StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[stax76]

What is the "Anamorpic" checkbox for?

It's a basic topic (http://www.seemoredigital.net/03_Video_Info.html) though in StaxStrip you don't have to care.

but my new option does not survive an Exit from StaxRip--it's gone the next time I launch the program.

Options in the 'Project Options' dialog are saved in projects. There is a help topic called 'Projects' which explaines projects.

you can try to overwrite old StaxRip with the new one when Stax release a new version

That is a simple and secure solution, it's also possible to replace the entire dir assuming settings dir etc. are located outside of the startup dir, the dirs can be defined in the settings.

I wonder if StaxRip support (or you are planning to support) .srt subtitles or just VobSub ones

Such things take much time, ain't vobsub a option?

Stax only wants to convert it to MKV not AVI, so I said OK, i guess i have to convert VOB > MKV > AVI.

AVI is not supported for x264. Ain't mkv or mp4 a option for you?

I have encountered a problem. I exported from Nero Vision a DV file Type 2....and even though I have ffdshow installed and the file plays in media player, when i do avisource, directshowsource, or any source, the file is unable to be opened, and the codec (dvds or something like that) is not found (thats the error message).

For AVISource are you sure you have a VFW decompressor?

Start Menu/Programs/ffdshow/VFW codec configuration/decoder tab/DV

-dimzon( -dllname bse_Nero7WA.dll ... ) probuces buggy ouput. There's 50% chance to get corrupted AAC file (muxed movie looses all sound at some point and will remain silenced until i reopen it) and 30% chance to get invalid AAC file (won't mux at all). I observed this only for HE-AAC; LC-AACs produced by this library is fine as far as i can tell.
-bsn(...) works fine as always.

EDIT----
No, not fine bsn performs incorrect channel mapping for 5.1 AACs. -azid ( -o ... ) doesnt' works. Looks like i have to continue to tinker with bse_Nero7WA...

It's already safe to say that AAC is the most painful and troublesome feature, I don't have a solution yet.

DirectShowSource ("filename", fps=%source_rate%, convertfps=true)

Can't work because the source parameters are detected with the source filter in the first place.

@laserfan

Can you reproduce it with a sample clip? No problems here.


Is any possibility to set this parameter automatically or manually in staxrip?

No, normally it's not needed but sometimes it seemes.


You may have fixed this already (I'm a version or two behind at the moment). But currently there does not seem to be a check for available disk space.

I can add a check but only a very simple one.

Ok, watch it and you'll understand what i'm talking about.

That looks like 'Batch Mode' is enabled. Did you enable it and when you did so did you know what 'Batch Mode' is?

[krisq]

That looks like 'Batch Mode' is enabled. Did you enable it and when you did so did you know what 'Batch Mode' is?

damn, i will bow to you :D
but shouldn't it show at least a filename or something? (usual info would be great :))
i mean, anything that will give you a hint that the file is correctly loaded?


Thanks Stax :thanks:

[siddharthagandhi]

Hey Stax did you see my problem?

"I have encountered a problem. I exported from Nero Vision a DV file Type 2....and even though I have ffdshow installed and the file plays in media player, when i do avisource, directshowsource, or any source, the file is unable to be opened, and the codec (dvds or something like that) is not found (thats the error message).

What do I do?"

[stax76]

Hey Stax did you see my problem?

"I have encountered a problem. I exported from Nero Vision a DV file Type 2....and even though I have ffdshow installed and the file plays in media player, when i do avisource, directshowsource, or any source, the file is unable to be opened, and the codec (dvds or something like that) is not found (thats the error message).

What do I do?"

I had answered:


For AVISource are you sure you have a VFW decompressor?

Start Menu/Programs/ffdshow/VFW codec configuration/decoder tab/DV

[siddharthagandhi]

Oh...I didn't see that...dunno why...?

but yes i do have the right decompressor...

and its the same problem with directshowsource

[stax76]

If the filter of category 'Source' can handle the file then StaxRip can handle the file, it's as simple as that, can you send me a sample clip?

