure 32 VTR Control Tab External Control Device Button 7 2 Automatic Control of VTR Button The Automatic control of VTR b
65. oremi Labs copy the package onto a USB drive e Plug the USB drive into the RAPID USB port e From the Linux desktop double click on the dms2000 s icon see Figure 49 below b ws E Applications Places System BS Computer Screenshots dms2000 s DCP2000 MPEG 199000 1 Trash Encrypted feature RAPID Player MECS P P RAPID Enc GUI Figure 49 Linux Desktop dms2000 s Home Icon RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 61 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC User will be prompted to the Folder see Figure 50 below Double click on File System see Figure 51 below and scroll all the way to the right until the doremi folder appears Double click on the doremi folder see Figure 52 below User will be prompted to the etc folder and then double click on this folder see Figure 53 below Double click on the folder see Figure 54 below User must drag and drop or copy and paste the upgrade package into the rc once folder After the update is copied into the folder reboot the unit Home Folder 02 47152000 File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help gt t B Up tc Reload Home Computer Search Back Forward E home emen File xd
66. possible to change it from the Output Tab See Section Output Tab below RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 13 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 4 1 2 Audio Files Audio and TIFF files are named in the same manner The only difference is that audio files are created using wav instead of tif e Example My Movie 00192 wav will be compressed to My Movie 00192 j2c 4 2 Encoding From a File Source e To launch the RAPID GUI double click the RAPID Encoder GUI on the desktop e From the Source tab select the check box immediately to the left of the File Encoding option e Choose a file from the Browse Directory e his file will be the first image in the image sequence see Figure 5 below e To keep the default settings click the Apply button Click Encode to begin the encoding process Browse Look in amp x ourney From Inner To Outer Space Left_Tiff EE Directory rectory Field 88 Leftooo10 tif Leftooo21 tif 00032101 directory up Lefto0000 tif Lefto0001 tif Lefto0002 tif Lefto0003 tif 0 Lefto0004 tif Leftoo005 tif Lefto0006 tif Left00007 tif Leftoooos tif Lefto0009 tif 4 Lefto0011 tif Lefto0012 tif Lefto0013 tif Lefto0014 tif Lefto0015 tif Leftoo016 tif Lefto0017 tif Lefto0018 tif Lefto0019 tif Lefto0020 tif Lefto0022 tif
67. r 30fps The server will automatically capture the time code of the frames and embed them with an incrementing frame index See the Section 4 4 1 above for all supported formats Example If the frame is captured at time code 00 00 10 04 this indicates the frame at 10 Seconds and Frame Number 4 and the source s frame rate is at 25fps the server will automatically compress this file to hdsdi capture 0000254 j2c e If the video encoding does not have its own time code the server will generate internal time code for the video starting at 00 00 00 00 using the RAPID s Internal Sync feature Note The user must manually adjust the video tape start from the first frame the beginning of the video To command the server to apply an internal time code check the Internal Sync box and click Apply and then click Encode RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 24 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Note It is highly recommended to enter a Time In and Time Out before beginning encoding otherwise the server will encode the entire duration of the video which may be up to 24 hours The user cannot exceed more than 24 hours of encoding at a time If entering a Time In or Time Out value that exceeds a value greater than 23 hours i e 23hr 59min 59sec the server will not allow it If entering a value that exceeds 20 hours i e 30 31 32 40 the Timecode field will turn red see Figure 20 below r HD SDI Cap
68. s four channels detected see Figure 18 below AAAA AAAA represents eight channels see Figure 17 above RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 23 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report Ple Encoding Source a Source File Tab r HD SDI Capture Non RT capture Internal Sync r Color Conversions _ 7 Audio Capture Time In 00 03 00 00 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 X Channels 1 2 Time Out 01 03 00 00 89 YUV to RGB X Channels 3 4 x Video Format 2Ksf24 X RGB Range Ext Channels 5 6 4 4 4 or Dual 4 2 2 Channels 7 8 Audio channels Audio E2E C Audio only channels Reset SDI Detection AAAA r Common Settings X RGB to XYZ Framerate 2415 7 Time code field for HD SDI devices tw Figure 18 Source Tab Time Code Field 4 6 HD SDI Timecode By default the RAPID uses the HD SDI embedded time code detected from the device and converts the compressed files with a incrementing frame index The time code will be in the following format 15 41 18 17 This reflects Hours Minutes Seconds and the Frame Number see Figure 18 above Depending on the frame rate and format the HD SDI device is set at i e 24 25 o
