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Complete Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New for The FilmMachine
10-01-2011: Released an update of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.3)
This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor running on Cygwin and because DVDAuthor released version 0.7.0 with a few nice features. You must at least have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
- Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.7.0 which also solves problems with cygwin.
- Now using the color and outline subtitle features of the new Spumux version 0.7.0.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
17-10-2010: Released an update of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.2)
This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor on Windows 7 and an updated HC Encoder. You must have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
10-01-2011: Released an update of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.3)
This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor running on Cygwin and because DVDAuthor released version 0.7.0 with a few nice features. You must at least have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
- Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.7.0 which also solves problems with cygwin.
- Now using the color and outline subtitle features of the new Spumux version 0.7.0.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
- Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.6.18 which also solves problems on Windows 7.
- Updated HC Encoder to version 0.25.
28-03-2009: Released a new stable version of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.1)
This version is released because the new TFM is taking me longer then I had planned and will take some time to finish.
- 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.
31-12-2008: Released a new stable version of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.)
- Fixed video encoding of an AVI with 23 fps in CCE SP2.
- Implemented the latest version of MediaInfo library (version 0.7.8).
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.
23-08-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.13)
- 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).
- Fixed a few other bugs.
31-07-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.12)
- 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.
22-06-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.11)
- Fixed a bug in encoding audio. Sometimes 6 channel audio would be fed as stereo which gave strange results.
29-05-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.10)
- Downgraded MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.4.5 because version 0.7.7.0 didn’t detect the audio delay.
20-05-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.9)
- 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.
30-12-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.7)
- 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.
09-08-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.6)
- 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.
- 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.
20-06-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.4)
- Fixed not finding the CCE window title which caused CCEFront to crash.
19-06-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.3)
- 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)
15-12-2006: Released release 1.5.4 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Added the BIG5 traditional Chinese to the selectable subtitle charactersets.
- Adjusted the size for DVD Shrinking a little bit.
- Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 3 November 2006 revision 494 by clsid.
- Updated the Haali MediaSplitter to the latest version.
- Updated the AC3 filter to version 1.11.
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.19.01).
25-10-2006: Released bugfix release 1.5.3 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Fixed a little bug that appeared sometimes for NTSC movies (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46277).
- Fixed a little bug that some movies with MP3 audio couldn’t be opened.
01-10-2006: Released bugfix release 1.5.2 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Fixed a “crackly” audio bug when audio source was MP3 VBR (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46246).
- Adjusted the bitrate calculation a little bit to get a smaller output for SVCD (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46249).
30-09-2006: Released bugfix release 1.5.1 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Fixed a little bug that appeared sometimes for PAL movies (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46244).
29-09-2006: Finally released version 1.5 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Updated the guide to the latest version. Thank to Joshua1964 for making the Dutch guide witch I translated to English.
- Adjusted the bitrate calculation a little bit to get a bigger output.
- Implemented beta support for Cinema Craft Encoder SP2 trial (I updated CCEFront, thanks to Tylo for sharing the sources)
- Implemented the new free AC3 encoder Aften.
- Rewrote the AVI to DVD conversion section in order to get audio in sync with TV-series.
- Audio Delay of AC3 audio is automatically detected and fixed.
- Added recovery function when something went wrong during conversion.
- Fixed the wrong showing of the dialog and conversion progress of AVI DV 1 type to AVI DV 2 type.
- Implemented the latest version of DGPulldown (version 1.0.8.b3) which support Implace Pulldown.
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.18)
- Implemented the latest version of QuEnc (version 0.71)
- Fixed the bug in the Avisynth Script File when the video was interlaced.
- Updated the MediaInfo library to version 0.7.3.0 special with AC3 delay property.
- Implemented the support for Vorbis audio.
- Now the audio Boost option is standard enabled when audio is AC3 else it is enabled.
- Added setting the Left/Right margins for selectable subtitles.
- Fixed the wrong time bug when merging the second subtitle and there are 2 subtitle parts.
- Fixed the problem that Pulldown was skipped on some movies when it shouldn’t.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
09-04-2006: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.5.0.18)
- 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.
12-02-2006: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.5.0.17)
- 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 occured some times.
- Fixed a bug in SVCD image creating when number of mpeg’s is greater than selected.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
27-11-2005 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 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.
