From 44555d6be9043c00030050caf9b49cd0241730c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Hetherington Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:44:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Added some notes on DVD-o-matic's files to the manual. --- doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index ee7b96083..05e8ff4aa 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -560,8 +560,9 @@ how it is getting on with the progress bar in the bottom of its window, as shown When it has finished, the DCP will end up on your disk inside the -film's directory. You can then copy this to a projector via a USB -stick, hard-drive or network connection. +film's folder. You can then copy this to a projector via a USB +stick, hard-drive or network connection. See for details about the files that DVD-o-matic creates. @@ -709,7 +710,7 @@ processors (or processor cores) in your machine. Default directory for new films -This is the directory which DCP-o-matic will suggest initially as a place to put new films. +This is the directory (folder) which DCP-o-matic will suggest initially as a place to put new films. @@ -928,5 +929,62 @@ be noticed when a new encode is started. + +Generated files + + +DCP-o-matic generates a number of files as it makes a DCP. shows the files that might be generated +after you have created a DCP for a film called ‘DCP Test’. + + +
+ Creating a new film + + + + + +
+ + +The DCP Test folder is the one that you specify when you +select the New Film option from DCP-o-matic's +menu. Everything is stored inside this folder. + + + +DCP-o-matic generates some working files as it goes along. These are as follows: + + +log is a list of notes that DCP-o-matic makes as it goes +along. This can be useful for debugging purposes if something goes +wrong. + +metadata stores the settings that you have made +for this film: things like cropping, output format and so on. + +video is where DCP-o-matic writes the DCP's +video data as it encodes it. + +analysis is used to keep the results of audio analysis runs. + +info contains details of each video frame that +DCP-o-matic has written so far. This is used when an encoding +operation is interrupted and DCP-o-matic must resume it. + + + + +Following this is the DCP itself: +DCP-TEST_EN-XX_UK-U_51_2K_CSY_20130218_CSY_OV. This +contains some small XML files, which describe the DCP, and two large +MXF files, which contain the DCP's audio and video data. This folder +(DCP-TEST_EN-XX_...) is what you should ingest, or pass +to the cinema which is showing your DCP. + + + + -- 2.30.2