69. ssword Applications Places System 68 ftp 10 10 1 33 on 10 10 1 33 File Browser Edit iew Go Bookmarks Help lt tel 5 9 Reload Home Computer Search 5 Ftp ingest ingest 10 10 1 33 Figure 56 Example of Username and Password Ingest RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 69 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 12 3 gFTP Server on RAPID The gFTP is a free and open source multi threaded FTP client It is most used on Unix like systems like Linux and Mac OS X It includes both a GUI which utilizes the GIMP Toolkit and a command line interface 12 3 1 How To Access a gFTP Client From the RAPID e From the Linus desktop go to Applications e Click Internet and then select gFTP see Figure 57 below User will be prompted to the GUI see Figure 58 below Enter the IP address of the unit in the Host field see Figure 58 below Enter the Username and Password that corresponds to the unit This will allow the user to access and transfer data from the director gt uH Alt Places System Accessories Graphics eS Internet Zh system Tools kNewsTicker B Konqueror Kopete Trash KPPP gt Terminal Server Client RAPID Player Add Remove Software Wireshark Network Analyzer mxftool v2 9 5
70. t 4k active area e Ifthe user wants to capture the image s active area select 4k active area from the Video Standard field see Figure 27 above Define the size of the frame number of pixels and number of lines to be generated see Figure 27 above The input frame will be cropped centered or padded with black strips centered Note 4K Video Standard is only supported when encoding from a File Source If the user selects a 4K Video Standard format when encoding from a HD SDI device an error message will appear 5 3 1 3 How to Upscale HD Scope Image 1920 pixels x 804 lines to 2048 pixels x 858 lines e From the Output tab in the Video Standard field select Upscale HD Scope 1920 pixels x 804 lines to 2048 pixels x 858 lines This will upscale the HD Scope image 1920 pixels x 804 lines to 2K scope 2048 pixels x 858 lines before compression The input frame will be cropped centered to 1920 pixels x 804 lines if the image is larger than HD scope or padded with black strips centered to 1920 pixels x 804 lines if the image is smaller than HD scope before up scaling it to 2K scope 5 3 1 4 How to Upscale HD Flat Image 1920 pixels x 1038 lines to 1998 pixels x 1080 lines e From the Output tab in the Video Standard field select Upscale HD Flat 1920 pixels x 1038 lines to 1998 pixels x 1080 lines This will upscale the HD Flat image 1920 pixels x 1038 lines to 2K flat 1998 pixels
71. t is highly recommended that the user allow the server to finalize the frames in the buffer and to use the Terminate Now option only when absolutely necessary The Terminate Now option the will still do a quick check of the frames to detect any possible issues i e missing frames corrupt input files etc This check takes approximately 20 30 seconds File Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report 4 Stop Button Encoding started Message Encoding started Figure 7 Rapid Encoder GUI Source Tab RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 16 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Help Source Output Compression VTR Control Job Manager Report E ff EE 23 59 59 23 xyz m Encoding in progress this n reflects the Stop 709 number of Button frames 7 Stop Figure 8 Source Tab File Encoding In Progress RAPID x Stopping video compression as Figure 9 Stopping Video Compression Message Checking existing frames Stop Figure 10 RAPID Encoder GUI File Encoding Option RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 17 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC gt RAPID Preparing automatic restart for missing frames LEBER TEL Figure 11
