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Author Topic: Eclair Download Platform Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2019 03:05 PM                        Anyone suing Eclair to download your content? How do you like it? What don't you like? Is it worth the trouble for a single screen?  |  IP: Logged Stephan Shelley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 854 From: castro valley, CA, usa Registered: Nov 2014 posted 01-16-2019 05:39 PM                     I know the Cameo Theatre in saint Helena CA uses it for a lot of the independent films they show. They got Free Solo thru Eclair Cineconductor.  |  IP: Logged Mark Strube Master Film Handler Posts: 322 From: Milwaukee, WI, United States Registered: Feb 2007 posted 01-16-2019 06:27 PM                        I've been curious about this myself. I'm sure I could get them on the phone to figure out costs, but if anyone's willing to share numbers, I'm all ears. One of the theaters I work for is a one screen that runs mostly smaller independent films... does Eclair improve your chances of certain bookings?  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-17-2019 06:49 AM                        I have a customer that is using this. I cant speak for any of the cost or booking aspects but from a technical standpoint it was very easy to integrate and their tech support (they have to connect remotely to configure their device) was very helpful. In this case we simply set it up as a remote ingest drive in two networked Doremi servers and afaik there have been no issues with the drive and uningested content showing up in ingest manager.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-17-2019 12:09 PM                        Out of curiousity, what is this? Eclair Labs is a French company (that is/was largely responsible for the glut of French prints that don't have cues added at the lab), so I'm guessing that this is primarily for European movies?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 01-17-2019 12:46 PM                     They started in Europe, supplying trailers for download (pretty common here), they recently relaunched their portal and now also offer feature films and ad packs. The trailers go through HTML based downloads, but they also have their own gear to be installed on site for full length DCPs. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-17-2019 12:50 PM                        Here's their website: Eclairplay  |  IP: Logged Stephan Shelley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 854 From: castro valley, CA, usa Registered: Nov 2014 posted 01-17-2019 05:21 PM                     In the USA they bought out Cineconductor. The same folks that started emerging pictures started Cineconductor and are still involved.  |  IP: Logged

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