StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[stax76]

What kind of work are you doing with mediamonkey?

I have made a extension called MonkeyToys (http://www.planetdvb.net/utilities/monkeytoys). Currently it uses a separate dialog for playback to handle keyboard shortcuts and remote input so I can use 0-9 on the keyboard and on the remote to set a rating. Another good examples are the space key which is typically used for play/pause or the Delete key which would be nice for deleting tracks. All those keys can't be used in the main dialog since it does conflict with edit controls, controls accepting text input. I would like to use this keys for shortcuts in the main dialog. I think the message traffic can be hooked to find out if a edit control has the focus so special handling can be added for this keys.

Also, could you please update x264 and dgindex to the latest versions?

I don't plan to release a new version anytime soon. It should be possible to use newer versions however, there will be a warning that can be ignored.

[Raboo]

I have questions about the advanced options

Auto correct crop values (don't disable!)
Auto aspect ration signalin (don't disable!)

I wonder why shouldn't these be disabled?
Perhaps it's better if I explain my goal.
I'm trying to rip a very old movie from DVD and it's in 4:3 ratio, i.e. a square old regular TV image. And now all I got is Widescreen TV's. So when I'm about to crop the DVD it on the sides to the remove "the black". It crops to much.. I wonder how am I to do if I want my cropping to be exactly as i choose it in the crop window?

Why is it so important that it's correct aspect ratio? It's a 4:3 movie, It's going to be stretched anyway...so?

[Grossmeister]

I'm new to StaxRip, and currently I'm trying to configure it. But there is problem I couldn't solve. For BeSweet configuration I receive "There is a problem with the bsn library.".
I tried StaxRip 1.1.1.0 and latest beta, BeSweet 1.4 and 1.5b31.
What should I do?

[stax76]

I wonder why shouldn't these be disabled?

Do you understand what these options do?

There is a problem with the bsn library.

From where do you have the BeSweet version?

[Grossmeister]

From where do you have the BeSweet version?
http://besweet.notrace.dk/ (http://dspguru.doom9.org/) (http://besweet.notrace.dk/).

[Raboo]

Do you understand what these options do?

Ehehe nope :S

I just have a goal.. and the goal it to cut of the black lines on the sides without cutting to much.. If it's possible

[stax76]

@Grossmeister

Didn't StaxRip ask to download BeSweet with the internal download feature? Please post the exact error/warning (the image attachment wasn't approved, please use 2shared.com instead of forum attachments) or the first sentence of it if it's too long.

@Raboo

I don't know a guide explaining this in detail but it's discussed in the forum extensively, please use the forum search entering the following two words together in arbitrary order using default search options: overcrop mod

[Grossmeister]

Didn't StaxRip ask to download BeSweet with the internal download feature? Please post the exact error/warning (the image attachment wasn't approved, please use 2shared.com instead of forum attachments) or the first sentence of it if it's too long.
I downloaded BeSweet manually and then copied BeSweet.exe and bsn.dll to the folder specified on image.
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/1190/staxripbsndllproblemin8.th.png (http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=staxripbsndllproblemin8.png)

[stax76]

I downloaded BeSweet manually and then copied BeSweet.exe and bsn.dll to the folder specified on image.

Probably you miss some components or use incompatible versions, generally you should always follow the advice StaxRip gives and never change any default values unless you know exactly what you are doing.

[Grossmeister]

Where can I find, which version is compatible?

[stax76]

Where can I find, which version is compatible?

You can find it within the external applications dialog.

[burfadel]

Just a note, Microsoft has released Net Framework 3.5 SP1, since Staxrip uses Net framework thought it might be worth mentioning :)

This also updates Net framework 2 and 3 as its inclusive, so both of these are now Net Framework 2.0 SP1 and Net Framework 3.0 SP1!

Separate Visual C++ Runtimes have also been updated to SP1 versions, so install these too - x64 users should install both the x86 and x64 versions.

[Deinorius]

Why should x64 users install both versions? x64 version is enough.

[burfadel]

From what I understand the x64 version is for x64 programme support and the x86 is for 32 bit programme support :) 32 bit programmes can't use the 64 bit runtime! Therefore, on x64, you need to install both. Actually since most programmes are x86, its probably more important to install the x86 version! The x64 version doesn't install the x86 version along with it, hence why it allows you to install the x86 without saying its not designed for the particular system for which you are installing it on.

[Grossmeister]

You can find it within the external applications dialog.
When I click "Download" in StaxRip menu it starts to download 7-z - I have 7-z 4.57, StaxRip says that it doesn't know this version of 7-z and starts to download 4.57 again (!). This is some kind of joke. Can I fix only problem with BeSweet?
By the way, when I click "Tools"->"Download with Browser" StaxRip is opening link to 1.5b31 download.

OK, finally I just downloaded BeSweet from StaxRip website, and this 1.5b31 really has different bsn.dll.

[Deinorius]

@burfadel
Hmm... I'm afraid, I always thought, you can use .NET programs with both runtimes. Maybe it was just wishful thinking. Of course I never tested it nor I asked it, but I never read anything about it too.

It seems I have something to research for.

[Ramir Gonzales]

Just a note, Microsoft has released Net Framework 3.5 SP1, since Staxrip uses Net framework thought it might be worth mentioning :)

This also updates Net framework 2 and 3 as its inclusive, so both of these are now Net Framework 2.0 SP1 and Net Framework 3.0 SP1!


I also wonder if there's any danger updating the .NET framework, if Staxrip will start to misbehave ?:confused:

[pausefisk]

I also wonder if there's any danger updating the .NET framework, if Staxrip will start to misbehave ?:confused:

I updated to 3.5 SP1, but still it will not start for me, still reporting "System.InvalidOperationException" in windows error reporting (vista 32bit (norwegian)).

Seems like staxrip wont run on my pc... =(

[weaver4]

I am having a problem with mp4box muxing. It appears that it can not load my subtitles. Here is the log.

==============================================================
------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Documents and Settings\Trey Weaver\Local Settings\Application Data\StaxRip\Applications\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe" -fps 23.976 -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\SP.zsxq21_EncoderOutput.264#video:name=Video" -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -212ms_AudioOutput.mp4:lang=eng:name=English" -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.idx#1" -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.cc.srt:lang=eng" -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.cc.utf8.srt:lang=eng" -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.cc.utf16le.srt:lang=eng" -add "D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.cc.utf16be.srt:lang=eng" -new "E:\SP.zsxq21.mp4"

AVC-H264 import - frame size 640 x 272 at 23.976 FPS

Import results: 131461 samples - Slices: 1609 I 55665 P 74187 B - 1 SEI - 1565 IDR
Stream uses B-slice references - max frame delay 2
IsoMedia import - track ID 1 - Audio (SR 48000 - 2 channels)

VobSub import - subpicture stream 'eng'

Timed Text (SRT) import - text track 640 x 272, font Serif (size 18)


Timed Text (SRT) import - text track 640 x 272, font Serif (size 18)


Timed Text (SRT) import - text track 640 x 272, font Serif (size 18)


Error importing D:\aa-Rips\MainMovie\SP\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.cc.utf16be.srt:lang=eng: Feature Not Supported

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

MP4 muxing failed

[buzzqw]

try renaming subs with a simplier name not with a triple point name

BHH

[weaver4]

I tried changing the name and it did not help.

[stax76]

@Grossmeister

Does it mean the download feature is completely broke for you? Many packages contain additional or modified files, the 7z package for instance has a additional manifest file to make the UAC dialog in Vista popup trying extracting to a directory requiring elevated user privilegs to write.

@weaver4

I guess MP4Box don't accept your subtitle file probably because of a problem with the text encoding.

@all

.NET service packs likely cause no problems.

[fano]

I'm trying to create a Divx avi file with 2 audio track: an Ac3 5.1 and a PCM (wav) 2 channel... it's a music video so I want to retain all the audio quality (space is not a constrain, too) but when I try to add the wav track demuxed by DGindex StaxRip say that avi continer doesn't support wav audio... and I must to compress it!

I've tried using Megui and at start it doesn't want the wav, too (err... doesn't see it in the file browser) so I've tried to change the extension in mp3 and this convinced megui to create my file :)

And It plays well on WMP, Media Player Classic, Mediaportal and more important - for me at least - on a standalone divx player...

But I like a lot Staxrip and I would use it... with megui I have to do a lot more passage :p

So why wav exension is prohibithed?

I think a avi with wav uncompressed audio is nothing strange...
or am I wrong?

Ahh another thing... I've tried this in my Windows 2000 "mule" PC
and the installer say he wants "Windows 5.01" (maybe it means XP?)

Thanks for attention,
fano

[Albo]

There is probably a very simple solution for this, but I can't find one anywhere. Attempting to open an mkv file with the latest version of the app, and get the following error.

[stax76]

@fana

Please try the beta regarding wav.

@Albo

Welcome to the forum, please read the forum rules linked on top of this page, don't post torrent like filenames.

With defaults StaxRip should not attempt to open 264 files with DirectShowSource so I don't know what's wrong. You can post a diagnostic file as described in the bug reporting thread linked in my signature. For beginners this error is too cryptic, I hope I can improve StaxRip giving better guidance.

[Yowza]

When quantizer is enabled for x264, staxrip disables the birate slider. Is there anyway to override this so that i can still select a birate? I can set --birate in command line in x264 options but is there anyway to get the bitrate slider to remain?

[stax76]

With fixed or average quantizer aka crf mode you don't work with bitrates as it depends on the compressibility of the source. In the help of the x264 dialog you can find links to x264 tutorials, please read them first before making any changes in the x264 dialog.

[Yowza]

This page says otherwise:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtechbeta/zarx264gui.html


Quantizer/Bitrate: This setting is basically a trade-off between visual quality and filesize. If you are using bitrate mode, then you simply set the bitrate that you want to encode your video at. Higher bitrates increase the size of your output file, and you can see the estimated filesize as you modify the bitrate value. If you are using either constant quantizer or constant quality mode, then this is where you select the quantizer to use. Valid values are from 0-51, with lower values giving better quality, but larger filesizes. A quantizer of 18 is generally considered the lowest that you should select, as it's unlikely that you will see much visual improvement by going any lower. For those of you familiar with Xvid, a quantizer of 18 here is equivalent to Xvid's quantizer 2. The default quantizer value is 20, which gives a rather decent tradeoff between quality and size.

[Albo]

@Albo

Welcome to the forum, please read the forum rules linked on top of this page, don't post torrent like filenames.

Not sure what you mean by this, I read the rules, and have complied I believe.

With defaults StaxRip should not attempt to open 264 files with DirectShowSource so I don't know what's wrong. You can post a diagnostic file as described in the bug reporting thread linked in my signature. For beginners this error is too cryptic, I hope I can improve StaxRip giving better guidance.

The app doesn't crash so I am unable to file a bug report. I had it working fine on a previous install, so perhaps the latest version of the app sets something differently?
I've uninstalled everything associated with the program, and then reinstalled without success.

[stax76]

@Yowza

In quantizer mode bitrate will simply be ignored I guess, such questions are best covered in the avc forum (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=77)however.

Not sure what you mean by this, I read the rules, and have complied I believe.

I already said it's a torrent file, it violates rule 6.

The app doesn't crash so I am unable to file a bug report.

The bug report thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139212) explains how to generate the diagnostic file manually.

[Albo]

I already said it's a torrent file, it violates rule 6.

Sorry, I understand now, my apologies.

The bug report thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139212) explains how to generate the diagnostic file manually.

Excellent, thank you.

[RickA]

Greets,

@Yowza, Setting Quantizer (or CRF) and setting Bitrates are like two seperate roads one can travel during the encoding process. You are not able to set both at the same time. Just like you cannot turn both left AND right at the same time while driving. Both roads will lead you to your finished file destination. They just go different ways to get there.

They are two seperate modes that do not work at the same time. They will conflict with each other if you force them both on via command line or other means. To requote what you referenced. "If you are using bitrate mode, then you simply set the bitrate..." and "If you are using either constant quantizer or constant quality mode, then this is where you select the quantizer...". They are describing two seperate modes to choose from - one or the other. Does not imply you can set both at once. Hope this helps. :-)

Cheers,
Rick

[stax76]

beta (2008-08-28)

* Updated x264 to 951
* Updated Sharktooth's x264 profiles
* Finally a option to create a temporary directory
* Full Support for some privat alpha H.264 encoder

Please note that Sharktooth's profiles uses options only available in patched x264 builds. I've removed this settings and they won't be imported using the import feature.

[RickA]

Great! Thank you very much Stax. Like a fine wine, your program keeps getting better and better. :-)

Cheers,
Rick

[Riki]

Hello stax, and gang! I have a question that has perplexed me a little, hopefully I can get some insight.

I used staxrip to encode some videos that I intend to be streamed over the web using the wowza streaming server. I encoded the videos using x264 insane quality (200 bitrate)and Im very pleased with the filesize/quality! The problem is there are large delays when seeking to parts of the video and playing it.

I also used ffmpegx on osx to encode the same videos, they have an option in there to have a "constant bitrate" but even at a bitrate of 200 the filesize is much bigger. The good thing is it seeks much faster and performs better on the streaming server.

The question I have is, how can I encode using staxrip to have the highest quality, lowest filesize and yet keep it performing great on a streaming server? I couldnt find a "constant bitrate" option in staxrip, is there something like this, and would it do the trick?

Thanks for the amazing work you are doing!
- Riki

[R.A.F.]

Where have the quality-wise settings for the x-264 codec gone? In beta-version from 16/08 they were yet in, in vers. from 28/08 they are out again? - Did I miss something?

[R.A.F.]

Ok, found a short explanation to Sharktooth's quality wise-settings HERE (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139765). - No answer needed anymore. Sorry again!

[Yowza]

After searching google for hours and reading the documentation, i'm having trouble loading the avisynth plugin FDecimate. As i understand you just drop in FDecimate.dll inside the applications directory - C:\Program Files (x86)\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth Plugins
and staxrip should pick it up when you right click in the "Filters" area on the main screen. But it just doesn't appear in the tree list (when you right click and go to add). Any ideas?

[Yowza]

Ok had to right click on in the Filters pane, Profiles and after adding the following under [Misc] :

FDecimate = FDecimate()

I was then able to select to via Filters -> Add -> Misc.

[burfadel]

Is there any way to avoid virtualdubmod? Sometimes when enconding avi files, it cuts the end of the audio file off! The audio can be added later using belight/besweet and yamb for example, but it is an annoyance. It doesn't happen all the time either. I realise this is an issue with virtualdubmod, but since its not being developed or maintained any longer its an issue that won't be resolved (unfortunately).

Ideally it would be good if it could be avoided where possible! I realise cutting and trimming is a bit more difficult, but at least for simple extraction and encoding (without cutting) I'm sure there are other methods available! Its only been a problem with avi files from what I can tell.

Its very unfortunate virtualdubmod is now very outdated, and likewise besweet. Besweet is another issue in itself, its fine for the moment but later on it may be a different matter!

[stax76]

There is a option to use VirtualDub instead of VirtualDubMod, maybe this works better. Such rare/dated features can always be broke, you just got to try and report back if there are problems or limitations.

[burfadel]

Where do I set to use Virtualdub instead of Virtualdubmod for this purpose? The main required thing is to extract the audio from the avi and encode it for its entirety...

[stax76]

This option is not in the project options or settings, it's in the encoder options.

[burfadel]

I still can't find it!...

[Ramir Gonzales]

Hello,

I just encoded my first few DVD's after a long time without encoding with StaxRip, but I have some problems with the audio-encoding (to MP3).
The BeSweet tool automatically raises the dB gain, and my resulting movies have way to high audio levels, resulting in destortion.

Also, I always had exact 700MB .avi files before, now I only get 695MB .avi files ?

Please, how can avoid these problems ?
Thanks.

[stax76]

Lately working on StaxRip become a bit tiresome, I might take a break for while. I've finished the announced AviSynth audio solution in the latest beta however. This is slower then BeSweet so it makes only sense for special task like dts sources. The required tools, plugins and profiles aren't integrated, I'm posting it here. The command line you can use to make a profile looks as follows:

"D:\Desktop\BassAudio23\BassAudio23\BePipe.exe" --script "AudioDub(BlankClip(length=%source_frames%, fps=%source_framerate%), AutoAudioSource(^%input%^)) DelayAudio(%delay%/1000.0) DownmixMultiChannel() %filter:Cutting%" | "%application_dir:BeSweet%neroAacEnc.exe" -ignorelength -q 0.3 -if - -of "%output%"

In order to make it work you need to correct the path to a tool call BePipe, you can find this tool in the BassAudio plugin package, it's a AviSynth plugin that can read AAC and many other audio formats. There is a thread here where you can find the plugin. Second the command line uses some AviSynth functions I've defined globally. This can be done by saving a script in the plugin dir, it must have the extension avsi instead of avs, alternativly the import function could possibly be used instead. This is the code:

function AutoAudioSource(string path)
{
c = GetExtension(path) == ".wav" ? WAVSource(path) : true
c = GetExtension(path) == ".ac3" ? NicAC3Source(path, DRC = 1) : c
c = GetExtension(path) == ".dts" ? NicDTSSource(path, DRC = 1) : c
c = GetExtension(path) == ".mpa" ? NicMPG123Source(path) : c
c = GetExtension(path) == ".mp2" ? NicMPG123Source(path) : c
c = IsBool(c) ? DirectShowSource(path) : c
return c
}

function DownmixMultiChannel(clip a)
{
b = Audiochannels(a) > 5 ? PerformDownmixMultiChannel(a) : a
b = Normalize(b)
b = ConvertAudioTo16bit(b)
return b
}

function PerformDownmixMultiChannel(clip a)
{
a = ConvertAudioToFloat(a)
fl = GetChannel(a, 1)
fr = GetChannel(a, 2)
c = GetChannel(a, 3)
lfe = GetChannel(a, 4)
sl = GetChannel(a, 5)
sr = GetChannel(a, 6)
l_sl = MixAudio(fl, sl, 0.2929, 0.2929)
c_lfe = MixAudio(lfe, c, 0.2071, 0.2071)
r_sr = MixAudio(fr, sr, 0.2929, 0.2929)
l = MixAudio(l_sl, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
r = MixAudio(r_sr, c_lfe, 1.0, 1.0)
return MergeChannels(l, r)
}

function GetExtension(string filepath)
{
return LCase(RightStr(filepath, 4))
}

[alaxa]

Sorry if it has already discussed I could not find any answer.
I am trying to let staxrip to add the existing audio tracks I have already compressed. Is it possible to automatically add a track which name complies to a specific regexp?
Now it always starts with the english track and the other languages follow.

thanks
a.

[stax76]

Is it possible to automatically add a track which name complies to a specific regexp?
Now it always starts with the english track and the other languages follow.

Hi and welcome to the forum. It's possible to change the default language.

[swaaye]

Ok, Stax, I have a bug for you I think. ;)

Latest Beta. When using Vista on two machines and a mapped network drive (Z drive) for final output, after mkvmerge does its job, Staxrip seems to not be able to find the completed file and errors out. This occurs every time. I've verified that the mkvmerge output is complete. On XP -> Vista or Vista->XP, this doesn't happen, curiously. Only Vista -> Vista. UAC is disabled, btw.

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "z:\blah.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs
--default-duration 0:23.976fps "D:\DVD\blah\VTS_01_PGC1\blah_EncoderOutput.264" --language 1:eng
--track-name "1:English" "D:\DVD\blah\VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mp4"
--engage keep_bitstream_ar_info

mkvmerge v2.2.0 ('Turn It On Again') built on Mar 4 2008 12:58:13
'D:\DVD\blah\VTS_01_PGC1\blah_EncoderOutput.264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'D:\DVD\blah\VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mp4': Using the Quicktime/MP4 demultiplexer.
'D:\DVD\blah\VTS_01_PGC1\blah_EncoderOutput.264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
'D:\DVD\blah\VTS_01_PGC1\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mp4' track 1: Using the AAC output module.
The file 'z:\blah.mkv' has been opened for writing.

The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 160 seconds.

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

MKV output file is missing.

I also noticed that mkvmerge v2.2.0 (Staxrip's version) doesn't work with UNC paths (\\networkpc\share) but that version 2.3.0 has a fix for this. That's why I've been trying to use a mapped drive. I have not verified this fixed version yet though. Above problem with mapped drives occurs with both 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 however.
http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/doc/ChangeLog

As always, thanks for the incredible app you've built here.

edit: seems that 2.3.0 mkvmerge + UNC paths instead of mapped drives is the way to go.

[fredlkrue]

there's also a new version of nero AAC encoder.... + new features on the latest x264 build

[Deinorius]

Newest version of Nero AAC was released at August, 6. last year.

[fredlkrue]

Nero AAC Codec
2008-09-17 - Version 1.3.3.0



- neroAacEnc:

- Improved multichannel encoding

- Solved compatibility issues with some hardware devices

- Improved CBR bitrate control

- Ignore wave file length of 0 on -ignorelength

- Solved issue with very long files and -2pass

- Removed special SSE compile,

all optimizations have been merged with the normal compile

- Linux version speed optimized

- Encoder exits gracefully and writes valid MP4 file on ctrl+c



- neroAacDec:

- Fixed incorrect channel output for 7.1 encodings



- neroAacTag:

- Linux version available

[Deinorius]

Well that's interesting. When I go to the official Nero website I can see just the version 1.1.34.2, which was published on the date I just wrote before.

It wasn't updated yet. So no wonder I couldn't find it.

Thats the link.
http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nerodigital-nero-aac-codec.php

[stax76]

@swaaye

Thanks for donating! The error happened to me too lately, I guess there is a timing problem with windows. I've changed the beta to wait 5 seconds, I've also included mkvtoolnix 2.3.0.

there's also a new version of nero AAC encoder.... + new features on the latest x264 build

Thanks for the hints, I've updated the Nero encoder. Which x264 features are missing? Last thing I've added to the beta is IIRC the new b-frame mode.

[Deinorius]

In newest beta I don't see psy-rdo/psy-trellis options. Are they included now as well?

[stax76]

It's because these options are afaik only available in patched builds.

[J_Darnley]

It's because these options are afaik only available in patched builds.

http://git.videolan.org/?p=x264.git;a=commit;h=abe641635e9dc1209af4e201f9308edd33fe3096
commit abe641635e9dc1209af4e201f9308edd33fe3096
Author: Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari@gmail.com>
Date: Sun Sep 14 21:36:45 2008 -0700

Psychovisually optimized rate-distortion optimization and trellis
The latter, psy-trellis, is disabled by default and is reserved as experimental; your mileage may vary.
Default subme is raised to 6 so that psy RD is on by default.

[Deinorius]

As you see psy-rdo and new b-frame decision was added at the same time. ;)

[stax76]

995 returns a error on --psy-rdo and --psy-trellis

[Deinorius]

With 988 it works without problems.

Edit: 996 doesn't work either. Even without psy-rdo I can't start encoding process.

I uploaded my version (http://www.2shared.com/file/4025312/67ea5652/x264.html), if you need something to test.

[stax76]

I've downloaded it here: http://mirror01.x264.nl/x264/revision996/x264.exe

Where did you download yours?

[Dark Shikari]

995 returns a error on --psy-rdo and --psy-trellisThat's because those are not, and have never been x264 options. Read the --help.

[burfadel]

Hey Stax,wondering whether you can change the options available on the interface to reflect the changes made in rev 996 of x264. There's also a previous addition that would be good to be able to change via the interface.

The new 996 options are in regards to subme, where 9 is now the best and some options previously required and no longer necessary to add. The options no longer valid are --bime and --b-rdo, so they should be removed ASAP from the interface. Also the 'Subpixel Refinement' should be modified to reflect that the best is now 9 instead of 7. An addition to the interface should be made for the --psy-rd option, and two changeable windows for this. The first is to change the strength of psy RD and the second the strength of psy Trellis.

The removal of the --b-rdo and --bime is essential as they no longer work! and also the change to sumbe is essential as the interface setting takes precedence over manual setting (that is, even if you manually add --sumbe 9 to the 'command line' section, --sumbe 7 overrides it :(
Thanks

[stax76]

I've added it now to the latest beta, thanks everybody giving hints and most importantly details (making it much easier for me).

[stax76]

I've forgot to include the latest x264 build so I've uploaded the beta again including build 996.

[alaxa]

Hi and welcome to the forum. It's possible to change the default language.

Thank you for the quick replay
Sorry but I cannot have it working. Where should I check for that default language option?
I am trying to create a template with some options set and recall this later. I thought that:
Edit Audio Profile->"add Existing file"-> Edit -> "stream name" was the right choiche but I don't know how to make a regexp/in-string search

thanks

[stax76]

If you can understand regex then it shouldn't be too much of a challenge to edit the language, it's simple:


Load a project template
Load the audio profile 'Add Existing File'
Edit the language
Save the template

[alaxa]

If you can understand regex then it shouldn't be too much of a challenge to edit the language, it's simple:


Load a project template
Load the audio profile 'Add Existing File'
Edit the language
Save the template


Sorry, this thing is driving me crazy
Under Edit the Language you mean this panel: ?
Audio Mux Options:
------> Stream Name: *T04*
------> Language: Undetermined
------> Delay: 0

I tried Language: undetemrined, italian but the first language that is automatically selected is always english
Maybe the StreamName string is not correct.

thanks,
a.

[stax76]

Yes, it's this panel, stream name is only be used to pass to the muxer. What is the filename of the audio file you want to be detected?

[alaxa]

Yes, it's this panel, stream name is only be used to pass to the muxer. What is the filename of the audio file you want to be detected?

"ep1 T04 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3" and
"ep1 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3"

thanks,
a.

[stax76]

Please post the diagnostic file as described here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139212).

[alaxa]

Please post the diagnostic file as described here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139212).

thank you, here is the diag file, even if I don;'t know how useful can be :)
http://www.2shared.com/file/4028713/e58e16c5/StaxRip_Diagnostic_Files.html

does your version work if you choose different language priority?

a.

[stax76]

Thanks for uploading the file. Unfortunately it don't help much, please use the latest beta and open the MPEG2 source file so StaxRip can write the specs of the source file to the log file, the demuxing etc. Until now I know hardly anything about your project, IIRC there is only language detection if a) your source is DVD and b) the files have the filename of the original DVD so StaxRip knows which ISO file belongs to the source file so it can read the language from the ISO file. Maybe you have a transport stream, I don't know if these contain language information, MediaInfo will tell so (StaxRip uses MediaInfo to write the specs of the source file to the log file (the log file can be found in the source/temp directory as well within the diagnostic archive)). If it's not a DVD source and you have MediaInfo then it's probably sufficient to just post the information MediaInfo it gives.

[alaxa]

Thanks for uploading the file. Unfortunately it don't help much, please use the latest beta and open the MPEG2 source file so StaxRip can write the specs of the source file to the log file, the demuxing etc. Until now I know hardly anything about your project, IIRC there is only language detection if a) your source is DVD and b) the files have the filename of the original DVD so StaxRip knows which ISO file belongs to the source file so it can read the language from the ISO file. [..snip] If it's not a DVD source and you have MediaInfo then it's probably sufficient to just post the information MediaInfo it gives.

thank you for the answer.
So, the source is a DVD, yes. I do this to have the single files, maybe it's wrong and does not work with staxrip:
1) open the 5 VOBs with DGindex
2) select the portion of video and the audio tracks I needed and then save ProjectAS... This gives me: myFile.d2v, "myFile T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -208ms.ac3" etc..
3) with staxrip I open my template and choose that d2v. The audio tracks profile is ignored

BUT. I tried from the scratch directly from staxrip: I opened a VOB file and after some working (dgindex reading) it chose the correct tracks.
So I believe staxrip is working but not with my environment.
It's a pity that I could not select by regexp also beacuse I think that now the language selection is for AC3 only while I could include already encoded mp3
Am i wrong?

[stax76]

The language is contained in a IFO file but since you renamed your d2v file StaxRip don't know to which IFO file it belongs. Just use the name DGIndex is suggesting, this should be the name of the first vob file, do not rename it.

[alaxa]

The language is contained in a IFO file but since you renamed your d2v file StaxRip don't know to which IFO file it belongs. Just use the name DGIndex is suggesting, this should be the name of the first vob file, do not rename it.


ok, thank you for the explanation. I will choose them by hand since they are already converted.
Do you plan to add a regexp-like feature for the "stream name" string? Otherwise it seems to me that I can only automatically add AC3 files

thanks,
a.

[stax76]

You can post a request at the feature request thread, since I don't understand how regex is useful here you will have to describe a very detailed scenario.

[RickA]

Greets,

I like that you have added a new Temporary Directory feature to StaxRip. Maybe I have overlooked the option... Is there an easy way to have StaxRip put the temp files on a seperate (selectable) hard drive? I have multiple hard drives in my system. Use one for the Source files and a second for the Destination files. Would really like to use a third drive for the temp .264 files, etc. which get created. Being able to use 3 drives in DVD-Rebuilder speeds up the process there. So I figure the same logic can be applied here. Tried adding a new --output command in the Command Line options, but the StaxRip default --output setting remains.

@ Stax, You more than deserve a break from StaxRip for all the hard work you have put into it. Would be a sad thing if it becomes a permanent break.

Cheers,
Rick

[stax76]

Is there an easy way to have StaxRip put the temp files on a seperate (selectable) hard drive?

Makes sense so I've added it to the beta, with that it should also be possible to encode directly from a DVD drive assuming it isn't decrypted. You can find it at Options/Basic.

Would be a sad thing if it becomes a permanent break

There will be another final soon and then a break until christmas. I don't know what comes after that, probably a even longer break. It's sad but I really want to reduce the time spent in front of the PC. If I discontinue there is a chance somebody else continues, VB .NET is a great language and working on somebody else's code or together with somebody else can be a great learning experience. Possibly even more than one person continues to work on the application though this increases the chance the application becomes messy like the MediaPortal.

[swaaye]

Just a heads up: it looks like there was a quality bug in x264 996 so it's probably best to use 999. No command line changes since 996.

http://x264.nl/

commit cc510478de710f86ab400f610b6e075304d902cb r999
Author: Loren Merritt <pengvado@akuvian.org>
Date: Thu Oct 2 20:57:08 2008 -0600

rm gtk, avc2avi.
I don't remember why I allowed a gui into the repository in the first place. There's
nothing that makes this one special relative to all the other x264 guis.
avc2avi doesn't compile since we removed the bitstream reader. And avc doesn't belong in avi.

commit 6768543b76ee5ed65d096444fda2bc282b41dd91 r998
Author: Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Oct 2 18:11:13 2008 -0700

Resolve quality regression in r996
Accidentally removed the wrong line of code. I think this classifies as a "10l".
Thanks to techouse for initial bug report and skystrife for helping me find it.

commit 65b837fc75bdbabcc34f5e12048c10d77932eee2 r997
Author: Ralf Terdic <contact@jswiff.com>
Date: Thu Oct 2 08:52:33 2008 -0700

Fix minor memory leak accidentally added with the addition of b-adapt 2

[Ramir Gonzales]

Just a heads up: it looks like there was a quality bug in x264 996 so it's probably best to use 999. No command line changes since 996.

http://x264.nl/

commit cc510478de710f86ab400f610b6e075304d902cb r999
Author: Loren Merritt <pengvado@akuvian.org>
Date: Thu Oct 2 20:57:08 2008 -0600

rm gtk, avc2avi.
I don't remember why I allowed a gui into the repository in the first place. There's
nothing that makes this one special relative to all the other x264 guis.
avc2avi doesn't compile since we removed the bitstream reader. And avc doesn't belong in avi.

commit 6768543b76ee5ed65d096444fda2bc282b41dd91 r998
Author: Jason Garrett-Glaser <darkshikari@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Oct 2 18:11:13 2008 -0700

Resolve quality regression in r996
Accidentally removed the wrong line of code. I think this classifies as a "10l".
Thanks to techouse for initial bug report and skystrife for helping me find it.

commit 65b837fc75bdbabcc34f5e12048c10d77932eee2 r997
Author: Ralf Terdic <contact@jswiff.com>
Date: Thu Oct 2 08:52:33 2008 -0700

Fix minor memory leak accidentally added with the addition of b-adapt 2

Just copy the v999 over the v996, all will be well.;)

[stax76]

@RickA

Thanks for the hint, I've uploaded a new beta with rev 999.

[GrimRe]

Hi,

First off thanks for the amazingly simple to use software :thanks:

I'm trying to archive my Family Guy dvds. I'm trying with Season 1 to include everything including chapters and subtitles.

Chapters isn't a problem when I use robot4rip but I can never seem to get the subtitles to work properly. If I use StaxRip it creates the .idx file for subtitle and adds it to the container properties. However when I go to transcode the video at the very end it comes up with the error:

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:25.000fps "D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1_EncoderOutput.264" --language 0:eng --track-name "0:English" "D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mkv" --language 0:eng -s 0 "D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1.idx" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info

mkvmerge v2.2.0 ('Turn It On Again') built on Mar 4 2008 12:58:13
'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1_EncoderOutput.264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mkv': Using the Quicktime/MP4 demultiplexer.
'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1.idx': Using the VobSub subtitle reader (SUB file 'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1.sub').
Track 0 of 'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1_EncoderOutput.264': Extracted the aspect ratio information from the MPEG-4 layer 10 (AVC) video data and set the display dimensions to 751/576.
'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1_EncoderOutput.264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mkv' track 1: Using the AAC output module.
'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1.idx' track 0: Using the VobSub subtitle output module (language: eng).
Warning: 'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_AudioOutput.mkv': A track with the ID 0 was requested but not found in the file. The corresponding option will be ignored.
The file 'D:\dvds\familyguys1\VTS_02_1.mkv' has been opened for writing.

The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 5 seconds.

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

MKV muxing failed


The final video still works fine but the subtitles do not. Any ideas?

[stax76]

@GrimRe

Welcome to the forum. Please try the latest beta and post the diagnostic file if it still fails. How to create the diagnostic file is described in the first post of the bug report thread, the link to this thread is in my signature.

The log file shows your audio file is mkv, is this on purpose? Usually the audio file passed to the muxer is either AAC or AC3. MKV as audio file might not work but if you post the specs of the file using MediaInfo I might be able to fix it. I didn't think somebody would want to add a mkv file as audio source file.

[meatwad]

Stax, I've been a long time user of staxrip and I must say it's still my favorite. That's why I've been trying to get DGAVCIndexNV to work with it. I was hoping to do a simple renaming of the programs to substitute them for DGAVCIndex and DGDecode.dll. By changing the names of the files I can get staxrip to use DGAVCIndexNV but after it's done making the dga file it reports a mismatch of DGDecode.dll even though I changed and renamed the one in the avisynth plugins directory. Anyway, is there anything I can do with my extremely limited knowledge to get this to work?

Also, I'm using the latest beta and avisynth 2.58r4a. I can easily switch back to 2.57 but I've tested it with both and the results were the same.

[Deinorius]

No.

Neuron2 has to fix this bug. It will not work with StaxRip or MeGUI until he fixed it. Renaming doesn't help like you already saw.

[meatwad]

@Deinorius

You're correct, but I'm sure it will be fixed soon. I have faith in Neuron2's abilities.

[flebber]

Sorry to ask such a simple question. I was trying to add avisynth filters into staxrip(I have not yet succeeded). Staxrip came up with an unhandled exception when I closed the profiles idalog I was trying to create, as I used [NOISE] as the category now I cannot add noise filters from the add filters dialog to the staxrip box. Is there anyway to fix this ?

I am searching in C:\Documents and Settings\flebber\Local Settings\Application Data\StaxRip but cannot find anything to alter.

Is there a "safe" method to add avisynth filters in ? I found this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=130680&highlight=staxrip+add+filters but that didn't work well it has led to my above error.

PS I am using version 2115

[stax76]

Regarding unhandled exceptions please read here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=139212).

[flebber]

I didn't file a bug report because I created the error trying to add an avisynth filter. It wasn't your fine work that caused the problem.

[SlipGun]

I've noticed that all my encodes are slightly longer than the original VOBs (is this a result of the IVTC from 29.97 to 23.976 fps?). While the audio is synced correctly, this throws all my chapters out of sync. How can I work get my audio/video to the original DVD lengths?

[lilhobo]

are there any size control and determination in this tool? ie say i would like to fit onto one CD, can it determine the bitrate to do so?

[Ramir Gonzales]

are there any size control and determination in this tool? ie say i would like to fit onto one CD, can it determine the bitrate to do so?

Sure, it's upright in the main window :)

[Ahmed28]

I want to convert xvid avi to x264 mkv using staxrip, also I wanna put a sub in the mkv result, how do I accomplish it using just staxrip ?




Thanks

[flebber]

StaxRip supports avisynth scripts as "filters". It's somewhat annoying, but i think it is necessary, because StaxRip IS NOT an avisynth-based transcoder.
If you need to use some external script in StaxRip, you should add it, in the same way as you do with Deinterlace, Resize and other AviSynth filters.
Few pages back i posted here my own ripped-off variant of seesaw.avs script, adapted for StaxRip.

I found this post, I had just totally screwed up staxrip trying to add filters. Can you point me in the direction of a guide on how to add filters or scipts ?

I basically want to be able to use convolution3d, mipsmooth and fft3dfilter in different instances.

I am using Staxrip 1.1.1.0

In the Guides under Help in Staxrip this link for screencast by ORION and for alex nigma are not workinghttp://www.thecrave.info/walkthroughs/Staxrip.Walkthrough/index.html i(File Not Found). and http://alex.nigma.info/2006/how-to-convert-your-movies-into-streamable-mpeg-4s

[lilhobo]

Sure, it's upright in the main window :)

i didnt remember seeing it.....all i saw was the default 640x480

i cant convert to HD resolutions?

[flebber]

Finally Figured it new it would be simple. n :p
# You can add custom categories, filters and parameters here.

[Source]
Automatic =
MPEG-2 = MPEG2Source("%source_file%")
MPEG-2 Deblocked = MPEG2Source("%source_file%", CPU=6)
AVC = AVCSource("%source_file%")
AVI = AVISource(%source_files_comma%,audio=false)
DirectShow = DirectShowSource("%source_file%", audio=false, convertfps=true)

[Crop]
Crop Borders = Crop(%crop_left%,%crop_top%,-%crop_right%,-%crop_bottom%)

[Field]
FieldDeinterlace = FieldDeinterlace()
TomsMoComp = TomsMoComp(-1,5,1)
Yadif = LoadCplugin("%application:Yadif%") Yadif()
IVTC = Telecide(guide=1).Decimate()

[Resize]
Soft = BilinearResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Neutral = BicubicResize(%target_width%,%target_height%,0,0.5)
Sharp = LanczosResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Very Sharp = Lanczos4Resize(%target_width%,%target_height%)

[Noise]
Low = FluxSmoothST(2)
Medium = FluxSmoothST(4)
Heavy = FluxSmoothST(8)
Extreme = UnDot.Deen()

[Sharpness - Convolution3D]
High = Convolution3d (preset="movieHQ")
Low = Convolution3d (preset="movieLQ")
AnimeHQ = Convolution3d (preset="animeHQ")
AnimeLQ = Convolution3d (preset="animeLQ")
vhsBQ = Convolution3d (preset="vhsBQ")

[Sharpness - MipSmooth]
MovieHQ = MipSmooth(preset = "movieHQ")
MovieHQ2 = MipSmooth(preset = "movieHQ2")
MovieLQ = MipSmooth(preset = "movieLQ")
MovieLQ2 = MipSmooth(preset = "movieLQ2")
VHS = MipSmooth(preset = "VHS")
AnimeHQ = MipSmooth(preset = "animeHQ")
AnimeLQ = MipSmooth(preset = "animeLQ")

[FFt3dFilter]
Best(slow) = fft3dfilter(sigma=1.5, bt=5, bw=32, bh=32, ow=16, oh=16, sharpen=0.4)
Mine = fft3dfilter(sigma=1.8, bt=4, sharpen=0.6)

[RemoveGrain]
Default = RemoveGrain(mode=2, modeU=2, modeV=2)
Light(safe)= RemoveGrain(mode=5)
Light = RemoveGrain(mode=5).RemoveGrain(mode=5)
Medium = RemoveGrain(mode=2).RemoveGrain(mode=2)
Smart = RemoveGrain(mode=17)
Smart(safe)= RemoveGrain(mode=18)
Unsure = RemoveGrain(mode=18).RemoveGrain(mode=18)

[Subtitle]
VobSub = VobSub()
TextSub = TextSub()

[Audio]
AC3 Source = AudioDub(last, NicAC3Source("%audio_file1%"))
MP123 Source = AudioDub(last, NicMPG123Source("%audio_file1%"))

[Misc]
Convert To YV12 = ConvertToYV12()

[alaxa]

excuse me,
how does the macro editor works? I tried building up some macro to recognize audio stream but a simple %eval_vb: (msgbox('aaa'))% fails with syntax error.

thanks,
a.

[lilhobo]

so how do i set it to use CD 650MB or DVD-5 4Gb size?

[Ramir Gonzales]

Can this program be flagged "abandoned" now, or is there any change it will still get updated before people step away from it ?

[swaaye]

I'd like to give vfr mkv a shot, but can't find a GUI that seems to be designed for it. Is there a way to use this technique with Staxrip?

It seems that TIVTC has a single-pass VFR mode, but I can't figure out what to do with the mkvmerge command line, or if I'm plain missing other steps that aren't possible with Staxrip.

Hybrid encodings are such a PITA..... VFR looks like the only way to really solve the challenge they present.

[burfadel]

I don't think Staxrip will be abandoned, but it does take a lot of time and effort on Stax's behalf to keep it up to date. I'm sure if someone (or some people) were willing to assist him in updating it, he'll welcome it!

[stax76]

Regarding abandonning StaxRip, my last announcement (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1191786#post1191786) is still valid.

[Joel.W]

Stax,

I'm posting this in General because it's the only place I see DivxMux mentioned.
I think DivX Player 6.8 changed the rules about how audio and subtitle tracks are named by divxMux.
If I use StaxRip 1.1.1 to produce a .DIVX container the audio and subtitles show up as 'Audio Track #1 - Other' and 'Subtitle Track #1 - Other' in DivX Player.
According to the container configuration command line button StaxRip is currently using (Audio -en;01) and (Subtitle -en;01) for idx/sub muxing.
If you could change these to (Audio -en-US;02) and (Subtitle -en-US;02) [the en must be lower case and the US must be upper case] DivX Player will display 'English - Primary Feature' for the audio track and 'English - Normal' for the subtitle track.
If you could make the command line editable that would make it even more flexible or of course the ultimate: drop down menus.

The reason I care about this is I like to have the subtitles come on by default and there is no way to do this in DivX Player for 'Other'.

Great program by the way. I never could get it to work on my old computer. Probably too many other video apps and codecs confusing it.
On this Vista 64 bit machine it works great.
I was so happy to see you supporting the .divx container. I really don't care for Dr. Divx or the Divx converter.
Other than this small problem it's been perfect.

Thanks.

Joel Withun

P.S. This is my first post. Sorry if I stepped an anybody's toes.

[Ramir Gonzales]

I just have a question, since StaxRip isn't updated anymore, is it a good idea to use the latest x264 rev. 1019 with it, or did x264 change specific commandline related things, so that the StaxRip front-end ain't 'ready' yet to properly use the latest x264 revision ?

Would it be a good idea to install x264 r1019 in StaxRip or should i better just stick with the latest revision that is accompanied with StaxRip ?

Thanks a lot !

[zilexa]

There will be another final soon and then a break until christmas. I don't know what comes after that, probably a even longer break. It's sad but I really want to reduce the time spent in front of the PC. If I discontinue there is a chance somebody else continues, VB .NET is a great language and working on somebody else's code or together with somebody else can be a great learning experience. Possibly even more than one person continues to work on the application though this increases the chance the application becomes messy like the MediaPortal.

Staxrip works great already so long breaks don't really bother me. I don't see a reason to search for a different tool (doesn't even exist, with the ease and functionality of staxrip). And I can understand you want to spent less time on the pc! Totally agree!

[burfadel]

Staxrip works great already so long breaks don't really bother me. I don't see a reason to search for a different tool (doesn't even exist, with the ease and functionality of staxrip). And I can understand you want to spent less time on the pc! Totally agree!

If there's people willing to work on it they can, stax kind of already said that! I guess they could start a separate staxrip branch, and if/when stax works on it again they can be incorporated in to the main branch. Just an idea :)

[Ramir Gonzales]

Yeah, but I feel somewhat down with this decision, Stax is really known to incorporate fixes and new options really fast AND they're always working out-of-the-box, seeing other tools like MeGui are literally bugfests in comparison to Staxrip, which is so perfectly thought out, and so cleverly programmed, StaxRip still is, today, the only front-end that ain't a constant struggle to fix countless bugs, but rather now and then something is buggy.

I don't want to blame the authors of MeGui, but its UI, the simple quality prediction, missing the vital "clever" first pass commands to be omitted compared to the second pass, etc...
Its just only adding stuff (most of the times buggy) and all adding them onto the list of options, while StaxRip is so easy, so logical, yet so incredibly powerful.

I really wouldn't like to see someone else taking over StaxRip, since Stax actually THINKS before and WHILE he is adding code to his program.

[linyx]

Can someone please explain how staxrip can convert a dvd that is @ 29.97 fps to 23.976 and keep the audio sounding normal? I have been trying to do this for ages and i just can't figure it out so i thought i might as well ask.
Thanks.

[fredlkrue]

Can someone please explain how staxrip can convert a dvd that is @ 29.97 fps to 23.976 and keep the audio sounding normal? I have been trying to do this for ages and i just can't figure it out so i thought i might as well ask.
Thanks.

you can add this line to "moviename.avs" or add this as a filter in starxrip:

this line for avisynth: Decimate()
filter for starxrip: Decimate() = Decimate()

[burfadel]

Before using the decimate filter, wouldn't you need to inverse telecine it?

[linyx]

Thanks guys.
Decimate is a great idea, but why doesn't staxrip put it in its AVS scripts?

[fredlkrue]

Before using the decimate filter, wouldn't you need to inverse telecine it?

yes...

[diskborste]

I have a problem with encoding my 1080i recordings from Canal Digital HD, x264 crashes all the time on the first pass. If i try DirectShowSource instead of DGASource using PTSCalc to find delay they end up out of sync, but the source file is in sync. This really annoys me and do any of you have some kind of solution?

My 720p recordings from another channel are turning out great, so I'm really confused what this is all about.

Thanks in advance!

Edit Screen: (Bad one though)
http://i.lulz.at/j3Bw837.jpg

[trazome]

Hi all,

I use staxrip for two years now but I still do not know how to extract teletext (subtitles) from a *.ts file with StaxRip Frontend.
Is there a script that under staxrip that makes the ProjectX along with the audio video demultiplexing?

Sorry for me bad english.

[dvd_maniac]

I've searched for this before but can't seem to find a resolution to my problem.
I have done quite a few encodes with Staxrip and I love it. The only problem I am having with it is I get an error that "MP4 muxing failed". The file is always OK but it holds up the Queue until I exit out the error dialog box, close the Log file, remove the job from the batch queue and then start the batch up again. Sometimes I have up to 30 encodes queued up and this makes it a much longer process, more in front of the PC time and makes the batch encode almost useless.

There must be a way for Staxrip to ignore this error?

