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1. A Fraunhofer IIS AN easyDCP easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User manual Version 3 3 Date Erlangen 26 10 2015 Contents 2 1 23 2 4 2 5 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 9 3 6 3 4 2 4 3 Welcome Feature Overview Installation Parallel installation of easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator Installation on Windows Installation on MacOS License Activation and Certification 2 4 1 View current license status 2 4 2 Application Data and Settings 2 4 3 Software Upgrade Uninstall Creating DCPs Project Settings 3 1 1 Edit Rate 3 1 2 The Main Window The Metadata Window The Preview Window Packing List PKL Parameters 3 4 1 Annotation Text 3 4 2 Creator 3 4 3 Issuer Use InterOp instead of SMPTE Packing default Letterboxing amp Scaling General Options 3 7 1 Default Project Settings 3 7 2 Package Generation amp Image Processing Options 3 7 3 GPU JPEG 2000 Encoder The Trackfile Manager and its Trackfiles Picture Tracks 4 1 1 Add Picture Track 4 1 2 Add Stereoscopic Picture Track 4 1 3 Add Still Picture Track 4 1 4 Supported Image File Formats 4 1 5 Supported Image File Resolutions 4 1 6 Picture Track Color Processing 4 1 7 Export Frames to JPEG 2000 Codestream J2C Files Sound Tracks 4 2 1 Add Sound Track 4 2 2 Add Sound Track for Dolby Atmos 4 2 3 Supported Sound File Formats Subtitle Tracks 4 3 1 Add Subtitle Track 4 3 2 Add Auxiliary Data Dolby Atmos Track 4 3 3 Supported Sub
2. Silence P ge ern lt Silence gt lt Silence gt Silence gt lt Atmos Synchronization Signal gt 4 2 3 Supported Sound File Formats easyDCP Creator supports the following sound file formats WAV 16 Bit 48 kHz or 96 kHz mono uncompressed WAV 24 Bit 48 kHz or 96 kHz mono uncompressed Please note WAV files with a sample rate other than 48 or 96 kHz will be converted What happens if the audio samples are only 16 Bit According to SMPTE and DCI standards audio samples shall be 24 Bit When using 16 bit samples as input the bit depth will be automatically up converted to 24 bit 4 3 Subtitle Tracks 4 3 1 Add Subtitle Track To add subtitles to the Trackfile Manager hit Add Subtitle Track 34 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual test DCP 2K 24FPS INTEROP easyDCP Creator File Trackile Composition Options View Track Add Picture Track Add Still Picture Track 4 Add Sound Track Add Subtitle Track Add Aux Data Dolby Atmos Track Check All Source Files Picture Trackfiles only Or simply click the quick button on the top of the Trackfile list After choosing the subtitle input file format is determined automatically and checked for conformity If no warnings or errors occur a new Subtitle Trackfile item will appear in the Trackfile Manager 4 3 2 Add Auxiliary Data Dolby Atmos Track To add a Dolby Atmos MXF file to the Trackfile Manager h
3. After you have loaded a KDM or Digest a green key is shown with the Trackfiles denoting your access to its content With a Digest file loaded you can apply any changes on the DCP and save it or generate a new or supplemental DCP Without a Digest you can only generate supplemental DCPs Please note When generating a supplemental DCP from an encrypted DCP new KDMss for the supplemental DCP have to be generated 9 Using Scripting Functionality Please note This feature s only available in the easyDCP Creator version 57 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual easyDCP Creator can be used with command line arguments Using easyDCP Creator with command line arguments can be very useful for scripting purposes or in a scripting environment where many operations has to be executed automatically For example this can be a weekly advertisement where the workflow is always the same Or maybe you want to create a bunch of DCPs all with the same picture but with a somewhat different sound to find out which is the best 9 1 Using command line arguments To use easyDCP Creator in a scripting environment open a command window Under Microsoft Windows press Start gt Execute and then enter cmd and press enter The DOS shell shall be opened Change to your easyDCP Creator folder and use easyDCP exe with the following options Usage i lt projectfile gt o lt output directory gt d lt digest filename gt t
4. 5 5 Delete Composition Deleting a composition is as quite as easy as creating one Just choose the composition you want to remove from the DCP and hit the Delete Composition button in the tool bar A composition is selected if there is a tiny 44 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual green frame around the composition The following screen shot will show how a selected composition looks like BigBuckBunnyTrailer Reel 1 Reel EA Io New Reel trailer1_1080p mov trailer2_1080p mov Remove Reel 4 ernove Ree d 6 channel audio soundtrackfi 4 6 channel audio soundtrackfi Drop Trackfile here 5 6 Content Kind of a Composition The content kind is informational only The content type is an optional parameter of a composition The content kind element defines the kind of material referred to by the composition playlist It is meant to be both human and machine readable The content of the element shall match one of the values listed in the table below This kind may be displayed to the user in the server Some servers sort their DCPs and playlists to the kinds so that a theatre owner can easily find trailers advertisements or feature films for example ee A theatrical feature trailer Short 2 to 3 minutes content promoting an upcoming theatrical feature test Content used to test calibrate or setup D Cinema exhibition equipment teaser Very short typically less than 1 minute content prom
5. Installing Extract easyOCP exe Show details MullsoFe Install System ve 40 lt Back This window may differ from yours regarding to which version of easyDCP Creator you are installing To show details e g to view what Tiles and where the files are copied press the button Show details This installation process should take only a few seconds After finishing the installation process the following dialog should appear Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Completing the easyDCP Creator Setup Wizard Fa easyOCP Creator has been installed on your computer Click Finish bo close this wizard Launch easyOCP Creator lt Back Cancel 8 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual This window may differ from yours regarding to which version of easyDCP Creator you are currently installing After successful installation process you can find easyDCP Creator in the start menu of your windows operating system 2 3 Installation on MacOS Double click on the package dmg The following license information screen should come up MPORTANT Read this License Agreement carefully F before clicking on the License agreement Agree button By clicking m Se on the Agree button you agree to be bound by the 1 General remarks terms of the License These present Business Terms apply to use of the easyDCP software Agreement for test purposes Customer terms contradicting or differing from th
6. Instead of loading mono wav Tiles you can also import a multichannel input easyDCP Creator supports MXF QuickTime mov and WAV Tiles as multichannel audio sources 4 2 2 Add Sound Track for Dolby Atmos If a reel contains a Dolby Atmos track the Main Sound Track has to provide a sync signal that is automatically generated on channel 14 Select one of the Dolby Atmos presets from the Add Sound Track dialog and mark unused channels plus the actual sync channel 14 as silent Sound Track Channel Mapping Select Speaker Setup Preset 5 1 Dolby Atmos Load Audio Files Silence O Users Shared Testmaterial contrib audio L wav O Users Shared Testmaterial contrib audio R wav O Users Shared Testmaterial contrib audio C wav O Users Shared Testmaterial contrib audio LFE wav O Users Shared Testmaterial contrib audio Ls wav O Users Shared Testmaterial contrib audio Rs wav 9 Unused 11 Unused 13 Motion Data X 14 Sync Signal X O All channels 33 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual A 14 channel Sound Trackfile will be added to the Trackfile manager The synchronization signal will automatically be generated on channel 14 im u TEST_SHR_S_EN XX_US_51 ATMOS_2 4 Reel 1 14 channel audio Silence 24 OD IH Picture Track Source File s lt Silence gt a Atmos lt Silence gt Bene cee Silence gt lt Silence gt Silence Silence Silence gt Silence
7. By clicking on the Generate Package button the supplemental DCP will be generated The difference to a normal DCP is all Trackfiles marked as reference are not packed into the supplemental DCP they are only referenced by CPL s This saves disk space and time during the generation process of the DCP 56 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual With the easyDCP Creator it is even possible to open and edit supplemental DCPs and generate further supplemental DCPs to them 8 4 Opening encrypted DCPs Opening encrypted DCPs is a feature of the easyDCP Creator only When you open an encrypted DCP where you also have the corresponding Digest Tile dcpdig you can perform any changes you want on the DCP This way you can open and modify encrypted DCPs you have built yourself Without the Digest you can t change the DCP If you have a KDM for the DCP you can view its content in the preview window An opened encrypted DCP shows read keys on the encrypted Trackfiles indicating that you have no access to this content Trackfiles Package Content E Picture 4 Sound 4 Subtitles G BigBuckBunnyTrailer I b4686589 3993 4ab6 a86b D BigBuckBunnyTrailer 3 a Reel 1 A New Reel 5 6 channel audio 731eaa87 6 4 a cme A DY 6 channel audio 731e3387 6 4 a If you have the DCP Digest file dcpdig or a KDM for the DCP you can load it over the file menu shown below to gain access to the encrypted content
8. Creator will create DCPs using the Interop specifications By clicking the check box the mark will be unselected In this mode easyDCP Creator will create DCPs using the SMPTE standard IMPs can only be generated in SMPTE mode DEPFZKFZSFPS TNTEROP OPENED PACKAGE MODE position Options Interop SMPTE nnyTrailer 17 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Please note A JPEG 2000 interop can neither be ingested nor played back on a so called E Cinema System However some E Cinema systems are able to play back JPEG 2000 interop DCPs at lower data rates lt 8OMBit s 3 6 Letterboxing amp Scaling By default in both easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator all input images will be pillar or letterboxed Depending on the project settings and the input material vertical pillar or horizontal letter black bars will be added to all pictures This ensures that all images of several reels in a single composition will have an equal resolution The final pictures will have a DCI compliant aspect ratio and the DCP will be played back well on various D cinema servers Both pillar and letterboxing may change the resolution of an image Trackfile as well as the aspect ratio It always tries to Till up to the next full pixel container depending on the current project settings a NIST _2K_test_pattern rgb0000 1 Delete Track Del Edit Track Parameters P ST_2K_test_pattern rgbO000 Dupl
