StaxRip 1.1.2 beta [Archive] - Page 4

dvd_maniac

10th March 2006, 20:06

Hi Again,

I am posting the preview of the audio to see if anybody here can tell me why I'm getting the error of the audio_output.mp4 file "does not exist"

PC that works:
"C:\Documents and Settings\dvd_maniac\My Documents\StaxRip_0.9.3.2\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\NewFolder\TheUnit-FirstResponders T01 DELAY 0ms.mpa" -output "C:\NewFolder\TheUnit-FirstResponders T01 DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mp4" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -2ch -vbr_streaming -codecquality_high -aacprofile_he )

PC that doesn't work:
"C:\StaxRip_Hotfix\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\NewFolder\TheUnit-FirstResponders T01 DELAY 0ms.mpa" -output "C:\NewFolder\TheUnit-FirstResponders T01 DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mp4" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -2ch -vbr_streaming -codecquality_high -aacprofile_he )

stax76

10th March 2006, 22:25

@dvd_maniac

Maybe you have a incompatible Nero version on one of your both PCs, StaxRip copies 4 Nero DLLs to the BeSweet dir so use the same BeSweet files on both PCs. So far I thought all DLLs would work. If the source for BeSweet is identical (your mp2/mpa file) and the files in the BeSweet dir (the DLLs and EXE file) are identical then output must be identical as well if there is no CPU incompatibility in case both PCs have different CPUs. Again, I don't know there are any incompatibilities. If different BeSweet files (from Nero) was the problem please make a backup of the BeSweet DLLs and EXE files (the entire directory) that don't work and send me the files that don't work per email as file attachment or tell me the last write dates of that BeSweet/Nero files so I can add a verification to prevent other users from your problem.

dvd_maniac

10th March 2006, 23:56

Hi Stax,

I have Nero 7 on two PC's and Nero 6 on another.

Nero 6 PC is fine. One of the Nero 7's is fine. The other Nero 7 is the problem.

But Nero 7 has been installed since the beginning and it used to work fine. No changes to hardware or software since. Like I stated originally, I was in the middle of a batch of files. The first one finished successfully and the second file is when it started giving me trouble.
The files are recorded from same source using identical TV tuners. I have tried the same files on the different PCs. They work on the two everytime and fail on the one PC everytime. I tried to copy the Apllications folder from the other two PCs and overwrite it on the problem PC. Same issue. Same DLL's and it still doesn't work.

This is on my Domain controller that is setup perfectly besides this. I normally wouldn't bother with so much troubleshooting and just format/reinstall but I can't in this case.

I tried deleting everything Staxrip related, maybe something got screwed up and I have to deleted it?
I am at a loss here...:(

Moat

11th March 2006, 03:22

Stax,
I think I got it. In the line:
Dim m As Match = Regex.Match(content, "FINISHED +(\d\d)\.")

It will not catch: FINISHED 100.00% FILM correctly.

This should get both:
Dim m As Match = Regex.Match(content, "FINISHED +(\d{1,3})\.")

-Moat

Gargantula

11th March 2006, 04:19

The source filter has to return a valid script, maybe it works using the script below as source filter, you should however not edit the source filter after opening a source file.

Also remember StaxRip is about doing things the easy way. You are doing something complicated, maybe other tools are more suitable.

I guess so, changing the last part didn't work. The whole video is encoded instead. I am trying to use VirtualDub Mod by itself, but I can see now why you made a program to make it easy! Complicated stuff just to get videos encoded correctly! Thanks to interlacing that is! Boo interlacing, with progressive I wouldn't be having these problems.

stax76

11th March 2006, 09:53

@dvd_maniac

What about executing the command line manually with the command prompt? Did you try that? You don't have to type everything, just copy and paste and hit enter.

@Moat

Thanks, expecting two digits was stupid of course.

Gehenna

11th March 2006, 10:16

@dvd_maniac

I started getting problems with AAC encoding using Nero 7.0 also,in the end it was down to a BSN error (Error 84: error configuring BSN!).

My install of Nero7 is fully legit, i could queue up 5 jobs,and it would fail to encode on the 3rd or something,no matter if i used StaxRip or CMD besweet= same error.

In the end,i used dimzon`s bse_Nero7WA.dll as opposed to BSN,and all has been fine to date.

Its almost like their is a counter involved,it lets you encode x number of jobs (nero dll`s) ,then quits working,i found this out after restoring my registry to a previous backup taken earlier in the day (b4 encoding) then when i tried with BSN it worked fine for x number of jobs,then failed again.

The nero website has some registry cleaning tools,which may fix the problem for a certain time,but frankly the dimzon approach works flawlessly for me (its easy to create profile in Staxrip to use dimzon`s DLL).

stax76

11th March 2006, 14:15

0.9.9.0 (2006-03-11)

new: Go To dialog in preview splitted in two different diaogs, one frame based and one time based.
new: The script used to show infos in the preview can be customized in the advanced options.
new: The actions available in the customizable menus are now called commands and are avaiable at the command line.
new: Preview has a new menu item to copy the frame number of the current position to the clipboard. It is useful to create zones in the codec configuration e.g. to encode the credits at a high quantizer. The new commands and macros used for this menu item are indroduced below.
new: Option for the threshold at which force film is used.
new: Forced shutdown modes.
new: MP3 enabled for MP4 container.
new command : 'Show Message Box' with title, message and icon parameter, available globally.
new command: 'Copy To Clipboard', available globally.
new command: 'Perform Auto Crop', available in the main window and from the command line.
new command: 'Perform Smart Crop', available in the main window and from the command line.
new macro: '%pos_frame%' returns the current position of the preview in frames, available globally.
fix: Applying IVTC filters and cutting caused audio being not synced.
fix: BeSweet AAC problem using Nero 7 because of missing MFC71.dll which is now always copied to the BeSweet dir.
fix: Changed all AAC audio profiles to use the dimzon plugin to workaround problems with Nero 7.
fix: 100% film sources wasn't detected as such.
change: Renamed 'Post Processing Mode' to back to 'Batch Mode' and tested, improved and fixed this mode.
change: x264 version updated.
change: Preparer to demux AVI supports now multiple input files.

@Gehenna

Thanks for sharing your observations, after reading all related threads I've changed all profiles using your method and hope it works better.

mod

11th March 2006, 14:21

Reaaally a nice work :)

SeeMoreDigital

11th March 2006, 14:25

Thanks Stax...

Being a newbie to StaxRip, may I ask if we can install new versions "over-the-top" of previous versions?

EDIT: Problem over.... I see how it works now :)

MP3 audio in MP4 works very well indeed...

Cheers

Nrmf

11th March 2006, 14:56

am i missing something here ...several files say password protected ...never seen this before with staxrip

Nrmf

11th March 2006, 15:00

got it ...sorry

stax76

11th March 2006, 15:43

Being a newbie to StaxRip, may I ask if we can install new versions "over-the-top" of previous versions?

Either this way or you can define in the settings the location of the settings, download and install directories. Then nothing is saved within the startup direcory and thus you can replace the entire directory. I have my download and install directory outside of my startup directory where all my software is, my settings directory is within my startup directory so every location has their own settings which is useful for me for testing purpose. The trick used to make this work is most paths in the settings can be absolute or relative to the startup directory. If relative paths are possible for a certain setting is documented.

Gargantula

11th March 2006, 23:45

What's Batch Mode for?

mulrich

12th March 2006, 01:28

Hey stax,

I'm getting the same problem as dvd_maniac, and I'm using v0.9.9.0 and I have Nero 7. It simply gives me a "File doesn't exist: L:\{path}\{filename}.aac" (replace path and filename with a real path and filename). What could be wrong?

~Cheers,
mulrich

dvd_maniac

12th March 2006, 06:29

fixed it for me...

stax76

12th March 2006, 10:09

What's Batch Mode for?

Did you read the context help?

I'm getting the same problem as dvd_maniac, and I'm using v0.9.9.0 and I have Nero 7. It simply gives me a "File doesn't exist: L:\{path}\{filename}.aac" (replace path and filename with a real path and filename). What could be wrong?

Did previous versions work better? Did you try what I had ask dvd_maniac to do?

pablak

14th March 2006, 21:45

change: Preparer to demux AVI supports now multiple input files

Hi

An error occured when I tried load multiple AVI.
"VirtualDub Error: Cannot append segment "...": The audio streams have different sampling rates."
After "OK" StaxRip is preparing video stream correctly (I think - in previev looks OK) but there is no audio source.

Only AVI with the same format (audio and sound) are supported, as in VirtualDub?

nickolasemp

15th March 2006, 17:30

Hello Stax.

When I try to input .ts streams from my satellite program everything crashes in dgindex... Staxrip then crashes as well and I have to open Task manager for it to close. When I use autogk none of these happens, the procedure goes on no matter what.

anne_so78

15th March 2006, 22:22

Hi,
I'm new to StaxRip. Seems to be a great program. However, I was wondering why Coding Technologies aacPlus v2 encoder is not supported, as it was significantly better than Nero's implementation of HE-AAC (especially at bitrates around 32) last time I checked - http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=752994#post752994
Not certain if that review is still relevant after three months. Anyways do you have any plans to include the new (or old) CT encoder?

stax76

15th March 2006, 23:59

@pablak

Did you try to load the files manually?

@nickolasemp

I'll need much more details.

@anne_so78

I don't have the time to add a second AAC encoder so unless someody joins StaxRip development your only chance is trying to configure StaxRip to use another encoder. If you can't figure out how to do it you might find this (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=107847&highlight=staxrip) thread helpful.

defaulk9

16th March 2006, 19:03

Is it possible for StaxRip to get its own forum? Like maybe on Doom9 like GordianKnot has etc., or maybe its own forum site.

For one thing, it can be hard to navigate through 39 pages of support for this. And to be comprehensive, you have to check the thread you have for StaxRip on DigitalDigest as well.

I'm new to StaxRip, only recently checking it out, but it looks really good. And I'd love to see support for it break out of this little thread.

laserfan

16th March 2006, 19:03

My perfect season of 1920x1080i Boston Legal captures was marred last week when the local affiliate broke-in to the broadcast with 2 three-minute segments (out of 44min) where they switched to SD and zoomed-out to a corner of the image, while showing "Vote 2006" on the left and candidate counts on the bottom. After grinding my teeth over this for a while, it occurred to me that maybe I could crop-the-crap, but what about the original 16:9 AR? Sure enough, avisynth has an AddBorders feature so I decided to try it.

I decided I had to leave the half-sec "zoom-out" effect alone, but once the image was fixed in the corner I was able to crop it, add borders to restore the proper AR, and then encode. Upon re-joining the results were wonderful to watch compared to what it'd have been like with those election results plastered over the screen. Made two XviD versions as I usually do, an SD and a 720HD, man they are terrific--not even any audio glitches at the transitions.

If it weren't for the 1/2 second zoom effects, the result would be Great but instead it is only Wonderful! Stax I suppose there are other tools to achieve this same result, but none as easy and graceful as yours I think!

:thanks:

ppet

17th March 2006, 14:58

Hi, everyone!
I need a help - I use Stax rip, and everything is fine, but in my final mp4 file audio is about 4 sec. before video stream. How can mux audio + video with desire delay? I have .264 (and mp4) file and compresed audio (mp4)!
Please help me!

LRN

17th March 2006, 16:54

When you use "Add files" dialog, make sure you NOT add 0st file. IE:
VTS_02_0
VTS_02_1
VTS_02_2
etc.
You should add VTS_02_1, VTS_02_2, etc, but NOT VTS_02_0, because VTS_02_0 is very small vob file with video but without audio (this causes delay).

ppet

17th March 2006, 17:59

CvH

17th March 2006, 18:18

hi , i want to encode an HDTV (1080i) Stream (*.ts) to x264 (source *.ts is 11gb)

my problem is that the splitter (think its projectX) stops at 4,5gb (4.625.303.260 bytes) -> i can only encode the first 45mins :/

is there any solution? (ok i could cut the source ts in 3 parts but that wont help me much cause the cutting tools i tried always stops at 4,5gb :) )

LRN

17th March 2006, 19:39

ppet , dunno :-/
You could apply delay to audio, but you should do this in audio encoder. If you try to mux already encoded audio, applying delay in muxer, you'll fail to do this.

LRN

17th March 2006, 19:40

CvH , this is known limitation of many applications (can't handle files > 4.5 gb). Ask developers of tha application (projectx?), not stax

pablak

17th March 2006, 20:27

@pablak
Did you try to load the files manually?

Manually?

When I load one Avi file audio is demuxed but not loaded in project as source file for audio. This audio I'm loading manually.

When I open more than one Avi at once then is no demuxed audio, even from first avi.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

CvH

18th March 2006, 00:38

CvH , this is known limitation of many applications (can't handle files > 4.5 gb)

ok :)

i have now split the files with HDTVtoMPEG2 into handy pices (150mb), but i noticed that after demuxing it in staxrip that the demuxed stream is only 22mb and if i play it, it seems that only the Iframes and "several" b/p frames are in the stream , looks pretty strange (the 150mb parts play well and without errors, tested all combinations that are possible in h2m2 , same results)

after looking in the log
ok> PID 0x11 has PES-ID 0xE0 (MPEG Video) (1128 #7)
--> PID 0x0 (PAT) (12220 #66) -> ignored
--> PID 0x10 (PMT) (12408 #67) -> ignored
ok> PID 0x14 has PES-ID 0xBD (private stream 1) (12596 #68)
ok> PID 0x15 has PES-ID 0xBD (private stream 1) (14288 #77)
-> video basics: 1920*1080 @ 29.97fps @ 0.7031 (16:9) @ 38810400bps, vbvBuffer 597
-> starting export of video data @ GOP# 0
!> dropping useless B-Frames @ GOP# 0 / new Timecode 00:00:00.000
!> dropping GOP# 3 @ orig.PTS 12:14:42.975 (3967467800)
-> Pics exp/cnt 30/30, inGOP PTS diff. 50ms, new Timecode 00:00:02.969
!> dropping GOP# 4 @ orig.PTS 12:14:44.043 (3967563896)
-> Pics exp/cnt 30/30, inGOP PTS diff. 183ms, new Timecode 00:00:02.969
!> dropping GOP# 5 @ orig.PTS 12:14:45.261 (3967673506)
........ long log .....

no more ideas :/

*edit*
agk demuxed it fine , encoding also

stax76

18th March 2006, 14:10

i have now split the files with HDTVtoMPEG2 into handy pices (150mb), but i noticed that after demuxing it in staxrip that the demuxed stream is only 22mb and if i play it, it seems that only the Iframes and "several" b/p frames are in the stream , looks pretty strange (the 150mb parts play well and without errors, tested all combinations that are possible in h2m2 , same results)

That sounds like DGIndex chokes on your HDTVtoMPEG2 created files, I might not be able to help you with such problems. Advanced users might find the options found under 'Preperation' helpful, if you can't work with such things you might be out of luck.