[weaver4]

Quote:
Originally Posted by weaver4
What is the "Anamorpic" checkbox for?

It's a basic topic though in StaxStrip you don't have to care.

Yeah, I know what Anamorpic is. But in StaxRip you have a "Anmorpic" checkbox. When would I check this? What would I look at to determine when to check it? If with StaxRip I doesn't care, why is it there?

BTW: Great Program!

Thanks,

[laserfan]

Lately my Jobs list isn't getting processed properly...only the SD .rip is processed, and it is processed TWICE and the HD is not processed at all...Where to look to troubleshoot this? Thanks!stax you asked for "a sample clip" but there is nothing that would help in that!?

Can you tell me, when I add .rip jobs to the Jobs list, where does StaxRip store their names and the order they should be processed?

If you point me to how/where this works maybe I can find the problem myself.

[LRN]

What would I look at to determine when to check it? If your image in Preview looks squeezed, then you shound uncheck Anamorphic. Usually, most widescreen movies is anamorphic. Anyway, you shouldn't care because StaxRip will determine this automatically.

[wdmalik]

Does staxrip automatically determines whether the source needs deinterlacing or not .. ?

[Gehenna]

Does staxrip automatically determines whether the source needs deinterlacing or not .. ?

not...

[sterlina]

I wonder if StaxRip support (or you are planning to support) .srt subtitles or just VobSub ones
Such things take much time, ain't vobsub a option?

Of course it is. But when I can, I prefere to leave as much place as possible for audio/video ;) don't worry, I know how to use mkvtoolnix for muxing

[wdmalik]

not...

you mean no right .. ?

[Gehenna]

Does staxrip automatically determines whether the source needs deinterlacing or not .. ?

No deinterlacing detection at the moment.

Stax has looked at this in the past:

[1st April 2006]
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.

[anne_so78]

Hey stax, any plans to incorporate the new highly improved free Nero AAC encoder?

[LRN]

It's already safe to say that AAC is the most painful and troublesome feature, I don't have a solution yet.
I have. Change vbr_streaming -> vbr_normal.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Hey stax, any plans to incorporate the new highly improved free Nero AAC encoder?Personally speaking, I would prefer it if StaxRip incorporated Coding Technologies multi-channel capable AAC-LC/HE encoder...

I've been using it with BeLight to convert 6Ch AC3 directly to 6Ch AAC-HE (ie: without the WAV conversion stage) and it produces excellent sounding encodes ;)


Cheers

[LRN]

Also, i recently uncovered GREAT feature in mp4box. You could run "mp4box.exe -ttxt filename.srt" to convert filename.srt -> filename.ttxt. It's cool, because then you could change default fontname (now you need not to correct l->I or I->l (in Serif I <> l) since you can just use Arial where I = l), fontsize (no more Large Italic Subtitles and normal subtitles in one file!), font (and background) color.
While theoretically StaxRip can preprocess subtitles (feed srt to mp4box, change values in resulting ttxt and feed it to mp4box again when muxing), I think my programming skills is good enough to implement ttxt-output directly in SubRip. I will report my progress in a week or two (quite busy right now).

[vladlp]

Hello Stax!
Just small error with AddJob command. I added it to main menu and after I press it comes message “Please follow the assistant.”

I a little analyze the code, the rezones for it is next:
In mainform.vb

Public Sub AddJob( _
…
If Not g.MainForm.lTip.Text = Strings.AssistantReadyMessage Then
Msg.Show("Please follow the assistant.", MsgIcon.Warning)
Exit Sub
End If
You check g.MainForm.lTip.Text = Strings.AssistantReadyMessage, but after I press AddJob g.MainForm.lTip.Text has value “Adds a job to the job list.”

And small feature requires :)
Probably you are thinking about improving JobList dialog. Just say change it form simple listbox to some kind of grid control with project name and properties of this job like bitrates, size, etc. in columns with quick edit possibility.

[stax76]

You check g.MainForm.lTip.Text = Strings.AssistantReadyMessage, but after I press AddJob g.MainForm.lTip.Text has value “Adds a job to the job list.”

I fix it, thanks.

