Licensing#

Demo Mode Restrictions#

In demo mode,

  • Full-resolution playback is limited to 15 seconds. Afterwards, the quality is reduced and audio is muted.

  • Issues found while loading the DCP are not disclosed

  • Playback of encrypted DCPs and ingesting KDMs or easyDCP Digest files is locked

  • The export module is locked

  • All tests of the validation module will not disclose their true result or any issues they might have identified

License Activation and Certification#

Download easyDCP Player+ at www.easydcp.com.

Offline workflow#

After installing and starting easyDCP Player+ the following dialog appears:

Player

Click “Demo / Offline Mode” to start a free version of easyDCP Player which is subjected to the demo mode restrictions listed in chapter 4.1. After startup has finished, open the options dialog, select “Activation Status” and press.

“Request License & Certificate”. Fill in the licensee’s name, the URL that shall be stated in the custom server certificates and a password that is used to protect access to the certificates. If the computer is connected to the Internet, click the “submit” button. The default web-browser will open www.easydcp.com, where further instructions will guide you through the purchase process.

After the purchase, a link to the zip file with the License & Certificate will be available for download within your user account at www.easydcp.com. The zip file can be dragged & dropped into easyDCP Player+ installation to unlock it.

The procedure is also described in a screen cast at www.easydcp.com. Please be aware that this workflow only works with permanent licenses. For subscriptions you have to follow Online workflow.

Online Workflow#

Purchase one of the available subscription plans at www.easydcp.com. After the purchase, a license and the necessary certificate for easyDCP Player+ is linked to your easyDCP account.

Player

Install and start easyDCP Player+ and fill in the username and password you’ve used for your easyDCP account. After clicking “Login”, easyDCP Player+ will automatically download the linked license and certificate from www.easydcp.com and activate your instance.

The “Device Name” field is prefilled with the name of the machine you use easyDCP Player on. You can change the name freely. The name will be send to easyDCP.com and is used for convenient device identification only.

Please be aware that a permanent internet connection is required. As soon as easyDCP Player+ detects a connection loss, the graphical user interface will be locked until the internet connection has re-established.

With the online licensing workflow it’s possible to run easyDCP Player+ on different systems with the same license. Please be aware that multiple subscriptions are necessary to run easyDCP Player+ instances at the same time on different machines.

Please be aware that for each computer a server certificate will be generated. Example: If you login on system 1 and afterwards on system 2, there will be two server certificates linked to your easyDCP account.

Application Data and Settings#

easyDCP Player+ automatically creates an application data folder. It contains the settings file as well as a folder where the server certificates are stored, a repository for KDM and easyDCP Digest files and a repository for color transform files.

The folder is located at

<User Application Data>/Fraunhofer IIS/easyDCP Player+/

Additionally, all easyDCP applications share a folder with additional files such as color space descriptions. It is located at

<User Application Data>/Fraunhofer IIS/easyDCP Shared/

The user application data folder on Windows is in

C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/

A shortcut is to just enter %APPDATA% into the address bar.

On Mac OS X, the user application data folder is at

\Users\<username>\Library\Application Support\

Software Update#

Please make sure you leave the automatic check-for-updates enabled, so that you get informed immediately when new versions are available for download.

Multiple versions of easyDCP Player+ can be installed side-by-side, so there is no need to uninstall the old version before installing a new one.

A new license file is only required for major updates, e.g. version 3.6 to version 3.7, and can be purchased at www.easydcp.com. Point releases do not require a new license, e.g. 3.7.0 to 3.7.1.

The update procedure is as followst

Point Release (only the last version number changes, e.g. 3.7.0 to 3.7.1)

  1. Log into your account at www.easydcp.com

  2. Download the new installer file and install it

3. Offline licensing workflow: The new easyDCP Player+ version will automatically detect your existing license file and is good to go.

4. Online licensing workflow: easyDCP Player+ will automatically download the necessary license and certificate information from www.easyDCP.com as described in 4.2.1. There is nothing else you have to do.

Major Release (first or second version number changes, e.g. 3.6.x to 3.7.x)

Offline licensing workflow

1. Log into your account at www.easydcp.com and purchase the license for the new version. The installer is then available for download. Download and install it.

2. Open the new easyDCP Player+ version and proceed with the steps described in 4.2.1

a. If you have already used easyDCP Player+ before, you likely already have personalized server certificates. easyDCP Player+ will prompt you for the password. If the password can be verified, the new version of easyDCP Player+ will continue to use your existing server certificates and only request a new license file (the next step will prompt for a server certificate URL and password anyway, but the inputs are ignored then).

Online licensing workflow

If you have a valid subscription plan the installer of the new version can be downloaded at www.easydcp.com. All further steps are described in 4.2.2.

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