Easy DCP Player - How to Add Open or Closed Captions and Play a DCP

Launch Easy DCP Player

To see on a TV enable HD-SDI output

In Easy DCP Player choose >Open>Open Package

Navigate to the newly created Folder containing the DCP files

Choose ASSETMAP

Choose open

The DCP will load. This might take a few minutes.

You can get info in the lower left corner displaying the process of the file loading.

Click Play Icon on the file to load it into the player

Then hit Play button on the player to play

DCP player window playing the DCP file

Lower the Aspect ratio to play the file in realtime

Scroll along the position indicator to spot check the file

Look at the audio Waveforms to double check the file.

Go to Asset>Waveform Visualizer

Make sure that the waveforms look right.

Notice that Chanel 3 has all the dialog audio.

Generally That is the case.

You can watch the waveforms follow the image file when you play the file in Easy DCP.

Make sure the audio files appear correctly.

Go to View >Color Transforms>
should be
X'Y'Z > R'G'B' (Rec BT.709)

Play the entire DCP to check the quality of the image and sound. Make sure the tracks are correct and looks and sound good.

IF THE FILE IS GOOD THEY WILL NEED TO BE COPIED TO A NTFS DRIVE TO COPY TO OUR DCP SERVER.

OR MOST FESTIVALS REQUIRE A LINUX EXT3 DRIVE

More info can be found here. CLICK HERE

To open a DCP to edit it you can open the Application Easy DCP and go to "Load/Open Project" and Navigate to Assetmap

Some things can be changed in a DCP open EZ DCP and click Load Project

Navigate to the AssetMap

Right click on the dcp name and choose to rename using Digital Cinema Naming Conventions

You can also change the type of track if you didn't do this correctly.

Change the Content Kind to a short if you are making a DCP of a Short.
 
Click on the DCP Content to highlight the area in green. Then click "P." Then change the "Content Kind" to short.