72. th of data in the hardware compressor accelerator can be generated Some frames that are extremely difficult to encode such as random noise will overflow the hardware accelerator causing it to possibly crash To avoid crashes a filtering process is done in real time capture mode This filtering might cause a degradation of the quality of the resulting picture To keep the best quality possible encode in Time capture mode see Figure 22 below In this mode the source must be set to run at less than 50 speed the VTR Control Video Tape Recorder is selected the application will automatically set the source at 4896 This will cause the RAPID 1X encoding process to be approximately half of Real Time Audio cannot be captured Non Real Time Mode The Non Real Time capture mode has been tested with HDCAM SR Test the equipment first to ensure that it will output proper progressive frames in this mode and not repeat fields or interpolate alter frames 4 7 2 RAPID 2X Non Real Time capture mode on the RAPID 2X is not necessary The RAPID 2X encodes with the best quality possible at Real Time speed without having to slow down This is possible due to the fact that the RAPID 2X has an additional Dolphin DCI Card Note The Non Real Time capture mode on a RAPID 2X will be viewable as well as on the RAPID However it is only usable on the RAPID
73. ture Non RT capture Internal Sync Color Conversions r Audio Capture Timecode X 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 Channels e Values Time Out 23 59 59 23 X YUV to RGB Channels 3 4 HEN Video Format 10805 24 0 RGB Range Ext Channels 5 6 4 2 2 X Channels 7 8 Audio channels AAAA AAAA 2 XYZ Audio only Reset SDi_Metection r Common Settings X RGB to XYZ Br 709 FrameRate 24 fps Figure 19 HD SDI Capture Field HD SDI Capture capture Internal Sync Color Conversions Audio Capture 12 A sel 00 02 00 00 4 2 2 to 4 4 4 Channels 1 2 5 Value YUV to RGB Channels 3 4 exceeds x 24 hours x Video Format 2Ksf24N RGB Range Ext Channels 5 6 4 2 2 Channels 7 8 5 Audio channels AAAA E2E XYZ Audio only Reset SDI Detection Common Settings RGB to XYZ 709 FrameRate Figure 20 Time Code For Video Streamer RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 25 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 4 6 1 Timecode for Video Streamer When encoding from a Video Streamer i e satellite reception or camera feed the RAPID detects the streaming video from the source and the frames will begin to roll automatically The main R
74. ually two seconds prior to the first audio frame Once the first audio frame is detected the user must set this audio entry point to sync with the first video frame e example if the first audio file begins at frame number 8 the entry point has to be set to 8 see Figure 44 below When playing back 2 files the framerate must be set at 24fps 25fps 30fps Set the appropriate setting for each reel from the drop down menu see Figure 44 below When playing back tiff files the frame rate settings are irrelevant To seamless transition between reels all reels must have the same characteristics i e the same number of audio channels same type of video file compressed uncompressed same video characteristics etc Note The user may still create reels with different characteristics The difference is that the transition in playback mode will not be as smooth going from one reel to another reel If the user try s to play these types of reels then the user will get an incompatible settings error message see Figure 45 below The message will say that the user created a playlist with several reels with different settings The user will then be asked to continue Click yes to continue optional 10 5 2 Reel Manager To edit the contents of any reel click anywhere on that particular reel from the Reel Manager field i e click on Reel 1 The contents of that reel will be displaye
75. ustom File Names csetera eti tani c ees 20 4 4 2 1 Video HD SDECADLUMGS tude adv cass ax d due 20 4 4 2 2 Audio HD SDI o tete utet m 21 4 5 ENCODING FROM HD SDI 2 22 4 6 HD SDIEEIMECODE 155 cete tee eee ee eoe ehe 24 4 6 1 Timecode for Video SU CAINE ee oeste en eere 26 4 7 REAL TIME AND NON REAL TIME CAPTURE essen eene 27 RENE TER ROS DARIN 27 dono TAP ITY teet Masts SOR Rt ded cede 27 4 8 COLOR SPACE CONVERSION FOR FILE AND HD SDI 2 2 28 4 8 1 Default Profiles for Color Space i ede Ut 29 4 9 SAMPLE SPACE CONVERSION FOR HD SDI 29 4 9 1 Obtaining a 4 4 4 Signal From HD SDI Capture sss 30 c EE 32 Sel DESTINATION DIRECTORY cor Ae Eee RUN de eda 32 29 2 NUMBERS ORY ERAMES cen De e rete 33 9 3 MIDEOSSTANDARD 33 5 3 1 How to Form and Crop the Image s active 34 5 3 1 1 How to Format and Crop an Image At 4k 4096 2160