And small feature requires
Probably you are thinking about improving JobList dialog. Just say change it form simple listbox to some kind of grid control with project name and properties of this job like bitrates, size, etc. in columns with quick edit possibility.

I don't have much plans other than minor changes and the new Nero audio encoder before I release version 1.0.0.0 which will happen shortly. After that I want pause StaxRip, maybe I maintain the support and minor things.

That feature is not doable with my design because of the same reason of other job related limitations I've explained before. A project can only be encoded and modified when it is loaded in the GUI.

I'm working however on a fork of StaxRip, I've posted a preview already and will post a much improved build soon hoping to find people joining the project.

@SeeMoreDigital

Bratao has posted a modified StaxRip build where you can find examples how to customize StaxRip for the WinAmp encoder, I won't add a default project however since Nero is the primary encoder and adding another encoder is not as easy as it may look. The new Nero encoder will be supported soon, customizing StaxRip for the new Nero encoder can already be done with dimzon's bsn replacement.

Hey stax, any plans to incorporate the new highly improved free Nero AAC encoder?

Yes as explained above.

[bob0r]

StaxRip 0.9.9.2 added to x264.nl under gui:.
(Files are mirrored, so don't worry about any data usage)

Keep up the great work!

[Gargantula]

I noticed that with StaxRip 0.9.9.2 that when I chose the Noise smooth, it doesn't remind me to install the Flux Smooth plugin and said that it isn't required for the project. I got an error in the preview since it was trying to call this function, It worked for the Extreme option and I was asked to download Undot and deen.

I downloaded FluxSmooth anyways and it works now, but to make it user friendly the reminder should come up.

This filter barely helped the problem I have with diagonal lines across the image. Look at attachment.

In addition, what did you mean by you are working on a fork of StaxRip? Another new name program based on StaxRip? I love this program and it's only getting better! I think everybody here appreciates the work you put into this program, I know I sure do!

[Gargantula]

With this project in the attachment, I get a an error that says "Video compression error: The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)" when I try to run a compressibility check. When I lower the video image size to 640 x 480 I don't get the error.

THe video is divisible by 16. I put a 1.333 Aspect Ratio instead of the ITU-R BT.601 standard since TVs are made as 1.333.

[LRN]

Denoise won't fix diagonal lines, IMHO. This noise is too strong (or too structured...)

[foxyshadis]

This is a job for DeFreq. ;)
http://www.avisynth.org/fizick/defreq/defreq.html
vchoman's FanFilter is also a possibility.

[stax76]

When I lower the video image size to 640 x 480 I don't get the error.

THe video is divisible by 16.

Sounds odd.

it doesn't remind me to install the Flux Smooth plugin and said that it isn't required for the project.

fixed

@bob0r

Thanks for hosting and supporting StaxRip.

@all

I don't work much on StaxRip these days and probably won't do much any time soon. I try however to maintain the support and thus uploaded a new hotfix build (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip).

*AAC uses now the new encoder by Nero.
*Default codecs changed to x264 and AAC.
*The 'Quality' value (--crf) of the x264 profile 'Constant Quality' was changed from 20 to 22.
*Starting encoding has now to be started with the job dialog. Pressing 'Next' creates a job and opens the job dialog so the only thing left to do is pressing 'Start' in the job dialog.
*The delay wasn't detected for muxing profiles and thus wasn't detected for AC3.
*FluxSmooth wasn't detected as requirement.
*The 'Add Job' command couln't be used from the menu.

[SeeMoreDigital]

@all

I don't work much on StaxRip these days and probably won't do much any time soon. What a shame....

I was kinda hoping you would incorporate XviD's EncRAW into StaxRip, as and when direct-to-MP4 encoding is implemented.

Given that MPEG-4 AVC (x264) with AAC audio can be directly encoded into MP4, being able to generate MPEG-4 SP/ASP with AAC audio directly into MP4 sure would complete the "freeware" MPEG-4/MP4 encoding tools side of things quite nicely - No reason why Nero (Recode2) should have it all their own way!


