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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

Hello All,
I'm near the end of this project and it's been a learning experience all the way through. It's been comforting to know that if I'm going through anything and/or hitting up against walls, that I'm probably not the first person to go through it. I've found answers to most of my questions through the forums and just in case anyone goes through what I just did, I thought I'd share my 'solution'.
The first problem I was having with Premiere crashing immediately was fixed by going in to AME's preferences and unchecking the 'import sequences natively' box.
I then attempted to export the finished timeline directly as a DCP file. While it worked fine, I cancelled it when the export time started to approach 40+hrs. I was thinking that it shouldn't take that long. Little did I know...
I then exported my ProRes 'master' of the film that I had made earlier and was surprised when it was again only 9GBs. Turns out that I exported the ProRes4444 'master at a much lower resolution than I should have. That was the reason (I believe) that it was so small. Ultimately it was my bad...
I then reexported a new Master from the timeline, ProRes 4444, 2048x1080, and it took 61hrs to export. 61hrs..!? I was surprised by it but at this point I needed it done. It finished yesterday morning (175.5GB) and then I dropped it in to a new timeline in Premiere. I used the RED Camera 2K, 24fps settings. The film was shot at 23.97 fps and I was under the impression that you have to have your timeline at 24fps in order to successfully export it as a DCP. I exported two tests, one 30secs long, and the other a full minute. They both exported fine and I checked them on 'Easy DCP Demo' to see that they worked fine. (Earlier I mentioned that the color was off on the player. I had to adjust the settings on the player to one of the 'color transformation' settings, after that it looked great.) I exported the whole sequence and another 17hrs later, it was done. This time it was just over 17GB.
My original impression was that feature length DCPs were 80/90 GB, or more. Dima mentioned that the file size should be twice the size of the 9GB file. She was spot on as the final ended up being 17GB.
I'll be double checking the work tomorrow at a screening room and if everything goes well, I'll check the 'correct answer' box on my forum. Thanks for the help. If you see anything off about my process please let me know.
Much appreciated,
Wayne

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