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Topic: Has Dolby have DCI Certificate?

Tugushan Ozdener
Film Handler

Posts: 5
From: Istanbul / Turkey
Registered: Oct 2009

posted 08-06-2011 07:01 AM

Hello Guys,

I've received this e-mail

quote:
Dear d-cinema partner,

As you may be aware, our digital cinema deployment agreements with you require your compliance with the DCI Specification.

Projector Updates
As per the terms and conditions of our agreements, we are asking all of our integrator and exhibitor partners for a status check on the updating of TI Series 1 projectors. As I’m sure you can recall, we made specific reference to this in our agreement and now that the “TI Security Upgrade” (aka Gore Fix) is available, we expect these projectors to be fitted with this.

Pls send us an update on this issue by 15th July 2011 by letter or return email.

Server Updates
Doremi’s d-cinema server received its DCI compliance certificate on the 7th June 2011. As a result all other servers used in the field must be DCI certified within 6 months of this date, namely 7th December 2011. It is also worthwhile to note that Sony’s projector/server combination has already received DCI certification. If your servers have not been certified by this time, they must be replaced with those that have been certified or we will not be able to play our content on these machines.

We strongly suggest that contact your hardware vendors to update you on this pressing matter.

Best Regards,

Richard Aseme
Director, Digital Cinema
Paramount Pictures International

Then checked out DCI Compliance webpages @ http://www.dcimovies.com/compliance/index.html

Dolby doesn't in Compliant Equipment list

quote:
COMPLIANT EQUIPMENT
Barco NV:

Barco Digital Projector DP2K-12C, 11Cx
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DP2K-15C
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DP2K-20C, 18Cx
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DP2K-19B
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DP2K-23B
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DP2K-32B
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DP4K-32B, 23B, 19B
(with 2K Link Decryptor)
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DCP3-LX II, -MX, -SX
[view html] [get pdf]

Barco Digital Projector DPC-80
[view html] [get pdf]

Christie Digital:

Christie Digital Projector CP2210
[view html] [get pdf]

Christie Digital Projector CP2220
[view html] [get pdf]

Christie Digital Projector CP2230
[view html] [get pdf]

Doremi Cinema:

Doremi Cinema Integrated Media Block ShowVault
[view html] [get pdf]

Doremi Digital Cinema Server DCP-2000, -2000-NTS, -2K4, Montage CDCS 2000
[view html] [get pdf]

NEC:

NEC Digital Projector NC1200C
[view html] [get pdf]

NEC Digital Projector NC2000C
[view html] [get pdf]

NEC Digital Projector NC3200S
[view html] [get pdf]

SONY:

SONY Digital Projector SRX-R220
[view html] [get pdf]

SONY Digital Projector SRX-R320
[view html] [get pdf]

SONY Digital Projector SRX-R320S
[view html] [get pdf]

Then I found this newsletter in 2007

quote:
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that the Dolby® Digital Cinema server has officially earned its Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory federal agency within the US Department of Commerce, awarded the certificate.

The Dolby Digital Cinema server is the first digital cinema server to achieve the highest level of content protection security specified by the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI). All Dolby Digital Cinema servers, currently in over 400 cinemas worldwide, meet the FIPS Level 3 requirements, which is a major step toward achieving DCI compliance.

“We are proud to reach this important milestone, as our team has been diligent in its efforts to make Dolby Digital Cinema DCI compliant to the fullest extent possible,” said Tim Partridge, Executive Vice President, Products and Technology, Dolby Laboratories. “To be the first company awarded the FIPS Level 3 certification in digital cinema validates our engineering approach. Studios and exhibitors alike can be reassured that Dolby has their best interests in mind by committing to the highest levels of content security specified by DCI in every location.”

FIPS 140-2 are security standards adopted by DCI and cover detailed requirements for physical security, software, interfaces, key management, and cryptographic algorithms. To earn the certification, the Dolby Digital Cinema server underwent a rigorous testing process by InfoGard Laboratories, an accredited cryptographic module testing laboratory, which performed extensive analysis of the design and construction of the unit. InfoGard submitted its test report to NIST, which issued the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validation certificate.

