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Author Topic: DCP Encoding Vs DCP Versioning Anurag Chourasia Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Santiago de Chile Registered: Aug 2015 posted 08-31-2017 10:17 PM                     How long does it normally take (approx.) for a lab to encode a 2K DCP of a 1.5 Hour feature? Once the DCP is already in place, how long will it take to do a DCP versioning (adding a different language subtitle)? Regards, Anurag  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 09-01-2017 06:16 AM                     Well, that entirely depends on the tools you're using and the amount of processing power you're going to give to the process. If you're using DCP-o-Matic, you can use the charts right here as a guideline. Adding stuff like subtitles, which doesn't require re-encoding the entire DCP can be done within seconds, given the right tools. Copying the updated DCP to the right location for further distribution usually takes longer. As for a lab itself, it depends on what they contractually agree with you, how important you are for them and how busy they are.  |  IP: Logged Jordi Aguila Film Handler Posts: 29 From: Barcelona / Spain Registered: Feb 2017 posted 09-05-2017 11:06 AM                     Hello, in our lab, we're working with an OpenCube HD/SD DCP station and we can encode from DCDM to DCP in real time if we have the DCDM in local. Repackage a DCP, 2 or 3 times more quickly than real time. We can repackage a 1'5h DCP in 30-40 minutes. These are the processing time, then you must have to add the time that takes ingest the disc, generate the delivery disc, checks, etc...  |  IP: Logged

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