Stop finding out a DCP is broken at the screening.
Your inspectors are film programmers, not package engineers. DCP Gateway adds a local pre-check that catches broken XML references, missing files, size mismatches, and failed hashes before a title reaches your projection booth.
The cost isn't the DCP. It's the night it fails.
Festival technical teams are small, and the people checking packages are usually programmers or projectionists with another job to do. Confirming that a package is complete, internally referenced, and uncorrupted takes time. The browser checker automates that first structural pass while leaving essence playback and full conformance review to the appropriate tools and projection team.
Time back for your team
Start with an automated package-structure and file-integrity check instead of manually inventorying every DCP folder.
No surprises at showtime
Missing, truncated, or corrupt assets can be returned to the filmmaker before projection testing begins.
Cheaper than staff inspection
A season costs a fraction of the technical staff time it takes to inspect DCPs by hand, and it does not compete with your programmers for their hours.
Drop it in front of the portal you already use.
Filmmaker submits
Filmmakers upload through your existing submission portal, same as today.
DCP Gateway checks
The filmmaker runs the local browser check. It parses ASSETMAP, PKL, and CPL XML, checks referenced files and sizes, and can verify SHA-1 hashes. Nothing is uploaded.
Pass or fail report
Your team gets a plain-English package pre-check result per title. Any structural or integrity errors can be routed back to the filmmaker.
You screen with confidence
Every DCP that reaches your booth has cleared the package pre-check; projection testing and full conformance review remain separate.
A 130-film season is about 33 hours of technical inspection.
We handle the structural pass and check packages against your own spec sheet, and we stay reachable through your intake window. Tell us how many films you program. We will put a number in front of you.
Package Check
the local package check, no account needed
Festival Season
per submission season, by number of films you program
The check is the easy part. The season is the service.
Your spec sheet, not a generic standard
Send us what you already hand filmmakers. We check submitted packages against your festival's stated requirements, so a pass means ready for your booth rather than ready in general.
Accessibility checks
Caption line length and descriptor presence, and declared accessibility tracks that turn out to be empty. Part of the paid engagement, checked with a human in the loop.
Support through intake
Email and phone support for your team, through the intake window, from the people who built the checks.