Just made my first DCP today following instructions scattered around the web. The process:
- Sort out your frame rate and aspect ratio.
- Export video as an image sequence (16-bit TIFF “Trillions of colours” or JPEG2000 in the XYZ colour space)
- Export audio as discreet channels e.g. 2.0 stereo (L+R), 5.1 surround etc (24-bit 48kHz WAVE)
- Make a picture MXF and sound MXF using OpenDCP. (Also do the conversion to JPEG2000 image sequence if needed.)
- Make the DCP using OpenDCP.
Haven’t tried delivering the DCP to a theatre for ingest yet, but it might be a little but fun getting the files on the right partition and file system…
Software used:
- Final Cut Pro (to export AIFF files of discreet channels)
- QuickTime (to convert AIFF files into WAVE files)
- After Effects (to convert ProRes sequence to 16-bit TIFF image sequence)
- OpenDCP
- easyDCP to check package (using technology from Fraunhofer IIS, demo version 15-sec playback, requires website registration)
Useful websites and links:
- CineTechGeek
- Danny Lacey Film Blog- Getting to grips with making a Digital Cinema Package
- Digital Cinema Naming Convention
- Knut Erik Evensen – KESE » The best common practice to deliver a Digital Cinema Package (DCP)
- Need to Project in a Digital Theater? Make a Digital Cinema Package for Cheap with OpenDCP – NoFilmSchool
Stuff to follow up: better ways of making the JPEG2000 image sequence — what’s the best encoder we can get?
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