[Glorioso]

I'm getting a error when i try to convert a MKV with DTS, how can i make it?

[linyx]

I'm getting a error when i try to convert a MKV with DTS, how can i make it?
Do you mean convert from an MKV that already has DTS or do you mean convert something with DTS audio to MKV. If it's the latter then just take the temp files from staxrip (if it has already encoded them, which it should have) and mux them with mkvmerge.

[Yowza]

Ok i've come across a cumbersome video/audio source. The source seems to delay the audio through the container. When i attempt converting it through StaxRip the video/audio is out of sync. However, the source is perfectly synced.

I demuxed both the h264 and MP3 using MKVExtract. The audio seems to be delayed by 1 second (i.e. audio source is 3:45, and video source is 3:46, but when muxed the container adds +1sec to audio).


I've been searching around here and various other sites and can't seem to add a delay to the audio by one second. I've tried:

1. DelayAudio(%delay1%/1000) in filters and then setting a delay by right clicking on AAC 50-90kps and then entering "1". It has no effect.

2. I've tried hard-coding DelayAudio(1) in filters which also does nothing.

3. Entered rather large numbers, to test if DelayAudio is actually working or being by-passed; no effect...

4. I then came across:

http://www.planetdvb.net/node/517
3rd last post mentions enabling 'Use AviSynth to cut...' in options allows StaxRip to read the audio from script...No effect.

Any ideas? I'd rather not have to re-encode the source, and add some sort of delay to it through AviSynth.

[Glorioso]

Do you mean convert from an MKV that already has DTS or do you mean convert something with DTS audio to MKV. If it's the latter then just take the temp files from staxrip (if it has already encoded them, which it should have) and mux them with mkvmerge.
No, a MKV with DTS i want to convert to AVI or MP4, i get a error at start.

[linyx]

@Glorioso
1) What is your original source (the one that you created the mkv from)?
2) If the mkv is your original source, where did you get it?

[Yowza]

Ok, i've been using the latest stable release - 1.1.1.0 and the x264 version that was installed allowed me to select the "Main" Profile. However, after installing the latest beta release (1008.2115), it asked me to update x264 and a few other things including the profile set. I am unable to select the Main profile anymore and no matter what template i select StaxRip always defaults to the High profile. Any ideas?


screenshot - http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5859/staxripprofilezs6.jpg

[Betsy25]

Does anyone know if Stax will resume the staxrip project or is support and development halted forever ?

[ultratoto14]

I just tried to use staxrip with neuron2 dgvc1indexnv generated file.

The file have a dgv extension and need a VC1Source.

I add
VC1_NV = VC1Source("%source_file%")
also tried VC1_NV = DGVC1DecodeNV_VC1Source("%source_file%")

add dgv extension in Tools -> settings -> Advanced -> Source File Types -> Video file types

even if i deactivate all the preparers and all the auto things, if i choose VC1_NV as source and take my dgv file, staxrip try to open it via directshow.

If i create a small avs with the VC1Source line only and open it with staxrip, i've got avs import in source file and this works.

Any tips on this behavior ?

[linyx]

Just looked at the source code, and I am not sure why it is doing this (I'm not very good at VB yet). I might do some more research later.

[Sharc]

@ultratoto
Load the source via an avisynth script into StaxRip which looks like:

loadplugin("your path here to ....DGVC1DecodeNV.dll")
VC1Source("your path to .... xxxx.dgv")

[Deinorius]

He already did that.
His only problem is to open the source directly with staxrip. Via avisynth script he can do it like he wrote.

IIRC I had a similar problem, but I don't remember correctly the source. Maybe it was a Quicktime file. But it switched the whole time to directshow even, if I deactivated all prepares and so on.

[ultratoto14]

I will try to download the sources and see in it too.

[Betsy25]

Makes sense so I've added it to the beta, with that it should also be possible to encode directly from a DVD drive assuming it isn't decrypted. You can find it at Options/Basic.



There will be another final soon and then a break until christmas. I don't know what comes after that, probably a even longer break. It's sad but I really want to reduce the time spent in front of the PC. If I discontinue there is a chance somebody else continues, VB .NET is a great language and working on somebody else's code or together with somebody else can be a great learning experience. Possibly even more than one person continues to work on the application though this increases the chance the application becomes messy like the MediaPortal.

Since it's clear now that Stax has no more interest in keeping his software up-to-date, is there any chance someone else is gonna take this project over, or could we classify StaxRip as abandoned now ?

[RunningSkittle]

Stax wants to put the project on sourceforge.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144746

[burfadel]

Since it's clear now that Stax has no more interest in keeping his software up-to-date, is there any chance someone else is gonna take this project over, or could we classify StaxRip as abandoned now ?

Stax has written earlier today his interest in moving the project to Sourceforge, but didn't know the process. If this went through and people with knowledge had the will, Staxrip future could still be quite bright :)

The thread can be found here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144746

[stax76]

Hi everybody,
I've been tame for a long time and I'm much into media player and media center development right now. This relates in that files encoded with StaxRip are played by such a applications. It's clear something had to be done regarding StaxRip development. I'm currently talking to a developer with much experience and similar interests who wants to move the code to SourceForge and work on it. That is great news. StaxRip is now open for developers to join the development effort and I'm confident that it'll continue to improve and won't suffer from problems that can be seen sometimes in open source projects.

[Deinorius]

Great news. I'm looking forward for StaxRip. Thanks. :)

Is there any To-Do List for the new developer?

[stax76]

So far I don't know other tasks than moving to a new home and update outdated applications.

[Deinorius]

Could you reduce %bitrate% (for adio mostly but video would be good too) to just 2 commaspaces oder none? Now it's been saved like 85,585839329328484 kbit/s. Too much, 85 kbit/s is enough.

[Sharc]

I truly hope that StaxRip gets into good hands.
It's an excellent and powerful GUI, congrats Stax! :)

[Betsy25]

I truly hope that StaxRip gets into good hands.
It's an excellent and powerful GUI, congrats Stax! :)

I really really hope so, When Stax was coding, we always knew the code additions/refinements were bugfree, skilled programming, great knowledge, I believe it will be a though nut to find someone who is so knowledged and accurate to keep staxrip so smooth, stable and straightforward as Stax did.

[Betsy25]

Sorry for bumping this thread, but I have just found anything that doesn't seem logical IMHO.

Using the x264 Unrestricted profile, 2 pass mode.

Staxrip feeds this command-line to x264, I'm wondering about the bold item, is that a normal 1st pass command for a 2-pass encode ?

"--pass 1 --bitrate 1150 --stats "N:\Funes films\Oscar\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\Oscar2-resize-neutral.stats"
--bframes 4 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --filter -1:-1 --threads auto --progress --no-psnr
--no-ssim --subme 2 --partitions none --me dia --output NUL
"N:\Funes films\Oscar\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\Oscar2-resize-neutral.avs"

[Deinorius]

That's for 1.pass. It means 1.pass won't write any videodata. It needs to write just the .stats file.

[Betsy25]

That's for 1.pass. It means 1.pass won't write any videodata. It needs to write just the .stats file.

Doh http://www.blauwzwartforum.be/images/smilies/001660.gif
I overlooked that one, thank you very much Deinorius ! :)

[flebber]

Has the new staxrip developer introduced themselves and I have missed it. I noticed staxs post that it would now be handed over but have heard squat since.

[linyx]

@flebber

It appears as though "Sagekilla" may be taking over (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1260569&postcount=8).

[Sharc]

I hope that maintenance and perhaps further development of StaxRip will be secured. StaxRip has so many salient features which make it really unique.:)

[sander815]

with great result i made a couple of rips from dvds -> x264, worked very good. For some reason the rips i am currently encoding all have audio delay, or playing audio too eraly. What could cause that?

[Sharc]

It may be related to studio intros in separate vob-id's
- Open the DVD in DVD Shrink in Re-author mode
- Re-author the movie without applying compression
- Use the re-authored movie as source for StaxRip

[w4tt4n4b3]

Dear staxrip users, is there any way to fix the audio-video desync that emerges after using Staxrip (v.1.1.1) to cut some parts of the file?
The video and wav file -after the cut- seem to have the same length. I encode the wav file into ac3 and then mux it with the mkv file that was produced by staxrip (no audio encoding via Staxrip).
Audio and Video begin ok but in the end after two hours there seem to be almost 1 sec video delay.
Is there any way to fix this?

[ic4andi]

With StaxRip's preview, is it possible to view which frames are I-Frames, so it makes the cutting process much easier? I tried opening a HDTV TS file in VirtualDubMod, and took note of all of my trims on I-Frames so I could plug them in with StaxRip. But when I plugged them into StaxRip, they were completely different frames. I find this process to be accurate with non-HDTV TS streams.

[movmasty]

Dear staxrip users, is there any way to fix the audio-video desync that emerges after using Staxrip (v.1.1.1) to cut some parts of the file?
The video and wav file -after the cut- seem to have the same length. I encode the wav file into ac3 and then mux it with the mkv file that was produced by staxrip (no audio encoding via Staxrip).
Audio and Video begin ok but in the end after two hours there seem to be almost 1 sec video delay.
Is there any way to fix this?

it is always a bad idea to save audio and video separately

[yetanotherid]

A while ago I started a thread to ask some questions regarding Staxrip, but it seemed nobody could help me. It's here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145609) if anyone would care to take a look (ignore the first paragraph as it relates to yet another thread).

My main reason for this post is to ask again about Staxrip and de-interlacing. Maybe this will be a better place to ask the question.
Is there any reason why it seems to be so..... ordinary?
Whenever I convert interlaced video with Staxrip there's often noticeable jagged edges etc where they should be smooth, which appears to me to be a result of the de-interlacing. Also it becomes obvious when converting HD interlaced video that the de-interlacing process seems to produce a reasonable amount of motion blur.
If I convert the same video with AutoGK however (I only use AutoGK as an example as it's the program I used the most and in some respect it's output is still my "benchmark") there's no issues with jagged lines or any de-interlacing effects of that nature, and the motion blur is noticeably reduced.

Is there a setting to change the de-interlacing method Staxrip uses or something else I'm missing?

Thanks.

[Sharc]

Is there a setting to change the de-interlacing method Staxrip uses or something else I'm missing?
You have several options:
1) Right-click in the Filters area of StaxRip on the deinterlace filter and pick one of the proposed deinterlacers
2) Right-click in the Filters area on the white space, select Profiles..... and finally add under the [Field] section your personal deinterlace filter
3) write your personal AviSynth script including the deinterlacer which you prefer, and load the .avs as source in StaxRip.

[w4tt4n4b3]

My source is usually interlaced and top field first...

That's my script
AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Testin AR\Test Sample 4.avi",audio=false)
LoadCplugin("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\StaxRip\Applications\Yadif\yadif.dll") Yadif()
Crop(16,6,-16,-10)
ConvertToYV12()

[yetanotherid]

Thanks Sharc & w4tt4n4b3.

When I right click on the Filters area, under the Field filters are they all de-interlacers? And which would you recommend?
I assume from your post w4tt4n4b3 that yadif is a de-interlacer and the one you prefer?

Sorry, I'm just new to StaxRip (or haven't used it very much) so I'm kinda learning all about this from scratch.

[w4tt4n4b3]

I use the TomsMoComp now more, it seems a bit better to me. I am totally newbie and just experimenting...

[stax76]

Hi everybody,

I've renamed my name from stax to stax76 because I use this name everywhere else because stax is often already in use when I try to register somewhere. The reason why I chose 76 is I'm born 1976, 176 tall and 76 is the house number of my parents where I grew up. I'm a fan of 70's rock and soul music, stax was the name of one of the big soul labels in the 70's.

The StaxRip website is now down, I'm currently work on some issues like updating applications and Vista and 7 related issues so I can make a release at the new site at SourceForge. I finally said goodby to Win XP and run Windows 7 now, skipped Vista entirely.

[fierygt]

How long will the website be down? I made some changes, and somehow screwed up pieces of staxrip, and now it wants to try and redownload things like dgdecode, but can't.:confused:

[stax76]

I hope within few days, I don't think SourceForge provides full ftp access so I have to replace the download feature and provide a single package (about 20 MB), this requires some work. With google you should find all application somewhere however.

[Bilskate]

I hope within few days, I don't think SourceForge provides full ftp access so I have to replace the download feature and provide a single package (about 20 MB), this requires some work. With google you should find all application somewhere however.

Hi Stax, thank you again for your great software, I'm using it since years.

I would like to put a subtitle on a DivX or MKV but not a "forced" one, a subtitle that can be activated or turned off when watching the Video. I've been told we can't do that with XviD, so that's why I would like to do it either on Divx or on MKV.

How can I please do this with StaxRip ?

Cheers.

[Arcee]

Hi Stax, thank you again for your great software, I'm using it since years.

I would like to put a subtitle on a DivX or MKV but not a "forced" one, a subtitle that can be activated or turned off when watching the Video. I've been told we can't do that with XviD, so that's why I would like to do it either on Divx or on MKV.

How can I please do this with StaxRip ?

Cheers.

Staxrip can do this no problem, but you must use an MKV container. In Staxrip you can, when going into the Container settings on the right side of the main screen, select subtitle streams that were ripped by Vobsubripper when opening your DVD VOB movie files by opening the textfile containing the subtitle information. Then, in players like VLC or KMPlayer, you can turn on or off the subtitle stream(s) as you like.

[Arcee]

I hope within few days, I don't think SourceForge provides full ftp access so I have to replace the download feature and provide a single package (about 20 MB), this requires some work. With google you should find all application somewhere however.

Boy am I happy to learn that there will be a new Staxrip. I'm using the latest beta and had some issues, and since the planetdvb site is down I figured I had to move on to different software. Someone recommended me AutoMKV, and I must say, I already miss Staxrip. So I'm really looking forward to it! Where will we find the new version, since planetdvb is down now?

[Arcee]

I hope within few days, I don't think SourceForge provides full ftp access so I have to replace the download feature and provide a single package (about 20 MB), this requires some work. With google you should find all application somewhere however.

Too bad because I really liked your download feature!

[Bilskate]

Staxrip can do this no problem, but you must use an MKV container. In Staxrip you can, when going into the Container settings on the right side of the main screen, select subtitle streams that were ripped by Vobsubripper when opening your DVD VOB movie files by opening the textfile containing the subtitle information. Then, in players like VLC or KMPlayer, you can turn on or off the subtitle stream(s) as you like.

Hi thank you very much, I've been looking for this feature since a long time.

And by the way the DivX container has also this feature since DivX Ultra :). We can do it in StaxRip.

But I got an issue, when I use the "cut" feature, the subs in the final video aren't synchronized. Seems it doesn't cut the subtitles. What can I do ?

If that can helps you there are all the demuxed files (.m2v .mp2 .srt ...) in a zip file :
http://start1g.ovh.net/~fcnaforu//videos/ShortVideo.zip

If you do a conversion without cutting the video everything will be ok, but I you cut the video the subs will not be synchronized with the video.

The subtitles I used are .srt, not the .txt.

Thanks in advance.

[stax76]

@Bilskate

Subs cutting work only for hardcoded subs.

[Bilskate]

@Bilskate

Subs cutting work only for hardcoded subs.
Oh ok, thanks. Is this just StaxRip or is it like that with VirtualDub, Avidemux, and MKVToolnix ?

I'll probably cut the video & subs with ProjectX before putting it on StaxRip.

I usually don't cut the video with ProjectX, because we can't select the cut points frame by frame, what we can do with StaxRip. (so with ProjectX i lose some frames, or have more frames)
If you know how can we choose cut points frame by frame in ProjectX it would be cool.

Cheers.

[Bilskate]

Another question about the subtitles feature in "container configuration", is there anyway to change the font for the subtitles ?
Cheers.

[Deinorius]

I recommend to you Aegisub. You should be able to do many things with your subs. You can't change fonts with StaxRip but you can add a font in container configuration, so the subs can use the font on another computer which don't have this font.

[Bilskate]

I recommend to you Aegisub. You should be able to do many things with your subs. You can't change fonts with StaxRip but you can add a font in container configuration, so the subs can use the font on another computer which don't have this font.

Ok thanks.

[stax76]

The new beta is now available.

[Bilskate]

The new beta is now available.

Thank you Stax, I'm downloading it from https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/ . :)

Will http://planetdvb.net be back ?

Thanks.

[stax76]

The old site is gone and won't be back, StaxRip and StaxPlayer are now part of the StaxMedia project at SourceForge.

[Deinorius]

x264 defaults will be changed soon (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=148148). After that release it will be necessary to update StaxRip once more.

[flebber]

The new beta is now available.

I couldn't find any info changelog etc on sourceforge am I missing something obvious.

[stax76]

@Deinorius

Thx, I'll take care of it.

@flebber

Changelog is there, on the files page there is a small icon on the right side, you can also just click here. (https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=258219&release_id=693955):)

[Arcee]

I know this is maybe not the best thread to ask this, but every time I encode an MKV with an x264 video stream and an AC3 file where I select "Add Existing File" all the encoding finishes correctly but at the end, the muxing fails "with exit code 2". It's every time!

Only when I select AAC then Staxrip ends correctly. It really is annoying, because when I make a bunch of jobs in the joblist and run overnight, the first job fails. And when I manually start MKVToolnix and mux myself, all goes fine. I have this in Staxrip 1.1.1.0 and now also in 1.1.1.1 and earlier versions worked fine. I have removed EVERYTHING, all tools and codecs, and reinstalled Staxrip 1.1.1.1 and the error remains.
Does anyone else have this problem? Stax76 is this anything you could fix?

This is what I see in the log:

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

The following error occurred:

MKV muxing failed with exit code 2

[stax76]

mkvmerge should give a error which you can find in the log file StaxRip creates.


------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "E:\Pulp Fiction.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:25.000fps "E:\Samples\Pulp Fiction\VTS_01_1 temp files\Pulp Fiction_EncoderOutput.264" --language 0:ger --sync 0:-200 "E:\Samples\Pulp Fiction\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 de-German 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -200ms.ac3" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info -fhdhdhd

mkvmerge v2.9.5 ('Tu es le seul') gebaut am Jun 7 2009 11:07:06
Fehler: Die Quelldatei '-fhdhdhd' konnte nicht ge”ffnet werden, oder aber die Gr”áenabfrage schlug fehl.

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

MKV muxing failed with exit code 2

[Deinorius]

mkvmerge should give a error which you can find in the log file StaxRip creates. Sometimes mkvmerge gives an error code -2 and close, which woudn't be that much problem, but I have no idea of the problem because most of the time it works and sometimes it doesn't.
But the real problem is StaxRip doesn't write the log file to the end. Instead of writing everything (audio/video encoding) until muxing it just writes mkvmerge did something wrong and writes this letters directly after opening the source.

Oh and new x264 defaults seems to be written (http://git.videolan.org/?p=x264.git;a=commit;h=af2a4ecd7bcefc97c8aa83913c9a2980206f9cd0). May this help you to rewrite StaxRip?

[Arcee]

mkvmerge should give a error which you can find in the log file StaxRip creates.

I'm sorry stax, when opening the logfile, I do see the error code 2 that I posted, but I don't see anything logged for the mkvmerge part, not the command line and not the error. It's really weird.
Only if the muxing completes successfully do I see the commandline and result in the log. But when the muxing fails, staxrip doesn't seem to update the logfile properly. So I cannot show you what the error is, because I don't see it myself... maybe that's a bug in itself?

Here contents from a logfile where things went wrong:

------------------------------------------------------------
Demux audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\StaxRip\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -SD=| -IF=|D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_1.VOB,D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_2.VOB,D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_3.VOB,D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_4.VOB,D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_5.VOB,D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_6.VOB,D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_7.VOB| -IA=2 -FO=0 -YR=1 -TN=1 -OM=2 -DRC=2 -DSD=0 -DSA=0 -OF=|D:\DVD_RIPS\Versailles\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1| -minimize -exit

Preparer: Demux audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
Start: 8:25:31 PM
End: 8:27:33 PM
Duration: 00:02:02

------------------------------------------------------------
Extracting Subtitles
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 8:27:34 PM
End: 8:29:35 PM
Duration: 00:02:00
Speed: 1354 fps

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

The following error occurred:

MKV muxing failed with exit code 2

[stax76]

Besides the error code issue there is then a bug in the logging code, it's difficult to fix it without being able to reproduce it. Even if the log file doesn't contain the mkvmerge command line it's possible to find out what the command line was.

Go in the 'Container Configuration' and press the 'Command Line' button, copy it, open a command shell, paste the command line using the context menu and press enter to run it, mkvmerge should output then what went wrong.

Oh and new x264 defaults seems to be written. May this help you to rewrite StaxRip?

I've changed everything, I just need to address a few more issues and I'll upload it.

[stax76]

Since x264 changed a lot and the setup failed on 64bit systems I've made a new release.


Fixed bug AviSynth plugins setup failing on 64bit systems
Updated x264 to version 1179
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.7
Updates x264 features reflecting recent x264 changes

[Betsy25]

Thanks a lot Stax, everything seems fine ! :o

[Betsy25]

Oops, cheered a bit too fast.
With version 1.1.1.2beta (Vista32), when trying "Codec Configuration" for xvid profile, I get this Error window below.
http://i25.tinypic.com/8x3ok7.png

Running StaxRip.exe as administrator = same error message.

Also, what's the meaning of storing templates in the Appdata folder and not in a simple subfolder please ?
and is there a chance we could get all profiles back please, are you still working on it, or have you decided to slim the down to the bare minimums ?
Since the version 1.1.1.1beta, my old selfmade profiles don't work anymore, so I lost track of which options I selected to get very good results at a reasonable size (x264 & xvid)

Thank you for your help.

[stax76]

Oops, cheered a bit too fast.
With version 1.1.1.2beta (Vista32), when trying "Codec Configuration" for xvid profile, I get this Error window below.
http://i25.tinypic.com/8x3ok7.png

Maybe the user privilege detection is broke, are you really sure you run it as admin? Please tell me about your environment.

Also, what's the meaning of storing templates in the Appdata folder and not in a simple subfolder please ?

The template dir is within the settings dir, the settings dir is defined at the very first startup meaning when StaxRip don't find a settings dir while startup it will pop-up a dialog asking where it should be created. It has a option for the local user dir, for the startup dir in case the startup dir is not within a protected system dir like the program files dir and it has a option for a custom dir, if you define a custom dir and it already contains settings StaxRip won't create new settings but use existing settings. Best way to move the settings dir is closing StaxRip, moving the dir manually, on next startup StaxRip will pop-up the explained dialog where you pick custom and point it to the new location. There are hardly applications giving such great flexibility and usability in this regard, in fact many application are a pain making it hard to even find where the settings are located like it wouldn't make sense to make a backup of the settings.


and is there a chance we could get all profiles back please, are you still working on it, or have you decided to slim the down to the bare minimums ?

MeGUI compatibility won't come back because it's hard to maintain and has less benefit since x264 added the new profile, preset and tune features. After the next stable release I try to not break it for as long as possible. Reason why I did break it recently is a lot has changed in x264 and I needed to clean things up ensuring a solid starting point. Generally backward compatibilty is a major effort that could otherwise be invested in new features and better experience, I don't have so much time, consider Win XP support to be dropped very soon for many good reasons.

[Betsy25]

Maybe the user privilege detection is broke, are you really sure you run it as admin? Please tell me about your environment.

I'm running as admin, I mean my username is Monty, and it's part of the Administrators group.(I hope that's what you're reffering to)



The template dir is within the settings dir, the settings dir is defined at the very first startup meaning when StaxRip don't find a settings dir while startup it will pop-up a dialog asking where it should be created.
OK, I see, My Settings dir is set to "C:\Users\Monty\AppData\Local\StaxRip" allthough the newest betas come a .7z and will extract the Applications in a subdir where we extract it, allthough there also is a Applications folder under the Settings dir, thus this "C:\Users\Monty\AppData\Local\StaxRip\Applications" & also \Downloads subdirs there are now not used/needed anymore with the newer beta's ?

Anyway thanks for your efforts & time ! :)

[stax76]

There is a bug in the admin detection, it's a VB.NET bug:

My.User.IsInRole(ApplicationServices.BuiltInRole.Administrator)

The settings dir should only contain the settings file and the templates dir, the applications dir should be in the startup dir because that's how StaxRip is now distributed and StaxRip will find the applications in this location automatically.

[stax76]

Here is a fix for the admin issue: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VE4MXYZB

[Betsy25]

Thanks stax, works fine and dandy.:)

[ceearrashee]

guys, take a long time already to change the resizing method:
target_height = height - crop
target_height = target_height mod 16
target_width = target_height * pixel_aspect_ratio
target_width = target_width mod 4
this principle is selected by me, so long as it represents the most correct method of changing the size. Is it possible to programing or i can make such a filter.

[stax76]

@ceearrashee

Please explain much cleaner and more elaborate, thanks.

[Bilskate]

Hi, Stax. I've StaxRip 1.1.1.2 beta and since today I'm on Windows 7. And I think it doesn't really work with Windows 7, when I "click on next to add job" I always get this message " Can't register the YV12 decoder. StaxRip hasn't sufficient user privileges to perform the requested operation. In order to gain the sufficient privileges close StaxRip, right-click the StaxRip shortcut or the executable and select 'Run as administrator' from the context menu " .

Of course I did that, and I also run StaxRip with the real (hidden) admin mod account and I got the same message.

Can you confirm me that it's because of Windows 7 or is there a way to solve this problem ?

Also I wanted to install the older version (the executable one) to see if it works, , but I didn't find it.

Cheers,

Ryan.

[stax76]

Hi, yes there is a issue: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1306981#post1306981

[Lime]

Hi!

I use StaxRip to convert MPEG2 TV captures to XviD. I have a DVB-T TV card which means I can get minor signal issues which leads to ProjectX errors like

Video
!> dropping GOP# 4673 @ orig.PTS 00:47:00.360 (253832400), errorcode: 24
!> Pics exp/cnt 13/12, inGOP PTS diff. 0ms, new Timecode 00:45:55.520
!> PTS difference of 46800 (00:00:00.520) to last exported GOP detected
!> dropping useless B-Frames @ GOP# 4674 / new Timecode 00:45:55.520
Audio
!> missing syncword @ 1206529, @ 00:00:32.808
!> found syncword @ 1207112
!> 2 frame(s) (48ms) inserted @ 00:00:32.856

What can the effects be, if I ignore running ProjectX and not fixing my captures before running DGIndex? Just Open File -> Process in DGIndex -> StaxRip.

[stax76]

Hi and welcome,
DGIndex had sync issues but I didn't test if it was fixed in recent years.

[flebber]

Stax are you dropping Win Xp support before or when 7 is released? I am currently on Win XP and am avoiding the upgrade to the mess that is Vista until 7 is released.

[stax76]

For now I can resist to drop it but won't waste time to make things look nice, there are two minor issues on XP I know of, the slider in the x264 dialog don't fit the color of the background. The other thing will be introduced in the next version, the big buttons that had a bold title and a small description use now standard text without bold on XP and native CommandLinks (http://goneale.com/files/img/commandLink_addPrinter.gif)on Vista/Win 7, these are default Win32 buttons with a new style introduced with Vista.

[stax76]

1.1.1.3 beta


Vista CommandLink buttons enabled, looks worse on XP now...
Updated x264 to 1184 and added new AQ mode Auto-variance
Added reset button in external applications dialog to reset the location
Added checkboxes to setup dialog to control what to setup
Added context menu in x264 dialog to copy the command line
Fixed bug user privileges wrong detected leading to fail registering YV12 decoder
Fixed setup issues on Win XP

[FrankTho]

I had the older Beta StaxRip.beta.0406.1936 installed. Now i wanted to install the new 1.1.1.3beta. In the zip file i only get the staxrip.exe and the app folders, but no installer. So i moved the files into my staxrip's program folder. But when i start it, i get this error:
"System.InvalidCastException: FieldContainer cannot be converted to FieldContainer.
at StaxRip.SafeSerialization.Deserialize(....)
..."

How must i handle this beta?

I have XP SP2 running.

regards, Frank

[stax76]

It fails loading old settings or projects or templates. You could remove the old stuff but it's gone then of course. I was hoping it can load most of the old stuff, maybe you can upload the old StaxRip version somewhere along with the diagnstic file, maybe I can fix it.

[FrankTho]

ah just found out what you write. I removed the old stuff, then it works. i set up my profiles vie screenshots. Works now, so dont bother with my problem anymore, thanx for answering!! :)

[Ramscoop]

I just updated from 1.1.1.0 to 1.1.1.3b. I saved some time with the packaged external apps! Thanks!

What happened to the x264 anime encoding profiles that were available in 1.1.1.0?

[yanger]

Does anyone know if StaxRip will support or does support ass subs enhanced features?

[TBKHomeworld!]

So I get asked by a lot of folks how to extract video content from a source (vob) and convert to Xvid (my codec of choice). I got tired of explaining it to all of them so I made a video on how to use Staxrip.

Anyway, for those of you who are not technically savvy here is a quick and dirty video 'how to'.

http://www.tbkhomeworld.com/staxrip

Enjoy!
~TBK

[arrirc]

Hello Stax

Thank you for developing this program. the latest beta version is excellent. But I was little disappointed to find that there is not much in terms of XviD encoding profiles. :(
So two requests:
1. Could you please add more XviD encoding profiles?
2. And is it possible to add a feature (like in AGK) to encode the credit parts in different settings (like in Greyscale, or maybe 40% of original quality) than the main feature?

Two little problems:
1. As I tried to cut off a very small portion (about 10 frames), I found that StaxRip crashed every time. If I do not apply the Cut function, then there is no problem, StaxRip flies through the encoding process.
2. As I tried to hardcode the subtitle, StaxRip gave an error at the end related with failed encoding, though as I checked the resultant file, it was perfectly encoded in XviD (AVI container) with the subtitles hardcoded flawlessly.

Could you look into these matters please?

Thanks again.

[burfadel]

Just wondering whether EAC3TO can be added as an option for audio. It would be very handy in the case of DTS tracks being available, not to mention other features that would make it a valuable alternative to the very old and probably never going to be updated Besweet. EAC3TO is still being updated and from what I can tell supports all the features required by Staxrip. I tried manually changing the output settings, however since with EAC3TO you set the output format by the filename, the current .mp4 audio extension won't work with it (.m4a output extension required).

Also can -no-mbtree (dsiabled by default) be added to the x264 options, along with rc-lookahead, subme 10, and nr?
Thanks! :)

[stax76]

Guys, I'll take a look at the stuff, your feedback is detailed which is important.

Everybody please always remember the more detail you provide, the more things I can fix and add, there is a whole lot things I don't use like HD so without detailed feedback I have little motivation to work on such things.

[arrirc]

Guys, I'll take a look at the stuff, your feedback is detailed which is important.

Everybody please always remember the more detail you provide, the more things I can fix and add, there is a whole lot things I don't use like HD so without detailed feedback I have little motivation to work on such things.

Thank you very much Stax. I shall try to recreate the crash generated while cutting very few frames and post the log here in case that helps you. And do please give a serious thought to the 2 suggestions/ requests I have made. :)

[stax76]

What happened to the x264 anime encoding profiles that were available in 1.1.1.0?

MeGUI support was removed because it was too hard to maintain and because x264 has now built in profiles.

Does anyone know if StaxRip will support or does support ass subs enhanced features?

Is this format supported by vsfilter, mkvmerge or mp4box?

@TBKHomeworld!

Thanks for sharing the videos, I've added it to the tutorial list in the initial post of this thread.

Could you please add more XviD encoding profiles?

Currently I don't have plans to add more profiles.

And is it possible to add a feature (like in AGK) to encode the credit parts in different settings

There is such a feature, there is a menu item in the preview.

As I tried to cut off a very small portion (about 10 frames), I found that StaxRip crashed every time.

Does it happen always or only under certain circumstances?

As I tried to hardcode the subtitle, StaxRip gave an error at the end related with failed encoding, though as I checked the resultant file, it was perfectly encoded in XviD (AVI container) with the subtitles hardcoded flawlessly.

Was there a message related the error in the log file?

@burfadel

I'll add m4a support and the new x264 options.

[MoboTech]

stax76

can you please add a logo filter on the next version? I want to place a logo watermark corner on the video.

Their a possible solution on this page: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=102652&page=77

But it's too confusing. Please help...

[stax76]

@MoboTech

I don't have time unfortunately for such special things.

@burfadel (or other x264 and eac3to users)

I have added the new x264 switches, do you know min,max,skip values for -nf and --rc-lookahead?

Also please suggest some eac3to command lines.

[linyx]

Also please suggest some eac3to command lines.
Eac3to is really rather simple.
In VB 9.0 for you ;) :

EncodeAudio.Arguments = """" & AudioIn & """" & " " & """" & AudioOut & """" & " -quality=" & AACQuality.Value & " " & Delay.Value & "ms"
In regular commandline:
C:\Eac3to\Eac3to.exe "C:\Movies\Movie1\Audio DELAY -32.dts" "C:\Movies\Movie1\EncodedAudio.mp4" -quality=0.3 -32ms
One thing, while I think NeroAacEnc and BeSweet use the lower value = higher quality, Eac3to uses higher value = higher quality (still between 0-1).

[burfadel]

C:\Eac3to\Eac3to.exe "C:\Movies\Movie1\Audio DELAY -32.dts" "C:\Movies\Movie1\EncodedAudio.mp4" -quality=0.3 -32ms


Isn't it meant to be .m4a for NeroAAC output? :) Thats the only reason why it can't be manually added at the moment, because Staxrip enforces the .mp4 output (as selected from the dropdown box 'Output Type', no .m4a available) which prevents it from encoding.

The line above is very close to what it should be, however the delay being insertable (like current), Neroenc quality should be 0.4, and when encoding .ac3, .dts, .thd etc the ability to use the -mixlfe -down2 (downmixing to 2 channels), and -phaseshift (improves downmixing effect...), but also allowing to encode to AAC using the original channel layout (AAC supports 6 channel etc).

The other eac3to settings aren't really beneficial for this scenario.

In terms of x264, I believe the range of --nr is 0 (default) to 65536 (65535?), however the maximum is very strong. You'd want say 0-500 as weak, 501-1000 as medium (, 1000-1500 as strong, 1500-9000 as very strong and >9000 as extreme. Setting -nr can improve the visual look of encodes, but since its after the x264 input it will almost always degrade PSNR and SSIM values despite the high potential for an improved picture. So maybe a sidenote saying Lowers SSIM/PSNR, but potentially improves visual quality

As far as rc-lookahead goes, the maximum is 250 and the lowest is 0, but you wouldn't want to set it lower than 20 (maybe enforce that as the lowest setting). If keyint is set to less than 20, which you wouldn't really do anway, then rc-lookahead is set to keyint apparently. A higher RC-lookahead requires noticeably more memory, 40 is the default. When setting above say, 80, a side not should read 'Large memory requirements) and above say 120, 'Extreme memory requirements'

Thanks!

[linyx]

Isn't it meant to be .m4a for NeroAAC output? Thats the only reason why it can't be manually added at the moment, because Staxrip enforces the .mp4 output (as selected from the dropdown box 'Output Type', no .m4a available) which prevents it from encoding.
I have no problems using MP4 as an aac container (I have encoded tons of stuff directly to MP4). It allows me to easily listen to the track before actually muxing it with the video.


The line above is very close to what it should be, however the delay being insertable (like current),

The delay is "insertable" give it a value of 0ms and it works fine.

Neroenc quality should be 0.4

Why? it gives a bitrate of over 300kbps (generally) and would be far higher than the normal ~200 given by BeSweet.
Those are just my thoughts anyway.:)

[burfadel]

Oops, my mistake in regards to .mp4, for some reason a while back under Vista x64 it wasn't working, but reinstalled and now using Win 7 x64 and its fine... have no idea why that would be!

It would only be as high as 300kbps if you are encoding all the audio channels in terms of 6 channel audio, encoding in stereo the bitrate will be much closer to 100kbps. The current Staxrip AAC 110-150kbps profile has the audio set to 0.5! (asuming source is stereo of course), with 50-90kbps profile currently at the 0.3. The issue is, the whole idea of using eac3to is to get the better dts sound quality where available (even if downmixed to stereo), of course it still applies to all other sources, but it seems little point if you encode to whats considered a low quality AAC file! I used to encode to 0.3 myself, it can be hard to tell the difference most of the time on standard speakers, but get a set of really good speakers or through a proper home theatre system (especially if you put DTS Neo:6/Dolby Pro Logic IIx/other internal 'surround' mode) and you can hear the difference between 0.3 and 0.4.

Of course, the above can just be the difference between having different sound profiles for AAC/Eac3to, like there is currently with AAC/NeroAAC.

How about:
Low Quality 2ch (Stereo) output: (note the -down2 -mixlfe -phaseshift in each case, its ok to have them there even if source is stereo)
-quality=0.3 -down2 -mixlfe -phaseshift

High Quality 2ch (Stereo):
-quality=0.4 -down2 -mixlfe -phaseshift

Low Quality Surround (if available):
-quality=0.3 -down6

High Quality Surround (if available):
-quality=0.4 -down6

For stereo sources, it doesn't matter if people select the 2ch or the surround profiles, but for surround sources the 2ch settings will output 2ch, and the 'Surround' settings will output all the channels that were present in the source.

The -down6 on the surround profiles is there because I *think* NeroAAC only supports a maximum of 6 channels? If I'm completely wrong then you can get rid of the -down6 command :)

[OblivionKnight]

I'm massively using this great tool (version 1.1.1.3b).

Despite of some bugs, I consider it the best GUI all around because of it's capabilities to batch processing and heavy customization.

Great job Stax!



I made some usefull profiles for those who have an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Just go on Filter section and then Profiles. In [Resize] section you can add this line:

iPhone = ((%source_width%*2)>(%source_height%*3)) ? Spline36Resize(480,(int(480*%source_height%/%source_width%+8)/16*16)) : Spline36Resize((int(320*%source_width%/%source_height%+8)/16*16),320)

This easy script will resize automatically any video stream in order to fit in a iPhone/iPod Touch resolution (480x320) mantaining original AR rounded on the nearest mod 16 number.

I hope that someone will enjoy this automatism.

Bye!

PS: Forgive my poor english.

[stax76]

@burfadel & linyx

Thanks for the infos, there will quite a few x264 related improvements, I've not yet looked into audio stuff.

@OblivionKnight

Thanks for sharing the resize profile, I wonder if StaxRip can do without such a script, wouldn't work the following:

1. Enable resize filter
2. Enter 480x320 size
3. Disable 'Auto Resize Image Size'

Then you would save a template and load a source.

Did you consider to overcrop left and right for 2.4:1 aspect ratios? The screen is pretty small and a 2.4:1 aspect ratio makes the height tiny. I have a small TV and bad eyes and therefore overcrop at least to 2:1, makes also smaller files as I encode anamorphic. StaxRip can automate the overcropping:

1. Enable resize filter
2. Enter 480x320 size
3. Disable 'Auto Resize Image Size'
4. Enable 'Auto overcrop width to limit aspect ratio to 2'

[OblivionKnight]

Stax, doing as you suggested, the resize will skretch the original video frame and forcing it to 480x320 (with or without overcropping).

My line will mantain the original AR (the PAR must be 1:1). For instance: a video with original frame of 1280x720 (720p) will be resized automatically to 480x272; a video with original resolution of 640x480 will be resized to 416x320.

The overcrop for video 2.4:1 and over...wil be great, i'll try out your option with my avisynth line.

[stax76]

@OblivionKnight

Maybe a bug, please upload sample clip and diagnosic file using make bug report feature in help menu.

[OblivionKnight]

Not a bug, maybe is something I missed during usage of your tool:

forcing a resize of 480x320 BEFORE putting source file (with the aim of creating a template for batch file) will just create a video file 480x320 regardless the AR of the source file...is that right?

Another question: the overcrop option is applied before or after the resize filter (that one with command line avisynth)?

[stax76]

@burfadel

I've completed some of the discussed things and uploaded a test build, the problem with eac3to is it would add 2,5 MB to the package, 20 MB is already very heavy and I'm actually looking for ways to shrink it. There is a new feature to import/export profiles so if people make eac3to profiles it's now possible to share them. I've added support for M4A output but didn't test it since I expect mkvmerge and mediainfo handle it exactly like MP4 because I assume M4A is actually MP4. I hope you and other can help to test the build I've uploaded before I upload it as official new beta version to SourceForge.


Added Vista TaskDialog support
Added Search and Go To feature in x264 dialog
Added tooltips in x264 dialog
Added option to import/export profiles to profiles dialog
Added support for m4a output using custom command lines
Updated x264 to r1222 and added support for 4 new x264 features
Updated VirtualDub to version 1.9.4
Fix crash auto crop failing, now showing just error message

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HKUC7T4G

forcing a resize of 480x320 BEFORE putting source file (with the aim of creating a template for batch file) will just create a video file 480x320 regardless the AR of the source file...is that right?

If you have a resize filter enabled before loading a source in any case the aspect ratio should be OK after loading the source! 480x320 would be far from OK for a 720p file, if you had this I really wonder what happend and I would need much more information.

the overcrop option is applied before or after the resize filter (that one with command line avisynth)?

IIRC StaxRip crops always before resizing.

[OblivionKnight]

I've tested some heterogeneous videos with many different AR.

Doing your steps with StaxRip work well and the correct AR is mantained in every case.

1. Enable resize filter
2. Enter (manually digit) 480x320 size
3. Disable 'Auto Resize Image Size'
4. Optional: enable 'Auto overcrop width to limit aspect ratio to 2 or 1.7'
5. Save project as template...
6. Source with file batch...whatever you want!

This tool is powerfull.

[stax76]

new beta online:

1.1.1.4 beta


Added Vista TaskDialog support
Added Search and Go To feature in x264 dialog
Added tooltips in x264 dialog
Added option to import/export profiles to profiles dialog
Added support for m4a output using custom command lines
Updated x264 to r1222 and added support for 4 new x264 features
Updated VirtualDub to version 1.9.4
Updated MP4Box
Fixed crash auto crop failing, now showing just error message
Fixed project files being saved in startup directory using batch mode

[Havokdan]

How do I add commands more than one line in the profile of Staxrip? How do I add a profile carrying several lines?

I wanted to adapt the following commands to a profile:

Import("E:\Arquivos de programas\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\QMLF_7_motions.avsi")
Import("E:\Arquivos de programas\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\QMLF_7_motions_Average_Secure_Denoise.avs")
QMLF_7_motions()
backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=2, idx = 1)
forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=2, idx = 1)
last.MVDegrain1(backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400,idx=1)

Excuse me, English is not my native language

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Depends if you want to have it as filter profile or filter setup profile.

Filter profiles are defined in INI format and every filter profile is a single line, you open the filter profiles editor right-clicking the filters editor selecting 'Profiles...'. If you want to use multiple lines as filter profile you can join the lines using the %newline% macro.

Filter setups support multiline editing, in the filters editor in the main dialog double-click a filter to open the editor for it. To do the same in the filters editor dialog press F7 to show the filters editor dialog and click on a filter while pressing Ctrl. These are two different ways to do the same thing. Both change the active filter setup which is part of the active project so no filter profile or filter setup profile is changed.

To create and edit filter setup profiles go to Profiles/Filter Setups/Edit, in the profiles dialog add/select a filter setup profile and click on the 'Edit' button, this shows the filters editor dialog for the selected filter setup profile.

I hope it's clear and not too complicated (your script isn't simple either).

[Symbian Sam]

I just discovered Staxrip and coming from SUPER I was amazed by the quality of the H264 encoding, so thanks for a great program! But as a noob I do have a few questions:

1) I want to encode H264 AVC baseline files with constant bitrate aac audio, but eventhoug I have downloaded and read the Besweet PDF help file I cant make it work. The -cbr command gives me a very narrow (120-132kbs max) audiofile, but it is still vbr..
Can anyone help me out?

2) I want to encode for mobile use only (baseline profile), so I turn off B-frames, CABAC, but what else do I need to do to make the files I output as universal and compatible as possible?

3) Do I need all the .IFO, .BUP etc. files, or can I just chuck them? I do not need subtitles and chapter points.

4) A good general wayfilter to deinterlace? I'm used to just ticking a box in SUPER..

5) Is there a way to limit videobandwith so it wont go over say 600kbs?

Hope someone out there can nudge me in the right direction. Thanks in advance, Sam

[Havokdan]

stax76, Thank you, I'll try here.

[stax76]

@Symbian Sam

Welcome to the forum, I'm not a expert regarding all your questions but have some ideas:

1. I think -lame( --alt-preset cbr 128 ) would be fine, if you want to know for sure you can search the forum, internet or ask in the audio forum.

2. I don't know, you can make a RipBot264 encode and take a look in the log file.

3. StaxRip reads the the IFO file to identfy the language of the audio streams.

4. Yadif

5. I guess yes, MeGUI & RipBot have profiles for for mobile devices which can give you a idea about the x264 switches but you should also be able to find many threads here, search for something like iPod.

[Havokdan]

Stax, Your tip worked, but now does not convert the audio, h264/aac in mkv to xvid/mp3 in an avi, was working before, but I uninstalled Nero 9, the conversion depends on Nero?

[stax76]

IIRC aac as audio source and audio profile not supporting aac input will trigger aac decoding using dshow so you either need a aac dshow decoder or make a audio profile supporting aac input (IIRC cutting don't work then), maybe something using eac3to or ffmpeg. You can of course upload a sample clip, diagnostic file, log file etc. I know it's bad to rely on dshow filters and not supporting everything out of the box without requiring customizations but support for non MPEG-2 sources is rather new and never used by me and thus somehow experimental. A constantly growing amount of formats, stereo or multichannel, cutting all this adds complexity. If another application like RipBot264 or HDConvertToX handle it better I'm interested to see the log file.

[Havokdan]

I believe that I can not level up here is against the forum rules, but I can say the following:
1 - The audio is on demux a. Aac;
2 - The translation of this .aac to .wav failure, converts only a few seconds of audio , always generating a 3 mb file, regardless of the duration of the audio at either 10 or 50 minutes,
3 - As .wav is only 3 mb, mp3 resulting conversion ends up having the same problem. wav.

But I will keep trying.Thanks.

OBS:I'm using Google to translate into English, I read English with ease but not the same writing

[stax76]

I guess your AAC dshow decoder fails on it, I need to change this not to rely on dshow.

[Havokdan]

I just found out that the problem occurs with .ogg also :(
I remembered one detail, when converting audio worked, the folder Staxrip was in "C:\Program Files\Staxrip" and now is "C:\Staxrip", are you related?

Log audio conversion, example:

AVCSource("E:\Arquivos de programas\StaxRip\Temp\test temp\test 10.dga")
AssumeFPS(2000, true)
AudioDub(last,DirectShowSource("E:\Arquivos de programas\StaxRip\Temp\test 10 temp\test 10 - iv-Undetermined - sbr.aac", video=false))

------------------------------------------------------------
Saving Wave File Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 05:34:58
End: 05:35:04
Duration: 00:00:05
Size: 3,2 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"E:\Arquivos de programas\StaxRip\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "E:\Arquivos de programas\StaxRip\Temp\test 10 temp\test 10 - iv-Undetermined - sbr.wav" -output "E:\Arquivos de programas\StaxRip\Temp\test 10 temp\test 10 - iv-Undetermined - sbr_AudioOutput.mp3" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 -hybridgain ) -lame( -h --abr 128 )

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http://DSPguru.doom9.net/

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 05:35:04
End: 05:35:06
Duration: 00:00:01
Speed: 23476 fps
Size: 0,2 MB
Bitrate: 1,10 kbps
Video Bitrate: 842 -> 969

In this case the video lasts 25 minutes.

