Multiple Reels

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I wondered if there was a multiple reel creation option that I'm missing.  This 
would be really handy.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by AntonySm...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2011 at 5:12

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Mulptiple reels is currently only supported in the command line version.

Original comment by terrenc...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2011 at 5:33

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Original comment by terrenc...@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2011 at 5:00

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Yes, i agree. multiple reel would really be great in the gui. 

Original comment by thierry....@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2012 at 6:58

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yea please add multiple reel so we could add a logo to an existing dcp ... 

Original comment by jaye...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2012 at 1:48

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When creating a multi-reel dcp via command line is it possible to adjust 
duration and entry point for each mxf using switches?  

For example, If I want to trim 168 frames off of the 1st reel's audio file 
(with a new duration of 3171):

opendcp_xml -r TEST_PIX.mxf TEST_AUD.mxf -n 3171 -e 168 -r TEST2_PIX.mxf 
TEST2_AUD.mxf -t DCP_TEST

I've tried to use -e and -n to adjust one mxf/reel but all other reel entry 
points are being affected in the cpl. I am using v0.19. Is this possible and am 
I doing it wrong?

Original comment by tombodid...@gmail.com on 14 Aug 2012 at 2:38

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it would be great..

Original comment by vinne...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2013 at 9:45

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yes this is very important, so we can have a distributor jingle playing before 
the movie. Thanks a lot

Original comment by antoineb...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2014 at 6:25

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Firstly Terrence thanks for a great piece of software - making the innards of 
DCPs intelligible and manipulable. I have the same issue with the command line 
version, as outlined:

1  OpenDCP_xml seems only to set variables based on the options attached to the 
LAST reel listed in a series, and attempts to apply durations to all. In my 
case yesterday, reel 5 of 6 was the shortest, reel 6 was the next shortest in 
frame count (-n), the app would duly checksum each reel, setting durations to 
the reel 6 value, exiting with an error on reel 5, which was too short. The 
coercions to a matching frame count obviously need to be applied on a 
reel-by-reel basis, not globally .
2  The global tag of the DCP seems to be set to the tag (-t) value entered last 
- in this case "Reel6".
3  There seems to be no ability to enter separate options for each mxf within a 
reel - for example, to vary the _j2c and _pcm entry points to adjust sync. 
Attempting to add a value to both mxfs resulted in the reel compiling with only 
the first element in the reel - MainPicture but no MainSound.

My solution to get the DCP to build was to set all -n values to the smallest, 
then manually edit the _cpl to include the correct values, and check the _pkl 
to make sure the byte count of the amended _cpl file had not changed. I feel an 
Applescript coming on... 

Original comment by m...@rpmpictures.co.nz on 17 Jun 2014 at 9:55