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Author Topic: DCP creation software for windows Robby Golosino Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Davao City, Philippines Registered: Jun 2011 posted 10-02-2011 03:11 AM                     thank you very much sir...i am happy to have you giving time to post such a useful response  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 10-24-2011 02:06 AM                        I am attempting to create a DCP for my advertising slide show. I'm using VirtualDub to export the video to bmp images (I've also tried jpg and tga), and I'm attempting to use OpenDCP to create a DCP package which I can ingest on my players. VirtualDub creates about 11,000 bmp images that are about 5mb each from my ~8 min video file. This turns a 255mb file into about 60gb of image files. I'm assuming OpenDCP will drastically decrease this file size when it applies the jpeg2000 compression. So far I have not been able to get OpenDCP to import anything. And so I haven't been able to even attempt to build a DCP. Any input would be appreciated. For what it's worth, my source file is a avi 1920x1080 @ 24 fps.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-24-2011 05:56 AM                        You need to give TIFF files to OpenDCP. They need to be scaled to 1080 vertical lines and/or 2048 horizontal lines and they need to be RGB (24-bit) color. You can use the Imagemagick tools (specifically "mogrify") to convert the bitmap files to RGB TIFFs and to scale them to the correct size. And, yes, the resulting files are very large.  |  IP: Logged Mark Hajducki Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Edinburgh, UK Registered: May 2003 posted 10-24-2011 10:30 AM                     quote: Justin Hamaker I'm assuming OpenDCP will drastically decrease this file size when it applies the jpeg2000 compression. I have found that the output file is about 10 times smaller than the uncompressed bitmaps. Is there an easy way to create static slides without repeating the image 24 times a second?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 11-02-2011 10:24 PM                     No, J2k is intraframe, you can have 1000 images with same content and the resulting video file will be just as large as if every image was different. You can change the compression rate/quality of the J2k to a certain extent, but there is no way to circumvent the fact that every image is coded individually. You could make MPEG-2 Interop DCPs, this uses interframe compression and should be much smaller.with decent compression settings. However, Interop is a dying species. No problem to use these files right now, though. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Tom Bert Expert Film Handler Posts: 134 From: Belgium Registered: Apr 2010 posted 11-22-2011 07:48 AM                     Is the opposite also possible: converting a DCP into an MPEG2?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 11-22-2011 06:15 PM                     In the form of an MPEG-Interop - MPEG2 IS one variant of a DCP. What are you after? - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-03-2012 01:49 PM                        I am currently testing a new program called QubeMaster Xpress. It is exceptionally easy to use and the price is reasonable at $799. I'll post the results of my tests later. QubeMaster Xpress  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-04-2012 06:16 PM                        I built a 13 minute dcp using our advertising slide show (a series of jpg images). The program allows you to set the hold time for each individual image as well as a transition time. You can also apply separate sound files. The dcp I created was able to ingest and play without any problems and the out put quality was just as good as the jpg images. The program will automatically create flat and scope versions. I don't really have any video to test it with, but I presume it works just as well with video. The program indicates you can use avi, mov, wmv files; as well as swf and flv. It allows still images in jpg, tif, tga, png, and bmp. There are not many advanced options, but it is exceptionally easy to use. Probably the biggest issue is making sure you have a fast enough computer so that rendering doesn't take a year.  |  IP: Logged

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