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10 Click the Browse button under the “Render to” field, and choose a location for the resulting DCP. Make sure you pick a drive with enough room for the estimated size of the final DCP.
11 Choose all necessary options from the Output Options to ensure the quality you need.
12 Click the Add Job to Render Queue button, and then click Start Render to create your DCP. A DCP will be created and placed at the location you chose, ready for playback or delivery.
KDM Generation and Management
Key Delivery Messages (KDMs) are required to allow an encrypted DCP play on a designated projector at a particular theater at a specified time. DaVinci Resolve is capable of creating KDMs, which is convenient for exporting KDMs for select screenings, but commercial distributors may require thousands of KDMs. Fortunately, easyDCP allows you to use external Distribution KDM (DKDM) utilities to generate KDMs for your clients, so you don’t have to tie up your DaVinci Resolve workstation with this task.
Publishing Your Encrypted Digital Cinema Package
While you can play your encrypted DCP on the same DaVinci Resolve system that generated it, if you wish to publish the DCP so other players can decode and play you need to generate a KDM to send to the player. The user of the other player, or players, will need to generate a Server Certificate for each of their players and send this to you so when you generate the KDM it will be just for those players.
Select the DCP in the Media page Library. Right-click and select Generate KDMs. From the drop-down select the location of the Server Certificate file if the KDM is for one player, or folder for multiple players. Set the start and end dates that the KDM will be valid for, an output folder to place the KDM, and then select Generate.
You can now send your DCP and the KDMs to the player you authorized. The user there will import the KDM and the DCP will play between the start and end dates.
Playing Your Digital Cinema Package
To play a DCP you’ve output from DaVinci Resolve, use the Media page to add it to the Media Pool and edit it into a timeline like any other clip.
Decoding the JPEG2000 images embedded within the DCP in real time is computationally intensive. If your system is underpowered you can reduce the decoded resolution of the files by selecting Half or Quarter Resolution Decode from the File > easyDCP menu. A smaller, less bandwidth-intensive
version of the JPEG2000 files will be decoded by discarding some levels of the wavelet stage inside the decoder, which will directly increase the playback performance.
Playing Third-Party Digital Cinema Packages
To play a non-encrypted DCP simply select the DCP in the Media page like any other clip. To play an encrypted DCP from a third party you first must publish your Server Certificate. They use the
certificate to generate KDMs for their DCP to play on your DaVinci Resolve system. From the File menu choose easyDCP > Export Server Certificate, and on the drop-down menu choose a location to save the file. Send this to the third party for KDM generation.
When you receive a KDM or a Digest for an encrypted DCP you must first import the file into your DaVinci Resolve system. Choose File > easyDCP menu > Import KDM/Digest, and then select the file. Then simply select the encrypted DCP in the Media Page Library to play.