This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] [OT] DCP File Creation

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] [OT] DCP File Creation

Thanks Bouke!
I'll investigate further.

Cheers,

B
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On Mar 6, 2013, at 3:16 PM, bouke wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Benjamin Hershleder" Ben@ContactBen.com>
> -,
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1-
> > Can anyone recommend a place (preferably in Los Angeles)
> > to get a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) file for theatrical exhibition?
>
> No.
>
> > 2-
> > Is it really going to cost about $40/minute (i.e. $3,600 for a 90 minute
> > film)?
>
> No.
> It can be done with (free) open source stuff, and with a decent computer it
> will be done in less than a day.
> There are young kids who will do this for a couple of hundred or less.
> Even I can do it, but have not yet been able to test, and i don't have that
> much demand, unless it is very last minute.
> So, you should be done for less than 1K, and 500 would be a fair price if
> it's just straight copy.
> If you have a (small) theatre you can bug to toy around, do it yourself.
>
> Bouke
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> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > B
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