@pablak

With manually I mean open VirtualDubMod, open the first AVI file and then append the second AVI file, does that work?

@ppet

I don't have your files and thus can't reproduce your problem so you have to try to find a way to narrow the problem down yourself until you find the reason. Simply try different things like try other DVD's to see if it happens always or only with a certain DVD. You can try doing it manually or with other AviSynth based applications like AutoGK, if that succeeds than StaxRip might have a bug and we might be able to find that bug.

ppet

18th March 2006, 15:32

@ppet

I don't have your files and thus can't reproduce your problem so you have to try to find a way to narrow the problem down yourself until you find the reason. Simply try different things like try other DVD's to see if it happens always or only with a certain DVD. You can try doing it manually or with other AviSynth based applications like AutoGK, if that succeeds than StaxRip might have a bug and we might be able to find that bug.

Hiq Stax!
The problem is with a certain DVD - "LADY_AND_THE_TRAMP". I will try to demux with another aplication - PgcDemux_1205.
:thanks:

laserfan

18th March 2006, 18:28

..i noticed that after demuxing it in staxrip that the demuxed stream is only 22mb and if i play it, it seems that only the Iframes and "several" b/p frames are in the stream , looks pretty strange (the 150mb parts play well...
I have seen this too; it seems to happen if the source file is "very small".

If you figure-out the problem by all means post back!

Nrmf

19th March 2006, 00:01

well i have reloaded win xp pro 64 and loaded staxrip for fun....now it seems to wrk..in the past it wouldnt as soon as i get a good qaulity .avi file i will post my results.

thanks stax

stax76

19th March 2006, 01:04

@Nrmf

It works because I added a compiler switch (pointed out by Richard Berg) forcing it to be executed as 32 bit application.

@ppet

Maybe a DVD Decrypter bug, please read here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=106091).

Nrmf

19th March 2006, 04:22

nice....can you throttle up some fps's then hitting about 65fps using latest divx and balanced setting. and what does your next release and time frame look like looking forward to running it

stax76

19th March 2006, 09:50

nice....can you throttle up some fps's then hitting about 65fps using latest divx and balanced setting.

Please elaborate.

and what does your next release and time frame look like looking forward to running it

I wanted to add automatic deinterlacing but it turned out to be too problematic. I don't have plans for anything other than support which includes small improvements but exludes big changes so likely there won't be anything exiting anytime soon unless somebody joins the development effort which is unlikely as well because I require a high standard.

Nrmf

19th March 2006, 15:01

well didnt know if there was anything you could do so that we could gian more fps....making the conversion times faster....i know its just a dream i have. second de-interlacing shouldnt be a big deal i found that using the option in divx codec does a real nice job. while i have you here is it possible to update the applications in staxrip or should i wait for your releases.

stax76

19th March 2006, 16:18

well didnt know if there was anything you could do so that we could gian more fps....making the conversion times faster....

It's a matter of the used settings, the default settings should be reasonable.

is it possible to update the applications in staxrip or should i wait for your releases.

It's possible but you should only do it if you got a reason. You'll see a warning which you have to read very carefully. Furthemore it would be helpful if you share your experience with us.

pablak

19th March 2006, 19:53

@pablak
With manually I mean open VirtualDubMod, open the first AVI file and then append the second AVI file, does that work?

Not work - the warnings/errors are the same.

I thought that StaxRip can load AVIs with different parameters of video or audio streams.

If he can't, so I do this in hard way. (join avis and recompress them)

stax76

19th March 2006, 22:44

Not work - the warnings/errors are the same.

I thought that StaxRip can load AVIs with different parameters of video or audio streams.

If you can't join the files manually with VirtualDubMod then StaxRip can't it either because StaxRip uses VirtualDubMod to process the files.

Nrmf

20th March 2006, 04:01

added dgindex beta 5 to stax rip under avisynth plugins and have viewed file with no audio and the qaulity is nice...have to put it on a pc with speakers to see if audio syncs up.

juhu

20th March 2006, 13:30

Hi there. I think I found a funny bug (0.9.9) :

I made some tries on a vhs transfered via dvd-recorder, so I wasn't sure about de-interlacing.
I selected a short section on preview mode and I used IVTC. worked ok, but still some scanlines. So I choosed Deinterlace instead to compare... and the encoding began with the first frame of the vob, not the selected section ! :eek:
To be sure I didn't fuck up parameters, I reselected IVTC...and the encoding began at the selected frame...
fast deinterlace & no deinterlace also began with the first frame of the vob , not the selected part...

I don't think it's directly related to IVTC but something more like these preview parameters only apply to your first choice.
weird...

stax76

20th March 2006, 13:48

I made some tries on a vhs transfered via dvd-recorder, so I wasn't sure about de-interlacing.
I selected a short section on preview mode and I used IVTC. worked ok, but still some scanlines. So I choosed Deinterlace instead to compare... and the encoding began with the first frame of the vob, not the selected section !
To be sure I didn't fuck up parameters, I reselected IVTC...and the encoding began at the selected frame...
fast deinterlace & no deinterlace also began with the first frame of the vob , not the selected part...

I don't think it's directly related to IVTC but something more like these preview parameters only apply to your first choice.
weird...

Keep in mind that the cut points are frame numbers, first you add your filters that change the frame rate and frame count, then you cut and after that you can't change filters that change the frame rate and frame count. If you try to do that your cut points are wrong and that's what happened here I think.

juhu

20th March 2006, 13:56

Keep in mind that the cut points are frame numbers, first you add your filters that change the frame rate and frame count, then you cut and after that you can't change filters that change the frame rate and frame count. If you try to do that your cut points are wrong and that's what happened here I think.

ok..but may the preview mode should use some "absolute" frame numbers (as the exact same frames are still used before filtering), so it would be independant from filters. It's a bit strange to have to delete & reselect cut points each time we want to use different filters on a partial file...

stax76

20th March 2006, 14:09

ok..but may the preview mode should use some "absolute" frame numbers (as the exact same frames are still used before filtering), so it would be independant from filters. It's a bit strange to have to delete & reselect cut points each time we want to use different filters on a partial file...

It uses absolute frame numbers of course, the preview is here to preview the entire script so from a technical point of view I'm not sure if there is a solution. Well, I could try to insert the cut filter directly after the source filter which might solve this issue.

juhu

20th March 2006, 14:13

Well, I could try to insert the cut filter directly after the source filter which might solve this issue.

I'd like too :o
thanks in advance if you go for it in next versions...

stax76

20th March 2006, 15:59

@juhu

I thought about it and came to the conclusion there is no easy solution because like I said already the preview is for displaying the entire script and it's a big difference modifying framerate and frame count there. Your bitrate calculations rely also on the frame count and likely other things as well so you should add your IVTC filters before doing anything else.

Nrmf

21st March 2006, 03:17

lates dgindex does not work...evertything is 29.97 and everything has and audo sync problem...gonna pop in new mobo do freshg install and reload stax

nickolasemp

21st March 2006, 10:30

@stax

Sorry for atking so long to answer. DGIndex says "Cannot find audio or video data. Check your PIDs"... Autogk does not do that.
I record my .ts files with altdvb if it helps.

stax76

21st March 2006, 10:49

Sorry for atking so long to answer. DGIndex says "Cannot find audio or video data. Check your PIDs"... Autogk does not do that.
I record my .ts files with altdvb if it helps.

AutoGK might inspect the pids using MediaInfo, you can easiliy find it out by looking at the command line AutoGK used to invoke DGIndex, use the application 'Process Explorer' to see the command line. I don't remember your last post, why isn't your file processed by ProjectX? This is the default in StaxRip and much better than the AutoGK way.

nickolasemp

21st March 2006, 11:15

In Staxrip's log it says:
---------- Preparing ----------
Extract audio from MPEG-2 using ProjectX
---------- Preparing ----------
Extract audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex

and then it stops.

I just tried to change the directory of the external apllication of dgindex to be the one that autogk uses. Everything goes fine... But when I switch to the one Staxrip wants me to download and use, everything stops... Perhaps a bug?

By the way, I downloaded Process Explorer and it doesn't say whether autogk uses mediaInfo or not.

stax76

21st March 2006, 11:56

@nickolasemp

Did you try to understand how source file preparation and the underlying tools work? With the information I get from you it's tough to diagnose something. Do you know what ProjectX and DGIndex are supposed to output and did you verify the output is OK?

nickolasemp

21st March 2006, 12:08

Let's see -correct me if I'm wrong-:

Both ProjectX and DGIndex check the file you input and prepare it for further processing. ProjectX outputs the audio file seperately and DGIndex outputs the d2v file.

Now, in my computer, projectX doesn't output the audio file but DGIndex does index the input file. I don't know what's wrong. Forgive me if I'm being tiresome... This problem never occurs when my files are mpg(from Progdvb), only ts files do that.
Java is enabled for ProjectX...

I dont know why staxrip doesn't use ProjectX or maybe it does... I showed you staxrip's log.

stax76

21st March 2006, 12:54

@nickolasemp

Did you read the help under Options/Preperation? There are two help buttons, the one within the preparation tab explains the preparation tab. If you select the ProjectX preparer which is a generic command line comparer you can click 'Edit' which opens the 'Command Line Preparer' dialog to configure the selected command line preparer, you find another help button there. I've uploaded a hotfix which saves the log file after every preparer completes containing more information about the preparation.

http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip

---------- Preparing ----------

Preparer: Extract audio from MPEG-2 using ProjectX
Command line: "C:\Programme\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\java.exe" -jar "D:\Software\AV\StaxRip Anwendungen\ProjectX\ProjectX.jar" "E:\Video\Samples\Teranova\Terranova.ts"
Start time: 12:47:18
End time: 12:47:22
Duration: 00:00:03

---------- Preparing ----------

Preparer: Extract audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
Command line: "D:\Software\AV\StaxRip Anwendungen\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -IF[E:\Video\Samples\Teranova\Terranova.m2v] -IA=2 -FO=0 -YR=1 -TN=1 -OM=2 -DRC=2 -DSD=0 -DSA=0 -OF=[E:\Video\Samples\Teranova\Terranova] -exit
Start time: 12:47:22
End time: 12:47:23
Duration: 00:00:01

SeeMoreDigital

21st March 2006, 12:55

Speaking as someone who has been using release and test builds of DGIndex for many months it's quite possible for DGIndex not to be able to open certain .TS streams during import and display the following message: -

"Cannot find audio or video data. Check your PIDs"...

Meaning some user intervention will be required....

Plus, when importing .VOB, .MPG or .TS files, every now and again DGIndex might report the following message: -

"WARNING! Opening GOP is not Closed.
The First few frames may not be decoded properly"

When this happens it's quite likely the resulting de-muxed audio stream will incorporate some level of (positive or negative) "delay".

In my experience, streams captured using DVB cards seem to present DGIndex with the most problem (even if they've been run thru tools such as MPEG2 Repair or HDTV-to-MPEG2).

Cheers

nickolasemp

21st March 2006, 13:21

@seemoredigital
I'm almost positive that this is the case...

@staxrip
Still DGIndex (from staxrip's location) crashes while autogk's doesn't... Thank you both for your help... I'll use autogk's DGIndex for Staxrip to work.

---------- Preparing ----------

Preparer: Extract audio from MPEG-2 using ProjectX
Command line: "C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_01\bin\java.exe" -jar "D:\Programs\Mpeg 4 - Video\mp4\staxrip\Applications\ProjectX\ProjectX.jar" "C:\AltDvb\Records\New Folder\Welcome to my life.TS"
Start time: 2:16:06 μμ
End time: 2:16:07 μμ
Duration: 00:00:00

---------- Preparing ----------

Preparer: Extract audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
Command line: "C:\Program Files\AutoGK\DGMPGDec\DGIndex.exe" -IF[C:\AltDvb\Records\New Folder\Welcome to my life.TS] -IA=2 -FO=0 -YR=1 -TN=1 -OM=2 -DRC=2 -DSD=0 -DSA=0 -OF=[C:\AltDvb\Records\New Folder\Welcome to my life] -exit
Start time: 2:16:07 μμ
End time: 2:16:18 μμ
Duration: 00:00:00

stax76

21st March 2006, 13:56

@nickolasemp

Your ProjectX completes at 0 seconds so something goes wrong here. As you might have noticed ProjectX with command line uses the command shell because a command shell window should have popped up for a moment. Whenever a application fails it's much likely to give you a error. A windows application will show you something like a message box and a command line application will output the error to the command window. That means if you want to see the error you have to open a command prompt and execute the command line (right-click to paste and press enter) because command line applications exit when they are finished if they are not started from the command prompt. You can try to use ProjectX manually (the GUI) which might also give you a error. Maybe the reason why your AltDVB records fail is it misses some pids ProjectX insists on. If you managed to use a application like AltDVB you should also be able to master this problem ;)

In my experience, streams captured using DVB cards seem to present DGIndex with the most problem

That's my experience too and the reason why in StaxRip the ProjectX preparer is configured to even handle mpg so the DGIndex preparer will never receive a mpg file. I never experienced sync issues this way.

anne_so78

22nd March 2006, 08:52

I don't have the time to add a second AAC encoder so unless someody joins StaxRip development your only chance is trying to configure StaxRip to use another encoder.
But isn't it as simple as installing the CT aacPlus encoder plugin for BeSweet and adding an audio encoding profile in staxrip with these parameters ""%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" ) -azid( -s stereo -L -3db ) -dimzon( -dllname bse_WinampAacPlusV2.dll -cbr 32 -mode 4 -v 2 ) -ota( -d -130 -g max )" ?
Or is it much more complicated ?

stax76

22nd March 2006, 11:15

But isn't it as simple as installing the CT aacPlus encoder plugin for BeSweet and adding an audio encoding profile in staxrip with these parameters ""%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" ) -azid( -s stereo -L -3db ) -dimzon( -dllname bse_WinampAacPlusV2.dll -cbr 32 -mode 4 -v 2 ) -ota( -d -130 -g max )" ?
Or is it much more complicated ?

