Dowload the latest beta version of The FilmMachine

[The_Mask]

Hi,

Here you can download the latest beta version of The FilmMachine:


Installation notes for version 1.6.0.14 beta:

You must have DirectX 9 installed on your computer because all audio is converted/extracted with DirectShow filters.

If you want to convert DV files you should install the Panasonic DV Codec.

I you have other questions first read the manual (made by Convertjosh from Film-Torrents.nl in Dutch but translated to English).


HISTORY:

At the moment I am rewriting the DVD Authoring feature but this takes a lot of time. I already created a Timeline (like in programs as Adobe and Ulead) where you can manually create chapters for the DVD menu. If you want to see a picture look here.

6 December 2008 version 1.6.0.14 beta
- Fixed GOP settings in CCE and Procoder to comply with the DVD Standard (thanks to fullEffect).
- Now standard the “Close all Gops” option is checked.

23 August 2008 version 1.6.0.13 beta
- Implemented a new build of DVDAuthor, Spumux and Mplex. Now cygwin dll’s are not needed anymore.
- Changed some commandline settings of Mplex, DVDAuthor and Spumux.
- MP3 decoder filter not needed anymore, now using ffdshow for MP3 decoding.
- Fixed the problem with opening MKV files.
- Audio delay is now rounded to the correct milliseconds.
- Implemented the latest version of Bass_fx.dll (version 2.4.1.0).
- Implemented the latest version of Bass.dll (version 2.4.1.1).
- Implemented the latest version of Avisynth (version 2.58 RC3).

31 July 2008 version 1.6.0.12 beta
- Enabled the manual typing of the output directory.
- Updated MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.7.5.
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.23)
- Fixed a few other bugs.

22 June 2008 version 1.6.0.11 beta
- Fixed a bug in encoding audio. Sometimes 6 channel audio would be fed as stereo which gave strange results.

29 May 2008 version 1.6.0.10 beta
- Downgraded MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.4.5 because version 0.7.7.0 didn’t detect the audio delay.

20 May 2008 version 1.6.0.9 beta
- Updated MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.7.0.
- Replaced BeSweet.dll with Bass.dll for audio editing/conversion.
- Removed conversion to (S)VCD.
- Implemented installation of RealAlternative 1.75 for RMVB support to the installer.
- Adjusted the calculated videobitrate so they will fit on the selected DVD5 or DVD9.
- Removed Nero burning and implemented ISO creation and burning with ImgBurn.
- Added support for 23 and 24 fps files.
- Added DTS Encoding with Surcode DVD Pro DTS (version 1.0.23 and up).
- Fixed a bug when audio extraction was executed with AC3 audio when the audiobitrate was higher than the maximum DVD AC3 audio bitrate of 448 kbps.
- Fixed a few other bugs.

30 December 2007 version 1.6.0.7 beta
- Fixed DVD burning with Nero when you have Nero 8 installed.
- Changed maximum average bitrate to 9800 minus the audiobitrate.
- Replaced the internal shrinking engine with Rejig (fixed a bug by doing so).
- Implemented support for Grass Valley (Canopus) Procoder 3.
- Implemented libaften.dll instead of aften.exe and updated it to the latest SVN release (thanks to Madshi).
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.22) with multiprocessor support.
- Now ISO filename is the same as the ISO title.
- Fixed bad sound when source movie has 3 or 4 channels.
- Enabled the 5.1 upmix feature for other audio sources also.
- Fixed speedup sound when 5.1 audio was converted to stereo.
- Fixed a bug mixing up subtitle framerates.
- Adjusted video bitrate calculation when DVD has 2 audio streams.
- Fixed the "ERR: SRC moves backwards" error in DvdAuthor. DvdAuthor now only gives a warning.
- Fixed a few other bugs.

9 August 2007 version 1.6.0.6 beta
- Fixed the high CPU usage bug on multicore systems (thanks to j_ gs).
- Fixed a bug when audiobitrate was set to default again when you changed it manually.
- New experimental UpMix 2.0 AC3 to 5.1 AC3 through AC3Filter.
- Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 01 July 2007 Beta 3 by clsid.

29 July 2007 version 1.6.0.5 beta
- Fixed the loud output when an AC3 source file was encoded through BeSweet and Aften.
- Implemented the Aften MMX version instead of the Aften SSE2 version.

