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Author Topic: DoReMi Regurge Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 03-20-2012 04:00 PM                     Is it possible to copy content (regurgitate?) off a DoReMi server or TMS? I want to get some ingested ratings tags onto a thumb disk.  |  IP: Logged Ian Freer Expert Film Handler Posts: 135 From: Wellington, New Zealand Registered: Oct 2003 posted 03-20-2012 04:38 PM                     From the server, with the newest software, yes this is a feature Doremi have recently introduced. There is a software module called 'Content Manager' or something similar I think... Not sure about the TMS, need more details, such as which TMS you have... Cheers, Ian  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-20-2012 09:42 PM                     Isn't that against DCI?  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 03-20-2012 11:17 PM                     ^ That's what I suspected. Thanks Ian, will look at that when I'm back on site. The TMS we have is also DoReMi (is that what you meant or did you need version numbers?)  |  IP: Logged Ian Freer Expert Film Handler Posts: 135 From: Wellington, New Zealand Registered: Oct 2003 posted 03-21-2012 12:56 AM                     Dominic: More than one current DCI server has the ability to export content, so I'm pretty sure there must be no problems with compliance else they wouldn't include that feature. Encrypted content remains encrypted, it doesn't matter what media format the files are on... Stu: I did mean which brand (Doremi / Cinedigm / Arts Aliance etc). I do not have any recent experience with Doremi TMS so I can't help you there... Doremi player software version 2.2.3-0 has the Content Manager, not sure if earlier versions do... NOTE: I have not experienced it myself, but I've been told that on occasion, a DCP exported from server brand X will not always play on server brand Y, perhaps something to do with the different way each brand of servers index the files locally?... Cheers, Ian  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-23-2012 10:09 AM                     With Doremi you can copy stuff off semi-easily. I haven't tried this "content manager" utility, it might make it super easy. You have to open a terminal and log in as root. Then mount a usb drive as r/w (mount -o rw,remount /media/usb0). I don't recall the content directory but it's in the /doremi tree and not hard to find. The content is all in folders labelled with the UUID. You find the UUID by adding the content to a playlist, then highlight it and click the magnifying glass. Write down the first set of hex numbers (that's enough in my experience) like c643aed6 or whatever. In terminal, in the folder with the UUID labeled folders, enter "cp -rf c643aed6 and then press "tab", it will fill in the rest of the UUID if it's present (cp is the copy command and -rf copies all files in a folder). Then add the usb drive descriptor (/media/usb0) and return. It should copy with no problems. Note that for any relatively large content (some trailers are in this category) the usb drive must be formatted as NTFS or EXT2. In windows, usb drives don't have the NTFS format option unless you find it in device manager and change its properties to "optimized for performance". Things take a hellacious time to copy though, finished when you get a prompt back in the terminal. You must dismount the usb drive before removing it (umount /media/usb0) or it may be unwritable in windows afterward. Also, you have to use the "safely remove hardware" in windows with an NTFS drive after writing to it.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-23-2012 10:28 AM                     quote: Ian Freer NOTE: I have not experienced it myself, but I've been told that on occasion, a DCP exported from server brand X will not always play on server brand Y, perhaps something to do with the different way each brand of servers index the files locally?... Some servers discard the assetmap once ingested.  |  IP: Logged

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