It's much more difficult than adding a profile and a plugin. Everything related to MP4 and AAC was difficult to add and maintain and Winamp AAC would certainly be no exception here. It was a big effort to add and maintain these things and there were a lot problems and difficulties I was contronted. On a scale from 1 to 10 where 1 is fun and ten is difficult MP4/AAC certainly would be solid 10. Many applications and formats actually were difficult to add and maintain.

flipflink

22nd March 2006, 14:28

Hi, newbie question. Your program was recommended to me by a friend and it looks real promising. But after installing I cannot get around an error message that besweet cannot find nero, which it needs for AAC encoding. But I don't plan to do anything with AAC, just want to use AC3 of MP3. Is there a easy way around this, just to get it working without having to mess with nero? (I have full nero 6 installed, besweet itself works perfectly when converting ac3 to mp3).

stax76

22nd March 2006, 14:59

@flipflink

If you have Nero 6 installed it should find it and not ask, if you do not use AAC it should not ask because it's not needed so even after a quick code review I really don't know what's going on, please submit a bug report (in the main menu click Help/Send Bug Report) and tell me the exact message.

Moat

22nd March 2006, 16:21

agonia

22nd March 2006, 18:36

how can i split output file in to 2CDs, like AutoGK does automatically

stax76

22nd March 2006, 19:00

@agonia

It's not supported, how about using single CD or DVD?

LRN

22nd March 2006, 21:45

Mp4box can split mp4's. There should be some tools for avi and mkv too...
I prefer one-large-file way though.

ppet

23rd March 2006, 08:22

how can i split output file in to 2CDs, like AutoGK does automatically
You can do it with Yamb : http://yamb.unite-video.com/
You can choose how to split : by size or duration

It's possible to mux (video, audio, subtitles and chapters), split&join and extract!

agonia

23rd March 2006, 21:44

thanks very much ppet

DiJayy

25th March 2006, 09:14

hellfred

25th March 2006, 17:01

For some reason, when I'm muxing an AC3 file with my project using staxrip, the audio gets cut off at the end of the file, but only when I encode on my laptop, my PC doesn't have any problems. On a 10-minute video, 1minute and 30s was cut off the end. AVIMux-GUI works fine, wondering if there's anything I can do about it.
Try copying the working StaxRip with it's applications (x264.exe, mp4box, besweet etc.) from your working PC to the laptop and retry. If everything works fine than, you have a problem with one off the apps being buggy.

Hellfred

boombastic

25th March 2006, 19:05

DiJayy

26th March 2006, 07:28

Now it won't work on either computer, it cuts massive amounts of audio off of the end, a 21minute video yielded a 5minute ac3 file. This is extremely annoying and is the fault of ProjectX, for one, why is it necessary as vdubmod can demux ac3 files from mpeg2 streams, how do I set staxrip to use vdub to demux the mpeg2 stream instead of ProjectX? Or if I can fix ProjectX that will work as well, but what could be wrong with it, is my java version too old or something? Maybe too new?

J2RE SE v1.5.0_06

EDIT: I just disabled the ProjectX section of the performs, DGIndex automatically demuxes the AC3 audio anyway, what exactly is the point of ProjectX? Are there audio formats VDubMod and DGIndex won't demux?

stax76

26th March 2006, 08:53

Can you give a brief explaination on when and how to use "PostProcessing mode" (now called Batch mode)? I use to encode several video during the night with almost the same parameters.can it be useful for me?

I can't explain it much better than it is already explained in the context help.

I just disabled the ProjectX section of the performs, DGIndex automatically demuxes the AC3 audio anyway, what exactly is the point of ProjectX? Are there audio formats VDubMod and DGIndex won't demux?

ProjectX usually works better than DGIndex, it's known to be reliable, if it fails on your stream you can configure StaxRip to use any command line compatible demuxer and report the bug to the ProjectX author, I'm confident he can fix it.

DiJayy

26th March 2006, 09:32

Yeah, DGIndex results in out-of-sync audio, this is annoying.

stax76

26th March 2006, 12:06

@DiJayy

That means both, ProjectX and DGIndex fails on your stream, you can do the following things:

Use another capture application, I recommend DVBViewer, it has very similar characteristics like MediaMonkey: huge feature set, huge COM automation SDK and lot's of extensions, skinnable, cheap.
Configure StaxRip to use another demuxer if you can find a command line demuxer that works better.
Demux manually if you can find a working demuxer and open the demuxed files.
Contact the authors of the demuxers that fail, if they got bugs they might be able to fix it with your help.

Zorrander

27th March 2006, 05:22

i'm running into an odd problem with some avi files I'm trying to demux and convert to x264. The files in question will open up in virtualdub and then it comes up with an error saying failed to decompress frame 0. These are Xvid files and I have Xvid installed.. not sure what else to do at this point in time. Any suggestions?

heinz57g

27th March 2006, 10:36

stax, just a suggestion also for your own site: on the support page you nicely mention all the supported formats for the output files. wouldnt it make sense to also mention all supported formats for the source files? or is there a legal reason not to do so?

greetings - heinz -

3dsnar

27th March 2006, 10:47

Hi Stax, once we talked about possibility of including
mp3 5.1 (Aud-X) format in your software.
You requested a CLI exec.
It has been prepared (big kudos to Dimzon for it).
please follow the link:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=1bb59ddf-901b-43a5-bd54-b0999e8e223e

and let me know if this is ok.
:thanks:

heinz57g

27th March 2006, 12:42

hoppla, i admit i am still trying things out (and wildly reading everything here in the forum), but this
does not look right, does it?

encoding a WMV file into AVI, using strictly default seting of STAXRIP. worked fine, but ...

- after two passes STAXRIP stops with the NEXT button telling me file already exists, wants
to overwrite it, and starts entire process anew? and again, and again? shouldnt it somehow stop
with a DONE mssg or similar?

- worse: orginal file size 200MB, resulting AVi is 0MB!

what have i done wrong, or where is my thinking wrong?

greetings - heinz -

stax76

27th March 2006, 13:40

@Zorrander

What happens if you open the files manually in VirtualDub?

stax, just a suggestion also for your own site: on the support page you nicely mention all the supported formats for the output files. wouldnt it make sense to also mention all supported formats for the source files? or is there a legal reason not to do so?

Somehow almost anything can be opened, some things might need some basic knowledge and configuration.

@3dsnar

I can add it, maybe you and dimzon can give me some tips in case there is no good documentation.

- after two passes STAXRIP stops with the NEXT button telling me file already exists, wants
to overwrite it, and starts entire process anew? and again, and again? shouldnt it somehow stop
with a DONE mssg or similar?

I think the fact the target file exist and main dialog reappeared is enough indication that the processing is finished though I agree it might be confusing for a new user, for old users a message box might be bothersome.

- worse: orginal file size 200MB, resulting AVi is 0MB!

what have i done wrong, or where is my thinking wrong?

After encoding click 'Help/Send Bug Report'.

3dsnar

27th March 2006, 14:11

I can add it, maybe you and dimzon can give me some tips in case there is no good documentation.
If you have any problems, or questions,
please follow this thread, and Dimzon or I will be able to help
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=109226
I think that if you download the project you will find information
on the arguments used.
Thank you.

heinz57g

27th March 2006, 14:21

stax, have to apologize, but this happens when one looks at 400+ forum entries all night long and the eyes are slower than the brain:

it should have read 200MB resulting into 800MB!

default for XVID seems to be the fixed file size, resulting in above. changing it to 'constant quality' brings a 280MB result, better ... but still larger than the original.

but whatever setting is applied, it is not stored, so when next time opening StaxRip, it is back to the old default settings. uncomfortable, at least.

>> wouldnt it make sense to also mention all supported formats for the source files?

** Somehow almost anything can be opened

well, a basic list might be helpful to dummies like me, but who are unfortunately the major part of people who need a prog like yours. i am totally amazed at the competence and knowledge that you and many many others here in the forum show, and the persistence you all follow up on issues and problems. if i would wear a hat, i would take it off now in honor of all of you.

but to get the prog out in numbers, you also need those 'others' like me. and some of us are rather friendly people too!

>> after two passes STAXRIP stops with the NEXT button

** ... main dialog reappeared is enough indication that the processing is finished

sorry, really not if there is a NEXT button showing up! telling you to go on. trust me, i know the effect you are talking about: when you yourself develop something, or when you are one that works with it daily, you overlook those little nooks and corners the average user falls into.

and a NEW user will only become an OLD user if he does not give up confused at the very beginning, but is given a reasonable way of learning.

>> old users a message box might be bothersome

seriously? an old user might not like a DONE mssg and a BING in the background when something finishes after an hour or two? then he would have to throw out some 90% of the progs he already has on his computer, be they freeware/shareware or purely commercial ones.

yes, you have every right to consider your prog to be for a different group of users, and maybe i am wrong wanting it to be in the foolproof AUTOGK league. but i hope i dont sound to selfish when i say you will do a lot of us a favor occasionally thinking of us too.

greetings - heinz -

stax76

27th March 2006, 15:21

@heinz57g

I understand your pain and your points are valid, there is lot's of room for improvements for all kind of users, unfortunately I don't have the time to address all the issues, so sorry and I hope you can understand. Did you read the help? This should solve some problems.

heinz57g

27th March 2006, 15:32

stax, tks, and if anybody understand a time problem, it is me.

and yes, i read the help over and over again, and 90% of the entries here. the remaining 10% were so much over my head, i gave up.

so, if some of my points are valid, and you get some time sometimes, then some might get fixed or adjusted? what tempts you? chocolate? wine or beer from a country you never had any from?

greetings - heinz -

PS: a strange one just crept up while testing: i was asked to update AVYSYNTH from within your program, but while doing so, it broke off after telling me it needed writing permission to the registry, and i should have admin rights. well, there is only one user to this computer, with no restrictions whatosever, and thats me. now StaxRip refuses to run, always requesting AVYSYNTH to be installed, and then breaking off. there we are. possibly nothing to do with StaxRip directly, but ...

laserfan

27th March 2006, 16:39

>> after two passes STAXRIP stops with the NEXT button

** ... main dialog reappeared is enough indication that the processing is finished

sorry, really not if there is a NEXT button showing upHeinz, I think as far as your discomfort with the way this works you should know that the more you use StaxRip the more you appreciate that it gives the VISUAL CLUE that something needs your attention, by highlighting it (iirc these look orange on my display).

I would not WANT Stax to change the above behavior, because often times I am making two encodings from one source; one an SD and another an HD. So I'd rather it just does what it does and let me decide if I want to change the output name and tweak the encoding parameters for another go...

IMO the UI takes some getting used-to, but now that I have used it for a couple weeks I am growing to really appreciate what stax has accomplished.

Zorrander

27th March 2006, 17:38

@Zorrander

What happens if you open the files manually in VirtualDub?

Somehow almost anything can be opened, some things might need some basic knowledge and configuration.

They load and will play without a problem... the audio file is split out, but Staxrip doesn't seem to be able to read the video. I've figured out that these are actually DIVX files I created with SimpleDivx and not Xvid files. I used AutoGK to reencode one of these into Xvid and will see if it works when I get home from work today. The reason I wanted to do this was because I used way too high of a bitrate on these and would like to combine/compress them into x264. I have a feeling it's something screwy with the way SimpleDivx encodes into Divx files and not a problem with Staxrip. Xvid avi files work without any problems at all.

Update - it works ok now after re-encoding it into Xvid. Something is screwy with Divx or these Divx files... I'll keep messing with it and see what I come up with.

Gawwad

27th March 2006, 21:17

2 small requests please http://www.asmilies.com/smiliespic/msn/010.gif

1. can u please add support for the extension ".mpeg" just like how u did it last time for the ".dat" extension
.mpeg = .mpg

2. can u please disable the "packed bitstream" option for xvid on default so we can get ultimate standalone divx player compatibility
bcz with my stand alone divx player, i 've noticed that the playback of the video files that were made by staxrip is quite jerky
so the only way to solve this plm is to uncheck the "packed bitstream" box from the xvid setting on each new encode which is quite dull!
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8486/34qi.jpg
i think the majority of people don't want "packed bitstream" as it gives jerky playback on most of standalone divx players

heinz57g

27th March 2006, 22:16

gawwad, stax, that basically emphasizes what i said only minutes ago: there should be a SAVE SETTINGS possibility, so besides default values (which never will be everybodys favorite) one can set his preferred values, and stick to them even after a reboot. i used the FIXED SIZE setting as an example, you (gawwad) used PACKED BITSTREAM OFF, but we are both saying the same, no?

greetings - heinz -

laserfan

28th March 2006, 00:02

weaver4

28th March 2006, 02:19

You were going to support auto-filtering; IVTC, Deinterlace and such. Any idea when that will be complete?

3dsnar

28th March 2006, 07:39

Stax, here are the arguments and description for the Aud-X CLI:

run <input.wav> <output.mp3> [options] to encode
options:
--q <quality> - 0 (STRQ 80 kbps), 1 (STDQ 128 kbps), 2 (HGHQ 192
kbps) or 3 (SPBQ 192 kbps), default is 1
--raw <samplerate> - signal input as raw pcm file instead of RIFF WAV
note: to use STDIN use - as input filename
:thanks:

stax76

28th March 2006, 17:02

@3dsnar

How would a example look like having a AC3 file as source?

@weaver4

It's a big task, performs slow and gives often not ideal results so I decided not to support it.

can u please disable the "packed bitstream" option for xvid on default

StaxRip uses for both DivX and XviD the Home Theater profiles which uses packed bitstream, both codecs default to packed bitstream.

@Zorrander

So demuxing done by the preparer works but the video does not open, how is it opened, AVISource? Can't AVISource open this file?

