StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[sterlina]

@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]

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

[siddharthagandhi]

still get it

[LRN]

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]

@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]

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]

@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]

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]

@siddharthagandhi

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

[siddharthagandhi]

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]

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]

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]

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]

...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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

@Mitchjs

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

[Mitchjs]

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]

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

[Mitchjs]

stax, check your PM

mitch

[swaaye]

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]

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

[Mitchjs]

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

mitch

[stax76]

@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]

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]

@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]

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]

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]

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]

DOH

i miss read it

trying now

seems to work

it works

:)

mitch

[stax76]

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]

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]

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]

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]

*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

[Warrex]

*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]

Thanks Stax! I'll try this out ASAP.

[stax76]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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!