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Using and Licensing EasyDCP
Both DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio include a demo version of easyDCP. Details of operation and restrictions of the demo version can be found later in this chapter. The fully functional version of easyDCP operates via licensing modules purchased from http://www.easyDCP.com (info@ easyDCP.com) and every new DaVinci Resolve system (server) needs its own license and specific certificates for DCP and KDM generation and for playback of DCPs.
Requesting Your Server Certificate Set
For your DaVinci Resolve system to generate DCPs and KDMs you need to request a specific set of configuration files called the Server Certificate Set. To begin, first purchase your encoding, encryption, decoding, and decryption modules from easyDCP. They will provide a password to access your easyDCP account.
Then, from the DaVinci Resolve File menu, select easyDCP > Request Server Certificate Set. Fill in the detail listed on the request form and save the form to your desktop or somewhere it can be easily found. This html file can be emailed to info@easyDCP.com. After sending the html, a customized Server Certificate Set for your installation will be generated and made available for download in your easyDCP Website User Account.
The Server Certificate Set generated for your DaVinci Resolve will contain files based on your purchased modules and your specific DaVinci Resolve server hardware. The table below shows the modules and the licenses and certificates generated, followed by a brief description of each item.
License | Server Certificate | Signer Certificate | |
DCP Encoder | X | X | |
DCP Encoder with Encryption | X | X | X |
DCP Player | X | ||
DCP Player with Encryption | X | X | |
— License: The License is used to activate the purchased modules on a specific hardware server.
— Server Certificate: Each DCP render (referred in the industry as an “Instance”) using encryption or decryption has an individual server certificate. This certificate is required to be able to receive Key Delivery Messages (KDMs), which unlock encrypted DCPs.
— Signer Certificate: A Signer Certificate is used to sign certain files within a DCP package and/or Key Delivery Message (KDM) to verify which authority generated the DCP instance.
Importing Your Server Certificate Set
Once generated and downloaded to your DaVinci Resolve server, the Server Certificate Set needs to be imported into DaVinci Resolve.