Freeware video to DVD converter!

DOWNLOAD http://www.dvdflick.net/

Publisher’s Description

Convert various PC video formats to a DVD that can be played on pretty much any standalone DVD player.

DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks, subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation.
DVD Flick is Open Source, meaning that anyone can download and view or modify the program’s source code. It also means that it is absolutely free of charge. Several external programs are used by DVD Flick to do the dirty work like encoding and combining of video material. All of these programs are free, some are Open Source too.
DVD Flick can read and use the following file formats out-of-the-box:
* AVI type 1 and 2 files (.avi)
* MPEG files (.mpg)
* MPEG audio files (.mp2\.mp3)
* MPEG-4 files (.mp4)
* Matroska files (.mkv\.mka)
* Vorbis files (.ogm\.ogg)
And any other format as long as the appropriate DirectShow filters are installed for it.
Features:
* Burn near any video file to DVD
* Support for over 45 file formats
* Support for over 60 video codecs
* Support for over 40 audio codecs
* Easily add a menu
* Add your own subtitles
* Easy to use interface
* Burn your project to disc after encoding
* Completely free without any adware, spyware or limitation
What’s New:
Version 1.3.0.7
* Added: buttonSubtitleMenuX and buttonAudioMenuX button types that jump to a title’s audio or button menu directly.
* Changed: Removed "High" encoding priority setting. It is not useful anyway (no speed gain, only chokes other processes).
* Changed: Updated FFmpeg to revision 19276.
* Changed: Updated ImgBurn to version 2.4.4.0.
* Changed: Removed "Enable menu" checkbox and replaced it by a "None" menu option.
* Fixed: Overflow error when loading large files.
* Fixed: Negative audio delays were not corrected.

Supported video codecs

All of the following video codecs are supported by DVD Flick. The ones highlighted in green are common video codecs.

4X Video
American Laser Games
Apple Animation
Apple Graphics

Apple MJPEG-B
Apple QuickDraw
Apple Video
Asus v1 and v2

ATI VCR1
ATI VCR2
Autodesk Animator Studio
AVID DNxHD

AVS Video
Bethsoft VID
C93 Video
CamStudio

Cin Video
Cinepak
Cirrus Logic AccuPak
Creative YUV

Duck TrueMotion v1, v2
DV
DXA Video
Flash Screen Video

FLIC video
Flash Video
Fraps FPS1
H.261

H.264
HuffYUV
IBM Ultimotion
Id Cinematic

Microsoft Video-1
Miro VideoXL
MJPEG
MPEG-1 and 2

MPEG-4 (DivX\XVid)
Id RoQ
Intel Indeo 3
Interplay Video

JPEG-LS
KMVC
LOCO
Lossless MJPEG

Microsoft RLE
MSMPEG4 v1, v2, v3
MSZH
On2 VP5, VP6

Planar RGB
QPEG
RealVideo
Renderware TXD

RTjpeg
Smacker Video
Sony Playstation MDEC
Sorenson Video 1, 3

Sunplus MJPEG
TechSmith Camtasia
THP
Tiertex Seq Video

VC1
VMD Video
VMware Video
Westwood VQA

Winnov WNV1
Windows Media **
Xan/WC3
ZMBV

MPL \ TrueHD
Motion Pixel Video
EA CMV \ TGV
EA XA

* RealVideo 3 or 4 support is not yet perfect
** Windows Media 9 is still experimental

Supported audio codecs

All of the following audio codecs are supported by DVD Flick. The ones highlighted in green are common audio codecs.

4X IMA ADPCM
AAC
AC3 \ E-AC3
AMR NB and WB

Apple lossless
Apple MACE 3, 6
ATRAC 3
CD-ROM XA ADPCM

Cin
Creative ADPCM
CRI ADX ADPCM
DSP Group TrueSpeech

DTS
Duck DK3,4 IMA ADPCM
DV
EA ADPCM

FLAC lossless
G.726 ADPCM
Id DPCM
Intel Music Coder

Interplay DPCM
Microsoft ADPCM
MPEG layer 1, 2, 3 (MP3)
MS IMA ADPCM

Musepack *
QT IMA ADPCM
RA144
RA288

RADnet
Real COOK **
Shorten lossless
Sierra Online DPCM

Smacker
SMJPEG IMA ADPCM
THP ADPCM
True Audio (TTA)

Vorbis
WavPack
Westwood Studios IMA ADPCM
Windows Media 1, 2

Xan DPCM
Nellymoser

* Only SV7 is supported
** 5.1 surround version is not supported

Supported container formats

All of the following container formats are supported by DVD Flick. The ones highlighted in green are common formats.