9. EditRate gt 24 1 lt EditRate gt lt TimeCodeRate gt 24 lt TimeCodeRate gt lt StartTime gt 00 00 00 00 lt StartTime gt lt For testing this subtitle example you need to rename a font file e g arial ttf to 5b0283b9 3c28 42a6 86ad c22acb431665 and copy it right next to this XML file gt lt LoadFont ID Arial gt urn uuid 5b0283b9 3c28 42a6 86ad c22acb431665 lt LoadFont gt lt SubtitleList gt lt Font ID Arial Color FFFFFFFF Weight normal Size 40 gt lt Subtitle SpotNumber 1 TimeIn 00 00 02 00 Timeout 00 00 07 00 gt lt Text Valign top Vposition 10 00 gt Example Subtitle Text One with LoadFont lt Text gt lt Subtitle gt lt Subtitle SpotNumber 2 TimeIn 00 00 08 00 TimeOut 00 00 12 00 gt lt Text Valign top Vposition 30 00 gt Example Subtitle Text Two with LoadFont lt Text gt lt Subtitle gt lt Font gt lt SubtitleList gt lt SubtitleReel gt The value of the tag Id is a hexadecimal Universally Unique Identifier UUID To generate a UUID there are several UUID generators available easyDCP Creator will not generate a new random UUID during packaging 38 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual lt ReelNumber gt lt LoadFont gt The ReelNumber tag denotes the ordered placement of this file in a set of DCDM Subtitle files The value shall only be used for informative purposes and shall not influence the reproduction of the subtitle instances
10. The value is a positive integer in the range 1 n where n is the total number of reels in a composition The LoadFont tag is used to declare an OpenType ISO IEC 14496 Part 18 font resource for use within the DCDM Subtitle file The font is identified by a urn uuid in the tag s body easyDCP Creator expects the entire external font filename to match the value of the urn uuid without any Tile extensions e g ttt or otf and the font file to be readable right next to the subtitle XML file At least one LoadFont element shall be present 4 3 3 3 SMPTE 429 5 D Cinema Packaging Timed Text Trackfile SMPTE compliant subtitles are based on the specification 429 5 D Cinema Packaging Timed Text Trackfile published by the SMPTE This is the distribution format for unencrypted or encrypted subtitles The default file extension is mxt 4 4 Check Source Files To check only the source files of a single Trackfile right click on a Trackfile and choose Check Source Files HISTZK_test_pattern rgb0000 bmp 2 Delete Track D amp channel audio soundtrackfile Edit Track Parameters 1 Duplicate Track Check Source Files Export Frames Color Processing Letterboxing Encryption The following dialog will appear 39 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual es Check Source Files Detected Issues Abort Close By default all checks are included recommended Checking
11. annotation text describes the whole DCP In contrast to the Annotation Text of the Composition CPL Annotation Text it describes the whole DCP Some Digital Cinema servers only show a limited number of characters on their display screens If the annotation text is long much of the information may be cut off or not visible unless you scroll to a second page This makes locating a specific composition difficult if you have multiple titles It s especially confusing when you have multiple trailers as well as the feature with the same name You should follow the Digital Cinema Naming Convention at http www digitalcinemanamingconvention com 3 4 2 Creator Here you can type in your company name This field is informational only and may be displayed by several D Cinema servers 3 4 3 Issuer Here you can type in your company name This field is intormational only and may be displayed by several D Cinema servers 3 5 Use InterOp instead of SMPTE Packing default easyDCP Creator allows you to create DCPs in two different versions Regardless what you selected in the project settings start screen you can decide if you want to create a DCP which Is compliant to the current SMPTE standards or to create a DCP which uses the latest Interop specifications To switch between these two versions just go to menu and choose Interop and make sure if the check box on the left hand side of the entry is checked or not If it is checked easyDCP
12. b11f 1a3792fc90dc lt SubtitleID gt lt MovieTitle gt Example Movie Title lt MovieTitle gt lt ReelNumber gt 1 lt ReelNumber gt lt Language gt English lt Language gt lt For testing this subtitle example you need to copy a font file e g arial tt f right next to this XML file gt lt LoadFont Id arial URI arial ttf gt lt Font Id arial Color FFFFFFFF Effect shadow EffectColor FFO00000 Size 42 gt lt Subtitle SpotNumber 1 TimeIn 00 00 02 000 TimeOut 00 00 07 000 FadeUpTime 2 FadeDownTime 2 gt lt Text HAlign center VAlign bottom VPosition 10 00 gt Example Subtitle Text One with LoadFont lt Text gt lt Subtitle gt lt Subtitle SpotNumber 2 TimeIn 00 00 08 000 TimeOut 00 00 12 000 FadeUpTime 2 FadeDownTime 2 gt lt Text HAlign center VAlign bottom VPosition 10 00 gt Example Subtitle Text Two with Loadfont lt Text gt lt Subtitle gt lt Font gt lt DCSubtitle gt lt DCSubtitle Version 1 0 gt The DCSubtitle tag indicates the root of the XML subtitle Tile It includes the attribute version The version is an optional attribute If not specified the projector will assume the latest version lt SuUDtLE Ler D gt The value of the SubtitlelD tag is a hexadecimal Universally Unique Identifier UUID To generate a UUID there are several UUID generators available easyDCP Creator will generate a new random UUID during packaging lt MovieTitl
13. for headers may slow down the checking progress so if this will take too long you can disable this option Error Messages are displayed If errors occurs during check for example is a file is zero in size read the warnings carefully and try to fix the problem Then try again until no problems occur anymore 4 4 1 Check All Source Files To check all source files choose the menu entry Trackfile gt Check All Source Files or simply press F8 see screenshot below 40 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual ass BigBuckBunnyTrailer DCP 2K 25FPS SMPTE OPENED PACKAGE Trackile Composition Options View Help Add Picture Track Add Still Picture Track Add Sound Track Add Subtitle Track Add Aux Data Dolby Atmos Track Check All Source Files Picture Trackfiles only F i ee ee ee ee ee Sy e 2 yt 4 5 Remove Delete Trackfiles To remove items from the Trackfile Manager just click the right mouse button pointing at the item you want to remove A context menu will appear Just right click Remove or simply press the shortcut Del The Trackfile will be removed trom the list This action will not erase any source files imi Be BigBuckBunnyTrailer 1 Reel 1 NIST 2K test_patter sqb0000 5mp im AAA trailer 108 Delete Track Del a 5 6 channel audio soundtrackfiile_ Edit Track Parameters FP Duplicate Track D Check Source Files Export Frames
14. in form of Trackfiles Trackfiles either represent an image sequence an image still picture which is a internal virtually copied image sequence a bunch of mono sound files or a subtitle xml file Trackfiles are just references pointing at the original source files Thus renaming or removing any source files means you have to be added to the Trackfile Manager again Trackfiles may have a description i e Annotation Text and a specific encryption key Before using Trackfiles in easyDCP Creator they have to be added to the Tracktile Manager After adding several picture sound and subtitle files your Trackfile Manager should look similar to the next screenshot Trackfiles E Picture Sound Subtitles trailer _1080p mow 1 I 6 channel audio soundtrackf Example Subtitle Interop with A 4 1 Picture Tracks 4 1 1 Add Picture Track To add a picture sequence to the Trackfile Manager just click Trackfile gt Add Picture Track or simply drag and drop files onto the Trackfile manager 22 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual You can also hit the Picture Track button at the top of the Trackfile Manager Please note Depending on the amount of image files in the selected directory both browsing and opening an image file sequence may take long easyDCP Creator will take the selected picture file as the first frame for the Picture Trackfile and will also pick all images
15. of this format in the same folder which belong to the sequence If the fifth picture Tile e g big_buck_bunny_00004 j2c of this image sequence is selected which means the imported Picture Trackfile will start at this fifth picture i e the first four pictures will be ignored According to the DCI standards a DCP has to be at least one second long The amount of frames varies depending on the current project s frame rate e g 24 frames for 24 fps If you open an image file sequence with a duration less than one second an error will occur Furthermore according to the DCI standards each picture of one single Picture Trackfile shall have equal resolution 4 1 2 Add Stereoscopic Picture Track Please note This feature is only available in the easyDCP Creator version This button is only available if the projects settings are set to 2k stereoscopic To add a stereoscopic Picture Track your project must be a stereoscopic project see Project Settings Press the button Add Picture Track to open the following dialog E5 Add Stereoscopic Picture Track Source File s First File of Image Sequence Left Eye Stereoscopic Picture MXF EEN lt First File of Image Sequence Right Eye right0001 dpx Cancel OK To add a stereoscopic picture track to the Trackfile Manager just choose separate file sequences for each eye i e one file sequence for the left eye and one file sequence for the right eye Both file sequence
