robot4rip 0.4 released.

[TheWEF]

it's in the news (http://doom9.org).


robot4rip_readme.txt:

TheWEFs robot4rip 0.4 release

automation tool for DVD ripping/indexing/demuxing
freeware
written by TheWEF & aquaplaning 2002-2003
DVD components written by dvd2svcd
tested, hosted, supported and published by doom9

DONATIONS:
If you like robot4rip, if you find it useful or interesting or
if you use it frequently, please consider to donate a suitable amount.
Just press "Donate via PayPal" in the "Help" menu to be transferred
to my donation account at PayPal. You can easily transfer money from
your own PayPal account or pay with credit card. Even the smallest amount
will be highly appreciated!
Thank you very much in advance! =)

http://doom9.org
http://forum.doom9.org
http://gknot.doom9.org
http://dvd2svcd.doom9.org

robot4rip is a part of what should have been GKnots successor.
atm development has slowed down, so i decided to release what
is working so far.
GordianKnots source code is now available under GPL.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gordianknot/

robot4rip is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

robot4rip is a frontend for these fine freeware tools:

DVDDecrypter by LightningUK, www.dvddecrypter.com
vStrip by maven, www.maven.de
BeSweet by DSPGuru, DSPGuru.doom9.org
AuthDVD.dll by Nic, nic.dnsalias.com
dvd2avi 1.76 cli by Jackei and dvd2svcd, www.dvd2svcd.org
VobSub by Gabest, vobsub.edensrising.com
DaemonTools, www.daemon-tools.com
ChapterXtractor by Christophe.Paris@free.fr
WinRAR (not freeware), www.rarlab.com

DVDDecrypter, vStrip, dvd2avi, BeSweet and VobSub are included in the
GordianKnot SystemPack and RipPack
that can be downloaded from gknot.doom9.org
to be able to use the "Full Copy" feature you have to upgrade
DVDDecrypter to version 3.1.5.0. !!!

ChapterXtractor and AuthDVD.dll come with this installer.

DaemonTools and WinRAR are not included.

recommended INSTALLATION:

1) install latest GordianKnot SystemPack.
2) install latest GordianKnot RipPack.
3) upgrade DVDDecrypter to v3.1.5.0.
4) install robot4rip into your GordianKnot program folder.
5) download DaemonTools from www.daemon-tools.com and install.
6) (optional) download WinRAR from www.rarlab.com and install.
7) run robot4rip.
8) in "Tools" -> "Preferences" check all program locations and settings.

what is this program good for?
it automates and combines all the boring steps in the dvd ripping process
to be prepared for video encoding after one single click.

doom9 has the official online guide for you already:
http://www.doom9.org/r4r-guide.htm
if this link is dead just check out the guides section and you'll find it.

all steps are optional, but you have to keep in mind that some depend
on others...

1) create a DVD ISO Image with DVDDecrypter and mount it with DaemonTools.
2) rip a selected program chain (various methods)
3) create a d2v-file with dvd2avi, automatically activate "force film" if possible.
4) transcode audio with BeSweet or any other cli audio transcoder.
5) extract subtitles with VobSub.
6) extract Chapter Information with ChapterXtractor.
7) run a custom command.


i think the gui is pretty well organized and should be self-explanatory.
"Scan" -> "Scan Folder" to search for ifo- and vob-files in a certain folder.
r4r will only find vob-files if there is an ifo with a matching name:
e.g. MyMovie_0.ifo MyMovie_1.vob MyMovie_2.vob and so on.
left-click the speed-buttons to activate/deactivate an action.
right-click the speed-buttons to change settings.
for each audio track you can select a different audio encoder setting -
just check and right-click the track.
press "Start" to make it happen.
all the rips you queue will be done from the ISO-image/Full Copy until you
"scan" a different folder.


HISTORY:

v0.1 alpha, March 26th, 2003:
this is the first alpha release. not available to the public.

v0.2 beta, April 1st, 2003:
doom9 did a lot of testing, manono helped out as well. they found quite a
few bugs that should be gone with this first public release.
please post bug reports in http://forum.doom9.org
in the gordian knot forum, but please keep it in ONE THREAD.

v0.3 release, April 11th, 2003:
- BaronVlad requested support for other audio types than ac3. use
"Edit" -> "Enable All Audio Tracks". this is a feature for experienced
users only!!! dvd2avi can only demux certain audio types and you
have to setup custom profiles for audio encoding. use at your own risk!
- len0x found a bug in the calculations of d2v film percentage. should
be fixed. you can test calculations with "Tools" -> "Analyze d2v".
- ExSport reported a bug with rundll32 & winME - should be fixed.
- some cosmetics.

v.0.4 release, April 14th, 2003:
- killingspree found a stupid bug in r4rs vstrip ripping section. the first
vob file was not picked up and renamed, therefore roughly the first 30
minutes of a movie were missing in the d2v file. it's strange that nobody
noticed before, probably because vstrip, per default, is used for ripping
from harddisk only - fixed.
- latest DVDDecrypter version 3.1.5.0 comes with new commandline switches.
so i added support for "Full Copy" in file mode, that can be used instead
of ISO mode, on machines where deamontools is not available.
- Benjy sent me a french translation for the gui, so i included it with
the installer - thank you!



hello and thanx to:

aquaplaning, doom9, DVD2SVCD, DSPguru, Nic, ookami, DDogg, cofferscuffs,
dividee, hakko504, jggimi, manono, UHT, nn, jackei, tron, len0x,
maven, gabest, avery lee, mathias born, LightningUK, DaveEL, BaronVlad,
jonny, steady, blacksun, neuron2, Tom Barry, koepi, maras, rock hardy,
rmatei, scootermyth, dvd2svcd, realspiderman,....

& all moderators and members of the doom9 community!

wef.


give it a try! :)

bug reports in this thread only, please!

happy ripping!

wef.

[jarthel]

any chance to let users specify the audio encoding bitrate? The choices are rather limited.

I wouldn't have asked if Ogg Vorbis .5 setting is there already. :)

I'll test it tonight. :)

Thanks :)

jayel

[Doom9]

you can create your own profiles as stated in the guide ;) Just take an existing vorbis profile, change the quality factor in the commandline and save it under a new name and you're all set.

[jarthel]

very nice :)
thank you.

Jayel

[bilu]

I've tested it, it look very nice! :p

The interface looks WAAAAY better than GKnot.
Still misses muxing and video encoding though, but it's a very nice work already.