Zorrander

28th March 2006, 17:28

Yes, the demux with virtualdubmod works fine, but the AVIsource cannot open the video. The files show up as Divx 4 files created by Mencoder. I converted them all to Xvid files with AutoGK and AVIsource is reading them without a problem. It's possible that AVIsource doesn't like older versions of Divx, I'm not too familiar with it as you can tell :D

stax76

28th March 2006, 19:59

If AutoGK can open the files it should also work with StaxRip, maybe DirectShowSource works.

neo211

28th March 2006, 20:39

hopefully i can get some help from someone here. i'm having a small problem. i'm trying to convert my movie collection to be viewable on my PSP with the best possible quality. I stumbled upon this program through pspupdates.com. Apparently the best video quality comes from x264. i want to be able to play the videos through PMPMod. The PMP Muxer only allows input from AVI though. i found out that x264 cannot be placed in an avi container. it can only be placed in MP4 or MKV. so technically i cant use x264 with PMPMod. (maybe i can i dont know). so i'm simply wondering what my best choice for best possible quality is while being able to use PMPMod to view the files. x264 has excellent compression and quality which is why i chose it. i'm using a 1.5 PSP but with PMP Mod i can still use 480x272 res videos which is great. i'm thinking i'll be stuck with xvid which for video quality is fine but when it comes to compression it isnt all that great. any help in this issue would be greatly appreciated. TIA!

Zorrander

28th March 2006, 20:56

If AutoGK can open the files it should also work with StaxRip, maybe DirectShowSource works.

I'll try that when I get home.

Zorrander

28th March 2006, 21:04

neo211 - An mpeg4 AVC file can be placed into an avi file if you use a VfW encoder. It's not the best way to store avc files though. There is an option in x264 to create a psp ready file if you go to the profiles/x264/x264-pd-psp option. If it were me I would encode directly from a DVD and not converting an xvid or divx file to get the best quality. As far as what container to store it in, I would guess MP4, but am not familiar with the PSP so I am not sure what containers it can read.

stax76

28th March 2006, 22:35

@neo211

PMP support is only there because somebody contacted and guided me, I don't have time to research on this, if somebody provides a comprehensible guide I might be able to add it.

Gawwad

28th March 2006, 23:44

You guys do know that you can set-up both Templates which have your settings pre-saved to them as well as Encoder Profiles w/whatever XviD settings you want?

Oh, and the Default Project (which determines what all the settings are when you first start the program) can be set to the Target Size or Encoder settings or anything you want!

While it may not be immediately obvious, however you might want to set this thing up is easily doable in staxrip.

:thanks: for the tip man
now i made my own template :)

but i still think it is best to get rid of "packed bitstream" on default
i don't think anyone wants them

@ stax
1 more request please http://www.asmilies.com/smiliespic/msn/010.gif

- can u please as well add support for the extension ".divx" as an input (just like how u did it last time for the ".dat" extension)

:thanks: in advance

stax76

28th March 2006, 23:51

- can u please as well add support for the extension ".divx" as an input (just like how u did it last time for the ".dat" extension)

Yes + they will be editable.

laserfan

28th March 2006, 23:58

:thanks: for the tip man
now i made my own template :)

but i still think it is best to get rid of "packed bitstream" on default
i don't think anyone wants themYou're welcome. The more you use StaxRip, the better it gets!

But hey, *I* use "packed bitstream"! My Media Players prefer it!

ricardo.santos

29th March 2006, 00:20

http://www.asmilies.com/smiliespic/msn/010.gif[/IMG]

- can u please as well add support for the extension ".divx" as an input (just like how u did it last time for the ".dat" extension)

:thanks: in advance

just change the filetype from .divx to.avi and voilá

Gawwad

29th March 2006, 00:45

Yes + they will be editable.

http://www.asmilies.com/smiliespic/psmilie/020.gif

You're welcome. The more you use StaxRip, the better it gets!

But hey, *I* use "packed bitstream"! My Media Players prefer it!

i see
well i must admit that most of the xvid videos available on the net have packed bitstream
but i think most few-clicks dvd ripping programs such as fairuse wizard and autogk have them off on default
that is the reason why thier output videos r always playable smoothly on standalone divx players, unlike staxrip at the moment
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=793276#post793276

Zorrander

29th March 2006, 01:33

If AutoGK can open the files it should also work with StaxRip, maybe DirectShowSource works.

Yeah that works... feel pretty dumb now. :thanks:

dimzon

29th March 2006, 01:35

@3dsnar

How would a example look like having a AC3 file as source?

====================================
FFMPEG.EXE - it's command line encoder/decoder, AFAIK it support decoding to STDOUT.
So You can use such command from command line or bat file (i dont remember actual ffmpeg keys, read ffmpeg manual):
FFMPEG.EXE bla-bla-bla | enc_AudX_CLI.exe - c:\output.mp3 --q 1
In this case (if you provide valid ffmpeg keys) FFMPEG will decode AC3 and sent it to STDOUT. Sign "|" (pipe) in command line tells to Operating System to catch STDOUT from FFMPEG (it contains PCM WAV file now) and send it to enc_AudX_CLI input. Elegant solution, isn't it?

====================================
Foobar2000 - it's fine audio player with rich abilities. It has "Convert" function - it can run any command-line encoder and sent PCM data to encoder's STDIN. You need foo_ac3 (AC3 input plugin to be able to decode AC3 http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ ). And this http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=36870&view=findpost&p=370385 is a sample how to add any CLI encoder to foobar2000

====================================
BeHappy - Avisynth-based audio transcoding tool. http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104686
BaHappy can decode AC3 file using NicAc3Source avisynth filter. It acts like a foobar2000 (runs any CLI encoder and send PCM data to encoder's STDIN)

Gawwad

29th March 2006, 02:00

just change the filetype from .divx to.avi and voilá
actualy that is what i did
and voilá
it worked perfectly
so as u see its just a matter of recognition of the ".divx" extension
thats all

but i noticed a new plm arises when i input an .avi or a .divx video with an mp3 audio, and try cut it

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5083/clipboard011up.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4214/clipboard026yl.jpg

http://www.asmilies.com/smiliespic/psmilie/031.gif

3dsnar

29th March 2006, 06:36

Hello Stax,

You need additional AC3 decoder. Actually Dimzon developed
this CLI with STDIN support to avoid unnecesary temporaly WAV files.

Here is his description:

"So You can pipeline data from any AC3 decoder which support STDOUT. Let
me point You to some variants:

====================================
FFMPEG.EXE - it's command line encoder/decoder, AFAIK it support
decoding to STDOUT.
So You can use such command from command line or bat file (i dont
remember actual ffmpeg keys, they are available in the ffmpeg manual):
FFMPEG.EXE bla-bla-bla | enc_AudX_CLI.exe - c:\output.mp3 --q 1
In this case (if you provide valid ffmpeg keys) FFMPEG will decode AC3
and sent it to STDOUT. Sign "|" (pipe) in command line tells to
Operating System to catch STDOUT from FFMPEG (it contains PCM WAV file
now) and send it to enc_AudX_CLI input. Elegant solution, isn't it?

====================================
Foobar2000 - it's fine audio player with rich abilities. It has
"Convert" function - it can run any command-line encoder and sent PCM
data to encoder's STDIN. You need foo_ac3 (AC3 input plugin to be able
to decode AC3 http://kode54.foobar2000.org/ ). And this
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=36870&view=findpost&p=370385
is a sample how to add any CLI encoder to foobar2000"

====================================
BeHappy - Avisynth-based audio transcoding tool.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104686
BaHappy can decode AC3 file using NicAc3Source avisynth filter. It acts
like a foobar2000 (runs any CLI encoder and send PCM data to encoder's
STDIN)

If you have further questions, please let me know.
Thanks.

stax76

29th March 2006, 11:01

@Gawwad

Might be tricky to support it

@dimzon & 3dsnar

What of the 3 options would be most suitable for StaxRip? I always try to avoid unnecessarry effort, complexity and maintenance and I got to take care of the traffic the download feature produces, ideal would be linking to external zip downloads.

3dsnar

29th March 2006, 11:12

Hmm, I have a question.

Our exec (distributed with the installer of Aud-X)
allows to directly convert AC3 to Aud-X, however it is not STDIN.
It just creates output Aud-X file.

So there is no need to worry about other converters, because you simply provide command line arguments, and it converts the source AC3 to our format.

Kurtnoise uses this EXEC in BeLight (will be available in the next release), so maybe the easiest way for you would be
just to use the same exec (if you need only to convert AC3 to Aud-X, than it would be enough)?

You can distribute the exec with your software, so no links would be necessary.

How about that?
Please let me know.

stax76

29th March 2006, 11:19

@3dsnar

Sounds easy, can you please provide all the download links?

3dsnar

29th March 2006, 11:51

OK, great.
Here is the link to the download.
Unfortunately you have to install the software in order to obtain
the executable file
http://www.aud-x.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=34&func=download&filecatid=1

Alternatively, I can send you the exec via email.
If you preffer email, please let me know.
Thank you.

dimzon

29th March 2006, 12:15

stax76

29th March 2006, 12:50

Unfortunately you have to install the software in order to obtain
the executable file.

Thanks, installer is no problem at all. :)

3dsnar

29th March 2006, 12:59

OK, in case of any problems, or questions,
please contact me.
When are you planning the next release, including our codec?
Thank you. :)

3dsnar

29th March 2006, 13:00

Is it possible to redistrubute this executable separatly (is there any licensing issues)?
Not at all :)
Please do distribute any files that you need.

stax76

29th March 2006, 13:09

When are you planning the next release, including our codec?

I should be able to add it soon, I don't have a schedule for a official release but meanwhile can post unofficial builds.

3dsnar

29th March 2006, 13:39

ok.
Please provide Aud-X as mp3 5.1 option
(so as some additional feature of mp3).
Kurnoise did it in BeLight, and I think this is the least
confusing (for the users) approach.
Ofcourse if possible, please place our web site address
www.aud-x.com
so users will know where to obtain the decoder, and some other tools.

Here is the link to the BeLight (with Aud-X), so maybe it will be helpful
http://kurtnoise.free.fr/BeLight/BeLight-0.22beta_20060315.7z

Thanks for considering out codec in your software :cool:

Zorrander

30th March 2006, 19:05

This isn't an error as I know staxrip isn't designed for this, but I'd like to find some way to re-encode some h264 files I made that are set at way too high of a bitrate. I'm kind of lost when it comes to figuring out AVISynth scripts, so I can't use me-gui. Is there some way I can reencode an h264 at a lower bitrate within staxrip? As it stands now if I load the file it will demux the audio then tell me that it failed to decompress the fourcc h264 file in the preview viewer. I have the CoreAVC file installed and registered as the system avc decoder. I have the items I need I believe, just missing the steps in between to get this to work if it is possible.

weaver4

30th March 2006, 21:42

@weaver4

It's a big task, performs slow and gives often not ideal results so I decided not to support it.

Well how does one know if they should use IVTC or DeInterlace for their filters?

Treasurer

1st April 2006, 14:14

Hello, I've ran into a problem using StaxRip...
It's about the VSfilter.dll, when I encode a movie with hardcoded subs, there's a shadow below the subs, which looks a little blurry, I wondered if there is some way I can remove the shadows from the subtitles during encoding?

Thanks alot!

stax76

1st April 2006, 14:46

@3dsnar

Thanks, it's now on top of my to do list :)

As it stands now if I load the file it will demux the audio then tell me that it failed to decompress the fourcc h264 file in the preview viewer.

Installing x264 manually should install a VFW decompressor, also you could use the DirectShowSource AviSynth filter in StaxRip and use a DirectShow filter like CoreAVC or ffdshow.

Well how does one know if they should use IVTC or DeInterlace for their filters?

Reading some guides, Decomb is pretty good documented, there is a guide at Doom9 and there is www.100fps.com. I'll probably try it a second time using another approach, instead of porting berrinam's C# code to VB which I did using InstantVB I'll use it directly and include it as downloadable package.

weaver4

1st April 2006, 17:48

Reading some guides, Decomb is pretty good documented, there is a guide at Doom9 and there is www.100fps.com. I'll probably try it a second time using another approach, instead of porting berrinam's C# code to VB which I did using InstantVB I'll use it directly and include it as downloadable package.

My question was not how to do it, but what data does StaxRip give me so that I know if I should do it? For example what parameters of the file do I examine after StaxRip has already analyzed the movie to know if I should turn on the ITVC filer?"

laserfan

1st April 2006, 18:32

I too am interested in how to do this (determine whether/how to deinterlace and/or IVTC).

Surely there must be a tool that automates this decision somewhat?

Most of the time AutoGK "gets it right" but it's a PIA to run AGK to the point where it's decided on a strategy in the .avs or log file...

stax76

2nd April 2006, 11:44

My question was not how to do it, but what data does StaxRip give me so that I know if I should do it? For example what parameters of the file do I examine after StaxRip has already analyzed the movie to know if I should turn on the ITVC filer?"

There is no other way atm. than looking at the pictures to see if they combed and what pattern the combing has.

@3dsnar

Installing Aud-X would be quite a bit extra work, my download and install feature currently only supports the simplest distribution forms, a zip file that includes the executable in the top level directory or a exe setup file. I can do exta code no problem and/or distribute it myself but I have a suggestion: using a exe setup file directly, this might be possible with Windows Installer, alternatives would be Inno or Nullsoft.

3dsnar

2nd April 2006, 15:02

Hi Stax
It is not what I meant :)

I meant that you can distribute our command line exec with your software, so the conversion to aud-x will be possible.

No one will be obliged to install our codec (only those who are interested in decoding our format, can get it from our web site).
So, during the staxrip installation, only this executable could be stored in staxrip folder...in order to enable
the ac3 5.1 -> mp3 5.1 conversion.

So, you will need this file for distribution.

Therefore:
what I meant, is that in order to obtain the command line exec, you need to install aud-x on your computer, and get it from the program files/aud-x folder.
Alternatively, I can send it to you via email file (if you do not want to install our software).
So these are the only two ways to get it. Which one do you preffer?

stax76

2nd April 2006, 15:23

@3dsnar

I'll have to host it then myself which was always a big problem because my 50 GB traffic limit was exceeded. I just had the idea I can additionally use the webspace my ISP gives me for free, this should solve my traffic problem for a while.