16. sources used for the original DCP generation In this case you can alter all properties in easyDCP Creator including the deactivation of the encryption or the generation of a new encrypted DCP and Digest Tile Open DCP Provide D KDM Alter DCP Generate DCP Open DCP Provide Digest Alter DCP Generate DCP Generate Digest If one provides the keys by means of Distribution KDM or KDM easyDCP Creator does not allow to disable the encryption nor does it generate the Fraunhofer Digest for the new DCP In order to understand this behavior we have to explain that the Fraunhofer Digest stores the encryption key as plain text on the hard drive If the Digest option were not disabled one could easily open an encrypted DCP together with a D KDM generate a new encrypted DCP and store the encryption keys in plaintext Since content owners are very diligent with their content Fraunhofer IIS decided to disable the option from the beginning Since the software does not permit you to generate a Digest there has to be another way for communicating the encryption keys to other software Using easyDCP Creator version 2 1 or higher this can be done by generating a D KDM directly from within easyDCP Creator The Generate DCP dialog was extended to offer you to generate KDMs By design one D KDM will be generated for easyDCP Creator itself in order to make sure that one can open the DCP on the sa
17. 70 cc5 2 13x 128 processors 4096 MB OK Cancel Please note The re encoding option is only available in the full licensed version of easyDCP Creator since the easyDCP logo will be burned into each picture frame at the top left Thus each picture has to be re encoded Without the re encoding option JPEG 2000 codestreams will be packed directly into the final package This may speed up the package generation process The user has to make sure that the source files are already in the right format No source file checks will be made the source files will be copied directly into the package easyDCP Creator doesn t check the input images if the input format is JPEG 2000 in terms of e g color space easyDCP Creator checks image dimensions and bit depth only Using this chain a user can create his own JPEG 2000 files in the post production and easyDCP Creator will just do the faster packaging The advantage is that if any color processing is bypassed packaging will be much faster To ensure that JPEG 2000 codestreams will be directly copied into the final package the following settings must be done e All source files shall be DCI compliant JPEG 2000 codestreams e The JPEG 2000 codestream re encoding shall be switched off see 3 7 2 Package Generation amp Image Processing Options 20 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual e The pillar letterboxing amp scaling shall be switched off see 3 6 Lett
18. Color Processing Letterboxing Encryption In case of Picture Trackfile all reels containing the removed Picture Trackfile will be removed as well 41 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 5 The Composition Manager The Composition Window is the most important window in the easyDCP Creator application Here is the point where you can compose your package After starting the application you can see a composition with an empty reel 5 1 Add Composition If you want to place more than one composition in your package you can create additional compositions To achieve this just click the Add Composition button on the right side of the composition New Reel Drop Trackfile here Add Composition easyDCP Creator will create a new composition in the Reel Window 5 2 Add Content to Composition To add content data to a reel a mechanism called Drag amp Drop will be used You can select image sound and Subtitle Trackfiles trom the Trackfile Manager and drop them into a reel Just follow these three steps 1 Select a Picture Trackfile in the Trackfile Manager click and hold the left mouse button 2 Move the mouse to the reel where you want to place the picture item The item will follow the mouse cursor 3 Release the left mouse button over the reel where you want to place the Picture Trackfile 42 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual NOTE If there is already a Pictu
19. a digital cinema system before ingest This annotation text describes the whole DCP In contrast to the Annotation Text of the Composition CPL Annotation Text it describes the whole DCP Some Digital Cinema servers only show a limited number of characters on their display screens If the title of a composition is long much of the information may be cut off or not visible unless you scroll to a second page This makes locating a specific composition difficult if you have multiple titles It s especially confusing when you have multiple trailers as well as the feature with the same 46 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual name You should follow the Digital Cinema Naming Convention at http www digitalcinemanamingconvention com 5 7 1 Digital Cinema Naming Convention Right click on the title of a composition and choose Edit with Digital Cinema Naming Convention BigBuckBunnyTrailer Reel 1 trailer1_10 2 6 channel Da Select All Ctri A Edit with Digital Cinema Naming Convention The following Digital Cinema Naming Convention dialog will appear 47 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual ea Digital Cinema Naming Convention V 9 TLR 51 2014121 Film Title Content Type TLR Trailer Content Type Version Number Mo Content Type Version Number Information Content Type Modifiers No Content Type Modifiers Projector Aspect Ratio Interior Aspect Ratio Lang
20. ckage Cin O Save Project Cirl S Save Project As Arl Shift 3 8 1 Editing an opened DCP An opened unencrypted DCP can be edited just like a DCP that Is built trom scratch Some restrictions apply on encrypted DCPs see below It is also possible to save the opened DCP and the deployed changes as a Project dcppro in the easyDCP Creator From the edited DCP you can then generate a new DCP or a supplemental DCP 8 2 Saving an opened package When you have opened a package and just make changes on the metadata of the package you don t have to generate a new package you can also just save your changes to the existing one Changes of the metadata include the offset duration and annotation text of reels rearranging deleting and adding reels renaming deleting and adding compositions To save the changes choose Save Package in the file menu If saving is not possible and re encoding of the whole DCP is necessary an error message will appear 55 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual When saving the DCP new UUIDs for all compositions and reels and the packing list will be generated Thus the saved DCP will be distinguished from the original by D Cinema servers If you saved an encrypted DCP the DCP Digest dcpdig file will be overwritten Old KDMs for this DCP won t work anymore new KDMs need to be generated If you change the Trackfiles of the package e g applying a color transformation
21. ckwards compatibility In the screenshot above select the Color Transtorms 3D LUTs group box The repository can be opened by clicking the folder icon New files or 3D LUTs 3dl can be added with the plus icon 27 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 4 1 6 1 ITU 709 to XYZ Color Transformation default Using this chain assures a DCI compliant processing of the input images easyDCP Creator takes care about the color transformation and JPEG 2000 encoding EasyDCP Creator expects RGB images with a sRGB 709 color gamut Use this chain if you don t want to take care about color spaces and format conversions Note The color transformation from linear RGB to linear XYZ uses the matrix defined in SMPTE RP177 Annex B 3 as SRGB 709 has other primaries and white points than the reference projector REC ITU 709 De Gamma RGB RGB gt XYZ XYZ Gamma X Y Z R G B 2 2 F F 2 6 Input values The ranges of values describing the white level and the black level of the ITU 709 standard are not utilized This means that black is represented by a value of 0 by each component On the other hand white is represented by the maximum value of the file format Example 1 TIFF files with 8 bits gt Maximum value 2 1 255 Range 0 255 Example 2 DPX files with 10 bits gt Maximum value 2 1 1023 Range 0 1023 Normalization and Degamma Using the given input values easyDCP Creator normalize
22. ct or create a new destination directory for the DCP and the final bitrate of the DCP 49 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Choose Destination Folderis and Package Options Package Output Folder Destination CJ Users dmA ideos BigBuckBunnyTrailer Maximum Picture Bitrate Min Quality Current Bitrate 250 Mbit sec Max Quality Picture Encoding Quality Best Performance Current Quality 100 Best Quality I Create DCP Digest needed for KDM Generation Destination C Usersifidm Videos BigBuckBunnyTrailer dcpdig IM Create KDM s lw Self KDM for this installation of easyDCP Creator m Se td td fon M After choosing the target directory destination for the DCP just press Start to start the DCP generation process If your package contains at least one encrypted Trackfile you can also choose a DCP Digest and a KDM server certificate 50 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 5 10 Why does easyDCP Creator generate KDMs since version 2 1 Beginning with version 2 1 easyDCP Creator Is capable of opening encrypted DCPs and using these DCPs as basis for new DCPs There are basically two ways of providing the keys in order to allow easyDCP Creator to decrypt the content for the preview and for generating a new DCP If keys are provided by means of a proprietary Fraunhofer Digest file dcpdig it is assumed that the user generated the content and that he is in charge of the
23. ctory of your choice Now you are ready to start the application 2 4 License Activation and Certification Download free demo versions of easyDCP Creator or easyDCP Creator at www easydcp com These free versions are subject to the demo mode restrictions go to context menu gt Help gt Request License amp Certificates and fill in the licensee s name the URL that shall be stated in the custom signer and server certificates easyDCP Creator only and a password that is used to protect access to the certificates If the computer is connected to the Internet click the submit button The default web browser will open www easydcp com where further instructions will guide you through the purchase process After the purchase a link to the commercial installer as well as a zip file with the License and certificates will be available for download within your user account at www easydcp com The zip file can be dragged amp dropped into the commercial easyDCP Creator installation to unlock it The procedure is also described in a screen cast at www easydcp com 2 4 1 View current license status To view the license details right click the canvas to open the context menu and select Help gt License information 10 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 2 4 2 Application Data and Settings easyDCP Creator automatically creates an application data folder It contains the settings file as well as a folder whe