[stax76]

I noticed MKV demuxing is broke anyway on non english systems, I started to investigate adding ffmpeg or AviSynth piping support instead using dshow hoping there is working dshow codec installed which is not true in many cases.

[cbsjanten]

Hello all u good people out there

i have used staxrip since ver. 1.1.1.0
i recently instalet win7 x64 (eval copy from ms)

but i now have problems with the ac3 sound
the same probs is on the win7 x86 too after i tryed it on a freinds pc

my source is:

Video
ID : 3900 (0xF3C)
Menu ID : 3900 (0xF3C)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Duration : 1h 14mn
Bit rate : 8938 Kbps
Width : 1920 pixels
Height : 1080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : MBAFF

Audio
ID : 3906 (0xF42)
Menu ID : 3900 (0xF3C)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : -1s 35ms
Language : English

when i load the .ts file and demux it the audio shows up i stax as: audio bitrate 337 (or similar)
there are comercials in the .ts witch are 2.ch 192 kbs

when i do the cuts normaly 3 to 5 pieces and encode
the audio is only on the first cut and missing in the rest or most of the rest and are way out of sync beside for the first cut
im using add exsiting file i audio options, no reencode on the audio is done
and all the cuts are set okay in the .vcf file

then i tryed getting the good old version 1.1.1.0 by manuel dl all the aplications
this version always did the job for me before...when i was using vista...but the same errors accour

i cant help thinking im missing som filter/codecs or something...but i use the same codecs as before on vista
but im have tryed many things now and dont know what to do, so the time is here when i have to ask for help :confused:

and sorry for my english and if i missed out telling something you guys need to know but let my know and ill fill it out asap

[stax76]

@cbsjanten

I would need a sample clip to investigate it.

[arrirc]

Thanks very much for replying Stax and sorry for my delayed response. I missed this post completely.

Currently I don't have plans to add more profiles.

Is there any way to add the profiles externally?


There is such a feature, there is a menu item in the preview.


Ummm...could you please be a little more specific? Sorry, I must have completely missed it.

Does it happen always or only under certain circumstances?
It happened every time I tried and for different sources. If you wish I can try to recreate the trouble. Though you have to kindly guide me how to or what to submit as the error reoccurs.

Was there a message related the error in the log file?

Pardon my ignorance, but where is the log file located? I would surely examine it if it is still available, that is.

Thanks again for this great tool. :)

[cbsjanten]

Iv sent u a sample link in pm + .avs info

[Symbian Sam]

Thanks for your reply stax.

I went back and checked the H264 files outputted by SUPER and they actually contain vbr aac, so no worries!

But now I have a different problem..
When ever I ty to do a batch of files only the first gets processed according to my settings, the rest reverts to the (I think) default template settings..
It's very annoying since I most likely just do something wrong/wrong order, so any thoughts people might have would be greatly appriciated!

Sam

[turok]

I'm a noob but I know my own settings for encoding anime. Been using 1.1.1.0 for quite a bit but recently started using the betas. noob question but how do you add filters? Also, when editing audio profiles how do I edit to set the AAC profile to SBR-AAC (HE-AAC)?

[stax76]

@All

test built: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_preview_to_1.1.1.5.7z

Before doing anything please try this build, I've changed a lot things. If it don't work please use the 'Make Bug Report' feature that can be found in the main menu under 'Help'.

@Havokdan

Hope it works now.

@cbsjanten

After doing some changes I managed to cut it properly, I used DirectShowSource using ffdshow, DGAVCDec gave me exceptions in the preview. With ffdshow the preview was very slow and sometimes it stopped to update, I've closed and reopened it then, maybe CoreAVC or the DivX decoder work better. DGAVCDec can be disabled under Options/Preperation. In this case DirectShowSource will then be used automatically using the defaults. Since I didn't use DGAVCDec I've added a preparer that extracts wav from ts using ffmpeg, this is also enabled by default. I don't have experience with AVC sources so I can't tell you how they are processed best, StaxRip can however be configured to use different demuxers, decoders, filters etc.

Is there any way to add the profiles externally?

It's possible to create/edit/import/export profiles.

Ummm...could you please be a little more specific?

Menu item is called 'Set Credits' IIRC.

If you wish I can try to recreate the trouble. Though you have to kindly guide me how to or what to submit as the error reoccurs.

Please use the 'Make Bug Report' feature that can be found in the main menu under 'Help'.

Pardon my ignorance, but where is the log file located? I would surely examine it if it is still available, that is.

It's in the temp dir but the 'Make Bug Report' feature copies it to the desktop along with two other diagnostic files.

When ever I ty to do a batch of files only the first gets processed according to my settings, the rest reverts to the (I think) default template settings..

Please upload or mail me all log files.

@turok

Welcome to the forum, there is a context menu for filter related features. In the external applications dialog you can find BeSweet, there is a toolbar button to open the BeSweet directory where you can find 'neroAacEnc readme.txt'

[burfadel]

YADIF has been updated. Version now 1.6, one included in Staxrip 0.9:

http://avisynth.org.ru/yadif/yadif.html

X264 build r1222, build r1240 has same commands but some bugfixes

ProjectX also outdated (although probably less minor than the above two since its only used for basic Mpeg2 streams)

[Havokdan]

I'll test right now:).

For now, crash when demux the files. I install from scratch.

I found what the problem was, was missing some dlls in the folder mkvtoolnix are: wxbase28u_gcc_custom.dll, wxmsw28u_core_gcc_custom.dll and wxmsw28u_html_gcc_custom.dll

[stax76]

Hi burfadel, thanks for keeping us up-to-date.

YADIF has been updated. Version now 1.6, one included in Staxrip 0.9

Do you know if it is robust, IIRC 0.9 don't support auto loading but needs something what is called C interface, is this still true? I also remember somebody discovered performance issues.

X264 build r1222, build r1240 has same commands but some bugfixes

You mean new switches, do you know what they are and how useful they are?

ProjectX also outdated

Do you know what is the last version and if it supports AVC now?

Maybe somebody else knows some answers too.

I found what the problem was, was missing some dlls in the folder mkvtoolnix are: wxbase28u_gcc_custom.dll, wxmsw28u_core_gcc_custom.dll and wxmsw28u_html_gcc_custom.dll

I've removed everything that I was thinking is GUI only, I just tried demuxing and muxing without a crash to happen, please post the command line causing the crash.

[Havokdan]

The error message that appeared was saying it was missing those same dlls, so I went on the official mkvtoolnix and downloaded the version 7z. Anyway, so I finish the conversion here, I put the log here.

Ah, the conversion of the audio worked this time, but I have doubts about the final size of the file, but is completing the conversion of the video.

I just saw the problem again of mkvtoolnix, the error message that appears is not the StaxRip, but Windows, saying that lack the dlls mentioned.

In this version, the StaxRip is consuming more resources on my pc is slow and sometimes gives an error message. Net framework is so heavy that the program is, I mean the beginning of conversion, especially in relation to the previous version. My pc is Semprom 1.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, ATI Radeon 9250, in Windows XP SP3.

last time I edit this post. :)

[Havokdan]

I made it, ran the conversion now:) But I have two questions: 1 - Sampling rate of audio aac was 48 when I convert to mp3 it stays with 24.0 KHz,does not leave the same as the original?; 2 - As mentioned in the post above, the program is very slow and cumbersome the system, I realized that the peak and when the log starts to display the settings of the video codec, in my case Xvid, example:

------------------------------------------------------------
First Pass Codec Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------

ar_mode: 0
ar_x: 4
ar_y: 3
aspect_ratio: 0
audio_mode: 0
audio_rate: 128
audio_size: 0
audio_type: 0
bitrate: 931
bquant_offset: 100
bquant_ratio: 162
Brightness: 0
chromame: 1
container_type: 1
curve_compression_high: 0
curve_compression_low: 0
Deblock_UV: 0
Deblock_Y: 0
debug: 0
Dering_UV: 0
Dering_Y: 0
desired_quant: 200
desired_size: 155081
discard1pass: 1
display_status: 0
FilmEffect: 0
fourcc_used: 2
fps: 2
frame_drop_ratio: 0
full1pass: 0
gmc: 0
hours: 1
interlacing: 0
keyframe_boost: 10
kfreduction: 20
kfthreshold: 1
lum_masking: 0
max_bframes: 1
max_bquant: 31
max_iquant: 31
max_key_interval: 300
max_pquant: 31
min_bquant: 1
min_iquant: 1
min_pquant: 1
minutes: 30
mode: 1
motion_search: 6
num_threads: 0
num_zones: 1
overflow_control_strength: 5
packed: 1
par_x: 1
par_y: 1
profile: Xvid Home Theatre NTSC
qpel: 0
quality: Real-time
quant_type: 0
rc_averaging_period: 100
rc_buffer: 100
rc_reaction_delay_factor: 16
seconds: 0
stats: E:\Documents and Settings\Daniel\Meus documentos\The KMPlayer\Higashi no Eden 04 temp files\Higashi no Eden 04.pass
subtitle_size: 0
target_size: 665600
tff: 0
trellis_quant: 1
turbo: 0
twopass_max_overflow_degradation: 5
twopass_max_overflow_improvement: 5
use_2pass_bitrate: 0
use_bvop: 1
vhq_bframe: 0
vhq_mode: 1
vop_debug: 0
zone0_bvop_threshold: 0
zone0_cartoon_mode: 0
zone0_chroma_opt: 0
zone0_frame: 0
zone0_greyscale: 0
zone0_mode: 0
zone0_quant: 500
zone0_type: 0
zone0_weight: 100

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Is the error triggered by mkvmerge, mkvinfo or mkvextract, demuxing uses mkvinfo and mkvextract and muxing uses mkvmerge. I hope you post log files, you can also mail me, there is a mail menu item in the main menu.

In this version, the StaxRip is consuming more resources on my pc

The external applications dialog was using a custom WinForms control 350 lines code, this was coded before WPF was available, I replaced this with WPF code because I need to learn WPF for StaxPlayer and I'm also trying to write lightweight code. The WPF version is six times smaller. WPF is amazing but it comes at the cost of resources but if you don't open the external applications dialog it won't increase memory consumption.

and sometimes gives an error message

What did it tell?

[cbsjanten]

@ stax76

DGAVCDec gave me exceptions in the preview

yes i does that here too...i use r to rebuild it

ill try the new stax and return in this thread


and as you say about the avchd....not many people knows mutch about the format
here in europe we are stuck with it thu :scared:

thx for your help so far :D

[stax76]

Sampling rate of audio aac was 48 when I convert to mp3 it stays with 24.0 KHz,does not leave the same as the original?

I noticed this too but didn't investigate where it was downsampled, I suspect it happens here:

ffmpeg -i <source.m4a> -ac 2 <target.wav>

We need a audio expert to find out how to deal with this.

@cbsjanten

If you want to use DGAVCDec you could try the new option 'Decode and downmix to stereo' where you can define to decode using BeSweet or ffmpeg. As soon as there are more free HD channels in germany which is hopefully soon I'll try to convert things myself. Afaik some people demux with txmuxer, I don't know if there are people having StaxRip configured to use tsmuxer.

[cbsjanten]

@cbsjanten

If you want to use DGAVCDec you could try the new option 'Decode and downmix to stereo' where you can define to decode using BeSweet or ffmpeg. As soon as there are more free HD channels in germany which is hopefully soon I'll try to convert things myself. Afaik some people demux with txmuxer, I don't know if there are people having StaxRip configured to use tsmuxer.

Let me know if you want some 3 gb samples of a hole show
ill be more than happy to provide it to u in private for testing purpose ofc

the downmix would ba a shame....i use the encodings on my mediacenter and i just love the 5.1 sound
my mediacenter cant handle the 1080i h264 thu..its an old machine

but u did manage to get it in sync with ffdshow?
ill test coreavc and ffdshow then

[stax76]

@cbsjanten

What are your preferred target formats?

[cbsjanten]

x264 .mkv

[stax76]

audio?

[cbsjanten]

same as input .ac3 most shows are in 5.1 90% or more i think...just the damm comercials there are in 2.0 ch

[stax76]

StaxRip uses VirtualDubMod to cut AC3 and this fails with your stream as there are different channels and maybe also stream errors since it's a capture. I don't know which cutter would work. You could start a dedicated thread to find out if there is a tool that can handle the job. Maybe AAC or Vorbis 5.1 would also be acceptable. In this case decoding it to 5.1 wav could be tried. This would create a rather large wav file. If here nobody knows a solution maybe people at the DVBViewer forum know more.

[cbsjanten]

ye....but before when the source was 720p....i did cut it right....there was the same changes in audio at that time...i did use stax 1.1.1.0 at that time but i guess its not because its a new vdmod that causes the troubles?
ill try look into the way i record it and proceed

thx many times for taking the time to help me....i really appreciate it

[Havokdan]

What did it tell?

I tried to reproduce the error here, however, it did not happen again, but here comes one: (, though not serious, when the encode finishes, although the conversion completed successfully (I tested the file and it played usually here) StaxRip displays a message at the end of that encode saying encode failed, just do not know why, I will send the log via pm

[stax76]

@cbsjanten

I guess it's because it was MPEG-2 and that was processed with ProjectX and to my knowledge ProjectX don't support AVC sources.

@Havokdan

Thanks providing the log file, I'll investigate the encoding failed issue, did you notice the ffmpeg writing SBR not supported to the log file, I assume this is the reason for the downmixing, I'll try to find a newer ffmpeg versions with SBR support.

Edit: The performance issue you noticed was due to ffdshow writing a few thousand times 'SBR not implemented' to the log output. I can block it but that don't solve the problem SBR not being supported by ffdshow.

[Havokdan]

Thanks for help. Unable to decode the aac mkv home via directshowsource, or add this option? For before used the Avisinth (DirectShowSource) + Virtualdub (to encode the audio and video).

[stax76]

You mean you want StaxRip to decode aac using DirectShow since ffdshow can't handle SBR? I can help with this (tomorrow).

[mindtrapper]

Any way to import Sharktooth's xml profiles in Staxrip? Seems to only support srp files.

Thanks.

[stax76]

Any way to import Sharktooth's xml profiles in Staxrip? Seems to only support srp files.

This was removed and won't come back but it's not hard to create a profile from a given command line. There is a new search feature in the x264 dialog where you can enter a switch and StaxRip will show the control for the switch. x264 has built in profiles which are also useful of course.

[PeteP]

Hi all,
I have problem with latest StaxRip. I use it to convert TV-recordings (Topfield 5100PVRc .rec's) into mkv's with AC sound. I demux files first with ProjectX (OoZooN.TV Edition) and StaxRip handles rest. The problem is that with this new temp directory feature my finished mkv files do not have audio at all.

It seems that when temp directory is created the program does not check is there separate audio file. The program does not notice anymore the original mp2 audiofile --> no sound.

So far I have used Staxrip to convert hundreds of files into mkv's so I was one happy jack before this new 'feature'. Please can you fix this? The queque is piling up :(

[stax76]

@PeteP

Hi and welcome at Doom9, please try the following: download the latest test build, I've posted the link to it a couple of posts before, convert a file, if there is no audio, go to Main Menu -> Help -> Make Bug Report, this creates some diagnostic files and tells you to mail these files to me.

[PeteP]

Log files as requested. More to come ... just (finally) found the link to the preview version.

[stax76]

Thanks for the files, I have work on a couple of things and it will take some time.

[avinash_chintu]

Thanx stax76, can please let me know the increase and decrease of brightness in staxrip

[stax76]

Hi, it's a bit difficult, I'll have to write a tutorial on how to use AviSynth filters in StaxRip, this tutorial will be be a thread in this forum.

[flebber]

Thanx stax76, can please let me know the increase and decrease of brightness in staxrip

Your answer is here http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Tweak

[TBKHomeworld!]

So I read a lot of folks have audio syncing issues. I have found an extremely easy way to resolve this problem if you are converting directly from the source DVD. This solution works with any final codec choice as 99.9% of the time it is a problem with the source and NOT the resulting file.

Anyway, I have the video over on my site http://www.tbkhomeworld.com/staxrip/ (http://www.tbkhomeworld.com/staxrip/)

Here is the direct link to the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjPDfxNsLo

Hope this helps a few folks who are stuck.

[stax76]

Thanks TBKHomeworld!, looks fantastic.

[arrirc]

Set Credits
Adds parameters to command line based video encoders. (Parameters = --zones %pos_frame%,%eval:%source_frames%-1%,q=40)


Hello stax

Regarding encoding the title section in lower settings than the main movie, I found the above following your direction in one of the previous post. Now is it possible to change the command to customize the target bitrate for the title section or may be encoding it in greyscale?

Thanks again

[stax76]

What is title section? 'Set Credits' can be customized using the menu editor.

[MoboTech]

So I read a lot of folks have audio syncing issues. I have found an extremely easy way to resolve this problem if you are converting directly from the source DVD. This solution works with any final codec choice as 99.9% of the time it is a problem with the source and NOT the resulting file.

Anyway, I have the video over on my site http://www.tbkhomeworld.com/staxrip/ (http://www.tbkhomeworld.com/staxrip/)

Here is the direct link to the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srjPDfxNsLo

Hope this helps a few folks who are stuck.

Hey TBKHomeworld!, can you add video tutorial on how to add water mark? please! I can't figure it out.

[arrirc]

What is title section? 'Set Credits' can be customized using the menu editor.

Sorry, I meant the "Credits Part" generally placed at the end of the movie :)

[avinash_chintu]

Hey TBKHomeworld!, can you add video tutorial on how to add water mark? please! I can't figure it out.

1.)Click on filters.
2.)U will get Add Filters in that u can find Misc.
3.)Click on it and then u can find child partation as Convert to YV12.
4.)Click on it to add.
5.)Replace the following code in convert to YV12

clip=last X=50 Y=20 logo=ImageSource("C:\Users\PC Name\Desktop\image.jpg") logomask=ImageSource("C:\Users\PC Name\Desktop\image_mask.jpg") last=clip Overlay(logo, X, Y,mask=logomask, opacity=1.0)

and click ok

C:\Users\PC Name\Desktop\image.jpg
this is place where i located my water mark.In the same way u can give the destination of the image ur self, where it is located.
6.)opacity=1.0 u can choose ur own opacity from 1.0 to 0.1.
And click ok

thats alll...........

[Dark Alchemist]

I am looking for an alternative to Winnydows and stumbled upon this application. It looks like it has potential for my purposes but as soon as I installed it and went to convert a .mp4 I have to the IPod format it crashed. As soon as I select it as my source, and clicked okay to go back to the main program, it just crashes every single time.

I have 7zipped the folder it created. Maybe I am doing something wrong not being familiar with this application?

[Ryo94]

Hi Stax,

Just tried the new beta and really rocks, thanks a lot!

I only have 2 question:

1. If you change the output directory you have to add the extension to the file (ie, avi or mkv) is this a bug or it have a purpose?
2. There is any chance to add to the windows preview the ability to display frame n° and timestamp like in VD?

[stax76]

@arrirc

Did find how to customize it using the menu editor?

@Dark Alchemist

Please use a hosting service or send it to frank_skare{}yahoo*de

If you change the output directory you have to add the extension to the file (ie, avi or mkv) is this a bug or it have a purpose?

You mean changing the target file path? In any case a extension is added. What operating system do you use?

There is any chance to add to the windows preview the ability to display frame n° and timestamp like in VD?

You mean displaying VirtualDub progress within StaxRip? It can be done with some ugly hacking but since XviD is a old format I hardly add relating new features.

[Ryo94]

Thanks for reply Stax,

You mean changing the target file path? In any case a extension is added. What operating system do you use?

Yes, if I change the target path I have to add the extension of the file manually otherwise I'll get a warning message saying "the current assistant or warning cannot be skipped" and the target path is marked in orange, after add the extension to the file (avi, mkv...) I can continue without problems. I'm using Windows XP SP3.

You mean displaying VirtualDub progress within StaxRip?

Frame number and time while you navigate the video in the preview.
http://i28.tinypic.com/91gh8g.jpg

It will be useful to seek and select a particular fragment of a movie for test the output quality before encode the whole movie.

Something like this
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/92/picr.th.jpg (http://img137.imageshack.us/i/picr.jpg/)

[stax76]

I'm using Windows XP SP3.

Works on Win 7, I'll try to fix it.

Frame number and time while you navigate the video in the preview

Maybe you or somebody else can post AviSynth code for it.

[Dark Alchemist]

@Dark Alchemist

Please use a hosting service or send it to frank_skare{}yahoo*de


Done -> http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5f8d90c4a78fd2b6e7ba8e3c6e11ce20e04e75f6e8ebb871

[MoboTech]

1.)Click on filters.
2.)U will get Add Filters in that u can find Misc.
3.)Click on it and then u can find child partation as Convert to YV12.
4.)Click on it to add.
5.)Replace the following code in convert to YV12

clip=last X=50 Y=20 logo=ImageSource("C:\Users\PC Name\Desktop\image.jpg") logomask=ImageSource("C:\Users\PC Name\Desktop\image_mask.jpg") last=clip Overlay(logo, X, Y,mask=logomask, opacity=1.0)

and click ok

C:\Users\PC Name\Desktop\image.jpg
this is place where i located my water mark.In the same way u can give the destination of the image ur self, where it is located.
6.)opacity=1.0 u can choose ur own opacity from 1.0 to 0.1.
And click ok

thats alll...........


about the image mask

lets say i'm making a logo as my watermark, what color should the background be for the regular image and the mask image?

and does both need the logo on?

[arrirc]

@arrirc

Did find how to customize it using the menu editor?

Hello stax

As you said, I did find it in the Menu obtained by right clicking on the preview window. So if I mark the "credits section" with the in and out point marker, will it be encoded in a lower and different bit rate than the rest of the movie?

Thanks again.

[JarrettH]

You planning a megui takeover stax? :D That program has been bunk since late June - totally broken since the new x264 presets.

[flebber]

You planning a megui takeover stax? :D That program has been bunk since late June - totally broken since the new x264 presets.

Err Megui isn't broken you just musn't have updated to version 1055 yet.

[cbsjanten]

@cbsjanten

I guess it's because it was MPEG-2 and that was processed with ProjectX and to my knowledge ProjectX don't support AVC sources.



nope it was mpeg4 at that time allso...but the stream dident change in the good old days of the 720p source

i tryed projectx with the AC3 file
something like set the first header to 5.1....dident do it :(

allso tryed with prjoctx to convert all 2.0 to 5.1 silence
couldent sync it after

but when i transcode the ac3 with ac3machine
and rename the original ac3 with the transcoded
i can encode it in sync :D
takes som xtra time...but aleast i can use it like i want to again

thx again for your effort to help out

[OblivionKnight]

With the last version I cannot encode anymore videos for iPhone/iPodTouch.

I'm using the same settings x264 I used earlier:

--pass 2 --bitrate 109 --profile baseline --preset placebo --stats ".stats" --level 3 --keyint 400 --no-mixed-refs --no-cabac --subme 9 --trellis 0 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4 --no-8x8dct --qpmin 16 --vbv-bufsize 10000 --vbv-maxrate 1600 --me esa --bframes 0 --output "<target>" "<source>"

[stax76]

new test built: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.5_preview_2.7z

@Havokdan

I hope the test build works better, it uses BassAudioSource to decode AAC.

@Ryo94

I've fixed the target path issue, since I don't test XP support very often I hope there aren't more XP issues.

@Dark Alchemist

According to the exception that was logged the problem was likely the location for MP4Box missing, I've changed a lot code regarding application management in the newest build so I hope it's fixed.

@arrirc

You just have to navigate to the position where the credits start and not select a range.

You planning a megui takeover stax? That program has been bunk since late June - totally broken since the new x264 presets.

StaxRip has it's own share of issues, slightly less I hope though. :)

@OblivionKnight

Is there a warning or error message displayed or written to the log file?

@cbsjanten

Would DVBViewer be a option for you?

[bigboxes]

I'm not much of a guru, but I loved how Ripstax made it easier for a novice such as me to make higher quality video rips. I was using v1.1.1.0 with my WinXp box. Well, long story short, my three year-old motherboard died and I built a new quad-core pc using Win7 x64. For whatever reason the older version was not compatible so I installed the latest beta version. I have not had the chance to test it out, but upon initial inspection it seems that I no longer have the profile options I had before. Specifically, I was using the HQ-Insane mode and now there are only two profiles (under x264 options). If an update is not forthcoming providing this option, is there an easy way to add this profile to v1.1.1.4?

Thanks in advance. :)

[Havokdan]

I'll test right now, thanks for the great work with this software.

[cbsjanten]

@cbsjanten

Would DVBViewer be a option for you?

What do you mean? that i should ask in there forum? or use the software?

Im using DVBViewer to record with (great software)
i have read i there forum there are some german thread with some ac3 troubles....but i dont understad most of it

[stax76]

@bigboxes

Hi and welcome to the forum, it's not hard to replicate a MeGUI profile manually, I recommend using x264's built in presets and tunings instead though.

@cbsjanten

I mean using the software and asking in the forum, don't they have a English section in the forum?

[Havokdan]

Can you tell me where I find a documentation on how to cut the video in the "preview" because I select the video and I delete, but still the entire video is converted, I believe that is making a mistake, I hope you help me.At the moment I only have long videos, so I cut them to the test can encode audio.

Sorry,I was not able to correctly interpret the information about the cut of the video.Now I could understand how it works.

[Havokdan]

Stax, worked perfectly, the problem of sampling rate has been resolved, and the audio was converted successfully, and the program again had the "weight" in the normal system, thank you :)

[stax76]

next preview version: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.5_preview_3.7z

1.1.1.5 beta preview 3

Added ffmpeg and removed Haali splitter
Added option to force decoding with BeSweet, ffmpeg, NicAudio, BassAudio or DirectShow
Added option to cut audio using VirtualDubMod or Decoding using NicAudio, BassAudio or DirectShow
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.8
Updated NicAudio to version 2.0.4
Bug fixed regarding mkv not demuxed under certain circumstances
Bug fixed source aspect ratio not picked up from MPEG-4 sources under certain circumstances
Bug fixed relating BeSweet
Bug fixed 16:9 information from DVDs not detected in rare cases
Bug fixed auto detecting 2 subtitles with identical language
Improved 3rd party application management
Improved error handling

[OblivionKnight]

new test built:

StaxRip has it's own share of issues, slightly less I hope though. :)

@OblivionKnight

Is there a warning or error message displayed or written to the log file?

@cbsjanten

Would DVBViewer be a option for you?


The video is ok, he will just won't play in iPod...so no strange logs or errors.

I will try the beta3 1115 using sewerals configurations.

[stax76]

Then I guess certain x264 or MP4Box settings are required.

[arrirc]

@arrirc

You just have to navigate to the position where the credits start and not select a range.

Thank you Stax for clarifying. I shall try and let you know in a while.

[flebber]

Trying preview 3 with various files and no errors here so far just great results :)

[Ryo94]

@Ryo94

I've fixed the target path issue, since I don't test XP support very often I hope there aren't more XP issues.

Thank you!

[flebber]

I don't have any issues with my XP install happening with preview 3. Wont be long though and I will kick this up in windows 7 :)

[w4tt4n4b3]

I downloaded the beta preview 3 version. How can I add more x264 profiles? Actually where could I find them.

[burfadel]

Yadif is still version 0.9 in the package, maybe an update to 1.6?

[stax76]

@w4tt4n4b3

You have to create your own but since it's requested too frequently I might have to add some basic profiles so suggestions are welcome.

@burfadel

Will be one of the changes for the next built to be uploaded.

[w4tt4n4b3]

Dear Stax, the older version had more profiles and I thought there would be a way to get them from 1.1.4 and transfer them to the newer version...
You mean they have to be constructed all from the beginning?

[w4tt4n4b3]

I got the same message again even using the newer version of Staxrip.

The following error occurred:

x264 Encoder failed with exit code 3

avis [info]: 712x400 @ 25.00 fps (200808 frames)
x264 [warning]: width or height not divisible by 16 (712x400), compression will suffer.
x264 [info]: using SAR=50/51
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast FastShuffle SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264 [info]: profile High, level 3.0
[0.0%] 10/200808 frames, 27.86 fps, 0.00 kb/s, eta 2:00:08
[0.0%] 20/200808 frames, 29.76 fps, 0.00 kb/s, eta 1:52:26 ...
[32.2%] 64660/200808 frames, 30.23 fps, 1119.79 kb/s, eta 1:15:03
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Why does encoding always fail at the same point?
When I tried small files less than 100 mb it was ok and I did the same thing.
When I loaded a 2gb file it fails at the same point...

[flebber]

Would it be possible to be able to save audio encoder profiles. For example if I would like to create nero aac profiles for LC, HE and Hev2 would that be possible. I think it would be great to have a few specialised saved profiles for sudio setting.

[Havokdan]

flebber, If I do not get it wrong, that's possible, I created mp3 abr, for example.

[stax76]

@w4tt4n4b3

The MeGUI profiles have become somehow obsolete anyway since they do not take advantage of the newest x264 features. It's not so hard to make a few x264 profiles since you can use x264's profile, preset and tuning features as basis.

Regarding your crash, try most basic x264 settings, mod 16 input, newest x264 built, check your hardware.

@flebber

Do you mean creating custom audio profiles? This is supported, it's somehow hidden unfortunately, I'm hoping being able to make it a bit easier.

[flebber]

@w4tt4n4b3

@flebber

Do you mean creating custom audio profiles? This is supported, it's somehow hidden unfortunately, I'm hoping being able to make it a bit easier.

Yes stax76 your on the money, I did find the audio profiles option this morning. I wasn't trying to acheive anything spectacular I just wanted to ensure AAC used HE profile on low bitrate.

"%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d %delay% -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.3 -aacprofile_he -2ch )

Regarding Megui profiles, in Stax76 I feel there is really no need to import Megui profiles since they are so easy to create and save yourself, use the megui profiles as guide but have fun creating your own :). However, you can find the up to date Megui profiles in use in Megui 1056 which Kurtnoise has updated, whilst Sharktooth is on Summer Break - you need to update from development repository.

[turok]

Yo @ staxrip thanks for that response (although its been awhile since I posted)
but I got more questions.

I was re-encoding a 720p video and after I finished I noticed that the video and audio were way out of sync and that the duration of the video dropped like 5 minutes. I noticed then that the original video had the frame mode at variable frame rate like 23.976/29.970 (24/30). Also noticed this when I was handling some other videos that and variable frame rates and that too came out of sync:

Frame rate : 24.032 fps
Minimum frame rate : 11.988 fps
Maximum frame rate : 119.880 fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 fps

I was wondering: when I encode a video with variable frame rates how do I work with the variable frame rates? How do I bypass this issue? Is there a solution to this error? I keep reencoding and staxrip changes it from vfr to cfr am I able to retain the variable frame rates and not convert to constant frame rate?

[stax76]

@flebber

I'm interested in x264 profiles that don't use many switches and use the x264 presets, profiles and tunings as basis.

@turok

I've no experience with VFR.

[burfadel]

@turok
I think your issue is with avisynth, maybe a look through avisynth documentation?

[mcgoxel]

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"G:\setup\encode\StaxRip_1.1.1.4\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 616 --stats "F:\James Bond - Quantum Of
Solace\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.stats" --level 3.1 --ref 5 --no-mixed-refs --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --direct auto
--deblock -1:-1 --trellis 2 --psy-rd 0:1 --partitions all --me umh --output NUL "F:\James Bond - Quantum Of Solace\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1
temp files\VTS_01_1.avs"

avis [info]: 704x304 @ 23.98 fps (138069 frames)
x264 [warning]: b-pyramid + mb-tree is not supported
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.1

x264 [info]: slice I:2627 Avg QP:17.87 size: 14792
x264 [info]: slice P:59299 Avg QP:21.10 size: 5292
x264 [info]: slice B:76143 Avg QP:21.40 size: 1238
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 19.4% 21.7% 12.4% 13.4% 17.1% 14.3% 1.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 32.0% 0.0% 68.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 29.0% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 56.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:14.1%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 23.4% 0.0% 0.0% direct:10.4% skip:64.3% L0:31.4% L1:48.0% BI:20.6%
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 20.07
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:90.0% temporal:10.0%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:38.8% 45.4% 12.2% inter:17.6% 12.3% 0.1%
x264 [info]: kb/s:620.9

encoded 138069 frames, 98.95 fps, 621.02 kb/s

from the latest staxrip log.

why cant enable py_pyramid ?

[flebber]

@turok
I think your issue is with avisynth, maybe a look through avisynth documentation?

I agree here are some links I found that nakTT had posted regarding this.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/kb/Variable_Frame_Rate_MP4

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/VFR

[w4tt4n4b3]

@w4tt4n4b3
Regarding your crash, try most basic x264 settings, mod 16 input, newest x264 built, check your hardware.

I tried mod 16 input so that height and width will be divisible with 16. I have done numerous encodings with staxrip with this pc.
IT has a AMD Phenom II 920 x4 processor and enough ram to cope with the demands of an encode.
I use x264 basic settings.

There is no problem when I encode files at around 100 mb...
When I put a large file of 2-3 gbs then the problem arises...

[mcgoxel]

updated my question 3 above

[DarkZell666]

x264 says : x264 [warning]: b-pyramid + mb-tree is not supported.

This means mb-tree ratecontrol and b-pyramid don't work together, you can have one or the other but not both.

Disable mb-tree via the --no-mbtree option if you absolutely want b-pyramid, however, you'll loose more by disabling mb-tree than what you'll win by enabling b-pyramid, so I'd simply remove the --b-pyramid option if I were you (not to mention that b-pyramid can break standalone player compatibility if you're not careful).

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"G:\setup\encode\StaxRip_1.1.1.4\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 616 --stats "F:\James Bond - Quantum Of
Solace\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.stats" --level 3.1 --ref 5 --no-mixed-refs --bframes 16 --b-pyramid --direct auto
--deblock -1:-1 --trellis 2 --psy-rd 0:1 --partitions all --me umh --output NUL "F:\James Bond - Quantum Of Solace\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1
temp files\VTS_01_1.avs"

avis [info]: 704x304 @ 23.98 fps (138069 frames)
x264 [warning]: b-pyramid + mb-tree is not supported
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.1

x264 [info]: slice I:2627 Avg QP:17.87 size: 14792
x264 [info]: slice P:59299 Avg QP:21.10 size: 5292
x264 [info]: slice B:76143 Avg QP:21.40 size: 1238
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 19.4% 21.7% 12.4% 13.4% 17.1% 14.3% 1.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 32.0% 0.0% 68.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 29.0% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 56.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:14.1%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 23.4% 0.0% 0.0% direct:10.4% skip:64.3% L0:31.4% L1:48.0% BI:20.6%
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 20.07
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:90.0% temporal:10.0%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:38.8% 45.4% 12.2% inter:17.6% 12.3% 0.1%
x264 [info]: kb/s:620.9

encoded 138069 frames, 98.95 fps, 621.02 kb/s

from the latest staxrip log.

why cant enable py_pyramid ?

[stax76]

I've uploaded a new version with some good improvements. It was quite a bit work, I think I need a break but no need to worry, I'll be here when critical issues arise. Thanks everybody for the feedback and support going into this version, especially neuron2 and Mosu.

:thanks:

1.1.1.6 beta


Added optional frame and time display in preview and reorganized the menu
Added various profile related features in the x264 dialog
Added option to show the log file and play the target file to main menu
Added option to force decoding using BeSweet, ffmpeg, NicAudio, BassAudio or DirectShow
Added option to cut audio using VirtualDubMod or Decoding using NicAudio, BassAudio or DirectShow
Added cut selections using different colors
Added split feature to split the clip or cut selection in two cut selections
Added threading support encoding the both audio track in parallel
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.8
Updated NicAudio to version 2.0.4
Updated Yadif to version 1.6
Updated Lame to version 3.98
Updated x264 to version r1259
Bug fixed high memory and CPU usage while running command line applications
Bug fixed mkv not demuxed on non english systems
Bug fixed source aspect ratio not picked up from MPEG-4 sources
Bug fixed 16:9 information from DVDs not detected in rare cases
Bug fixed auto detecting 2 subtitles with identical language
Bug fixed StaxRip crashing when batch processing files for which no codec is installed
Improved 3rd party application management
Improved error handling and recovery
http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.6_beta.7z

[w4tt4n4b3]

Stax, I found out that the problem and error was cause because I cut the source file with h264 ts cutter before I encode it...

So now I have to encode first and remove the ads afterwards with mkvmerge gui...

[flebber]

I've uploaded a new version with some good improvements. It was quite a bit work, I think I need a break but no need to worry, I'll be here when critical issues arise. Thanks everybody for the feedback and support going into this version, especially neuron2 and Mosu.

:thanks:

1.1.1.6 beta

[LIST]

Added option to force decoding using BeSweet, ffmpeg, NicAudio, BassAudio or DirectShow

Added option to cut audio using VirtualDubMod or Decoding using NicAudio, BassAudio or DirectShow

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.6_beta.7z

Edit: Figured out my main issue, is there a specific advantage to decoding with NicAudio or BassAudio over Besweet?

[stax76]

BeSweet don't support some formats like aac as source.

[flebber]

Using latest beta I receive a error "staxrip has encountered a problem and needs to close error"

My log makes it to here. Tried several times and always crashes at FFmpeg

------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
------------------------------------------------------------

C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB
C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB
C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.VOB

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 28mn 51s
Overall bit rate : 4 960 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 28mn 51s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 571 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.441
Stream size : 944 MiB (92%)

Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : Dolby Digital
Duration : 28mn 51s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 39.6 MiB (4%)

Text
ID : 32 (0x20)
Format : RLE
Format/Info : Run-length encoding

Menu


------------------------------------------------------------
Demux audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Rip\Video Encoders\Stax\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB" "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB" "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB" "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.VOB" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1" -minimize -exit

Preparer: Demux audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
Start: 2:52:01 AM
End: 3:04:21 AM
Duration: 00:12:19

------------------------------------------------------------
Extracting Subtitles
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:04:36 AM
End: 3:06:58 AM
Duration: 00:02:21
Speed: 1155 fps

------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v", CPU=6)
LoadCplugin("C:\Rip\Video Encoders\Stax\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll") Yadif()
Crop(10,10,-10,-14)
RemoveGrain(mode=17,modeU=5)
FluxSmoothST(2)
asharp(1.5,3.25,-0.1)
BicubicResize(672,368,0,0.5)

------------------------------------------------------------
Saving wave using VirtualDubMod
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v", CPU=6)
LoadCplugin("C:\Rip\Video Encoders\Stax\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll") Yadif()
AudioDub(last, NicAC3Source("C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3", Channels=2))

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\Rip\\Source Video\\Taxi Driver\\TAXI_DRIVER\\VIDEO_TS\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\Taxi_Decode.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.SaveWAV("C:\\Rip\\Source Video\\Taxi Driver\\TAXI_DRIVER\\VIDEO_TS\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav");

------------------------------------------------------------
Saving Wave File Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 7:23:04 AM
End: 7:25:22 AM
Duration: 00:02:18
Size: 1199.5 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Decoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Rip\Video Encoders\Stax\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav" -ac 2 "C:\Rip\Source Video\Taxi Driver\TAXI_DRIVER\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 en-English 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.wav"

[stax76]

@flebber

What operating system do you use? I'll try to reproduce it. For AC3 sources even when you cut decoding is not needed since VirtualDubMod cuts AC3 and BeSweet supports AC3 sources. For DVD sources you can use the default values which is Decoding Mode: Disabled and Cutting Mode: Automatic. These options should only be used for sources that don't work well with the defaults so people can try different options to make things work. In such a case feedback is welcome so I can further improve the default handling.

[flebber]

@flebber

What operating system do you use? I'll try to reproduce it. For AC3 sources even when you cut decoding is not needed since VirtualDubMod cuts AC3 and BeSweet supports AC3 sources. For DVD sources you can use the default values which is Decoding Mode: Disabled and Cutting Mode: Automatic. These options should only be used for sources that don't work well with the defaults so people can try different options to make things work. In such a case feedback is welcome so I can further improve the default handling.

I am stuck using Xp sp3. I used nic audio on another Ac3 source where I was getting "washy" sound previously using besweet, I then added the f 1 switch in besweet to try and correct the sound issue. It didn't work. When I decoded same material with NicAudio I didn't get the washy effect so I thoug I would try NicAudio as default, but maybe this isn't possible.

[stax76]

@flebber

I tried to reproduce it, decoding with NicAudio followed by BeSweet encoding, no problems. After reviewing the code the only reason I found for a second decoding is the audio profile don't support wav, the default profiles support this though. Easiest the way to find the problem is having diagnostic files so I can load the project to see what settings you were using, just load the project under File/Recent Project and choose Help/Make Bug Report, it guides you then to mail me the files.

[burfadel]

Hi Stax,
With 1.1.1.6, can't open AVI files!

I've only tried with XVID based AVI files, but the message is:

Failed to open file!
Are you missing a codec?
Please install and configure ffdshow tryouts!
Codec: XVID
C:\Downloads\Video\(filename.avi)

I've installed the latest revision of ffdshow from xvidvideo.ru, I've also tried the latest 3069 revision from ffdshow-tryouts, and also installing xvid codec, nothing worked! I'll have to use 1.1.1.5 preview 3 for the meantime :(

Edit: Well, I just copied over the 1.1.1.5 preview 3 staxrip.exe, leaving the other files as is. Works perfectly, the error is in 1.1.1.6!

[stax76]

@burfadel

Does the file really work with the AVISource AviSynth filter?

[burfadel]

Both Avisource and Directshowsource failed with the Xvid codec message!

[Havokdan]

stax76, wanted you to confirm a doubt, put 3 files in line with a template determining 172 mb in size, I thought it was for each file has 172 mb, but in a specific group of files, were much higher than intended The problem is Xvid? Note was converting mkv to avi (xvid + mp3)

[burfadel]

I think there's a problem with 1.1.1.6's detection of an xvid codec, this occurs running Windows 7 x64. Every other version of Staxrip I've used, both now and in the past hasn't had this problem! :)

[stax76]

@Havokdan

After the batch processing load the projects (File -> Recent Projects) and look what size it shows, take also a look at the log files (Tools -> Show Log File).

@burfadel

It tries to open avi files using VFW and shows this message when it fails, here it opens XviD files, it won't be easy to find out why it fails on your system, my only guess atm. is it happens only on 64 bit systems.

[burfadel]

ah ok! its just strange that every version up to 1.1.1.5 preview 3 worked, then 1.1.1.6 it didn't :) I just simply copied the 1.1.1.5 staxrip.exe over the 1.1.1.6 one, works perfectly, try again with the 1.1.1.6, no luck!...

[stax76]

The verification is new in 1.1.1.6, does the XviD file load in the 32-bit version of VirtualDub?

[burfadel]

The AVI's load fine in Virtualdub 1.9.4 and in Virtualdubmod. At a complete and utter guess, I'd say Staxrip is possibly?... looking for a x64 version of xvid on the system, even though if it were there it couldn't use it anyway?... since I don't have x64 ffdshow or x64 xvid installed.

[stax76]

@burfadel

It loads the AVI file exactly the same as the AVS file using the avifile API (VFW), if it fails throwing a exception StaxRip assumes a codec is missing and thus don't use it's exception handling but shows the codec message. I'll upload a debug build handling the exception instead, I hope this way we can find out more.

[stax76]

@flebber

Thanks for mailing the diagnostic files, I found some issues and will fix 'em but forcing decoding and using a 6 channel audio profile will create a huge wav file. Sooner or later I will add support piping from AviSynth, it's not a big task, it's just so far I don't see great benefit in it. There should be ways to convert a AC3 file directly per command line without intermediate wav file since you are not cutting.

[Ruesselschnurps]

Hallo, I (used to) use StaxRip to make x264 encodes for my Xbox/XBMC.
I used the specs from this page, (http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=HOW-TO_Encode_H.264_Videos_Compatible_With_XBMC_For_Xbox) or the Xbox HiRes/LoRes MeGUI Profile. But now I am having
a lot of problems. The MeGUI Profiles are gone, and I cannot recreate the settings from the XBMC Wiki page above.
When I just add the commandline I get a ton of errors.

Any suggestions?

I am using 1.1.1.5 beta BTW.

[stax76]

Hi,
there is a new import feature in version 1.1.1.6 at: x264 dialog -> Tools -> Import Command Line

[Ruesselschnurps]

Hi,
there is a new import feature in version 1.1.1.6 at: x264 dialog -> Tools -> Import Command Line

Thank you for the qucik answer.

[Havokdan]

I'll check again when I convert the file. You can add the hours in Staxlog?. It's what I want to know the duration of each operation. I still have a problem with the conversion using DivX, the K-lite version (6.8.2) gives an error at the time of open VirtualDub mod, when I take the k-lite and install the Divx version VFW (VFW only, 6.8 .0) converts, but that error at the end of that encode I reported before continuing, I wonder if it only works properly with the official site of DivX (bloatware)?

[Havokdan]

Indeed, using the Xvid file size is totally different, in 8 files that converted only 4 remained with approximate size desired, 3 were much higher and others much smaller.

[stax76]

You can add the hours in Staxlog?

On various processing steps there is a time and there is a overall time.

gives an error at the time of open VirtualDub mod

Please use 1.1.1.6 and post the error message.

Indeed, using the Xvid file size is totally different, in 8 files that converted only 4 remained with approximate size desired, 3 were much higher and others much smaller.

When you load a project of a too big file what does the filesize in the StaxRip main dialog look like? Is it the desired filesize or is it too big too? If it's not too big then it's likely not a StaxRip bug but you can still mail me the log file.

[Havokdan]

All my templates are for creating files of 172 MB, including the Default Template, but the file at a time out with another 93 mb to 280 mb, I open the file file in MediaInfo is the bitrate of the video is very different in what was displayed in StaxRip unfortunately I did the donkey to delete the files, I'm currently converting the same files via script done in notepad (DirectShowSource + Virtualdub) to see if the problem is with Xvid, I convert the back end and send you the log. Thank you. Note: When I used Divx (6.8.0) worked properly, except the error at the end of the encode (in the same error that I reported on earlier), but the file is normal, without error and about the size as indicated :) .

[Havokdan]

The problem was in the xvid, I had the same problem in VirtualDub, although the difference is smaller, the way is to try the divx.

[burfadel]

Stax, did versions prior to 1.1.1.6 use VFW to open xvid as well? I think for newer versions of Windows such as Windows 7 Directshow may be the better course of action, since VFW is a relic of the Windows 3.1/9x days...

[Havokdan]

The error message that appears in Virtualdub Mod with Divx is this:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8818/errohw.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/errohw.jpg/)

[stax76]

1.1.1.7 beta


Bug fixed AVI files showing missing codec message
Updated x264 to r1268
x264 options --aud, --slices added


http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.7_beta.7z

[turok]

Thanks for the release stax. I got some problems though... I don't know how to load avs scripts up in staxrip and I am wondering if I do it in profiles and if I do how then? Also tried using SangNom I put this is script area "SangNom(1,48)" did I do something wrong as it didnt work.