What I going to do is to rather host everything myself no longer using external links. In the past external links often were broke so hosting everything myself is better anyway.

Installing the full package is however more user friendly or aren't special dshow filters needed for playback?

chipzoller

2nd April 2006, 17:09

I'd like to start using StaxRip to encode videos for my iPod video I recently was given. I saw a profile in the x264 codec for iPod, but is staxrip going to have an ipod encoding profile that adjusts the resolution etc? And please point a guide for encoding iPod-compatible videos out to me if you know of one. Otherwise my attempts at making compatible video has failed :(

3dsnar

2nd April 2006, 20:06

@Stax
Or, alternatively we can host the official staxrip installer.
Maybe this would be helpful...
Does it sound interesting for you?
Please let me know.
-------------------------------------------
Direct show filter is for decoding.
The installer contains some other tools too.
But it is possible to provide some short info in staxrip gui area related to our codec
that you can obtain full aud-x software package from www.aud-x.com, or something like that, so only those who are willing to use it will download it and install it.
What do ya think?

bratao

3rd April 2006, 00:37

Why not you register your project in www.sourceforge.com
i have a opensource project here , and its very good, a ilimited space and traffic , with php and mysql !

stax76

3rd April 2006, 02:31

@chipzoller

Once I made a topic asking somebody to guide me creating a iPod template, unfortunately nobody replied. The PSP template is only there because somebody approached me and helped me greatly, I can only add it if somebody helps me.

Or, alternatively we can host the official staxrip installer.

Hosting StaxRip is not the problem, I tried to avoid bloat, it's only 400 KB. The problem were the third party applications, I think it's heading against 25 applications, tendency growing and some are > 10 MB. I think I got the problem under control now however.

Why not you register your project in www.sourceforge.com
i have a opensource project here , and its very good, a ilimited space and traffic , with php and mysql !

Are you are interested to contribute? What would that be? Commonly before this action other things have to precede, things like feature requests and contributing implementations details, contributing patches, contributing scripts or plugins (in that case I had to expose extensibility interfaces) or other contributions.

otherdarom

3rd April 2006, 03:03

Hi Stax,

it would be nice u integrate a poss. of choosing
winamp encoding engine for AAC. With winamp dlls there much less problems than with Nero's. And its almost the same quality.
I think it would be simple to create such profiles.
Thanks for this great tool.

bratao

3rd April 2006, 04:03

Are you are interested to contribute? What would that be? Commonly before this action other things have to precede, things like feature requests and contributing implementations details, contributing patches, contributing scripts or plugins (in that case I had to expose extensibility interfaces) or other contributions.
No stax,
Maybe you cant rebember , but i´m a programmer too, and waht i want i know how to do.
In sourceforge, anyone that had a opensource program can subscibe your project .. to freely won webspace, cvs, compile farm, file mirror...
Is easy and fast..

3dsnar

3rd April 2006, 09:32

Hosting StaxRip is not the problem, I tried to avoid bloat, it's only 400 KB. The problem were the third party applications, I think it's heading against 25 applications, tendency growing and some are > 10 MB. I think I got the problem under control now however.

OK, so I will be waiting for news from you I guess.
In case of any questions, I'd be happy to assist :)

Zorrander

3rd April 2006, 17:04

How would this aud-x compare to the 5.1 Vorbis that already exists in staxrip?

stax76

3rd April 2006, 22:28

@otherdarom

It has been discussed, you'll find it using 'Search This Thread' with 'winamp', the short answer is it won't happen unless somebody helps me.

@bratao

Right now I don't see a benefit but that don't mean that it's not possible to convince me.

OK, so I will be waiting for news from you I guess.
In case of any questions, I'd be happy to assist

Thanks, I want to finish it in 1-2 days.

stax76

4th April 2006, 00:25

@3dsnar

Two problems I came across so far make it tricky to support Aud-X. Authors of other GUIs would probably second this. The problems are:

Installer is wrapped in sub directories and zip archieves instead of heaving a single executable installer.
The output filename for the CLI encoder can't be specified.

Other than that everything looks very good and easy so far.

3dsnar

4th April 2006, 08:15

Hmm, the installer is not a problem.
1) Please simply use the executable, and place it in your's application folder (no need to install aud-x), and distribute it with your application. So the path will be always specified correctly.
2) Indeed, the output file name is generated automatically. Is this a serious problem?

The output file name is generated with a simple algorithm, e.g.

For input:
Egypt_sound.ac3
and say STDQ encoding option, the output is
Egypt_sound - AudX-STDQ.mp3
etc.

Please let me know if this is ok.
Thanx.

stax76

4th April 2006, 11:17

1) Please simply use the executable, and place it in your's application folder (no need to install aud-x), and distribute it with your application. So the path will be always specified correctly.

There are some disadvantages for the user, the user might expect his system can playback MP3 5.1 which it can't, he has to find out that he has to install Aud-X manually and he has to install it manually and he will have Aud-X binaries in different locations which is confusing and bloat.

For input:
Egypt_sound.ac3
and say STDQ encoding option, the output is
Egypt_sound - AudX-STDQ.mp3
etc.

Please let me know if this is ok.

Did you try to configure StaxRip for Aud-X? You would have to use script to rename the file. Take a look at other GUIs which allow to choose what cmdl application to use like Robo4Rip, they work all the same using a macro for the input filename and a macro for the output filename, you would have to use script.

thuongshoo

4th April 2006, 11:24

3dsnar

4th April 2006, 14:42

Well, the exec would be duplicated in the system,
after installing Aud-X (one will be used by StaxRip, and other one
for Aud-X frontend). What do ya think?
-----------------------------------------
I did not configure StaxRip, so I have to investigate the
script issue. Would it be necessary to use this command line
exec?

stax76

4th April 2006, 14:59

HI ! I want to use direct option ,real-life so how can i do ? staxrip don't allow me to adjust this option of x264.exe
thanks ! I searched it but this thing is only disscussed in megui ,realanime thread .

You can enter custom switches.

Well, the exec would be duplicated in the system,
after installing Aud-X (one will be used by StaxRip, and other one
for Aud-X frontend). What do ya think?

I would prefer using the original installer as StaxRip always does, it's much more transparent for the user and for me to develop and generally has only advantages.

3dsnar

4th April 2006, 15:03

OK, I understand.
So can u utilize somehow our installer,
as a part of StaxRip installer?

stax76

4th April 2006, 16:04

OK, I understand.
So can u utilize somehow our installer,
as a part of StaxRip installer?

I can but it would be much easier for me and all other GUI authors without the two problems I've pointed out. There will be quite a bit extra code and extra time for us GUI authors to work around this problems.

3dsnar

4th April 2006, 17:30

OK, so do you need our installer project?
I can send it to you, just please let me know.
----------------
Regarding the other problem, please specify
what exactly would be necessary for you
and I will pass this info to my colleague responsible
for C++ development.

chipzoller

5th April 2006, 00:22

Stax,

Then can we encode just using MP4 instead of x264 to create iPod-compatible video? I just don't know enough about the workings of the x264 codec to suggest a profile at this time. I'm desperate to get some program to encode my AVIs of DVDs I own that are at 23.976 fps, but because Videora is a frontend of FFMpeg, and FFMpeg doesn't handle framerates into the thousandths, it has to round up. Even if you compensate through an AVS script by assuming the fps at 23.98, there is still a small un-sync towards the end.

thuongshoo

5th April 2006, 12:20

You can enter custom switches.
I still can't know . Which menu must I choose ?
Please say clearly ,more detail
thanks !

Deinorius

5th April 2006, 14:05

I found a bug with x264 AE-Standard. When selecting B-Frames 3, with 1.pass StaxRip uses only --b-frames without 3. If I select for example B-Frames 2, there's no problem. I didn't noticed it with other Profiles.

There are some other things here (http://forum.gleitz.info/showthread.php?t=26177&page=5), I want you to know.

thuongshoo

6th April 2006, 02:51

oh ! I know the way to use "direct option" .thanks :D

harycover

7th April 2006, 16:33

Hi stax

Thanks for this great software it's powerful and handy to use :)

stax76

7th April 2006, 23:14

OK, so do you need our installer project?
I can send it to you, just please let me know.

It takes too much time to work around the setup exceptions so users will have to download and install Aud-X manually.

please specify
what exactly would be necessary for you
and I will pass this info to my colleague responsible
for C++ development.

A option to define the target path e.g.:

-t "c:\aaa.mp3"

Then can we encode just using MP4 instead of x264

What does that mean (I understand MP4 as container)? I really can't do I iPod related work without guidance (explaining exactly how it's done manually).

I found a bug with x264 AE-Standard. When selecting B-Frames 3, with 1.pass StaxRip uses only --b-frames without 3. If I select for example B-Frames 2, there's no problem. I didn't noticed it with other Profiles.

I can't reproduce this, the preview looks OK. Maybe you can describe the steps needed to reproduce this.

Deinorius

8th April 2006, 00:10

I can't reproduce this, the preview looks OK. Maybe you can describe the steps needed to reproduce this. Nor am I. Now I copied your Hotfix and I don't have this problem anymore. I don't know, what it was. Maybe it was only an individual case.
I am more interested in selecting .ssa Subs for .mkv. It's not supported now I think. Will you support it in future?

Without Resizing (with your Hotfix) StaxRip selects --sar 40:33, but that's for NTSC. I don't find any option for selecting another SAR. And options for x264 Compression Tests are missing. I don't use it anyway, but it's still a feature.

chipzoller

8th April 2006, 02:33

Stax,

Can you "port" Sharktooth's iPod profile to StaxRip? Or if not, maybe he'll give you permission to use it. I was mistaken about his profile not working...it turns out my AVS script was to blame.

Deinorius

8th April 2006, 02:53

There's another point, I forgot. What about the "fast" option for 1.pass? But I have no idea about the commandline order, don't find anything in MeGUI or somewhere else.
Will you include it? It brings still a performance gain.

stax76

8th April 2006, 07:54

I am more interested in selecting .ssa Subs for .mkv. It's not supported now I think. Will you support it in future?

Depends on how much demand there is, might require quite a bit work, other than that I agree it would be a good feature though I don't know where and how that kind of subtiltles are used.

Can you "port" Sharktooth's iPod profile to StaxRip? Or if not, maybe he'll give you permission to use it. I was mistaken about his profile not working...it turns out my AVS script was to blame.

I was thinking all sharktooth's profiles are available in StaxRip, no?

What about the "fast" option for 1.pass?

Is that a new switch?

chipzoller

8th April 2006, 15:46

I was thinking all sharktooth's profiles are available in StaxRip, no?

Maybe so...I haven't checked.

davidlt

9th April 2006, 09:34

I like this tool, but I hate just one thing. MKV container supports AC3 sound, but it can`t be made at the same time... It would be ice yo use it on HDTV, maybe you are going to add some profiles for HDTV?.. http://nwgat.net/ Here you can find, how to encode 1080i and 720p to x264... For now It don`t work so nice with HDTV, I and other people tryed, and nothing good... MKV + AC3 sound + x264 video...

stax76

9th April 2006, 10:02

@davidlt

I can't do much unless somebody tells me what's wrong. If it can be done manually and somebody explains me how I should be able to fix it, if it can't be done manually it can't be done by StaxRip either because StaxRip is just a GUI.

LRN

9th April 2006, 10:07

I encountered a DVD with very nice DTS track and very bad AC3 track.
I need a way to use DTS in StaxRip.
There's a few links for you, if you're interested:
http://www.schudy.de/dts/azidts26wavs-e.htm - dts->wav->ac3 (for us it's possible to dts->wav->ac3->aac)
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=109488 - dts->aac

Deinorius

9th April 2006, 13:04

Depends on how much demand there is, might require quite a bit work, other than that I agree it would be a good feature though I don't know where and how that kind of subtiltles are used. Well, I use it with every movie, which has subs. Don't ask me why, I'm just using it. :D
Of course I'm using .ssa Subs for Animes every time. DVD subs are good, but .ssa Subs are looking much better. You know, they can be styled. Just a cool feature. ^^
Is that a new switch? I dont't know it either. You have to ask a MeGUI developer about it like doom9. But it fastens 1.pass very good. For owners of a slowly CPU like my Athlon XP-M 2000+ a needed feature. :D

How about adding the Anime AVS Script from the german doom9 Board? I could send you my build, so you can see, how I did it.
I like this tool, but I hate just one thing. MKV container supports AC3 sound, but it can`t be made at the same time... It would be ice yo use it on HDTV, maybe you are going to add some profiles for HDTV?.. http://nwgat.net/ Here you can find, how to encode 1080i and 720p to x264... For now It don`t work so nice with HDTV, I and other people tryed, and nothing good... MKV + AC3 sound + x264 video... If you mean encoding for .ts Files, you may be right, but otherwise it should work already. x264 support it, you only have to use a HD-resolution.

davidlt

9th April 2006, 16:11

Yes, I was talking about TS encoding to x264 and MKV + AC3 muxing, as I can see, I need manually make AC3 sound from video(source), before encoding?..

Kriz

9th April 2006, 19:00

Can StaxRip convert Xvid/Mp3 in an AVI to mpeg2 for making DVDs?

I keep getting an error:

http://67.18.37.14/54/185/upload/p873236.jpg

3dsnar

10th April 2006, 08:55

I can but it would be much easier for me and all other GUI authors without the two problems I've pointed out. There will be quite a bit extra code and extra time for us GUI authors to work around this problems.
OK, we will prepare a special release of the executable,
dedicated to StaxRip, so you will be able to distribute it with your application.
The necessity for installing our codec in order to reproduce Aud-X encoded sound will remain, as you suggest.
I will get back to you when ready.
Thank you.

LRN

10th April 2006, 22:03

I found fine app (BeHappy) for dts transcoding, but i can't configure it to output 5.1 aac :(

stax76

10th April 2006, 22:34

I need a way to use DTS in StaxRip.

You could try to configure StaxRip for this.

I dont't know it either. You have to ask a MeGUI developer about it like doom9. But it fastens 1.pass very good. For owners of a slowly CPU like my Athlon XP-M 2000+ a needed feature.

