saving space with DKDM

[kmeh7]

Hi carl,

I have already delivered the dcp to a client. In future i may just need to generate kdm for that dcp.
Since i want to create space on my machine, i want to delete that dcp.
What files i should not delete if i need to generate kdm for the client in future ?

Please help me with the pipeline. Thanks in advance.

Kmeh7

[carl]

You should be fine so long as you keep the DKDM and the DCP-o-matic configuration (which is stored in different places depending on your operating system).

The DoM configuration allows you to decrypt the DKDM, and that is your key (and the details of the CPL it was for).

Obviously you should test this before permanently deleting anything else

[kmeh7]

Hi Carl ,

I will surely keep DKDM but you lost me when you wrote that i should keep DOM configuration also ???

what do you mean by that ?

thanks
Kmeh7

[scorpio81]

Hi, kmeh7!

DOM has 2 config files - cinemas.xml and config.xml. Both are placed in \Users\[USER_NAME]\AppData\Local\dcpomatic2\ folder in Windows. The second file keeps certificates that are used to decrypt DKDMs issued to DOM. If it changes your DKDMs (and so encrypted DCPs) will become useless. So it is recommended to store these config files in a safe place. Later, if you reinstall DOM on this or another machine, just replace original config files with these stored ones.

To Carl!

It would be nice if you have added option to manually enter encryption key in KDM creator. So even if config files are lost or changed but CPL and encryption key are preserved it will be possible to generate KDM or DKDM. For example, EasyDCP Player+ allows manual enter of all encryption keys for all assets in CPL thus making it possible to play encrypted DCPs without KDMs.

[kmeh7]

Thanks for your help scorpio81.

Will check it and update.

Thanks

Kmeh7

[kmeh7]

I am on mac machine. Config files are stored in same folder as dcp i guess .

What could i do for dcpomatic to run faster ? Any settings ? I know one should have faster machine and all that . But is there anything i can do to make it faster ?

Thanks

Kmeh7

[kmeh7]

Hi carl,

I tried making a DKDM for a dcp. But as i exported nothing happened. Where did it save the DKDM ? And where is config file stored on mac ??

Thanks for your help
Kmeh7

[carl]

What could i do for dcpomatic to run faster ? Any settings ? I know one should have faster machine and all that . But is there anything i can do to make it faster ?

See this answer.

And where is config file stored on mac ??

See this answer.

Where did it save the DKDM

If you had "Save to KDM Creator tool's list" ticked it will have saved it in the config file. You will see it if you load the KDM creator tool.

[kmeh7]

Thankyou again !!



Kmeh7

[kmeh7]

Hi

As you said , when i made DKDM from dcpomatic and opened KDM creator tool. It was already in the list.

Now my question is

Can i delete the actual dcp to save space ?

Or

What files i can delete or which one i cannot ?

I badly need some internal space.

Thanks again

Kmeh7