[flebber]

Taxi still crashes after audio encoding when ffmpeg starts(as with files I sent you for 1.1.6) not sure what is happening there, I used same settings and different input and it worked fine.

Having a little absent minded problem I do I set staxrip to import chapters from input and apply to final file?

@ turok did you right click on filters window and select edit. and add filter in format

filter = filter(settings).anyOtherFilter(Settings)

[Havokdan]

How do I set the resolution of a template? I try to convert a series of videos (Batch Conversion) from 720p to 720x400, but the Stax always changes to the resolution of 672x384.

[stax76]

@flebber

Sorry, I forgot to fix it, I'll do tommorow (no programming today). StaxRip don't extract chapters, it wasn't a issue in the past as DVD Decrypter did it, since then nobody made a request IIRC.

@Havokdan

StaxRip has a lot aspect ratio and resizing related options, please search and try to understand these options. (In the options dialog disable 'Auto resize image size'.

[Havokdan]

Oh, how I did not realize that option ?????!!!??!!!!! Thanks.

[flebber]

@flebber

Sorry, I forgot to fix it, I'll do tommorow (no programming today). StaxRip don't extract chapters, it wasn't a issue in the past as DVD Decrypter did it, since then nobody made a request IIRC.



Would an option to be able to be added to add a chapter.txt file so Staxrip can use it. I could then use ChapterExtractor to create the files and simple plug the text files into staxrip

[stax76]

It's already there at 'Container Configuration'. :)

[flebber]

It's already there at 'Container Configuration'. :)

Sweet :) save chapters in ogg format?

[stax76]

I'm not sure about the format, I'm not using chapters or subtitles and these features were added 5 years ago. In the 'Container Configuration' there is a feature to preview the command line.

[FirstBorg]

Hi!

I saw in a guide that for x264 there is or was a fixed filesize profile... for some reasons, I dont have it. can you tell me why?

[flebber]

Hi!

I saw in a guide that for x264 there is or was a fixed filesize profile... for some reasons, I dont have it. can you tell me why?

A fixed filesize profile? Surely you are referreing to the type of passes fixed filesize 2 pass versus constant quality or CRF. NOt a profile.

[turok]

yeah I did that on profiles. do I do it like this :SangNom = SangNom(order=1,aa=48)? still haven't answered on avs scripts.

[thax]

I got this error when I encode in win7. The same project goes fine in xp. Any ideas?
I am using staxrip 1.1.1.7 and x264 ver1271 but I got the same error with all combinations of staxrip 1.1.1.1,1.1.1.4,1.1.1.7 and x264 versions 1201-1268.

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Error
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x264 Encoder failed with exit code -1073741819

avis [info]: 576x432 @ 25.00 fps (71730 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

[stax76]

@thax

Welcome to the forum. It's likely not a StaxRip bug, please use google and the forum search to find a solution and if it don't help post to the AVC forum (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=77).

[stax76]

Since it's frequently asked I finally wrote a little guide on how to use AviSynth filters in StaxRip. The link to this guide can be found in the initial post of this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=102652).

@flebber

I've uploaded a hotfix, the project you've sent me had a audio profile only accepting AC3 as input, you have to change this to accept wav when you force decoding. Your profiles had 6 channels so you will get a very large wav file!

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.7_beta_hotfix.7z

[flebber]

Since it's frequently asked I finally wrote a little guide on how to use AviSynth filters in StaxRip. The link to this guide can be found in the initial post of this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=102652).

@flebber

I've uploaded a hotfix, the project you've sent me had a audio profile only accepting AC3 as input, you have to change this to accept wav when you force decoding. Your profiles had 6 channels so you will get a very large wav file!

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.1.7_beta_hotfix.7z

I am trying to find where to allow wav when encoding forced, I can't see this at the moment I don't remember actually setting this before.

Edit Found it.:)

[flebber]

HotFix worked. As an aside adding chapter txt file in ogg format in container configuration does work. Just thought someone may be interested :)

[Deinorius]

I just updated from 1.1.1.3 to the newest version and I can't find the options to select my own application folders. Where are these options?

[stax76]

It was used along with the download feature but because of the website moved to sourceforge the download feature was removed and so were all features related the applications location removed because everything is now included and I wanted to simplify the code and the user experience.

[Deinorius]

That's very sad. I use my own folders. So there will be no coming back of this button?

[stax76]

Nope sorry, internally it no longer saves any paths but returns the paths were the locations are expected to be.

[paolo1983]

Hi stax, I've just tried staxrip.

My main question is :

I have folders with ifo & vob files from a dvd-rip done with dvdfab.

I've not found a way to select the ifo file, I need to select vob files, but HOW can I be sure to select ALL the needed files and only them ?

Thank you

[crispy]

Stax -
I am hoping that you can help, or explain a problem that I am seeing. I am using Staxrip to convert .ts files from my DVR and compress them for more efficient storage.

I was converting them into Xvid (exact file size) using the AVI container, but the aspect ratio is getting screwed up, and ending up 4:3, even though the source is correctly identified as anamorphic.

If I try and convert the same .ts file into x264 using the MKV container, there is no problem - the resultant file is correctly anamorphic.

Given that, I am assuming that the issue is in the MUXing rather than the DeMUXing.

The version I am using reports itself as 1.1.1.4 beta (which is the latest version I was able to download from sourceforge at the time).


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Opening source files
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C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.ts
C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1820 i7Disney's Treasure .ts

General
ID : 3002
Complete name : C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 1.10 GiB
Duration : 54mn 56s
Overal bit rate : 2856 Kbps

Video
ID : 6017 (0x1781)
Menu ID : 12866 (0x3242)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Standard
Duration : 54mn 56s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2485 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.447

Audio #1
ID : 6018 (0x1782)
Menu ID : 12866 (0x3242)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : -199ms
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 6019 (0x1783)
Menu ID : 12866 (0x3242)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : -37ms
Language : English
Language_More : Visual impaired commentary


------------------------------------------------------------
Demux MPEG-2 using ProjectX
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"C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -jar "C:\Users\Crispy\Desktop\Applications\ProjectX\ProjectX.jar" "C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.ts" "C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1820 i7Disney's Treasure .ts" -out "C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\"

Preparer: Demux MPEG-2 using ProjectX
Start: 11:05:50 AM
End: 11:16:07 AM
Duration: 00:10:17

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Demux audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
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"C:\Users\Crispy\Desktop\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -SD=| -IF=|C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.m2v| -IA=2 -FO=0 -YR=1 -TN=1 -OM=2 -DRC=2 -DSD=0 -DSA=0 -OF=|C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet| -minimize -exit

Preparer: Demux audio and index MPEG-2 using DGIndex
Start: 11:16:08 AM
End: 11:17:36 AM
Duration: 00:01:28

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Compressibility Check
------------------------------------------------------------

101 %

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Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.d2v")
Crop(24,8,-24,-8)
Trim(2612,38633) + Trim(45212,75907) + Trim(82390,102945) + Trim(109526,128965) + Trim(135551,155411)

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Cutting
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.d2v")
Crop(24,8,-24,-8)

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet_Cutting.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.mp2",0x00000202,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.subset.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(2612, 36021);
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(45212, 30695);
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(82390, 20555);
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(109526, 19439);
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(135551, 19860);
VirtualDub.stream[0].Demux("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet_Cutting.mp2");

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Audio Cutting Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 1:27:45 PM
End: 1:28:24 PM
Duration: 00:00:38
Speed: 3282 fps
Size: 115.9 MB

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Audio Encoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Users\Crispy\Desktop\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet_Cutting.mp2" -output "C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet_Cutting_AudioOutput.mp3" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 -hybridgain ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -lame( --alt-preset cbr 128 --resample 44.1)

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------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 1:28:24 PM
End: 1:37:19 PM
Duration: 00:08:55
Speed: 237 fps
Size: 77.3 MB
Bitrate: 128.00 kbps
Video Bitrate: 2333 -> 2333

------------------------------------------------------------
First Pass Codec Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------

ar_mode: 0
ar_x: 4
ar_y: 3
aspect_ratio: 3
audio_mode: 0
audio_rate: 128
audio_size: 0
audio_type: 0
bitrate: 2338
bquant_offset: 100
bquant_ratio: 150
Brightness: 0
chromame: 1
container_type: 1
curve_compression_high: 0
curve_compression_low: 0
Deblock_UV: 0
Deblock_Y: 0
debug: 0
Dering_UV: 0
Dering_Y: 0
desired_quant: 200
desired_size: 1444930
discard1pass: 1
display_status: 0
FilmEffect: 0
fourcc_used: 0
fps: 2
frame_drop_ratio: 0
full1pass: 0
gmc: 0
hours: 1
interlacing: 0
keyframe_boost: 10
kfreduction: 20
kfthreshold: 1
lum_masking: 0
max_bframes: 2
max_bquant: 31
max_iquant: 31
max_key_interval: 300
max_pquant: 31
min_bquant: 1
min_iquant: 1
min_pquant: 1
minutes: 30
mode: 1
motion_search: 6
num_zones: 1
overflow_control_strength: 5
packed: 1
par_x: 16
par_y: 11
profile: (unrestricted)
qpel: 0
quality: General purpose
quant_type: 0
rc_averaging_period: 100
rc_buffer: 100
rc_reaction_delay_factor: 16
seconds: 0
stats: C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.pass
subtitle_size: 0
target_size: 665600
tff: 0
trellis_quant: 1
turbo: 0
twopass_max_overflow_degradation: 5
twopass_max_overflow_improvement: 5
use_2pass_bitrate: 0
use_bvop: 1
vhq_bframe: 0
vhq_mode: 1
vop_debug: 0
zone0_bvop_threshold: 0
zone0_cartoon_mode: 0
zone0_chroma_opt: 0
zone0_frame: 0
zone0_greyscale: 0
zone0_mode: 0
zone0_quant: 500
zone0_type: 0
zone0_weight: 100

------------------------------------------------------------
First Pass Encoding
------------------------------------------------------------

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x64697678,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet_FirstPass.avi");

------------------------------------------------------------
First Pass Encoding Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 1:37:20 PM
End: 2:13:45 PM
Duration: 00:36:24
Speed: 58 fps

------------------------------------------------------------
Single, Second or NTh Pass Codec Parameters
------------------------------------------------------------

ar_mode: 0
ar_x: 4
ar_y: 3
aspect_ratio: 3
audio_mode: 0
audio_rate: 128
audio_size: 0
audio_type: 0
bitrate: 2338
bquant_offset: 100
bquant_ratio: 150
Brightness: 0
chromame: 1
container_type: 1
curve_compression_high: 0
curve_compression_low: 0
Deblock_UV: 0
Deblock_Y: 0
debug: 0
Dering_UV: 0
Dering_Y: 0
desired_quant: 200
desired_size: 1444930
discard1pass: 1
display_status: 0
FilmEffect: 0
fourcc_used: 0
fps: 2
frame_drop_ratio: 0
full1pass: 0
gmc: 0
hours: 1
interlacing: 0
keyframe_boost: 10
kfreduction: 20
kfthreshold: 1
lum_masking: 0
max_bframes: 2
max_bquant: 31
max_iquant: 31
max_key_interval: 300
max_pquant: 31
min_bquant: 1
min_iquant: 1
min_pquant: 1
minutes: 30
mode: 2
motion_search: 6
num_zones: 1
overflow_control_strength: 5
packed: 1
par_x: 16
par_y: 11
profile: (unrestricted)
qpel: 0
quality: General purpose
quant_type: 0
rc_averaging_period: 100
rc_buffer: 100
rc_reaction_delay_factor: 16
seconds: 0
stats: C:\Users\Crispy\Humax\Working\Treasure Planet\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.pass
subtitle_size: 0
target_size: 665600
tff: 0
trellis_quant: 1
turbo: 0
twopass_max_overflow_degradation: 5
twopass_max_overflow_improvement: 5
use_2pass_bitrate: 1
use_bvop: 1
vhq_bframe: 0
vhq_mode: 1
vop_debug: 0
zone0_bvop_threshold: 0
zone0_cartoon_mode: 0
zone0_chroma_opt: 0
zone0_frame: 0
zone0_greyscale: 0
zone0_mode: 0
zone0_quant: 500
zone0_type: 0
zone0_weight: 100

------------------------------------------------------------
Single, Second or NTh Pass Encoding
------------------------------------------------------------

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.RemoveInputStreams();
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x64697678,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet temp files\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet_Cutting_AudioOutput.mp3",0x00000202,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\Users\\Crispy\\Humax\\Working\\Treasure Planet\\20090809 1720 Treasure Planet.avi");

------------------------------------------------------------
Single, Second or NTh Pass Encoding Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 2:13:46 PM
End: 3:05:07 PM
Duration: 00:51:21
Speed: 41 fps

------------------------------------------------------------
Overall Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 1:27:45 PM
End: 3:05:07 PM
Duration: 01:37:22

[twisterwes]

Hi stax76, have you ever figured out what is happening with the error "MKV output file is missing?" I found only 2 references in Google on this message. One was responded to by you on Doom9 German forum, the other was about network shares, which doesn't apply to me. I can reproduce the problem every time I try converting with StaxRip. I tried Movie A/Movie B scenario, same thing on both. What I am doing is I ripped the DVD and trying to convert VOB's into .MKV container, using X264 as encoder. My computer is Quad Core running Windows 7. I was converting without problems once I first installed StaxRip 1.1.1.4. I didn't like the quality (and for some reason I don't have the option to do compressibility/exact size under x264/MKV profile at all; is this normal in new version of StaxRip?), so I went and changed the Quantizer to 20. That's when I started having problems. Now I get the message above. I tried changing Quantizer back to deafault 23, same thing. Any ideas? I am using all standard versions of plugins, that came in your pack, and I didn't upgrade anything. Here is the error log:


------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
------------------------------------------------------------

I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v

General
Complete name : I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v
File size : 1.31 MiB


------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(8,0,-8,-0)
Trim(0,46817)

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Cutting
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(8,0,-8,-0)

VirtualDub.Open("I:\\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998)_Cutting.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("I:\\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\VTS_01_1 01 iv-Invariant Language (Invariant Country) 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3",0x00000203,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.subset.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(0, 46817);
VirtualDub.stream[0].Demux("I:\\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\VTS_01_1 01 iv-Invariant Language (Invariant Country) 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_Cutting.ac3");

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Cutting Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 10:06:53 AM
End: 10:06:59 AM
Duration: 00:00:05
Speed: 8576 fps
Size: 35.8 MB

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x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Users\Max\Downloads\StaxRip_1.1.1.4\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --crf 21 --preset slow --ref 4 --sar 10:11 --output "I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998)_EncoderOutput.264" "I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998).avs"

avis [info]: 704x480 @ 29.97 fps (46818 frames)
x264 [info]: using SAR=10/11
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 3.0

x264 [info]: slice I:478 Avg QP:19.46 size: 37626
x264 [info]: slice P:17981 Avg QP:22.90 size: 16678
x264 [info]: slice B:28359 Avg QP:25.10 size: 5898
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 5.3% 14.6% 74.1% 6.0%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 5.3% 92.0% 2.7%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 0.8% 13.2% 0.6% P16..4: 41.0% 23.6% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 5.0%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.1% 1.7% 0.1% B16..8: 44.7% 3.2% 4.3% direct: 9.0% skip:37.0% L0:36.8% L1:51.7% BI:11.5%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:90.2% inter:81.3%
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:99.6% temporal:0.4%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra:91.3% 79.6% 32.2% inter:42.0% 25.8% 2.0%
x264 [info]: ref P L0 77.3% 13.1% 6.2% 3.5%
x264 [info]: ref B L0 89.0% 6.8% 4.2%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2484.4

encoded 46818 frames, 24.99 fps, 2484.48 kb/s

------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 10:06:59 AM
End: 10:38:13 AM
Duration: 00:31:14
Size: 462.7 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "c:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998).mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:29.970fps "I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998)_EncoderOutput.264" --language 0:und "I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 iv-Invariant Language (Invariant Country) 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_Cutting.ac3" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --ui-language en

mkvmerge v2.9.7 ('Tenderness') built on Jul 1 2009 18:43:35
'I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998)_EncoderOutput.264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 iv-Invariant Language (Invariant Country) 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_Cutting.ac3': Using the AC3 demultiplexer.
'I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998)_EncoderOutput.264' track 0: Extracted the aspect ratio information from the MPEG-4 layer 10 (AVC) video data and set the display dimensions to 704/528.
'I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998)_EncoderOutput.264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
'I:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson D3 - Captives_Ghost of Raven Jones (2005)\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 iv-Invariant Language (Invariant Country) 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 0ms_Cutting.ac3' track 0: Using the AC3 output module.
The file 'c:\Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson 13 - Captives E1 (1998).mkv' has been opened for writing.
Progress: 0%
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The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 9 seconds.

------------------------------------------------------------
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

MKV output file is missing.

[alaxa]

Hi there again!
sorry for the comparison, but with meGui I'm able to start a sort of VSrip batch to extract subtitles from multiple IFOs... is there a way to do the same with staxrip?

thanks,
a.

[flebber]

Hi there again!
sorry for the comparison, but with meGui I'm able to start a sort of VSrip batch to extract subtitles from multiple IFOs... is there a way to do the same with staxrip?

thanks,
a.

I dont believe so, you can add the subtitle files to be muxed in later by adding the files in the container information if you double click on container information .

[stax76]

@paolo1983

Most of the time it's enough looking at the file name.

@crispy & twisterwes

Thanks for the bug report, I'll investigate it.

@alaxa

Conceptually StaxRip is project based using automation, MeGUI is completely different being toolbox based carrying out tasks manually where any task is a job while in StaxRip a job represents a project and encoding.

[stax76]

@crispy

I've tried anamorphic encoding using XviD even with 16:11 PAR like you, opening the XviD config dialog everything looks fine, your log file looks fine too, are you sure the problem isn't your decoder? Did you try playing it using VLC?

[stax76]

1.1.1.8 beta


Added iPod/iPhone template
Changed x264 dialog to update all options choosing presets/profiles/tunings
Removed aborting in case muxing failed
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.1.8_beta.7z/download

Note: if you use settings from a previous version and want to use the iPod/iPhone template you have to delete the template directory to force the creation of the default templates.

[Dark Shikari]

I don't really see the point in keeping constant quantizer or three-pass on the Mode list, they just waste interface space.

You should also rename "Two-pass" to "Two-pass bitrate" or something to make it clear that it's a Bitrate mode rather than a Quality mode.

[Betsy25]

Duh! I installed v1.1.1.7 about 15seconds ago.:p

Stax,
Is it normal that the .log file now only contains DGIndex output, no log info about sound conversion, no filters used, no x264 command line, no muxing command line ?

Also, I converted a sample .vob (720x576, 25fps, AR = 4:3)
Only filter used = Source
MPC show as properties for the output MP4, 720x576, 25fps, AR = 15:11 ??

[stax76]

@Dark Shikari

Can it be removed completely or might it still be useful for some users? In that case it could be hidden unless Ctrl is pressed or something.

Is it normal that the .log file now only contains DGIndex output, no log info about sound conversion, no filters used, no x264 command line, no muxing command line ?

DGIndex creates a log file in the source dir, there should be a StaxRip log file in the temp dir, you can show it using 'Tools/Files/Show Log File'

Also, I converted a sample .vob (720x576, 25fps, AR = 4:3)
Only filter used = Source
MPC show as properties for the output MP4, 720x576, 25fps, AR = 15:11 ??

I don't think there is a bug in StaxRip, does it look stretched playing it in VLC?

[Dark Shikari]

@Dark Shikari

Can it be removed completely or might it still be useful for some users? In that case it could be hidden unless Ctrl is pressed or something.Why not just keep all the obscure options in the obscure options tabs and leave the important stuff out up front?

Also, there's no reason deblocking has to go up front, it belongs with the rest of the obscure options.

[stax76]

@Dark Shikari

I'll change it, thanks for pointing it out.

[stax76]

1.1.1.9 beta


Fixed some labels not updated in the x264 dialog and reorganized some controls
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.1.9_beta.7z/download

[Rumbah]

I encountered a bug with 1.1.1.9 (1.1.1.7 was the same, didn't try 1.1.1.8).
If I select in the job overview to do nothing after the jobs are finished my pc enters standby mode after completing (open the drop down menu for selecting and manually select nothing).

[w4tt4n4b3]

Stax, you have created a hell of an encoder gui. I really love your gui.
But I have a question. I load some 1080i ts files on the staxrip and using the x264 unrestricted 2 pass balanced profile for the x264 settings. Also I choose resize with Lancos from 1080 to 720 and add Tomscomp deinterlacer.
My question is that either I choose 2 pass fast either I choose 2 pass balance the encoding speed is almost the same...
Should I try to configure it manually the x264 settings?
The fps is around 13-14 usually.

[Vollmilch]

Hi Stax,

first let me tell you that i use Staxrip for a long time now, it is a fantastic app!
But i have two problems that i could not resolve on my own:

1.) Enabled Yadif gives me error "CAVIStreamSynth: System exception - Illegal Instruction at 0x122277d". With help of google no solution found...

2.) Picture-Errors with x264-encoded material in iTunes/Quicktime:
With version 1.1.1.>7 encoded movies (iPhone template) look inverted in iTunes/Quicktime, while iPhone/WMP do work. I tried hundreds of different x264-settings but nothing helped. This problem did not occure on 1.1.1.0 with same encoder-settings. Is this a encoder-problem and not related to Staxrip?

Quicktime:
http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10373&stc=1&d=1255176114
Windows Media Player (ffdshow):
http://forum.doom9.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10374&stc=1&d=1255176124

[ACrowley]

About the Pause Mode:

The Pause Mode in x264 in your nice gui has the same Problem as with other Methods like pssuspend etc on x264.
As soon x264 was paused for a while the fps goes down and the estaminated Time arises.
Its not a real Problem...the Speed is the same all the Time in Fact and its only a calculation Problem from x264 cause it lags
After a while the fps arises again and est. Time goes down ...

I like your Gui..i switched from megui to staxrip after 2 years of megui :)

[arrirc]

Hello Stax

Thank you again for continuously developing this excellent program.
I have been using the latest .9beta version. While encoding to XviD AVI, I tried to "set credit" (in the preview window) at the point where the "Credits" start so that it can be encoded in a lower quality than main movie, but I got an error that the Encoder is not a Command line encoder. Is it some bug or I have done something wrong? myOS is XP pro with SP3.

[JarrettH]

Have you thought of adding Spline as a resize option? :)

[ACrowley]

Have you thought of adding Spline as a resize option? :)

yes..would be better in some Cases compared to Lanczos

[Havokdan]

JarrettH and ACrowley, Here I use the spline, just edit the profiles of the filters and add the spline and others filters of noise etc.

Example of my filters profile(part of Resize filters):

[Resize]
Soft = BilinearResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Neutral = BicubicResize(%target_width%,%target_height%,0,0.5)
Sharp = LanczosResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Very Sharp = Lanczos4Resize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Spline = Spline64Resize(%target_width%,%target_height%)



*Sorry my bad english.

[w4tt4n4b3]

I load a ts file on staxrip and get Demux and index AVC using DGAVCIndex by format. After demuxing I get a crash message as follows.
Staxrip has crashed!
Could not find E:\Test]Test 576itempfiles\AutoCrop.log

The t.s file is as follows:
E:\Test\Test 1 576i.TS

General
ID : 0
Complete name : E:\Test\Test 1 576i.TS
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 44.4 MiB
Duration : 1mn 1s
Overal bit rate : 6065 Kbps
Maximum overal bit rate : 18.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Duration : 1mn 1s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First

Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Video delay : -120ms

[batfink]

Hi, i only just recently just discovered that there were more recent version of Staxrip than 1.1.1.0 :) .
Like any decent encoder i went about comparing the differences between 1.1.1.9 beta and 1.1.1.0.
And whilst i love some of the new stuff the Beta versions do (especially that it puts all its temp files neatly in a temp dir), i cant get similar Encoding speed and compression out of the Beta version like i can 1.1.1.0.

For instance i can encode a video file using X264 and AAC in 1.1.1.0 using Constant Quality setting of 22 and i might get 110 FPS on my Q6600 (O/C to 3.4 GHZ)and the file size will be 500 meg.

Using 1.1.1.9 i can have the same settings and i will only get 80 FPS and have the file come out at 500 meg...OR...i can adjust the settings to make it encode faster and my file will encode at 110 FPS but will be 650 meg.
I spent hours stuffing around with a short video file trying to get comparable results to 1.1.1.0 but failed at every turn.

Then i happened to run Core Temp 0.99.5 whilst encoding with 1.1.1.9 and noticed that the CPU utilization is way down compared to 1.1.1.0.
1.1.1.0 maxes out all for of my cores at 95 to 100% whereas with 1.1.1.9 they drastically jump between 47% and 87%.

I was just wondering..is this a particular Staxrip feature or something to do with the newer X264's..are they perhaps not as multithreaded as they were or have been programmed to be less CPU intensive. Cause less CPU intensive activity would certainly explain the slower encoding i'm experiencing.

Just wondering if anybody else has come across this or managed to solve it.
Batfink

[arrirc]

1.1.1.9 beta


Fixed some labels not updated in the x264 dialog and reorganized some controls
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.1.9_beta.7z/download

One more thing, after i downloaded and ran this application, I could not find the iPhone/iPod template...!!!! Do I have to download and install those separately?

[w4tt4n4b3]

I attach a crash rip file. There must be some kind of conflict going on I can't explain. I restarted my pc, loaded the .ts file on staxrip and the autocrop failure message did not appear. A few minutes ago loaded the same .ts file and autocrop failure was there.

[ACrowley]

Hi, i only just recently just discovered that there were more recent version of Staxrip than 1.1.1.0 :) .
Like any decent encoder i went about comparing the differences between 1.1.1.9 beta and 1.1.1.0.
And whilst i love some of the new stuff the Beta versions do (especially that it puts all its temp files neatly in a temp dir), i cant get similar Encoding speed and compression out of the Beta version like i can 1.1.1.0.

For instance i can encode a video file using X264 and AAC in 1.1.1.0 using Constant Quality setting of 22 and i might get 110 FPS on my Q6600 (O/C to 3.4 GHZ)and the file size will be 500 meg.

Using 1.1.1.9 i can have the same settings and i will only get 80 FPS and have the file come out at 500 meg...OR...i can adjust the settings to make it encode faster and my file will encode at 110 FPS but will be 650 meg.
I spent hours stuffing around with a short video file trying to get comparable results to 1.1.1.0 but failed at every turn.

Then i happened to run Core Temp 0.99.5 whilst encoding with 1.1.1.9 and noticed that the CPU utilization is way down compared to 1.1.1.0.
1.1.1.0 maxes out all for of my cores at 95 to 100% whereas with 1.1.1.9 they drastically jump between 47% and 87%.

I was just wondering..is this a particular Staxrip feature or something to do with the newer X264's..are they perhaps not as multithreaded as they were or have been programmed to be less CPU intensive. Cause less CPU intensive activity would certainly explain the slower encoding i'm experiencing.

Just wondering if anybody else has come across this or managed to solve it.
Batfink

You should use the latest Version because it fully works with the new x264 prest/tune System.
Maybe the old Version doesnt sets the cmdline properly

You should post your 264 cmdline or log.

[Betsy25]

Hi Stax, are we allowed/safe to download the latest x264 as long as no command-line interfering changing have been made to it ?

[ACrowley]

Hi Stax, are we allowed/safe to download the latest x264 as long as no command-line interfering changing have been made to it ?

i can tell you....you really should update.
1281 and older had a few Bugs(misscompiled,VBV)
You can use the latest 1292

[stax76]

are we allowed/safe to download the latest x264 as long as no command-line interfering changing have been made to it

Should cause no problems.

A few minutes ago loaded the same .ts file and autocrop failure was there.

There was a fix in version 1.1.1.4, which version do you use?

I could not find the iPhone/iPod template...!

Templates are generated creating the template directory so you would delete the template directory. It's a bit problematic usability wise but there is no simple solution for this.

@batfink

Most likely it's related to the x264 version and switches used.

Have you thought of adding Spline as a resize option

Like Havokdan pointed out it can customized, a possible change of the defaults can of course be discussed, defaults are currently:

[Resize]
Soft = BilinearResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Neutral = BicubicResize(%target_width%,%target_height%,0,0.5)
Sharp = LanczosResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Very Sharp = Lanczos4Resize(%target_width%,%target_height%)

I tried to "set credit" (in the preview window) at the point where the "Credits" start so that it can be encoded in a lower quality than main movie, but I got an error that the Encoder is not a Command line encoder. Is it some bug or I have done something wrong?

I forgot to mention that it works only with x264, XviD support is unlikely unless somebody submitting a patch.

1.) Enabled Yadif gives me error "CAVIStreamSynth: System exception - Illegal Instruction at 0x122277d". With help of google no solution found...

I guess this is a Yadif or AviSynth problem.

Picture-Errors with x264-encoded material in iTunes/Quicktime:
With version 1.1.1.>7 encoded movies (iPhone template) look inverted in iTunes/Quicktime, while iPhone/WMP do work. I tried hundreds of different x264-settings but nothing helped. This problem did not occure on 1.1.1.0 with same encoder-settings. Is this a encoder-problem and not related to Staxrip?

It's likely not a StaxRip problem, relevant here is the AviSynth script and x264 command line and version.

Should I try to configure it manually the x264 settings

It's generally recommended to use x264 presets and tunings and override settings on demand, if 'fast' isn't much different the next one 'faster' should be.

If I select in the job overview to do nothing after the jobs are finished my pc enters standby mode after completing

Description is a bit confusing, please elaborate.

[w4tt4n4b3]

I used 1.1.1.0 and 1.1.1.8 beta versions...
The thing is I was using the 1.1.1.0 and never encountered such problem before. I am trying to find out what initiated the problem.
In the autcrop.avs file that is created in the temp files folder I see that it is in mode=2 which means that a log file is created in the temp files folder. I understand that some kind of autocrop.dll malfunction does not create that log so Staxrip can't find the log file since it has not been created in first place...
I just used the 1.1.1.9 beta version and again I got autocrop failed message...
Is it an autcrop.dll problem? Is it a dgavcdecode.dll problem?

[stax76]

I don't know why it don't work, it never happened with SD but only with HD sources I think. Versions since 1.1.1.4 wait some time and it the file don't appear it shows a warning, on Vista/7 the warning has a timeout so the warning won't block.

[w4tt4n4b3]

My source is sd...
I have to create my own crop source now.
The only difference between the 1.1.1.0 and beta versions is that in the 1.1.1.0 version after the failure message, staxrip crashes where in the beta version it goes on with autocrop disabled...
I use the 1.1.1.0 version because I like the x264 profiles it has.
I don't know how to import x264 profiles in the beta 1.1.1.9 version...

[stax76]

I use the 1.1.1.0 version because I like the x264 profiles it has.
I don't know how to import x264 profiles in the beta 1.1.1.9 version...

It's possible to import settings from a x264 command line in the x264 dialog. Can't you use x264 presets and tunings or do you target a specific device?

[w4tt4n4b3]

I tried to export the x264 profiles from the 1.1.1.0 version but could not do it. I usually use the unrestricted 2 pass balanced, HQ, Extra quality and rarely the 2 pass fast and the 2 pass insane. Well what I can do is to add new profiles in 1.1.1.9 and copy the settings from the 1.1.1.0 manually.
But since the 1.1.1.9 beta version has the autocrop failure problem I see no reason to enter such trouble.
Also the autocrop problem emerges when the source file is .ts AVC x576 file. HD frame size files don't have that problem...

[stax76]

I tried to export the x264 profiles from the 1.1.1.0 version but could not do it. I usually use the unrestricted 2 pass balanced, HQ, Extra quality and rarely the 2 pass fast and the 2 pass insane. Well what I can do is to add new profiles in 1.1.1.9 and copy the settings from the 1.1.1.0 manually.

MeGUI profiles are outdated I think, Sharktooth didn't update them for months I think, it's recommended to use x264 presets and tunings instead, they are well supported in StaxRip 1.1.1.9.

But since the 1.1.1.9 beta version has the autocrop failure problem I see no reason to enter such trouble.
Also the autocrop problem emerges when the source file is .ts AVC x576 file. HD frame size files don't have that problem...

I guess the autocrop bug happens with all versions but I'll investigate it.

[w4tt4n4b3]

MeGUI profiles are outdated I think, Sharktooth didn't update them for months I think, it's recommended to use x264 presets and tunings instead, they are well supported in StaxRip 1.1.1.9.
So I shall look in the x264 official page for x264 presets or are they created by independent users? I could import them to Staxrip or shall I have to add them manually?



I guess the autocrop bug happens with all versions but I'll investigate it.
If you need me to send you any video file -small- that causes the problem, let me know.
I'd be glad to help. And thanks for dealing with my matter...

[stax76]

So I shall look in the x264 official page for x264 presets or are they created by independent users? I could import them to Staxrip or shall I have to add them manually?

There are list controls in the x264 dialog where you can select presets and tunings.

So I shall look in the x264 official page for x264 presets or are they created by independent users? I could import them to Staxrip or shall I have to add them manually?

No thanks, I should have such a file.

[Rumbah]

Description is a bit confusing, please elaborate.

Sorry, I was in a hurry writing it. Funny thing is, I cannot reproduce it now and did lots of encodes. So I guess it must have been my fault and I set anything wrong.

So I shall look in the x264 official page for x264 presets or are they created by independent users?
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/2509/stax.th.png (http://img377.imageshack.us/i/stax.png/)
Just select the speed with the preset setting and the type of video you encode with the tuning (e.g. film, animation).



PS: In the thread title and on the Sourceforge page you link to 1.1.1.8, although 1.1.1.9 has been released. Is there any reason why one should use 1.1.1.8 and not 1.1.1.9?

[w4tt4n4b3]

I noticed the presets yesterday but thanks for the thumbnail-screenshot, mate. because I am so attached to the 1.1.1.0 version I created manually some new profiles and added them to the 1.1.1.9 version and saved them...
But I will experiment with the presets of the 1.1.1.9.
I always choose 2 pass because I want to dictate the size of the produced file. I am in position to guess the size if I use quality mode.

One reason for me not to use the 1.1.1.9 is that just a minute ago the autocrop function failed while the same file loaded on the 1.1.1.0 was autocropped... It may sound weird but it is a reality.

[vidmen]

Hello Stax
a question please.
i recording from DVB-S in Mpg format.
by preparing the mpg in staxrip the video and audio was split by ProjectX.
in V 1.1.1.6 and 1.1.1.7 this is not possible because of the commandLine

"%application:Java%" -jar "%application:ProjectX%" %source_files_blank% -out "%working_dir%"

Do you agree to change the Commandline into

"%application:Java%" -jar "%application:ProjectX%" %source_files% -out "%working_dir%"

maybe fixed meanwhile.
i am not sure.
will test 1.1.1.9 beta tomorrow

thanks
vidmen


p.s. great job man

[turok]

I have a question: Does Staxrip support Multi core processor encoding? If so how do I do enable it?

[Betsy25]

I have a question: Does Staxrip support Multi core processor encoding? If so how do I do enable it?

Staxrip only ignites your encoder, so if your encoder (x264, xvid) supports them, then it will work just fine in Staxrip. x264 certainly does multi-core, not sure about xvid.

[Betsy25]

Just a question about the AAC encoding.

I encoded a 3min clip with both AAC 110-150kbps & AAC 5.1 200-250kbps , but the results seem really weird :

Using AAC 110-150kbps
Audio = 3.68 MB

Using AAC 5.1 200-250kbps
Audio = 1.96 MB


.... While I expected the AAC 5.1 to actually be larger, it's only 50% the size of the former one :confused:

MediaInfo tells me about :
AAC 110-150kbps
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 186 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 204 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.68 MiB (8%)

MediaInfo tells me about :
AAC 5.1 200-250kbps
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 99.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 106 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 1.96 MiB (5%)


... looks like the higher profiles AAC 5.1 200-250kbps produces much lower bitrates ?????

[turok]

Just a question about the AAC encoding.

I encoded a 3min clip with both AAC 110-150kbps & AAC 5.1 200-250kbps , but the results seem really weird :

Using AAC 110-150kbps
Audio = 3.68 MB

Using AAC 5.1 200-250kbps
Audio = 1.96 MB


.... While I expected the AAC 5.1 to actually be larger, it's only 50% the size of the former one :confused:

MediaInfo tells me about :
AAC 110-150kbps
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 186 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 204 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.68 MiB (8%)

MediaInfo tells me about :
AAC 5.1 200-250kbps
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2mn 46s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 99.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 106 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 1.96 MiB (5%)


... looks like the higher profiles AAC 5.1 200-250kbps produces much lower bitrates ?????

I am going to assume you don't know about HE-AAC do you? Yeah I do not know how staxrip did a HE-AAC doing a AAC 5.1 I have no Idea but reason its smaller is because staxrip encoded the AAC into SBR AAC look in ur media info u weren't reading. the 2nd one indicates that its SBR AAC. Point is HE-AAC (SBR AAC) tend to lower AAC by around 20-80% of the original and keep the quality the same (debatable). Anyways u encoded unknowingly to HE-AAC. It is confusing why did it encode to HE-AAC stax?

[_DW_]

MeGUI profiles are outdated I think, Sharktooth didn't update them for months I think, it's recommended to use x264 presets and tunings instead, they are well supported in StaxRip 1.1.1.9.



This is all fine and dandy but some of us like the old MeGUI profiles and wish to continue using them. So how do we put them back? Simply clicking on the Encoder Profiles and attempting to import them doesn't work.

[Rumbah]

I just noticed that you cannot change rc-lookahead. If you try to change it away from the standard it just adds a command with the standard value (if you change it from standard 40 to 50 or to 30 it adds -rc-lookahead 40 to the command line).

I also just noticed that noise reduction does not work either. No matter what you select for noise reduction, it does not appear in the command line.

[flebber]

This is all fine and dandy but some of us like the old MeGUI profiles and wish to continue using them. So how do we put them back? Simply clicking on the Encoder Profiles and attempting to import them doesn't work.

Stax is right though the megui profiles are outdated by new X264 versions.

[_DW_]

Stax is right though the megui profiles are outdated by new X264 versions.

So, they are outdated. Does that make them incompatable? Even if they are old that doesn't mean that some of us don't want to continue using them. I'm happy with the results I get with them, and I dont' want to take the time to figure out a new system. So, how do we put them back?

[Betsy25]

So, they are outdated. Does that make them incompatable? Even if they are old that doesn't mean that some of us don't want to continue using them. I'm happy with the results I get with them, and I dont' want to take the time to figure out a new system. So, how do we put them back?

Why don't you use the (much more powerful) default x264 presets/profiles ?

[flebber]

So, they are outdated. Does that make them incompatable? Even if they are old that doesn't mean that some of us don't want to continue using them. I'm happy with the results I get with them, and I dont' want to take the time to figure out a new system. So, how do we put them back?

Incompatible maybe no, but the profiles may no longer provide the results you expect as some options have been updated or removed and new features and default settings added or changed.

A good list of options for x264 settings under new version see the megui wiki http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings it does a good job of showing all the changes.

[_DW_]

A good list of options for x264 settings under new version see the megui wiki http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings it does a good job of showing all the changes.

Works for me. No use in being a damn fool about it.

[Lupissimo]

As I dont know, whether the Stax76Forum is still active I post it here also:
I have been using Staxrip for a long time very succesfully.
As I am now recording more and more HDTV captures 720p ( > 10GB files) I have a problem in the preview for cutting. It stops with the error: CAVIStreamSynth: System exception - access Violation at 0x6fb77ef1, reading from 0x31. I have to close and open preview a nummber of times and advance the pointer until I reach the desired time point, which is not always successful. One solution is to encode as is and cut later.
This is independent of the Stax version(presently 1.119.)

And when I encode with the "default" settings for x264 the program aborts with the message X264 Encoder failed with exit code 3. When I use AutoX264 on the same ts-file it encodes properly.
The ts-files are streams created by dvbviewer (latest version).

Lupissimo

[w4tt4n4b3]

@ Lupissimo, before you encode do you cut the .ts files with any kind of application like h264ts_cutter?

[Lupissimo]

No, I did not. Thank you for the hint. I have now cut the stream using h264ts_cutter which looks like a very nice program! If I now run Staxrip on the cut stream I get the same "CAVIStreamSynth: System exception - access Violation at 0x6fb77ef1, reading from 0x31" message when I run an xvid compressibility check!

[w4tt4n4b3]

That exit code 3 message I think I got it too. Search this thread. I don't remember what was the solution to it maybe it had to do with h264ts cutter...

[DemiMontana]

I made some Templates for VFR in MKV (x264, DivX and XviD)

Instructions:

1. Extract all files.

2. Copy "Decomb521VFR.dll" to Staxrip Folder\Applications\AviSynth plugins\

3. Copy "x264/DivX/XviD VFR.rip" to Staxrip Folder\Templates\

4. Run Staxrip, go to Profiles > Container > Edit menu, click on Import and select "MKV VFR.srp"

5. Now go to Profiles > Filter Setup > Edit menu, click on Import and select "Default Filter VFR.srp"

6. Enjoy x264/DivX/XviD Variable Frame Rate Automatization on Staxrip


Usage:

Its very simple, run staxrip, select x264/DivX/XviD VFR template, open a video and wait for Decimate VFR Analysis and finally just encode.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4479/decimate.jpg

Note: VFR is possible in MKV container with timecodes settings only, don't touch the container settings if you don't know what are you doing ;D

Stax76 can you add this templates to staxrip?

[Lupissimo]

@w4tt4n4b3: I tried with and without using h264ts cutter => no difference. To me it looks as if Staxrip ( or the used subprograms ) cannot cope properly with HDTV streams. Using "autox264" I can encode the streams using default settings of the x264 codec. Encoding SDTV everything works perfectly with Staxrip. So I hope somebody can straighten this out, as HDTV will become more popular.

Lupissimo

[w4tt4n4b3]

I can assure you that staxrip can encode hd resulution files...

[DemiMontana]

I can assure you that staxrip can encode hd resulution files...
You are right. I have no problems encoding full HD files.

@Lupissimo: Maybe you can try cutting with Avidemux and export into MPEG-PS file and save as .vob, some times DGindex is better than Project X

[Lupissimo]

In the meantime I did the following test: recording on ASTRA 19

Astra HD Testtransmission 1080i, 25fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding h264 ok
Anixe HD 1080i, 25fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding h264 ok
ARD Das Erste HD,ZDF HD and Arte HD: 720p, 50fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding crashes after about 260 frames

I used differnet hardware ( Technisat HD2 and Tevii 460 PCIe ) no change , Record Program DVBViewer 4.2.1.0.
Lupissimo

[bamsebo]

I am trying to convert some HDV m2t files (1440x1080i) to MKV 1280x720 with not much success.

anyone any advice on what settings to use? the audio is not recognised at all (mpa)

thanks

Barry

[stax76]

The reason for CAVIStreamSynth: System exception - access Violation and autocrop failing should be the AVCSource filter, I don't know about it's current and future development, using DirectShowSource or DSS2 with DirectShow AVC decoder might work better, it can be customized in StaxRip, I don't have experience with it other than basic tests since I'm not a HD user.

anyone any advice on what settings to use? the audio is not recognised at all (mpa)

What do you mean with not recognized?

[bamsebo]

What do you mean with not recognized?

apologies, it is "recognised" in the log window it says:

Audio
ID : 2068 (0x814)
Menu ID : 100 (0x64)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 19s 992ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : -80ms
Stream size : 937 KiB (1%)

But its not demuxed for some reason?

Barry

[stax76]

Please post the full media info, is it Blu-ray, DVB or something else?

[bamsebo]

Please post the full media info, is it Blu-ray, DVB or something else?

Its an HDV file from a Sony HDR-HC5 (1440x1080i PAR 1.333 25fps mpeg2)

heres the log extract
General
ID : FF
Complete name : F:\2009 Oktober\20sectest.m2t
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 63.7 MiB
Duration : 20s 64ms
Start time : UTC 165-25-45 45:85:85
End time : UTC 165-25-45 45:85:85
Overall bit rate : 26.6 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 33.0 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 165-25-45 45:85:85

Video
ID : 2064 (0x810)
Menu ID : 100 (0x64)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High-1440
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 20s 64ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 24.4 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : Component
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.627
Stream size : 57.7 MiB (91%)

Audio
ID : 2068 (0x814)
Menu ID : 100 (0x64)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 19s 992ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : -80ms
Stream size : 937 KiB (1%)

Barry

[stax76]

Maybe you can upload a small sample clip.

[stax76]

I just noticed that you cannot change rc-lookahead.

I also just noticed that noise reduction does not work either.

Thanks for reporting, fixed locally.

@_DW_

The x264 dialog allowing to import x264 settings from command line.

@Betsy25

The problem with the AAC-HE 5.1 audio profile seem only happen under certain circumstances, with my sample shown below there is no problem, someone would have to try if there is a difference between different Nero versions and how Nero is uses, StaxRip uses a BeSweet plugin, most other applications pipe audio from AviSynth.

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1mn 59s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 230 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 245 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.27 MiB (22%)
Title : German
Language : German
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-24 23:11:56
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-24 23:11:57

[Lupissimo]

@Stax76: This is an 96MB HDTV File (720p,50fps) which crashes during encode to x264. Could you please take a lok at it and tell us what is causing the failure and hopefully how to avoid it. Thank you.

http://rapidshare.com/files/29702345..._Vegas.ts.html
MD5: D84E46E95F886B7DA3C2ED0D82A507AF

[stax76]

Link don't seem to work.

The file could not be found. Please check the download link.

[Thasp]

I made a custom template and it is set to resize to 480x272. I will even see the slider at 480x272, and it is set to use this profile by default when it turns on.

My video will come out at 480x240, which looks wrong. The source is 1280x720.

Is there a way to fix this? I prefer how this program handles batch input sources compared to ripbot(which starts demuxing files before I can add more).

[stax76]

Could be a problem detecting the source aspect ratio or a wrong setting, can you upload a small sample somewhere? Otherwise please post the media info.

[Thasp]

Please let me know when you've grabbed the sample. http://tweakmy.net/rgt/samples/sample.mkv

Can I disable its checking of the original's aspect ratio and override it with what I set in the slider? I'm happy setting it manually since I know the aspect ratio of all the input files I am feeding it.

Thanks sir :)

[stax76]

Thanks for the sample, seem to work here, please mail me the template.

[bamsebo]

Maybe you can upload a small sample clip.

heres a few seconds!

http://rapidshare.com/files/298056746/hdvclip.m2t.html

many thanks
Barry

[Lupissimo]

I am sorry, but somebody must have deleted the sample. Here is another one (25MB)720p,50fps:
http://rapidshare.com/files/298060672/arte_HD__AC3_ger__Jagdriten_in_Westafrika.ts.html

Lupissimo

[stax76]

@Lupissimo

It crashes x264 but if you open the preview and frame step it crashes StaxRip too with the same runtime exception, this means DGAVCDEC is causing the exception since I hadn't used any other filter. You might check if StaxRip uses the latest DGAVCDEC version, try a newer version if available, ask the DGAVCDEC author if it don't help, configure StaxRip to use a DirectShow decoder instead of DGAVCDEC if he can't help.

