Have you been searching for an easy way to convert your 8mm, Super 8, or 16mm home movies so you can share and watch them on an HDTV, computer, tablet or smartphone? Have you tried pointing a video camera at a screen while you projected your movies? Admit it. We've all done it. And the results? Um... not so good. Have you thought about sending your reels of film off to one of those conversion services, but the cost, and thought of possibly losing them in the mail, stopped you? Have you scoured the internet, pouring over all the DIY telecine projects only to give up because of the technical skill required? After all your research, you've come to the conclusion there just isn't a low cost, simple way to get great looking conversions of your movies into todays modern video formats... Until now!

Combining the capabilities of the freeware video processing utility Avisynth, and simple mathematics, Cine X-TractorCL (command line) will allow you to achieve the results of a dedicated telecine machine using the simple method of projecting your movies with a slightly modified projector and capturing the screen with almost any consumer camcorder, HD included! There is no need to sync the camera to the projector or computer. No complicated micro or optical switches that most DIY telecine systems use. Cine X-TractorCL simply grabs the good frames it needs from the camcorder video file and outputs progressive, flicker free video. No firewire or HDMI interface needed!

Download the free Cine X-TractorCL software using the link on the left and begin converting your 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm movies into todays modern video formats.