1
Probably Kakadu S75* is the fastest j2K soft codec around
(their demo w/Windows7 on an iMac is quite weird isn't?)
but if this software is as intrusive as their subscription site, and as intricated
and wordy as their pricing policy**, no way !
It appears not to be a plugin for the DoM mastered OSs but and expensive CLI***
for Ubuntu geeks, certainly not for film students and independant filmmakers !
neither for cinématheques' and festivals' volunteers who receive weird video files
and DCPs w/unreadable subtitles.
Furthermore, by promoting their latest soft codec (a GPU centric iPhone app),
they themselves aknowledge that CPU codecs are on the way out. Why spend half a week
introducing their S75 cash cow to polute the fresh air of the DoM open stable?
2
Easy DCP is not as user friendly as advertised, not always updated to the latest standards,
and much too expensive for DoM afficionados.
2'
as said to Anders Olsson, sharing many computers is OK for the calm atmosphere of a university,
but not for the hectic conditions of a film crew on location, nor for a projection booth.
3
That's why two weeks ago I asked the HandBrake developers to convert unencrypted DCPs to MP4.
It would allow festival projectionnists to x8 play the films received from deep China
while verifying the subs translation from chinese-english to John Florio's english.
They are waiting for the XYZ to RGB (YUV) converter of Libav12, see HandBrake forum :
https://forum.handbrake.fr/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=34990
4-- Yes, GPU harnessing is the only solution,
your fans could help you get some paid assistance like they did for the MacOS implementation,
we should asap talk about the
glorious future of DCP-o-Matic.
*Copy-of-KDU-S75-Performance.pdf
**Kakadu-Licence-Terms.pdf
***Usage Examples