[Lupissimo]

Thank you for your quick response! Do you mean to say , also the encoding crash is caused by DGAVCDEC? As I have only "used" Staxrip not changed its templates etc ever, could you please give a hint how to incorporate a DirectShow?

[stax76]

Do you mean to say , also the encoding crash is caused by DGAVCDEC?

Yes

could you please give a hint how to incorporate a DirectShow?

It's a bit difficult, you can disable DGAVCIndex in the options under 'Preparation' or you can change the DGAVCIndex preparer removing the video output file type so it will just demux but not change the source file.

You can define any source filter with any configuration but StaxRip will correct errors automatically, use DirectShowSource for unknown types etc.

[stax76]

@bamsebo

Thanks for the sample, you have to edit the DGIndex preparer in the options to handle m2t files, it will work out of the box in the next version.

[bamsebo]

@bamsebo

Thanks for the sample, you have to edit the DGIndex preparer in the options to handle m2t files, it will work out of the box in the next version.

many thanks stax, I will wait for the next version :)
Barry
:thanks:

PS I demuxed it manually with DGIndex and used the demuxed files to create a StaxRip project. Works great!!!

[Lupissimo]

:) By disabling the 2 DGAVCIndex lines under preparations it works! BUT: it is 10x slower encoding (2.5fps).

Would using FFMS2 (not knowing what it is !)help as stated here: http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1338199&postcount=1889

And if , how can I include it in Staxrip?

[stax76]

I'm not sure if FFMS2 is that fast, maybe it's possible to use a dshow decoder with DXVA, if you have a newer nvidia card you could also use NV tools, should be fast but costs 15€ I think. You have to edit the source filter in StaxRip, in the first post of this thread there is a link to a tutorial telling how to use AviSynth filters in StaxRip.

[Thasp]

I totally spaced on the place where I can type my own resize value in, I replaced the % in the resize function with Lanczos4resize(480,272) and all is gravy. :)

Is there an option I am missing to tell it to do two jobs at a time from the job queue instead of one? Since doing high profile x264 ---> baseline profile low res x264 doesn't utilize the quad too much, but two encodes at a time would get it up there.

Thanks again for this awesome program. :)

[stax76]

I totally spaced on the place where I can type my own resize value in, I replaced the % in the resize function with Lanczos4resize(480,272) and all is gravy.

In that case better also disable aspect ratio signaling in the options, still I wonder why StaxRip don't get the aspect ratio right, I've tested the clip you uploaded thoroughly, at first I thought I had reproduced it but after further testing it was always working correctly and I tried all kind of things.

Is there an option I am missing to tell it to do two jobs at a time from the job queue instead of one?

I think MeGUI could do that but it's not possible with StaxRip, might work though using 2 StaxRip instances in parallel.

[Brother John]

Bug report:
StaxRip 1.1.1.9 beta has issues with YV12 decoders.
Xvid 1.2.2 is preferred and often forced as YV12 decoder. This is a bad idea since its chroma handling is broken with mod2 and mod4 resolutions, see sample screenshot (http://img5.imagebanana.com/img/kn3e1g4k/YV12decdemo.png).
FFDShow as YV12 decoder is not properly recognised by StaxRip (tested on WinXP Home 32bit SP3). When setting »ffdshow vfw config / codecs / raw video« to »YV12« FFDShow is correctly registered as YV12 decoder. This can be tested for example in VDubMod or older VDub (current VDub has inbuilt YV12 support) by opening a YV12 video and checking the decoder in »File / File information«. However StaxRip still complains about a missing YV12 decoder. Running the StaxRip application setup activates the broken Xvid decoder.
Possible cause: FFDShow doesn’t use the »vidc.YV12« entry in
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32.
You might be able to use »rawv« in
HKCU\Software\GNU\ffdshow_vfw
to detect an active FFDShow.
StaxRip does not recognise the properly working Helix YV12 decoder (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56972) (that uses the vidc.YV12 entry) and forces a switch back to Xvid. Similar problems might exist for other YV12 decoders as well.
Those problems combined make it impossible to use StaxRip with mod4 or mod2 resolutions because it is impossible to activate a non-broken YV12 decoder.

[stax76]

I guess it should check if either ffdshow or helix is registered and if not try to register in the the following order: helix, ffdshow, xvid

[stax76]

1.1.2 beta


Fixed x264 command line generation for --nr and --rc-lookahead switches
Updated x264 to rev 1310 and added new options for --b-pyramid
Improved default handling for various source formats


https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.0.7z/download

@Brother John

1.1.2 has it fixed hopefully

[bamsebo]

1.1.2 beta

https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.0.7z/download



works with m2t files out of the box as promised! :thanks:

Barry

[Brother John]

@Brother John

1.1.2 has it fixed hopefully
FFDShow (rev3111_20091022_clsid) is still not recognised. But Helix works now, and that’s good enough for me. Thanks!

[stax76]

You mean ffdshow is registered and used as YV12 decoder but StaxRip still ask to run the setup? This does not happen here. What I did in the latest version for the first time is ask VFW what decoder it uses. VFW gives the path to the library and StaxRip checks if it's either Helix (yv12vfw.dll), ffdshow (ff_vfw.dll) or xviD (xvidvfw.dll) and if there is no decoder or a different decoder it will ask to run the setup. The setup checks if Helix, ffdshow or XviD is present and registers the first it finds. Precedence is Helix, ffdshow, XviD. Seem to be a never ending story, for me it looks good now, please let me know what you think.

[w4tt4n4b3]

Stax, I loaded a source file on media info and got that it has 60ms audio delay.
When I load the file on staxrip and does the demuxing etc I go to edit the audio in Staxrip and see that the delay there is 28 or -28...
I'm still using the 1.1.1.0 version but I think I noticed it in the more recent ones as well...
Thanks.

[stax76]

StaxRip picks up the delay from the file name so it will only handle delay if a demuxer like DGIndex has written it to the file name.

The reason why autocrop fails btw. is dgavcdec, a library it uses to be precise, no fix yet.

[w4tt4n4b3]

Thanks a lot, mate.
Well I get the autocrop failure only in specific files and mostly those who are avc and sd resolution...

[w4tt4n4b3]

Stax, do you recommend to edit the audio delay in Staxrip according to the findings of MediaInfo or I should leave it at what it picks from the filename?

[stax76]

Depends on the demuxer and source, I've only experience with DVD and SD DVB where where the demuxers do fine.

[w4tt4n4b3]

Demuxer is the dgavc...

[kevbo]

I'm just starting out converting ATSC MPEG-2 to H264. I've used StaxRip for DVD conversions, and conversions of older 480i TV content, but never this.

So, my source is 1280x720 ATSC 720p MPEG-2.

It seems to me that, in the default list of filters that shows up when I run StaxRip 1.1.2.0, the only one I need is Source. Yadif seems to be totally inappropriate, as I have 720p content and I don't need to de-interlace. I don't need crop, because I want the full image.

The thing that's weird is that I ran an encode with yadif _enabled_, before I thought about it. It made 44 minutes of show to be about 1.2G. I reran the encode and disabled yadif, and the resulting file is larger, 1.65GB.

So, what should it be? I assume that Yadif actually did something...was it bad? The size difference there is pretty significant...what size should I be looking for, ballpark, for 44 minutes of video @ 1280x720p? The .h264 file was about 1.5GB. (the audio is just raw .ac3).

[flebber]

1.1.2 beta


Fixed x264 command line generation for --nr and --rc-lookahead switches
Updated x264 to rev 1310 and added new options for --b-pyramid
Improved default handling for various source formats


https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.0.7z/download

@Brother John

1.1.2 has it fixed hopefully

Thanks Stax. :)

[stax76]

@w4tt4n4b3

I'm pretty sure discussion of encoding of DVB captures is permitted. regarding dgavc please use the dgavc thread, I've little experience with it.

@kevbo

I'm not a filter expert, you could create a dedicated thread if you want to know exact. Probably Yadif smoothed the image which increased the compressibility, the difference is surprisingly big.

[flebber]

Stax 1.2 crashes when I start up. It was caused when on first start(clean install) I pressed browse custom directory and thats when staxrip crashed.

I have emailed you the diagnostic files.

[Brother John]

You mean ffdshow is registered and used as YV12 decoder but StaxRip still ask to run the setup?
Exactly, at least VDubMod uses ffdshow. When I enable YV12 in ffdshow’s VfW config and additionally manually add the vidc.YV12 registry entry (that wasn’t there before) and set it to ff_vfw.dll, then StaxRip works as well.

– Freshly installed Win XP Home 32bit, SP3 and current patches
– StaxRip 1.1.2.0 beta
– ffdshow version Oct 18 2009 18:16:02 (msvc 2008, x86, unicode, r3111)
– Xvid 1.2.2 (the one included with StaxRip)
– VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2

[stax76]

@flebber

Thanks, I'll upload a new version shortly.

@Brother John

It means then the VFW function StaxRip calls works only with the vidc.YV12 reg key, maybe I can find a function that works without this key.

[JeepinPete]

Just started using x264, and after poor results with Megui, I tried Staxrip. After taking a bit of time to get use to the workflow, I am very pleased with the results, except for the audio being out of sync with the video. I've encoded roughly 30 movies so far. Roughly half have audio sync issues.

A little background on what I am doing. In the past, I have ripped ~150 dvds using DVD Decrypter or DVD shrink, combining all the 1Gb VOB files into one VOB file, and stripping out all the menus and other BS. I use VLC player to watch the files, since MPC has always had tracking issues with the VOB files (IOW, it would skip through parts of the film).

Now I am converting the VOB files, starting the the quality setting, and making the following changes: Average Quantizer =19; Deblocking set at -1,-1; Partition P4X4 checked; Audio using existing file, in most cases the AC3 extracted from the VOB files. The video results are great, and the resulting MKV files work well in MPC.

The audio issues seems to be a simple offset. If I mess around with the delay settings in the player, I can get things right. So I guess I have two questions, one, why is the audio off, and two, is there anything I can do with the files I've already made to fix them?

Thanks,
Pete

[w4tt4n4b3]

Stax, I get this error when I encode with Staxrip an edited .ts file ...
The ts editors I used is h264ts_cutter and TSPE.
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

The following error occurred:

x264 Encoder failed with exit code 3

avis [info]: 512x576 @ 25.00 fps (162579 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast FastShuffle SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.0
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

I used the 1.1.1.0 version

Then I loaded the file on 1.1.9 version and got:
Error
------------------------------------------------------------

x264 Encoder failed with exit code 3

avis [info]: 512x560 @ 25.00 fps (174996 frames)
x264 [info]: using SAR=16/11
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast FastShuffle SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 3.0
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Now I cut 16 mins from the source file an accidental cut and load it. This time the 16mins file is encoded successfully so I start to believe is there any kind problem that staxrip may have depending the cutting points/frames, whether they are I-frames, b-frames or anything else?
The crash happens during the second pass...

Edit: The reason I suspect it has to be the editing applications that cause the problem is because if I load the source file without editing it then staxrip encodes it perfectly.

[vidmen]

:helpful:

Hello,
i have some problems by using staxrip 1.1.2.0

Source is a recorded Film by DVBViewer

Vid: ts
Aud: 5.1 DD

by splitt vid and aud in ProjectX everthing ist fine
after cutting the film ( commercials ) and selecting
the target format
Conatiner : mkv
Video : x264
Audio: "add existing" AC3-File ( Dont want to loose the 5.1 property )

everything is send to Virtualdub to create a cutted soundfile
in AC-Format

after complete recoding process Vid and Aud are not sync !!!

the first part is always fine
but if you reach the second part ( the first commercial cut )
the audio is always unsync.


is there anybody knowing whats going wrong here ?

if i record a film without commercial and the complete film
is one "block", everything is fine.

please help

:thanks:

vidmen

[stax76]

@vidmen

Problem could be ProjectX as it don't demux the video, when I noticed this it was too late because I couldn't find a old version that still did. Other problem is VirtualDubMod might fail on captured AC3 files, on DVD sources it seems reliable. I'm not sure what options you have, I'm using DVBViever everyday but hardly ever encode captures, even if I did I don't use AC3. You could try not cutting with StaxRip but use a external application like ProjectX, there are lots of MPEG-2 cutting tools.

@w4tt4n4b3

Runtime termination in x264 happens often due to a bug in a library used by dgavcdec. You could try to use a dshow decoder instead, in version 1.1.2 in the options under Preperation you would remove the dga extension from the dgavcdec preparer. The preparer is still active then meaning dgavcindex will demux the source file but StaxRip don't change the source file to dga after the Preparer finished, this means the source file don't change and thus will be handled with DirectShowSource. You don't have to manually change your source filter to DirectShowSource as StaxRip will notice when a incompatible source filter is used and try to detect which source filter to use best. You have to install a AVC dshow decoder like ffdshow. You also have to disable decoding preparers as you get audio demuxed by dgavcdec.

@JeepinPete

Sync issues with DVD sources are often caused by tiny cells of the DVD structure, if you don't need subs you can trim in the beginning with DGIndex. DVD Decrypter can disable tiny cells, DVD Shrink can also trim in the beginning, there is a video on how to do it, you can find a link to it in the initial post of this thread.

@flebber

StaxRip assumed the template dir contains only StaxRip templates, in your case it contained some other files, StaxRip might have damages this files as it tries to update the templates! It crashes when a file is locked which happened in your case, I've changed it to only look for StaxRip template files. Better use a dedicated dir for StaxRip settings!

[w4tt4n4b3]

@w4tt4n4b3

Runtime termination in x264 happens often due to a bug in a library used by dgavcdec. You could try to use a dshow decoder instead, in version 1.1.2 in the options under Preperation you would remove the dga extension from the dgavcdec preparer. The preparer is still active then meaning dgavcindex will demux the source file but StaxRip don't change the source file to dga after the Preparer finished, this means the source file don't change so the source files will be handled with DirectShowSource. You don't have to manually change your source filter to DirectShowSource as StaxRip will notice when a incompatible source filter is used and try to detect which source filter to use best. You have to install a AVC dshow decoder like ffdshow. You also have to disable decoding preparers as you get audio demuxed by dgavcdec.

Thanks, stax for the detailed reply. I have ffdshow installed in my pc. It is the 3072 revision.
This is great support for someone addicted to your application...

[JeepinPete]

Thanks for giving me some direction. I did a search on blank cells to get more info (couldn't find the video instructions). Sure enough, the first video I checked tonight had a couple seconds of blank space.

Now my next question. I already .264 file and the AC3 file. Is there any way of editing the .264 file rather than going through the entire encoding process again? That would save 5-6 hours on my computer...

Thanks again,
Pete

[w4tt4n4b3]

Stax, in the Preparations there are 2 options regarding DGAVC index, one is extension as you said the other by format. I will deactivate the by extension option only?
And how do I disable the audio decode preparers?
There is an option that says Decode audio using DirectShow. Should I leave this one enabled?

[stax76]

Now my next question. I already .264 file and the AC3 file. Is there any way of editing the .264 file rather than going through the entire encoding process again? That would save 5-6 hours on my computer...

Best create a dedicated thread: How to mux .264 and .ac3 file with unknown delay

in the Preparations there are 2 options regarding DGAVC index

Both were merged lately, I think already in the latest release, you can remove dga from both.

There is an option that says Decode audio using DirectShow. Should I leave this one enabled?

The dshow one is set for wmv sources only, the ffmpeg one is set for ts sources, since audio is demuxed no decoding is needed so you can disable both.

[w4tt4n4b3]

From Staxrip log...
Decoding ts using ffdshow.
The speed I get is surreal...

Edit: Encoding right now with 1.1.1.9...
I will download the 1.1.2 version later...

Edit No2: Stax, your instructions did the job. Encoding time in the end increased though. At some point it was 110fps and then started gradually but constantly dropping...
While the encoding was being executed there were 2 other applications visible, ffdshow decoder (avc1, ffmpeg) and haali splitter...

[w4tt4n4b3]

Reporting from the encoding frontier...
I used the 1.1.2 version. I disabled (unchecked) the Demux and Index AVC using DGAvc Index and also the Decode audio using DirectShow...
and go again the x264 Encoder failed with exit code -1

avis [info]: 1904x1072 @ 25.00 fps (131741 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast FastShuffle SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.0
x264 [error]: x264_encoder_encode failed

message halfway through the encoding process...

[Lupissimo]

Trying my "German HDTV" file I created the following template:

1. Preparation: disable Decode ts using ffdshow
disable Decode using audio DirectShow

2. Edited the Demux and index AVC using DGAVCIndex : to read Video Output Extensions: ( deleted dga)

With this the file can be edited and is encoded without error. But whenever I change the focus to another window Staxrip Log does not respond anymore and I have to kill the process.

[Ryo94]

When I try to open this file...


Complete name : F:\#Documentaries\video.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 557 MiB
Duration : 56mn 7s
Overall bit rate : 1 387 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-01-05 17:34:36
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.4.0 ('Fumbling Towards Ecstasy') built on Oct 11 2008 20:13:15
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 56mn 4s
Bit rate : 976 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 1 000 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 2.000
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.164
Stream size : 391 MiB (70%)
Writing library : x264 core 65 r1069M ed32ad2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=1000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=50000 / vbv_bufsize=50000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 56mn 7s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 77.1 MiB (14%)
Title : AC3 - 192Kbps
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 56mn 7s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 77.1 MiB (14%)
Title : Commentary
Language : English



... with StaxRip 1.1.2 I get this message:

------------------------------------------------------------
Demux MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV and DIVX files
------------------------------------------------------------

"H:\StaxRip_1.1.2.0_beta\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvextract.exe" tracks "F:\#Documentaries\video.mkv" 1:"F:\#Documentaries\video temp files\video.h264" 2:"F:\#Documentaries\video temp files\video - en-English.ac3" 3:"F:\#Documentaries\video temp files\video - en-English.ac3" --ui-language en

Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC' to the file 'F:\#Documentaries\video temp files\video.h264'. Container format: AVC/h.264 elementary stream
Extracting track 2 with the CodecID 'A_AC3' to the file 'F:\#Documentaries\video temp files\video - en-English.ac3'. Container format: Dolby Digital (AC3)
Error: Cannot write track 3 with the CodecID 'A_AC3' to the file 'F:\#Documentaries\video temp files\video - en-English.ac3' because track 2 with the CodecID 'A_AC3' is already being written to the same file.

Is there any way to set staxrip so I can open this file without problems?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Ryo94]

Another problem:

I want to convert an mkv files with 2 streams of audio to avi. Staxrip finish the convertion without any problem or warning but when I play the avi files I realize that the 2nd audio track sounds distorted and noisy. The problem seems to be in the wav=>mp3 conversion since the demuxed wav of the 2nd track sounds fine. I'm using StaxRip 1.1.2 on Windows XP SP3.

Here is a short sample of the input and output files + logs and screenshot.
http://rapidshare.com/files/301820101/video_samples.zip

[w4tt4n4b3]

I loaded the 1.1.1.0 version and disabled the option of DGAVC index by extrension and by format but left the Decode ts with FFDshow and the decode audio with directshow on.
I am at second pass 77% and so far so good...

I did not edit the DGAvc index choice, it seems I completely disabled the DGAavc index application from loading and functioning...

[w4tt4n4b3]

I disabled completely the DGAVC index choice. It did the trick.
Since that time though whenever I start staxrip, when I load a .ts file staxrip becomes to behave really sluggish while I try to set bitrate or change the audio encoding settings... And in the end when I try to add a job it lags again (becomes not responsive again) and then I get a message about timeout when trying to load or build the graph or it just goes non-responsive...
Could it be that playing with too many different versions of Staxrip may have messed the ffdshow or other components?
I have been experimenting with 1.1.1.0, 1.1.2 and 1.1.1.9 versions...

[stax76]

@w4tt4n4b3 & Lupissimo

Most problems seem to be due to default handling, configuration and used tools, it's not easy for me to help with HD since I don't have great experience with it, you could also check HDConvertToX. I had captures an hour of 1080p, used DivX dshow decoder, made a few cuts, handling cutting with NicAudio IIRC, no problems.

@Ryo94

The problem with mkv demuxing was StaxRip trying to use the same filename for both audio tracks since both audio tracks had the same language. I've fixed it by writing the stream number and stream title to the filename. For the second problem I have to wait until being able to download from rapidshare as there are currently little download slots and I'm downloading a couple of larger files.

[w4tt4n4b3]

Well what I can't understand is why one time it worked and then without changing anything in the configuration or the tools, it won't work...
Anyway, thanks Stax for the recommendation but I want to keep trying... Staxrip works fine with not edited .ts files.
And it seems to work with Video Redo edited files, but I want to make the freeware ones work with Staxrip...
It will be a lethal combination...

[Lupissimo]

@Stax : Do you have any idea why when I took the focus off Staxrip ( opened another window ) it just stopped encoding. and when I killed the task in the taskmanager it started encoding again and the encode 264 process was still running. This happened using the changed template as indicated before.

[stax76]

@Lupissimo

Doesn't sound good, the related code hasn't changed since a long time and it's the first report so it likely happens only under rare circumstances which are likely not easy to find.

[Ryo94]

@Ryo94

The problem with mkv demuxing was StaxRip trying to use the same filename for both audio tracks since both audio tracks had the same language. I've fixed it by writing the stream number and stream title to the filename. For the second problem I have to wait until being able to download from rapidshare as there are currently little download slots and I'm downloading a couple of larger files.

OK, thanks Stax!

[JarrettH]

I just switched over, Stax! Thanks for the continual development, it gives me great confidence that the program won't fall into some sort of stasis where it becomes broken.

One thing...why is ProjectX preferred over DGDecode? You can be sure I won't be installing Java for it :D

Also, do you remember ColorMatrix? http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/externalfilters/colormatrix.htm

I remember it being an essential fix once the problem was identified. Does StaxRip apply the same kind of correction or has ColorMatrix become outdated now?

[w4tt4n4b3]

Finally I got the Staxrip with disabled dgavc index both by format and extension to encode an edited with h264ts_cutter file. The bad thing though is that there is big audio/video desync in the end of the file. The desync is increasing progressively...

[Ryo94]

Hi Stax, here you have a mirror for the files related to the 2nd problem.

http://depositfiles.com/files/r9b9ibxfx

[nudelbubu]

hi there. I just updated to 1.1.2beta and the pause button didn't work anymore on an 2nd pass h264 encode (it can be pressed, changes the text to resume, but it doesn't pause the encoder).
syntax as follows, paths removed to make it more readable:
"x264.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 470 --preset slow --stats "ac.stats" --no-fast-pskip --b-pyramid normal --output "ac_EncoderOutput.h264" "ac.avs"

also, the new select template dialog is kind of annoying with my 11 templates. it barely fits into the screen with those giant buttons

the problem did _not_ occur on audio encoding or the first pass. on second pass it happens on the second and all following attempts to pause

the avs importer doesn't get the aspect ratio correct anymore. 1280x720 content is read with PAR 3:4 where it should be 1:1

[Ajax_Undone]

Is there a change log?

[Thasp]

I see there is a method to set an output directory for single files.

However, for batch encodes where there are 22 separate input files, is there a way to tell staxrip to output the 22 separate output files to a directory that is not the input file directory?

[Haubi]

Hi,

I was using StaxRip for the first time and I wonder at comparing the result from same DVD source with AutoGK:

http://www.abload.de/img/autogk5ahq.gif (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=autogk5ahq.gif)http://www.abload.de/img/staxkyv7.gif (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=staxkyv7.gif)


What I don't understand:
Why GSpot shows clearly that StaxRip made some mistakes to the correct values at "container", "frames" and "length" ...?
Thanks in advance for answers.

[JarrettH]

GSpot hasn't been updated in almost 3 years, it's probably wrong.

[Betsy25]

Haubi,

What info does MediaInfo give you ?

[Haubi]

OK, MediaInfo v0.7.25 shows up with

autogk.avi - Video Stream Size: 652 MiB (93%)
stax.avi - Video Stream Size: 644 MiB (92%)

more correct values than GSpot ...
Seems that GSpot made the mistake. Sorry for the inconvience. Thanks guys! :thanks:

[dvd_maniac]

What is the easiest way to upgrade Staxrip?
Everytime I download a new version of Staxrip I seem to break everything. All the applications locations are wrong as well as my templates.

[Ryo94]

What is the easiest way to upgrade Staxrip?
Since a couple of betas Stax is posting the "full package" with all the programs updated, never had a problem since then, I just delete the old version, decompress the new one and it's ready to be used. I really prefer this way over the old update assistent.

[Betsy25]

Hi Stax,

Any idea if the newest x264 revision will be supported ?:)

EDIT: I update to 1.2.0 beta, and now my output .avi files (Xvid) show the fading DivX logo when
being played on a PS3, this doesn't happen on PC and MediaInfo clearly shows it's Xvid, while
the PS3 states DivX and the DivX logo is there on the PS3.

Please, what did change to the 1.2.0 version, I didn't have that problem before ?
Also, I don't remember the VirtualDubMod do the actual encoding either, now it does ?????

[sander815]

i am using server2003 32bit OS to convert a lot of dv to h264 files

i decided to reinstall the system, because of some troubles i couldn't fix
after that i install staxrip, install cedocida, no other codecs, and i get this after loading a dv into staxrip:
DirectShowSource: couldn't open file E:\deel 1.avi:
No combination of filters could be found to render the stream.
(E:\deel 1 temp files\deel 1_Source.avs, line 1)

when i load the avi in vdubmod i get this
[i] Starting up: VirtualDubMod build 2540/release
AVI: Opening file "E:\deel 1.avi"
[i] AVI: OpenDML hierarchical index detected on stream 0.
[i] AVI: OpenDML hierarchical index detected on stream 1.
Beginning dub operation.
[E] Error: VideoSourceAVI error: The source image format is not acceptable.
(error code -2)

when i load the avs script into vdubmod:
Avisynth open failure:
DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\deel1.avi:
No combination of filters could be found to render the stream.
(D:\deel1 temp files\deel1_Source.avs, line 1)

what am i missing?

[nudelbubu]

not really sure about it, but as cedocida is a vfw codec, that might be the problem. try installing a directshowfilter like ffdshow or ffdshow-tryouts.

I just found the changelog at help->changelog :eek:
/me fails

@Betsy25: Where did you get 1.2.0? the latest version on sourceforge is 1.1.2.0 atm.

[stax76]

Any idea if the newest x264 revision will be supported?

I was reading there are some problems with some new features.

I update to 1.2.0 beta, and now my output .avi files (Xvid) show the fading DivX logo when
being played on a PS3, this doesn't happen on PC and MediaInfo clearly shows it's Xvid, while
the PS3 states DivX and the DivX logo is there on the PS3.

You probably used DirectShowSource with DivX as decoder, maybe there is a option to disable the logo otherwise you can use ffdshow.

Everytime I download a new version of Staxrip I seem to break everything. All the applications locations are wrong as well as my templates.

Everything is included and should be easy to run, the all included package is much easier for most users and me. Maybe your packer didn't extract the 7z file properly, I had quite a few reports because of that.

I see there is a method to set an output directory for single files.

However, for batch encodes where there are 22 separate input files, is there a way to tell staxrip to output the 22 separate output files to a directory that is not the input file directory?

Did you try Options / Basic / Default Target Directory?

hi there. I just updated to 1.1.2beta and the pause button didn't work anymore on an 2nd pass h264 encode (it can be pressed, changes the text to resume, but it doesn't pause the encoder).

I didn't change this code since the feature was added, maybe I could use a small external command line application for pausing if there is one that works better than my code. IIRC I saw one included in ffcoder.

also, the new select template dialog is kind of annoying with my 11 templates. it barely fits into the screen with those giant buttons

Should be OK on Vista/7, it was huge on XP, fixed in next version.

the avs importer doesn't get the aspect ratio correct anymore. 1280x720 content is read with PAR 3:4 where it should be 1:1

There were general issues with HD sources, fixed in next version.

One thing...why is ProjectX preferred over DGDecode?

It worked perfectly for DVB while DGIndex always failed, ProjectX support is broke now however since I lost the old version which did actually demux the video, for some reason I can't make it work with the current version, maybe it's just because I changed the command line. I still have a DVB card and even use it daily, I just don't encode captures but rather DVD's. Maybe I find something next time I convert a capture.

Also, do you remember ColorMatrix? http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/...olormatrix.htm

I remember it being an essential fix once the problem was identified. Does StaxRip apply the same kind of correction or has ColorMatrix become outdated now?

I'm not well informed in this area.

I want to convert an mkv files with 2 streams of audio to avi. Staxrip finish the convertion without any problem or warning but when I play the avi files I realize that the 2nd audio track sounds distorted and noisy.

MKV demuxing was broke, I fixed it and then noticed BassAudio which is used by default fails on the second stream. I tried then to force dshow decoding, this was also broke, fixed it too but looked for another way not relying on dshow. I found out ffmpeg can decode SBR when faad is specified. Next version will handle AAC with ffmpeg, hopefully it's more robust, it worked with your sample (LC) and with a sample from me (HE).

[Ryo94]

MKV demuxing was broke, I fixed it and then noticed BassAudio which is used by default fails on the second stream. I tried then to force dshow decoding, this was also broke, fixed it too but looked for another way not relying on dshow. I found out ffmpeg can decode SBR when faad is specified. Next version will handle AAC with ffmpeg, hopefully it's more robust, it worked with your sample (LC) and with a sample from me (HE).

Thanks a lot Stax!

[nudelbubu]

...the pause button didn't work anymore on an 2nd pass h264 encode...
I didn't change this code since the feature was added, maybe I could use a small external command line application for pausing if there is one that works better than my code. IIRC I saw one included in ffcoder.
Could be this is simply the first time I tried pausing the encode twice. It's weird though that this doesn't affect the first pass and also only happens the second time you try to pause the same second pass. So my guess would be its not the code for pausing but a button status not being reset when pressing resume or something like that.

thx for fixing the rest.


Something else bugging me right now is the validation of avs scripts by staxrip. I'm currently doing some encodes using an inpaint function, which does an automatic scan of the video file on initialization. This scan needs approx 1/4 realtime. While staxrip validates on avs import and on starting the encode the scan is executed twice without beeing needed.
So I'd like to request an option to disable the validation on a per template base. I hope this is possible without causing too much work. :thanks:

[stax76]

I changed pausing/resuming, it will hopefully work better, doesn't seem to be rocket science:

Private Sub bSuspend_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles bSuspend.Click
For Each i As ProcessThread In Proc.Process.Threads
Dim h = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, False, i.Id)
SuspendThread(h)
CloseHandle(h)
Next
End Sub

Private Sub bResume_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles bResume.Click
For x = Proc.Process.Threads.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
Dim h = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, False, Proc.Process.Threads(x).Id)
ResumeThread(h)
CloseHandle(h)
Next
End Sub

So I'd like to request an option to disable the validation on a per template base. I hope this is possible without causing too much work.

I don't think I can easily fix this, the script can be opened to extract info or displayed in many different situations. Maybe you can change the script to perform the initialization only if a certain variable is enabled and enable it only prior encoding.

[nudelbubu]

ic. thats ok then, especially with your variable hint pointing me in the right direction ^^
for those interested, here's what I did:
ready.avs:
ready=0
script.avs:
Import("ready.avs")
out = (ready==1 ? InpaintFunc(in,...) : in)

In Staxrip->Tools->Event Commands added a command for "Before Project Encoding",
Criteria "Template Name" "Is" "My Template"
Command "Perform->Execute Command Line"
Command Line: "cmd /C echo ready=^1>%source_dir%ready.avs"

with this the function won't be executed before the first encoding pass and all the useless overhead is gone. \o/

had to add %source_dir% as current dir is set to the last path opened in staxrip

[stax76]

1.1.2.1 beta

Added support for DivX Plus, iPod, iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360 and Zune
Added support for .NET 3.5 Client Profile which is much smaller than the full framework
Added new FAQ at wikispaces which is a very good free wiki service
Added x264 version 1342 with new option --weightp
Added DGMPGDEC version 1.5.6
Fixed bug aspect ratio not properly detected for some HD sources
Fixed bug command line import in x264 dialog not working properly
Fixed bug MKV demuxing not working properly
Fixed bug AAC decoding not working properly
Fixed bug DirectShow decoding not working properly
Fixed bug showing too big commandlink buttons on XP
Fixed bug pausing/resuming processes not working properly
Fixed bug AVCSource() being forced for dga files preventing NV tools usage
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.1_beta.7z/download

[rachzps]

Is there any way to get the mp4 profiles of verion 1.1.1.0?
Specifically those of Anime, I was given excellent results

[stax76]

Hi and welcome, there are many requests regarding MeGUI profiles so I wrote something about it in the new FAQ (http://stax76.wikispaces.com/StaxRip+FAQ#toc1). It mentions the tune feature which has a anime option.

[Havokdan]

I had problems with conversion of an audio file mp4 (h264/aac) to avi (Xvid/mp3), the audio was slow.I try to change the mode of audio encode.

[stax76]

I wish the defaults would have handled it properly after I've changed it to decode using ffmpeg in the latest release, please upload a sample or post at least media info.

[Havokdan]

Staxrip crash, i try send diagnostic to emaill, but failed. I'll try to reproduce the error again.

[stax76]

So there is a problem with my or your email provider?

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Looks like a bug in ffmpeg:

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 22mn 44s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 56.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 75.8 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 9.12 MiB (13%)
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-19 11:42:29
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-19 11:42:29


"C:\StaxRip\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -acodec libfaad -i "C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.m4a" -y -ac 2 "C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.wav"
FFmpeg version SVN-r19159-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.30. 2 / 52.30. 2
libavformat 52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 0. 5. 0 / 0. 5. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2009 04:25:02, gcc: 4.5.0 20090517 (experimental)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.m4a':
Duration: 00:22:44.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 56 kb/s
Stream #0.0(und): Audio: aac, 24000 Hz, stereo, s16
Output #0, wav, to 'C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.wav':
Stream #0.0(und): Audio: pcm_s16le, 24000 Hz, stereo, s16, 768 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0

[Havokdan]

The funny thing is that only happened with that particular file, other files conversion occurred normally. I sent the log and sample via pm, because I think this file violates the rules of the forum, could take it out?

[stax76]

Has anybody experience with ffmpeg bug reporting? It should be reported to ffmpeg.

[stax76]

@Havokdan

It also failed on a AAC SBR file created with StaxRip, I'm gonna use faad2 in the next version, this seem to work.

[microchip8]

AAC downsamples the frequency when in SBR (Spectral Band Replication) mode so it's no wonder you'll see 48 kHz in mediainfo and 24 kHz in ffmpeg. I suspect both have a different way of detecting sample rates in SBR AAC files, which can confuse some

[alaxa]

Hi there,
I don;t know how to fix/debug it but sometimes when I start a FileBatch encoding (xVid+2x Mp3) staxRip crashes. It happens right after the beSweet transcoding.
Any help?

thanks.

[stax76]

@alaxa

How do you know it crashes?

[alaxa]

How do you know it crashes?

I get a windows about "staxRip crashed" which asks me if I do want to send such bug report to Microsoft

thanks,
a.

[stax76]

You mean the crash dialog of Windows? This would be bad since it don't give much debug info. What operating system do you run?

[alaxa]

You mean the crash dialog of Windows? This would be bad since it don't give much debug info. What operating system do you run?

windows XP sp3
To be honest I never tried a such batch encoding, I always did it by hand. It's a pity, I've around 50 episodes to encode :P
Thanks anyhow

a.

[Ajax_Undone]

Is there a change log...

[stax76]

There is no full changelog online, I'm announcing new versions in this thread, the latest is here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1346210#post1346210).

[Betsy25]

I experience the same slow audio after encoding to MP4 (as here : http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1346336#post1346336 ).
What I was seeing during the conversion is that the audio is seen as exactly double (2x) the length it actually has.

After the encoding finished, my MP4 played as beeing 5 hours long, while it actually is 2,5 hours and the audio plays at half speed.

[stax76]

Next version uses faad2 for aac decoding which should work much better than ffmpeg and BassAudio which was used previously.

[turok]

thats nice to hear. hey stax, is there a way for you to make the audio profiles/codec configuration more noob friendly? I would prefer to select constant 80kbps and select HE-AAC without typing it. its a bit annoying and a bother. Of course I could save profiles for it but well... it be a lot simpler if this was done hope I wasn't much of a bother.

[molitar]

Ok I just heard about this software.. tried beta and nothing made sense.. no animation profile, ect.. no x264 profile.. only DivX and it failed every single time.. so tried staxrip stable 1.1 and all the download now buttons don't work so still can't run the program though it was much simpler and would be a heck of a lot easier since the profiles were there but can't run because the versions it wants does not match. Is their a get started tutorial for staxrip because so far it won't work for me.

so far Neither the latest beta or stable ran for me.. try to open crop window.. locks up.. try to do anything it locks up.. what a buggy software.

x264 Encoder failed with exit code -1073741819

[stax76]

@turok

I've added some new profiles for the next version.

@molitar

Please try version 1.1.2.1 and post media info for the source you tried to open (generally a good idea :-). Next version will add a lot more profiles but creating your own isn't difficult. There might be a bug here and there, most of the time there are workarounds and quick fixes. Maybe you need a bit more patience.

[Lupissimo]

Is there any news about this problem:

"In the meantime I did the following test: recording on ASTRA 19

Astra HD Testtransmission 1080i, 25fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding h264 ok
Anixe HD 1080i, 25fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding h264 ok
ARD Das Erste HD,ZDF HD and Arte HD: 720p, 50fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding crashes after about 260 frames

I used differnet hardware ( Technisat HD2 and Tevii 460 PCIe ) no change , Record Program DVBViewer 4.2.1.0.
Lupissimo "

As DGAVCDec is withdrawn, I am at a loss whether the problem is solved?? Staxrip 1.1.2.1 beta still crashes and the modification of the template does not help anymore.

Lupissimo

[stax76]

I'll change the defaults for avc ts to dss, if it's easy to build grf files I'll do it too, it would if help somebody telling me which filters work best.

[flebber]

I'll change the defaults for avc ts to dss, if it's easy to build grf files I'll do it too, it would if help somebody telling me which filters work best.

Work best? Maybe I have missed it in this thread but what filter types are you looking for? I posted some filter suggestions in your other thread but if you are looking for something specific I glad to help.

[stax76]

Fast, robust and if possible free AVC dshow decoder filter.

[swaaye]

When trying to use DGMultiSource() as a source filter, Staxrip will instead switch to AVCSource! Problem! :)

[flebber]

Fast, robust and if possible free AVC dshow decoder filter.

I am tired because you don't mean ffdshow or coreavc do you?

[stax76]

@swaaye

It's fixed in the new version.

@flebber

I made a small test, the DivX H.264 decoder seem to be the fastest free H.264 decoder.

@Lupissimo

The new version handles H.264 in TS by default with dshow, I've setup dshow to use DivX as H.264 decoder and ffdshow as audio decoder. In my test the DivX decoder was the fastest decoder. There is a new dialog showing some links and hints regarding dshow. I hope it works now better for you.

[stax76]

1.1.2.2 beta

Added option to force source display aspect ratio
Added option to force static crop values
Added option to show an application's help file in the Applications dialog
Added support for sub menus in the filter menu
Added various new AviSynth filters profiles
Added various new audio and video profiles and changed menu structure
Added menu to choose image size in main dialog
Added menu to override the auto detection of the source PAR
Added task dialog to quickly find and perform the following tasks: batch encode files using audio profiles, copy macros, reset settings, show the help file of application, launch a application, open the directory of a application, show the website of a application
Added option to play various files (Tools / Play File)
Added option to show various files (Tools / Show File)
Added option to show media info on various files (Tools / Media Info)
Added x264 zones feature to preview
Added support for OGM sources
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.9
Updated x264 to rev 1354
Fixed bug AAC decoding not working, now using FAAD2 instead of ffmpeg
Fixed crash using the auto overcrop feature used in the iPod template
Fixed bug causing mkv demuxing to fail on unusual ordered streams
Fixed bug preventing DGMultiSource to be used
Changed TS AVC handling from DGAVCDEC to DirectShow
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.2_beta.7z/download

[minda76]

Hi,

Thanks for the new version. When i tried to edit "resize/image options" staxrip has crashed!System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StaxRip.OptionsForm.ShowAdvancedNode(String value)
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenOptionsDialog(String section)
at StaxRip.MainForm._Lambda$__77()
at StaxRip.UI.ActionMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[MuLTiTaSK]

thanks for a new version stax i got some errors with lastest beta first one trying to open image options from main form second trying to open a custom avisynth filter profile

StaxRip has crashed!

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StaxRip.AviSynthFilter.get_Name()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.Load()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.EditClick(Func`1 docDelegate)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Edit()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm.bEdit_Click()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm._Lambda$__124(Object a0, EventArgs a1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

StaxRip has crashed!

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StaxRip.AviSynthFilter.get_Name()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.Load()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.EditClick(Func`1 docDelegate)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Edit()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm.bEdit_Click()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm._Lambda$__124(Object a0, EventArgs a1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[flebber]

If I select a filter right click and select add afer opening any category such source,noise etc and click on the "+" to expand the advanced menu the add filter window dissapears.

[Havokdan]

I have the same problem as mentioned Flebber.

[burfadel]

Yes, the same happens here too. It did open up eventually though...

[stax76]

Flebber says '+' but on Win 7 with default setup there is no '+' so maybe it happens only if Visual Styles are disabled or on XP or on certain .NET setups or it's a problem loading old settings.

[Lupissimo]

@Stax :Thank you for the new version. I have installed Divx7 especially for it (normally I try to use as few codecs as possible to keep my system simple, which is still XP SP3). Before loading the file.ts I disabled crop and field and accepted the fddshow message( use it once). Opening the preview I only get a single frame which looks completely different from the captured video. The encoded video also only shows the frozen frame. The audio is ok. Do you still have my sample and did you try to encode it?

Lupissimo

[stax76]

@Lupissimo

I'm not sure I still have your sample but it's more likely a dshow problem. What was that for a sample? I've used a ARD HD sample recently for testing. Did you verify which filters are used using GraphStudio?

[Lupissimo]

ARD HD sample is the same I was using just now. In graph Studio I can see all the required filters( Menue Filters), but I am not sure whether they are used. Its the first time I used this software. Normally I set the filter merits in Zoomplayer.

[stax76]

Just drop your ts file on GraphStudio, it'll build a graph then, it has a info feature (View / Text information (Ctrl+T)), it prints the following here:


--------------------------------------------------
Filters
--------------------------------------------------
1. D:\Aufnahmen\11-30_22-48-38_Das Erste HD_.ts
2. DivX H.264 Decoder
3. ffdshow Audio Decoder
4. Video Renderer
5. Default DirectSound Device

[Lupissimo]

I:\DVBRECORD\12-03_17-34-04_Das Erste HD_.ts
File: I:\DVBRECORD\12-03_17-34-04_Das Erste HD_.ts
2. ffdshow Audio Decoder
3. MainConcept AVC/H.264 Video Decoder
4. AC3Filter
5. Video Renderer
6. Default DirectSound Device
This is the result. It uses Mainconcept because thats the one used in DVBviewer (It uses only 20%CPU vs. Divx 40%). I will play withe the merits to make it use Divx

[stax76]

On Vista/Win 7 you would have get a task dialog btw., this API is new in Vista and heavily used by StaxRip for showing hyperlinks in messages, expand/hide long messages like the stack trace on crashes, messages with timeout closing automatically, link to copy messages to the clipboard and visit the support forum, checkbox to not show dialogs a second time and many other things, on XP you see only a message box, or something else half baked or no message at all and it's more likely to contain bugs since I don't test XP.

http://h.imagehost.org/t/0116/taskdialog.jpg (http://h.imagehost.org/view/0116/taskdialog)

[stax76]

I don't know the main concept decoder. Is it free? I tried ffdshow and MS which is included with Win 7 and they have worked too. Do you need the AC3 filter, I'm using ffdshow only.

[Lupissimo]

I got this message box also in XP :-)! But I did not succeed in getting a graph using divx , even though I changed the divx merrit to FF8000 and set Maincept to 008000.
Any idea how to get divx into the graph?? I would not like to completely uninstall mainconcept.

[Lupissimo]

Mainconcept comes with the DVB-Satcard. The AC3 I need because of the HDMI link to the Plasma display

[stax76]

I know only the Win 7 way like the task dialog message explains, on XP I've used MPC IIRC to change merits. From where do you know about the main concept decoder? It's not very popular here.

[Lupissimo]

As it came with the DVB Satcard software and gave better results than the coreavc codec I have used this. Lately Zoomplayer uses the latest ffddshow for h264 decoding as default.

[Ryo94]

Rare
While when I tried 1.1.2.1 never got a crash now after tried v1.1.2.2 close it and return to v1.1.2.1 I get a crash when I make right clic on any filter.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ue1nib.jpg

Problem
At difference with v1.1.2.1 in v1.1.2.2 the autocrop crops half of the picture although there is nothing to crop, this didn't happen with v1.1.2.1, tested with the mkv sample that I uploaded weeks ago (the mkv with 2 audio streams)

Suggestion
Love the new audio profiles but the menus are to large, grouping by codec would be nice, also would be nice the return of the MP3 VBR -V0 among the audio profiles (I know that I can add it manually anyway)

:thanks: for this new version Stax :)

[stax76]

While when I tried 1.1.2.1 never got a crash now after tried v1.1.2.2 close it and return to v1.1.2.1 I get a crash when I make right clic on any filter.

I can only provide feedback for the latest version so if it crashes please send diagnostic files which StaxRip should suggest.

At difference with v1.1.2.1 in v1.1.2.2 the autocrop crops half of the picture although there is nothing to crop, this didn't happen with v1.1.2.1, tested with the mkv sample that I uploaded weeks ago (the mkv with 2 audio streams)

I'll test it if the file is still available.

Love the new audio profiles but the menus are to large, grouping by codec would be nice, also would be nice the return of the MP3 VBR -V0 among the audio profiles (I know that I can add it manually anyway)

I think it's better to have the most common stuff on top level with newbie friendly names. The menu structure is 100% customizable however so it's not a big issue.

[stax76]

Hi everybody,

Since the latest version was somehow broken I've uploaded a new one hoping it works better.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.3_beta.7z/download

1.1.2.3 beta

Added option to the profiles dialog to batch move profiles out of and into sub menus
Added new AviSynth plugins and filter profiles
Added new handling to deal with settings stored with old versions
Added better help integration
Replaced AviSynth plugin auto loading with manual loading
Fixed crashes reported by various users


It should not delete filter profiles, filter setup profiles, audio profiles or video profiles but rather move the old profiles into a Backup sub menu. I've tested this version loading projects, templates and profiles from version 1.1.1.4. The questions and notifications about new settings are also gone. This should save users from a lot of pain. Apparently StaxRip is not the only x264 GUI with issues loading old profiles. I hope this version improves the situation. Technically it's not a simple issue. Using anything from a backup menu should only be done with caution however, settings should be verified. I hope I can use this strategy for other settings as well. Also related here is the new feature in the profiles dialog to batch move profiles in the menu structure.

Not forcing or using plugin auto loading was done because new plugins were added and some users will find it surely annoying if a application dumps or renames all kind of plugins and help files in their plugin directory.