25-12-2004: version 1.4
- Added latest Avisynth version (2.5.6 alpha)
- If no framerate conversion is selected then AC3 audio will only be fixed with BeSplit (no encoding with BeSweet)
- Added systeminfo to log file
- Now supports AVI with DTS audio (Only works when you have WinDVD with DTS support installed, like WinDVD 5.3 and up with Audio Booster Pack)
- Added option to use the QLB matrix in QuEnc
- Added latest QuEnc version 0.56 [ALPHA] (still buggy, use it at your own risk)
- 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.
- 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.
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.
22-09-2004: version 1.3
- Fixed subtitle bug when DecimalSign on computer is not a comma (,).
- Now waits 400 seconds (was 200 seconds) for second Cinema Craft Encoder encoding window
- Replaced TFMBurn with internal routines to burn DVD's (using NeroApi SDK and DelphiNeroApi)
- Implemented Canopus Procoder 2 as video encoder.
- Added the latest version of QuEnc(version 0.54).
- Replaced long filenames with short filenames for all DVDAuthor programs.
- Now supports Double Layer DVD-burners (added DVD-9 to the Cd-size listbox).
- Added latest version of Avisynth (version 2.5.5).
- Implemented Pal to Ntsc conversion.
- Added a first and last line in the subtitle file so the actual first and last subtitle are shown.
- Fixed a few bugs
15-08-2004: version 1.2
- Added creating of dvd-menu.
- Replaced ImgTool Burn with TFMBurn to burn DVD's (only works if you have Nero 6.3.1.4 or higher installed)
- Fixed (I hope) running The FilmMachine on P4 machines with Hyperthreading
- Now the minimum SVCD bitrate is 800 kbps (was 1200 kbps)
- Fixed merging of subtitles when more then 2 AVI-files where loaded
- Added latest version of QuEnc (version 0.53)
- Fixed audio conversion when AVI has 6 channels of audio, now it is encoded to 5.1 AC3 instead of 2.0 AC3.
- Fixed false frame counting when AVI > 2gb.
- Fixed video encoding of only the first AVI when multiple AVI's where loaded.
- Fixed creating of DVD-chapters (sometimes not enough chapters where calculated).
- Fixed deleting temporary files, now it works.
- Fixed occasional errors when saving Subtitle file.
- Fixed a few bugs.
27-06-2004: version 1.1
- Fixed counting of video frames when errors where removed from Avi-file with DivFix
- Now you can make a VCD with 48 khz audio
- Added the latest version of EclCCE (1.81)
- Added latest version of ImgTool Burn (1.1.5) and now supports only NeroApi 6.3
- Now you can choose a fontscript (ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2...) when you choose selectable subtitles
- Fixed error of not finding Cinema Craft Encoder window on some platforms
- Now waits 200 seconds (was 120 seconds) for second Cinema Craft Encoder encoding window
- Now the minimum SVCD bitrate is 1200 kbps (was 1500 kbps)
- Rewrote the whole Aspect Ratio part (thanks to Carlos Jorge)
- Added option to choose if you want to delete temporary files or not
- Added SwapUV option again
- Added the free video encoder Quenc 0.51, this has still some bugs in it
- Added the possibility to edit the Avisynth script as first step of the conversion process
- Added a new version of ac3enc.dll for BeSweet. Should solve some freezing problems on some DVD-players
- Fixed an error in the Sub --> Srt internal conversion routine, now the part after the first line is shown.
01-04-2004: version 1.0
- Replaced IfoEdit with DVDAuthor because of the extended possibilities and better control over the program
- Added latest version of BeSweet DLL (1.5b23)
- Added latest version of ImgTool Burn (1.1.3)
- Now using ImgTool Burn in commandline mode
- Added latest version of Avisynth (2.5.4)
- Fixed a bug with anamorphic encoding when choosing Avi --> DVD (does not work with Canopus Procoder)
- Implemented Avi file merging with VirtualDubMod (mux 2 or more Avi files together)
- Implemented EclCCE (1.8b) to run CCE (also trial versions)
- Now you can use versions 2.50, 2.66 and 2.67 of CCE and I also implemented Canopus Procoder (only 4:3 encoding)
- Implemented Subtitle merging (merge 2 or more subtitle files together, must be the same number of files as the Avi-files)
- Implemented selectable subtitles with DVD using SpuMux
- Added a few refreshments
01-11-2003: added guestbook to the site. Please leave your comments and suggestions.
