Digital Cinema Initiatives

ABOUT DCI

Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) was created in March 2002, and is a joint venture of Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros. Studios. DCI's primary purpose is to establish and document voluntary specifications for an open architecture for digital cinema that ensures a uniform and high level of technical performance, reliability and quality control.

DCI Releases High Dynamic Range D-Cinema Addendum, Version 1.2.1
Approved for Distribution February 28, 2024
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, Member Representative Committee

 

Changes to the HDR Addendum can be summarized as follows:

  • Fix D65 hex values specified for Subtitle essence

 
See the DCI Specification page for updated document links.

 

DCI Releases DCI Specification, DCSS Version 1.4.4
Approved for Distribution on January 3, 2024
Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, Member Representative Committee

 

DCSS Changelog since 1.4.3

  • Permit playback of CPLs after the signing certificate has expired
  • Relax ingest and storage capacity requirements

 

The DCSS 1.4.4 is available as an online HTML edition and as a PDF file. The PDF version contains pagination and includes page numbers whereas the HTML version does not. The PDF version is considered the definitive instance of the Digital Cinema System Specification, Version 1.4.4.

There is also a redline version that compares DCSS 1.4.4 to DCSS 1.4.3, showing additions and deletions. The redline is available in an online HTML or PDF edition. Future DCSS revisions will modify the DCSS Version 1.4.4.

See the DCI Specification page of the DCI web site for further information.

 

DCI Releases CTP VERSION 1.4b

 

CTP Version 1.4b
Summary of changes since CTP Version 1.4a

This release is intended to be substantially identical to release 1.4

  • Rename track file and change duration of A.2.293. HDR Dark Gray Scale
  • Rename track file and change duration of A.2.292. SDR Dark Gray Scale
  • Fix incorrect "SPEAKING" OBAE expectations
  • Rename track file at A.2.251. SDR Stereoscopic Contrast Test Patterns
  • Rename track file at A.2.254. 4K SDR Scaling Test Pattern
  • Table 11.1: add Test Start Date and fix row numbering
  • Bump to DCI common HTML tooling

 

Pursuant to DCI's Compliance Test Plan Change Policy Statement, CTP 1.4 went into effect, on Saturday December 02, 2023 – 120 days after CTP 1.4 was approved for distribution.

CTP VERSION 1.4b is a "stage 1" revision to CTP Version 1.4 and replaces it immediately.

CTP Version 1.4b is available both as an online HTML edition and as a PDF file. The PDF version contains pagination and includes page numbers whereas the HTML version does not. The HTML version is considered the definitive instance of the CTP. There is a redline version that compares CTP 1.4b to CTP 1.4a, showing additions and deletions. The redline is available in an online HTML edition.

See the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) page for CTP version 1.4a and 1.3.3


 

Jim Whittlesey

DIGITAL CINEMA INITIATIVES, LLC, ANNOUNCES PURDUE SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF JIM WHITTLESEY

Hollywood, California - February 18, 2017 - Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, (DCI) announced today that it has created a scholarship fund at Purdue University in memory of Jim Whittlesey (1953-2017). Jim received his BSEE from Purdue University in 1981.

Jim was known and beloved throughout the entertainment industry as a d-cinema pioneer and ambassador. DCI is forever grateful to Jim for his invaluable contributions to its organization and to the digital cinema community.

Jim worked for DCI from 2003 to 2005 during the initial development of the DCI System Specification, becoming its Director of Technology. He returned to consult for DCI in late 2014 until his untimely passing in January 2017.

The DCI scholarship donation of $12,000 will aid students in electrical engineering and computer science. DCI invites you to honor Jim's legacy by making contributions to the Jim Whittlesey Scholarship Fund at: connect.purdue.edu/InMemoryofJimWhittlesey.

About Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC

Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, (DCI) was created in March 2002, and is a joint venture of Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros. The primary purpose of DCI is to establish and document specifications for an open architecture for digital cinema that ensures a uniform and high level of technical performance, reliability and quality. See www.dcimovies.com for more information.

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