At difference with v1.1.2.1 in v1.1.2.2 the autocrop crops half of the picture although there is nothing to crop, this didn't happen with v1.1.2.1, tested with the mkv sample that I uploaded weeks ago (the mkv with 2 audio streams)

It's probably because I changed it to use only 8 instead of 20 samples for H.264 because 20 samples can be so painful slow that users could think the application did freeze.

[Lighto]

Was trying to convert a .flv and I got this.


StaxRip has to rely on DirectShow filters to open this source file. This requires DirectShow filters necessary to open the source file being installed. Recommended filters are:

<a href="http://www.divx.com/en/products/software/windows/divx">DivX 7 for H.264 decoding</a>

<a href="http://haali.su/mkv">Haali Media Spliter to read various container formats</a>

<a href="http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/index.php">ffdshow for everything else</a>

The filters might have to be activated using <a href="http://www.codecguide.com/windows7_preferred_filter_tweaker.htm">Win7DSFilterTweaker</a>. To verify which filters are active <a href="http://blog.monogram.sk/janos/tools/monogram-graphstudio">MONOGRAM GraphStudio</a> can be used.



When I selected "Try to open", there wasn't any audio track in the GUI.
The converted video didn't have audio as well.

Any idea how to fix this?:thanks:

[stax76]

Please upload a sample clip and mail me the link. If you have some command line experience take a look at Options / Demux & Decode.

[Havokdan]

When I select a filter to change it, the checkbox disappears.

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Please select Help / Make Bug Report from the main menu to send me diagnostic files giving me your system specs and attach a screenshot.

[Havokdan]

Mere cosmetic problem, look at the image:

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/10/imagemz.th.jpg (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/imagemz.jpg/)

[stax76]

Is that new since I changed from using a dialog to the menu? Is that a default theme and from which OS? I can try forcing a redraw.

[flebber]

Mere cosmetic problem, look at the image:

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/10/imagemz.th.jpg (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/imagemz.jpg/)

I had that but then clicked on word again and check box reappeared.

Other than that all else seems to be working encode just completed. New menuing(is that a word?) options seem good. Like it working well :)

[Havokdan]

I'm using Windows XP SP3, in fact I was using another theme (Vistaluna Basic) and changed to the default theme (Luna), but problem persists regardless of the chosen theme.

[Havokdan]

Another cosmetic bug:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3640/imagemtfx.th.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/i/imagemtfx.jpg/)

Regardless of the theme used

[stax76]

@Havokdan & flebber

Hard to tell what's causing these issue, I'll add redraw calls hoping it helps.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Lighto

same thing happened to me

http://i49.tinypic.com/2n6cec3.png


Please upload a sample clip and mail me the link. If you have some command line experience take a look at Options / Demux & Decode.

stax here is a sample (http://tinyurl.com/yc5t2f2)

[Ryo94]

1.1.2.3 beta

Added option to the profiles dialog to batch move profiles out of and into sub menus
Added new AviSynth plugins and filter profiles
Added new handling to deal with settings stored with old versions
Added better help integration
Replaced AviSynth plugin auto loading with manual loading
Fixed crashes reported by various users


It should not delete filter profiles, filter setup profiles, audio profiles or video profiles but rather move the old profiles into a Backup sub menu. I've tested this version loading projects, templates and profiles from version 1.1.1.4. The questions and notifications about new settings are also gone. This should save users from a lot of pain

Thanks for the profile backups Stax!

It's probably because I changed it to use only 8 instead of 20 samples for H.264 because 20 samples can be so painful slow that users could think the application did freeze.

The crop works great manually anyway :thanks:

[icevoodoo]

Hi to everyone,

I need a little help from all of you to make my computer work like before.
What is the problem. After installing the version 1.1.2.2., all the movies i make i have a delay between sound and video. To be more accurate, the sound come first and after the video. Everything i have done it happens the same each time.

My settings are not different from the past versions.

Please any advice is welcomed.


PS: I encode to mkv container.

Thank you very much, and STAX... good work man till now, and keep going.

[MuLTiTaSK]

http://i48.tinypic.com/osv1cj.png

i keep getting this error when i try to open the preview window then the program crashes:confused:

AviSynth Script
LoadPlugin("J:\StaxRip_1.1.2.3_beta\Applications\AviSynth plugins\DGDecode.dll")

SetMTMode(2,0)
MPEG2Source("K:\00075.track_4113 temp files\00075.track_4113.d2v")
SetMTMode(5)
FFT3DGPU(sigma=2.0, precision=2, plane=4, bt=4, bw=64, bh=64, ow=32, oh=32)
SetMTMode(2)
Spline36Resize(1280,720)

[Atak_Snajpera]

remove all SetMTmode because they are useless. Resizer is fast enough in single thread. Also GPU plugins are not compatible with MT.

[MuLTiTaSK]

remove all SetMTmode because they are useless. Resizer is fast enough in single thread. Also GPU plugins are not compatible with MT.
i removed them and it works again but i use it to help utilize all cores on my i7 is there a better way?

stax any chance for 64 bit x264 support?

pipe buffers to feed 32 bit Avisynth to 64 bit x264 using avs2yuv for a slight speed boost (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144140)

[Lighto]

Please upload a sample clip and mail me the link. If you have some command line experience take a look at Options / Demux & Decode.

PM'd the link to you, :thanks:.

Edit: Couldn't get the PM to work, here's the link.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HO15CKRT

[Pencil5]

Batch appears to be broken in 1.1.2.3. Every time I add a few files after setting the bitrate, it tries to encode them at a much higher birate than I specify, most likely to the default file size of a 90 minute movie at that bitrate.

[stax76]

stax any chance for 64 bit x264 support?

I guess it's not difficult to add so I have to think about it.

@Lighto

It says 'The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.'

@Pencil5

It's more a feature than a bug, I've added it to the FAQ (http://stax76.wikispaces.com/StaxRip+FAQ#toc2) since it was asked a few times before.

[Mixer73]

64bit: I guess it's not difficult to add so I have to think about it.

If encoding is anything like decoding then ALL of the filters used in encoding would also have to be 64bit, but I'm happy to be corrected if I am wrong on this.

Has anybody ever done a 32-bit vs 64-bit benchmark? Is there a specific benefit to going x64?

[stax76]

You should find some info here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144140).

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax

first of all your doing a great job bud hope your enjoying your holidays.

a simple setting to use 64 bit x264 with avs2yuv would be awesome.

keep getting error below after i tweak filters and try to open

http://i46.tinypic.com/2aeo8pd.png
http://i49.tinypic.com/2dmfqye.png


script opens perfectly fine in AvsP and plays in MPC-HC
LoadPlugin("J:\StaxRip_1.1.2.3_beta\Applications\AviSynth plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("J:\StaxRip_1.1.2.3_beta\Applications\AviSynth plugins\UnDot.dll")
SetMTMode(2,0)
MPEG2Source("J:\BR\BDMV\STREAM\00078.m2ts_1 temp files\00078.m2ts_1.d2v")
ColorMatrix()
Crop(0,136,-0,-136)
UnDot()
SetMTMode(5)
FFT3DGPU(sigma=2.0, precision=2, plane=4, bt=4, bw=64, bh=64, ow=32, oh=32)
SetMTMode(2)
Spline64Resize(1920,800)
Trim(204,2220)

maybe something to with autoloading plugins?

did you check out clip (http://tinyurl.com/yc5t2f2) i uploaded for audio encoding

[quantum5uicid3]

i dont think fft3dgpu works with mt

[Deinorius]

No, it really doesn't work well with MT.

[MuLTiTaSK]

i dont think fft3dgpu works with mt

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1076242&postcount=692
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1077399#post1077399
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1077441&postcount=694

yes it does its just my gpu its running out of memory cleaning 1080p source i have to tweak script settings

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=610163#post610163

FAQ:
Q: What does it mean when I get a popup box Unexpected error encountered with Error Code: D3DERR_OUTOFVIDEOMEMORY.

A: It means that fft3dgpu needs more memory than there are availebol on the graphics card. So either you will have to upgrade or try lowering the resolution, precision, bt,bh,bw,ow,oh or use usefloat16=true or mode 0 or 2

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

It's likely a bug in a AviSynth plugin which tried to corrupt memory managed by the .NET runtime.

Regarding your file, it was a Blueray m2ts file containing MPEG-2 video and 2 PCM audio tracks, media info didn't show which language it was. DGIndex can open it and extract a pcm file. I tried to convert the pcm file with eac3to but it said it couldn't find parameters and they should be passed manually. I'm not sure but I guess PCM files don't contain meta data which would be very bothersome. I've also tried to open the m2ts file with eac3to directly which gave an error so I'm not sure what would be a good way to handle the file.

@quantum5uicid3 & Deinorius

Thanks for clarifying.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@MuLTiTaSK

It's likely a bug in a AviSynth plugin which tried to corrupt memory managed by the .NET runtime.

Regarding your file, it was a Blueray m2ts file containing MPEG-2 video and 2 PCM audio tracks, media info didn't show which language it was. DGIndex can open it and extract a pcm file. I tried to convert the pcm file with eac3to but it said it couldn't find parameters and they should be passed manually. I'm not sure but I guess PCM files don't contain meta data which would be very bothersome. I've also tried to open the m2ts file with eac3to directly which gave an error so I'm not sure what would be a good way to handle the file.

@quantum5uicid3 & Deinorius

Thanks for clarifying.

the file got borked when i split it with DGSplit thats why eac3to cant process it i uploaded a new complete clip (http://tinyurl.com/yhon4ja) that i did'nt split that eac3to handles with no problem it has 2 .pcm tracks 1 2.0 other 5.1 that eac3to can convert to .ac3 i used simple eac3to gui for newbies like me (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145574)

as for the memory problem it happens only with 1080p sources with my gpu i fixed it when i changed some fft3dGPU settings:)

[MuLTiTaSK]

you can demux it with tsmuxer or UsEac3to to get all tracks

[alexcel]

Hi Stax:

Version 1.1.2.3. seems to have broken the Add harcoded sub feature.

It was working great with version 1.1.2.1 and previous

Please, help. and thx for the great job

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Thanks for the files, it's not a small task so it'll take some time.

@alexcel

I did a small test and it still worked:

TextSub("E:\Samples\DVD\Traffic\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_0.English.srt")

[Raboo]

Does anyone have a project template for Sony Ericsson Satio.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

your welcome i know if you can you will;)

stax76 support and work on this amazing program is unmatched

unbelievable how one man's amazing programing skills is helping so many encode there media to quality backups

hope life is treating you good and again :thanks:

if you need any early beta testing let me know ill be glad to help you as much as i can

[Lighto]

I guess it's not difficult to add so I have to think about it.

@Lighto

It says 'The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable.'

@Pencil5

It's more a feature than a bug, I've added it to the FAQ (http://stax76.wikispaces.com/StaxRip+FAQ#toc2) since it was asked a few times before.

I will try to upload to mediafire.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wyy4zeykncm

[alexcel]

@alexcel

I did a small test and it still worked:

TextSub("E:\Samples\DVD\Traffic\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_0.English.srt")

It is not working with vobsub idx/sub files....
Sorry I did not mention before

[_DW_]

I seem to recall that at one point Stax was able to seperate subtitles and mux them in with audio and video. Has that feature been removed?

[Deinorius]

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1076242&postcount=692
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1077399#post1077399
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1077441&postcount=694

yes it does its just my gpu its running out of memory cleaning 1080p source i have to tweak script settings Your links tell me, that it's not running well with MT. SetMTMode 5 and 6 are used for such badly running filters.

[Ryo94]

Same cosmetic problem here,

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8052/picpa.th.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/picpa.jpg/)

Windows XP SP3, default theme.

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Glad to help, I've started getting into blueray but it will be a long way to go, it's somehow frustrating to keep up with the growing format jungle. Great feedback will certainly help. Trying to support everything will end up in things being half baked so I'll focus on basic things and hope being able to add some advanced things here and there as well.

@Lighto

Thanks for uploading the file, I'll check it.

It is not working with vobsub idx/sub files....
Sorry I did not mention before

No problem but I tried this too now and it also still worked. I don't spend much time with subtitles but please let me know if you have a idea what could cause the problem.

I seem to recall that at one point Stax was able to seperate subtitles and mux them in with audio and video. Has that feature been removed?

I don't have changed anything in this area but potentially any feature can break at any time.

@Ryo94

Seem to happen on many if not all XP systems. I'll try to upload a hotfix.

[Joel.W]

Stax,

Updated to 1.1.2.3b. I like the new layout and profiles, but forcefilm appears to be broken.
When backing up progressive DVDs, DGIndex may say it is 98% film, but when its done the main screen displays 29.97.
Also where it used to display anamorphic its now blank. Is this intentional?
I've been using IVTC to finish the encode, but I've read forcefilm is better if it's available.
I've looked in the options and I don't see a setting other than the threshold. Have I missed something?

Great program and it's been getting better and better lately.

Joel.W

[stax76]

Updated to 1.1.2.3b. I like the new layout and profiles, but forcefilm appears to be broken.

Maybe I broke something since I've changed something in relating code.

Also where it used to display anamorphic its now blank. Is this intentional?

You mean the checkbox? The first two menu items in the new menu are now responsible for this but usually it's auto detected properly.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

getting StaxRip to work with eac3to and tsMuxeR would be a great start

bluray should be around for a little while so StaxRip would be futureproof for all backups for some time

home made, tv, dvd, bluray you would have it all covered

so many dont know the potential of this amazing program YET
bluray media prices are so high backing them up to x264 is very important
even though there are other programs alot of people are still looking for a easier better smarter "solution" for the task
StaxRip will be the answer!

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i thought of some ideas for StaxRip dont know if its possible bare with me;)

opening another instance of StaxRip once jobs start encoding to create new jobs to the status window tray icon?

calling AvsP to open .avs script so i can tweak filters before adding it as a job?

[MuLTiTaSK]

Your links tell me, that it's not running well with MT. SetMTMode 5 and 6 are used for such badly running filters.

maybe reverting AviSynth back down to tsp's 2.5.7 MT mod (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=94996) would help i'am using Jeremy Duncan 2.5.8 MT mod (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144852) atm
i dont remember having these memory problems with 2.5.7 any reason not to use AviSynth 2.5.7?

[_DW_]

I don't have changed anything in this area but potentially any feature can break at any time.

.

Yeah, it's broke, but not a big deal.

By the way I have a buddy that has been looking over your shoulder. He says you are cleaning up the code and doing a damn good job of it. Thought I would pass that along.

[Deinorius]

maybe reverting AviSynth back down to tsp's 2.5.7 MT mod (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=94996) would help i'am using Jeremy Duncan 2.5.8 MT mod (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144852) atm
i dont remember having these memory problems with 2.5.7 any reason not to use AviSynth 2.5.7? No, I think there's a missunterstanding. I'm not talking about any memory problems. SetMTMode 5/6 are used for plugins, which aren't working well when multithreaded, which is logical because fft3dgpu ist working on GPU.

[crasus]

Dear Stax,

I've been using your software for about 2 years now. And what a change it made for me! :D Thank you for all the work.

I think I came across a little bug in the latest beta. When I click something in the Filters area (let's say NOISE), the checkbox next to it dissapears. After I click on something else, that checkbox appears again, and the current one is lost.

Also, the selected encoding profile appears in the title (DivX Plus by default). Even if I change it to something else, the title remains the same.

Neither is very important, just cosmetics :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

speed problems with newer patched x264 builds using multithreaded avisynth (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=151248)
possible solution (http://doom10.org/index.php?topic=55.msg393#msg393)
64bit x264 support using avs2yuv (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=144140)

[MuLTiTaSK]

Guide - Using Staxrip - Complete tutorial (1Cd and 2Cd ) [KilleR] (http://spicydesis.net/showthread.php?t=6704)
How to Rip your DVD's using StaxRip [700MB or 1.4GB] (http://www.tamiltorrents.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38664)
Convert DVD to AVC with StaxRip (http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_dvd_avc_with_staxrip.cfm)
How to Convert VTS to AVI (http://www.ehow.com/how_5269234_convert-vts-avi.html)
Working Solution: 720p/HD movies on your XBOX (using DiVX) (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=53741)
Staxrip Tutorial Beta (http://board.serienjunkies.org/showthread.php?t=12465)

[MuLTiTaSK]

Encoding 720p Movies for XBOX (http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cQ1UomfiE)

[alexcel]

No problem but I tried this too now and it also still worked. I don't spend much time with subtitles but please let me know if you have a idea what could cause the problem.


Hey, I think I've found the reason or the problem: unrecognised sub languages.

I've removed all languages but spanish with vobsubstrip 0.11 and now it works again.

Here are the languages i my idx file, some are quite uncommon:
0x20 - Subtitle - English - [SubPicture 01: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 20998 / PTS: 00:00:54.167 / Delay: 53880ms
0x21 - Subtitle - Italiano - [SubPicture 02: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11533 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x22 - Subtitle - Español - [SubPicture 03: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11535 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x23 - Subtitle - Portugues - [SubPicture 04: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11537 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x24 - Subtitle - Hrvatski - [SubPicture 05: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11539 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x25 - Subtitle - Greek - [SubPicture 06: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11541 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x26 - Subtitle - Hebrew - [SubPicture 07: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11543 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x27 - Subtitle - Slovenian - [SubPicture 08: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11548 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x28 - Subtitle - English / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 09: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2014 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x29 - Subtitle - Italiano / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 10: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2016 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x2A - Subtitle - Español / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 11: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2018 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x2B - Subtitle - Portugues / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 12: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2020 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x2C - Subtitle - Hrvatski / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 13: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2022 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x2D - Subtitle - Greek / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 14: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2024 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x2E - Subtitle - Hebrew / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 15: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2027 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x2F - Subtitle - Slovenian / Normal Director's Comments - [SubPicture 16: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 2029 / PTS: 00:00:06.847 / Delay: 6560ms
0x30 - Subtitle - Italiano - [SubPicture 17: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11550 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms
0x31 - Subtitle - Español - [SubPicture 18: Wide/Letterbox] / LBA: 11552 / PTS: 00:00:34.607 / Delay: 34320ms

It would be great if you could fix this to avoid vobsub stripping

Thx.:cool:

[alexcel]

Hi Stax

Just another suggestion

I usually rip my DVDs with DVD Decrypter and I create a chapter (ogg) file in the same dir as the vob file.

VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt

It would be great to add an option to automatically add that chapter file into the mkv file

Thx again.:thanks:

[stax76]

Thanks everybody for the feedback, I've uploaded a new preview built including some fixes and hopefully not many new bugs.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_1.7z


Added option to show/hide paths in the x264 command line preview
Added new GUI for audio as foundation for Blueray/AVCHD formats
Fixed bug dga files handled with AVCSource even when created with NV tools
Fixed bug force film detection being broke
Attempt to fix filter checkbox render bug on XP machines


I usually rip my DVDs with DVD Decrypter and I create a chapter (ogg) file in the same dir as the vob file.

VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt

It would be great to add an option to automatically add that chapter file into the mkv file

It was broke since the temp dir feature was added, I've fixed it locally.

Here are the languages i my idx file, some are quite uncommon:

Thanks for investigating, please mail me the idx file if you still have it.

Also, the selected encoding profile appears in the title (DivX Plus by default). Even if I change it to something else, the title remains the same.

The main window title shows the project/template name. ;)

opening another instance of StaxRip once jobs start encoding to create new jobs to the status window tray icon?

I'm not sure if you mean this but it's possible to start a second instance which can send created jobs to the first instance.

calling AvsP to open .avs script so i can tweak filters before adding it as a job?

It's hardly possible since StaxRip don't work with scripts as whole. You can reopen the script StaxRip generates as source file, this would however force to start with a fresh template.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

thanks for the update

dont know if this a bug or not but StaxRip keeps crashing on me when starting a job
http://i48.tinypic.com/adm4oy.png

[stax76]

That's pretty much a worst case scenario since the managed exception handling fails and without managed stack trace I have little clue what's wrong. Are you sure it's not some filter causing it?

[MuLTiTaSK]

That's pretty much a worst case scenario since the managed exception handling fails and without managed stack trace I have little clue what's wrong. Are you sure it's not some filter causing it?

i was wondering the same thing so i tried a simple script
LoadPlugin("J:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_1\Applications\AviSynth plugins\DGDecode.dll")

MPEG2Source("J:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(0,8,-0,-12)
Lanczos4Resize(640,352)
Trim(75384,76384)

got this error now
http://i50.tinypic.com/2zxw2eq.png

[stax76]

Try temporarily renaming your AviSynth plugin dir (StaxRip no longer depends on it).

[MuLTiTaSK]

Try temporarily renaming your AviSynth plugin dir (StaxRip no longer depends on it).

renamed plugins folder got this now
http://i47.tinypic.com/10xc1gz.png

[stax76]

And if you empty it? You can click on Copy Message btw. instead of posting a screenshot. :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

And if you empty it? You can click on Copy Message btw. instead of posting a screenshot. :)

StaxRip encodes with no problems when i choose no audio but when i choose to include an audio track it crashes

also if i remove the audio track after i loaded it then save a template it loads the audio track when i reload the job

[minda76]

Hi stax76,

The new version does not detect correctly .ts files (VC-1). staxrip tries to demux and index them with project-x or dgindex. am i doing something wrong?

[stax76]

StaxRip encodes with no problems when i choose no audio but when i choose to include an audio track it crashes

Maybe it's related to BeSweet output being redirected to StaxRip. IIRC something like this was reported some time ago, does this only happen with the latest built?

also if i remove the audio track after i loaded it then save a template it loads the audio track when i reload the job

I'll fix it.

The new version does not detect correctly .ts files (VC-1). staxrip tries to demux and index them with project-x or dgindex. am i doing something wrong?

Does MediaInfo report 'VC-1' as format?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

yes with lastest build only i dont remember having this problem in the past

[stax76]

I've changed audio encoding running in separate threads so both tracks encode in parallel, but it's a few versions back, in the latest built there is a new GUI for audio, old is still there but they share the same processing code and this code wasn't changed so right now I don't have a idea what could potentially could cause it. :(

[minda76]

Does MediaInfo report 'VC-1' as format?

Yes it does

[stax76]

OK, please try if it works now.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip.exe

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

The null reference exception was caused by muxing audio instead of encoding so just muxing was broke in the last preview built.

[minda76]

OK, please try if it works now.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip.exe

Now it works, but autocrop doesn't

[stax76]

I've nothing changed there, I've tested a clip handled with DirectShowSource like VC-1 in TS would and auto crop has worked. Maybe you've tried a AVC file, DGAVCDec can cause auto crop to fail, in particular HD files.

[minda76]

I've nothing changed there, I've tested a clip handled with DirectShowSource like VC-1 in TS would and auto crop has worked. Maybe you've tried a AVC file, DGAVCDec can cause auto crop to fail, in particular HD files.

tested with DirectShowSource, don't know why but autocrop works in TS with AVC and doesn't with VC-1. in MKV have no problems with VC-1. maybe it's a specific file.

[stax76]

It's probably related to the decoder, try to setup ffdshow to use wmv9 for VC-1.

[minda76]

It's probably related to the decoder, try to setup ffdshow to use wmv9 for VC-1.

I did that

[MuLTiTaSK]

@MuLTiTaSK

The null reference exception was caused by muxing audio instead of encoding so just muxing was broke in the last preview built.

you are good i forgot to mention i was'nt encoding just muxing in with final encode:o

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

How to extract subtitles from a Blu-ray and convert to srt or sub/idx (http://forum.videohelp.com/topic376803.html)

Blu Ray to MKV with optioinal multi-language audio/subtitle support (http://forum.videohelp.com/topic372380.html)

what you think of? UsEac3to: a different GUI for eac3to (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145574)

[stax76]

Preview 2 fixes mostly bugs so I hope many people can test it so the next release will be reasonable stable:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_2.7z

@MuLTiTaSK

Next big feature will be adding eac3to support, that's why the new audio GUI was created, the old command line dialog could hardly be used for it. I don't know when I will start with it, not before the next release.

[alexcel]

Thanks for investigating, please mail me the idx file if you still have it.


Here are the links to the idx/sub files

http://www.mediafire.com/?njmynmynqmg
http://www.mediafire.com/?lmv2nmyixey

Hope this helps

Thx.

[Ryo94]

Hi Stax,

About v1.1.2.4 preview,

The new audio profile editor is terrible confusing,

The vbr quality switch in lame (-V) goes from 0 to 9, being -V 0 the highest VBR quality (~260+Kbps) and -V 9 the lowest.
Previous versions of Staxrip follow this logic (-V 0 = highest quality, -V9 = lowest quality), now in this new version things are upside down, the GUI shows -V1 as the lowest quality (~32kbps) while it produce ~220Kbps audio, and in the other hand shows -V10 as the highest quality (320kbps) while it produce 32kbps audio, not to mention that apparently the swicth -V 0 (~260+kbps) cannot be used, neither modify the command line in any other way :(

http://i48.tinypic.com/jjqkhc.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/14dps9x.jpg

previous profile editor interface (good times :rolleyes:)
http://i46.tinypic.com/a1qttc.jpg

Otherwise, I don't know why but Staxrip crash when try to convert to any format (including recoding to xvid+mp3) the following file (a common avi, xvid+ac3), for worst it does not produce any log, just crash and close automatically.

http://depositfiles.com/files/a31ygzouo

[stax76]

@alexcel

Thanks for the files, I'll check it.

@Ryo94

The old interface is still there, the profiles in the advanced sub menu use it. I had to keep the old interface because some users might have setup custom profiles. It also gives flexibility being able to use any command line so I want to keep it since being able to use command lines was always supported everywhere in StaxRip.

For the new interface all codecs basically are used in the same way. AAC and Vorbis use 0 to 1 where 1 is high Quality. For Lame I could not do the same and I thought I can just multiply by 10, I did not notice it is also flipped. I'll flip it and make 0 available.

It's a bit difficult to merge all this in the same interface but on the other side having an independent interface for different codecs is probably worse both from developer and user view, firstly bloat and code duplication and secondly the user has to accustom to different interfaces instead of just one where everything is unified.

Otherwise, I don't know why but Staxrip crash when try to convert to any format (including recoding to xvid+mp3) the following file (a common avi, xvid+ac3), for worst it does not produce any log, just crash and close automatically.

Having no stack trace is very unfortunate, when exactly does it crash? Maybe you can also tell me in which version has it started?

Thanks for providing much detail and screenshots, makes it easier for me to understand problems.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

lastest preview fixed the bugs i reported :thanks:

cant wait for Blu-ray support one gui to rule them all

while other frontends prove to be rotten fruits StaxRip keeps getting better with time fine wine yes is indeed

your coding skills are amazing :eek:

keep up the great work buddy

[Ryo94]

Thanks for reply Stax,

The old interface is still there, the profiles in the advanced sub menu use it.

Sorry, I didn't see it :p thanks for keep them.

Having no stack trace is very unfortunate, when exactly does it crash? Maybe you can also tell me in which version has it started?

I tested it with v1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, 1.1.2.3 and 1.1.2.4 and it crash with all.
I could copy this from the log windows before it close, I hope it helps.

------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
------------------------------------------------------------

H:\sample.avi

General
Complete name : H:\sample.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.67 MiB
Duration : 10s 10ms
Overall bit rate : 1 396 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.2 (build 2540/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2540/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 10s 10ms
Bit rate : 930 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 384 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.875
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.140
Stream size : 1.11 MiB (67%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.0SMP (UTC 2006-01-08)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 10s 10ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : 5ms
Stream size : 547 KiB (32%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 44 ms (1.04 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms
Language : Chinese


------------------------------------------------------------
Demux MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV and DIVX files
------------------------------------------------------------

Preparer: Demux MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV and DIVX files
"H:\1.1.2.4\Applications\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe" /s"H:\sample temp files\sample_Demux.vcf" /x

------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

AVISource("H:\sample.avi", audio=false)
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Audio Source File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : H:\sample temp files\sample.ac3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
File size : 547 KiB
Duration : 10s 10ms
Overall bit rate : 448 Kbps

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 10s 10ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 547 KiB (100%)


------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"H:\1.1.2.4\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "H:\sample temp files\sample.ac3" -output "H:\sample temp files\sample_AudioOutput.mp3" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -lame( -v --vbr-new -V 3 -b 32 )

[00:00:00:000] Initializing...
[00:00:00:000] -- Initializing...

[00:00:09:984] |

[00:00:09:984] Finalizing...
[00:00:09:984] Conversion Completed !
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[burfadel]

In lame, -V x represents bitrate allocation, the lower the number the higher the bitrate allocation and hence quality.

HOWEVER :)

There is another setting that affects algorithm quality, again the lower the number the better.

The default is -q 5, however -q 2 (shortcutted to -h) produces better quality for the same bitrate, so would be beneficial to set as default. I don't believe there is any difference now between -q 0 and -q 2.

A good source for the latest LAME versions is here:

http://lame.bakerweb.biz/

I always use the latest build available there for my music encodes. Admittedly sometimes there isn't much changed between the automatic builds, but sometimes there can be some noticeable changes. The 3.99a1 builds with -V 4 and -q 0 produce very transparent results, the sound quality surprises people when compared to the same audio files often converted at higher bitrates.

--vbr new is the default setting now, setting that with recent builds is superfluous.

[Obe one]

hi
stax
is there any option to reduce bitrate like megui hav Nero AAC-32kbps,-42kbps,-64kbps
i tried to manually edit but still its not changing in staxrip less than 70kbps
help me out bro
thanks

[MuLTiTaSK]

hi
stax
is there any option to reduce bitrate like megui hav Nero AAC-32kbps,-42kbps,-64kbps
i tried to manually edit but still its not changing in staxrip less than 70kbps
help me out bro
thanks

StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 2 (http://tinyurl.com/y8prlez)
http://i47.tinypic.com/spybux.png
http://i49.tinypic.com/t9w2l2.png

[Obe one]

thanks bro its revolution :)

[stax76]

@burfadel

Thanks for the info, I've updated lame to the latest stable, added -h and fixed the switches for abr and cbr since they were broke too. I cannot remove the new switch because it's not clear which mode BeSweet will use.

@Ryo94

Does it crash while audio encoding or after (you can check length of the encoded file).

@all

preview 3: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_3.7z

[Havokdan]

With preview2 the program randomly crash when converting multiple files and does not generate log crash. I'll try the new preview.

[stax76]

@alexcel

I've fixed the subtitle bug locally.

[stax76]

@Havokdan

At which position did it crash? What was the last file created/modified?

[Havokdan]

I went to sleep and left 10 files for conversion, when I woke up I noticed an error starting the conversion of the 3rd file. I used the Batch File for conversion.All files were similar, mkv/h264/aac/720p to avi/xvid/mp3/480p

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Can this error be reproduced?

[Havokdan]

I'll try again here when I go to sleep, as the time zone is different from yours, the result, if the error repeat itself, it will be tomorrow.

[stax76]

@Havokdan

I've tested batch encoding with various source and target formats. Only problem was a AVI file containing MP42 format or something and I didn't had a VFW decoder for it. I had a dshow decoder however and I think chances that a decoder is available are with dshow generally much higher. Because of this I changed automatic handling now to only use AVISource for 'MPEG-4 Visual' (DivX, XviD and similar ASP codecs) and DirectShowSource for all other files.

When another crash happens, you should be able to find out what exactly failed by looking at which files were created, is there a audio file, has it the full play time etc.

[Havokdan]

I split one of these MkVs who have problems with several smaller mkvtoolnix to see if the problem would repeat itself, but nothing happened here, if ever happens again, I'll try to remember to take a screenshot and save the crashlog if any. Thank you.

[Ryo94]

@Ryo94

Does it crash while audio encoding or after (you can check length of the encoded file).

Yes, the problem is with the audio, I don't know why it crash but if I decide to encode only the video (select "no audio") all work perfectly (a problem in besweet? :confused:)
The video sample have 10 sec (xvid + ac3@448kbps), I've no problems to convert it in VD and VDM, if you want to check it you can download it from the link I posted before.

:thanks: a lot for fix the audio settings.

[alexcel]

@alexcel

I've fixed the subtitle bug locally.

Great :thanks: Good job!

But, sorry, what does it mean fixed locally?

Does it mean that it will be fixed in the next version?

I feel as a newbie for asking this :o

[Havokdan]

You can add an option to lower the priority of the conversion of audio? For when converting audio computer has peak resource consumption, briefly catching the browser for example here

[stax76]

@Ryo94

Does it happen with all codecs and every time?

Does it mean that it will be fixed in the next version?

exactly :)

You can add an option to lower the priority of the conversion of audio?

There is a option in the settings applied to all processes. I think I've missed it to apply to all processes so I need to go through the code.

[MuLTiTaSK]

http://i46.tinypic.com/kbupec.png

it works for me

[Havokdan]

Multitask, that's strange, when I convert from mkv to avi for example, VirtualDubMod display priority "normal" instead of "idle", because here is configured the same way as shown by you, but still not the pc slows down when converting video, as in the case of converting the audio I do not know how to tell, but it is clear that this is the part that consumes far more resources for PC, everything slows down, browser, audio player and others.
My PC is slow too, is a:

Sempron 3000 + 1.8 GHz
1 Giga Ram
Ati 9250
HD 160 +40

[Ryo94]

@Ryo94

Does it happen with all codecs and every time?


Yes, tested with all common xvid and h264 profiles, but as I said it happens only if I decide to encode the audio stream, if I select "no audio" or "add existing file" all works fine.

[alexcel]

Hi Stax

I have not found the option to select only forced subs in a stream where there are mixed forced and non forced subs

It happens when the forced subs are not in a separate stream, but rather in the same stream as the general subs. They are flagged as forced.

In the idx/sub file, you can select option to show only forced subs.


# ON: displays only forced subtitles, OFF: shows everything
forced subs: OFF


Also, in VSRip there is an option to extract only forced subs.

Is there an option in staxrip to do so?

Thx.

[stax76]

Please send me a idx/sub files again.

[Havokdan]

You can add the option to delete temporary files, except the logs?

[stax76]

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0554/ccc.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0554/ccc)

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0759/aaa_4.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0759/aaa_4)

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0085/bbb_1.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0085/bbb_1)

Don't forget to enable 'Wait For Exit' otherwise the temp dir might get deleted before the command line executes.

cmd.exe /c copy "%working_dir%*_StaxRip.log" "%target_dir%"

http://www.imagehost.org/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/zscreen/

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax

i use ZScreen aswell best snappy for Seven i used so far take some new snaps of StaxRip with it:)

current home of ZScreen (http://code.google.com/p/zscreen/)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax

StaxRip x264 x64 support coming?

MT Avisynth problem is fixed (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=151248)

i been using lastest icc vanilla build from here techouse's unpatched x264 builds (http://techouse.project357.com/vanilla.html) with no problems

MKVToolnix 3.0.0 series (http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/win32/pre/)

2009-12-15 Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>

* mmg: bug fix: On Windows 2000/XP the 'add/append file' dialog
was not showing files with certain extensions (e.g. ".srt" or
".mp4") if the option "all supported media files" was
selected. Fix for bug 448.

2009-12-12 Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org>

* Released v3.0.0.

* mmg: enhancement: Added support for showing the muxing progress
for both normal muxes and the job manager in Windows 7's taskbar.

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

It handles Aero which old ones don't, not even Snipping Tool does.
I know it from a another thread here at doom9. :)

StaxRip x264 x64 support coming?

According to some benchmark posted the gains are only worthwhile with slow settings, do people really use slow settings for 720p? wouldn't this result in encoding times of 24 hours and more?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax

another one that does is Window Clippings (http://www.windowclippings.com/)
but its not free like ZScreen ;)

[Havokdan]

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0554/ccc.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0554/ccc)

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0759/aaa_4.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0759/aaa_4)

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0085/bbb_1.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0085/bbb_1)

Don't forget to enable 'Wait For Exit' otherwise the temp dir might get deleted before the command line executes.

cmd.exe /c copy "%working_dir%*_StaxRip.log" "%target_dir%"

http://www.imagehost.org/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/zscreen/

Thank You Stax :thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@MuLTiTaSK

It handles Aero which old ones don't, not even Snipping Tool does.
I know it from a another thread here at doom9. :)



According to some benchmark posted the gains are only worthwhile with slow settings, do people really use slow settings for 720p? wouldn't this result in encoding times of 24 hours and more?

i use slower profile sometimes and it really helps

total encoding time depends on what filters i use in my scripts

but quality is what i aim for with my backups so speed takes a backseat most of the time :)

[Zorrander]

I've been encoding some HD content with Staxrip and am wondering why it is that you cannot encode 1080p files in their native resolution. I'm encoding 1080p sources in a lower bitrate to get their size more managable and end up having to crop the picture down to 1920x1072 to get the pixel count divisible by 16. Is this an x264 thing? I've done a lot of searching but haven't found anything directly related to this. I did read that x264 isn't as efficient with non 16 divisible numbers, but not anything stating it can't be done. Obviously this isn't the end of the world, just an annoyance. :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Zorrander

uncheck crop in filters
uncheck auto crop borders in project options
change output mod to 8

http://i48.tinypic.com/2mm8z9y.png
http://i45.tinypic.com/j7q6fo.png
http://i46.tinypic.com/25h1oa9.png

[stax76]

@Zorrander

I think this warning can be skipped by clicking next (some warnings can't be skipped).

I've changed it now to show no warning for 1080 even if the output mod is 16 (option seen in MuLTiTaSK's last screen shot). I think it's reasonable to make an exception for 1080.

[Zorrander]

@Zorrander

I think this warning can be skipped by clicking next (some warnings can't be skipped).

I've changed it now to show no warning for 1080 even if the output mod is 16 (option seen in MuLTiTaSK's last screen shot). I think it's reasonable to make an exception for 1080.

It wouldn't let me skip, but I changed the mod to 8 and it works ok. I've used Staxrip for a while but haven't dug into the job options much. Thanks for pointing this one out to me.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Zorrander

no problems stax76's amazin program has alot of power under the hood

you will always feel like you can learn some new way it can help you i been using it for years and i still feel like that

i look forward to stax76's updates not to many programs i can say that for even ones i payed for:devil:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

is a quick encode option possible?

like from the x264 options i import a .avs file after i setup x264 options and staxrip starts encoding instantly with the settings i set without asking for a template

[Mixer73]

According to some benchmark posted the gains are only worthwhile with slow settings, do people really use slow settings for 720p? wouldn't this result in encoding times of 24 hours and more?

I definitely do use slow settings for SD material and my HD material which I encode at ~540p, and I'd welcome the ~10% 64bit seems to bring on slow settings.

[Obe one]

i am not able to find Cut option for movi length?

[Ryo94]

i am not able to find Cut option for movi length?

View=>preview or press F5, use the slider or the buttons (<<< << < > >> >>>) to navigate the video and the buttons [ ] (or the keys home & end) to set the "start cut point" and "end cut point" respectively.

[Havokdan]

Obe one, f6 or "View>Preview" And use the commands listed.

[Obe one]

thanks both of u it helps

[consultant]

I've ripped my music video DVDs to separate chapter files. I want to use Staxrip to encode them to files of the same name in a certain target directory. When you batch process a bunch of files separately, how do you specific the target directory? Do you have to key the path/filename for each file manually?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

download lastest preview
StaxRip 1.1.2.4 preview 5 (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_5.7z)

http://i48.tinypic.com/mlqhs0.png
http://i47.tinypic.com/119nec4.pnghttp://i48.tinypic.com/2qnqd60.png
http://i48.tinypic.com/2cxygis.png
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[amango]

Hello! I want to encode some 720P50 H264-transport streams to MKV with 25fps. I use the command "SelectEven()" to convert 50fps to 25fps.

Question: StaxRip uses Directshowsource/Haali to open the transport stream. Which decoder is the best and fastest for the H264-decoding? DIVX H264-decoder, ffdshow, MPCVideoDecoder or CoreAVC?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@amango

if you have one of the cards on this page supporting a VP2 engine or higher (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs) i use DGDecNV (http://neuron2.net/dgdecnv/dgdecnv.html)

[amango]

@Multitask

I just have an onboard ATI-card, so I have to stick to software decoding.

EDIT: MPCVideodec.ax seems to work fine, it even uses DXVA for decoding. :)

[Havokdan]

An error occurred again in the conversion of multiple files. The message that these errors were placed below, did not appear crashlog of StaxRip, just know that the error was the beginning of the conversion of the 4th file, now the pictures:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8105/82997360.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/82997360.jpg/)


http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6945/88329575.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/88329575.jpg/)

In both images is saying, only the various object error, the first is the Staxrip.exe the second is the drwtsn32.exe

"The StaxRip.exe/drwtsn32.exe encountered a problem and needs to close"

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

post StaxRip logs or maybe some info on the files you trying to encode cause those errors dont help much ;)

[consultant]

I'm trying to transcode Queen Live at Wembley Stadium. I'm getting no audio. When I'm playing the mp4 that Staxrip generated it is showing the audio track as being encoded in DTS. Not sure what's going on. Is there a setting I need to change in Staxrip? The Audio is set to AAC 5.1 in Staxrip. There's no idea on my PC or my PS3. Shouldn't Staxrip transcode the DTS track to 5.1 AAC?

Thanks

[consultant]

I'm trying to transcode Queen Live at Wembley Stadium. I'm getting no audio. When I'm playing the mp4 that Staxrip generated it is showing the audio track as being encoded in DTS. Not sure what's going on. Is there a setting I need to change in Staxrip? The Audio is set to AAC 5.1 in Staxrip. There's no idea on my PC or my PS3. Shouldn't Staxrip transcode the DTS track to 5.1 AAC?

Thanks

Can someone give me an early Xmas gift and throw me a bone as far as info that explains how Staxrip encodes the audio and how to control it. I've read the documentation but don't see much explanation. I'm using File Batch mode too. My profile I created sets the audio to AAC 5.1 since container is mp4. If the source has different audio tracks (an AC3 surround, an 2-channel PCM, DTS, etc.) what does Staxrip do with them? All I want to do is encode to mp4 or mkv and encode the best quality audio track (whether it is DTS, 6.1, etc.) that my PS3 can pass-thru to my Denon Dolby/DTS receiver via HDMI. I've been writing to mp4 has the PS3MediaServer seems to choke a lot on transcoding the MKVs. There's got to be an explanation of how it works and how to control the settings? Help.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

can you post a clip of the file you trying to encode so i can try to see if StaxRip is having trouble converting it
sounds like just mux is set for audio you could use DGSplit (http://neuron2.net/dgsplit/dgsplit11.zip) to create a small clip you can upload it here (http://tinyurl.com/2fzusz)

@Havokdan

dont pay attention to what others say so much if a forum mod said you breaking rules then thats different now if you would still like to get StaxRip working give us some more info on the files you trying to convert so we can try to help you :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

2009-12-17 - Version 1.5.1.0

- neroAacEnc:
- Improved encoding of sample rates higher than 48kHz
- Solved compatibility issues with some hardware devices
- Write iTunes compatible gapless data
- Enabled preserving of very quiet high frequencies at high bitrates
- Write the encoder settings to metadata
- Executable size reduction

- neroAacDec:
- Improved error handling
- Speed up

- neroAacTag:
- Support 3GPP tags
- Support Sony Memory Stick tags
- Improved cover art support
- Improved support for files with multiple tags in different formats (ND,iTunes,3GPP,Sony Memory Stick)
- Writes iTunes tags by default, added switch to enable ND tags
DOWNLOAD (http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nerodigital-nero-aac-codec.php)

[consultant]

I'll see about sending a clip on that Queen video.

But for now, I'm at wits end wondering why I'm not getting 5.1. My profile setup, the audio setting is AAC 5.1 200-250. I encoded a video that has both PCM stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. If stick the DVD in my PS3 and select the 5.1 track, I get 5.1 indicator on my receiver. If I transcode it with Staxrip and play the MP4, it indicates Stereo PCM on both the PS3 and the receiver. If I look in the rip folder for the chapter their are two audio files, a .dts file and a .wav file. I didn't think .wav can do .dts. In Staxrip the Audio Track 1 filename is just blank (says double click) - to set this for each chapter would be a pain. I was assuming (without much documentation) that if I set the format to AAC 5.1, Staxrip would automatically transcode the Dolby Digital 5.1 track into AAC 5.1?

I'm surprised at the lack of responses. Am I asking very basic stupid questions or does no one know the answers? I've already done about 50 hours of encoding and I think everything is stereo, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to go back and transcode everything over again - if I can figure out how to get 5.1 audio????

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

try to encode one of the tracks in StaxRip (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_5.7z) advance audio menu
http://i48.tinypic.com/1499m5h.png
http://i45.tinypic.com/no80ah.png

[turok]

CoreAVC 2.0 has released and it fixed the bugs previously reported in 1.9.5 my question is will StaxRip support it now? Am I able to select it as decoder and whatnot? Also am I able to encode audio ONLY? I mean like the source being without Video and or if not source the Audio Dialog?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

StaxRip will work with any decoder installed on your box choose DirectShow as source in filter setup
with lastest preview (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_5.7z)

http://i49.tinypic.com/ok79mv.png

you can choose to encode only audio using method i posted above :)

[turok]

@ MuLTiTaSK

Just audio encoded with the new preview lol. I like what I am getting and it supports Dolby Digital (AC3) as well... Although the Audio profiles need tweaking, it looks good and the Interface is perfect. Thanks Stax76. thx MuLTiTaSK for helping me keep up to date with StaxRip's already great Capabilities. Wierd though after my first audio encode tried a 2nd one the encoding just stops :S. No error box or anything it doesn't even start :S.

this question is directed at Stax76. Where did you get them profiles for the x264 section? To be specific the animation profiles? Just wondering as Since I do my own profiles I usually don't profiles already set. Well anywho after review it was best that I continue using my own lol. Where did u get them profiles from?

[Betsy25]

Just made a 25€ Christmas donation, hope other StaxRip users have a little Xmas present for Stax's fantastic work too.
Merry Christmas Stax, and everyone elso too ! :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i wish you and everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year may we all see many more

i thank you very very much for all your efforts on StaxRip it sure is second to none :thanks: :thanks: :thanks: I cant say it enough

EVERYONE please show stax76 your support

sending a donation is the least we could do to show him we appreciate all he has done for us:)

PAYPAL
http://i49.tinypic.com/2031f.png

SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=258219)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

[cegy]

its a pity when u pick mp3 and you want vbr or abr its has to be 160kb/s more to be 48khz as for me i like a 128 abr/vbr with 48 khz, plus there is no option for this in the new audio editor as i am sure other people would like to pick what sample rate they when.

the settings i use in 1.1.2.2 is "%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -azid( -c normal ) -lame( -h --abr 128 ) and bitrate set at 130 kbps and this is the setting i like to use with 48 khz same as the src file is

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

encoded audio file would be the same sample rate as source file?