@TheWEF

Will someone beside you support this development?


Best regards,
Bilu

[ExSport]

GKNOT and r4r are the best soft for dvd2DivX(XviD) conversion, but there is a function that is useful and not implemented(or there is not a profile). And it is a transcoding ac3 to ac3 with lower bitrate(AUTODUB has this function).I am not so informed in besweet command prompt- for many people will be problem to create own profile for TRANSCODE, so PLEASE, could someone informed create it for us?
Thanks for all:-))

[cofferscuffs]

wheres the big go button?

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by cofferscuffs
wheres the big go button?

shame on me! - you're not in my "hello and thanx" list - damn it! :scared: i'd say this is a serious bug that definitely will be fixed in the next version! :sly:

glad to see you around!

wef.

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by bilu
Will someone beside you support this development?

am i the only developer? - check out the readme.
support like for a commercial product - not at all.
support like guides, forum, people helping people - look around you! :)

wef.

[cofferscuffs]

Originally posted by TheWEF
shame on me! - you're not in my "hello and thanx" list - damn it! :scared: i'd say this is a serious bug that definitely will be fixed in the next version! :sly:

glad to see you around!

wef.

hah! we should catch up some time... its been a long time since ive been around (years? :p)

[killingspree]

nice toll theWEF
i'm just starting to do my first rip with it (have to free up some HD space)...
one question (probably feature request :-P):
would it be very difficult to include subrip (or alike) in there... i'm usually ripping my files to a testfile so ican use them with BSplayer and it would be great if this was included in the process...

regards & thanks again
steVe

PS: the GUI just looks awesome!

[Doom9]

I know this was coming. But anything OCR related is very difficult to automate. I know, every srt freak has all his perpared profiles for half a dozen types of DVDs, but I'm sure I'll find you a couple in my collection that still require considerable manual interaction and that goes against the "automate everything" paradigm. And vobsub subs really don't take much space sine you can rar compress them. Doesn't bsplayer support dvobsub?

[killingspree]

well i had some doubts about this idea myself but asked anyway... i know it wouldn't be possible to fully automate the process but i didn't think about exchanging vobsub with subrip but rather add subrip as a nice extra for those "freaks" -as you call them (:
well actually i do not know if bsplayer supports dvobsub... i just find it convenient to have a textfile which you do not have to take in account when calculating the bitrate. (a few kb don't matter in my eyes)

anyway... it's amazing how fast r4r is doing the whole process... just for testing i let it rip the final fantasy r2 DVD (just main movie, 2 audio languages) and let it do the dvd2avi project, all done in roughly 15 minutes- fast in my eyes. i didn't encode the audio though!

oh and this leads me to another point... i see a slight problem in the fact that the audio is compressed before you can do a compression test. i for my part at least often try to go for one cd rips first... only if the comp test value is too low or the sound is awesome so i want the ac3 file i switch to two cds - which actually happens rather frequently, since I'm usually going for quality... (: anyway my point is: won't it happen rather frequently that you compress the audio to let's say a 128 kbit mp3 and then you decide to do a 2 cd rip and rather wan't two audio tracks at 192 kbit?!? then you have to do the encoding process again... just my 2 € cents though!

regards
steVe

[Doom9]

well.. if you decide to keep the ac3 that's no problem, so you have wasted a few minutes but is this so bad? You can still deactivate audio in r4r and do audio compression in gknot.. (okay, no ogg at the moment but then there's no ogm output either.. if you want ogm better use dvd2ogm for the post r4r operations).
Personally I would (if I were to rip.. I only do it for academic purposes) either go with a fixed quality MP3 (128kbit/s) or the AC3 right away.. it sound good enough and I rather use the extra bitrate for video.
In any case, r4r can't do comp check before audio encoding for well known reasons, and I did try my best to decide Wef to implement the 2nd half of the process as well but I'm afraid that's just not an option right now. I'm reasonable confident though that we cover the largest common divisor when it comes to user profiles and you really can't satisfy everbody.

[killingspree]

Originally posted by Doom9
I'm reasonable confident though that we cover the largest common divisor when it comes to user profiles and you really can't satisfy everbody.

true, true...
thanks for your time...

regards
steVe

[ExSport]

Thanks for help:(

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by ExSport
Thanks for help:(

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14432

[ExSport]

Originally posted by TheWEF
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14432


Sorry, I am not angry:) But I thought that profile for AC3 transcoding or advice is not problem for people from this forum. I am not so informed in this problematics(besweet ac3 transcoding)
Anyway thanks for all which will help;)

[rybread]

r4r is ripping everything in 4:3, even widescreen only sides of discs. how do i fix?

[TheWEF]

@ExSport:
OK. your problem is very audio specific and i do not know the answer.
what you need is a comand line tool capeable of doing that (don't know if it's possible with besweet?) and the correct commandline options.
if you can come up with an example (maybe ask in the audio forum) i will tell you how to create a profile in r4r.

@rybread:
r4r is a ripping tool only, it does not do any resizing or encoding. you can do all that with gordian knot. its time to read doom9s guides!!!

wef.

[TheWEF]

a guy called Benjy sent me this:
Hi!

Here are french translation files for robot4rip :)
On a French localized windows version, the program will automatically load the .FRA files and will get localized. I also included a (rough) translation for ChapterXtractor.

Hope you like it,
Benjy.


could anyone with a french windows version please try and tells us if it works:

http://gknot.doom9.org/RobotRip_FRA_files.rar

wef.

[rybread]

i've read the guides and ripped 20+movies succesfully! what i do is preview vobs w mp6.0.4 ripped from widescreen sides of dvds, but they only preview properly in 4:3. i do play dvd prior to ensure format. this only happens w r4r. files are being ripped into m2v, not vob.

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by rybread
i've read the guides and ripped 20+movies succesfully!

http://www.doom9.org/dvd-basics.htm
http://www.doom9.org/aspectratios.htm

[rybread]

i didnt turn it on,but demux if poss was checked automaticly in pgc rip options. doesnt that get done in dvd2avi? thats the way i've done it in the past. that fixed it though.

possible bug?

by the way, r4r guide says leave defaults, but that gives you .m2v instead of .vob,

thanx(?)for the speedy response

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by rybread
possible bug?

did you really read the docs linked above?

a vob (=video object) is a file containing various streams, like video, audio, subs and other information.

if you demux you get plain audio and video streams and the additional information is gone.

one additional information (used by dvd-players) is how to play back the video stream - anamorphic or not.
(btw this information can sometimes be wrong, because there is a way to overrule this inside the ifo file.)

all of this has nothing to do with the ripping process, the video stream is not altered or manipulated in terms of aspect ratio. this is a matter of play back only.

in any case you have to select the correct aspect ratio when you create a frameserver from the d2v file manually, whether you have been demuxing or not.

so no, this is not a bug. :rolleyes:

wef.