24. d Check the Checkbox Signature Enabled and Till out the window Certificate Chain to be included with the entire certificate chain of your own signer certificate including the self signed root certificate There should be a minimum of 3 certificates in the certificate chain The signer certificate leaf certificate should not be included here Enter a Signer Certificate File with your own private RSA key file If your private key 54 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual file itself is encrypted which is strongly recommended enter the password for this key file otherwise leave this field empty To make sure all certificates and the certificate chain is valid please refer to the documents SMPTE 430 2 D Cinema Operations Digital Certificate and Compliance Test Plan which you can find at http www dcimovies com It is very important to fulfill these specifications otherwise problems may occur during ingest or playback of the package 8 Opening DCPs With the function for opening packages the easyDCP Creator provides a powerful feature to apply changes to existing DCPs fast and easily With this function you are able to open your own DCPs or third party DCPs and deploy any changes e g adding subtitles adding sound tracks adding and rearranging reels and so forth en BigBuckBunnyTrailer DCP 2K 25FPS SMPTE OPENEI File Trackile Composition Options View New Project Ctrl h Open Project Pa
25. e gt The MovieTitle tag contains the name the title of the movie in which the subtitle shall be embedded lt ReelNumber gt The value of the ReelNumber tag indicates the reel that subtitle was generated for lt Language gt 36 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual lt LoadFont gt The value of the Language tag indicates the subtitle language This field is optional If present easyDCP Creator will try to find the font file and packs it into the DCP The font file must not be larger than 640kB lt Subtitle SpotNumber 1 TimeIn 00 00 01 000 TimeOut 00 00 05 000 FadeUpTime 20 FadeDownTime 20 gt SpotNumber Timeln TimeOut FadeUpTime FadeDownTime The Subtitle tag indicates the beginning of a specific subtitle The tag contains the following attributes and attribute values The SpotNumber identifies a particular subtitle location The number is user definable The value of the Timeln attribute indicates the first appearance of the subtitle The formatting is HH MM SS TTT H hours M minutes S seconds T ticks The ticks can take the values 0 249 where one tick equals 4msec The value of the TimeOut attribute indicates the complete disappearance of the subtitle The formatting is HH MM SS TTT H hours M minutes S seconds T ticks The ticks can take the values 0 249 where one tick equals 4msec The value of the FadeUpTime attribute defines the duration of the subtitle fade in The forma
26. eeding up Image processing To choose a 3d lookup table for a specific Picture Trackfile right click on the Picture Trackfile and choose Color Processing gt 3D Lookup Table Please note To ensure that lookup tables have the correct file format check the example 3d lookup tables delivered with this software in the folder Example Lookup Tables 29 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 4 1 6 2 1Supported 3D Lookup Table File Formats Unfortunately there are no established standards for lookup tables easyDCP Creator will read the most popular 3dl files The supported file formats are ASCII File Format Bit Depth LiLo SUPPOLLING Points 2 128 Please note XML file format as well as floating point values are not yet supported 4 1 6 3 Bypass Color Processing Bypassed color processing is used if the source image files already are in the right color gamut To bypass color processing for a specific Picture Track right click on the Picture Track and choose Color Processing gt None Please note Color Transformation has to be bypassed if you want use direct copying of the source image files into the final DCP without re encoding 4 1 7 Export Frames to JPEG 2000 Codestream J2C Files To export the source image Tiles of a specific Picture Trackfile right click on the Picture Trackfile and choose Export Frames Trackfiles Package Content E Picture 4 Sound C Subtitles G B
27. eement 1 General remarks These present Business Terms apply to use of the easyOCP software For best purposes Customer terms contradicting or differing From these Business Terms have no validity Ancilary agreements amendments or supplements must Ge in writing Fha reserves the right to offer the software to other customers IF you accept the terms of the agreement click I Agree to continue You must accept the agreement to install Fraunhofer 115 easyDCP Hullsoft Install System v2 40 Please read the license agreement carefully To scroll through the text use the slide bar on the right side This window may differ from yours regarding which version of easyDCP Creator you are installing 6 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual To agree with the license and to continue installation press I Agree To go back to the last step press lt Back or Cancel to abort After pressing I Agree the installation location setup dialog appears Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP fC oi Fraunhofer Ns Choose Install Location Choose the Folder in which to install Fraunhofer ITS easyDCP Setup will install Fraunhofer ITS easyOCP in the Following Folder To install in a different Folder click Browse and select another Folder Click Install to start the installation Destination Folder Programme Fraunhofer ITS easyDCP Space required 16 2MB Space available 33 7GE This window may differ fro
28. eet at least one of the following values depending on the current project s resolution Project Setting Maximum Input Image Resolution in Pixel Full Pixel Container Width Height Width 3840 Height 2160 For DCPs one of the above values may be smaller In other words at least one side of the input image must fit the full pixel container 4 1 6 Picture Track Color Processing Inside a final DCP all images shall have a specific color space and gamma the so called X Y Z color space Depending on the input material all images have to be color processed If the images already are in the right format i e JPEG 2000 codestream files j2c Image processing can be bypassed resulting in very fast DCP packing In easyDCP Creator color processing can be done via selection of e a color transformation XML file preset xml e an user generated 3D lookup table file 3dl or e source and destination color spaces XML Tile presets xml If color processing is activated you see a small icon on the track If color transformation Is bypassed the color processing icon Is absent Color Transform Presets In versions prior to 3 3 2 color transforms were of the form source space gt target space Each transform is represented by a file in the color transform repository They use a proprietary XML format The files can be edited and new ones can be added These types of color transforms are still available for ba
29. ents including the windows registry entries run Remove easyDCP Creator Make sure you have certain rights e g admin rights to do such operation If however your easyDCP Creator entry does not exist anymore in the Windows start menu go to the folder where you installed easyDCP Creator Per default this is C Programme Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Creator and run the executable Uninstall easyDCP Creator exe by double clicking After running the easyDCP Creator Uninstaller the following window should appear 11 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Fraunhofer WIS easyDCP Uninstall 4 Fraunhofer is Uninstall Fraunhofer 11S easyDCP Remove Fraunhofer ITS easyOCP from your computer Fraunhofer 115 easyOCP will be uninstalled from the Following Folder Click Uninstall to start the uninstallation Uninstalling From C Programme Fraunhofer ITSeasyDCP This window may differ from yours regarding to which version of easyDCP Creator you have installed All files and directories will be deleted except user Tiles e g licenses certificates color transformation files Directories including user files won t be removed This ensures if you update easyDCP Creator to a newer version that your license file or signer certificates will be kept 12 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 3 Creating DCPs 3 1 Project Settings After starting easyDCP Creator the following pr
30. erate color processing pillar letterboxing scaling bitrate Choose an output folder where the processed image Tiles will be stored Press Start to start the processing Sound Tracks 4 2 1 Add Sound Track To add sound material to the Trackfile Manager hit Trackfile gt Add Sound Track The following dialog will appear 31 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual test DCP 2K 24FPS INTEROP easyDCP Creator File Tra chile Composition Options View Help Track Add Picture Track Add Still Picture Track Rasa Add Subtitle Track Add Aux Data Dolby Atmos Track Check All Source Files Picture Trackfiles only F To add a sound track you can also click the quick button on the top of the Trackfile list The following dialog will appear Sound Track Channel Mapping Select Speaker Setup Preset 5 1 HI VI N Fr oO Custom Load Audio Files Silence 0O lung Video QuickTime Sonstige Big Buck Bunny big_buck_bunny_trailer_1060p mov 7 HI E 8 WI N Ej O All channels The audio format section allows you to choose between Stereo L R 5 1 7 1 Surround content and custom setups easyDCP Creator supports 16 bit and 24 bit WAV files see 4 2 3 Supported Sound File Formats After choosing the format and picking the desired audio files hit Add Sound Track and a new sound item will appear in the Trackfile Manager 32 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual
31. erboxing amp Scaling e The color processing method shall be switched off see 4 1 6 3 Bypass Color Processing Use JPEG 2000 Visual Weightings improves image quality at low bitrates Enable this option if you want to use visual weightings mechanisms in the JPEG 2000 encoding process Set number of CPU Encoders If you don t want easyDCP Creator to use all the CPU power that is available you can set the number of encoders that will be used for image processing 3 7 3 GPU JPEG 2000 Encoder The available CUDA enabled graphics devices are listed in a text box see below If selected the certain device will be used for image processing kr easyDCP Creator Settings New Project Defaults New Track Defaults iw Force re encoding of JPEG 2000 codestreams Package Generation easyDCP Applications w Use GPU encoding instead of CPU encoding CUD4A enabled Graphics Devices wf CUDA Device 0 GeForce GTX 980 cc5 2 16x 128 processors 4096 MB W CUDA Device 1 GeForce GTA 970 cc5 2 13x 128 processors 4096 MB OK Cancel Graphic devices that do not fit the requirements are greyed out and cannot be selected GPU encoding is only available on Windows 21 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 4 The Trackfile Manager and its Trackfiles On the left side of the main window you can find the Trackfile Manager Content which should be part of a package must be added to this Trackfile Manager first
32. es i e changing line delimiters due to the specific operating system resulting in bad signature hash values These corrupted signatures cannot be ingested on a D Cinema playback system So don t touch the files of a DCP Do not rename any files of the DCP Only store one DCP in its own folder Two or more DCPs cannot be stored in the same folder because the assetmap xml and the volindex xml will be overwritten 60 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 11 Contact We appreciate very much to have your feedback and your annotations about easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator In order to enhance the software and to optimize it for your applications we are looking forward to your cooperation If you have any problems or questions please contact us at the following addresses Sales amp Technical Support easyDCP GmbH Eiblwiesweg 2 82418 Murnau Germany info easyDCP com Product Management Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Department Moving Picture Technologies Heiko Sparenberg 91058 Erlangen Germany heiko sparenberg iis fraunhoter de 61 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual
33. ese Business Terms have no validity Ancillary agreements amendments or supplements must be in writing FhG reserves the right to offer the software to other customers 2 Use rights 2 1 FhG grants the customer the simple non exclusive right to use the easyDCP software under the provisions of the following Terms for test purposes No grant of rights going beyond the following Terms is connected with the provision of this software In particular FnG retains for itself all dissemination exhibition demonstration performance and publication rights to the software 2 2 Unless otherwise agreed in writing the customer is only entitled to Print I Save j Disagree Agree Please read the license agreement carefully To scroll through the text use the slide bar on the right side This window may differ from yours regarding which version of easyDCP Creator you are installing To agree with the license and to continue installation press Agree After pressing Agree the unpacking begins and a status window should come up 9 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Opening easyDCP dmg Cancel J Verifying Skip This window may differ from yours regarding to which version of easyDCP Creator you are installing After finishing the unpacking process a new drive is mounted to your desktop You may copy the Application to the Program folder or the entire mounted drive to a new dire
34. icate Track D Check Source Files Export Frames Color Processing Letterboxing E off Encryption P y Flat 1 851 gt Scope S 2 39 1 Full Container 1 90 1 Automatic A Metadata Inspec Scaling Off w Scale To Fit Annotation Text Scale To Fill If scaling is set to Scaling Off no scaling will be applied Scale To Fit will scale the image so that it completely fits the target resolution but without any cropping Black bars will probably be added to Till the target resolution The aspect ratio of the input image will not be changed Scale To Fill will scale the image so that the target resolution Is completely filled out no black bars will be added Parts of the images will probably be cropped The aspect ratio of the input image will not be changed 18 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 3 7 General Options With the general options you are able to set up default values for new projects Image processing options and log file options To set up general options got to Options gt Options ition Options w InterOp SMPTE nnyTrai Signature Setup Ctrl D Content Decryption d i T Trailer Options Ctrl T Reel 1 A new dialog will appear to set up the options described in the following chapters 3 7 1 Default Project Settings Default project settings are automatically applied when creating a new project You can set your own company name as the Issue
35. igBuckBunn trailer_1080p mov BigBuckBunnyTra 2 _ Delete Track Del 6 channel audi d Edit Track Parameters P Duplicate Track D Check Source Files Export Frames Extract J2C Frames from MXF Color Processing Letterboxing Encryption Trackfile is a Reference After pressing Export Frames the easyDCP Standalone JPEG 2000 Transcoder comes up 30 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual no easyDCP JPEG 2000 Standalone Transcoder 3 0 0 Help Paths First input file name Output folder name Preset Project Type DCP 2k DCP 4k DCP 7k Stereoscopic IMP Advanced Settings Conformity SMPTE Edit Rate 25 fps Ready for processing 4 2 izen FormatesammiungiPackages iDCPIDCP BigBuckBunnyTrailer SMPTE 25fpsi29f20fca 7 7 9b 4fa7 94c2 09f0ab1 fb4d1_j2c moat C Usersifdmiideos iDCP Scope with Subtitles Letterboxing Advanced Off O Use JPEG 2000 Visual Weightings improves image quality at low bitrates O Flat 1 851 O Set max number of threads O Scope 2 39 1 O FullContainer 1 90 1 Full HD 1 78 1 O Automatic Color Processing O Standard ITU709 to X Y T Transformation No Color Processing 3d Lookup Table XML File Bitrate Current Bitrate 250 Mbit sec Min Quality Max Quality te Start Several settings are obtained from the current easyDCP Creator project e g resolution stereoscopic or not InterOp or SMPTE tram
36. it Add Aux Data Track ua test DCP 2K2AFPS INTEROF easyDCP Creator File Trackile Composition Options Track Add Picture Track Add Still Picture Track c4 Add Sound Track Add Subtitle Track Add Aux Data Dolby Atmos Track Check All Source Files Picture Trackfiles only F After choosing the Auxiliary Data MXF file it will appear as a purple sound track in the Trackfile manager Picture Track TEST_SHR_S_EN Xx_US 51 ATMOS 2K_20140116_DLB SMPTE 4 Reel 1 New Reel 14 Channels Sound Track D z m Picture Track Au nr 44 fhe als Op A Trark Atmos 3 14 Channels Sound Track nD ee 4 e S DY Atmos Track 35 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual A Dolby Atmos track must be paired with a 14 channel Main Sound Track containing a synchronization signal on channel 14 If a Dolby Atmos track is present in a reel the synchronization signal will automatically be generated into channel 14 of the reel s Main Sound Track 4 3 3 Supported Subtitle File Formats 4 3 3 1 Texas Instruments CineCanvas Interop Interop compliant subtitles are based on the Subtitle Specification for DLP Cinema Projection Technology published by Texas Instruments The default file extension is xml An Interop compliant subtitle XML file should look like the following example lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt DCSubtitle Version 1 0 gt lt SubtitleID gt 97fd79 ed b2ff 468c
37. ll turn red By default color processing will not be shown To activate the color processing preview right click on the preview window and choose Preview Color Processing 15 of 61 00 00 05 00 300 1 9 WilesO1 bt moviesO2 TestSequenzen For 2048 x 1080 1 9 dar rer anay 2048 x 1080 Picture Track easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Preview Preview color transform Please note Previews for sounds are not yet supported 3 4 Packing List PKL Parameters The packing list is a main part of the final DCP The packing list parameters contain information about the final DCP i e creator issuer annotation text These parameters will be packed into the DCP and may be displayed on various digital cinema servers before while and after the DCP ingest However some information will be packed into the each Composition playlist CPL of the DCP To edit the packing list parameters which are a main part of the final DCP go to the main menu and click Project gt Packing List PKL Parameters or simply hit the shortcut Ctr1 P Package Content les Ei BigBuckBunnyTrailer Annotation Text BigBuckBunnyTrailer Creator easyDCP Issuer easyDCP 16 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 3 4 1 Annotation Text The Annotation Text appears on the screen if a volume e g USB Drive Harddisc Drive is connected to a digital cinema system before ingest This
38. lt max number of encoding pipelines gt p lt password for signature certificate private key gt f print system hash required for requesting a license Example easyDCP Creator com I C myDCPprojs test dcpproj o c myDCP newDCP d C MyDigests newDigest dcpdig 9 2 Examples easy DEP Creavor i Shows help easyDCP Creator c myprojects Africa dcpproj Starts easyDCP Creator and automatically opens the Project File c myprojects Africa dcpproj 58 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual SasyDCeR Creator i YCt DCPpro LesE deppr051 7 Te Dcp d c digests new dcpdig Creates a DCP into the folder c pcp using the Project File test depproj and generates the DCP Digest file new dcpdig 10 Tips and Tricks handling DCPs 10 1 Uploading DCPs and KDMs to FTP Servers Before up or downloading DCPs or KDMs to or trom FTP Servers the DCPS and KDMs should be zipped During the upload or download process Tiles which are stored in ASCII format such as the XML files like Packing List PKL Composition Playlist CPL or Key Delivery Message KDM are changed and errors may occur during DCP ingest or playback Some FTP Servers changes line feeds or tabs resulting in bad signature hash values Mac and Windows often use different line feed in text Tiles To prevent this source of errors before transferring such data all files should be zipped before transaction You should zip files for E Maili
