From 6b5f5dfe4aebf10a7ecd707e157a85d89270a4ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Hetherington Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 23:05:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Some manual tidying. --- doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index 87d3287ae..0354d6b55 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -96,12 +96,8 @@ DCP-o-matic will be installed onto your machine. -If you are using a 32-bit version of Windows, you will need the 32-bit -installer. For 64-bit Windows, either installer will work, but I -suggest you use the 64-bit version as it will allow DCP-o-matic to -use more memory. You may find that DCP-o-matic crashes if you run -many parallel encoding threads (more than 4) on the 32-bit -version. +Use the 64-bit installer unless you are using a 32-bit version of Windows. +You may find that DCP-o-matic crashes if run the 32-bit version on a CPU with more than 4 cores. @@ -112,8 +108,8 @@ version. macOS -DCP-o-matic will run on macOS version 10.10 (Yosemite) and -higher. DCP-o-matic is split into seven separate applications, each of +DCP-o-matic versions 2.16.0 and higher will run on macOS version 10.10 (Yosemite) and +higher. DCP-o-matic is split into eight separate applications, each of which can be installed by downloading the .dmg, double-clicking to open and then dragging the icon to your Applications folder. @@ -124,6 +120,10 @@ If you don't know which parts of DCP-o-matic to install, start with the first (main) part. + +If you are using macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) or older you will need to install the latest 2.14.x version of DCP-o-matic. + + @@ -158,14 +158,11 @@ thanks to Stefan Karner.
- - Building from source - - - Since DCP-o-matic is open-source you can also build it yourself, though this can be quite a difficult process (especially on Windows and macOS). There are instructions for how to do it on - - https://dcpomatic.com/ - +Building from source + +Since DCP-o-matic is open-source you can also build it yourself, +though this can be quite a difficult process (especially on Windows and macOS). +There are instructions for how to do it on https://dcpomatic.com/
@@ -192,7 +189,7 @@ movie Sintel from their website. Generally one would want to use the highest-resolution material available, but for this test we will use -the low-resolution version to save everyone's bandwidth bills. +the low-resolution version to save on download time. @@ -425,6 +422,21 @@ to encode a single frame which it can then repeat. + + +Writing DCP drives + + +Once a DCP has been created it must often be transferred to a cinema for playback. The most reliable way to do this is to write a specially-formatted drive (in the ext2 format) containing your DCP. + + + +Writing ext2-formatted drives is difficult from macOS and Windows without custom software. DCP-o-matic includes a tool called the ‘DCP-o-matic Disk Writer’ which makes it easy. + + + + + Manipulating existing DCPs @@ -754,7 +766,7 @@ linkend="sec-prefs-keys"/>).
-Content Properties +Content properties Below the content list are the controls to set content properties. To @@ -2173,7 +2185,7 @@ methods to understand it. We suppose that we are trying to send a DCP to -Alice's cinema without an attacker called Mallory being able to +Alice's cinema without a third party called Mallory being able to watch it himself. @@ -2229,7 +2241,7 @@ certificate so that others can make encrypted DCPs for DCP-o-matic. We take our DCP's symmetric key and encrypt it using the public key of Alice's projector. We send the result to Alice over email (using a format called a Key Delivery Message, or KDM). Her projector then -decrypts our message using its private key, yielding the magic +decrypts our message using its private key, giving the symmetric key which can decrypt the DCP. @@ -3774,9 +3786,9 @@ The full details of OV and VF files are discussed in Verifying DCPs - The player also offers a DCP validator. To check a DCP, + The player also offers a DCP checker. To check a DCP, open it and then select Verify DCP from the - Tools menu. This will run various checks on the DCP. + Tools menu. -- 2.30.2