[rybread]

i dont get to put in movies myself. quadriplegia is a bitch, but i've got it. damn shallow pool. 2 diff people reading widescreen on wrong sides of discs. sorry and thanx. widescreen only disc works fine

[ExSport]

Big THANKS to TheWEF.
Thanks for answer:D :) :p ;)

[Benjy]

Originally posted by TheWEF
could anyone with a french windows version please try and tells us if it works:

http://gknot.doom9.org/RobotRip_FRA_files.rar

wef.
It works :D

[BaronVlad]

Hi,

Congratulations, theWEF, r4r looks quite nice,I thought by myself: Why not make your first robot4rip-rip with an adult DVD ? :eek: It is the hard way anyway. OK, I did the settings, but no Audio Track is available. There is one track, this "Unspecified" and grayed. The guide says that a grayed Track is not available in this PGC but in another PGC in this VTS Set, but it isnt. May the problem be, that "Unspecified" isnt the preferred language ? (in the settings there is no such option) Cause of this problem r4r doesnt get any audio for the pgc, dvd2avi has no sound. Doing the old way with DVDDecryptor and DVD2avi gets audio in track1.

Any solution ?

Thanks

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by BaronVlad
Any solution ?

well, atm you can only process ac3 sound with r4r, nothing else. i will think about supporting other soundtracks in future releases.

wef.

[BaronVlad]

Thanks wef for the answer, I hope you will find some time to add support for other audio tracks :(

[ExSport]

There is a BUG in r4r - WIN98SE.
When extracting SUBS with VOBSUB, there is a mistake in command line.
Program run VOBSUB with command line:
C:\windows\system\rundll32.exe "c:\windows\system\vobsub.dll",Configure c:\....\vobsub.param

First error is in location of rundll32.exe => correct is c:\windows
Second is "" => in syntax must not be ""!!!

Correct syntax for Win98 is:
C:\windows\rundll32.exe c:\windows\system\vobsub.dll,Configure c:\....\vobsub.param

Big thanks for best riping solution ;)

[ExSport]

Here is a syntax for PROFILE for AC3 transcoding to lower bitrate(256)AC3:

-core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" -logfile "%log%" ) -ota( -d %delay% ) -azid( -n1 ) -ac3enc( -b 256 ) -profile( %version% )

Have FUN

[ExSport]

Who will not need DIALOG NORMALIZATION REDUCTION(????), just delete -azid( -n1 )
Bye;)

[jarthel]

any chance future version will support IFO parsing?

It'll be good for anime lovers. :)

Jayel

[len0x]

Looks nice, but too much automatization for me :)

several minor (but very annoying) points:

1) why seperating d2v project and audio in different folders?
(later on you have to add audio in GK and it several more clicks to
find audio track)
2) NTSC sources - are they all FORCED FILMED by default ?
(coz most of the time I actually have to perfom proper IVTC)
So is there a way to ask user about how he wants it to be done?
3) DVD2AVI process in general - no preview available, so you cannot
really check what's going on... (Interlace, film etc...)
4) Why renaming vobs to m2v when ripping ??? Later on if you'd like
open DVD2AVI you have to manually add all the files (when *.vob are
used DVD2AVI loads all of them automatically)

[Doom9]

@len0x: how long have you tested?
Force Film is applied if the film percentage is higher than a user customizable treshold (that's in the guide ;) So, no need to see about FILM or interlacing (in the preview and GKnot or another program opening the d2v you can then additionally make the choice between deinterlace or not).
And files are not renamed, if you don't do subs and have demuxing activated in the ripping tab, video and audio are automatically demuxed during the ripping process to save space (streams you don't need are therefore not stored on your HD). Of course you can disable demuxing and when doing subs it's automatically disabled since vobsub can't process dvddecrypter's demuxed subs.

@jarthel: what are you talking about? Certainly not the same tool as everybody else.

@ExSport: Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

23.08.2001 14:00 31'744 rundll32.exe

[len0x]

Originally posted by Doom9
Force Film is applied if the film percentage is higher than a user customizable treshold (that's in the guide ;) So, no need to see about FILM or interlacing (in the preview and GKnot or another program opening the d2v you can then additionally make the choice between deinterlace or not).


It's a bug then - I have it set at 95%, but when I do manual preview in dvd2avi it's about 91-92% and it was forced filmed by r4r anyway...

Originally posted by Doom9

And files are not renamed, if you don't do subs and have demuxing activated in the ripping tab, video and audio are automatically demuxed during the ripping process to save space (streams you don't need are therefore not stored on your HD).


well, so there is no way I can demux only audio?
(meaning: still have vobs, but with audio demuxed - in case I'm not completely satisfied with dvd2avi options of r4r...)

[ExSport]

Originally posted by Doom9
[B
@ExSport:
quote:
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Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

23.08.2001 14:00 31'744 rundll32.exe
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[/B]

Windows 98 SE has rundll32.exe in c:\windows
23.04.1999 22:22 24'576 rundll32.exe

It is my CASE;)

[Doom9]

[16 bit windows hate mode on]if it were for me I'd have every program author implement a check that stops the program before it even appears on the screen if trying to run it on a pocket calculator OS like w98 or millenium. Upgrade, you'll have more computer satisfaction and your sex life will improve considerably[/hate mode off]
@len0x: no, yet dvd2avi works just fine with m2v files so that shouldn't stop you from creating a new dvd2avi project

[ExSport]

Originally posted by Doom9
[B][16 bit windows hate mode on]if it were for me I'd have every program author implement a check that stops the program before it even appears on the screen if trying to run it on a pocket calculator OS like w98 or millenium. Upgrade, you'll have more computer satisfaction and your sex life will improve considerably[/hate mode off]


I have WIN98SE and WinXP because not all progs are functioning on XP;)

[jarthel]

I apologize I wasn't clear.

I meant the ability to select chapters not just PGC. :)

Jayel

[manono]

To len0x-

It's a bug then - I have it set at 95%, but when I do manual preview in dvd2avi it's about 91-92% and it was forced filmed by r4r anyway...