01-11-2003: version 0.9.9.2 update
- Added latest version of ImgTool Burn (1.00.9)
- Fixed BeSweet failure when option AVI --> DVD with AVI audio samplerate of 44.1 khz
- Added option to shutdown Windows after conversion
- Fixed a few bugs
04-10-2003: version 0.9.9.1 update
- Fixed audio extraction problem with avi-files larger then 2gb (now VirtualDubMod is used for audio extraction of files > 2gb)
- Added option to disable PBC when creating (S)VCD images (for dvd-players which can't handle PBC)
28-08-2003: version 0.9.9
- Implemented experimental AVI to DVD conversion with AC3 audio and chapters using IfoEdit (just choose DVD as CD size)
- Implemented experimental DVD burning with ImgTool Burn (Nero must be installed to use this)
- Now it is possible to change the number of passes CCE encodes
- If file dropping in CCE does not work you can choose normal file opening
- Implemented SwapUV when the people in the encoded movie have blue faces (This is because there is a bug in the latest DivX codec)
- Fixed a few bugs
10-07-2003: version 0.9.8.1 update
- Fixed a bug that would skip Pulldown if AVI framerate was 23.9760 instead of 23,9760
06-07-2003: version 0.9.8
- Added latest version of Avisynth (2.5.2)
- Replaced VobSub with VSFilter.dll for working with AviSynth 2.5
- Added 90 and 99 minutes cd's to the calculator
- Fixed the help button, the help file is shows up now
- Removed BeSplit v0.9b4 by DSPguru to fix headers of extracted audio
- Implemented BeSweet DLL v1.5b18 by DSPguru
- Fixed a few bugs
28-05-2003: version 0.9.7
- No more DOS console windows, only the one that starts bbMPEG
- Replaced AVI2WAV by internal AVI audio extraction
- Added BeSplit v0.9b4 by DSPguru to fix headers of extracted audio
- Added latest version of BeSweet (v1.5b18) by DSPguru
05-05-2003: version 0.9.5
- First public release of The FilmMachine
This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor running on Cygwin and because DVDAuthor released version 0.7.0 with a few nice features. You must at least have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
- Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.7.0 which also solves problems with cygwin.
- Now using the color and outline subtitle features of the new Spumux version 0.7.0.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
17-10-2010: Released an update of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.2)
This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor on Windows 7 and an updated HC Encoder. You must have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
10-01-2011: Released an update of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.3)
This version is released because of problems with DVDAuthor running on Cygwin and because DVDAuthor released version 0.7.0 with a few nice features. You must at least have The FilmMachine version 1.6.1 installed on you computer.
- Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.7.0 which also solves problems with cygwin.
- Now using the color and outline subtitle features of the new Spumux version 0.7.0.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
- Updated DVDAuthor and Spumux to version 0.6.18 which also solves problems on Windows 7.
- Updated HC Encoder to version 0.25.
28-03-2009: Released a new stable version of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.1)
This version is released because the new TFM is taking me longer then I had planned and will take some time to finish.
- 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.
31-12-2008: Released a new stable version of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.)
- Fixed video encoding of an AVI with 23 fps in CCE SP2.
- Implemented the latest version of MediaInfo library (version 0.7.8).
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.
23-08-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.13)
- 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).
- Fixed a few other bugs.
31-07-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.12)
- 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.
22-06-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.11)
- Fixed a bug in encoding audio. Sometimes 6 channel audio would be fed as stereo which gave strange results.
29-05-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.10)
- Downgraded MediaInfo.dll to version 0.7.4.5 because version 0.7.7.0 didn’t detect the audio delay.
20-05-2008: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.9)
- 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.
30-12-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.7)
- 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.
09-08-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.6)
- 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.
- 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.
20-06-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.4)
- Fixed not finding the CCE window title which caused CCEFront to crash.
19-06-2007: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.6.0.3)
- 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)
15-12-2006: Released release 1.5.4 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Added the BIG5 traditional Chinese to the selectable subtitle charactersets.
- Adjusted the size for DVD Shrinking a little bit.
- Updated the ffdshow codec to compile date 3 November 2006 revision 494 by clsid.
- Updated the Haali MediaSplitter to the latest version.
- Updated the AC3 filter to version 1.11.
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.19.01).
25-10-2006: Released bugfix release 1.5.3 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Fixed a little bug that appeared sometimes for NTSC movies (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46277).
