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Digital cinema packages replaced reels of prints

The DCP is a set of encrypted files rather than a physical film A digital cinema package holds the picture, sound and metadata as files on a hard drive, protected by encryption keys tied to a specific server and screening time. Distributors stopped making thousands of prints and shipped drives instead. Studios agreed a common technical specification in 2005 so equipment would work across cinemas. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The DCP is a set of encrypted files rather than a physical film. The figure is taken from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.