[MuLTiTaSK]

its a pity when u pick mp3 and you want vbr or abr its has to be 160kb/s more to be 48khz as for me i like a 128 abr/vbr with 48 khz, plus there is no option for this in the new audio editor as i am sure other people would like to pick what sample rate they when.

the settings i use in 1.1.2.2 is "%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -azid( -c normal ) -lame( -h --abr 128 ) and bitrate set at 130 kbps and this is the setting i like to use with 48 khz same as the src file is

try lastest preview (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_5.7z)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 5 (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_5.7z)
http://i48.tinypic.com/mmcv1h.png
http://i45.tinypic.com/33ymf0n.png
http://i49.tinypic.com/33e09d1.png

[cegy]

@cegy

StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 5 (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_5.7z)
http://i48.tinypic.com/mmcv1h.png
http://i45.tinypic.com/33ymf0n.png
http://i49.tinypic.com/33e09d1.png

I've tryed the new preview version it won't do 48 khz at 128 abr or vbr i have tryed this a few times myself i have ONLY noticed it will changed to 48 khz if its 160 kbps or more and once again i have tryed it and its still the same so am back to square one with non valid help or point or why its like this. i just noticed that in your screen shot about the same line as what i use but it still not right if a user doesn't have the option to pick what sample rate they want...... for the time being i'll be using 1.1.2.2 as i know for sure it works fine for me without any problems with the audio :/ such a pity

the encoding uses the same sample rate as source file which is what i like in the new audio dialog it doesn't have such a option nor can a use pick what sample rate they want to use.

1.1.2.2
http://i45.tinypic.com/2s6x079.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

can you post info on your source files?

it worked for me as you can see in the pictures

[cegy]

@cegy

can you post info on your source files?

it worked for me as you can see in the pictures

my source file is from my dvb-t using dvb dream which is saved into mpeg format with the sample rate at 48 khz anyway, am not to bother about it as its still needs a few more things adding to it to make it more user friendly before i start using it myself also i do find it kind of crap for the user where it resets your profile and settings pity there isn't something to upgrade or update it to the latest version without need to REDO it again as this does my head in. :confused:

[consultant]

@ Multitask

I'm wondering if maybe I'm just unclear on how the program works. Can you confirm that I can select a profile I created with my video and audio settings. When selected the audio track 1 says AAC 5.1 on the side. I select a folder of chapter VOBs from a DVD I ripped that has a Dolby Digital surround sound track (in addition to stereo, you select which one in the DVD menu). I then start the batch transcode for all the files.

If I load an individual file and look at the settings, it still says AAC 5.1 next to it but there is no filename for the audio (just says double click). So if I don't select an audio file, and it is set to AAC 5.1. How does the program know which audio track to encode? It seems it always encodes to 2-channel stereo when I do this. There also seems to always be a .dts in addition to a .wav file even if there is no DTS track. Is there a setting I need to change?

[cegy]

@cegy

can you post info on your source files?

it worked for me as you can see in the pictures

no as i don't see the point as this is a problem is for stax79 to fix by adding more options to the audio dialog , untill stax76 has fixed/added these problem i'll stay with 1.1.2.2 kind of a pity as i am sure the user's would like more options, anyway i am sorry but i just want to sit back and relex and enjoy x-mas


p.s here's screenshot of the src file and the output file of what sample rate i get.. also i have uploaded both the sample of what i have used and encoded sample file.
p.s how do i added blend=false ?

< src file > http://www.filedropper.com/eastenderssample

< encoded file > http://www.filedropper.com/eastenderssample_1

http://i50.tinypic.com/2csjjwz.png

on the output file i want the mp3 settings to be something like:
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 121 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Writing library : LAME3.98
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128



i hope this helps and thanks for the help and i am sorry if i wasn't so kind before :/

[MuLTiTaSK]

@ Multitask

I'm wondering if maybe I'm just unclear on how the program works. Can you confirm that I can select a profile I created with my video and audio settings. When selected the audio track 1 says AAC 5.1 on the side. I select a folder of chapter VOBs from a DVD I ripped that has a Dolby Digital surround sound track (in addition to stereo, you select which one in the DVD menu). I then start the batch transcode for all the files.

If I load an individual file and look at the settings, it still says AAC 5.1 next to it but there is no filename for the audio (just says double click). So if I don't select an audio file, and it is set to AAC 5.1. How does the program know which audio track to encode? It seems it always encodes to 2-channel stereo when I do this. There also seems to always be a .dts in addition to a .wav file even if there is no DTS track. Is there a setting I need to change?

@consultant

setup settings you want for all files encoded without loading any files then choose file batch or directory batch for source and load up all the files you want encoded

no as i don't see the point as this is a problem is for stax79 to fix by adding more options to the audio dialog , untill stax76 has fixed/added these problem i'll stay with 1.1.2.2 kind of a pity as i am sure the user's would like more options, anyway i am sorry but i just want to sit back and relex and enjoy x-mas


p.s here's screenshot of the src file and the output file of what sample rate i get.. also i have uploaded both the sample of what i have used and encoded sample file.
p.s how do i added blend=false ?

< src file > http://www.filedropper.com/eastenderssample

< encoded file > http://www.filedropper.com/eastenderssample_1

http://i50.tinypic.com/2csjjwz.png

on the output file i want the mp3 settings to be something like:
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 121 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Writing library : LAME3.98
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128



i hope this helps and thanks for the help and i am sorry if i wasn't so kind before :/

@cegy

can you create a clip of the source with DGSplit (http://neuron2.net/dgsplit/dgsplit11.zip)

[stax76]

Merry Christmas everybody and thanks Betsy25 and MuLTiTaSK for supporting me.

[starkebn]

Merry Christmas everybody and thanks Betsy25 and MuLTiTaSK for supporting me.

Thanks for this great GUI guys! Everyone have a great festive season.

[qwan]

Merry Christmas Everyone.

I just downloaded the latest beta version of Staxrip(I am ripping after a long time almost a year I guess).
I was not able to find the 3pass setting for MP4.
Before anyone takes my query and turns into a 3pass is useless discussion I want to tell you that I want to encode really low bitrate mp4 files.
Around 250kps for a dvd. I have found that only in 3pass I get an almost dvd quality and a very small size.

So is there any profile that I can download. Or can someone guide me on how to create a 3pass profile
Thanks

[Dark Shikari]

Merry Christmas Everyone.

I just downloaded the latest beta version of Staxrip(I am ripping after a long time almost a year I guess).
I was not able to find the 3pass setting for MP4.
Before anyone takes my query and turns into a 3pass is useless discussion I want to tell you that I want to encode really low bitrate mp4 files.
Around 250kps for a dvd. I have found that only in 3pass I get an almost dvd quality and a very small size.

So is there any profile that I can download. Or can someone guide me on how to create a 3pass profile
Thanks3-pass is completely useless. Any "benefit of 3-pass" (which is near zero to begin with) comes from running the first pass as a slow first pass, which you can do just as well with two passes instead of three. Of course, this still requires an unusual profile, using --slow-firstpass.

[qwan]

3-pass is completely useless. Any "benefit of 3-pass" (which is near zero to begin with) comes from running the first pass as a slow first pass, which you can do just as well with two passes instead of three. Of course, this still requires an unusual profile, using --slow-firstpass.

Many people "say" that, but no one ever gives the settings or a profile.

I tried two pass with the highest setting possible did not get the quality and the filesize I used to get with 3 pass.

So please someone either give me the 3 pass insane profile or give me a 2 pass profile/setting that will work the same.

I got around 120 mb for an hour of DVD video. Almost dvd quality.
If a 2 pass can get me the same size and same quality I really dont mind going in for 2pass(it is going save me a hell a lot of time I would love that)

[Firebird]

Many people "say" that, but no one ever gives the settings or a profile.


--Preset placebo.

[qwan]

--Preset placebo.
I am assuming this will give me the same quality as a 3pass.
Thanks a lot I will try and give my feedabck

[qwan]

--Preset placebo.

There are a lot more setting than that.
I cannot change the bitrate???
Why is that
In the older version I remember I could change the bitrate to anything.
Here I Even if select the bitrate option it does not show me an options to change the bitrate.

This is totally changed!!!!

I remember there used to be a dvd profile where I could convert a dvd. I would then select the bitrate.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@qwan

http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/513/1202792_ss-2009-12-26_12-17-10.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/513/1202792_ss-2009-12-26_12-17-10.png)

[Firebird]

I am assuming this will give me the same quality as a 3pass.
Thanks a lot I will try and give my feedabck

Yes, that's it, you don't need to select more options, preset placebo is highest possible quality for x264. But it is very slow, so if you want more speed you can also try presets "veryslow" and "slower".

[qwan]

@qwan

http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/513/1202792_ss-2009-12-26_12-17-10.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/513/1202792_ss-2009-12-26_12-17-10.png)

Thanks I checked that again I got it.
I would always cancel the setting window after i could not find the bitrate option in that.
That is why in the main window I was not getting the option.
I think Now I can get something ripped
Thanks multitask and firebird.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip users

if you have trouble using DGIndexNV with StaxRip let it be known in here DG NV Tools usage in StaxRip (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=151118)

[MuLTiTaSK]

lastest preview can be downloaded StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 6 (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_6.7z)

Screencast displaying troubles with lastest DGDecNV 2.0.0 beta 8 & StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ01ajE0eKc)

[stax76]

It won't run on XP though but I'll upload a fix for that soon.

[consultant]

@consultant
can you post a clip of the file you trying to encode so i can try to see if StaxRip is having trouble converting it
sounds like just mux is set for audio you could use DGSplit (http://neuron2.net/dgsplit/dgsplit11.zip) to create a small clip you can upload it here (http://tinyurl.com/2fzusz)


Here's an example chapter VOB of one of the videos on the Queen Live DVD that won't encode the audio right. Audio is DTS. I select the DTS track and there is no audio.

http://www.crist.com/Temp/TEST.VOB (37MB)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

with lastest preview StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 7 (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_7.7z)

BeSweet.exe crashes trying to convert it to 5.1 .m4a

http://img1.pixhost.org/thumbs/412/1208382_ss-2009-12-27_13-45-04.jpg (http://www.pixhost.org/show/412/1208382_ss-2009-12-27_13-45-04.jpg)

[MuLTiTaSK]

Simple Way to Convert DVD DTS Audio Track to AAC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtgx_VxrNU)

[Havokdan]

You can choose the font that uses the program, which began to be used in the latest previews is very bad in Windows XP, it could change the options?

[MuLTiTaSK]

It won't run on XP though but I'll upload a fix for that soon.

You can choose the font that uses the program, which began to be used in the latest previews is very bad in Windows XP, it could change the options?

@Havokdan

i think stax76 is aware of it he changed alot of code so we need to let him know of any bugs we find lastest preview looks very good on Win7 :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

StaxRip 1.1.2.4 Preview 7 Little Minor Bugs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCRyWUoy3co)

[Havokdan]

Look at:

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5079/imagemnfiv.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/imagemnfiv.jpg/)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

which was the last version that worked?

[Havokdan]

This image is the preview 7. But the problem that I mean the image is from the preview 6.

[consultant]

Simple Way to Convert DVD DTS Audio Track to AAC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtgx_VxrNU)

Forgive me, I can't make out the name of the program you are using in the video?

I just discovered two other DVDs encoded with DTS audio. What would be the most efficient process to rip an entire directory of VOBs with DTS audio? Will I have to convert them one by one in the Staxrip temp directories after adding them to the File Batch? I couldn't make the output file type you used either?

[MuLTiTaSK]

Forgive me, I can't make out the name of the program you are using in the video?

I just discovered two other DVDs encoded with DTS audio. What would be the most efficient process to rip an entire directory of VOBs with DTS audio? Will I have to convert them one by one in the Staxrip temp directories after adding them to the File Batch? I couldn't make the output file type you used either?

UsEac3to: a different GUI for eac3to (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145574)

are you using lastest preview (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_7.7z)?

[turok]

Apparently I cannot modify the Bitrate for the audio using the AC3 audio format in audio profiles any reason for this? Also is BeSweet buggish? Can't encode audio only for some reason.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

using lastest preview (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_7.7z)?

[consultant]

UsEac3to: a different GUI for eac3to (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145574)

are you using lastest preview (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_7.7z)?

Yes Using 7z preview. That doesn't fix the problem does it since it is a BeSweet limitation?

I just want to know the easiest process for using USEac3to in conjunction with Staxrip considering I am using File Batch mode to rip about 30 VOBs at once.

[consultant]

@ Multitask

When I add a VOB to be transcoded, Staxrip creates both a .wav and a .dts file for it. I can play the .wav file, no problem. Media info shows it is a 3F2R multi-channel PCM stream. I used that USEa3to utility and selected the VOB and select the DTS track and converted to wav. Could play that also. I then tried to transcode the VOB but for the audio track I manually selected the wav file that USEa3to output. Same result. When I play the mp4, no audio. I'm transcoding to AAC 5.1. I also tried AAC 2-channel, no luck.

Here's the log.



------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
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D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.VOB

General
Complete name : D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 260 MiB
Duration : 5mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 7 244 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 5mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 447 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 7 500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.526
Stream size : 195 MiB (75%)

Audio
ID : 138 (0x8A)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : 96/24
Duration : 5mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 96.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 54.1 MiB (21%)

Menu


------------------------------------------------------------
DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Staxrip\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.VOB" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1 temp files\\VTS_01_1" -hide -exit

Demuxer: DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
Start: 3:41:05 PM
End: 3:41:09 PM
Duration: 00:00:03

------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
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MPEG2Source("D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)
LoadCplugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\Staxrip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif()
Crop(8,0,-8,-0)

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Audio Source File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.VOB_2.wav
Format : Wave
File size : 496 MiB
Duration : 5mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 13.8 Mbps

Audio
Format : PCM
Codec ID : FFFE
Codec ID/Info : Extensible
Duration : 5mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 13.8 Mbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L, C, R, Middle: L, R, LFE
Sampling rate : 96.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 496 MiB (100%)


------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Staxrip\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.VOB_2.wav" -output "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.VOB_2_AudioOutput.m4a" ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.4 -aacprofile_he -6chnew )


Start: 5:40:22 PM
End: 5:40:22 PM
Duration: 00:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Staxrip\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --crf 21 --sar 10:11 --output "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1_EncoderOutput.h264" "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.avs"

avs [info]: 704x480 @ 29.97 fps (9020 frames)
x264 [info]: using SAR=10/11
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64
x264 [info]: profile High, level 3.0

x264 [info]: frame I:83 Avg QP:20.10 size: 29404
x264 [info]: frame P:5489 Avg QP:23.26 size: 12141
x264 [info]: frame B:3448 Avg QP:24.66 size: 3283
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 29.8% 52.6% 10.8% 6.8%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 7.3% 80.0% 12.6%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 2.4% 16.4% 2.0% P16..4: 39.5% 20.9% 9.9% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 9.0%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.2% 0.7% 0.1% B16..8: 41.5% 1.1% 2.2% direct: 9.1% skip:45.1% L0:39.9% L1:54.1% BI: 6.0%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:78.6% inter:76.1%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 75.3% 85.8% 59.4% inter: 36.3% 46.0% 5.7%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 44% 28% 12% 17%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 15% 22% 6% 8% 9% 8% 9% 8%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 16% 13% 6% 11% 11% 10% 8% 7%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:17.1%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 55.2% 13.3% 21.3% 7.2% 3.0%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 85.1% 14.9%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2137.17
encoded 9020 frames, 37.73 fps, 2137.17 kb/s

------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 5:40:23 PM
End: 5:44:22 PM
Duration: 00:03:59
Size: 76.7 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Staxrip\Applications\MP4Box\MP4Box.exe" -fps 29.970 -add "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1_EncoderOutput.h264#video:name=Video" -new "D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.mp4"

AVC-H264 import - frame size 704 x 480 at 29.970 FPS

Import results: 9020 samples - Slices: 83 I 5489 P 3448 B - 1 SEI - 82 IDR
Saving D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.mp4: 0.500 secs Interleaving

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 5:44:22 PM
End: 5:44:24 PM
Duration: 00:00:01
Speed: 6513 fps
Size: 76.8 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Job Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 5:40:22 PM
End: 5:44:24 PM
Duration: 00:04:01

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Target File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : D:\dvd rips\peter gabriel 1\VTS_01_1.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 76.8 MiB
Duration : 5mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 2 140 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-27 01:44:22
Tagged date : UTC 2009-12-27 01:44:22

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 5mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 137 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 6 786 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.211
Stream size : 76.7 MiB (100%)
Title : Video
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=21.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-27 01:44:22
Tagged date : UTC 2009-12-27 01:44:23

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

the log shows the audio track is not being encoded with BeSweet so the final muxed .mp4 file gets only video

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

BeSweet gives me the same issues converting to a 5.1 .m4a when source file has multiple audio tracks

@consultant

converting those tracks to a 5.1 .ac3 in StaxRip worked

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/517/1210682_ss-2009-12-27_21-31-11.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/517/1210682_ss-2009-12-27_21-31-11.png)
http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/517/1210681_ss-2009-12-27_21-31-54.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/517/1210681_ss-2009-12-27_21-31-54.png)
http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/517/1210680_ss-2009-12-27_21-32-19.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/517/1210680_ss-2009-12-27_21-32-19.png)

.vob you uploaded
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_7\Applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\consultant\TEST.VOB" "J:\consultant\TEST_AudioOutput.ac3" -448 -normalize -down6
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VOB, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 0:00:55
1: MPEG2, 480i60 /1.001 (4:3)
2: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1510kbps, 48khz, -66ms
Track 2 is used for destination file "TEST_AudioOutput.ac3".
[a02] The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead.
[a02] Extracting audio track number 2...
[a02] Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
[a02] Remapping channels...
[a02] Applying RAW/PCM delay...
[a02] Writing WAV...
[a02] Creating file "J:\consultant\TEST_AudioOutput.ac3.pass1.wav"...
This doesn't seem to be a valid EVO/VOB file ($0). <ERROR>
[a02] Starting 2nd pass...
[a02] Reading WAV...
[a02] Encoding AC3 <448kbps> with libAften...
[a02] Creating file "J:\consultant\TEST_AudioOutput.ac3"...
[a02] Original audio track: max 32 bits, average 29 bits, most common 28 bits.
[a02] The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 64 bits.
Video track 1 contains 3302 fields.
eac3to processing took 6 seconds.
Done.

demuxed .dts audio track from .vob you uploaded
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_7\Applications\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\consultant\TEST T89 C+L+R+SL+SR 48 1536 DELAY -65ms.dts" "J:\consultant\TEST T89 C+L+R+SL+SR 48 1536 DELAY -65ms_AudioOutput.ac3" -448 -65ms -normalize -down6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This doesn't seem to be a valid EVO/VOB file ($0). <ERROR>
DTS, 5.1 channels, 0:00:55, 24 bits, 1510kbps, 48khz
The ArcSoft and Sonic decoders don't seem to work, will use libav instead.
Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
Remapping channels...
Applying RAW/PCM delay...
Writing WAV...
Creating file "J:\consultant\TEST T89 C+L+R+SL+SR 48 1536 DELAY -65ms_AudioOutput.ac3.pass1.wav"...
This doesn't seem to be a valid EVO/VOB file ($0). <ERROR>
Starting 2nd pass...
Reading WAV...
Encoding AC3 <448kbps> with libAften...
Creating file "J:\consultant\TEST T89 C+L+R+SL+SR 48 1536 DELAY -65ms_AudioOutput.ac3"...
Original audio track: max 32 bits, average 29 bits, most common 28 bits.
The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 64 bits.
eac3to processing took 7 seconds.
Done.


both converted to .ac3

[turok]

@ MuLTiTaSK

Not using latest preview (using preview 5 atm) will update although I don't think thats the issue...

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

BeSweet seems to be buggy with lastest previews

you cant choose 384, 448, 640 for bitrate in .ac3 audio settings?
http://img1.pixhost.org/thumbs/413/1210733_ss-2009-12-27_22-04-31.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/413/1210733_ss-2009-12-27_22-04-31.png)

[turok]

I can now with the latest preview but whats annoying is that I can't choose the bitrate myself. And why is 384 kbps on the multi channel only and not on the 2.0 stereo?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

you would have to ask stax76 that question

i know just recently stax76 added eac3to support so .ac3 encoding is now done with eac3to so new audio settings are still green we gotta wait for him to work his coding magic
like we know he can :)

eac3to v3.17, freeware by madshi.net

- can show information about audio, video, VOB/EVO/(M2)TS and MKV files
- can decode and encode various audio formats
- can remove dialog normalization from AC3, E-AC3, DTS and TrueHD tracks
- can extract AC3 stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
- can extract TrueHD stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
- can extract DTS core from DTS-HD tracks
- can remove DTS zero padding and repair outdated DTS-ES headers
- can apply positive or negative audio delays
- can reduce bitdepth of decoded audio data by using TPDF dithering
- can resample decoded audio data (using SSRC or r8brain)
- can apply/reverse PAL speedup on decoded audio data (SSRC/r8brain)
- can demux video / audio tracks of EVO/VOB/(M2)TS and MKV sources
- can list available titles of Blu-Ray and HD DVD discs
- can extract Blu-Ray and HD DVD chapter information and subtitles
- can mux MPEG2, VC-1 and h264 video tracks to Matroska
- can remove pulldown flags from MPEG2, VC-1 and h264 video tracks

eac3to sourcefile[+sourcefile2] [trackno:] [destfile|stdout] [-options]

Examples:
eac3to source.pcm destination.flac
eac3to source.thd destination.flac destination.ac3
eac3to source.evo 1: chapters.txt 2: video.mkv 3: audio.flac 5: subtitle.sup
eac3to feature_1.evo+feature_2.evo movie.mkv
eac3to blurayMovieFolder movie.mkv

Options:
-448 use e.g. "192", "448" or "640" kbps for AC3 encoding
-768 use "768" or "1536" kbps for DTS encoding
-core extract the DTS core of a DTS-HD track
+/-100ms apply a positive or negative audio delay
+/-3dB apply a positive or negative audio gain (volume change)
-0,1,2,3,4,5 remap the channels to the specified order
-edit=0:00:00,0ms loops or removes audio data at the specified runtime
-silence/-loop forces usage of silence (or looping) for audio edits
-down6 downmix 7 or 8 channels to 6 channels
-down2 downmix multi channel audio to stereo (Dolby Pro Logic II)
-phaseShift shift phase (when doing stereo downmixing, see "down2")
-mixlfe mix LFE in (when doing stereo downmixing, see "down2")
-down16 downconvert decoded audio data to 14..23 bit
-slowdown convert 25.000 and 24.000 content to 23.976 fps
-speedup convert 23.976 and 24.000 content to 25.000 fps
-23.976/... define source fps to be "23.976", "24.000", "25.000", ...
-changeTo24.000 change source fps to "23.976", "24.000", "25.000", ...
-resampleTo48000 resample audio to "44100", "48000" or "96000" Hz
-r8brain use r8brain resampler instead of SSRC
-quality=0.50 Nero AAC encoding quality (0.00 = lowest; 1.00 = highest)
-8 define PCM file to be "1".."8" channels
-16 define PCM file to be "16" or "24" bit
-little define PCM file to be "little" or "big" endian
-96000 define PCM file to be 44100, 48000, 96000 or 192000 Hz
-override forcefully overrides PCM auto detection with manual values
-sonic/nero/... force the use of a specific decoder (not recommended)
-keepDialnorm disables dialog normalization removal (not recommended)
-decodeHdcd decodes HDCD source track (usually 16 -> 20 bit)
-demux demuxes 1st video track and all audio and subtitle tracks
-stripPulldown strips the pulldown from MPEG2 video tracks
-keepPulldown disable removal of pulldown for MPEG2, h264 and VC-1 tracks
-seekToIFrames make all h264/AVC "I" frames seekable
-check checks if the source EVO/(M2)TS file is clean.
-test checks if the external filters are installed & working
-lowPriority moves processing to background/idle priority
-shutdown automatically shutdown the PC after processing is done

Supported source formats:
(1) RAW, (L)PCM
(2) WAV (PCM, DTS and AC3), W64, RF64
(3) AC3, E-AC3
(4) DTS, DTS-ES, DTS-96/24, DTS-HD Hi-Res, DTS-HD Master Audio
(5) MP1, MP2, MP3 audio
(6) AAC audio
(7) MLP, TrueHD, TrueHD/AC3
(8) FLAC
(9) EVO/VOB/(M2)TS and MKV

Decoded audio data can be stored as / encoded to:
(1) RAW, (L)PCM
(2) WAV (PCM only), W64, RF64, AGM
(3) WAVs (multiple mono WAV files, PCM only)
(4) AC3
(5) DTS
(6) AAC
(7) FLAC

For best AC3, E-AC3 and AAC decoding you need:
(1) Nero 7 (Nero 8 won't work!)
(2) Nero HD DVD / Blu-Ray plugin

For best DTS decoding you need:
(1) ArcSoft DTS Decoder - version 1.1.0.0 or newer

For DTS encoding you need:
(1) SurCode DVD DTS - version 1.0.21 or newer

For AAC encoding you need:
(1) Nero AAC Encoder

For video muxing you need:
(1) Haali Matroska Muxer

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

help get StaxRip working with DGDecNV AVC/MPG/VC1 Decoder and Frame Server (http://neuron2.net/dgdecnv/dgdecnv.html)

any input would be very appreciated
DG NV Tools usage in StaxRip (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=151118)

[turok]

as much as I would like to lend my aid I cannot at this time (got a real old pc D: ) and I have no idea what that is xD. refresh memory please I may have forgotten.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

DGDecNV is a decoder/frameserver for AVC, MPEG2, and VC1 streams that runs on the GPU of Nvidia graphics cards that support CUDA video decoding

[consultant]

@stax76

@consultant

converting those tracks to a 5.1 .ac3 in StaxRip worked

But you can't use AC3 with MP4 (at least not in a way that is widely compatible from what I understand.) So do you mean create an ac3 file and transcode that?

What I don't understand is that if a multi-channel .wav file is created, why isn't it getting transcoded with the video? Bug in BeSweet?

[consultant]

I can't go from DTS to AC3 using USEac3To. There's some error and the window closes before I can see what it is. I can't encode to m4a either, says there is no Nero encoder for AAC.

[MuLTiTaSK]

Extract, Run, Point to eac3to happy encoding (http://www.mediafire.com/?ikeuzmggfng) :)

[consultant]

@Multitask

How do you convert to AC3 using USEac3To? I can't get it to work. Is there a way without manually entering the command line parameters?

Also, is there a deinterlace setting in Staxrip? I couldn't find it.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/521/1216172_ss-2009-12-28_17-24-34.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/521/1216172_ss-2009-12-28_17-24-34.png)
http://www.pixhost.org/thumbs/521/1216173_ss-2009-12-28_17-18-04.png (http://www.pixhost.org/show/521/1216173_ss-2009-12-28_17-18-04.png)

[consultant]

@Multi

Haha. I feel like a Bozo. I remember it being there all the time. Too many programs on my mind I guess (and maybe too little sleep lol)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

i know exactly what you mean ;)

[turok]

@turok

DGDecNV is a decoder/frameserver for AVC, MPEG2, and VC1 streams that runs on the GPU of Nvidia graphics cards that support CUDA video decoding

I don't have a nvidia card lol. So I guess I can't run it or its not a requirement? my gpu is like from intel and its ram is 63mb D:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

DGDecNV (http://neuron2.net/dgdecnv/dgdecnv.html) requires a Nvidia Graphics Card with a VP2 or greater engine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs)

[stax76]

I can now with the latest preview but whats annoying is that I can't choose the bitrate myself. And why is 384 kbps on the multi channel only and not on the 2.0 stereo?

384 is commonly used for 5.1, next version will support 256 for 2.0, shouldn't this be enough?

Apparently I cannot modify the Bitrate for the audio using the AC3 audio format in audio profiles any reason for this?

There is a link label to show a menu where you can select common AC3 bitrates.

@consultant

BeSweet wasn't able to process the 5.1 wav file decoded with ffmpeg, I've changed the default handling to decode using NicAudio, until I upload a new built you can enable NicAudio decoding in the options.

You can choose the font that uses the program, which began to be used in the latest previews is very bad in Windows XP, it could change the options?

I've setup XP in VirtualBox and fixed the most ugly things. Some things will remain though like the menu looking not so good.

@MuLTiTaSK

Thanks for the video with minor bugs, should work in the next built.

@cegy

I would need the command line of the old version which worked, the command line of the new version which is broke and media info or better a sample clip. StaxRip should not remove audio profiles from old versions any longer, it pushes them down in the menu structure to Advanced | Backup, you can move the old profiles up the menu structure at the top level easily use the profiles dialog.

[cegy]

@cegy

I would need the command line of the old version which worked, the command line of the new version which is broke and media info or better a sample clip. StaxRip should not remove audio profiles from old versions any longer, it pushes them down in the menu structure to Advanced | Backup, you can move the old profiles up the menu structure at the top level easily use the profiles dialog.


true but when you click edit it crashes which is kind of odd :/ i've fixed the audio problem with the sample rate but the profile/settings has always been one of the draw back for staxrip it works and it crash or it doesn't do anything and back to the default settings/setup

[stax76]

Most important settings are not reset any longer so this isn't a draw back any longer. If it crashes please send diagnostic files assuming the exception handling don't fail.

preview 8: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8.7z

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

no problem buddy anything to help the project ;)

when is audio decoding mode activated?
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3166/ss20091229135755.png

BeSweet crashes with the file consultant uploaded from audio settings even after setting NicAudio (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1357111&postcount=2725)
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4872/ss20091229162426.png

[stax76]

when is audio decoding mode activated?

This forces decoding, normally StaxRip decodes only when it has to like BeSweet not supporting the input format, most commonly are the formats dts and aac.

BeSweet crashes with the file consultant uploaded from audio settings even after setting NicAudio

Execute now just runs the BeSweet command line, in your case it uses the dts file as source which isn't supported by BeSweet. Decoding, cutting etc. runs only when running the project.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

little minor bugs in preview 7 are fixed in preview 8 :thanks:

preview window doesnt remember to open centered i have all set to center to test

can LPCM: NicLPCMSource("FileName.lpcm", int "SampleRate", int "SampleBits", int "Channels") be used to support .pcm audio?

after demuxing .m2ts with DGIndex it places the same .m2ts file as audio track not the .pcm track i want to convert the 5.1 .pcm track to a 5.1 .m4a track

DGIndexNV is still crashing :(

[MuLTiTaSK]

StaxRip

------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 650 MiB
Duration : 2mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 35.8 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.507
Stream size : 457 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.8 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 125 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\\PCM" -hide -exit

Demuxer: DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
Start: 6:32:15 PM
End: 6:32:26 PM
Duration: 00:00:11

------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM.d2v")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)
Crop(2,0,-2,-0)
Spline64Resize(1280,720)

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Audio Source File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 650 MiB
Duration : 2mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 35.8 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.507
Stream size : 457 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.8 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 125 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Decoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM.wav"
"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM.wav"

FFmpeg version SVN-r20878, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Dec 16 2009 06:01:45 with gcc 4.2.4
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --prefix=/mingw --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --cc=ccache-i686-mingw32-gcc --target-os=mingw32 --arch=i686 --cpu=i686 --enable-avisynth --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-zlib --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libfaad --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspeex --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libxvid --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb
libavutil 50. 7. 0 / 50. 7. 0
libavcodec 52.43. 0 / 52.43. 0
libavformat 52.43. 0 / 52.43. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 2 / 0. 7. 2
[mpegts @ 0x144ce50]MAX_READ_SIZE:5000000 reached
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (48000/1001) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)
Input #0, mpegts, from 'J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts':
Duration: 00:02:32.23, start: 4267.375000, bitrate: 35839 kb/s
Program 1
Stream #0.0[0x1011]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30000 kb/s, 23.97 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x1100]: Audio: pcm_bluray, 48000 Hz, stereo, s32, 2304 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x1101]: Audio: pcm_bluray, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s32, 6912 kb/s
Output #0, wav, to 'J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM.wav':
Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 4608 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
Warning, using s16 intermediate sample format for resampling
video:0kB audio:85635kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000078%
Start: 6:33:26 PM
End: 6:33:33 PM
Duration: 00:00:07

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM.wav" -output "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM_AudioOutput.m4a" ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.3 -6chnew )


Start: 6:33:33 PM
End: 6:33:33 PM
Duration: 00:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --tune animation --crf 20 --output "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM_EncoderOutput.h264" "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM.avs"

avs [info]: 1280x720 @ 23.98 fps (3650 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0

x264 [info]: frame I:70 Avg QP:16.21 size: 87037
x264 [info]: frame P:1285 Avg QP:21.09 size: 21381
x264 [info]: frame B:2295 Avg QP:24.50 size: 3525
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 12.8% 14.0% 10.7% 17.4% 20.1% 25.0%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 23.6% 60.6% 15.8%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 6.2% 15.8% 1.4% P16..4: 29.5% 11.0% 6.1% 0.0% 0.0% skip:30.0%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% B16..8: 22.2% 0.8% 1.0% direct: 1.1% skip:74.0% L0:41.3% L1:49.5% BI: 9.2%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:66.2% inter:76.1%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 54.3% 59.6% 29.6% inter: 10.4% 12.2% 2.8%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 25% 44% 7% 24%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 16% 23% 20% 6% 6% 6% 8% 7% 8%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 21% 12% 6% 11% 9% 10% 6% 7%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:4.7%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 61.0% 10.4% 17.6% 4.0% 3.1% 1.9% 1.9% 0.2%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 87.4% 6.7% 3.4% 1.4% 1.2%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2189.06
encoded 3650 frames, 8.50 fps, 2189.06 kb/s

------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 6:33:34 PM
End: 6:40:46 PM
Duration: 00:07:12
Size: 39.7 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_8\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "J:\PCM\PCM.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:23.976fps "J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM_EncoderOutput.h264" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --ui-language en

mkvmerge v2.9.9 ('Tutu') built on Nov 25 2009 21:13:31
'J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM_EncoderOutput.h264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'J:\PCM\PCM temp files\PCM_EncoderOutput.h264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
The file 'J:\PCM\PCM.mkv' has been opened for writing.
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 2 seconds.

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 6:40:46 PM
End: 6:40:49 PM
Duration: 00:00:02
Speed: 1372 fps
Size: 39.8 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Job Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 6:33:26 PM
End: 6:40:49 PM
Duration: 00:07:23

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Target File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : J:\PCM\PCM.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 39.8 MiB
Duration : 2mn 32s
Overall bit rate : 2 191 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-29 23:40:47
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.9.9 ('Tutu') built on Nov 25 2009 21:13:32
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2mn 32s
Bit rate : 2 147 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.097
Stream size : 38.9 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.4:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60



UsEac3To
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts" 3: "J:\PCM\PCM.m2ts_3.m4a" -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 0:02:32, 24p /1.001
1: MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
2: RAW/PCM, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
3: RAW/PCM, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Encoding AAC <0.50> with NeroAacEnc...
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Video track 1 contains 3650 frames.
eac3to processing took 21 seconds.
Done.

[MuLTiTaSK]

BeHappy
Starting job PCM PID 1101 DELAY 0ms.pcm->PCM PID 1101 DELAY 0ms.mp4
Found Audio Stream
Channels=6, BitsPerSample=24 int, SampleRate=48000Hz
encoder\neroAacEnc.exe -ignorelength -q 0.3 -if - -of "J:\PCM\PCM PID 1101 DELAY 0ms.mp4"
Writing RIFF header to encoder's StdIn
Writing PCM data to encoder's StdIn
Finalizing encoder
Complete
#### Encoder StdErr ####
*************************************************************
* *
* Nero AAC Encoder *
* Copyright 2009 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Dec 17 2009 *
* Package version: 1.5.1.0 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************

[turok]

384 is commonly used for 5.1, next version will support 256 for 2.0, shouldn't this be enough?

There is a link label to show a menu where you can select common AC3 bitrates.


Well you can say that but I have alot of DVDs that speaks a different tale as 384kbps 2.0 stereo is the most common for Dolby digital as far as DVDs concern.

Also thx for preview 8 gonna get it now.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

DGindex only demuxes one audio track called from commandline

DGIndex Bugs_Limitations.txt
DGMPGDec Known Bugs and Limitations
-----------------------------------

"No-I-frame" streams cannot be processed.

Need auto horizontal scrollbar in file list dialog (no scrollbar when not needed).

DGParse should show the effects of FF decimation/replication.

Need to add back the autoincrement open option.

Not all DGIndex funtions are available through the CLI, and not all information that
DGIndex gathers can be accessed by a third-party application. For example, the DGIndex
Info dialog contents (and other info) should be readable via the CLI.

Decode to WAV is limited to 2GB WAV files.

DGDecode macroblocks on some severe video errors for which DGIndex recovers without
macroblocking.

DGMPGDec needs to be able to load older D2V files. Backward compatibility in general
should be a strong requirement.

DVR-MS files are not supported.

DGIndex should do audio playback.

DGIndex should process multiple audio streams from transport streams (just as it does
for program streams). Currently, only one audio PID can be specified at a time.

Unicode paths and file names are not supported.

DGIndexNV can demux all audio tracks from transport streams with no problems called from commandline

more reason to get it working with StaxRip

[MuLTiTaSK]

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3781/ss20091229221624.jpg

[consultant]

I uninstalled some other encoding software and Staxrip crashed and then gave me a message next time I tried to encode about YV12 not registered and a button to register FFDShow. I re-installed FFDShow just to be sure, hit the button in Staxrip's pop-up to register it, but when it goes to encode it fails with a message that it failed to decode YV12. Help! Thanks.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

what encoder did you install?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

see if this helps
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7536/ss20091229233738.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

use the programs below to see what codecs you have installed on your pc

CCCP Insurgent (http://cccp-project.net/movax_temp/insurgent/cccpi.exe)

InstalledCodec (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/installedcodec.zip)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@consultant

install Xvid if you encode with it (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.xvidvideo.ru/xvid-video-codec/&sl=ru&tl=en)

[consultant]

@consultant

install Xvid if you encode with it (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.xvidvideo.ru/xvid-video-codec/&sl=ru&tl=en)

I uninstalled Xvid, MeGui, and Haali Media Splitter, then had the problem. I don't use any of those three programs.

Here's my codec list.

AC3 Parser Filter
ACM Wrapper
ArcSoft Audio Decoder HD
AVI Decompressor
AVI Draw
AVI Mux
AVI Splitter
AVI/WAV File Source
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
Color Space Converter
CyberLink Audio Decoder
CyberLink Audio Effect
CyberLink Audio Spectrum Analyzer
CyberLink Audio Wizard
CyberLink AudioCD Filter
CyberLink Demultiplexer
CyberLink DVD Navigator
CyberLink Line21 Decoder Filter
Cyberlink SubTitle Importor
CyberLink TimeStretch Filter
CyberLink Video Effect
CyberLink Video/SP Decoder
DV Muxer
DV Splitter
DV Video Decoder
DVD Navigator
Enhanced Video Renderer
ffdshow Audio Decoder
ffdshow Audio Processor
ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
ffdshow raw video filter
ffdshow subtitles filter
ffdshow VFW decoder helper
ffdshow Video Codec
File Source (Async.)
File Source (URL)
File stream renderer
File Writer
File writer
FLV Source
FLV Splitter
FLV4 Video Decoder
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec
Full Screen Renderer
G700decoder
Haali Matroska Muxer
Haali Media Splitter
Haali Media Splitter (AR)
Haali Simple Media Splitter
Haali Video Renderer
Haali Video Sink
Infinite Pin Tee Filter
Internal Script Command Renderer
Line 21 Decoder
Line 21 Decoder 2
madFlac Decoder
madFlac Source
Messenger Audio Codec
Microsoft AC3 Encoder
Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder
MIDI Parser
MJPEG Decompressor
MP4 Source
MP4 Splitter
Mpa Source
Mpa Splitter
MPEG Audio Decoder
MPEG Video Decoder
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables
MPEG-2 Splitter
MPEG-2 Video Stream Analyzer
MPEG-I Stream Splitter
MPEG4 Video Source
MPEG4 Video Splitter
msacm.imaadpcm
msacm.msadpcm
msacm.msg711
msacm.msgsm610
Multi-file Parser
MyPullSource
MyPushSource
Null Renderer
Overlay Mixer
Overlay Mixer2
Record Queue
SAMI (CC) Parser
SampleGrabber
Screen Capture filter
Smart Tee
StreamBufferSink
StreamBufferSource
VBI Codec
VBI Surface Allocator
VGA 16 Color Ditherer
vidc.cvid
vidc.i420
vidc.iyuv
vidc.mrle
vidc.msvc
vidc.uyvy
vidc.yuy2
VIDC.YV12
vidc.yvu9
vidc.yvyu
Video Mixing Renderer 9
Video Port Manager
Video Renderer
Video Renderer
Wave Parser
WM ASF Reader
WM ASF Writer
WMT DV Extract
WMT Sample Information Filter
WMT Switch Filter
WMT VIH2 Fix
WMT Virtual Renderer
WMT Virtual Source
WST Pager

[stax76]

Preview 9 fixes the YV12 crash, fixes MP3 VBR ~160 profile using 0.3 instead of 0.5 (maybe this was the reason for the down sampling?) and allows to enter any mod 16 bitrate for AC3, there are some other minor things, nothing that could introduce new bugs since I would like to make a new official release soon.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9.7z

[consultant]

I downloaded Preview 9. Still getting YV12 Crash. I think it's from uninstalling another program though. But I reinstalled FFDShow to make sure that isn't the problem. Still no go.

StaxRip has crashed!

Failed to decode YV12.

System.Exception: Failed to decode YV12.
at StaxRip.AVIFile.Open(String path) in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\General\AVIFile.vb:line 173
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Synchronize() in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\General\AviSynth.vb:line 115
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode) in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\Forms\MainForm.vb:line 1541

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

:thanks: it sure is looking good

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9350/ss20091230141114.png

can you add options to encode to other formats with eac3to
ffmpeg + BeSweet combo gives me problems as you see in my previous posts above

eac3to option in decoding mode in project options

eac3to detect tracks and encodes them with no problems
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" 3: "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.ac3" -down6 -448 3: "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.m4a" -down6 -quality=0.35 3: "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.wav" 3: "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac" -down6 -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 0:02:31, 24p /1.001
1: MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
2: RAW/PCM, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
3: RAW/PCM, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Encoding FLAC with libFlac...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Encoding AC3 <448kbps> with libAften...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Encoding AAC <0.35> with NeroAacEnc...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Writing WAV...
[a03] Creating file "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.wav"...
[a03] Creating file "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac"...
[a03] Creating file "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.ac3"...
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Video track 1 contains 3616 frames.
eac3to processing took 26 seconds.
Done.

[turok]

I just got preview 9. Its a good improvement but I got a question. I also have MeGUI installed (in the event that StaxRip's audio encoding fails to start good to have a backup) and when I setup peview 9 apparently it forgot the location to the avisynth plugins as it didnt recognise dgdecode_mpeg2source or something like that..Is staxrip influenced by other GUI settings as it turns out I checked my MeGUI's avisynth path and its path is outdated as I deleted the folder which the path has chosen, so I redirected it to the correct folder the plugins are and all of a sudden staxrip works and remembers where the Avisynth plugins folder is at. Any reason for that???

Also although I think this has been answered already but I am going to say it differently. When I was opening source a pop up came up and asked to confirm what to use for encoding and decoding or something like that such as use divx h264 decoder and ffmpeg for the rest How do I set it so that I use CoreAVC 2.0 for H.264 and if it is set does the CoreAVC tray icon show up during encoding in the traybar? I have a feeling Im using Divx h264 decoder when I dont want it heck I don't even have it installed (at least i think I dont but I dont see CoreAVC 2.0 tray icon at the traybar during encoding this has bugged me before it does show up why not now?)

[turok]

I downloaded Preview 9. Still getting YV12 Crash. I think it's from uninstalling another program though. But I reinstalled FFDShow to make sure that isn't the problem. Still no go.

StaxRip has crashed!

Failed to decode YV12.

System.Exception: Failed to decode YV12.
at StaxRip.AVIFile.Open(String path) in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\General\AVIFile.vb:line 173
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Synchronize() in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\General\AviSynth.vb:line 115
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode) in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\Forms\MainForm.vb:line 1541

Did you register the yv12 decoder thing? I did and it works fine for me. Maybe its codec issues install CCCP lol then install latest ffdshow tryouts maybe that will fix the problem.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8338/ss20091230151657.png

StaxRip log

------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 645 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 35.9 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.507
Stream size : 453 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.4 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 124 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\\Preview" -hide -exit

Demuxer: DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
Start: 3:08:24 PM
End: 3:08:33 PM
Duration: 00:00:08

------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.d2v")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)
Crop(2,132,-2,-132)
Spline36Resize(1280,544)

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Audio Source File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 645 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 35.9 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.507
Stream size : 453 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.4 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 124 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Decoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav"
"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav"

FFmpeg version SVN-r20878, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Dec 16 2009 06:01:45 with gcc 4.2.4
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --prefix=/mingw --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --cc=ccache-i686-mingw32-gcc --target-os=mingw32 --arch=i686 --cpu=i686 --enable-avisynth --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-zlib --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libfaad --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspeex --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libxvid --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb
libavutil 50. 7. 0 / 50. 7. 0
libavcodec 52.43. 0 / 52.43. 0
libavformat 52.43. 0 / 52.43. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 2 / 0. 7. 2
[mpegts @ 0x3bcea0]MAX_READ_SIZE:5000000 reached
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (48000/1001) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)
Input #0, mpegts, from 'J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts':
Duration: 00:02:30.81, start: 4859.791667, bitrate: 35864 kb/s
Program 1
Stream #0.0[0x1011]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30000 kb/s, 23.97 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x1100]: Audio: pcm_bluray, 48000 Hz, stereo, s32, 2304 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x1101]: Audio: pcm_bluray, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s32, 6912 kb/s
Output #0, wav, to 'J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav':
Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 4608 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
Warning, using s16 intermediate sample format for resampling
video:0kB audio:84836kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000078%
Start: 3:08:58 PM
End: 3:09:05 PM
Duration: 00:00:06

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav" -output "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_AudioOutput.m4a" ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.3 -6chnew )


Start: 3:09:05 PM
End: 3:09:05 PM
Duration: 00:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --level 4 --keyint 100 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --output "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264" "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.avs"

avs [info]: 1280x544 @ 23.98 fps (3616 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0

x264 [info]: frame I:112 Avg QP:20.15 size: 40168
x264 [info]: frame P:1779 Avg QP:23.66 size: 10874
x264 [info]: frame B:1725 Avg QP:25.33 size: 2378
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 24.5% 25.5% 12.8% 37.3%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 16.3% 65.7% 18.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 3.5% 10.5% 1.8% P16..4: 35.1% 9.0% 6.2% 0.0% 0.0% skip:33.8%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% B16..8: 33.0% 0.6% 0.8% direct: 1.0% skip:64.0% L0:39.1% L1:57.2% BI: 3.6%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:66.0% inter:81.3%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 57.9% 53.2% 17.4% inter: 12.0% 10.7% 0.6%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 29% 25% 5% 40%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 19% 19% 6% 8% 8% 8% 7% 7%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 21% 14% 6% 9% 8% 7% 6% 5%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:3.4%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 60.6% 12.3% 21.0% 5.8% 0.4%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 85.1% 14.9%
x264 [info]: kb/s:1482.38
encoded 3616 frames, 25.49 fps, 1482.38 kb/s

------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:09:06 PM
End: 3:11:30 PM
Duration: 00:02:24
Size: 26.7 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "J:\Streams\Preview.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:23.976fps "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --ui-language en

mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
'J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
The file 'J:\Streams\Preview.mkv' has been opened for writing.
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 1 second.