Cheers

[weaver4]

I don't work much on StaxRip these days and probably won't do much any time soon. I try however to maintain the support and thus uploaded a new hotfix build.

SMD -- With no more work being done on StaxRip, Avi.net, AutoGK, Fair Use Wizard and MPEG Mediator where does that leave us?

[stax76]

What about StaxRip's generic CLI encoder?

[Warrex]

I don't work much on StaxRip these days and probably won't do much any time soon.

Makes me sad to hear that. :thanks: for all the time you put into StaxRip! However good to hear that you will maintain what has been achieved so far. Are you still going to release 1.0 soon?

Edit:

*Starting encoding has now to be started with the job dialog. Pressing 'Next' creates a job and opens the job dialog so the only thing left to do is pressing 'Start' in the job dialog.

Very good!

[Gehenna]

I don't work much on StaxRip these days and probably won't do much any time soon.

oh well.. :(

I see no reason to change from Staxrip from the forceable future ,it does pretty much everything i want at the mo.. Nice Job Stax.


I even took a cursory glance at MeGUI.. Tried to figure out how i could cut video(as in staxrip),then realized their is no support to cut video in megui:rolleyes:

PS..Although it would be nice to have:
1. Sound in the preview window
2. Preview Window was re-sizeable (something between standard and full-screen)
3. A deinterlacing analyzer (but i guess i could use megui for that purpose)

[laserfan]

...I see no reason to change from Staxrip from the forceable future ,it does pretty much everything i want at the mo.. Nice Job Stax.

...it would be nice to have...A deinterlacing analyzer (but i guess i could use megui for that purpose)I share your sentiment about Stax...it is amazingly flexible and does virtually everything I've wanted to do with it, so far at least.

As for the analyzer, I have tried MeGui's a couple of times and it has steered me wrong both times. I think the best (only?) way to analyze video is to step thru it in Vdubmod (using only the SeparateFields filter) and determine for one's self what to do with it. :scared: ;)

[LRN]

I never encountered any DVD wich required deinterlacion different from default "Deinterlacion" filter. Automatic interlacion detection is good...but since you should spend some time on job preparing (bitrate and resolution changes, container options) it's not critical to open preview window and look for some high-movement scenes to decide to use deinterlacion or not to use...IMHO

[laserfan]

I never encountered any DVD wich required deinterlacion different from default "Deinterlacion" filter.I actually don't use StaxRip for DVD conversions at all. Instead I use it to convert digital TV captures, which can come in dizzying (to me) varieties of interlacing, frame duplication, and telecine. :eek:

[Gehenna]

Stax,

Is their an easy way of grabbing the directory name and using it as the target file name..?

Im currently converting my B5 collection,im extracting the episodes into a structure like this:

D:\Babylon5\Season2\02x18 - Confessions and Lamentations\

Could i get staxrip to grab the directory name where the files reside and use it as my target name:

D:\02x18 - Confessions and Lamentations.mkv

Otherwise i end up with a title like D:\VTS_01_PGC_02_1.mkv,which means i have to copy and paste from the source directory.

This is currently my CLI Muxer:
mkvmerge.exe -o "%target_file%" --track-name 0:Video "%encoder_out_file%" --language 0:eng --track-name "0:English" "%audio_file1%" --title "%target_file%"

I have tried %source_dir% and %source_file%,but they pick up the whole directory structure.

Its kinda lazy of me,but thought i would ask on the off chance anyways.



Thanks Stax

EDIT: If i use CLI of mkvmerge,how do i use --chapters , what %goes here% so the OGG Chapter file is imported?

[daverc]

I dont know, but this one can do almost every renaming operation.

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014830/english/FlexRena/

Foobar has also a mass renaming function that can translate directory names into file names.

[LRN]

Download the sources and add new identifier - %source_last_dir% or something like that.

[Gawwad]

@all

I don't work much on StaxRip these days and probably won't do much any time soon. I try however to maintain the support and thus uploaded a new hotfix build (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/StaxRip_Hotfix.zip).

http://www.asmilies.com/smiliespic/sad/051.gif (http://www.asmilies.com)

[LRN]

stax, please, add '.ttxt' extension as valid extension for subtitle-files for mp4 container.