39. m yours regarding to which version of easyDCP Creator you are installing and operating system language Setup will install easyDCP Creator in the Destination Folder To install in a different folder type the folder of your choice into the text field or click the Browse button to select a folder Make sure you have the certain rights i e admin rights to write to that folder Make sure you have enough free disc space available on your system Dependent on what version of easyDCP Creator you install this size may differ but should be around 50 MBytes The needed disc space is displayed in the text Space required below Your free disc space is displayed in the text Space available This will be recalculated every time you change the destination folder During installation some entries will be made to the windows registry of your operating system e g for association of the Tile type extension for DCP Project Files dcpproj uninstalling information licensing information These registry entries will be removed during uninstall see 2 5 Uninstall To start the installation press Install To go back to the last step press lt Back or Cancel to abort After pressing Install the installation process window appears 7 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Be u 7 Fraun hofer Please wait while Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP is being installed
40. me computer using easyDCP Creator later A second D KDM can be generated for another software being able to open D KDMs including easyDCP KDM Generator and many other 3rd party hard and software tools 51 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 5 11 Why can I not generate a Fraunhofer Digest file when generating DCP Since version 2 1 of easyDCP Creator it is possible to open encrypted DCPs and to use these DCPs as a basis for new DCPs There are basically two ways of providing the keys in order to allow easyDCP Creator to decrypt the content for the preview and before generating a new DCP If one provides the keys by a Fraunhofer Digest we assume that the user generated the content and that he is in charge of the source content used for the first DCP generation In such a case you can do everything in easyDCP Creator including the deactivation of the encryption and the generation of a new Digest when generating a new DCP If one provides the keys by a Distribution KDM or KDM easyDCP Creator does not allow to disable the encryption nor lets it generate the Fraunhofer Digest for the new DCP In order to understand this behavior we have to explain that the Fraunhofer Digest stores the encryption key as plain text on the hard drive Without disabling the Digest option one could easily open an encrypted DCP together with a D KDM generate a new encrypted DCP and store the encryption keys in plaintext Since content owne
41. n of easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator Both versions of easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator may co exist and can be installed parallel on one operating system These two versions are completely independent and don t see each other Both versions should be installed in different directories This can be set up during the installation process see 2 2 Installation on Windows or 2 3 Installation on MacOS 2 2 Installation on Windows On windows systems double click on the one executable setup Tile The setup Start window should appear 5 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Fraunhofer IS easyDCP Welcome to the Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Setup Wizard This wizard will guide you through the installation of Fraunhofer ITS easyDCP IE is recommended that you close all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system Files without having to reboot your computer Click Next bo continue This window may differ from yours regarding which version of easyDCP Creator you are installing Press Next gt to continue installation or Cancel to abort After pressing Next gt the License Agreement window appears Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP OHR Za Fraun hofer Please review the license terms before installing Fraunhofer IIS WS pasyDCP License Agreement Press Page Down bo see the rest of the agreement License agr
42. ng too A single DCP should consists of at least five files VOLINDEX or VOLINDEX xml The volume index important if you deliver your DCP over more than one volumes ASSETMAP or ASSETMAP xml The Assetmap containing a list with all of the files to find for the server u OR A packing list PKL containing a list with all of the files to be ingested i COL sem A composition playlist CPL containing information of a single composition ey eC eM A Tracktile containing JPEG 2000 pictures DCM win A Tracktile containing PCM waveform a SUub mxt A Tracktile containing timed text keins ser A KDM for a specific D Cinema playback system 59 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual There may be more files regarding to the complexity of your Package Every single DCP shall be stored in its own directory No more than one DCP shall be stored in one folder 10 2 Opening XML files in textfile editors Opening XML files of a DCP e g PKL CPL and KDM in a text editor is a dangerous thing After opening the Tiles for viewing please make sure you do not save the files Do not simply edit the XML Tiles For example if you want to change your company name or correct a typo error you have to recreate the whole DCP One changed character is enough to fail the signature test and errors my occur during ingest or playback of the DCP on a D Cinema Server Some editors are running in auto save mode thus overwriting the original fil
43. oject settings screen comes up A New Project Settings Project Name test Project Type DCP 2k DCP 4k DCP 2k Stereoscopic IMF App IMF App Extended Advanced Settings Conformity InterOp EditRate 24 fps Create Load Project Package Exit The project settings screen gives you the possibility either to load an existing easyDCP Creator or easyDCP Creator project or to create a new project To create a new easyDCP Creator project please type in a project name select the project type decide whether you want to use Interop or SMPTE packing packing mode can also be changed later and hit the create button Interop setting is the default and recommended setting because some digital cinema playback systems often called server are not SMPTE compliant The project name will be displayed on a digital cinema playback system To create a stereoscopic project select 2k Stereoscopic To create an Interoperable Master Format IMF package choose one of the IMF presets 13 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 3 1 1 Edit Rate Several edit rates are available depending on the selected project type resolution stereoscopic and Interop SMPTE mode 3 1 2 The Main Window After creating a new easyDCP Creator project the start up screen comes up Composition and Main Menu Reel Reel Manager gt NewZDCP DCP 2K 24FPS AINTEROP easyDCP Creator File rackfile Composition Op
44. or add new Trackfiles you have to generate a new DCP or a Supplemental DCP using the button Generate Package 8 3 Supplemental DCPs Generating a feature movie is a time expensive procedure If you re just adding subtitles or an additional sound track to an existing movie easyDCP Creator provides a solution saving you a lot of time You can generate a supplemental DCP A supplemental DCP is a DCP which enhances or modifies an existing DCP by providing just the changes and using the Trackfiles of the original DCP as references Hence you don t have to build a whole DCP when just adding material to an existing one Because a supplemental DCP amends an existing DCP both the original DCP and the supplemental DCP have to be ingested on a D Cinema Server to playback the compositions of the supplemental DCP To generate a supplemental DCP with easyDCP Creator you have to open a DCP and mark the original track and subtitle files as references For that you have to click with the right mouse button on the Trackfile and select Tracktile is a Reference in the displayed menu trailerd_1080p mov 1 Delete Track dit Track Parameters gt 6 channel at Sn RESETS 5 4 2 Check Source Files Export Frames Extract J2C Frames from MXF Trackfile is a Reference Then new compositions and new Trackfiles can be added and changes at existing compositions can be applied All this changes can also be saved as a Project
45. oting an upcoming theatrical feature rating Slate still picture indicating the recommended age group permitted to view the content to follow This rating is generally unique per country advertisement Content promoting a product or service other than an upcoming feature 45 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual short Non advertising promotional content 3 to 15 minutes typically before a theatrical feature transi tional Extremely short content 1 to 15 seconds separating unrelated compositions Public service announcement Content defining the code of conduct for patrons 5 6 1 How to change the Content Kind of a Composition To edit the content kind of a composition double click on the virtual film role called a Composition like stated in the following screenshot click on the Edit Composition button BigBuckBunnyTrailer Ei Reel 1 Annotation Text AnnotationText me pgp cial Content Kind trailer Content Title feature Drop trailer Trackfile Iss q 6 channel audio soundtrackfi a7 ssuer es here test ssuerLanguage teaser rating advertisement short transitional psa policy A dialog called Edit Composition Parameters will appear Please double click on the most right column in row Content Kind Now select the content type of your choice 5 7 Content Title The Content Title appears on the screen if a volume e g USB Drive Hard disc Drive is connected to
46. r the specified player systems 53 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Signing DCPs Please note Signature is only available in the easyDCP Creator version easyDCP Creator allows you to sign the package with your own digital certificates Note If you generate DCPs with one or more encrypted Trackfiles the package shall be signed 7 1 Signing a DCP To sign a package open the Signature dialog by choosing Options gt Signature Settings The following dialog box should appear Signature Setup Ww Signature Enabled Signer Settings Signer Public Certificate Fraunhofer ISfeasyDCP Creator Signer Certificates easydcp_lIS FRAUNHOFER DE cert sha256 crt Signer Private RSA Key File ling Fraunhofer lliS easyDCP Creator Signer Certificates easydcp_IIS FRAUNHOFER DE privkey pem Signer Private RSAKey File Password sseesseee IW Save Password Password will be saved on this computer Please consider that this is very unsafe Signer Public Certificate Chain to be included C Users fdm AppData Roaming Fraunhofer IS easyDCP Creator Signer Certificates easydcp_llS FRAUNHOFER DE chain sha256 pem Add Signer Public Certificate Remove Certificate OK Cancel This dialog will automatically be filled with demo signer certificates during the first startup If you purchase a license you will receive your own signer certificates containing your company s URL Custom signer certificates can also be use