- Fixed a little bug that some movies with MP3 audio couldn’t be opened.
01-10-2006: Released bugfix release 1.5.2 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Fixed a “crackly” audio bug when audio source was MP3 VBR (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46246).
- Adjusted the bitrate calculation a little bit to get a smaller output for SVCD (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46249).
30-09-2006: Released bugfix release 1.5.1 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Fixed a little bug that appeared sometimes for PAL movies (it is discussed at http://forum.dvdrbase.info/showthread.php?t=46244).
29-09-2006: Finally released version 1.5 of The FilmMachine (Download now)
- Updated the guide to the latest version. Thank to Joshua1964 for making the Dutch guide witch I translated to English.
- Adjusted the bitrate calculation a little bit to get a bigger output.
- Implemented beta support for Cinema Craft Encoder SP2 trial (I updated CCEFront, thanks to Tylo for sharing the sources)
- Implemented the new free AC3 encoder Aften.
- Rewrote the AVI to DVD conversion section in order to get audio in sync with TV-series.
- Audio Delay of AC3 audio is automatically detected and fixed.
- Added recovery function when something went wrong during conversion.
- Fixed the wrong showing of the dialog and conversion progress of AVI DV 1 type to AVI DV 2 type.
- Implemented the latest version of DGPulldown (version 1.0.8.b3) which support Implace Pulldown.
- Implemented the latest version of HcEncoder (version 0.18)
- Implemented the latest version of QuEnc (version 0.71)
- Fixed the bug in the Avisynth Script File when the video was interlaced.
- Updated the MediaInfo library to version 0.7.3.0 special with AC3 delay property.
- Implemented the support for Vorbis audio.
- Now the audio Boost option is standard enabled when audio is AC3 else it is enabled.
- Added setting the Left/Right margins for selectable subtitles.
- Fixed the wrong time bug when merging the second subtitle and there are 2 subtitle parts.
- Fixed the problem that Pulldown was skipped on some movies when it shouldn’t.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
09-04-2006: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.5.0.18)
- 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.
12-02-2006: Released a new betaversion of The FilmMachine (version 1.5.0.17)
- 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 occured some times.
- Fixed a bug in SVCD image creating when number of mpeg’s is greater than selected.
- Fixed a few other bugs.
27-11-2005 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 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.
25-12-2004: version 1.4
- Added latest Avisynth version (2.5.6 alpha)
- If no framerate conversion is selected then AC3 audio will only be fixed with BeSplit (no encoding with BeSweet)
- Added systeminfo to log file
- Now supports AVI with DTS audio (Only works when you have WinDVD with DTS support installed, like WinDVD 5.3 and up with Audio Booster Pack)
- Added option to use the QLB matrix in QuEnc
- Added latest QuEnc version 0.56 [ALPHA] (still buggy, use it at your own risk)
- 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.
- 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.
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.
22-09-2004: version 1.3
- Fixed subtitle bug when DecimalSign on computer is not a comma (,).
- Now waits 400 seconds (was 200 seconds) for second Cinema Craft Encoder encoding window
- Replaced TFMBurn with internal routines to burn DVD's (using NeroApi SDK and DelphiNeroApi)
- Implemented Canopus Procoder 2 as video encoder.
- Added the latest version of QuEnc(version 0.54).
- Replaced long filenames with short filenames for all DVDAuthor programs.
- Now supports Double Layer DVD-burners (added DVD-9 to the Cd-size listbox).
- Added latest version of Avisynth (version 2.5.5).
- Implemented Pal to Ntsc conversion.
- Added a first and last line in the subtitle file so the actual first and last subtitle are shown.
- Fixed a few bugs
15-08-2004: version 1.2
- Added creating of dvd-menu.
- Replaced ImgTool Burn with TFMBurn to burn DVD's (only works if you have Nero 6.3.1.4 or higher installed)
- Fixed (I hope) running The FilmMachine on P4 machines with Hyperthreading
- Now the minimum SVCD bitrate is 800 kbps (was 1200 kbps)
- Fixed merging of subtitles when more then 2 AVI-files where loaded
- Added latest version of QuEnc (version 0.53)
- Fixed audio conversion when AVI has 6 channels of audio, now it is encoded to 5.1 AC3 instead of 2.0 AC3.
- Fixed false frame counting when AVI > 2gb.
- Fixed video encoding of only the first AVI when multiple AVI's where loaded.
