Tutorials for DaVinci Resolve creating DCP for Theatres?

Looking for a step by step guide for going from my BMPCC raw files to creating DCP for Theatre projection. I currently a using DR#14, but will be getting DR#15 when my 4K BMPCC camera is purchased. DaVinci Resolve #14 uses a version of EasyDPC software, I have looked a their stand alone versions tutorials, but do not see all the selection tabs in the BMD plug-in? Will the BMPCC DNG files need to be converted to Jpeg2000 first?

You'll need an extra license for EasyDCP.
Version 15 has Kakadu as a free alternative, but that can't do encrypted DCPs.

Another hurdle to jump is if your source master is 23.976fps (or 29.97fps) instead of 24.00fps (or 30.00fps). DCP must be integer frame rates (like film) rather the fractional video frame rates used in North America. Resolve will not automatically make the proper conversion. You can easily have Resolve reinterpret the frames at 24.00fps, but getting the audio correct is a challenge that has required using Reaper (or similar tool) to make sure the retiming didn’t shift the pitch at all. Perhaps it’s now possible to retune the audio properly in the new Fairlight Page, but I couldn’t say for sure as I haven’t tested it.

To get around the hassle when I’m dealing with fractional frame rate masters, I just use the free tool DCP-o-matic.

https://dcpomatic.com/

I was introduced to it by a friend who owns a movie theater. The silly name had me skeptical, but it works well, it handles the frame rate conversion flawlessly (without any frame interpolation) and it even adds proper naming and padding to make sure your frame size sits inside a DCP spec size container. It also gets the color transform correct from the color space and gamma the image was mastered to (and you can even enter in custom coordinates for non-standard sources).

Can confirm that dcpomatic works amazingly- we had to also convert 23.98 to 24 and it did so without a hitch.

Haven't tried it yet and it's based around DR15, but this might be of interest.

http://noamkroll.com/how-to-make-any-dc ... cinematiq/

Am I the only one, who thinks it's a bit bizarre, that we are still stuck with 1990s specs (Linux).

Though I had luck with NTFS formatted drives and sticks, cinema servers still have only USB 2 for file transfer, when you don't bring a Linux drive in a special cradle.

I mean this is 2018 - shouldn't they have at least an SSD slot?

Dcp o matic worked great for me. Literally took 5 minutes to figure it out. Great piece of software

Am I the only one, who thinks it's a bit bizarre, that we are still stuck with 1990s specs (Linux).

Though I had luck with NTFS formatted drives and sticks, cinema servers still have only USB 2 for file transfer, when you don't bring a Linux drive in a special cradle.

I mean this is 2018 - shouldn't they have at least an SSD slot?

I totally agree. For better or worse, it doesn't seem to be going that way.
From what I've seen with some theaters and a few film festivals in the United States, rather than getting faster I/O hardware for their servers, they are moving to using Aspera (and similar online services) to allow direct upload online. No need to worry about drives or formatting at all. It's still not most though. For the majority of deliveries, I've got a Mac setup to dual boot with Ubuntu in order to format and copy DCP files to Ext2 drives.

Or you can use this Jamie. It’s called DCP TRANSFER. Instead of dual booting ...it’s software you download on your Mac that formats your drives to Linux, Ext 2. There’s some other features in the software as well. I haven’t used it yet. But I will as soon a festival that want DCP’s accept my film.

https://www.cinematiq.com/dcptransfer/

Right! Yes, DCP Transfer is a solid solution for formatting ext2 on Mac. It’s perfect for folks who don’t want to deal with Gparted and terminal command line in Linux. Cinematiq's DCp Transfer is subscription at $25/month, and that’s cheap if you’re only making a one time DCP and can get away with a single month fee. In my case the cost would have added up over time because I consistently have to format a few DCP drives every month. Ubuntu Linux is free, though it did take some time to set up and troubleshoot it as a dual boot partition on my old iMac.

Gotcha Jamie. Then yes you’re right it does save money when you dual boot. For me it will work because I’ll probably create 3 or 4 DCp’s For the year

Gotcha Jamie. Then yes you’re right it does save money when you dual boot. For me it will work because I’ll probably create 3 or 4 DCp’s For the year

In this case you may use easyDCP online service.

Gotcha Jamie. Then yes you’re right it does save money when you dual boot. For me it will work because I’ll probably create 3 or 4 DCp’s For the year

In this case you may use easyDCP online service.

If it’s $25 a month sure