20 June 2007 version 1.6.0.4 beta
- Fixed not finding the CCE window title which caused CCEFront to crash.

19 June 2007 version 1.6.0.3 beta
- Now you can choose between implace and normal Pulldown.
- Added “Don’t care” option on the Option form when it doesn’t matter if the movie is PAL or NTSC.
- Better Vista support.
- Fixed errors of cygwin on Windows Vista 64 bit.
- Fixed the format of chapters in the dvdauthor xml file so regional pc settings are ignored.
- Optional AC3Filter installation by The FilmMachine (a version of AC3Filter must be installed for TFM to work).
- AC3Filter settings before audio conversion are being restored with the old values.
- Added the GB2312 Simplified Chinese to the selectable subtitle charactersets.
- Updated Aften to version 0.0.7
- Updated MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.4.5.
- Updated DVDAuthor/Spumux to version 0.6.14.
- Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 22 March 2007 Beta 2a by clsid.
- Updated the Haali MediaSplitter to the latest version.
- Updated the AC3 filter to version 1.45b.
- Updated Avisynth to version 2.57.
- Implemented NeroCOM instead of the NeroAPI translation (easier for future versions of Nero).
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.21)
- Implemented the latest version of QuEnc (version 0.72)

15 February 2007 version 1.6.0.2 beta
- Implemented the latest version of DGPulldown (version 1.0.10) with a fix for Implace Pulldown.
- Now Aften AC3 encoding is done in 1-pass with BeSweet.
- Aften is set as the standard AC3 encoder.
- Updated the internal burning engine.

19 December 2006 version 1.6.0.1 beta
- Implemented Windows Vista support.
- Implemented an experimental function called Upmix to create 5.1 audio from stereo.
- Fixed compilation of CCEFront, now it shouldn’t be detected as a virus.

9 April 2006 version 1.5.0.18 beta
- Finally fixed the large consumption of memory by TFM (Virtual Memory problem).
- Updated the splashscreen with the new supported formats.
- Fixed framerate conversion NTSC to PAL where the framerate is 29.97 (Only works for mono/stereo audio).
- Added full screen preview (right-click on preview).
- Added support for RMVB and HD-MOV.
- Fixed a bug with MP4 conversions other apps had installed a different DirectShow filter.
- Updated the MediaInfo library to version 0.7.1.2.
- Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 3 April 2006
- Fixed a bug in subtitle conversion when framerate of the source movie is 29.97.
- Forgot to add Resample Audio.avs and the decomb filter in the last release, is fixed now.
- Added the Haali Media Splitter and the RealMedia Splitter to the installation package.
- Fixed a few other bugs.

2 February 2006 version 1.5.0.17 beta- Created a new logo for TFM.
- Implemented better Mono audio handling through ffdshow filters.
- Fixed a bug with dual AC3 audio and BeSweet.
- Implemented the latest version of HCEncoder (version 0.17)
- Changed the Interlaced option to avisynth Deinterlace filters instead of encoder settings.
- Disabled the CCE DVD bitrate setting to 9800 kbps for working with other programs after TFM.
- Fixed a audio sync bug when creating SVCD with framerateconversion from 25 fps to 29.97 fps.
- Now also for permanent subtitles you can set the encoding type of the font.
- Removed support for Canopus Procoder 1 and 1.5 because the non-commandline support and failures.
- Redesigned the subtitle page.
- Implemented manual bitrate setting for SVCD and DVD.
- Support for burning a DVD with the Nero API is back again.
- Implemented a better memory manager.
- Now you can also see selectable subtitles in the preview.
- Enabled audio for the preview.
- Implemented better subtitle reading/writing. Now TFM can handle *.srt, *.sub, *.ssa and *.txt sub files.
- When source AVI has DTS audio and no framerateconversion is set the final DVD has DTS audio.
- Fixed the hanging of BeSweet with MP3 audio that occurred some times.
- Fixed a bug in SVCD image creating when number of mpeg’s is greater than selected.
- Fixed a few other bugs.

27 November 2005 version 1.5.0.16 beta
- Implemented the latest MediaInfo library.
- Now you can choose Close Gops when you encode with Procoder.
- Audio encoding with BeSweet is now implemented in the main application form.
- Implemented a total progress bar to show the progress of the total conversion.
- Implemented the latest version of HCEncoder (version 0.16).
- Implemented the latest version of Avisynth (version 2.56a).
- Fixed the audio channel mix-up when using SoftEncode.
- Added an info box about character sets so that you can see which subtitle language is supported in the different character sets.
- Implemented the possibility to correct an audio delay when converting to DVD.
- For audio extraction Besplit has replaced with ffdshow, so now AC3 fixing and encoding (under certain conditions) is done in 1 pass using DirectX.
- Now permanent subtitles are muxed into the borders of the video stream.
- Fixed a few other bugs.


30 October 2005 version 1.5.0.15 beta
- Some variables where set wrong and led to incomplete conversions (thanks to cbc for pointing that out to me)
- Now you can set the option Close All Gops for CCE on the Options page.
- Fixed the high CPU usage of TFM while Video Encoding.

