Training

DCA offers training for novice and experienced mastering personnel. A mixture of theory and hands-on training brings your staff up to speed to provide each student with the knowledge needed to use DCA products.

Because the educational needs of individual customers and mastering facilities vary, our training program is modular in design. We will even design custom courses for on-site training.

Training is available at facilities in Cushing, Oklahoma and in Aschaffenburg, Germany (near Frankfurt International Airport). Training personnel can also present these courses right at your facility. Courses offered by the Technical Training group include:

  • CD Theory
  • DVD Theory
  • Blu-ray Theory
  • Product Specific courses: Titan, Viper, EFM Decoder, Commander Scheduler, Genesys

Course Overviews

CD Theory

Class Length: 1.5 days

Audience: Premastering and mastering technicians, Production Managers

Topics covered:

  • Layout of compact disc, EFM Frame and physical sector
  • Subcode, especially Q-channel
  • Error Correction, Interleaving and Eight to Fourteen Modulation (EFM)
  • Orange Book Specifications
  • File System formats and playability issues associated with different formats

DVD Theory

Class Length: 1 day

Audience: Premastering and mastering technicians, Production Managers

Topics covered:

  • Comparison of CD and DVD specifications
  • DVD physical formats
  • DVD Sector format
  • Error Correction: Inner Parity and Outer Parity
  • Encryption

Blu-ray Theory

Class Length: 1 day

Audience: Premastering and mastering technicians, Production Managers

Topics covered:

  • Comparison of DVD and BD specifications
  • Blu-ray physical formats
  • Blu-ray Sector format
  • AACS, ROM Mark and BD+ working together
  • Tuning mastering for replication

Titan Mastering

Class Length: 2 days

Audience: Mastering technicians and Mastering Managers

Topics covered:

  • Overall Operation
  • Configuration and setup
  • LBR Files
  • Graphics Setup
  • Optional Modules

Viper Pre-Mastering (Transfer, Analysis, Verification)

Class Length: 2 days

Audience: Premastering and Quality Assurance technicians

Topics covered:

  • Verification (Comparison and Format Checking)
  • Transfer
  • Configuring Jobs
  • Blu-ray, DVD, CD and China HD Analysis

EFM Decoder

Class Length: 1 day

Audience: Mastering operators and Quality Assurance technicians

Topics covered:

  • Setting up the decoder
  • Interface with Titan or MIS formatters

Commander Scheduler

Class Length: 2 days

Audience: Plant Managers

Topics covered:

  • Setting up the Scheduler database
  • Adding and configuring equipment
  • Scheduling jobs automatically and manually
  • [Optional] ERP Integration

Genesys

Class Length: 3 days

Audience: Format research engineers

Topics covered:

  • Configuring format files in XML
  • Dealing with binary format files
  • Formatter setup and operation


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