CinemaForge 2.6

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Popularity:
#6 in Video Editing & Production (out of 392 products)
Editor's Rating:
4.0 stars
Average User Rating:
3.5 stars (out of 193 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
1,264,013
Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server
Limitations:
No limitations
Date Added:
January 02, 2008
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Publisher's description of CinemaForge 2.6

From StageGold:

CinemaForge is a video player, video converter, and download/upload utility. The player supports (FLV) and (H264) video formats like (MP4). The converter supports Ipod (MP4), Flash (SWF), Flash (FLV), Motion Pictures Group (MPEG), Audio Video Interleaved (AVI), Window Media Video (WMV), Real Video (RM), QuickTime (MOV), Advanced Streaming Format (ASF), and JPEG (thumbnails). Easy to use Video downloading from popular video sites. The application has support for deinterlace, duration, cropping, automatic thumbnails. StageGold.com uploading.

Version 2.6 added an flv/mp4 video player; quick register form for uploading; fixed multiple issues from user feedback requests.

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Editor's review of CinemaForge 2.6

4.0 stars
"Build your media in CinemaForge"

This combination video-conversion and creation tool boasts good speed and a nice set of features. CinemaForge's polished interface is both handsome and rather simple to understand.

As a video converter, the application supports all expected formats, including SWF, WMV, AVI, and MOV. You also can choose to accompany any video with audio files of your choice rather than the original sound. When you click the digital-camera icon next to the File Input box, you'll be able to browse your computer for still images to compile a video file. If you choose to perform this action, you can apply a few transition effects, determine the image interval, and add your own music files.

Although CinemaForge was quick to generate a slide-show video, the audio came out sounding much muddier than the original file did, even when we upped the bit rate. Elsewhere, the program lets you tweak certain aspects of your new video, including frame rate and quality. You also can choose to crop videos, apply a deinterlacing filter, and upload videos to the Web (if you have a CinemaForge account).

We should note the program can't be uninstalled by traditional means; instead, you have to click the question-mark icon on the main interface. In spite of the aforementioned quirks, CinemaForge is overall a solid piece of software.

User reviews of CinemaForge 2.6

Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 193 votes
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1 stars

Version: CinemaForge 2.6

"Waste of time: Annoying and worthless"

by Gorgonzilla on July 21, 2008

Pros: It has an intuitive skin

Cons: 1) Every time you start cinemaforge it tries to connect to the internet
2) If you deny access to internet the program crashes
3) It could not convert a flv file. Just said "view report" and the report said: "Unsupported codec (id=0) for input stream #0.1." Obviously - although the program has internet access - it is not able to look for the codecs it needs.

Summary: null

Updated on Jul 21, 2008
On top of it: When I uninstalled the program a message box "Unable to uninstal completely" appeared.

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1 stars

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: CinemaForge 2.6

"They lied."

by BrianZachary on January 30, 2008

Cons: I downloaded this specifically to convert a .swf (shockwave) file to another format but when I tried it, it said .swf is an unknown format. Doesn't it say right up there in both the publisher's decription and the editor's review that .swf files are supported? Or am I just seeing things?

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4 stars

Version: CinemaForge 2.6

"Works great"

by vmrules on March 24, 2008

Pros: It easily converted files from my camcorder to pc, to mac. Very versatile and easy especially for free.

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2 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: CinemaForge 2.6

"has potential, but extremely buggy"

by kiloscott on January 26, 2008

Pros: Pretty fast, all things considered

Cons: I'm trying to convert mp4 to avi, which this software says it can do. HOWEVER, there is no sound unless you strip out the original audio stream as an mp3 and then re-mux it. This means three passes where a decent converter would use one. Bitrate and resolution adjustments are meaningless. Help file is useless. May work better in other format conversions. But, hey, it's French and it's Free. It's Free French Merde!

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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Version: CinemaForge 2.6

"Best youtube downloader ever"

by angel08091986 on January 25, 2008

Pros: easy to use, straightforward with beautiful design that other youtube downloaders lack
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Cons: the whole category of youtube downloaders is unneeded now, the best tool to download from youtube is IDM.

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