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How do Interop and SMPTE DCPs differ in practice, and what do libdcp's verifier (used by DCP-o-matic) and ClairMeta check?

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libdcp's verifier (891facc8) has a BV21_ERROR level for Bv2.1 'shall' violations, flags Interop DCPs (INVALID_STANDARD, Bv2.1 s.6.1) and mixed standards, warns above 52 and errors above 79 characters per subtitle line, errors above 32 characters per closed-caption line and above 3 lines, and checks JPEG 2000 code-block size of 32; ClairMeta (b3b66a02) settings use 250 Mb/s for DCI, 500 for HFR and 400 for DVI, with a comment noting asdcplib's 400 Mb/s HFR threshold.

libdcp's verifier (891facc8) has a BV21_ERROR level for Bv2.1 'shall' violations, flags Interop DCPs (INVALID_STANDARD, Bv2.1 s.6.1) and mixed standards, warns above 52 and errors above 79 characters per subtitle line, errors above 32 characters per closed-caption line and above 3 lines, and checks JPEG 2000 code-block size of 32; ClairMeta (b3b66a02) settings use 250 Mb/s for DCI, 500 for HFR and 400 for DVI, with a comment noting asdcplib's 400 Mb/s HFR threshold. Curator qualifications: ClairMeta check count (~130) and README feature list (E4, E5) not reinspected; DCP-o-matic verify job location (E7) not reinspected. The 52/79 thresholds are libdcp choices tied to Bv2.1 by its authors; the RDD 52 text was not read here (see CA-B?? ST 428-10 vs RDD 52 finding in earlier batches). Static reading; no DCP verified. Limitations: Static reading; no DCP verified. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/ClairMeta/ClairMeta/tree/b3b66a024174976ffbde4b6dfff2b599e84e4757",
      "note": "libdcp src/verify.h lines 73, 158, 200-201; src/verify.cc lines 1230, 1753, 1774, 2053-2061, 2136-2138; clairmeta/settings.py lines 88-96"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/cth103/libdcp/blob/891facc8ce17cd767948ac5c2eb629bca5288f64/src/verify.cc",
      "note": "libdcp src/verify.h lines 73, 158, 200-201; src/verify.cc lines 1230, 1753, 1774, 2053-2061, 2136-2138; clairmeta/settings.py lines 88-96"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/cth103/dcpomatic/tree/920fb9b04461eb28558407dd76611a751942e4ba",
      "note": "libdcp src/verify.h lines 73, 158, 200-201; src/verify.cc lines 1230, 1753, 1774, 2053-2061, 2136-2138; clairmeta/settings.py lines 88-96"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] libdcp's verifier (891facc8) has a BV21_ERROR level for Bv2.1 'shall' violations, flags Interop DCPs (INVALID_STANDARD, Bv2.1 s.6.1) and mixed standards, warns above 52 and errors above 79 characters per subtitle line, errors above 32 characters per closed-caption line and above 3 lines, and checks JPEG 2000 code-block size of 32; ClairMeta (b3b66a02) settings use 250 Mb/s for DCI, 500 for HFR and 400 for DVI, with a comment noting asdcplib's 400 Mb/s HFR threshold. · locator: libdcp src/verify.h lines 73, 158, 200-201; src/verify.cc lines 1230, 1753, 1774, 2053-2061, 2136-2138; clairmeta/settings.py lines 88-96 source

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