Hello,
I'm trying to export a feature film for DCP export and it's been a doozy of an experience so far.
I'm using the latest/updated version of Premiere Pro CC, on a MacBook Pro, OS X 10.10.2, 16GB of Ram. The film is 84mins total, shot on a RED Mysterium, 5K. The timeline had mostly DPX image sequences that were 2K resolution. Please forgive all the fuzzy details, trying to paint the picture best I can.
When I tried to export a DCP from the timeline, each and every time Media Encoder would crash as soon as it started the job. I was exporting at 2K, scope settings, 24fps, Bitrate of 250Mbps, JPEG 2000. Below the estimated file size said 814819 MB. It would load in to Media Encoder and when I started the export, every time it crashed. I tried exporting the same settings directly from Premiere and the same thing; the whole system would crash -immediately. I also tried to simply export a minute of the sequence with the same result, crashing immediately.
I was given the advice to export a master of the entire film as a ProRes 4444 file. I made a few tests, exporting a minute sequence as a ProRes 4444 file, then making that clip it's own sequence -then exporting it as a DCP at the same settings as before -and it worked. Therefore I exported the entire film as a ProRes 4444 file. Took about five hours and it came out to being just over 36GB.
I imported this file in to Premiere and made it in to a sequence, then exported that sequence at the DCP 2K Scope settings, 24fps, Bitrate of 250Mbps, JPEG 2000. Below the estimated file size said 814819 MB. The export seemed to work and took about 17hrs before Media Encoder said 'successful'.
But the problem now is that the files combined say that they're only 9GB. How can that be? I thought maybe I was reading it wrong or that there were some missing files I didn't see so I copied them to a portable drive that I'm planning on using to deliver the movie on -and during the transfer it verified that it was only 9GB. I don't have a DCP player so there's no way that I can check to see what's there, but I was under the impression that it was going to be more like 80GBs.
I have an appointment to watch the DCP on a projector tomorrow but I just can't think that the 9GB file is correct.
If you can't tell already, all this DCP export stuff is new to me so any clarifications are appreciated.
Sincerely,
Wayne