- Fixed creating of DVD-chapters (sometimes not enough chapters where calculated).
- Fixed deleting temporary files, now it works.
- Fixed occasional errors when saving Subtitle file.
- Fixed a few bugs.
27-06-2004: version 1.1
- Fixed counting of video frames when errors where removed from Avi-file with DivFix
- Now you can make a VCD with 48 khz audio
- Added the latest version of EclCCE (1.81)
- Added latest version of ImgTool Burn (1.1.5) and now supports only NeroApi 6.3
- Now you can choose a fontscript (ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2...) when you choose selectable subtitles
- Fixed error of not finding Cinema Craft Encoder window on some platforms
- Now waits 200 seconds (was 120 seconds) for second Cinema Craft Encoder encoding window
- Now the minimum SVCD bitrate is 1200 kbps (was 1500 kbps)
- Rewrote the whole Aspect Ratio part (thanks to Carlos Jorge)
- Added option to choose if you want to delete temporary files or not
- Added SwapUV option again
- Added the free video encoder Quenc 0.51, this has still some bugs in it
- Added the possibility to edit the Avisynth script as first step of the conversion process
- Added a new version of ac3enc.dll for BeSweet. Should solve some freezing problems on some DVD-players
- Fixed an error in the Sub --> Srt internal conversion routine, now the part after the first line is shown.
01-04-2004: version 1.0
- Replaced IfoEdit with DVDAuthor because of the extended possibilities and better control over the program
- Added latest version of BeSweet DLL (1.5b23)
- Added latest version of ImgTool Burn (1.1.3)
- Now using ImgTool Burn in commandline mode
- Added latest version of Avisynth (2.5.4)
- Fixed a bug with anamorphic encoding when choosing Avi --> DVD (does not work with Canopus Procoder)
- Implemented Avi file merging with VirtualDubMod (mux 2 or more Avi files together)
- Implemented EclCCE (1.8b) to run CCE (also trial versions)
- Now you can use versions 2.50, 2.66 and 2.67 of CCE and I also implemented Canopus Procoder (only 4:3 encoding)
- Implemented Subtitle merging (merge 2 or more subtitle files together, must be the same number of files as the Avi-files)
- Implemented selectable subtitles with DVD using SpuMux
- Added a few refreshments
01-11-2003: added guestbook to the site. Please leave your comments and suggestions.
01-11-2003: version 0.9.9.2 update
- Added latest version of ImgTool Burn (1.00.9)
- Fixed BeSweet failure when option AVI --> DVD with AVI audio samplerate of 44.1 khz
- Added option to shutdown Windows after conversion
- Fixed a few bugs
04-10-2003: version 0.9.9.1 update
- Fixed audio extraction problem with avi-files larger then 2gb (now VirtualDubMod is used for audio extraction of files > 2gb)
- Added option to disable PBC when creating (S)VCD images (for dvd-players which can't handle PBC)
28-08-2003: version 0.9.9
- Implemented experimental AVI to DVD conversion with AC3 audio and chapters using IfoEdit (just choose DVD as CD size)
- Implemented experimental DVD burning with ImgTool Burn (Nero must be installed to use this)
- Now it is possible to change the number of passes CCE encodes
- If file dropping in CCE does not work you can choose normal file opening
- Implemented SwapUV when the people in the encoded movie have blue faces (This is because there is a bug in the latest DivX codec)
- Fixed a few bugs
10-07-2003: version 0.9.8.1 update
- Fixed a bug that would skip Pulldown if AVI framerate was 23.9760 instead of 23,9760
06-07-2003: version 0.9.8
- Added latest version of Avisynth (2.5.2)
- Replaced VobSub with VSFilter.dll for working with AviSynth 2.5
- Added 90 and 99 minutes cd's to the calculator
- Fixed the help button, the help file is shows up now
- Removed BeSplit v0.9b4 by DSPguru to fix headers of extracted audio
- Implemented BeSweet DLL v1.5b18 by DSPguru
- Fixed a few bugs
28-05-2003: version 0.9.7
- No more DOS console windows, only the one that starts bbMPEG
- Replaced AVI2WAV by internal AVI audio extraction
- Added BeSplit v0.9b4 by DSPguru to fix headers of extracted audio
- Added latest version of BeSweet (v1.5b18) by DSPguru
05-05-2003: version 0.9.5
- First public release of The FilmMachine