47. r or a default Composition Playlist CPL content kind e g feature trailer etc e5 easyDCP Creator Settings New Project Defaults New Track Defaults Pac Generation The following settings are default values and will be applied to new Default Issuer easyDCP Applications i easyDCP Default Creator easyDCP Default CPL Content Kind feature OK Cancel Please note These settings are default values that will be applied to new projects only and will not be applied to the current project 3 7 2 Package Generation amp Image Processing Options With the image processing options you are able to modify the way images will be processed during DCP generation Force re encoding of JPEG 2000 codestreams 19 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual With the re encoding option enabled each source image file will be re encoded regardless if the source files are JPEG 2000 codestreams j2c files and codestreams from MXF files or not This ensures that each final image will have the right format i e the correct DCI compliant profile bitrate color gamut etc kr easyDCP Creator Settings New Project Defaults New Track Defaults iw Force re encoding of JPEG 2000 codestreams Package Generation easyDCP Applications W Use GPU encoding instead of CPU encoding CUDA enabled Graphics Devices W CUDA Device 0 GeForce GTX 980 cc5 2 16x 128 processors 4096 MB W CUDA Device 1 GeForce GTA 9
48. re Trackfile in the reel this Trackfile will be removed and the new item will take over the place in the reel NOTE You have to place a Picture Trackfile first in an empty reel If you try to place a sound or Subtitle Trackfile in an empty reel the items will be discarded After placing a media Trackfile in an empty reel the easyDCP Creator creates a new empty reel on the right hand side That means that there is always an empty reel on the right side of a composition As long as there is no content in the reel it is called New Reel You can place additional media Trackfiles in the new reel All reels will be combined into a composition in the package later BigBuckBunnyTrailer CPL Reel 1 Reel 2 A New Reel trailler_1080p mow NIST_2K_test_pattern rgbO00 1 2 2 H E ad H u u a 1 a a 6 channel audio soundtrackfi a a 5 channel audio Silence 25 5 T ee M Dy rackfile here You can easily rename your composition just by double clicking onto the CPL title BigBuckBunnyTrailer e negi 2 A New Reel Annotation Text AnnotationText I trailer_1080p mov trailer_1080p mov Content Kind trailer v Content Title BigBuckBunnyTrailer d 6 channel audio soundtrackfi d 6 channel audio soundtrackfi Issuer easyDCP Issuer Language 5 3 Change Offset EntryPoint and Duration In some cases you may need to change the offset or duration of a Trackfile within a reel This can be done for picture and
49. re the server certificates are stored a repository for KDM and easyDCP Digest files and a repository for color transform files On Windows It is located in lt User Application Data gt Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Creator and lt User Application Data gt Fraunhoter IIS easyDCP Creator The user application data folder on Windows 7 is in C Documents and Settings lt username gt Application Data On Windows 7 it is located in C Users lt username gt AppData Roaming A shortcut is to just enter APPDATA into the address bar On Mac OS X it is located in Users lt username gt Library Application Support Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Creator or Users lt username gt Library Application Support Fraunhofer IIS easyDCP Creator order to activate a license under Windows you should have an installed version of easyDCP Creator as well as a zipped license file on your computer 2 4 3 Software Upgrade 2 5 Uninstall To upgrade easyDCP Creator log into your user account at www easydcp com Before installing a new version please uninstall your existing version of easyDCP Creator Make sure your license is valid tor the new version by reviewing the license information hit F2 If you need a new license for the new version you may purchase it at www easydcp com Only major releases require a new license e g 3 0 to 3 1 Point releases do not require a new license e g 3 0 0 to 3 0 1 To uninstall all easyDCP Creator compon
50. rs are very diligent with their content Fraunhofer IIS decided to disable the option since version 2 1 5 12 Why can I generate a KDM with easyDCP Creator Do I still need the easyDCP KDM Generator Please study the answer to the question Why does easyDCP Creator generate KDMs since version 2 1 in order to learn why easyDCP Creator version 2 1 or higher allows for the generation of D KDMs Please notice that one can only generate one D KDM when generating a new DCP For the generation of many KDMs easyDCP KDM Generator is still the software of your choice allowing you to generate unlimited KDMs with a simple click 6 Encrypting DCPs Encrypted DCPs make sure that your content can only be played back on specific servers No one will be able to read the unencrypted data Every single Trackfile i e picture sound or subtitle can either be encrypted or unencrypted So you have the ability to only encrypt the pictures while the sound is unencrypted or vice versa Another possibility is that you encrypt all reels of a single composition except the first reel so that the Tirst reel e g a 52 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual trailer or advertisement can be played back on every d cinema server while the rest of the composition can only be played back with the right KDM Please note Encryption is only featured in the easyDCP Creator version Subtitle encryption is only supported in SMPTE mode 6 1 Encr
51. s have to be equal in number of files and resolution Usually this file sequences should be in different folders whereas the parent directory is the same reel If you want to load a stereoscopic MXF file load it in the left eye field and leave the one for the right eye empty 23 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 4 1 2 1 Numbering of input image file sequences To represent an image sequence the image files shall be numbered with or without leading zeroes see Examples 1 and 2 In addition the filenames itself may contain numbers see Example 3 Example 1 with leading zeroes Img 0000001 DPX Img 0000002 DPX Img 0000003 DPX Img 0000004 DPx Example 2 without leading zeroes Pic 998 J2C Pic 999 J2C Pic 1000 J2C Pic 1001 J2C Example 3 with numbers in filename Pic2001 998 TIF Pic2001 999 TIF PteZ 000 L000 TLE Pic2001 1001 TIF 4 1 3 Add Still Picture Track Still Picture Trackfiles may be used to show small local advertisings e g Last chance to try our ice cream or to show a message to the audience tl l e g Please put on your 3D glasses now No smoking 24 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual To add a still Picture Trackfile to the media manager click Trackfile gt Add Stidi Piet re Track En test DCP Z2K STEREOSCOPIG Z4AFPS INTEROP easyDCP Creatar File Trackille Composition Options View Help Track Add Picture Track Add Still Pict
52. s the input values and applies a de gamma of 2 2 Color Transformation The ITU 709 color values will be converted to XYZ color space using the primaries shown in the following table D65 ITU 709 SRGB 28 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Gamma and De normalization In this step a fixed gamma of 2 6 will be applied on the normalized XYZ values Afterwards a de normalization step will map the bit range to 12 bit output values which is necessary for the correct JPEG 2000 encoding What input data characteristics should the R G B pixels have easyDCP Creator uses full input range means e g Tor 10 Bit 0 1023 code values black is O white is 1023 R G B means a gamma of 2 2 is applied to the linear RGB values The color gamut of the RGB values should be sRGB ITU 709 with D65 white point Tracks Package Content Fa Picture HM Sound O Subtitles _ if Color Transforms 30 LUTS Applied Color Transform 3D LUT imi a ITU 709 Gamma 2 2 gt XYZ None NIST_2K_test_pattern rgb0000 ITU 709 vars Delete Del ull Range Cb Cr Legal Range Rec BT 709 Lm ka Edit Parameters P Duplicate B Check Source Files Expor Frames Color Processing Letterboxing Encryption 4 1 6 2 3D Lookup Table 3D LUT Please note This feature is only available in the easyDCP Creator version 3d lookup tables can combine complex image processing steps hence sp
53. sound tracks by double clicking on them in the reel Thereby a pop up window like shown in the screenshot below opens where you can set offset and duration of a reel s track 43 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual BigBuckBunnyTrailer Reel 1 Annotation Text trailer_1080p mov oP trailer_1080p mov Duration in Frames 812 i Encryption not encrypted i 4 6 channel audio sou Offset in Frames You can t set an offset for subtitle tracks since subtitles always appear with the time set in the subtitle track itself relative to the reel s first displayed frame For example if you set an offset of 100 for the picture track the first displayed frame is the 101 frame and the subtitle starts at time 00 00 00 000 5 4 Move Content within Compositions and to other Compositions You can easily move reels within a composition and between compositions using Drag amp Drop Just click on a reel with the left mouse button and hold the button down Then move with the mouse to the new position for the reel and release the mouse button The positions where you can place the reel are getting highlighted with a green bar when moving over with the mouse BigBuckBunnyTrailer Reel 1 Reel New Reel trailerd_1080p mov Waller 1080p mov im im Trackfile 4 channel audio soundtrackfi 4 channel audio soundtracki Drop Reel 1 m trailer1_1080p mow 2 aD 6 channel audio soundtrackfi