29 October 2005 version 1.5.0.14 beta
- Now you can choose between BeSweet or Sonic Foundry Soft Encode (commercial not included) for AC3 encoding (option page).
- Implemented the support of dual audio Avi's (Audiostream 1 must have the same properties as Audiostream 2).
- Made multiplexing Audio and Video with MPlex a lot more stable.
- Implemented alignment settings for subtitles (right, left and center).
- Now you can choose to create only the video (mpv) and audio (ac3) streams when you want to author your DVD yourself with another program.
- Better MP3 audio conversion.
- Now supports all MP4 files.
- Fixed a few other bugs.


25 September 2005 version 1.5.0.13 beta
- Disabled the DVDAuthor feature for the time being.
- Implemented the latest version of CCEFront.
- You can check Interlaced when your video is interlaced.
- Properties of permanent subs will now be saved.
- Now supports both the old and new AC3Filter.
- MP3 audio is now directly feeded to BeSweet, so you don't need a MP3 decoder filter.
- Now supports MP4 files.
- If no framerate conversion is selected then AC3 audio will only be fixed with BeSplit (no encoding with BeSweet).
- Disabled making a DVD ISO image when you don't want to burn a DVD but you can enable it.
- Replaced Pulldown with DGPulldown 1.03, this also makes PAL --> NTSC easier and better.
- Fixed a few other bugs.


1 August 2005 version 1.5.0.11 beta
- Made some changes to the log files so that it will comply to the Forum rules (no more AVI file names are visible).
- Fixed a bug in selecting DVD recorder when there where more than 2 CD/DVD drives are installed on the clients computer.

30 Juli 2005 version 1.5.0.10 beta
- Implemented an internal DVD Shrinker which transcodes to a DVD-5 when the result is too big.
- Changed the bitrate calculation of (S)VCD a little bit so that if you choose 1 cd the result will be 1 cd and not 2.
- Hopefully fixed the bug with upsampling 44.1 khz audio file to 48 khz.
- On the options form you can set your standard TV system, so this will always be set.
- Enabled manually setting of subtitle positions.
- Standard the exit checkbox is checked.
- Now you can also choose different font colors for selectable subtitles.
- Added support for HCEncoder 0.15 beta from Hank315.
- Improved the audio conversion with DirectShow (hopefully no more pin connection problems).
- Replaced NERO burning with internal burning procedures, so NERO is not needed anymore.
- Added creating of a DVD image with MkiSofs after authoring the DVD. This needs another extra 5 or 9 gb of diskspace (depends on the DVD size you selected).
- Added the Roba 1-pass possibility with CCE (4-pass quality in just 1-pass). So now you can convert a good quality movie in less then 2 hours.
- Now using CCEFront from Tylo as frontend for CCE.
- Included new versions of QuEnc (version 0.61), Avisynth (version 2.56 beta2) and BeSweet (version 1.5 beta 29 special edition, which fixes the wrong channel order).
- You can disable the warning when the final DVD is smaller then 3.5 GB on the Options Form.
- Hopefully fixed the locking of BeSweet when Audio Sampling Rate was 44100, Audiotype was MP3 and the output was DVD.
- Fixed a few other bugs.

6 June 2005 version 1.5.0.9 beta
- Implemented a check that gives a warning when the final DVD is smaller then 3.5 GB. Then you can choose to burn the DVD or not.
- Hopefully fixed the locking of BeSweet when Audio Sampling Rate was 44100, Audiotype was MP3 and the output was DVD.
- Implemented a combobox to select the burn speed when burning DVD.
- Now it is possible to let CCE do a maximum of 15 passes.
- Fixed a few bugs.


15 April 2005 version 1.5.0.7 beta
- Added the possibility to add a second subtitle (only with selectable subtitles) on a DVD.
- Added preview window.


3 April 2005 version 1.5.0.6 beta
- Fixed missing Chapters bug in second part of the movie.
- Fixed the wrong timing with *.sub subtitles.
- Fixed the wrong audio channel order when using AC3 files and BeSweet.
- Besplit will no longer be used for AC3 fixing.
- If audio source is DTS then output will be stereo (because of bug in BeSweet).
- Changed from Hkey_Local_Machine to Hkey_Current_User for saving settings (for compatibility reasons)
- Now Avi-information is gathered using DirectX 9 (fixes the bug with large files)
- Added latest version of DVDAuthor/Spumux (version 0.6.11)
- Added option to choose Spumux with or without Anti-Aliasing.