I'm not so sure there's a bug. I'll assume that you ran the preview for only a short time (not all the way through), and I'll also assume you ran the preview from the beginning. If you ran it from somewhere in the middle you'd get a much truer idea of the content of the movie itself. In the beginning of the movie, before you actually get to the movie itself, you'll have the studio logo or the production company short video and such. Those are often interlaced, and if you run the preview for a short while, the results will be skewed because of the opening non-movie stuff. I'm fairly certain that if you actually saved a complete .d2v that by the time it finished, it would be at 95% or above.

If you open the .d2v, you might see a bunch of zeros or 2s at the beginning, indicating interlaced content. But once you get to the movie you should see the 0123 pattern indicating film content (with maybe some more stray zeros or 2s at chapter breaks and such).

[len0x]

Well, I know all that and right after my first post I did test it a bit further and found out that dvd2avi ended up with 94% in the end (full length) while r4r showed 98% in the logs...

So it seems that dvd2avi and r4r uses different strategy for calculating percentage... (not sure which one is right...)

[manono]

Well, I stand corrected then, len0x. Sorry to doubt you.

I keep mine set at 99%. I just hate finding an interlaced frame or 2 after I get done. It sounds like you too might be encoding those non-Hollywood type movies which haven't been mastered properly, and which shouldn't be Force Filmed.

[len0x]

Originally posted by manono
It sounds like you too might be encoding those non-Hollywood type movies which haven't been mastered properly, and which shouldn't be Force Filmed.

It's most of TV shows - they all have such problems... :)

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by len0x
It's a bug then - I have it set at 95%, but when I do manual preview in dvd2avi it's about 91-92% and it was forced filmed by r4r anyway...


i will have a look at this.

Originally posted by len0x
well, so there is no way I can demux only audio?
(meaning: still have vobs, but with audio demuxed - in case I'm not completely satisfied with dvd2avi options of r4r...)

there are two ways to get audio:

1) demux with the ripper. this will save space, because you get separate audio and video streams. and it will cause trouble in some cases, because if something went wrong (e.g. there is a trailer included that you don't want) or you later decide that you want subs you have to rip again.

2) demux with dvd2avi. that's the method i recommend. just uncheck demuxing in pgc preferences and the ripper will output vobs. needs a little more hd-space (who cares...) and is much more flexible.


Originally posted by len0x
why seperating d2v project and audio in different folders?
(later on you have to add audio in GK and it several more clicks to
find audio track)

if you use method 2, audio files are created in the project folder. in any case you can edit folder preferences and use the same folder for iso, rip and project. it's just that sometimes (like myself - for speed reasons) people want to use different drives.

Originally posted by len0x
DVD2AVI process in general - no preview available, so you cannot
really check what's going on... (Interlace, film etc...)

i do not see a way i could change that. automatic is automatic. e.g. you can start ripping before you go to bed. when the process is finished, the box is shut down. i admit that in rare cases you might have to manually redo the dvd2avi process the next day and again encode audio to get sync (at least you can reuse your prefered stored audio profile).

Originally posted by ExSport
Correct syntax for Win98 is:
C:\windows\rundll32.exe c:\windows\system\vobsub.dll,Configure c:\....\vobsub.param

k, will be fixed.


wef.

[japouleripeur]

GordianKnot is a great tool
Robot4Rip is a great tool, too (and it works with french add-ons)
Thanks a lot, TheWEF.

[CaPPyD]

I just wanted to say that I've done about four rips now with R4R and everything is working great. It's so much easier to put the DVD in and have everything done for you. Thanks for a great proggie WEF!

(P.S. THRESHOLD is spelt incorrectly in the program.) :D

[manono]

Congrats CaPPyD-

Your 100th post, and a fine one it was, too.

[summerbreeze]

I have strange problem. After ripping and demuxing with robot4rip finally i had d2v and when i try to open it with GKnot i got this hated message - file is not valid dvd2avi prject (v. 1.76). After that i add my m2v files in DVD2AVI which I use via GKnot and in the end I have d2v wich i can open with Gknot just fine.
First d2v file is playable in WMP 6.4.3.1

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by summerbreeze
...i got this hated message - file is not valid dvd2avi prject (v. 1.76).

i never really found out what causes this, but usually it's a temporary problem and you probably never face it again. this has happend before r4r existed so i'm almost certain that it has nothing to do with r4r.

@CaPPyD: thanx, will be corrected.

wef.

[CaPPyD]

Originally posted by manono
Congrats CaPPyD-

Your 100th post, and a fine one it was, too.

That was 100? WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Whoever said postcount doesnt matter?)

[jarthel]

how about extending r4r to add capability to rip using chapters?

It'll be great for anime lovers. :)

Jayel

[Emp3r0r]

comments about robot4rip

1) good job at automation!

2) why must r4r put "_" when I distinctly type " "?

3) can you highlight the icon in the workflow that is currently being processed?

4) robot4rip besweet usage isn't working although oggmachine works fine, see log below


6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Input : F:\DVD\Enemy_of_the_State\Enemy_of_the_State Track 1 English DELAY 0ms.ac3
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Output: F:\DVD\Enemy_of_the_State\Enemy_of_the_State Track 1 English 01 DELAY 0ms.ogg
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 384kbps
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 10.000dB, Compression: None
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | LFE levels: To LR -INF, To LFE 0.0dB
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Center mix level: BSI
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Surround mix level: BSI
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Dialog normalization: -4dB
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Rear channels filtering: No
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] +-------- BOOST ------
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Algorithm by : LigH
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Boost Factor : 1.3
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | Limit Factor : 0.99
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] +-------- OGG --------
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] | VBR Quality : 0.200
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00:000] +---------------------
6:57:13 PM: . [00:00:00.000] E7: CRC error

Changing the path of Besweet to the Besweet in the OggMachine folder fixes the problem.

[BluDChyLD]

Wouldn't it be better to use the azid parameter when encoding the audio instead of -boost? Not sure if this is a better option, but this is the recommended setting for oggmachine...

E.g
-azid( -g 0.97 -L -3db -c normal -s surround )

However, if you let dvd decryptor demux the audio, when you load the demuxed track into ogg machine the azid paramter disappears. Any idea why?
Cheers

[BluDChyLD]

Noticed a slight problem -

Unless "demux" option is ticked under the PGC tab, dvd decrypter disables stream processing. Shouldn't you leave this on so that it only keeps the audio tracks you specify in the audio tracks box (without demuxing them)? I think this will be more convinient as it allows the user to discard unwanted audio tracks during the ripping process and retains the vobs properly (no converting to m2v, allows demuxing in dvd2avi etc...)