54. syDCP Creator standard version you are able to create unencrypted DCPs In the easyDCP Creator version you are able to create additionally stereoscopic and encrypted DCPs With easyDCP Creator it is possible to create SMPTE compliant DCPs or J2K Interop DCPs This software solution needs only a standard PC Mac to make either 2k or Ak content ready for the distribution to a digital movie theater There is no special or additional hardware necessary 1 1 Feature Overview There are two versions of easyDCP Creator available easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator The different features of these two versions are listed in the table below Creator Creator en a en ee A Metadata adjustment e g Offset Entry Point Duration Content Yes Yes Titles Content Types Annotation Texts 4 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual Supplemental DCPs DCPs with referenced MXF tracks BEER ER Loading Key Delivery Messages KDM ss QuickTime Input Yes Loading DCPs Yes Loading Generating IMP IMF packages Dolby Atmos packaging only ot 2 Installation The installation of easyDCP Creator will only take a few minutes You can download one single executable setup file for Windows or one single package file for Mac Please check regularly to make sure you have the latest version To install easyDCP Creator or easyDCP Creator make sure you have the certain rights i e admin rights 2 1 Parallel installatio
55. tions View Help Trackfiles Package Content E Picture 9 Sound O Subtities Z NewDcP New DCP New Reel Drop Trackfile here Metadata Inspector Preview AA Trackfile Manager Metadata Window Trackfile Preview The main window is divided into several sub windows like a Trackfile Manager and a Reel window The following sections explain how to use the windows and features 14 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 3 2 3 3 The Metadata Window After adding several tracks to the Trackfile Manager it might be helpful to get some information about these files The easyDCP Creator tool provides an easy way to set the important metadata of each real due to the Metadata Window The Metadata Window can be found at the bottom of the main window After clicking onto an item in the Trackfile Manager you can see the metadata in a table The data shown in the table is read only Metadata Inspector Annotation Text Color Transformation Edit Rate Encryption Frame Rat Input Bit Depth Intrinsic Duration as Timecode Intrinsic Duration in Frames source Aspect Ratio Source File s Source Resolution TargetAspect Ratio Target Resolution The Preview Window In the preview window you are able to take a look into each Picture Trackfile On the top left the previewed frame number is shown in white letters starting with 0 If you scroll to a position before offset or after duration this number wi
56. title File Formats 2 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 5 8 5 10 5 11 312 10 10 1 10 2 11 5 6 1 3 of 61 Check Source Files 39 4 4 1 Check All Source Files 40 Remove Delete Trackfiles 41 The Composition Manager 42 Add Composition 42 Add Content to Composition 42 Change Offset EntryPoint and Duration 43 Move Content within Compositions and to other Compositions 44 Delete Composition 44 Content Kind of a Composition 45 How to change the Content Kind of a Composition 46 Content Title 46 5 7 1 Digital Cinema Naming Convention 47 Preview package 49 Generate a DCP 49 Why does easyDCP Creator generate KDMs since version 2 1 51 Why can I not generate a Fraunhofer Digest file when generating DCP 52 Why can generate a KDM with easyDCP Creator Do still need the easyDCP KDM Generator 52 Encrypting DCPs 52 Encrypting Trackfiles 53 Signing DCPs 54 Signing a DCP 54 Opening DCPs 55 Editing an opened DCP 55 Saving an opened package 55 Supplemental DCPs 56 Opening encrypted DCPs 57 Using Scripting Functionality 57 Using command line arguments 58 Examples 58 Tips and Tricks handling DCPs 59 Uploading DCPs and KDMs to FTP Servers 59 Opening XML files in textfile editors 60 Contact 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 1 Welcome Thank you for purchasing easyDCP Creator software With the easyDCP Creator software you are now able to create DCPs in a fast and easy way In the ea
57. tting is TTT T ticks The ticks can take the values 0 249 where one tick equals 4msec The value of the FadeDownTime attribute defines the duration of the subtitle fade out The formatting is TTT T ticks The ticks can take the values 0 249 where one tick equals 4msec lt Text Direction horizontal HAlign center HPosition 0 VAlign bottom VPosition 10 00 gt Direction HAlign HPosition The value of the text tag is the actual subtitle text which appears on screen The tag may contain the following attributes and attribute values The value of this attribute indicates the direction of the rendered subtitle text Valid values are horizontal and vertical Default direction is horizontal The value of this attribute indicates the horizontal alignment Valid values are left right and center Default horizontal alignment is center The value of the HPosition attribute indicates the horizontal position of the subtitle relative to the alignment value The HPosition value is expressed as a 37 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual VAlign VPos t percentage of the picture width from the edge or center according to the HAlign attribute For example HPosition 9 5 in conjunction with HAlign left implies that the text starts at a position 9 5 of the picture width from the left edge of the image To center the text choose HAlign center and HPosition 0 Default horizontal position is O The val
58. uage Audio No Language Audio Information Language Subtitle No Subtitles Information Open Closed Caption No Open Closed Caption Territory Rating Audio Type Audio Type Impaired No Hearing Impaired Track Sound Format No Sound Format Resolution No Resolution Information Studio Date Facility Standard No Standard Information Package Type For more information visit www digitalci ingconvention OK Cancel Please note This dialog always comes up with the last user values it does not obtain any information of the current project except the composition title All values are compliant to the Digital Cinema Naming Convention Version V 9 see 48 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 5 8 Preview package Before starting package generation it is possible to preview the entire project in easyDCP Player If you have installed easyDCP Player just click on the Play Preview button in the upper right corner easyDCP Creator t Generate Package The easyDCP Player can directly play back project files dcpproj containing source Tiles e g DPX WAV and Subtitle XML Tiles so it is possible to check e g audio and video synchronization before generating the package 5 9 Generate a DCP After adding content to compositions press the Generate Package button in the upper right corner of the main window A dialog will appear where you can sele
59. ue of this attribute indicates the vertical alignment Valid values are top bottom and center Default vertical alignment is center Lon The value of the VPosition attribute indicates the vertical position of the subtitle relative to the alignment value The VPosition value is expressed as a percentage of the picture height from the edge or center according to the VAlign attribute For example VPosition 10 in conjunction with VAlign bottom implies that the text starts at a vertical position 10 of the picture height trom the lower edge of the image The vertical position specitied is the baseline on which the text is drawn Default vertical position is O 4 3 3 2 SMPTE 428 7 D Cinema Distribution Master Subtitle lt a gt SMPTE compliant subtitles are based on the specification 428 7 D Cinema Distribution Master Subtitle published by the SMPTE The default file extension Is xml A SMPTE compliant subtitle XML file should look like the following example lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt SubtitleReel xmlns http www smpte ra org schemas 428 7 2010 DCST gt lt Id gt urn uuid 94d3a710 b4b5 4b28 a020 eafb2f24c75d lt Id gt lt ContentTitleText gt Example Content Title lt ContentTitleText gt lt AnnotationText gt Example Annotation Text lt AnnotationText gt lt IssueDate gt 2012 05 02T12 59 04 02 00 lt IssueDate gt lt ReelNumber gt 1 lt ReelNumber gt lt Language gt en lt Language gt lt
60. ure Track 4 Add Sound Track Add Subtitle Track Add Aux Data Dolby Atmos Track Check All Source Files Picture Trackfiles only The following dialog should appear Add Still Picture Track Source File s Picture File stillimage jpg Duration Display Time 1 Unit Seconds Cancel OK Now you can choose a picture file and a display time in seconds how long the picture will be displayed on screen After pressing Ok the still picture will be added to the Trackfile Manager The duration of the still picture will be calculated automatically depending on the current project s frame rate 4 1 4 Supported Image File Formats Both easyDCP Creator and easyDCP Creator support the following image Tile formats Image File Format 10 Bit 12 Bit 16 Bit 25 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual TIFF uncompressed RGB TIFF uncompressed RGBA TIFF compressed ZIP RGB TIFF compressed ZIP RGBA gt gt TIFF compressed LZW RGB gt gt x x E72 DPX Mac RGBA X X X JPG BMP Windows uncompressed BMP Windows compressed BMP Mac uncompressed EEE i i i BMP Mac compressed PNG RGBA X will be internally down converted to 8 Bit PNG RGB X X will be internally down converted to 8 Bit Sooo e S BE gt x 26 of 61 easyDCP Creator easyDCP Creator User Manual 4 1 5 Supported Image File Resolutions All input image files resolutions shall m
61. ypting Trackfiles To encrypt your DCP just do the following steps Step 1 After loading the image Trackfiles you can switch the encryption on or off by clicking the right mouse button when rolling over the Trackfile and selecting the menu item Encryption on or off A lock appears on the Trackfile when encryption is activated Trackfiles Package Content FA Picture 4 Sound Subtitles BigBuckBunnyTrailer trailer1_1080p mov 1 Delete Track Edit Track Parameters E trailer2 _1080p mov Duplicate Track 2 Check Source Files 3 Stroll aca iz Export Frames Extract J2C Frames from MXF Color Processing 43 6 channel audio soundtrackt Letterboxing af 5 6 channel audio soundtrack Encryption 3 Step 2 When switching encryption on easyDCP Creator generates automatically a random AES128 key Step 3 After pressing the Generate Package button a menu appears Here you should create a DCP Digest file dcpdig selecting the checkbox and choosing a folder The DCP Digest is an XML Tile which contains the AES keys for further KDM generation Now the encrypted DCP can be generated WARNING Do not deliver this DCP Digest file to any exhibitions because the DCP Digest contains all the keys in plain text needed to decrypt your DCP Step 4 For the creation of KDMs we will deliver a separate KDM Generation tool This tool will read the DCP Digest file with the AES keys create KDMs fo

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