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by carl
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: Fix <MainPictureActiveArea> and FFOC warnings/error
Replies: 1
Views: 121

Re: Fix <MainPictureActiveArea> and FFOC warnings/error

You will probably get away with it, but it's strange that DCP-o-matic made a DCP with those errors. What version are you using?

Can you send the file from the DCP that starts with cpl_ and ends with .xml? Either here or to carl@dcpomatic.com
by carl
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:47 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message
Replies: 8
Views: 311

Re: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message

Great! First I'd like to try "Dr. MinGW", for which I think you need to follow these steps: Download the software . Unpack it somewhere. Open a command window with administrator privileges and go into the unpacked folder. Type drmingw -i to install. Then crash DCP-o-matic again and see if ...
by carl
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message
Replies: 8
Views: 311

Re: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message

I haven't heard of problems with & (and I just tried it quickly and it seemed OK).

Sadly DCP-o-matic's crash logging on Windows is quite poor, but if you have time we can try adding some tools to find out more about the crash. Would you be able to do a debugging session over Zoom (or similar)?
by carl
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: EasyDCP verification
Replies: 22
Views: 3417

Re: EasyDCP verification

One fairly often cited reason is that some distributors run DCPs through Easy DCP, call it "QA" and then refuse DCPs (or offer to remake them for $$$) if they don't pass.
by carl
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: Is the mid-side decoder feature in DoM a unique function?
Replies: 2
Views: 199

Re: Is the mid-side decoder feature in DoM a unique function?

To be honest the mid-side decoder is a bit of a mystery. I added it a long time ago, with no idea that it would still be there 10 years later, and recently somebody pointed out that it doesn't do what I always imagined it did. I think my intention was to take a stereo signal and extract the common p...
by carl
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: Outline content not fitting the frame
Replies: 9
Views: 330

Re: Outline content not fitting the frame

This should hopefully be better in the new version.
by carl
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message
Replies: 8
Views: 311

Re: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message

Does this happen every time you run the same job? (It should go quicker after the first time).
by carl
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message
Replies: 8
Views: 311

Re: DCP Job Fails Without Error Message

There is a file called log inside the project folder. Is this Mac or windows?
by carl
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: EasyDCP verification
Replies: 22
Views: 3417

Re: EasyDCP verification

OK, fair enough. I made a note in the bug tracker to think about this.
by carl
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: DCP-o-matic
Topic: DCP-o-matic 2.16.78 released
Replies: 4
Views: 289

DCP-o-matic 2.16.78 released

Download it now from here.
  • Fix various graphical errors in the preview on high-DPI screens (#2774).
  • Fix errors when loading VFs into the player in some cases (#2775).
  • Add option to load prefs from ZIP (#2771).
  • Add film duration to dcpomatic2_cli --dump output (#1702).