From Pro Tools to DCP: How to create files for cinema playback
Digital cinemas play back all of their content from a file format known as Digital Cinema Package (DCP). This video gives an overview of the format, along with a demonstration of how to go about creating DCP files from your Pro Tools mixes. I cover the following processes:
5.1 Mixdown
Combining the audio and video to create a high quality video master
Creation of the DCP file
This video is aimed at anyone working on lower budget film projects who wish to gain an understanding of how to create a DCP version of the movie which can be loaded onto a cinema server for playback. It is not supposed to be representative of the workflow for a large budget studio released movie.
Note: This video is a re-upload. The previous version contained some inaccurate information.