Also, new SubRip v1.50 beta 3a by me (with support for experimental '.ttxt' output) could be grabbed on http://zuggy.wz.cz/

[7zeal]

I tried to add a HD wmv (1280x720) to staxrip 0.9.9.2;
After VirtualDubMod ran to extract the wav, it started throwing out errors about directshow or sth, not being able to read the movie. Then the source editbox suddenly becomes [...path\mymovie].mp4, changing from wmv (the avs script will have the input changed as well). At this point no compressibility test / encoding can be done anymore.
Tried changing back the extension in the editbox to wmv, tried modifying the avs script, changing the extension to wmv there too.
Nothing worked, still "cannot read source" or something like that.
Reinstalled 0.9.9.0 replacing the files, left the x264 version to Shartooth's 516 (ignoring the unknown version warning) and now it works like a charm.
(Btw, this wmv worked before perfectly with 0.9.9.0 and it's default x264 (467 if i remember well) ).

What's wrong with it ?:)
(And btw, since when x264's HQ-Insane does only 2 passes instead of 3 ?
Using the new 516 x264 encoder, and after installing StaxRip 0.9.9.0 back, it still shows "2-pass" in the Codec Configuration box.

Thanks in advance,
Dan

[LRN]

7zeal, investigation showed that 3 passes often produce less quality output than 2 passes, there's really no point in 3 passes, so that's not very big loose :)
I don't think x264 is related to your wmv problem. I think it's all the VirtualDubMod's fault

[cdrinfo]

Any chance to add Microsoft VC1 encoders?

[LRN]

I doubt it. StaxRip is MPEG-4 encoding frontend. VC1 isn't from MPEG-4 family. And is there any free commandline/dll muxers, encoders for VC1?

Stax would say:"You can try to add it yourself and then post necessary commandlines and switches here so i could add it too"

[swaaye]

I'm dual booting into Windows x64 now and I was going to do some encodes. It looks like StaxRip looks at the C: folders for all of the dlls though so I'm not sure it will work. My x64 install is on D:.

This seems like it might fit into the category of a bug?

[nohead]

It looks like StaxRip looks at the C: folders for all of the dlls though so I'm not sure it will work.

I have my Windows installed at the F: and StaxRip works fine for me...

[~bT~]

Can anybody tell me which filter I need where? This is my set up currently.
MPEG2Source("D:\DVD\************\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(6,50,-6,-50)
FieldDeinterlace()
BicubicResize(656,288,0,0.5)
Tweak(bright=10, cont=1.1)
UnDot.Deen()

Should UnDot.Deen be before Tweak?
Thanks in advance.

[Deinorius]

Stax, it would be recommended to implement FRFun (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=110200&highlight=frfun) into the filter list of StaxRip. You can adjust it as a slower HQ Filter.
It's worth it. :)

[Gehenna]

@Deinorius

Like most things in Staxrip,its pretty easy to add filters manually.

I kinda like Stax`s approach,im not overwhelmed by a myriad of different filters to "Tinker" with.. which is great from a Noob point of view.... and when you feel you need an extra filter,its very simple to add it & create a template.

Less is More ..So 2 speak :)
just my 0.02$

@bEnGaLi tHuG
Can anybody tell me which filter I need where? This is my set up currently.
MPEG2Source("D:\DVD\************\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(6,50,-6,-50)
FieldDeinterlace()
BicubicResize(656,288,0,0.5)
Tweak(bright=10, cont=1.1)
UnDot.Deen()

Should UnDot.Deen be before Tweak?
Thanks in advance.

Maybe you should ask this in the Avisynth part of the forum,its not really Staxrip specific

[~bT~]

Maybe you should ask this in the Avisynth part of the forum,its not really Staxrip specific
Sorry, it was a feature of StaxRip so I thought I'd post here...

[LRN]

-vbr 0.4 for AAC ~225 kbps is a bad choice, -vbr 0.3 is much better. Who's in charge of those encoding profiles? dimzon?