What is RDD 52? It specifies requirements and constraints for the SMPTE DCP Bv2.1 Application Profile of D-Cinema Package (DCP) mastering and packaging for playback globally on the highest percentage of systems, and applies to standard general release packages used in current distribution. In …

Despite the fact that the industry adopted an internationally ratified SMPTE DCP standard nearly a decade ago, there remains widespread confusion and disagreement about what constitutes a universally accepted digital cinema package. If that sentence makes no sense to you, you’re not alone. For …

Jack Watts doesn’t shy away from having strong opinions about Digital Cinema Packages, demanding clients and film industry politics. IBC365 got his thoughts on these topics and much more. At IBC 2018 I was pressed on the purposed behind smptedcp.com and challenges facing the distribution format …