76. utton will automate the encoding process from a VTR see Figure 32 above The RAPID will take full control of the VTR device using the Sony 9Pin commands It will position the device at the specified Time In point Issue the proper file to initiate playback It will stop the device once the job is completed In case the encoding process failed to capture certain images the automatic control mode will automatically recapture the failed images in a second pass 7 2 1 Main Function The Automatic control of VTR button will automatically enable the RAPID to re encode images that failed during the encoding job When selecting this button after the encoding job has finished all the images that failed during encoding will be encoded again Note The first series RAPID units used a Linux 2 4 kernel that had a disk access limitation Encoding from HD SDI at high bit rate will force the encoder to skip video frame Select the Automatic control of VTR button in the VTR Control tab to have the application redo the skipped frame automatically LCD green meaning connection is established RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 42 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 7 2 2 Automatic Commands Sent To Server The Automatic control of the button sends commands to the server as part of the encoding process The important commands that the user should be aware of and can edit with are as follows e Pre Roll see Figure 34 below Th
77. w ro REORDER AND DELETE 46 9 Repo rt etes coated eb dE 48 9 1 HEADING LAB EUNGTONS 48 9 2 SAVING cama ete beta 51 0 3 PREFERENCES MIENU 51 9 3 1 How to Change the Default Settings from the Preferences 51 10 RAPID Player ioo otto evo oL 53 TOSI O VERVIEW e Ets 53 10 2 PRESENTATION dete ERE Eee Det eO Eee fe Een 53 10 3 SUPPORTED FORMATS 2 er deret 53 10 4 LAUNCHING THE RAPID PLAYER 54 IUS dE CN RU H 54 DOG I RESI east e ht Gale ens 54 TUO 2 Reet Manage usce Soda eI 55 10 62 tee rte 58 T Playback Functions ee qp RS pr EROR E 58 TO 7 REPORT EN ite nih en etc ts t It m e a ae e teda 60 11 Software and Firmware 61 11 1 How ro PERFORM A SOFTWARE OR FIRMWARE UPGRADE FROM A 00 61 12 File Transfer Protoc
78. word lpAddress in the Location field Note The easiest way to connect to the FTP directory is by using gFTP See Section gFTP Server on RAPID below on using a gFTP client on the RAPID RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 67 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC Home Folder for dms2000 b File System gt gt KINGSTON jew Go Bookmarks Help T Up Reload Home dms2000 File Browser D Computer B Search D Home e MM_2k_RGB_00203 copy j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00006 j2c g My_Movie_Test_ 1MM 2k RGB 00013 My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00020 i r Desktop q My_Movie_Test_ 1MM_2k_RGB_00001 j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00007 j2c g My_Movie_Test_ 1MM 2k RGB 00014 j2c My_Movie_Test_ 1MM 2k RGB 00021 media My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00001 j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00008 j2c g My_Movie_Test_ 1MM 2k RGB 00015 j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00022 i e g MM_2k_RGB_00181 j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00002 j2c My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00009 j2c g My_Movie_Test_ 1MM_2k_RGB_00016 j2c C My Movie Test 1MM 2k RGB 00023 Figure 55 Home Folder dms2000 RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 68 Doremi Cinema LLC Version 1 4 Location of Username and Pa
79. x 1080 lines before compression input frame will be cropped centered to 1920 pixels x 1038 lines if the image is larger than HD flat or padded with black strips centered to 1920 pixels x 1038 lines if the image is smaller than HD flat before up scaling it to 2K flat RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 35 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC doremi Description Presentation Aspect Ratio Size Image Area Full 2K Container 1 89 1 2048 X 1080 Scope 2 39 1 2048 858 Flat 1 851 1998 X 1080 HD 1 7851 1920 X 1080 Scope Flat compared to compared to compared to Full 2K Container Full 2K Container Full 2K Contalner Figure 28 Presentation Aspect Ratio Description RAP OM 000960 DRM Page 36 Version 1 4 Doremi Cinema LLC 5 4 Customizable Label HD SDI Capture The user can choose to change the default name of the compressed files when encoding from an HD SDI Source The Label field on the Output Source allows the user to change the default hdsdi capture base name to a user defined string see Figure 29 below 5 4 1 Default Label capture 0000000 2 for video files hdsdi capture chXX wav for audio files 5 4 2 Custom Label From the Output tab click the Label field and enter the desired label for the file 5 5 Embedded Logo By selecting the Embedded Logo option the user can add a logo on the bottom left corner of the compressed frames see Figure 29 b

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