4xm
ADTS AAC audio
American Laser Games
ASF (WMV)

AVI
AVS
Bethsoft VID
C93

CIN
Creative VOC
CRYO APC
DV

DXA
EA Multimedia
FLIC format
SWF *

GXF
Id Cinematic
Id RoQ
Interplay MVE

Macromedia Flash
Matroska
MPEG audio
MPEG-1 systems

MPEG-2 PS, TS
MPEG-4
MXF
Nullsoft Video (NSV)

NUT
Playstation STR
QuickTime
Raw AC3

Raw CRI ADX audio
Raw MJPEG
Raw MPEG video
Raw MPEG4 video

Raw PCM **
Raw Shorten audio
Real Media
Sega FILM/CPK

SEQ
Sierra Online
Sierra VMD
Smacker

SUN AU format
THP
WAV
WC3 Movie

Westwood Studios VQA/AUD
TechnoTrend PVA
LMLM4
MVI

EA XA

* Only embedded audio is decoded
** 8\16 bits mulaw/alaw

Supported subtitle formats

MicroDVD
SubRip (SRT)

Substation Alpha (SSA\ASS) *
SubView

* Only text is read, no markup or colors

AviSynth

DVD Flick can also read AviSynth scripts, which allow you to do advanced postprocessing of images using a powerful scripting language. You will need to have AviSynth installed in order to use it’s functionality in DVD Flick. AviSynth’s homepage is at http://avisynth.org/.

FFMPEG

DVD Flick relies on the very powerful FFMPEG project to decode the many file formats and codecs it supports. FFMPEG is also used to provide audio and video encoding functionality in order to produce the final DVD.

FFMPEG’s homepage can be found at http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/.

Written by computerboom on July 3rd, 2009 with comments disabled.
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Ad-hoc wireless networks limited to 11mbps!

There are basically 2 types of wireless networks. Infrastructure and ad-hoc (also known as peer to peer). Infrastructure is when you have a wireless router and all computers “talk” with the router. Ad-hoc is when one computer talks directly to another.

I was fiddling with some wireless networks, and discovered that indeed the ad-hoc type of wireless networks have a maximum speed of 11 mbps!

from http://labs.pcw.co.uk/2005/03/adhoc-wireless.html

Ad-hoc wireless connections limited to 11mbps

Reader Ian Longdon has drawn our attention to a little-known limitation of ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) wireless networks, typically used between two or more notebooks with Wi-Fi adapters. The IEEE 802.11 standard specifies that performance in ad-hoc mode must achieve 11Mbits/sec, but no more, regardless of whether the adapter is 802.11b or 802.11g. There’s no requirement for manufacturers to exceed the 11Mbits/sec specification, and as Ian found with his D-Link cards, some don’t.

We asked D-Link and the Wi-Fi Alliance about this problem. D-Link replied:

"Unfortunately we only meet the standard and don’t exceed it. D-Link wireless products follow the IEEE 802.11 standards. The 802.11b and 802.11g standards specify that Ad-Hoc mode only needs to support up to 11Mbps. For best results, use an access point or wireless router and set your adapters to Infrastructure (station) mode."

The Wi-Fi Alliance told us that as the standard only specifies a maximum of 11Mbits/sec performance in ad-hoc mode, testing above this speed is not performed as part of the Wi-Fi certification procedure.

While it’s arguably unfair to criticise vendors for not exceeding a standard, they certainly don’t go out of their way to let users know about this. Some products do appear to connect at higher rates in ad-hoc mode, but it’s certainly not advertised and it’s very much a ’suck it and see’ process to find out. Netgear is one of the few companies with a public statement on the issue.

We’ll certainly be keeping an eye out in future when products come through the labs. Thanks again to Ian for informing us about this.

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