“Due to the specialized design and documentation requirements combined with the rigorous validation testing, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 is one of the toughest objectives for DCI server manufacturers to meet,” said Thomas Caddy, General Manager and Laboratory Director of InfoGard Laboratories. “We congratulate Dolby for achieving this significant milestone.”

The official Dolby Digital Cinema FIPS 140-2 NIST certificate is number 842.

I'm confused [Confused]

Has Dolby DCI Compliant or not? If no what will we do

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Chris Slycord
Film God

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From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea
Registered: Mar 2007

posted 08-06-2011 07:17 AM

Perhaps you should call Dolby about this? I imagine they're working on it...

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Tugushan Ozdener
Film Handler

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From: Istanbul / Turkey
Registered: Oct 2009

posted 08-06-2011 07:21 AM

Thank you Chris, It's Saturday and they never reply any questions on weekend [sleep]

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Chris Slycord
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posted 08-06-2011 07:58 AM

On the other hand, Dolby says that they're servers are DCI-compliant but that isn't the same as being certified... [Smile]

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Tugushan Ozdener
Film Handler

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From: Istanbul / Turkey
Registered: Oct 2009

posted 08-09-2011 06:47 AM

I've received an e-mail from dolby. They are working on it still. I hope they will catch death-line.

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Carsten Kurz
Film God

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From: Cologne, NRW, Germany
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posted 08-09-2011 07:07 AM

Even if they miss the deadline, they sure will negotiate. You can think about Dolby whatever you want, but their market dominance at least is good for something.

- Carsten

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Brad Miller
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posted 08-10-2011 01:56 AM

Carsten gets the prize. Dolby is too big for the deadline to pose a problem. This thread is unnecessary worrying.

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Michael Karagosian
Film Handler

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From: Calabasas, CA, USA
Registered: May 2009

posted 08-19-2011 05:36 PM

DCI compliant products are listed at http://www.dcimovies.com/compliance/. It's a safe assumption that all servers not yet compliant are in queue for test. But it's not a safe assumption that the testing process will complete for all manufacturers by December 7. One of the certification entities says it takes them 12 weeks to complete a test cycle. If there are errors, fixes have to be made, and then tested again.

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Carsten Kurz
Film God

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posted 08-20-2011 08:24 AM

Well, with only two or three server types being left without compliance clearance, that queue shouldn't be too long...

- Carsten

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Jorgen Larsen
Film Handler

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From: Denmark
Registered: Jun 2009

posted 12-03-2011 05:30 AM

Hi Does anybody have an update of this issue. Dolby is not yet certified as i can see.
Thanks

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Steven J Hart
Master Film Handler

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From: WALES, ND, USA
Registered: Mar 2004

posted 12-03-2011 09:33 AM

GDC servers aren't on the compliance list either. Lots of those going in.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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posted 12-03-2011 02:07 PM

This ONLY pertains to those collecting VPF payments. Those that are collecting VPF's will just need a letter of guarantee from either Dolby or GDC stating that they will be compliant by a certain date.

There are about three times as many GDC servers going in right now than any other brand. So I have no doubt that both Dolby and GDC will become compliant and that it shold be pretty easy to upgrade to full compliance. But really... how much more compliant does it need to be? Fips 140-3 is the same suckurity level the CIA typically uses in their document transmissions.
Mark

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

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From: Annapolis, MD
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posted 12-03-2011 05:22 PM

Word has it...the Doremi servers that were installed prior to DCI compliance may need hardware updates to make THEM DCI compliant. Kinda like how Series 1 projectors needed GORE board updates.

I'm sure DCI compliance is pending on both GDC and Dolby...it is a long process and not necessarily in the hands of the companies. I think they have something like 6-months from the time one entity obtains compliance that heretofore was not compliable.

-Steve

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Tony Bandiera Jr
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posted 12-03-2011 05:51 PM

Gee, amazing how film doesn't need a software update or certificate to be compliant with the projectors. [Smile]

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Mark Gulbrandsen
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posted 12-03-2011 06:48 PM

Tony... I bet that if the studios were paying for your film projectors they wold have to be!

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