[AsPiRiN]

Hi wef! r4r seems quite nice! However i got a problem. No matter what, when i get the subtitles done with it, i get an empty .sub file (0kb).
The weird thing is that if i extract them with vobsub (not inside r4r) they can be extracted with no problem at all!
Any suggestions???

[Doom9]

@BluDChyLD: The demux option is on by default so I don't see the problem. When you do subs there's a limitation in VobSub preventing stream demuxing, VobSub requires a VOB to properly extract subtitles and this is why selecting subs automatically disables the option (it shouldn't be disabled in the settings though, it doesn't change that value).

[BluDChyLD]

Personally, I prefer the added flexibility of demuxing with dvd2avi instead of letting the ripper do it. Also, oggmachine seems to treat audio streams differently if the ripper demuxes them (the azid parameter disappears).

IMO, it's a more practical approach to allows stream processing without demuxing providing subtitles are not being used, so you can save a little hd space and use the best demuxing method aswell :)

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by AsPiRiN
r4r seems quite nice! However i got a problem. Any suggestions???

:logfile:

[Emp3r0r]

Once I got robot4rip configured to my liking, it does exact same thing I would manually do yet does it faster. This is an awesome timesaver. Thanks yall

Here is my benchmark using The Freshman R1 on a 2.26 P4 and Liteon 163d DVD-ROM. How fast does it work for you?

8:25:32 PM: Plugin "AuthDVD.dll" loaded - authenticating...
8:25:32 PM: Drive G: authenticated
8:25:32 PM: PGC Rip
8:25:32 PM: Creating destination folder "F:\DVD\Freshman\"
8:25:32 PM: Copying Ifo file
8:25:32 PM: Using DVDDecrypter
8:25:32 PM: Demuxing enabled
8:25:32 PM: Ripping with E:\Program Files\DVD Decrypter\DVDDecrypter.exe /MODE IFO /SRC G: /DEST "F:\DVD\Freshman\" /VTS 1 /PGC 1 /DEMUX 0xE0 0x80 /OVERWRITE YES /START /CLOSE
8:31:56 PM: Video: VTS_01_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 16~9 - Letterboxed.M2V
8:31:56 PM: Audio: VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.AC3
8:31:56 PM: Warning: Project folder "F:\DVD\Freshman\" exists
8:31:56 PM: dvd2avi
8:31:56 PM: Demuxing disabled, streams are demuxed already
8:31:56 PM: Indexing with E:\Program Files\GordianKnot\DVD2AVI.exe -ia=1 -FO=0 -Cs=2 -YR=1 -TN=1 -IF=[F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 16~9 - Letterboxed.M2V] -CF=4 -DD=1 -MA=1 -DRC=0 -OF=[F:\DVD\Freshman\Freshman] -exit
8:35:04 PM: "F:\DVD\Freshman\FRESHMAN.d2v" created
8:35:04 PM: F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.AC3
8:35:04 PM: Analyzing d2v-file...
8:35:04 PM: Source is 89 % Film, treshold is 95 %
8:35:04 PM: Force Film NOT activated
8:35:04 PM: Audio encoding
8:35:04 PM: BEGIN "audio encoding"
8:35:04 PM: Preparing data, encoder setting is "ogg machine 5.1 input"
8:35:04 PM: Input file is "F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.AC3"
8:35:04 PM: Output file is "F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.ogg"
8:35:04 PM: Encoder: "E:\Documents and Settings\Jarrett\My Documents\Programs\Besweet\BeSweet.exe"
8:35:04 PM: Parameters: -core( -input "F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.AC3" -output "F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.ogg" -logfilea "F:\DVD\Freshman\VTS_01_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY 0ms.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -ogg( -q 0.200 ) -profile(robot4rip v0.2.0.1075)
8:35:04 PM: Encoding...
8:44:25 PM: Output filesize is 60.15 Mb (63075508 Bytes)
8:44:25 PM: END "audio encoding"
8:44:25 PM: Extracting chapters...
8:44:25 PM: E:\Program Files\GordianKnot\ChapterXtractor.exe "G:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" "F:\DVD\Freshman\Freshman_ChapterX5.txt" -p5 -t1
8:44:30 PM: finished
8:44:30 PM: END RIP "Freshman" (0 hours, 18 minutes, 57 seconds)
8:44:30 PM: Successful.

[AsPiRiN]

Originally posted by TheWEF
:logfile:

I updated to new version but the same thing happens.
Ok here is my log ( i didnt include audio):


