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