24 Februari 2005 version 1.5.0.5 beta
- Fixed the bug with opening the DVD menu window.


23 Februari 2005 version 1.5.0.4 beta
- Fixed persistant bug with BeSplit only working with audio of the first avi.

22 Februari 2005 version 1.5.0.3 beta
- Fixed the bug with BeSplit only working with audio of the first avi.
- Fixed a few other bugs.

17 Februari 2005 version 1.5.0.2 beta
- Implemented Chinese BIG5 characterset for selectable subs.
- If no framerate conversion and no stereo output are selected then AC3 audio will only be fixed with BeSplit (no encoding with BeSweet)
- Hopefully fixed the wrong AVI numbering error (Implemented another control)
- Implemented Cinema Craft Encoder 2.70 support.
- VirtualDubMod is not needed anymore for adding AVI's together. It is now fully implemented in TFM.
- Now TFM doesn't try to find the windows of CCE, it just waits untill it is finished encoding. Also no progress of CCE visible in TFM.

9 Februari 2005 version 1.5.0.1 beta
- Hopefully fixed the CCE not finding second encoding window bug.
- Now supports DV type 1 and DV type 2 files. Type 1 is converted to Type 2 for compatibility reasons. You have to have the Panasonic DV decoder installed.
- For AVI with DTS conversion, WinDVD is not needed anymore. It is done using AC3Filter which is in the installation package.
- Fixed a bug with subtitle synchronisation when making NTSC DVD with selectable subs and source was 23.970 (Thanks to Jako Bergson)
- Added Audio Boost function and you can select Stereo output mode instead of the normal 5.1 output.
- Now Audio Extraction is done with the use of DirectShow Filters (so you have to have DirectX 9 installed) and feeded directly to BeSweet without saving it to file first.
- Changed maximum bitrate for DVD so that the output dvd files should fit on a DVD.
- Included a new build of Spumux (based on the 0.6.11 alpha version) which supports Anti-Aliasing of subtitles and Korean and Hebrew subtitles.

28 November 2004 version 1.4.0.2 beta
- Disabled automatic changing of "Booktype" by NeroApi.
- Now works with Nero version 6.6 and higher.
- Updated the automatic Aspect Ratio selection.
- Now "Don't burn DVD" is checked and disabled when Nero is not installed or you don't have a supported version.


12 October 2004 version 1.4.0.1 beta
- Now when created DVD with selectable Subs the Subtitles are automatically enabled when played.
- Fixed the Pentium 4 HyperThreading problem.
- Now you have to click the "Create DVD menu" button to create a menu, if not there is no menu.
- Fixed showing black subtitles when selecting permanent subtitles.
- Fixed a few bugs.

[VIPER_1069]

hey cool thanks THEMASK keep up the good work mate


to all those with ideas such as menus or no menus etc you got your wish thanks for your valuable feedback

[kawasabi]

yes thnx for these (fast) fixes!
will test the new version.

[ChickenMan]

Well done mate, keep up the good work.

[roadworker]

Great work,dude...THX!!!

[m-r-x]

thanks... for fast fixes

[Koligkaj]

is ther somwher i can split in the menu, i thik if i have 2 avi and i the menu i want to chose all or one of them, if it is a serie i am conveting

[The_Mask]

The menu creation is still in early development, many things will be added in a later stadium.

[thailand]

Does not work her...

Pc locks up after these update.

Better find solutions for the BIG BUGGS in the program

[The_Mask]

Which big bugs?

[ad100]

Which big bugs?

Just ignore him mate. There are no big bugs in it (I have used beta 1.4.0.1 alot this last week). Most likely the problems are with his source AVI.

Keep up the great work you are doing. Adding the ability to use the RoBa plugin and having batch mode would be helpful, but even without them, this program still rocks!

[VIPER_1069]

hey AD100 long time no see mate nice to see ya floating about mate


@thailand can you post screen grabs of where you are having problems there are hundreds of satisfied users out there that have little or no bother at all with TFM

you could be having problems with video or audio codecs to decode the avi's my advice would be to use GSPOT codec information tool and check which codecs it requires for decoding the avi

altho THE FILM MACHINE is pretty straight forward you still need the correct codecs installed as with DVD2SVCD or other conversion tool

[thailand]

I use this beta version for 3 weeks now and it works PERFECT..
Keep up the good work.
The best AVI to DVD program..

Greetz

[glenn-computer]

I have a STUPID question to ask...when you (download) install a new version from the filmmachine,is it important?that you uninstalled the previous version, or will that proggram be overwritten when you installed that new version...i have to now..cause maybe it's stupid to do the same thing al over again...thanx en keep up the good work! glenneke van belgie...

[roadworker]

Usually,you have to extract the contents of the update to the Filmmachine program files folder and overwrite the existing files....