Paragon software is installed along with DCP Transfer to allow read/write access to EXT2 file systems. Paragon is a crucial component of successfully creating EXT2 drives for digital cinema delivery.
DCP Transfer can only format external hard drives connected to your mac over USB. When formatting a new drive, ALL DATA CURRENTLY ON THAT DRIVE WILL BE DELETED. After DCP Transfer formats your drive as a Digital Cinema Standard Linux EXT2 drive, the hard drive will no longer be visible on computer systems without the use of DCP Transfer or similar software.
DCP Transfer can only read drives that appear in the finder. If your drive is a new drive and does not appear in the finder, but is present in mac Disk Utility, you may need use Disk Utility to format the drive for mac before using it in DCP transfer. After formatting the drive in Disk Utility, your drive should appear in both the finder and in DCP Transfer.
If your drive is already formatted for Linux EXT2, you may need to go to the Paragon EXTFS System Preferences to mount or verify the drive.
Note: Internal system drives should not appear to DCP Transfer to prevent accidental formatting of crucial system drives.
DCP Transfer will not selectively delete DCPs from your drive. If you wish to delete DCPs from a drive to free up space or for any other reason, you must delete selected files using the Finder. Reformatting a drive in DCP Transfer WILL delete every file currently on the drive during that process.
When adding a DCP to the source panel, DCP transfer looks for references in the asset map, CPL (Composition Playlist), and PKL (Packing List) files within your DCP folder. If components of the DCP that are listed in those files are not present in the DCP folder, DCP Transfer will return an error message and not allow that folder to be added to the Source Panel. This will prevent you from copying an incomplete DCP and sending it off for exhibition. If you downloaded your DCP from a service provider, attempt to download the full package again to see if all of the DCP components are present. If you’re still receiving that error message, contact your DCP provider to verify the DCP and resend the package.
DCP Transfer is set up to provide one license per computer system. One license of DCP Transfer can only be installed on one computer at a time. If you install DCP Transfer using the same license on a second computer, you will no longer be able to use DCP Transfer on the first system. Each license key only allows two system transfers per 30-day period. If a license exceeds two system transfers in a 30-day period, that license will be locked for the remainder of the 30-days, and no users will be able to access DCP Transfer until the end of the period. It is recommended to purchase a unique license of DCP Transfer for each system that will be used to transfer DCPs
DCP Transfer does not currently allow you to playback your DCP for you to view on your home computer. In order to play your DCP, a DCP specific player from providers like Easy DCP is needed.
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