General Technical Info
Unable to validate content
We have just been made aware of an issue with content, protected (with KDM's) and unprotected (without KDM's) originating from Deluxe. From the limited information available at the time of this writing, there is an issue with the certificate that ...
IMB Server not responding
This is a very common call that we receive. The call is that the (IMB) server is not responding to input from the web GUI. This is a common complaint from servers that use a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer or Edge) for ...
Projection Equipment IP Addressing Schema
While there is no true digital cinema IP addressing standard, there is a very popular one that was used by many theatres, including those on the Strong and Christie NOC's (Network Operation Centers), as well as some that were installed as ...
IP Numbering Schema used by Moving Images Technologies (MIT)
The following IP numbering schema was used by Moving Images Technologies and their subcontractors for DCinema installations monitored by their NOC. The underscore in the last octet indicates that this number should be replaced by the auditorium ...
Digital Cinema Target Colorspace Values P3-DCI
Cinema ADA Requirements
Accessibility Technology Requirements for Cinema By Harold Hallikainen, USL (QSC, LLC) The United States Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. The Act defines a “motion picture house” as a public accommodation and ...
Set Win10 As NTP Server
The following instructions are to used at your own risk. In REGEDIT navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM Current Control Set Services W32Time TimeProviders NtpServer Edit Enabled REG_DWORD value from 0 to 1 Before After Close REGEDIT Open ...
Missing Subtitles
Total Cinema Solutions Techie Cheat Sheet What Happened to My Subtitles? You’re running a foreign language film and your subtitles are nowhere to be found. There are several possible causes for this problem. Here’s a few to check out. Are you running ...
F-200 Aspect Ratio
More and more filmmakers are "thinking outside of the box" and shooting movies in non-traditional aspect ratios. While traditionally the cinema industry works around "standard" aspect ratios of flat (1.85:1) or scope (2.39:1 or 2.35:1 for film) a ...
Dimmer will not respond to commands - JNIOR controller.
When logging into the JNIOR controller, the following was noted: The relays that control the house and stage lights are latched. Until they are manually unlatched this will prevent the dimmer from operating normally. Whomever manually pulsed the ...
DCI Naming Convention
The following document describes the conventions used in naming DCP's. This document updates frequently but the link should bring up the most current version. DCI Naming Convention
Public NTP Time Servers
Here are some time servers that can be used for the master clocks in servers/IMB's: Google: While the actual URL for the Google public NTP servers is time.google.com, most servers can't handle a canonical domain name (ie. time.google.com), the actual ...
KDM Not showing up in the server
Customer had replaced IMB earlier this week. Technicolor had issued key with old IMB serial number. If the correct serial number is not listed in the key, the key will not show up as being available to load within the server.