5:14:39 ðì: BEGIN RIP "DVDVolume" - 4/12/2003 5:14:39 AM
5:14:39 ðì: robot4rip (0.3.0.1079) - WinXP (5.1.2600.2)
************************************************************
Title: DVDVolume
FileName_ISO: C:\DVD\ISO\DVDVolume.iso
FolderName_Vob: C:\DVD\Rips\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\
FolderName_Prj: C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\
pgc: 0
angle: 0
ISO_redirect: False
active_ISO: False
active_pgc: True
active_indexing: True
active_audio: False
active_vobsub: True
active_chapters: False
active_finalize: False
rip_from_DVD: True
extractBitmaps: True
************************************************************
IfoInfo:
Path: E:\VIDEO_TS\
Name: VTS_01_0.IFO
ShortName: VTS_01
ChainsCount: 2
HasAngles: False
E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB
E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB
E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.VOB
E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.VOB
pgc 1: 1 chapters, 1 cells, 1 audio streams
pgc 2: 15 chapters, 15 cells, 1 audio streams
VobSize: 4452497408
Anamorphic: False
*
Audio Stream 1
Demux: True
Language: English
NumChannels: 2
CodingModeName: AC3
Stream: 0x80
Encoder Setting: 3
*
Subtitle Stream 1
Demux: True
Language: Greek
************************************************************
PGC details:
Num: 1
ChainTime: 00:01:31:57
Angle: 0
CellCount: 1
Available Audio Streams: 1
Available Subtitle Streams: 1
************************************************************
5:14:39 ðì: Plugin "AuthDVD.dll" loaded - authenticating...
5:14:40 ðì: Drive E: authenticated
5:14:40 ðì: PGC Rip
5:14:40 ðì: Creating destination folder "C:\DVD\Rips\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\"
5:14:40 ðì: Copying Ifo file
5:14:40 ðì: Using DVDDecrypter
5:14:40 ðì: Ripping with C:\Program Files\GordianKnot\DVDDecrypter.exe /MODE IFO /SRC E: /DEST "C:\DVD\Rips\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\" /VTS 1 /PGC 1 /OVERWRITE YES /START /CLOSE
5:14:58 ðì: Video: VTS_01_1.VOB
5:14:58 ðì: Creating project folder "C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\"
5:14:58 ðì: dvd2avi
5:14:58 ðì: Demuxing track 1
5:14:58 ðì: Indexing with C:\Program Files\GordianKnot\DVD2AVI.exe -ia=1 -FO=0 -Cs=2 -YR=1 -TN=1 -IF=[C:\DVD\Rips\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_1.VOB] -CF=4 -DD=1 -MA=1 -DRC=0 -OF=[C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\DVDVolume] -exit
5:15:03 ðì: "C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\DVDVOLUME.d2v" created
5:15:03 ðì: C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\DVDVolume Track 1 English DELAY 0ms.ac3
5:15:03 ðì: Analyzing d2v-file...
5:15:03 ðì: Source is not NTSC
5:15:03 ðì: FrameRate: 25000
5:15:03 ðì: Subtitles
5:15:03 ðì: Saving parameter-file
5:15:03 ðì: . C:\DVD\Rips\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_0.IFO
5:15:03 ðì: . C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\DVDVolume
5:15:03 ðì: . 1
5:15:03 ðì: . 0
5:15:03 ðì: . 0 cc
5:15:03 ðì: . CLOSE
5:15:03 ðì: rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\System32\vobsub.dll ,Configure C:\DVD\Projects\DVDVolume_VTS_01_PGC1\vobsub.param
5:15:07 ðì: Extracting subtitles finished
5:15:07 ðì: Compressing with WinRAR...
5:15:08 ðì: Compressing subs finished
5:15:08 ðì: Deleting sub-file
5:15:08 ðì: END RIP "DVDVolume" (0 hours, 00 minutes, 29 seconds)
5:15:08 ðì: Successful.

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by AsPiRiN
I updated to new version but the same thing happens.

aeh... you manually selected the 1st PGC, which is less than 2 minutes long (and maybe does not contain a single subtitle bitmap).
leave the main movie pgc selected (pgc2) and try again - i can see no error.

wef.

[AsPiRiN]

It atually has subtitles if i rip it manually with vobsub.
The thing that may be to blame is that if i choose subrip to extract subtitles, stream 00 (greek) contains no subtitles. However if I choose 01 or 02 (both greek too), subs are extracted normally.So maybe r4r choose the first subtitle stream only that contains no subs actually.
I tried to change the filenames within dvd decrypter so that both .ifo and .vob have the same name (not the pgc numbers) as vobsub's readme suggests, but nothing happened.

I have tried the pgc 2 but the same thing happened. I ll do a test again however.

[killingspree]

ok here's my problem. i was trying to rip the DVD (DVD 5) Last man standing. it pretty much worked perfectly except that r4r somehow renamed the vobs as follows:
vts_01.vob ... should be vts_01_1.vob
vts_01_1.vob ... should be vts_01_2.vob
vts_01_2.vob ... etc
vts_01_3.vob ... etc

the dvd is very simple, only one PGC no other vob files...
when i load the dvd2avi project into gknot the first 30 minutes are missing... the same happened to the mp3 file and the ac3 file.
when i rip the DVD with dvddecrypter or smartripper it works completely normal :confused:

