Thomson Provides Digital Cinema Mastering and Distribution Services for Walt Disney Pictures’ Meet the Robinsons

"Thomson, through its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, today announced it has provided the digital cinema mastering and distribution for Walt Disney Pictures’ Meet the Robinsons.

Technicolor digitally mastered and distributed Meet the Robinsons for 892 screens worldwide. Domestically, the feature was distributed to 582 screens in Disney Digital 3-D and 138 screens in digital 2-D. The feature was distributed internationally to 105 screens in 3D and 67 screens in 2D. In addition, Technicolor created all traditional 35mm film prints for the release.

Technicolor Digital Cinema offers distribution services for all digitally equipped theatres worldwide. As part of its beta test in North America and Europe, Technicolor has installed digital cinema projection systems with several prominent exhibitors including ArcLight Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, Mann Theatres, National Amusements, Wehrenberg Theatres, Zyacorp’s Cinemagic Stadium Theatres, and Kinepolis Group in Belgium.

Thomson intends on a broader rollout of complete digital projection systems in up to 5,000 screens over the next three to four years. Thomson intends to equip at least 15,000 screens in the United States and Canada, through the initial rollout and additional phases, over the next 10 years."

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Digital Cinema System Specification v1.1 and Draft Stereoscopic Digital Cinema Addendum v0.9

"Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) has adopted and is releasing a revised Version 1.1 of its Digital Cinema System Specification. The new Version 1.1, dated April 12, 2007, incorporates the 148 erratum previously released for Version 1.0 of the Specification. With the integration of the erratum into the body of the Specification, readers will now be able to use the Specification without having to cross-reference to these 148 errata.

Additional Specification erratum items continue to be evaluated and will be posted after agreement by the DCI membership that the erratum is needed. Future errata will modify the DCI Specification, Version 1.1.

DCI is also releasing a Draft Stereoscopic Digital Cinema Addendum, Version 0.9, dated April 12, 2007. This document defines high-level technical requirements and specifications for the mastering, distribution and theatrical playback of stereoscopic digital cinema content. This document will be integrated into DCI’s Digital Cinema System Specification at a future date."

Digital Cinema System Specification v1.1
Draft Stereoscopic Digital Cinema Addendum v0.9

Convention sur le nommage des DCP

Vous trouverez dans le fichier joint la convention adoptée sur la manière de titrer les DCP.
En clair, il s'agit du champ Content Title de la CPL. Cette convention permet d'adopter une manière universelle de titrer les DCP, regroupant toutes les informations utiles (film, langue, sous-titre, prestataire etc.)

Un encodeur et décodeur JPEG 2000 chez Barco

Barco Silex, Barco's center of competence for electronic design services and Intellectual Property, has presented a new JPEG2000 encoding core, targeting single-chip FPGAs or ASICs for use in digital cinema and broadcasting applications.

Capitalizing on its long-term experience with JPEG2000 hardware coding and following the release of a DCI JPEG2000 decoder, Barco has extended its JPEG2000 portfolio by releasing a new real-time hardware encoder engine that is optimized for digital cinema and broadcasting applications. The core architecture offers a flexible and high-speed solution in a cost-effective, single-chip FPGA. It is able to sustain the high encoding requirements of the large DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) and broadcasting frame formats, including 2048 x 1080 and 4096 x 2160 resolutions and frame rates up to 48 frames per second. The underlying architecture of the core enables a broad range of features and performance options.

"In accordance with our Intellectual Property business model, our new encoding and decoding cores are available for third party licensing on FPGA or ASIC technologies," said Frédéric Devisch, Sales & Marketing Manager of Barco Silex. "For enhanced security, our IP portfolio also includes Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cores with optional countermeasure protection. The combination of these cores with the new JPEG2000 encoder allows users to build an integrated, secured DCI encoding platform."

Source : www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=684

Dolby annonce une solution de création de DCP

Dolby a annoncé aujourd'hui la sortie pour le premier trimestre 2007 du SCC2000 Secure Content Creator, solution complète de création de DCP depuis l'encodage jusqu'à la gestion des KDM, en passant par le packaging.

L'encodage 2K ou 4K est réalisé en soft, l'unité pouvant s'intégrer dans le render farm existante d'un post-producteur, et gérer le calcul distribué sur cette render farm.

En plus du packaging et de l'encryption, le SCC2000 est capable de générer les KDM en lien avec la base de certificats Cosmos de la filiale Cinea de Dolby.

Plus d'informations : www.dolby.com/professional/motion_picture/solutions_securecontent.html