I would guess MeGUI accelerates the x264 first pass by using faster settings for this pass, it is or was called 'Turbo'. StaxRip does exactly the same.

How about adding the Anime AVS Script from the german doom9 Board? I could send you my build, so you can see, how I did it.

IIRC it was way to complex.

Can StaxRip convert Xvid/Mp3 in an AVI to mpeg2 for making DVDs?

By default only MPEG-4 output is supported. It would be possible to configure StaxRip to use any command line encoder if mpg would be a supported output format. I'll give this a try if I have time.

OK, we will prepare a special release of the executable,
dedicated to StaxRip, so you will be able to distribute it with your application.

Packing the executable myself is hardly a problem but it's pointless because the user has to install your package anyway, StaxRip would locate the install path automatically for manual installs. Even if it had to be installed manually it would be no big deal, the external applications dialog and generally the integration of external applications is well suited for that scenario.

The best solution would really be to simplify the installer, using Nullsoft or Inno to have a single executable and consider installing the filters in the install directory and not in system directory. Most dshow filters are installed in the install directory, for very good reasons.

Deinorius

11th April 2006, 01:46

I would guess MeGUI accelerates the x264 first pass by using faster settings for this pass, it is or was called 'Turbo'. StaxRip does exactly the same. I will do some 1.pass Tests with MeGUI and StaxRip. I will see, if there's any difference.
IIRC it was way to complex. You may be right, but adding it as a Template could be way of versatile. It's your choice.

3dsnar

11th April 2006, 08:57

You could try to configure StaxRip for this.
Packing the executable myself is hardly a problem but it's pointless because the user has to install your package anyway, StaxRip would locate the install path automatically for manual installs. Even if it had to be installed manually it would be no big deal, the external applications dialog and generally the integration of external applications is well suited for that scenario.

The best solution would really be to simplify the installer, using Nullsoft or Inno to have a single executable and consider installing the filters in the install directory and not in system directory. Most dshow filters are installed in the install directory, for very good reasons.
OK. I do not know how long time it will take my colleague to prepare a new installer. I will talk to him and let you know as soon as it is ready. Thanx & cheers.

siddharthagandhi

11th April 2006, 14:36

dude, every single program that they want you to download they say version is wrong because I HAVE the newer version

they seriously need to update the versioning of their programs and codecs

chongy5

11th April 2006, 16:00

I assume the reason for this is because of best compatibility, and probably because the program works best/tested using whatever version number of those tools.

stax76

11th April 2006, 18:00

dude, every single program that they want you to download they say version is wrong because I HAVE the newer version

You can use a newer build (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip), please read the warning carefully as well as the support page in the help, that page was updated for this not yet but soon released build. This build is more up to date than your signature as it supports DivX 6.2.0, it what released today, right? ;)

siddharthagandhi

11th April 2006, 19:50

even x264 and vdub are outdated...did u fix those as well?

LRN

11th April 2006, 21:05

siddharthagandhi, you could use ANY version of any application, included in StaxRip. Just ignore StazRip's warnings. That's what Stax trying to tell you. Place newer versions in Applications directory instead old ones and enjoy.

Warrex

11th April 2006, 21:54

Hi Stax,

there is also a new Version of DivXMux. It is part of the DivX Media Creation Tools r2. Would be cool if you could include into the hotfix.

See here: http://labs.divx.com/archives/000066.html

stax76

11th April 2006, 22:07

even x264 and vdub are outdated...did u fix those as well?

Yes, those are updated in the build posted previously, check the changelog for all changes.

there is also a new Version of DivXMux. It is part of the DivX Media Creation Tools r2. Would be cool if you could include into the hotfix.

Thanks, I had it downloaded but kind of had forgotten it since I didn't had a DVD to test it, time to get a new one. :)

Warrex

11th April 2006, 22:34

Thanks for the quick reply! Its support is one of the MANY great things about StaxRip! Do I sound like a fanboy? Well, I am! :sly:

siddharthagandhi

11th April 2006, 23:19

It's a really nice program and has a great UI for noobs in particular. You don't even have to know anything about video encoding and external programs, most of the stuff is automatically done for you.

snowcrash

13th April 2006, 10:21

I tried doing a search within this thread and didn't see anything on this. I'd like to request support for type 1 DV as input, the default type of video that comes out of a MiniDV camcorder. I have home videos that I like to convert to XVID. Right now AutoGK is the only encoding app that takes type 1 DV and it doesn't have the advanced features I need (Gordian Knot does not accept type 1 DV). Thank you.

stax76

13th April 2006, 12:20

I'd like to request support for type 1 DV as input

You might try to customize StaxRip for this. Normally I try to help people wherever I can but I don't have any experience with DV.

Warrex

13th April 2006, 22:26

@Stax

Batch Mode

"Batch Mode" might be useful to me but I do not understand what it does. I read some posts where you said one should read the context help. Well, pressed the help button and thats what I got:

"Options Dialog
All options in the Options Dialog are stored in projects. In order to use changes as defaults available on startup overwrite the default project. In the main dialog's main menu select File/Default Project/Save."

Not exactly useful... Then I searched all .htm files for the term "batch" which returned three files with no real info...

Interface

I really do not like the assistant. With the new Hotfix you introduced a warning ("Please follow the assistant") that forces me through the assistant although I just want to queue a job. This is really annoying as I accidentally started Batch Processing some times without having queued all jobs (clicked one time too much on "next" in the assistant). Btw. adding more jobs should be possible after others were started (like in Gordian Knot).

The assistant is really a "Wizard" to me which many programs have to guide novice users through important steps of a program. This is perfectly fine but really slows pro users down. It's the same with StaxRip. I would prefer if StaxRip had a wizard and a pro mode to choose from.

Btw. another annoying thing which was introduced a while back is having to load the default profile again when starting a new project (i.e. loading a new file).

StaxRip is great because you can do almost everything directly in the programm itself (which is great for TV Recordings) and it is configurable to the max but imho I lacks a streamlined and clean interface.

For a Pro Mode I would suggest an interface slightly similar to Gordian Knots with Tabs:

[Text] = Button
{Text} = Slider
|Text| = Dropdown Menu with possible manual input

1. Main Tab (Left=Video / Right=Audio)

Left side top:
[Select Video Source], Source Infos

Left side middle (Video Settings):
|Codec|, Codec [1st Pass]/[2 Pass], [Check Compressiblity] N/A or Value, {Resize}, Favorite Filters Checkboxes

Right side top: [Select Audio Source 1] / [Select Audio Source 2]
Right side middle (Audio Source 1 Settings / Audio Source 2 Settings): (|Codec|, {Bitrate},...)

Bottom (Target): |Select Container| |Filesize|, |Video bitrate|, [Target Path], [Start Encoding], [Enqeue]

2. "Advanced Video Settings" Tab
[Preview/Crop/Cut] opens ONE window, More Avisynth filters - checkbox with descriptions (over time a filter database could be added here)

3. "Advanced Audio Settings" Tab
BeSweet Option Mania (see Belight)

4. "Subtitles" Tab
[Add Subtiltle File(s) to container], Checkox to select subtitles if applicable

(Vsfilter)

[B]5. "Jobs" Tab
Infos, Change Order, Delete, etc.

6. "Avisynth Script Editor" Tab
(blanked out via checkbox in the left corner by default, warning that this is for experts)

A cleaner Options menu (also using Tabs) would be good also as important options are currently scattered over various menus.

Options Menu
- Directories
- Video Defaults (Codec, etc.)
- Audio Defaults (Codec, etc.)
- Muxer Defaults
- Subtitle Defaults
- Avisynth Filter Manager (define default settings, add filter to Favorites > Main tab)
- Automation
- Preparation
- External Programs Manager
- Profile Manager

[OK], [Save as Profile only], [Cancel]

I know that this would be a lot of work and some things might not work this way (due to window sizes, etc.). These are just my ideas about another interface.

I guess you won't like most of them as I assume you would have done things this way already but hey proposing changes is worth a try... :rolleyes:

stax76

14th April 2006, 01:34

"Batch Mode" might be useful to me but I do not understand what it does. I read some posts where you said one should read the context help. Well, pressed the help button and that's what I got:

"Options Dialog
All options in the Options Dialog are stored in projects. In order to use changes as defaults available on start-up overwrite the default project. In the main dialog's main menu select File/Default Project/Save."

Not exactly useful... Then I searched all .htm files for the term "batch" which returned three files with no real info...

What the user should be expecting pressing the help button there is the help for the active tab, I need to fix this. Most options have a context help you can show by either dropping the 'What's this help' (?) on it or by right-clicking on the option, the right-click works even for menu's (main and context menu's) but of course not if the control got a context menu like text controls.

Not exactly useful... Then I searched all .htm files for the term "batch" which returned three files with no real info...

Most of the help is runtime generated because it's much easier for me doing the help in place using visual designers and wiki markup.

I really do not like the assistant. With the new Hot-fix you introduced a warning ("Please follow the assistant") that forces me through the assistant although I just want to queue a job.

Starting the encoding directly instead of using the job list is not possible either, if that was possible before than it was a bug and not a feature. I had to force this because before I did so I was getting lot's of bug reports from people ignoring critical warnings. If reminders bother people I could make them optional.

Btw. adding more jobs should be possible after others were started (like in Gordian Knot).

It should but it's a too big task, I've explained it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=780748&postcount=543).

The assistant is really a "Wizard" to me which many programs have to guide novice users through important steps of a program. This is perfectly fine but really slows pro users down. It's the same with StaxRip. I would prefer if StaxRip had a wizard and a pro mode to choose from.

I could make some stuff optional, which of the instructions bother you? IIRC there are really only crop and filters, everything else would lead to people mess up their encodes (and send bug reports...).

Btw. another annoying thing which was introduced a while back is having to load the default profile again when starting a new project (i.e. loading a new file).

There isn't really a way around, a new source needs a clean project for a couple of very good reasons. So far I recall about three complaints and was confronted with the warning myself too. What might be a improvement is showing a small dialog allowing to pick a template or the default project.

For a Pro Mode I would suggest an interface slightly similar to Gordian Knots with Tabs:

IMHO traditional tabs look a bit old fashioned. I would prefer a sidebar much like 'Windows Movie Maker' which of course are tabs too. I prefer my ultimate simplicity compact single screen approach but understand many people would prefer a tab and multi screen approach. There are lot's of factors like people have different experience, requirements, understanding, habits, priorities, the list is endless, the more types of users you want to cover the harder it get's, it's really not easy.

If you have lot's of simple stuff to encode without extras like subtitles and want things to be done quick and painless then a single sceen is handy, if you got extras and like to tweak you'll likely prefer a tab/multi sceen approach.

My architecture wouldn't allow such a change (like the job issue) btw. Such huge things are critically if not done from the beginning.

sterlina

14th April 2006, 01:38

Hi Stax, I wander if there is an option to separate first pass and second pass, as it takes a long to do them together.

swinokur

14th April 2006, 01:48

Stax: I'm using a CLI based encoder, and I've got it launching okay, but it launches in a separate 'command' window. Is there a different method I could use to launch it so that the output of the encoder (process bar, etc) shows up in the processform?

thanks!

stax76

14th April 2006, 02:37

I wander if there is an option to separate first pass and second pass, as it takes a long to do them together.

No, if it takes long then you must be using x264 :devil:, you could show the command line preview in that case and execute the command lines manually and use the null encoder, the profile is called 'Misc - No Encoding', you have to configure the output format of the null encoder and need to know that changing the encoder changes the muxer because the muxer is part of the encoder. Maybe quality mode or the pause feature could help you.

Stax: I'm using a CLI based encoder, and I've got it launching okay, but it launches in a separate 'command' window. Is there a different method I could use to launch it so that the output of the encoder (process bar, etc) shows up in the processform?

Such things are too much work to add and maintain, a progress bar requires the output to be parsed which is different for every application. Parsing the output is a poor solution just like confronting a windows user with a scary console window but there is no other way when the operating system or codec don't provide a better way.

sterlina

14th April 2006, 10:11

No, if it takes long then you must be using x264 :devil:, you could show the command line preview in that case and execute the command lines manually and use the null encoder, the profile is called 'Misc - No Encoding', you have to configure the output format of the null encoder and need to know that changing the encoder changes the muxer because the muxer is part of the encoder. Maybe quality mode or the pause feature could help you.

ehu... not really, I'm encoding with XviD. For a 2h video it takes about 6 hours to do both pass, that's not really *too much* but if it could be splitted it would be better.

I've tried the profile "XviD - Exact File Size", choose number of passes 1 in [options], but then [codec configuration] accepts only single pass in encoding type. I mean, I can change but it just won't take care and reset it.
Wouldn't be more powerful if that was only the default option, and if I change it just leave as I changed?

stax76

14th April 2006, 10:28

@sterlina

In StaxRip a encoding is a batch of many tasks. You want to disable one of this tasks, fine but how are you gonna do the disabled task?

Warrex

14th April 2006, 11:36

I really do not like the assistant. With the new Hot-fix you introduced a warning ("Please follow the assistant") that forces me through the assistant although I just want to queue a job.

Starting the encoding directly instead of using the job list is not possible either, if that was possible before than it was a bug and not a feature. I had to force this because before I did so I was getting lot's of bug reports from people ignoring critical warnings. If reminders bother people I could make them optional.

Well I solution might be that StaxRip dynamically checks which info is still missing for a successful encode. "Start" could then be greyed out out as long as StaxRip does not have all the info it or it could display an info box for the user with things he has to do before running the job.

I am no programer and I have no idea which things are hard to do. I just see shiny things in other programs and think to myself "well, that would be a cool things to have in StaxRip". :sly:

As you will have noticed my major concern is just that using StaxRip for batch encoding got slower with some of the last versions which contrasts with so many people asking about extended functionality. So if there are little things you can do in this area it would be very welcome. :)

stax76

14th April 2006, 12:21

Well I solution might be that StaxRip dynamically checks which info is still missing for a successful encode. "Start" could then be greyed out out as long as StaxRip does not have all the info it or it could display an info box for the user with things he has to do before running the job.

I don't understand exactly the workflow you want so please explain more detailed. I changed things in that area for almost any version, either because of feedback or for me, just the most recent build has changes, the whole thing is very difficult and I don't know if it was the last change.