anyway here's my log file:
____________________________

13:20:32: BEGIN RIP "LAST_MAN_STANDING" - 4/12/2003 1:20:32 PM
13:20:32: robot4rip (0.3.0.1079) - WinXP (5.1.2600.2)
************************************************************
Title: LAST_MAN_STANDING
FileName_ISO: C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING.iso
FolderName_Vob: C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\
FolderName_Prj: C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\
pgc: 0
angle: 0
ISO_redirect: False
active_ISO: False
active_pgc: True
active_indexing: True
active_audio: True
active_vobsub: False
active_chapters: True
active_finalize: False
rip_from_DVD: True
extractBitmaps: True
************************************************************
IfoInfo:
Path: F:\VIDEO_TS\
Name: VTS_01_0.IFO
ShortName: VTS_01
ChainsCount: 1
HasAngles: False
F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB
F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB
F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.VOB
pgc 1: 16 chapters, 16 cells, 1 audio streams
VobSize: 3479025664
Anamorphic: False
*
Audio Stream 1
Demux: True
Language: Deutsch
NumChannels: 6
CodingModeName: AC3
Stream: 0x80
Encoder Setting: 1
************************************************************
PGC details:
Num: 1
ChainTime: 01:36:47:46
Angle: 0
CellCount: 16
Available Audio Streams: 1
Available Subtitle Streams: none
************************************************************
13:20:32: Plugin "AuthDVD.dll" loaded - authenticating...
13:20:32: Warning: Authentication not successful, either no DVD has been found or the DVD is not encrypted
13:20:32: PGC Rip
13:20:32: Creating destination folder "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\"
13:20:32: Copying Ifo file
13:20:33: Using vStrip
13:20:33: Saving temporary voblist
13:20:33: Ripping with C:\Programme\GordianKnot\vstrip.exe @"C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\VobList.lst" -i"F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" -p0 -j0 -$1024 -o"C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01.VOB"
13:26:46: Video: VTS_01_1.VOB
13:26:46: Video: VTS_01_2.VOB
13:26:46: Video: VTS_01_3.VOB
13:26:46: Warning: Project folder "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\" exists
13:26:46: dvd2avi
13:26:46: Demuxing track 1
13:26:46: Indexing with C:\Programme\GordianKnot\DVD2AVI.exe -ia=1 -FO=0 -Cs=2 -YR=1 -TN=1 -IF=[C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_1.VOB,C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_2.VOB,C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_3.VOB] -CF=4 -DD=1 -MA=1 -DRC=0 -OF=[C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING] -exit
13:30:45: "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING.d2v" created
13:30:45: C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY -240ms.ac3
13:30:45: Analyzing d2v-file...
13:30:45: Source is not NTSC
13:30:45: FrameRate: 25000
13:30:45: Audio encoding
13:30:45: BEGIN "audio encoding"
13:30:45: Preparing data, encoder setting is "mp3 vbr 128"
13:30:45: Input file is "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY -240ms.ac3"
13:30:45: Reading delay of -240 ms
13:30:45: Output file is "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.mp3"
13:30:45: Encoder: "C:\Programme\GordianKnot\BeSweet.exe"
13:30:45: Parameters: -core( -input "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY -240ms.ac3" -output "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.mp3" -logfile "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.log" ) -ota( -hybridgain -d -240 ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -lame( --alt-preset 128 ) -profile( robot4rip v0.3.0.1079 )
13:30:45: Encoding...
13:45:18: Output filesize is 60,99 Mb (63949856 Bytes)
13:45:18: Importing logfile
13:45:18: . BeSweet v1.5b16 by DSPguru.
13:45:18: . --------------------------
13:45:18: . Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
13:45:18: . Using lame_enc.dll v1.28 (4/6/2002), Engine 3.92 <http://www.mp3dev.org/>.
13:45:18: .
13:45:18: . Logging start : 04/12/03 , 13:30:46.
13:45:18: .
13:45:18: . C:\Programme\GordianKnot\BeSweet.exe -core( -input C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY -240ms.ac3 -output C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.mp3 -logfile C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.log ) -ota( -hybridgain -d -240 ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -lame( --alt-preset 128 ) -profile( robot4rip v0.3.0.1079 )
13:45:18: .
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY -240ms.ac3
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:000] | Output: C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING Track 1 Deutsch DELAY 0ms.mp3
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:000] | PostGain normalize to : 0.97
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] +-------- AZID -------
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Total Gain: 10.000dB, Compression: Normal
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | LFE levels: To LR -3.0dB, To LFE 0.0dB
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Center mix level: BSI
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Surround mix level: BSI
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Dialog normalization: -4dB
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Rear channels filtering: No
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] +-------- LAME -------
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] | 'abr 128' preset is used
13:45:18: . [00:00:00:-240] +---------------------
13:45:18: . [01:06:55:312] Gain of 7.5dB had been asserted to file.
13:45:18: . [01:06:55:312] Conversion Completed !
13:45:18: . [01:06:55:312] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 127kbps
13:45:18: . [00:14:31:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
13:45:18: . Logging ends : 04/12/03 , 13:45:17.
13:45:18: .
13:45:18: END "audio encoding"
13:45:18: Extracting chapters...
13:45:18: C:\Programme\GordianKnot\ChapterXtractor.exe "F:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO" "C:\LAST_MAN_STANDING_VTS_01_PGC1\LAST_MAN_STANDING_ChapterX3.txt" -p3 -t1
13:45:28: finished
13:45:28: END RIP "LAST_MAN_STANDING" (0 hours, 24 minutes, 55 seconds)
13:45:28: Successful.
___________
thanks for any help
steVe

[Emp3r0r]

@killingspree: if you like dvddecrypter (I do), just use that with r4r. It supports it! I recommend opening dvddecrypter and choosing the options you want first. For example, I have it rip to just one big M2V file.

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by killingspree
when i load the dvd2avi project into gknot the first 30 minutes are missing... the same happened to the mp3 file and the ac3 file.
when i rip the DVD with dvddecrypter or smartripper it works completely normal

hi steve!

i had a look at this and have to confirm that there is a bug in picking up the vobs produced by vstrip. dvd2avi is not fed with the first vob.

thanx for reporting!

i really wonder how nobody noticed before?

atm please do NOT use vstrip ripping in r4r - bugfix will be available soon!

EDIT: v0.4 is out, problem is fixed.

wef.

[Beave]

Thank you for this great tool!

It works quite well and replaces some of my scripts I'm using. Especially the queuing of the Rips is great. this way i can set up all the Specials on the DVD as well. It's also great for ripping TV-Shows.

Here are some wishes for improvement:

I wish a possibility to delete jobs (queues) or maybe even edit them.

When I select a PGC, it would be nice if it could be selected the whole time, i.e. when i edit the audio encoding, change the project name or similar. This way I wouldn't get confused which PGC I'm currently editing. Right now, if the focus is stolen the selection is also not visible.

I miss an option to restore the default folders in the Preferences. It would also be great to be able to create profiles for the folders, since I need different styles for Tv-Show DVDs and Movie-DVDs.

Could you maybe also add a additional variable %MovieName% accessable from the gui? I want to use it for naming the Specials for Example. So the Project name would be the top folder, but each PGC could have its own name, like Specials1, Specials2 and so on.
The way it is right now, I use the Project name to name those files and go to the preferences for each DVD to change the top-folder in all three slots.

Sometimes the audiostreams have specials names like "English - Additional Director's Comments". It would be nice, if that could also be shown in the encoded audiofile. Right now it only shows "English" even though it is shown in the stream information file.

Is it possible to have a different audio-profile based on the channels of the ac3? I couldn't find out how to do that. I usually want all 6 channel streams to be encoded with ogg0.200 and all 2 channel streams (mostly specials and comments) with ogg0.00. But it only selects either the 6 channels or the 2 channels.

That all i can think of right now. Setting up Gknot is really fast, so I don't miss that. Thanks again.

[killingspree]

Originally posted by TheWEF
hi steve!

i had a look at this and have to confirm that there is a bug in picking up the vobs produced by vstrip. dvd2avi is not fed with the first vob.

thanx for reporting!

i really wonder how nobody noticed before?

atm please do NOT use vstrip ripping in r4r - bugfix will be available soon!

EDIT: v0.4 is out, problem is fixed.

wef.

thanks... i've done it manually in the meantime. it worked perfectly (:
oh and i didn't select vstrip manually in r4r it somehow chose it automatically :confused:
i'm going to download the new release right now (:

@Emp3r0r: i've been using dvddecrypter for quite a while now but i like the automation r4r gives me (to be able to just hit "go" and come back half an hour later and find a ready to go dvd2avi project and also my audio done!

regards
steVe

[digital.bullet]

I love r4r! Its an absolute timesaver and I think this program brings DivX conversion to a stage where my Nan could do it!

I have one small problem and one question as well.

I ripped to an ISO image with r4r 0.2 but now I cant seem to delete the ISO. Everytime I try to delete I get a dialog box saying Windows cannot delete as this is being used by another person or program. Ive been trying for a week to try to delete it but no luck..pls help!

Also, whats the best way to uninstall r4r?

