Comment by IMERSA.org on January 18, 2012 at 4:20am

All 6 sections of the Proposed Dome Master Show File Format are posted above as separate discussion threads.  Please comment by replying, or download Word Doc, add your comments, and re-attach to thread or email to ed@imersa.org with your name and affiliation.  Thank you for your comments!

Comment by Ed Lantz on February 4, 2012 at 1:43pm

Thanks so much for your comments, everyone!  I think this online forum is going to work for us.  Note that you can upload and share files in the discussion threads...

Comment by Ryan Wyatt on February 8, 2012 at 5:07pm

Yes! This is a great start. I hope we can encourage everybody to keep providing feedback as we move forward with these standards…

Comment by Ken Scott on February 8, 2012 at 6:35pm

Awesome forum guys.

When can we expect...

...a synopsis of progress/thoughts from Denver?  (I want video of Mark Peterson's rant!)

...a revised document?

Comment by Ed Lantz on February 18, 2012 at 8:21pm

Hi Ken.  Interestingly, we mostly discussed the standards process and areas where standards can make a difference rather than digging into the spec.  We're gathering feedback on the spec here that will be used to craft a new draft document in the April timeframe.

Comment by Ken Scott on February 18, 2012 at 8:41pm

Cool.  I'm really interested in seeing the more details in the metadata spec.  As a content producer, I want to ensure that what I produce can be read and processed by production equipment.

Comment by Ed Lantz on February 18, 2012 at 9:06pm

Exactly - that is the purpose of the metadata. What came up after Mark's talk was the fact that it is easier to deliver compressed files that are a few GB large than 500 GB+ dome masters.  However the producer has to format and compress these files to scores of different formats.  Mark said that they would not deliver dome masters for security reasons...

Comment by Ed Lantz on February 18, 2012 at 9:44pm

...however doing splitting and encoding for multi-projector theaters places a nearly impossible burden on show producers who would need access to proprietary codecs and theater parameters. The Dome Master is still the preferred format accepted by festival operators... I think they are a litmus test for any standards or specifications.

Comment by Ken Scott on February 18, 2012 at 9:54pm

Is there a trusted third-party service that can take any dome master and do the venue-specific formatting...?

Comment by Ed Lantz on February 18, 2012 at 10:33pm

not yet... a fulldome service bureau would be great. we get a lot of requests for film conversions too...

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