When clicking new in the job dialog the following things happen using the most recent unofficial build:

*requirements are verified
*assistant check (new behavior)
*project is saved to source dir + target name so no longer any dialog unless the above checks fail (new behavior)

It's now very easy to make different encodes from the same source, you just change the target name and add it to the job list.

I've heard DXN is preparing another release so I'm waiting for that and I still have to add the updated DivX muxer, meanwhile here is another hotfix (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip).

Warrex

14th April 2006, 15:11

Well, what I meant was the following:

I do not want to click myself through the assistant when adding jobs.

StaxRip should not check whether I have clicked through it but whether I can safely add (or start) a job now directly. Having to confirm by pressing "next" that cropping/filter setup/cutting/compressibility check were done or should not be done is a waste of time and most of all you can accidently click "next" one time too much and encoding starts prematurely. If I need one of these functions I can press F4, F5 or whatever.

Currently I want to encode many smaller clips of circa the same duration. The encoding settings stay the same (Saved as default profile: Filter setup, target size, target video dimensions, no cropping/cutting needed) - the only change is loading another source file. This might sound like a very special workflow but it isn't. The basic problem described below stays the same even if a have to change more settings...

Current workflow:

- Reload Default Profile
- Load File
- Click through four steps in the assistant and stop when it is at the "Ready" step
- Click text next to the "Next" button or hit F6
- Press Add & Close in Job Window

Workflow in (much) earlier StaxRip versions:

- Load file
- Press F6
- Press Add & Close in Job Window

A workflow I would like:

- Load file
- hit a Button like "Add to joblist" without opening the job window (thats what View/Jobs... or F6 is for)

Bottom line: I do not need an assistant as I access e.g. Crop via F4 only when I need it.

stax76

14th April 2006, 16:01

@Warrex

I might not change the default behavior but I will add some features allowing you to customize StaxRip for your prefered workflow.

sterlina

14th April 2006, 20:00

@sterlina
In StaxRip a encoding is a batch of many tasks. You want to disable one of this tasks, fine but how are you gonna do the disabled task?

ehu... if I have to encode first pass and second pass, I can disable the second and run the encoding, then (later, other day, whenever) disable the first pass and do the encoding, if I haven't changed anything (crop, audio, bitrate...) it should work

but that would be quite strange to do, so it wouldn't be a good solution :D I'll try to explain better my though (BTW... I don't know much about coding, so I don't know how much is difficult or it takes long for you to do it :p )

Let say you wants to do [XviD - Exact File Size] with an encode on two passes. The only way to do it is to set 2 passes in the encoder options (the one on the right), and that way you can only queue a job with the whole (1st and 2nd pass) encoding.

My idea was to add the possibility to set 1 pass in the "encoder options", then into "codec configuration" change it to first pass and add the job, then do the same thing but change onto second pass in "codec configuration" tab and add the job. So there would be two jobs, one for first pass and one for second pass

stax76

14th April 2006, 21:13

stax76

14th April 2006, 22:53

0.9.9.1 (2006-04-14)

new: Crop dialog has a customizable menu like the main dialog and the preview.
new: Crop dialog remembers the last video position.
new: Crop dialog allows to crop opposite sides simultaneously.
new: Main and context menus show tooltips.
new: Default target directory option.
new: The file types used for the 'Open' and 'Save As' dialogs can be customized in the settings.
update: x264 490
update: x264 profiles 2006-03-23
update: DivX 6.2.1
update: DivXMux 6.1 build 36
update: VirtualDub 1.6.14
change: No more Save dialogs for the job filename, it'll be based on the target filename.
change: A couple of small AR related improvements.
change: Little change in audio profiles that is only relevant for PMP, PMP muxer updated to 2.0 to support 2 audio tracks and MP3 VBR.

sterlina

14th April 2006, 23:40

@sterlina

It's not so easy since e.g. audio encoding or muxing, all this things run for every job, like I said, encoding is a batch of tasks. It would end up then tasks like audio encoding run twice and other tasks like muxing fail because encoding wasn't completed.

yap! didn't think about audio encoding, I just mux original audio stream ;) and I can easly solve everything using virtualdub

thanks for your answers, I'm now testing your new version

siddharthagandhi

15th April 2006, 02:24

It says the application failed to initalize properly. I'm going to do a redownload...if it works I'll delete this post.

siddharthagandhi

15th April 2006, 02:29

still get it

LRN

15th April 2006, 06:19

Khm...Stax...i meant a way to TRANSCODE DTS to something useful (5.1 AAC), not MUXING it in mp4 "as is". Sorry. Thanks for your efforts though :)

Warrex

15th April 2006, 11:41

@Warrex

I might not change the default behavior but I will add some features allowing you to customize StaxRip for your prefered workflow.

:goodpost: Well thank you SO much! Will wait patiently und just skip 0.9.9.1 maybe.

sterlina

15th April 2006, 13:33

It says the application failed to initalize properly. I'm going to do a redownload...if it works I'll delete this post.

I can use 0.9.9.1 without problems

stax76

15th April 2006, 14:04

@siddharthagandhi

Do other .NET 2.0 aplications run (using a local drive)? The more information you provide the higher the chance to find the reason.

Khm...Stax...i meant a way to TRANSCODE DTS to something useful (5.1 AAC), not MUXING it in mp4 "as is". Sorry. Thanks for your efforts though

Muxing would not require configuration. The command line audio profile supports multiple command lines separated by a new line so it should be possible to configure StaxRip for this.

siddharthagandhi

15th April 2006, 14:59

I'm a noob..what's .NET 2.0?

I had no programs open except AOL dialer, Windows Update running in background, Avast Antivirus, and thats pretty much it except for the trivial stuff like Adobe Fast Launch.

stax76

15th April 2006, 15:18

@siddharthagandhi

You have missed something (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/download.htm) then.

siddharthagandhi

15th April 2006, 16:50

Oh wait now I realized. The previous versions worked because that was before I formatted my computer. Its doing a Windows Update, that might be downloading .Net 2.0...

LRN

15th April 2006, 18:00

Muxing would not require configuration. The command line audio profile supports multiple command lines separated by a new line so it should be possible to configure StaxRip for this.
You trying to tell me, that i shoud set up DTS->AAC transcoding myself? The problem is that i can't! I tried BeSweet (with all GUIs available + all Nero libs i have), azidts, Behappy - nothing worked. Eventually i converted DTS->(azidts)->AIFF->(Nero "Encode files" addon)->AAC, but it's only LC, and Nero isn't commandline (i can't add it to StaxRip's audio profile). I hoped you can help :-/

davidlt

16th April 2006, 07:14

Just reinstalled my windows, and downloaded newest version of StaxRip and got this one:
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3643/kliada1zw.jpg

Maybe, some solutions?..

EDIT: tested with older versions, I got the same error... :( so sad... I am stupid, really stupid... Forgot to install .NET 2 Platform. I think this one will help me.

Mitchjs

16th April 2006, 08:38

1st, i want to say

WOW!!!

this is the 1st app i tried, and got real results

Im so happy...

i only find 1 minor issue, when i bring in my 1080i ts mpgs, i end up with staxrip, saying its 1908 x 1088... prob happening in the dgindex phase, the source panel, says its 1980 x 1088... but before i touch the ts file, i checked, its not 1088...anyway, i want to chop 8 lines off bottom , but cant easily, could you add that?

what i do now, is just after you create the xxxx.avs file i open it add the crop(0,0,-0,-8) in there... and it works great
but if there was a check box to do it for me :)

thanks again... can i send u a donation? where...

mitch

laserfan

16th April 2006, 18:18

...i want to chop 8 lines off bottom , but cant easily, could you add that?mitch, how have you missed the Crop feature? I do this all the time, no problems here.

stax76

16th April 2006, 22:51

New unofficial release available (not available at the download page).

http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip

new: Language is detected from audio filenames.
new: Opening a source file while another is already open a dialog to select a template is shown instead of giving a warning.
new: Options to disable assistant reminders for crop, filters and cut.
new: Setting to prevent the help is shown when a dialog starts the first time.
action: New action 'Perform/Clear Jobs' added.
action: New action 'Perform/Add Job' added.
action: New action 'Perform/Run Jobs' added.
change: Removed default project features and added a setting to specify which template to load at startup.

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 00:45

laserfan,

try taking 8 lines off bottom... you cant!!!
since he checks for divide by 16 on lines!

u cant make 1920 x 1080 when u start with 1920 x 1088
not with the UI as it stands now

if u crop 8 lines off the bottom, u get a size error, and i dont want to crop 8 lines off the top, then i cant resize back to 1920 x 1080, and if i make a 1920 x 1072 technically the aspect is off

also i think i found another issue... i got a 33 second .ts that after i run it though, looses 10 secs in various places, the dgindex is losing scenes...

i did it manually with dgindex, and got correct .d2v file

mitch

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 00:49

not to mention, that when u take 8 lines off the bottom...
and leave the crop view screen, it also takes 8 lines off the top automaticly, to make is /16 i gues
so i end up with 1920 x 1072

which ofcourse is not what i want

mitch

laserfan

17th April 2006, 01:39

laserfan,

try taking 8 lines off bottom... you cant!!!
since he checks for divide by 16 on lines! Oops, you're right. But the "divide by 16" is I believe a requirement of the underlying software. But even a few % of aspect skew is normally of no consequence to a movie or tv show? Maybe the program fix1088 will do what you want.

also i think i found another issue... i got a 33 second .ts that after i run it though, looses 10 secs in various places, the dgindex is losing scenes...If you look at the ProjectX demux log, does it show errors? I have seen ProjectX mess-up badly on some of my .ts files, to the point where I use VideoReDo Plus a lot now to demux my HD captures...

stax76

17th April 2006, 01:57

@Mitchjs

Please send me this file and tell me your desired crop and resize parameters.

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 02:08

sure thing stax...

where do u want it? i can put it on my web site for u

its 50meg

play it in a player (i use zoom)

and u will see that its 1920 x 1080

then bring it into a project...

it turns into 1920 x 1088

also the time problem... which is definitly projectx issue
when i use dgindex outside of stax, to make the demux and d2v its correct

mitch

stax76

17th April 2006, 02:16

50 MB is too much for my mail account (yahoo) so I hope you can upload it somewhere.

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 02:40

stax, check your PM

mitch

swaaye

17th April 2006, 07:04

Stax I just started a big project and loaded up the latest StaxRip and found to my horror that I'm being forced to go thru a bunch of new steps now. I saw Warrex's post:

A workflow I would like:

- Load file
- hit a Button like "Add to joblist" without opening the job window (thats what View/Jobs... or F6 is for)

Bottom line: I do not need an assistant as I access e.g. Crop via F4 only when I need it.

This is EXACTLY what I need. I downloaded your hotfix and it's not really solving the annoyances.

What I used to do is set up a default project and use that for about 150+ jobs. I would do a search in Windows for my .d2v files, drag and drop them onto StaxRip, hitting F6 and adding them to the job queue. I don't use the built-in crop because I set up an autocrop filter. It's all about reducing extra clicks. Extra clicks cost time and bring in a lot more possiblity that I could click something wrong and not notice it.

So PLEASE make it so that:

1) No need to touch the assistant at all, like in earlier versions, and just add the job in the F6 queue.
2) No need to go through the file menu (or even the popup window the hotfix added) to load the template again. Just have the template to load in Project Options, say.

My workflow:

-I drag and drop a .d2v onto StaxRip, it loads it into my chosen template.
-I hit F6 to get into the job queue and add the job (or ideally a F-key is set to add it to the queue immediately instead of messing with the queue window)
-Drag another .d2v over
-Add it to job queue
....

I can see why you have the assistant in the prog, and all of these checkpoint steps. But for an advanced user like myself, reducing the clicks is so critical....

LRN

17th April 2006, 08:57

What is the point of cropping 8-pixel row? You won't save much bitrate on this, i assure you.

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 09:01

ah, the 8 pixles are a ugly grey bar... added somewhere
dgindex prob

mitch

stax76

17th April 2006, 11:10

@Mitchjs

It might be better to contact the authors of the underlying tools and post to the forum of the underlying tools to get us a idea where the real problems are.

@swaaye

StaxRip was always about to simplify, automate and customize as much as possible. I think those features are important for many users and good reasons to use StaxRip since most other tools don't provide that much convenience.

Forcing to load a template before loading a new source was really needed, there ain't really a way around. I think it's only pressing enter once but could provide a way to even get around this so I'm proposing another option:

Option name: Template Loaded After Adding A Job:
Options: None, Startup Template, Last Template

I could make this globally for the normal jobs dialog in the settings as well as parameter for the action, it would even then be possible to utilize the same action more than once using different parameters.

Default value would be 'None' as I think the majority would prefer it.

You would be able then to drop a file, trigger the 'Perform/Add Job' action with a menu item or keyboard shortcut and after that you could start over.

Warrex would prolly have asked for that too. :D

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 11:48

stax,

could you add a option that adds this

Crop(0,0,-0,-8)

to the .avs

what i do, is sneek it in, after u created the .avs file

it works!

also on the crop dialog box, can u make a resize window on right click, say 50%, 25 %
hard to fit a 1920x1088 window on my monitor (1280x1024)

mitch

stax76

17th April 2006, 12:18

@Mitchjs

This should be done using the regular crop facility otherwise it would bypass the AR calculation. So you would open the crop dialog and crop 8 pixel at the bottom. If there is no resize filter enabled StaxRip will fix cropping to be mod 16, I could make another option but I hesitate because possibly this might be only a workaround for another problem and before working around a problem it's better trying to solve the problem. There are different tricks you might use if nobody finds the real problems e.g. enable a resize filter temporarily before you crop so StaxRip won't force mod 16 or enter 'Crop(0,0,-0,-8)' in your source filter (before opening the source (use profiles/templates))!

also on the crop dialog box, can u make a resize window on right click, say 50%, 25 %
hard to fit a 1920x1088 window on my monitor (1280x1024)

It seems windows can't be bigger than the screen so I think it's better to maximize at startup. I can add this if nobody else has a better idea.