Thanks.

[Palikrovol]

Originally posted by digital.bullet
I ripped to an ISO image with r4r 0.2 but now I cant seem to delete the ISO. Everytime I try to delete I get a dialog box saying Windows cannot delete as this is being used by another person or program. Ive been trying for a week to try to delete it but no luck..pls help!

Thanks.
Hi.

If you are using Daemon Tools, make sure you have unloaded the ISO image from your virtual drive. If you have not, you can't delete the image.

[bilu]

Hi R4R lovers,

Please test my batch tool for XVID encoding and OGG muxing within R4R in this thread:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51228

And give some feedback, or modify it to your needs and post it :)


Best regards,
Bilu

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by digital.bullet
Also, whats the best way to uninstall r4r?

all r4r settings are stored in robot4dub.ini, r4r does not write in the registry or anywhere else.
so just delete the files and you are done.

wef.

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by killingspree
oh and i didn't select vstrip manually in r4r it somehow chose it automatically :confused:

yea, because dvddecrypter can rip directly from dvd only, not from harddisk - that's what vstrip is needed for.

wef.

[fellow]

Hi,
I'm having problems using a Harddisk copy of the DVD as source. I've ripped them using R4R and dvddecrypter's Full Copy mode.
However now when I choose Scan Folder it finds the files alright, a PGC is selected as well, however the green arrow on the very right is grayed out.
Am I doing something wrong ?

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by fellow
however the green arrow on the very right is grayed out.

"Tools" -> "Preferences" -> Tab-"PGC Rip"

set correct vstrip path.

wef.

[bilu]

On a manual DVD Decrypter rip, after selecting Tools -> Settings -> IFO Mode -> Stream Information i get a file like VTS_01 - Stream Information.txt, with this kind of info about the Aspect Ratio:

0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 / 720x576 (PAL) / 4:3 / LBA: 1 / PTS: 00:00:00.159 / Delay: 0ms

or

0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 / 720x576 (PAL) / 16:9 / Letterboxed / LBA: 3649 / PTS: 00:00:00.132 / Delay: 0ms

But that's on a manual rip, R4R with the DVD2SVCD internal routines doesn't do it.

I would like to use this sort of info on R4R_ENC, but DVD Decrypter has no command line switch for this. Also it seems that the DAR flag in the IFO is sometimes wrong, that's why DVD2SVCD seems to do analysis through BBmpeg Tools.

After reading DVD2SVCD Official FAQ , Q11

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21859

I'm wondering if this is possible with any tools already available on R4R


Best regards

[Emp3r0r]

Originally posted by killingspree

@Emp3r0r: i've been using dvddecrypter for quite a while now but i like the automation r4r gives me (to be able to just hit "go" and come back half an hour later and find a ready to go dvd2avi project and also my audio done!

Me too even a quarter an hour later! And it seems you don't understand r4r can use dvddecrypter.

[killingspree]

Originally posted by Emp3r0r
Me too even a quarter an hour later! And it seems you don't understand r4r can use dvddecrypter.

damn it... :D bummer... time for a holiday i guess (:

steVe

[bilu]

Originally posted by bilu
On a manual DVD Decrypter rip, after selecting Tools -> Settings -> IFO Mode -> Stream Information i get a file like VTS_01 - Stream Information.txt (...).

But that's on a manual rip, R4R with the DVD2SVCD internal routines doesn't do it.

I would like to use this sort of info on R4R_ENC, but DVD Decrypter has no command line switch for this.


It does create the file if selected at IFO mode, but I missed it :D

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=305293#post305293

[japouleripeur]

What do you think adding DSPguru suggestion in a future version of r4r?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=53296

[TheWEF]

Originally posted by japouleripeur
What do you think adding DSPguru suggestion in a future version of r4r?
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=53296

if you add dts support to dvd2avi-cli...

[loni_blues]

Hello, I´m a newbie.
Why does r4r do a pgc rip after making an iso image (or full copy) of the dvd? This nearly duplicates the amount of space needed on the hard drive. Can´t dvd2avi use the original vobs as input as I believe was described in the old dvd2avi guide?
Thanks in advance,

Loni Blues

[killingspree]

you can tell r4r that it should not do an iso copy first. unfortunately i'm not at home right now so i can't tell you where exactly you find it. somewhere in the preferences menu.

steVe

[loni_blues]

Thanks killingspree.

May be I did not express my doubt correctly, but what I wonder is why the PGC Rip step is necessary. I believe the old dvd2avi guide said you had to load the vobs from the full copy of the DVD as input for dvd2avi and said nothing about a PGC Ripping step. My question really is: can´t you omit the PGC Rip step and use the full copy VOBs as input for the dvd2avi step, instead? If there is any, what is the problem if I omit the PGC Rip? May be I should ask TheWEF since he is the one who wrote r4r.

[jggimi]

As far as I know, DVD2AVI requires a single angle/single pgc video stream, so an ifo parsing pgc rip is required.

[TheWEF]

you can omit the PGC Rip, but obviously only if the original vobs contain 1 pgc and 1 angle only. otherwise you get a mess. to save hd-space you can always omit the full rip though.

wef.

[loni_blues]

Thanks a lot, wef!

loni_blues

[nuked]

It might be nice to have an option to pull up besweet-gui for controlling audio encoding and profiles. I realize, the current method is a little more general cause you can use anything, but most of the time most of us will be using besweet anyway. My method is to open besweet-gui, configure it, and drag and drop the command line options.. granted then I can save that profile permanently, but still... kinda would be cooler if I could click a button and just have besweet-gui pop up, would make it easier for novices to congfigure too. Then again maybe anyone who knows enough to want custom parameters isn't a novice anyway. Just a thought...

Anyway.. nice program, should save me at a least a couple of minutes of trouble on my encodes.

[Atom]

Hi,

First of all thanking TheWEF for this great program. Really usefull indeed!!

The problem I've found with it is that it seems that when it tries to run vobsub, it sends and incorrect command to Win98SE (I know, a pocket calculator OS, but great for those old pocket calculator games I love so much:)).

I found that, at least in my case (perhaps ExSport or somebody else running Win98SE could also check it), where now reads (notice the space before the comma)
rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VobSub.dll ,Configure

it sould be (no space between 'dll' and ','):
rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VobSub.dll,Configure

If you had this into account in future versions of r4r you would have my endless gratitudes.

Thank you again for your program and best regards,

Atom