• Adobe Premiere Pro

  How to make a DCP

  Posted by George Roberson on July 19, 2014 at 3:51 pm

  Hi guys,

  We are looking to make DCP files from a feature length film (97 minutes) project that was originally shot in HD video (Canon T3i) – could you recommend what’s the best way to do it? How long does that usually take to finish?

  Thanks so much,
  George

  Chris Borjis replied 12 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tero Ahlfors

  July 20, 2014 at 1:22 pm

  https://opendcp.org/
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  Chris Borjis

  July 21, 2014 at 4:26 pm

  I’ve successfully done one with opendcp and about to do another this week.

  I did a 30 minute HD documentary to DCP and this is how long things took to do
  on a 2009 macpro 8 core with 16gb ram

  encode time: 3 hrs 45 min
  compile time: files to package 15 min
  copy to pc time: 5 min
  copy to ext3, USB Hard Disk media time: 45 min
  dcp_inspect time: 1 hr 10 min

  for max compatibility I recommend to package it with Interop instead of SMPTE
  and copy the dcp to an EXT3 formated drive with an inode of 128.

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