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 14:30

stax, if i use the built in crop, and remove 8 lines from bottom
then hit ok, it forces 8 of the top too..

and i end up with 1920 x 1072

try it

im not using resize at all

mitch

stax76

17th April 2006, 14:56

stax, if i use the built in crop, and remove 8 lines from bottom
then hit ok, it forces 8 of the top too..

and i end up with 1920 x 1072

try it

I've explained this in my previous post.

Warrex

17th April 2006, 15:02

New unofficial release available (not available at the download page).

http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip

Great changes! :D Please also add an option to skip the compressibility check in the assistant (I never use it anyway): "Remind to check compressibility"

Warrex would prolly have asked for that too.

Damn, you are right! I hope using voodoo magic does not violate the forum rules. ;)

Bug report: Try to open the tree in the "Settings..." dialog completely and see what happens or rather what does not happen.

Mitchjs

17th April 2006, 15:02

DOH

i miss read it

trying now

seems to work

it works

:)

mitch

stax76

17th April 2006, 16:32

Bug report: Try to open the tree in the "Settings..." dialog completely and see what happens or rather what does not happen.

Scrollbar does not appear, never noticed it since I'm always using auto collapse, TreeView programming can be tricky, I'll try to fix it.

swaaye

17th April 2006, 18:42

Option name: Template Loaded After Adding A Job:
Options: None, Startup Template, Last Template

Sounds great to me.

Also, you must have missed a part of the "assistant check" cuz it's still telling me to run thru the assistant when I try to add a job. I don't use the assistant at all cuz I have everything set to go thru the template and don't use compress check or the cropping.

stax76

17th April 2006, 19:37

Also, you must have missed a part of the "assistant check" cuz it's still telling me to run thru the assistant when I try to add a job. I don't use the assistant at all cuz I have everything set to go thru the template and don't use compress check or the cropping.

Sure, as explained previously I can't permit skipping critical warnings so I made options to skip instructions that are not critical so if you think there are still instructions that should rather be disabled please tell me what instructions that are.

Warrex

17th April 2006, 21:25

Sounds great to me.

Also, you must have missed a part of the "assistant check" cuz it's still telling me to run thru the assistant when I try to add a job. I don't use the assistant at all cuz I have everything set to go thru the template and don't use compress check or the cropping.

Maybe it is helpful to describe in detail what to do:

- Hit F7 to open the project options dialog
- Click on the "Advanced" Tab
- Open the tree "Assistant"

You can tell the assistent there not to ask about cropping, setting filters or cutting. However it will still remind you to do a compressibilty check. I have already asked Stax earlier in this thread to make that optional as well.

stax76

18th April 2006, 23:31

Warrex

19th April 2006, 00:15

*Option to disable the comp. check reminder.
*Parameter added to the 'Perform/Add Job' action allowing to define a name of a template to be loaded.
*Crop dialog will maximize in case image is bigger than screen.
*Setting tree is scrollable.

http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip

Ahhhh! Totally great. Will put this to good use tomorrow. A BIG :thanks: for including these features I have asked for! Especially as you don't need them yourself afaik. :D

Maybe you should make an official release of it after having included this

I'm proposing another option:

Option name: Template Loaded After Adding A Job:
Options: None, Startup Template, Last Template

and after that already promised version 6.2.2 of DivX is released:
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=813288&postcount=33

I guess there will be far more people who welcome these changes than just swaaye and me! ;)

swaaye

19th April 2006, 01:32

Thanks Stax! I'll try this out ASAP.

stax76

19th April 2006, 06:56

Maybe you should make an official release of it after having included this

I don't make that much releases as I used to for a couple of reasons like most bugs have been fixed, most important features have been added, people don't like to update too often and I usually need a month to add a couple of things to the change list.

Option name: Template Loaded After Adding A Job:
Options: None, Startup Template, Last Template

That's the second point of the last changelog, though I simplyfied it.

and after that already promised version 6.2.2 of DivX is released:

Last time I tried it was still 6.2.1.

heathen17

19th April 2006, 09:10

Hi Stax,

Thanks so much for this great tool!

Is there any chance you will be adding in a component to take advantage of the menu and chapter building capabilities that are now available for DivX?

Warrex

19th April 2006, 10:43

Option name: Template Loaded After Adding A Job:
Options: None, Startup Template, Last Template

That's the second point of the last changelog, though I simplyfied it.

Ah, now I see... So if there are other ones out there like me who are a bit slow - here is what I did for a faster workflow in Staxrip:

- Opened Tools/Edit Menu...
- In the menu editor I added a new item under "Tools"
- Text: Directly Add To Joblist
- Shortcut Key : pressed + on the numpad
- Command: Perform/Add Job
- Show confirmation: No
- Template Name: DVB (most other people will want to add DVD here)
- Clicked OK

- Opened View/Project Options.../Advanced/Assistant
- Unchecked all four options there (Remind to...)
- Clicked OK

Now it is possible to open a project and add it directly to the joblist with the + on the numpad. Afterwards the prefered template is automatically loaded. F6 still openes the job list and starts encoding.

@Stax

The command for adding forced subtitles is misspelled: "Perform/Add Foreced Subtitle"

sterlina

19th April 2006, 12:17

bug report:
open [Edit Menu] from [Tools]
add a new menu item (it is shown as "???") and select it
choose "command", a menu drop down

... then hit ALT+TAB to switch to another application, ALT+TAB again to come back to StaxRip, an error appairs

I've tryed with a "clean install" of latest hotfix

do you need I send you the file StaxRip created?

Gehenna

19th April 2006, 13:59

Hi,

Okay im kinda being lazy here,but is their any way of cueing up ProjectX&DGIndex jobs..?

My normal scenerio is converting my DVB stuff,if i have 3-5 mpegs to convert ,i have to wait for ProjectX&DGindex to complete before i can load the next mpeg into staxrip. (I kinda like how MEgui queue system works on this front)

It would be nice to cue the mepgs ,and get staxrip to index/demux the files (Projectx&DGindex) ,give me the .d2v file,then jump on the next in the cue,meaning i can leave the 1st half of the process unattentended, leaving me to just open the indexed/demuxed files with the .d2v file,and create the jobs (2nd half) ,and im done.

Thanks.

vladlp

19th April 2006, 16:58

Hello Stax!
'Perform/Add Job' is supper!!!
probably you can also add:
Perform / Comp. check
and Project/Save without save dialogs, just like you made it for add jobs...

a lot of thanks

stax76

19th April 2006, 18:35

The command for adding forced subtitles is misspelled: "Perform/Add Foreced Subtitle"

Thanks

bug report:
open [Edit Menu] from [Tools]
add a new menu item (it is shown as "???") and select it
choose "command", a menu drop down

... then hit ALT+TAB to switch to another application, ALT+TAB again to come back to StaxRip, an error appairs

I've tryed with a "clean install" of latest hotfix

do you need I send you the file StaxRip created?

I can't reproduce it, please send the diagnostic files or just post the content of the files exception.txt. Which command did you choose?

I'm just noticing I'm using two different terms for the same thing, Command and Action which is confusing of cource, got to change this.

@Gehenna & vladlp

I'll work on it shortly.

stax76

19th April 2006, 22:53

My normal scenerio is converting my DVB stuff,if i have 3-5 mpegs to convert ,i have to wait for ProjectX&DGindex to complete before i can load the next mpeg into staxrip. (I kinda like how MEgui queue system works on this front)

It would be nice to cue the mepgs ,and get staxrip to index/demux the files (Projectx&DGindex) ,give me the .d2v file,then jump on the next in the cue,meaning i can leave the 1st half of the process unattentended, leaving me to just open the indexed/demuxed files with the .d2v file,and create the jobs (2nd half) ,and im done.

StaxRip don't has supports for this, it would be possible to write a script for these apps, the command lines can be found in the options under preparation. It's however easier to do this with StaxRip as it has a CLI as well.

When you open a file in StaxRip a couple of tasks start automatically which includes demuxing and indexing. When you open a file via CLI it's exactly the same so your command line would look like:

StaxRip <source file>

Since you want to batch process more than just one file this command line has to be executed for every file. This should be done with script as a batch file can't cope with a percent sign used for macros and not everybody likes console windows (for reasons like people fear what they don't know or simply can't remember all the switches (both applies to me :D).

The script would wait for StaxRip to terminate until it starts StaxRip again so we need to exit StaxRip:

StaxRip <source file> -exit

Exit would however show a dialog asking if the modified project should be saved so we need to save the project before we exit:

StaxRip <source file> -Project/SavePath:%source_dir%%source_name%.rip -exit

The command line is now complete. The script looks like this:

Set s = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

For Each i In WScript.Arguments
cmdl = """D:\Projekte\StaxRip\bin\StaxRip.exe"" """ & i & """ -Project/SavePath:%source_dir%%source_name%.rip -exit"
s.Run cmdl, 1, true
Next

You just need to edit the path of StaxRip and save it with .vbs extension. You can pass your source files as arguments for example you drag files on the script or you save the script or a link to the script in your 'Sent To' directory, select your source files in the explorer and send them to the script.

The '-Project/SavePath' switch used in the command line is new and only available in this hotfix (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip).

'Perform/Add Job' is supper!!!
probably you can also add:
Perform / Comp. check
and Project/Save without save dialogs, just like you made it for add jobs...

No problem, adding a command is as simple as putting some attributes around a method and it's parameters. The commands are:

Project/Save Path
Perform/Start Compressibility Check

Since switches are processed sequentially the command 'Perform/Copy To Clipboard' with macros as arguments should be useful for you.

Download it here here (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip).

Warrex

20th April 2006, 03:27

Set s = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

For Each i In WScript.Arguments
cmdl = """D:\Projekte\StaxRip\bin\StaxRip.exe"" """ & i & """ -Project/SavePath:%source_dir%%source_name%.rip -exit"
s.Run cmdl, 1, true
Next

@Stax

This script rocks! To bad the sources do not get added to StaxRips joblist using the settings of the default template. ;) Is this variation possible? Can you help? I am not really familiar with the windows script language. :o

All this is SO valuable batch functionality! Not just for hardcore users but also for the average guy (believe me). My fear is however that if the average guy does not read this thread he will probably never make use of the added features as they are (in comparison to other programms) hard to find and (rather) hard to use.

E.g. a user who is looking for a new encoding app (maybe because Gordian Knot is outdated) will probably give serveral programms a try (I did a while back). If advanced batch functionality is important to him he will probably discard StaxRip quite soon as its now mighty possibilities are just not that apparent. Warning! Here are some thoughts about this topic: :devil:

If I was new to StaxRip and if I would not have read this thread...

...I would not assume at first that the new "Remind to..." options have sth. to do with batch processing or are at least most useful in this respect. The changelog also does not give a clue why some functions were originally included.

...I would be overwhelmed by StaxRips "Edit Menu" functions and would not know that "Perform/Add job" is such a powerful command. There seems to be no context help for the commands and even if there is/were I would expect adding jobs as a button already included in to GUI.

...I would not know about StaxRips cool CLI interface (actually I did not until now) as it is not mentioned on the "Introduction" page of the help and as there does not seem to be a link to the "Command Line Help" page which I now accessed through "Staxrip.exe -?".

Personally I am happy with StaxRip now as I just know how stuff can be done - other people might not be that happy with it. I know that a I already asked about a more streamlined interface but I really think that many cool things about StaxRip will be lost to the public if it does not get one. Basically it is now possible to override the assistant and to add jobs directly. This could already be some sort of "Advanced Batch Mode" vs. "Assistant Mode" which should be quite easy to integrate as one can also change all the options manually if he knows what to do. In the long run also things like the functionality of the script above could be included in some form.

Btw: I think it would be good to leave the changelog as it is but adding some text which describes what the main goals for the release were might be useful to many users (e.g. These changes were mainly made to allow advanced batch functionality... You can now...). The DivX guys also do it this way for example.

Gehenna

20th April 2006, 10:08

Hi Stax,

Your script works great.

I have added the VBS script to my `send to`,and now its all so simple to demux/index a number of files without any user intervention.

Thanks.

stax76

20th April 2006, 19:01

This script rocks! To bad the sources do not get added to StaxRips joblist using the settings of the default template. Is this variation possible? Can you help? I am not really familiar with the windows script language.

You have to remove the command for saving the project since adding a jobs saves anyway, then you have to add the command that adds a job.

IIRC it should look like:

Set s = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

For Each i In WScript.Arguments
cmdl = """D:\Projekte\StaxRip\bin\StaxRip.exe"" """ & i & """ -Perform/AddJob -exit"
s.Run cmdl, 1, true
Next

All this is SO valuable batch functionality! Not just for hardcore users but also for the average guy (believe me). My fear is however that if the average guy does not read this thread he will probably never make use of the added features as they are (in comparison to other programms) hard to find and (rather) hard to use.

I've just improved the help, a batch dialog seem to be a good idea.

E.g. a user who is looking for a new encoding app (maybe because Gordian Knot is outdated) will probably give serveral programms a try (I did a while back). If advanced batch functionality is important to him he will probably discard StaxRip quite soon as its now mighty possibilities are just not that apparent. Warning! Here are some thoughts about this topic:

So far there is no batch dialog but are there applications that do much better?

...I would not assume at first that the new "Remind to..." options have sth. to do with batch processing or are at least most useful in this respect. The changelog also does not give a clue why some functions were originally included.

These options are however clear, the changelog is indeed not very helpful, well, wait for future changelogs, they'll be much better!

...I would be overwhelmed by StaxRips "Edit Menu" functions and would not know that "Perform/Add job" is such a powerful command. There seems to be no context help for the commands and even if there is/were I would expect adding jobs as a button already included in to GUI.

There will be a command topic in the help. The menu editor has no context help because a dropdown is used. Since there are now many commands the dropdown is not ideal, the command names are already grouped as that required no difficult changes. Ideal would be a context menu and that allows tooltips. The commands are however in the help of the menu editor.

...I would not know about StaxRips cool CLI interface (actually I did not until now) as it is not mentioned on the "Introduction" page of the help and as there does not seem to be a link to the "Command Line Help" page which I now accessed through "Staxrip.exe -?".

I've just improved the feature list added the command line feature and it's now also in the new 'Commands' topic.

Although I don't like big posts as they are not easy to chew this post helped much, thanks!