On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Karim 'Kasi Mir' Senoucci <lists@tvetc.de> wrote:
he just was under the impression that the four packages contained one movie, rather than four self-contained episodes/short-films. That's why he was raising concerns, because that would be a rather unusual way to package a feature-length film, making problems at the transitional points where a seamless projection can't be guaranteed.

I might have misinterpreted your end goal, but just to clarify - packing a full feature film in multiple reels won't be unusual :)
That is actually how most feature films are created today. I have seen only a few single reel Hollywood titles (e.g. the digitally remastered 'Top Gun').

A standard Hollywood DCP is still created from digital 'reels' at roughly 20min each (+-5min).
The transitional points isn't an issue even though the reel head and tail are overlapping and are handled by the <EntryPoint> and <Duration> tags in the CPL.

Check out this thread for info on multiple reels in DCP's: http://dcinemaforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=182.0
The user at the end of the thread made a script for splitting into reels.

Putting 4 shortfilms into 1 DCP by using the multiple reel feature is of course possible... but from my perspective, that would only be smart if the 4 episodes/shorts were supposed to be shown back 2 back and never separate.

Sorry if I've misunderstood your meaning! :)

Best regards, Jonathan