The FilmMachine is a useful and reliable all in one AVI to DVD/(S)VCD conversion utility.
Everything is included in The FilmMachine package, you only need Cinema Craft Encoder SP 2.5, 2.66, 2.67 or Canopus Procoder for encoding the video. Because these are commercial programs they are not included. You must install the video encoder prior to starting The FilmMachine.
Features:
Easy to use, wizard-like user friendly interface
Simple AVI, MP4, HD-MOV, RMVB, MKV to (S)VCD & DVD conversion
Preview of the output
Full information about video file
Automatic splitting of the movie
Automatic muxing of files
Automatic bitrate calculation or manual bitrate setting
NTSC to PAL conversion
PAL to NTSC conversion
Aspect ratio selection
Audio downsampling and bitrate selection
The possibility to edit the Avisynth script as first step of the conversion process
Permanent and selectable (only DVD) multiple subtitles support
Automatic merging of subtitle files
Automatic chapter and menu (only DVD) creation
Detailed logging
A ready to use bincue CD image is created after conversion for (S)VCD
Recovery function when something went wrong
Immediate burning of DVD when doing AVI to DVD conversion
Automatic program shutdown
Tested on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista Ultimate 32
What's New in version 1.6.1:
Implemented support for Surcode DVD DTS encoder version 1.0.29.
Implemented support for 1x, 2x and 2,4x burning of DVD’s to be compatible with most dvd-players.
Implemented the “Luminance Gain” feature for HCEncoder.
Implemented the “Close All Gops” feature for HCEncoder.
FreewareFiles tested The FilmMachine 1.6.2 on 2009-05-02 using leading
antivirus scanners and found it 100% Clean. It does not contain any form
of malware, spyware, viruses, trojans, etc. We will re-test each updated
version and remove the award as well as the program if found infected.
User Reviews
"You gotta be kidding"
Reviewer: -jack alexander
Review Date: 2009-03-29
Average Rating (7 Votes ) 3.00
Pros: None
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: 25+ mb?! DVDFlick does the same thing and is a lot smaller. This thing has to be bloated to the max. Lots of room for malware to be hidden (that this site obviously has found yet).