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:11:30 PM
End: 3:11:32 PM
Duration: 00:00:01
Speed: 2080 fps
Size: 26.7 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Job Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:08:58 PM
End: 3:11:32 PM
Duration: 00:02:33

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Target File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 26.7 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 1 484 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-30 20:11:31
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate : 1 455 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.087
Stream size : 26.1 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=100 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/741/ss20091230152505.png

log

------------------------------------------------------------
Opening source files
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 645 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 35.9 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.507
Stream size : 453 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.4 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 124 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
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"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\\Preview" -hide -exit

Demuxer: DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
Start: 3:22:23 PM
End: 3:22:31 PM
Duration: 00:00:08

------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.d2v")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)
Crop(2,132,-2,-132)
Spline36Resize(1280,544)
Trim(1124,1694)

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Audio Source File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 645 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 35.9 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.507
Stream size : 453 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.4 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 124 MiB (19%)


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Audio Decoding
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav"
"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav"

FFmpeg version SVN-r20878, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Dec 16 2009 06:01:45 with gcc 4.2.4
configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --prefix=/mingw --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --cc=ccache-i686-mingw32-gcc --target-os=mingw32 --arch=i686 --cpu=i686 --enable-avisynth --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-zlib --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libfaad --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspeex --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libxvid --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb
libavutil 50. 7. 0 / 50. 7. 0
libavcodec 52.43. 0 / 52.43. 0
libavformat 52.43. 0 / 52.43. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 2 / 0. 7. 2
[mpegts @ 0x161cea0]MAX_READ_SIZE:5000000 reached
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 47.95 (48000/1001) -> 23.98 (24000/1001)
Input #0, mpegts, from 'J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts':
Duration: 00:02:30.81, start: 4859.791667, bitrate: 35864 kb/s
Program 1
Stream #0.0[0x1011]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30000 kb/s, 23.97 fps, 23.98 tbr, 90k tbn, 47.95 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x1100]: Audio: pcm_bluray, 48000 Hz, stereo, s32, 2304 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x1101]: Audio: pcm_bluray, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s32, 6912 kb/s
Output #0, wav, to 'J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.wav':
Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 4608 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
Warning, using s16 intermediate sample format for resampling
video:0kB audio:84836kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000078%
Start: 3:23:18 PM
End: 3:23:24 PM
Duration: 00:00:06

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio cutting using VirtualDubMod
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.d2v")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)
Crop(2,132,-2,-132)
Spline36Resize(1280,544)

VirtualDub.Open("J:\\Streams\\Preview temp files\\Preview_Cutting.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("J:\\Streams\\Preview temp files\\Preview.wav",0x00000201);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.subset.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(1124, 570);
VirtualDub.SaveWAV("J:\\Streams\\Preview temp files\\Preview_Cutting.wav");

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Cutting Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:23:26 PM
End: 3:23:32 PM
Duration: 00:00:05
Speed: 98 fps
Size: 13.1 MB

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Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_Cutting.wav" -output "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_Cutting_AudioOutput.m4a" ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.3 -6chnew )


Start: 3:23:32 PM
End: 3:23:32 PM
Duration: 00:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --level 4 --keyint 100 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --output "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264" "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview.avs"

avs [info]: 1280x544 @ 23.98 fps (571 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0

x264 [info]: frame I:21 Avg QP:20.02 size: 43675
x264 [info]: frame P:223 Avg QP:23.71 size: 9154
x264 [info]: frame B:327 Avg QP:25.96 size: 2323
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 11.1% 24.4% 13.6% 50.9%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 16.2% 64.4% 19.4%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 4.3% 8.1% 1.3% P16..4: 34.1% 9.3% 6.1% 0.0% 0.0% skip:36.8%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% B16..8: 32.2% 0.7% 0.8% direct: 0.9% skip:64.8% L0:37.8% L1:58.6% BI: 3.6%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:61.3% inter:83.1%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 54.5% 55.1% 19.2% inter: 9.9% 8.7% 0.1%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 19% 36% 3% 42%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 20% 24% 16% 5% 7% 8% 8% 6% 7%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 26% 26% 11% 5% 8% 7% 8% 5% 5%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.2%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 63.7% 10.1% 21.4% 4.5% 0.3%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 88.6% 11.4%
x264 [info]: kb/s:1248.96
encoded 571 frames, 25.60 fps, 1248.96 kb/s

------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:23:33 PM
End: 3:23:58 PM
Duration: 00:00:24
Size: 3.5 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "J:\Streams\Preview.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:23.976fps "J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --ui-language en

mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
'J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'J:\Streams\Preview temp files\Preview_EncoderOutput.h264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
The file 'J:\Streams\Preview.mkv' has been opened for writing.
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 0 seconds.

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:23:58 PM
End: 3:23:58 PM
Duration: 00:00:00
Speed: 1124 fps
Size: 3.6 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Job Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 3:23:17 PM
End: 3:23:58 PM
Duration: 00:00:40

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Target File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 3.56 MiB
Duration : 23s 816ms
Overall bit rate : 1 252 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-30 20:23:58
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 23s 792ms
Bit rate : 1 227 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.074
Stream size : 3.48 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=100 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

[stax76]

@consultant

That is another problem, something with your system, normally StaxRip detects system problems, in your case it failed and it might be difficult to find the reason, please send diagnostic files. Can VirtualDubMod open the avs file? What decompressor does it show under File / File Infomation? Does it happen with any source type or only with a particular file?

@MuLTiTaSK

Features relevant for Blueray will be added but it's not a easy task and therefore it will take time.

NicAudio get's invoked by StaxRip for the following types: mpa mp2 mp3 dts ac3, regarding pcm, would it work without additional parameters? Don't pcm require always manual parameters as it's raw data without meta data? I absolutely avoid raw data without meta data for practical reasons.

I just got preview 9. Its a good improvement but I got a question. I also have MeGUI installed (in the event that StaxRip's audio encoding fails to start good to have a backup) and when I setup peview 9 apparently it forgot the location to the avisynth plugins as it didnt recognise dgdecode_mpeg2source or something like that..Is staxrip influenced by other GUI settings as it turns out I checked my MeGUI's avisynth path and its path is outdated as I deleted the folder which the path has chosen, so I redirected it to the correct folder the plugins are and all of a sudden staxrip works and remembers where the Avisynth plugins folder is at. Any reason for that???

StaxRip use manual loading and right now it's case sensitive so either you need the plugin in the plugin directory to use auto loading or you need exact spelling (MPEG2Source) otherwise the LoadPlugin calls won't be added by StaxRip. You can read about auto loading in the AviSynth documentation. I'll make it better case insensitive.

Also although I think this has been answered already but I am going to say it differently. When I was opening source a pop up came up abd asked to confirm what to use for encoding and decoding or something like that such as use divx h264 decoder and ffmpeg for the rest How do I set it so that I use CoreAVC 2.0 for H.264 and if it is set does the CoreAVC tray icon show up during encoding in the traybar? I have a feeling Im using Divx h264 decoder when I dont want it heck I don't even have it installed (at least i think I dont but I dont see CoreAVC 2.0 tray icon at the traybar during encoding this has bugged me before it does show up why not now?)

Did you try GraphStudio? It's a difficult topic and there isn't a great tutorial.

[turok]

Havent heard of GraphStudio what does it do?

[edit] just got it so how do i use it? This is all i did so far: open it up then open up a media file that I know is done in h264, then look and saw only coreavc being there is that a good sign I may be using corevac instead of any other codec?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

StaxRip with Blu-ray support is gonna own ALL other GUI's let me know if when you need early beta testing i would be glad to stress test StaxRip for you;)

i hate having to do all these extra steps using BDInfo, DGIndexNV, eac3to, tsMuxer, SupRip, BDSup2Sub outside of my precious StaxRip:(

[MuLTiTaSK]

NicAudio Site (http://nicaudio.codeplex.com/)
NicAudio Thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=135876)

Syntax:
AC3: NicAC3Source("FileName.ac3", int "Channels", int "DRC")
DTS: NicDTSSource("FileName.dts", int "Channels", int "DRC")
MPA: NicMPG123Source("FileName.mpa", bool "Normalize")
LPCM: NicLPCMSource("FileName.lpcm", int "SampleRate", int "SampleBits", int "Channels")
RAW: RaWavSource("FileName.raw", int "SampleRate", int "SampleBits", int "Channels")

Where:
"Channels" Maximum number of channels to output (Downmix). Optional.
"DRC" Apply Dynamic Range Compression algorytm. 0 means nothing (default), 1 means Normal
"Normalize" Apply the max gain without clip signal. Default false.
"Channels" Necessary for lpcm and raw files. Max 8 channels.
"SampleBits" Necessary for lpcm and raw files. Valid values 8/16/24/32 (also 33 (32 float) for raw)
(lpcm also accept 20 and -8/-16/-24/-32. Negative values are for BluRay lpcm (big-endian))
"SampleRate" Necessary for lpcm and raw files. In RaWavSource a value < 9 means a header with valid
values for SampleRate/SampleBits/Channels and now means:
IgnoreLength 1 force ignore the data size read in the header also in 64 bits formats.
2 ignore the data size 32 bits read in the header if > 2GB. (default)
4 ignore the data size 32 bits read in the header if > 4GB.

Supported files (all can be > 4GB):
ac3 (TODO: support also eac3 files or Dolby Digital Plus)
dts also dtswav supported
mpa mpeg files: mp2 and mp3
lpcm from DVD Audio, from BluRay with -SampleBits
raw and uncompressed formats: WAV, WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE, W64, BWF, RF64, AU, AIFF and CAF

Examples:

LoadPlugin("NicAudio.dll")
NicAC3Source("c:\File.ac3")

NicDTSSource("c:\File.dts", DRC=1)

NicMPG123Source("File.mp3")

NicLPCMSource("c:\File.lpcm", 48000, -24, 6)

RaWavSource("File.w64", 4)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

eac3to/How to Use (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Eac3to/How_to_Use)

[turok]

@ MuLTiTaSK

Doesn't StaxRip already own the other GUI's ? StaxRip the best for video encoding and whatnot. That's already and should be undisputed.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

maybe adding some of the demuxing switches from eac3to to StaxRip like -core have eac3to demux core DTS track add to mux with final encode

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6210/ss20091230192635.png
my lastest Blu-ray backup project audio track demux
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\Streams\00011.m2ts" 2: "J:\Streams\00011.m2ts_2.dts" -core -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 4 audio tracks, 3 subtitle tracks, 2:03:12, 24p /1.001
1: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
2: DTS Master Audio, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz)
3: AC3, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz
4: AC3, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz
5: AC3 Surround, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz
6: Subtitle (PGS)
7: Subtitle (PGS)
8: Subtitle (PGS)
[a02] Extracting audio track number 2...
[a02] Extracting DTS core...
[a02] Creating file "J:\Streams\00011.m2ts_2.dts"...
Video track 1 contains 177240 frames.
eac3to processing took 13 minutes, 26 seconds.
Done.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

No Question in my mind that StaxRip is the GUI of all encoding GUI's!

stax76 coding gifts are second to none once you know how to use his magic you look no further for your encoding projects :D

ever since stax76 ended DVX development and started working on StaxRip i knew something special was taking place and boy was i right:eek:

[MuLTiTaSK]

most problems reported about StaxRip lie between the chair and the keyboard :p

[turok]

Found something wierd... Tried to do an audio encode on a .m4a and the command line prompt kept reporting this:[00:03:10:570] Stream error : Sync found after 12492 bytes
[00:03:11:563] Stream error : Sync found after 51775 bytes
[00:03:11:668] Stream error : Sync found after 2287 bytes
[00:03:11:772] Stream error : Sync found after 1752 bytes
[00:03:11:877] Stream error : Sync found after 805 bytes
[00:03:12:295] Stream error : Sync found after 17531 bytes
[00:03:12:451] Stream error : Sync found after 467 bytes
[00:03:12:556] Stream error : Sync found after 475 bytes
[00:03:12:660] Stream error : Sync found after 408 bytes
[00:03:12:765] Stream error : Sync found after 144 bytes
[00:03:12:869] Stream error : Sync found after 5869 bytes
[00:03:12:974] Stream error : Sync found after 1269 bytes
[00:03:13:078] Stream error : Sync found after 435 bytes
[00:03:13:183] Stream error : Sync found after 88 bytes
[00:03:13:340] Stream error : Sync found after 1836 bytes
[00:03:13:496] Stream error : Sync found after 417 bytes
[00:03:13:601] Stream error : Sync found after 426 bytes
[00:03:13:705] Stream error : Sync found after 13 bytes
[00:03:13:810] Stream error : Sync found after 616 bytes
[00:03:13:914] Stream error : Sync found after 1733 bytes
[00:03:14:332] Stream error : Sync found after 8586 bytes
[00:03:14:594] Stream error : Sync found after 5503 bytes
[00:03:14:855] Stream error : Sync found after 13999 bytes
[00:03:15:900] Stream error : Sync found after 50865 bytes
[00:03:16:370] Stream error : Sync found after 30442 bytes
[00:03:16:840] Stream error : Sync found after 24562 bytes
[00:03:16:997] Stream error : Sync found after 1531 bytes
[00:03:17:102] Stream error : Sync found after 1010 bytes
[00:03:17:206] Stream error : Sync found after 630 bytes
[00:03:17:258] Stream error : Sync found after 5797 bytes
[00:03:17:311] Stream error : Sync found after 1446 bytes
[00:03:17:885] Stream error : Sync found after 37319 bytes
[00:03:18:147] Stream error : Sync found after 23459 bytes
[00:03:18:199] Stream error : Sync found after 2177 bytes
[00:03:18:565] Stream error : Sync found after 11202 bytes
[00:03:18:826] Stream error : Sync found after 7981 bytes
[00:03:18:983] Stream error : Sync found after 2939 bytes
[00:03:19:557] Stream error : Sync found after 25526 bytes
[00:03:20:028] Stream error : Sync found after 24266 bytes
[00:03:20:132] Stream error : Sync found after 2667 bytes
[00:03:20:655] Stream error : Sync found after 14183 bytes
[00:03:20:811] Stream error : Sync found after 1437 bytes
[00:03:20:916] Stream error : Sync found after 479 bytes
[00:03:21:047] Stream error : Sync found after 3876 bytes
[00:03:21:151] Stream error : Sync found after 492 bytes
[00:03:21:830] Stream error : Sync found after 25973 bytes
[00:03:22:562] Stream error : Sync found after 23476 bytes
[00:03:22:719] Stream error : Sync found after 5404 bytes
[00:03:22:980] Stream error : Sync found after 4542 bytes
[00:03:23:137] Stream error : Sync found after 19694 bytes
[00:03:23:241] Stream error : Sync found after 3088 bytes
[00:03:23:555] Stream error : Sync found after 4967 bytes
[00:03:23:659] Stream error : Sync found after 4674 bytes
[00:03:23:764] Stream error : Sync found after 347 bytes
[00:03:23:920] Stream error : Sync found after 205 bytes
[00:03:24:077] Stream error : Sync found after 969 bytes
[00:03:24:182] Stream error : Sync found after 522 bytes
[00:03:24:286] Stream error : Sync found after 182 bytes
[00:03:24:391] Stream error : Sync found after 156 bytes
[00:03:24:495] Stream error : Sync found after 572 bytes
[00:03:24:600] Stream error : Sync found after 42 bytes
[00:03:24:704] Stream error : Sync found after 214 bytes
[00:03:24:809] Stream error : Sync found after 1684 bytes
[00:03:24:913] Stream error : Sync found after 180 bytes
[00:03:25:070] Stream error : Sync found after 529 bytes
[00:03:25:174] Stream error : Sync found after 74 bytes
[00:03:25:279] Stream error : Sync found after 556 bytes
[00:03:25:383] Stream error : Sync found after 1478 bytes
[00:03:25:488] Stream error : Sync found after 709 bytes
[00:03:25:592] Stream error : Sync found after 657 bytes
[00:03:25:697] Stream error : Sync found after 688 bytes

Theres alot more where that came from I had to cut alot of text since apparently it hit beyond a 16000 character limit or so but yeah the audio file came out as a broken 8kb file. Why all that happen no clue. The container for the audio file in question was .m4a any issues?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

this happens from the audio settings? running job?

what are the specs of the source file?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

BDSup2Sub (http://bdsup2sub.javaforge.com/help.htm)
While BDSup2Sub has a graphical interface, it can be used from the command line as well. Note that to start the GUI without an open console, use "javaw" instead under Windows.

Syntax1:
java -jar BDSup2Sub.jar [options]

If there is no file name given (all passed parameters are options starting with "/"), the GUI is started. Still you can pass options to e.g. preselect the target frame rate or resolution. If there's only one parameter which is either "/help" or "/?", a short help will be displayed in the console instead (i.e. the GUI will not start).

Syntax2:
java -jar BDSup2Sub.jar <in> [options]

If there is only file name ("<in>") given, the GUI is started and the file with the given name is loaded immediately. Options passed will be used as default settings if possible.

Syntax3:
java -jar BDSup2Sub.jar <in> <out> [options]

If there is an source file name <in> and a target file name <out>, the GUI is not started, but BDSup2Sub behaves like a command line application.Note that it's mandatory that the target file name has an extension, which might be either ".sup", ".ifo", ".idx" or ".sub". If the extension of the output file name is ".idx" or ".sub", the output format will be SUB/IDX. If the extension of the output file name is ".sup", the output format will be BD-SUP. If the extension is ":ifo", the output format is SUP/IFO.

Any of the following options may passed:
/res:<n> set output resolution to either 480, 576, 720 or 1080 - default 576.
You can also use "pal", "ntsc", "720p" or "1080p" instead.
For 1440x1080 use "/res:1440x1080"
Use "/res:keep" to keep the resolution of the source
/dly:<n> set delay in ms - default: 0.0. Will be synchronized to target frame rate.
/forced[+/-] export only forced subtitles - default: off (all subtitles are exported).
/forceall[+/-] set/clear forced flag for all subs - default: off (keep)
/swap[+/-] swap Cr/Cb components - default: off (don't swap).
/tmin:<t> set minimum display time in ms - default: 500
/tmerge:<t> set maximum time difference for merging captions in ms - default: 200
Note: currently only supported for BD-SUPs
/fps:<src>,<trg> convert frame rate from <src> to <trg> given as floating point values.
Predefined values; 24p=23.976, pal or 25p=25, ntsc or 30p=29.967
/fps:auto,<t> detects source frame rate automatically
/fps:<trg> synchronize target frame rate to <trg>. Default: automatic (dumb!).
Predefined values; 24p=23.976, pal or 25p=25, ntsc or 30p=29.967
"/fps:keep" preserves the source fps (for BD&XML, else default)
/filter:<f> set scaling filter - default: bilinear. Supported types:
bilinear, triangle, bicubic, bell, b-spline, hermite, lanczos3, mitchell
/movin:<r>[,<o>] move captions inside screen ratio <r>, plus/minus offset <o>
/movout:<r>[,<o>] move captions outside screen ratio <r>, plus/minus offset <o>
/movex:<t>[,<o>]] move captions horizontally. <t> may be "left", "right" or "center".
+/- optional offset <o> (only used if moving left or right)
/cropy:<n> crop the upper and lower n lines - default: 0
/acrop:<n> set alpha cropping threshold - default: 10
/scale:<x>,<y> scale captions with free factors - default: 1.0,1.0 (min: 0.5, max: 2.0)
/exppal[+/-] export target palette in PGCEdit text format - default: off (don't export)
/fixinv[+/-] fix zero alpha frame palette - default: off (don't fix)
Note: ignored if import format is neither SUB/IDX nor SUP/IFO.
/verbatim[+/-] switch on verbatim console output mode - default: off
/palmode:<s> palette mode: keep, create, dither - default: create
Note: if the export format is SUB/IDX, but the import format isn't, this
setting is ignored. If both input and output format are SUB/IDX, "dither"
is identical to "create".
The following options only make sense for SUB/IDX or SUP/IFO exports:
/atr:<n> set alpha threshold 0..255. Default 80
/ltr1:<n> set luminance low/mid threshold 0..255. Default automatic.
/ltr2:<n> set luminance mid/high threshold 0..255. Default automatic.
/lang:<s> set language to string <s> (e.g. "en" for English or "de" for German). Default: "de"
For a complete list, try /lang:?
Note that this also works for XML and BD-SUP exports, yet the full language selection is limited.
/pal:<s> load palette file named <s> (ini files exported from BDSup2Subs color edit dialog)
Note: boolean parameters like "/verbatim" or "/fixinv" can be switched on/off with a trailing "+" or "-". So "/verbatim" is the same as "/verbatim+", while "/verbatim-" switches the feature off. If a boolean switch is not used, the current value from the (automatically created) INI file is used. Only if no INI file exists, the default value is used.

Examples:
java -jar BDSUp2Sub.jar sup2.sup sup2.sub /lang:en /res:ntsc
java -jar BDSUp2Sub.jar sup2.sup sup2.sub /lang:no /atr:40 /res:1080 /forced /fps:24p,25p
java -jar BDSUp2Sub.jar sup2.sup sup2_exp.sup /lang:no /atr:40 /res:720p /forced-

Using wildcards at the command line

Since version 2.0, wildcards are supported at the command line (if both, source and target file name are given). Due to limitations of the Java runtime, the complete parameter string has to be enclosed in double quotes if wildcards are used!!! To still allow file names with spaces, use single quotes (apostrophes) then to enclose such file names.
Supported wildcards are "*" (asterisk) for at least one alphanumeric character including underscore and dot (a-z,A-Z,"_", ".") and "?" (question mark) for exactly one occurrence of an alphanumeric character.

Examples:
java -jar BDSUp2Sub.jar "reference\m?trix*.sup out\*.idx /lang:en /res:ntsc"
java -jar BDSUp2Sub.jar "'in path\m?trix*.sup' 'out path\*.idx' /lang:no /atr:40 /res:1080 /forced"

Note: the target file name must contain exactly one asterisk ("*") as wildcard. It will be replaced with the according source file name (stripped off its path and extension). If the source file name doesn't contain wildcards, the asterisk in the target file name will be replaced with the source filename stripped off its extension, but including the path.

[turok]

@ MuLTiTaSK

Did an execute now on the profile dialog of the chosen profile with the audio file already selected and gave me that.

the extension i said earlier was a .m4a the specs here is the stuff mediainfo said it was:
Format : ADTS
Format/Info : Audio Data Transport Stream

Audio
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Muxing mode : ADTS
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz


This only happened with m4a and mka containers. I am well aware that reencoded an encoded audio file only degrades the uality but some people persist in doing that regardless I am only trying to bug test the audio thing which btw has been so far buggy. What I recommend: somewhere in the near future abandon BeSweet can't Stax76 just do GUI's for the separate audio encoders like nero for aac, oggenc2 for vorbis, etc and not let BeSweet handle it or is BeSweet not to blame here?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

i must admit BeSweet is very buggy (outdated) maybe its time to be out with the old in with the new

[turok]

@ MuLTiTaSK

Well although I already recognize that StaxRip is the Gui for encoding but if everyone else is to believe so as well then StaxRip must be efficient in all areas including the audio aspect of encoding. Stax76 can take his time as patience is key to a better GUI but its better to get rid of the parts of the GUI thats holding it down and replacing it with better parts rather than sticking with the degrading parts.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

hopefully with time stax76 will implement more eac3to (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Eac3to/How_to_Use) features in StaxRip and get rid of BeSweet

[turok]

Indeed. Although eac3to won't be enough, its a start.

[MuLTiTaSK]

eac3to is so much more then audio it would enhance StaxRip alot alot more then BeSweet ever could

eac3to v3.17, freeware by madshi.net

- can show information about audio, video, VOB/EVO/(M2)TS and MKV files
- can decode and encode various audio formats
- can remove dialog normalization from AC3, E-AC3, DTS and TrueHD tracks
- can extract AC3 stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
- can extract TrueHD stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
- can extract DTS core from DTS-HD tracks
- can remove DTS zero padding and repair outdated DTS-ES headers
- can apply positive or negative audio delays
- can reduce bitdepth of decoded audio data by using TPDF dithering
- can resample decoded audio data (using SSRC or r8brain)
- can apply/reverse PAL speedup on decoded audio data (SSRC/r8brain)
- can demux video / audio tracks of EVO/VOB/(M2)TS and MKV sources
- can list available titles of Blu-Ray and HD DVD discs
- can extract Blu-Ray and HD DVD chapter information and subtitles
- can mux MPEG2, VC-1 and h264 video tracks to Matroska
- can remove pulldown flags from MPEG2, VC-1 and h264 video tracks

eac3to sourcefile[+sourcefile2] [trackno:] [destfile|stdout] [-options]

Examples:
eac3to source.pcm destination.flac
eac3to source.thd destination.flac destination.ac3
eac3to source.evo 1: chapters.txt 2: video.mkv 3: audio.flac 5: subtitle.sup
eac3to feature_1.evo+feature_2.evo movie.mkv
eac3to blurayMovieFolder movie.mkv

Options:
-448 use e.g. "192", "448" or "640" kbps for AC3 encoding
-768 use "768" or "1536" kbps for DTS encoding
-core extract the DTS core of a DTS-HD track
+/-100ms apply a positive or negative audio delay
+/-3dB apply a positive or negative audio gain (volume change)
-0,1,2,3,4,5 remap the channels to the specified order
-edit=0:00:00,0ms loops or removes audio data at the specified runtime
-silence/-loop forces usage of silence (or looping) for audio edits
-down6 downmix 7 or 8 channels to 6 channels
-down2 downmix multi channel audio to stereo (Dolby Pro Logic II)
-phaseShift shift phase (when doing stereo downmixing, see "down2")
-mixlfe mix LFE in (when doing stereo downmixing, see "down2")
-down16 downconvert decoded audio data to 14..23 bit
-slowdown convert 25.000 and 24.000 content to 23.976 fps
-speedup convert 23.976 and 24.000 content to 25.000 fps
-23.976/... define source fps to be "23.976", "24.000", "25.000", ...
-changeTo24.000 change source fps to "23.976", "24.000", "25.000", ...
-resampleTo48000 resample audio to "44100", "48000" or "96000" Hz
-r8brain use r8brain resampler instead of SSRC
-quality=0.50 Nero AAC encoding quality (0.00 = lowest; 1.00 = highest)
-8 define PCM file to be "1".."8" channels
-16 define PCM file to be "16" or "24" bit
-little define PCM file to be "little" or "big" endian
-96000 define PCM file to be 44100, 48000, 96000 or 192000 Hz
-override forcefully overrides PCM auto detection with manual values
-sonic/nero/... force the use of a specific decoder (not recommended)
-keepDialnorm disables dialog normalization removal (not recommended)
-decodeHdcd decodes HDCD source track (usually 16 -> 20 bit)
-demux demuxes 1st video track and all audio and subtitle tracks
-stripPulldown strips the pulldown from MPEG2 video tracks
-keepPulldown disable removal of pulldown for MPEG2, h264 and VC-1 tracks
-seekToIFrames make all h264/AVC "I" frames seekable
-check checks if the source EVO/(M2)TS file is clean.
-test checks if the external filters are installed & working
-lowPriority moves processing to background/idle priority
-shutdown automatically shutdown the PC after processing is done

Supported source formats:
(1) RAW, (L)PCM
(2) WAV (PCM, DTS and AC3), W64, RF64
(3) AC3, E-AC3
(4) DTS, DTS-ES, DTS-96/24, DTS-HD Hi-Res, DTS-HD Master Audio
(5) MP1, MP2, MP3 audio
(6) AAC audio
(7) MLP, TrueHD, TrueHD/AC3
(8) FLAC
(9) EVO/VOB/(M2)TS and MKV

Decoded audio data can be stored as / encoded to:
(1) RAW, (L)PCM
(2) WAV (PCM only), W64, RF64, AGM
(3) WAVs (multiple mono WAV files, PCM only)
(4) AC3
(5) DTS
(6) AAC
(7) FLAC

For best AC3, E-AC3 and AAC decoding you need:
(1) Nero 7 (Nero 8 won't work!)
(2) Nero HD DVD / Blu-Ray plugin

For best DTS decoding you need:
(1) ArcSoft DTS Decoder - version 1.1.0.0 or newer

For DTS encoding you need:
(1) SurCode DVD DTS - version 1.0.21 or newer

For AAC encoding you need:
(1) Nero AAC Encoder

For video muxing you need:
(1) Haali Matroska Muxer

[turok]

Same problem as stated before except this time with a .aac. the original source being from a .ts aac-lc constant 192kbps duration like 28 mins or so the output was 35kb and sound being severely broken. lol this seriously needs to get looked at.

[MuLTiTaSK]

more eac3to GUI features by stax76 and watch StaxRip's popularity soar

eac3to needs a gui with the stax76 touch ;)

[turok]

eac3to is so much more then audio it would enhance StaxRip alot alot more then BeSweet ever could

eac3to v3.17, freeware by madshi.net

- can show information about audio, video, VOB/EVO/(M2)TS and MKV files
- can decode and encode various audio formats
- can remove dialog normalization from AC3, E-AC3, DTS and TrueHD tracks
- can extract AC3 stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
- can extract TrueHD stream from Blu-Ray TrueHD/AC3 tracks
- can extract DTS core from DTS-HD tracks
- can remove DTS zero padding and repair outdated DTS-ES headers
- can apply positive or negative audio delays
- can reduce bitdepth of decoded audio data by using TPDF dithering
- can resample decoded audio data (using SSRC or r8brain)
- can apply/reverse PAL speedup on decoded audio data (SSRC/r8brain)
- can demux video / audio tracks of EVO/VOB/(M2)TS and MKV sources
- can list available titles of Blu-Ray and HD DVD discs
- can extract Blu-Ray and HD DVD chapter information and subtitles
- can mux MPEG2, VC-1 and h264 video tracks to Matroska
- can remove pulldown flags from MPEG2, VC-1 and h264 video tracks

eac3to sourcefile[+sourcefile2] [trackno:] [destfile|stdout] [-options]

Examples:
eac3to source.pcm destination.flac
eac3to source.thd destination.flac destination.ac3
eac3to source.evo 1: chapters.txt 2: video.mkv 3: audio.flac 5: subtitle.sup
eac3to feature_1.evo+feature_2.evo movie.mkv
eac3to blurayMovieFolder movie.mkv

Options:
-448 use e.g. "192", "448" or "640" kbps for AC3 encoding
-768 use "768" or "1536" kbps for DTS encoding
-core extract the DTS core of a DTS-HD track
+/-100ms apply a positive or negative audio delay
+/-3dB apply a positive or negative audio gain (volume change)
-0,1,2,3,4,5 remap the channels to the specified order
-edit=0:00:00,0ms loops or removes audio data at the specified runtime
-silence/-loop forces usage of silence (or looping) for audio edits
-down6 downmix 7 or 8 channels to 6 channels
-down2 downmix multi channel audio to stereo (Dolby Pro Logic II)
-phaseShift shift phase (when doing stereo downmixing, see "down2")
-mixlfe mix LFE in (when doing stereo downmixing, see "down2")
-down16 downconvert decoded audio data to 14..23 bit
-slowdown convert 25.000 and 24.000 content to 23.976 fps
-speedup convert 23.976 and 24.000 content to 25.000 fps
-23.976/... define source fps to be "23.976", "24.000", "25.000", ...
-changeTo24.000 change source fps to "23.976", "24.000", "25.000", ...
-resampleTo48000 resample audio to "44100", "48000" or "96000" Hz
-r8brain use r8brain resampler instead of SSRC
-quality=0.50 Nero AAC encoding quality (0.00 = lowest; 1.00 = highest)
-8 define PCM file to be "1".."8" channels
-16 define PCM file to be "16" or "24" bit
-little define PCM file to be "little" or "big" endian
-96000 define PCM file to be 44100, 48000, 96000 or 192000 Hz
-override forcefully overrides PCM auto detection with manual values
-sonic/nero/... force the use of a specific decoder (not recommended)
-keepDialnorm disables dialog normalization removal (not recommended)
-decodeHdcd decodes HDCD source track (usually 16 -> 20 bit)
-demux demuxes 1st video track and all audio and subtitle tracks
-stripPulldown strips the pulldown from MPEG2 video tracks
-keepPulldown disable removal of pulldown for MPEG2, h264 and VC-1 tracks
-seekToIFrames make all h264/AVC "I" frames seekable
-check checks if the source EVO/(M2)TS file is clean.
-test checks if the external filters are installed & working
-lowPriority moves processing to background/idle priority
-shutdown automatically shutdown the PC after processing is done

Supported source formats:
(1) RAW, (L)PCM
(2) WAV (PCM, DTS and AC3), W64, RF64
(3) AC3, E-AC3
(4) DTS, DTS-ES, DTS-96/24, DTS-HD Hi-Res, DTS-HD Master Audio
(5) MP1, MP2, MP3 audio
(6) AAC audio
(7) MLP, TrueHD, TrueHD/AC3
(8) FLAC
(9) EVO/VOB/(M2)TS and MKV

Decoded audio data can be stored as / encoded to:
(1) RAW, (L)PCM
(2) WAV (PCM only), W64, RF64, AGM
(3) WAVs (multiple mono WAV files, PCM only)
(4) AC3
(5) DTS
(6) AAC
(7) FLAC

For best AC3, E-AC3 and AAC decoding you need:
(1) Nero 7 (Nero 8 won't work!)
(2) Nero HD DVD / Blu-Ray plugin

For best DTS decoding you need:
(1) ArcSoft DTS Decoder - version 1.1.0.0 or newer

For DTS encoding you need:
(1) SurCode DVD DTS - version 1.0.21 or newer

For AAC encoding you need:
(1) Nero AAC Encoder

For video muxing you need:
(1) Haali Matroska Muxer

That does look nice although I notice Vorbis is missing on the list. Alot of people would prefer Vorbis over AAC believe it or not

[turok]

just looked it over again but more carefully then I saw flac. doesn't that create huge audio files?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

output.file ~ This is the output file that eac3to will create. It could be an audio format like RAW, (L)PCM, WAV (PCM only), WAVs (multiple mono WAV files, PCM only), AC3, DTS, FLAC, video format like VC-1, H.264, MPEG-2 or Matroska (MKV) container. eac3to can also output audio (only) data to stdout for for further processing by other applications.

example
"I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" 3: stdout.wav -0,2,1,4,5,3 -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log" | "I:\UsEac3to\OggEnc2.exe" -q 3 --ignorelength -o "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.ogg" -

log
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" 3: stdout.wav -0,2,1,4,5,3 -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 0:02:31, 24p /1.001
1: MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
2: RAW/PCM, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
3: RAW/PCM, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Writing WAV...
[a03] Creating file "stdout.wav"...
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Video track 1 contains 3616 frames.
eac3to processing took 23 seconds.
Done.


source file
General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 645 MiB
Duration : 2mn 31s
Overall bit rate : 35.8 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.2 Mbps
Nominal bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.506
Stream size : 452 MiB (70%)

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 41.4 MiB (6%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 912 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 124 MiB (19%)

encoded output with vorbis
General
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.ogg
Format : OGG
File size : 6.52 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 363 Kbps

Audio
ID : 1693 (0x69D)
Format : Vorbis
Format settings, Floor : 1
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 480 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 8.63 MiB
Writing library : aoTuV Beta 5 (UTC 2006-10-24)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

flac example
"I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" 3: "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac" -normalize -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"


log
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts" 3: "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac" -normalize -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 0:02:31, 24p /1.001
1: MPEG2, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
2: RAW/PCM, 2.0 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
3: RAW/PCM, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[a03] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a03] Swapping endian...
[a03] Remapping channels...
[a03] Writing WAV...
[a03] Creating file "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac.pass1.wav"...
[a03] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
[a03] Starting 2nd pass...
[a03] Reading WAV...
[a03] Reducing depth from 64 to 24 bits...
[a03] Encoding FLAC with libFlac...
[a03] Creating file "J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac"...
[a03] The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Video track 1 contains 3616 frames.
eac3to processing took 24 seconds.
Done.

encoded output with flac
General
Complete name : J:\Streams\Preview.m2ts_3.flac
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 67.7 MiB
Duration : 2mn 30s
Overall bit rate : 3 767 Kbps
VALID_BITS : 24
HDCD : 0

Audio
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration : 2mn 30s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 3 767 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 67.7 MiB (100%)
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)

[turok]

The flac thing seemed small until I saw the duration. Lossy over Lossless any day even if I have a 1tb external hdd. a 23 min audio or so usually turns out to be a 150+mb with flac. So it can do Vorbis? Now why is BeSweet still around?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

Source: 124 MB
Vorbis Encode: 8.63 MB
Flac Encode: 67.7 MB

almost cut it in half pretty good if you ask me

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

i think stax76 has never really looked into the powers of eac3to (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Eac3to) unto recently
so BeSweet days are problably numbered in StaxRip i hope

[turok]

Damn now that I know of eac3to capabilities BeSweet I hope will be gone by the time of the long awaited Stable release of StaxRip comes out. Btw about the audio source file to flac conversion how do you do it it always comes out bad for me D: the filesize of the output always outsizes the source....

[Havokdan]

The eac3to no problem to convert aac to mp3? It seems that depends on Nero, I faced this problem with HDConvertToX, always gave eac3to error when used to convert an audio file of a mkv/h264/aac for a avi/xvid/mp3. So I hope that eac3to will sum, but not totally replace the besweet.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

Command Line Syntax

There are basically 3 ways to use eac3to depending on the input file(s): 1. audio or video file, 2. Container file or 3. Disc folder.
[edit]Using audio or video files as input
In this category we deal with inputs like simple audio files (AC3, TrueHD, DTS-HD, WAV, etc) or simple video files (e.g raw H.264, VC-1 or MPEG-2 streams). In this case the command line will look like this:

eac3to input.file+input.file.2 output.file -options

input.file ~ It's the file to be processed. eac3to can accept various audio formats like RAW, (L)PCM, WAV (PCM only), AC3, E-AC3, DTS, DTS-ES, DTS-96/24, DTS-HD Hi-Res, DTS-HD Master Audio, MLP, TrueHD, TrueHD/AC3, FLAC, video formats like VC-1, H.264, MPEG-2.
+input.file.2 ~ Multiple input files (of the same format) are accepted. This is useful when the input file is split among several parts. Use the + symbol to add more.
output.file ~ This is the output file that eac3to will create. It could be an audio format like RAW, (L)PCM, WAV (PCM only), WAVs (multiple mono WAV files, PCM only), AC3, DTS, FLAC, video format like VC-1, H.264, MPEG-2 or Matroska (MKV) container. eac3to can also output audio (only) data to stdout for for further processing by other applications.
-options ~ Here you can set the options that tell eac3to how to operate. Not all of them are applicable to all input / output formats. If none set, the default is used when necessary. When using an audio or video file as input, the following options are available:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

for reencoding formats like you mention

eac3to can also output audio (only) data to stdout for for further processing by other applications.

[turok]

What would be better is just setup the GUIs for all the encoders like nero for aac, oggenc2 for vorbis, ffmpeg for ac3, etc but eac3to I may be willing to compromise but only after I see it in action in StaxRip. Otherwise have hope that eac3to will be implemented to the StaxRip GUI.

My only issue is command lines meh can't do it lol. should've learned it by now yet something keeps me away from learning it...

[MuLTiTaSK]

eac3to/In Depth Technical Explanation (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Eac3to/In_Depth_Technical_Explanation)

[turok]

Otherwise a Bright Future StaxRip has. Which is funny considering its already good as it is (not audio wise but still) hey MuLTiTaSK any way to make StaxRip work with eac3to? btw nice link.

[Havokdan]

@Havokdan

for reencoding formats like you mention

eac3to can also output audio (only) data to stdout for for further processing by other applications.

I saw this command running, but always gave an error, as I said when I was using HDConvertToX, he opened the window and I'm sure I saw that command you mentioned, but nevertheless resulted in an error, because I do not know , But the HDC had in all 4 option to convert the audio, only eac3to not work, then I got a bad impression of him.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

stax76 just recently added eac3to but atm you can only encode to .ac3

[MuLTiTaSK]

Recent Changes

1.1.2.4 beta

Added option to show/hide paths in the x264 command line preview
Added new GUI for audio as foundation for better Blueray and AVCHD support
Added possibility to use shift key to crop 8 pixel instead of 2 pixel while cropping using mousewheel. Added menu item in crop dialog to remove all cropping. Added DAR display in crop dialog status display
Added display for target DAR, PAR and SAR in main dialog (SAR = Storage Aspect Ratio). Added display for Source DAR in main dialog. Mod values are only displays when differ from 16/16
Added DGMPGDEC 1.5.7 and changed it to run hidden reporting progress to StaxRip
Added AC3 encoding support using eac3to
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.0.0
Updated x264 to r1376
Moved preparers from project options to settings
Fixed application dialog slow loading, high memory usage and crashes on faulty systems
Changed UI Font to Segeo UI 9pt which is the default font in Vista/Win 7
Improved handling of various input formats
Fixed not taking notice of script changes resulting in different image size, framerate, length etc.
Fixed bug force film detection being broke
Fixed filter checkbox render bug on XP machines
Various other minor fixes and improvements

[turok]

hm damn... Was hoping it could do other formats. Well then just gotta play the waiting game then.

[turok]

Hm.... How do I label VBR audio profiles? I want to add the bitrate in which how it will come out like 170~200 but since Im talkin variable not adaptive or anything do I just label by the Q? like q .7?

[MuLTiTaSK]

Hm.... How do I label VBR audio profiles? I want to add the bitrate in which how it will come out like 170~200 but since Im talkin variable not adaptive or anything do I just label by the Q? like q .7?

LAME Technical information (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lame#Technical_information)

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7159/ss20091231155105.png

[turok]

Except that Im not talking mp3 who still uses that :S? But yeah I get the idea. I will try that then.

[turok]

@ MuLTiTaSK

For some reason felt satisfied with what you pointed out there just finished creating my audio profiles. lol funny:AAC | 2ch | LC | VBR |0.9 (Q=0.9)

And so I wait for a review from a certain someone......

[turok]

Ah maybe wrong place to ask but gonna ask regardless: Presets. Never really use em before outta fear that it overrides my x264 settings which from the looks of my encodes made presets worthless. Same thing applies to tuning as I am quite paranoid ever since the last time i used a preset it somehow disabled cabac and went on with cavlc D:. So here is my question since from what I've read in doom9 so far everyone uses them: Do presets and tuning override override and if not then can you explain what happened with the encode I did which despite I set to use cabac it decided to disabled it and use cavlc instead (is it cavlc or calvc i dont remember the name)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

x264 presets, profiles, and tuning system (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1301866#post1301866)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6382/ss20091231222448.png

[turok]

Good link to tuning and presets and nice pic. however that still doesn't explain how Cabac was disabled when I made sure it was on. Well regardless I will keep on with tuning at disabled and preset at medium (no change) out of personal convenience especially when dong a test to see if it was needed: Seriously a waste of time doing presets and tuning it affects the end result (quality) as much as checking or unchecking the show progress option in the x264 settings dialog tab #5.

Well in any case as a guy who never went with presets or tuning save tests and one occasion I will stick with no preset tuning policy as it may affect encoding time? (although i may have done tests i never recorded amount of time taken i should've done freakin logs :_: )

Happy new years and enjoy the coming 2010

[MuLTiTaSK]

happy new year may it bring better health & wealth:D

[MuLTiTaSK]

oh yeah almost forgot may it bring all StaxRip users Full Blu-ray->x264 features


stax76 :thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:cant say it enough for all your time you put into this awesome program its simply the best GUI

let 2010 be another year of great coding for StaxRip from stax76 :)

[turok]

oh yeah almost forgot may it bring all StaxRip users Full Blu-ray->x264 features


stax76 :thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:cant say it enough for all your time you put into this awesome program its simply the best GUI

let 2010 be another year of great coding for StaxRip from stax76 :)

Concur

[MuLTiTaSK]

Good link to tuning and presets and nice pic. however that still doesn't explain how Cabac was disabled when I made sure it was on. Well regardless I will keep on with tuning at disabled and preset at medium (no change) out of personal convenience especially when dong a test to see if it was needed: Seriously a waste of time doing presets and tuning it affects the end result (quality) as much as checking or unchecking the show progress option in the x264 settings dialog tab #5.

Well in any case as a guy who never went with presets or tuning save tests and one occasion I will stick with no preset tuning policy as it may affect encoding time? (although i may have done tests i never recorded amount of time taken i should've done freakin logs :_: )

Happy new years and enjoy the coming 2010

x264 presets, tuning system come very handy in cmd.exe
with StaxRip.exe creating your own profiles is ideal just tweak x264 for your source save profile name it for later projects you can even import switches right into StaxRip

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/228/ss20100101161816.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9266/ss20100101161608.png

[turok]

Interesting images you have there what are you doing there?

[Edit] nvm i get it now but wouldn't having own profiles for x264 make that pointless or am I missing something?

[MuLTiTaSK]

Interesting images you have there what are you doing there?

[Edit] nvm i get it now but wouldn't having own profiles for x264 make that pointless or am I missing something?

you could import x264 switches you find or someone shares with you then copy them to the clipboard import them to help you create your own profiles it makes testing different x264 switches alot easier

for example someone can suggest some tweaks to your profile they can post the switches for you to try you copy import test save profile:)

[turok]

you could import x264 switches you find or someone shares with you then copy them to the clipboard import them to help you create your own profiles it makes testing different x264 switches alot easier

for example someone can suggest some tweaks to your profile they can post the switches for you to try you copy import test save profile:)

That is helpful. Thankfully I make my own profiles as is and so I don't need it but I do know someone else does (damnit.)

Well in any case now... Wait... How far are we from stable release of StaxRip?

[MuLTiTaSK]

Preview 9 fixes the YV12 crash, fixes MP3 VBR ~160 profile using 0.3 instead of 0.5 (maybe this was the reason for the down sampling?) and allows to enter any mod 16 bitrate for AC3, there are some other minor things, nothing that could introduce new bugs since I would like to make a new official release soon.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9.7z

@turok

sounds like sooner then later :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

hopefully stax76 is coding some new goodies for us to try before next sourceforge release

[turok]

Yes hopefully Stax76 will have implemented more eac3to support into the GUI to the point that it can do aac encoding so I can test for faulty encoding. I need flawless audio encoding lol. Especially since the only thing BeSweet can handle is .mp3 and .ac3 extensions (so far maybe .ogg but not sure). I really need mp4, .aac, m4a, mka, etc to be supported and not mess up for source audio file lol.

And so we continue to wait.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

if you dont mind me asking what audio encoder have you been using lately for your backups?

[dev84]

Hi

In xp with no luna StaxRip 1.1.2.3 looks like this:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7051/1123u.jpg


1.1.2.4 preview9 like this:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1435/1124p9.jpg


Can final 1.1.2.4 look in xp same way as 1.1.2.3, or even simpler; as old StaxRip and with more space for command line in encoder; not evryone like it to be colorfull fancy pancy, can`t there be ability to change profiles, standard old windows gui and fully futured new aero win7 thing...?

thx

[MuLTiTaSK]

@dev84

backup your C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\StaxRip "Settings.bin" \ Templates (*.rip) somewhere safe then delete the folder

now run 1.1.2.4 Preview 9 and see if it fixes the problem

[Havokdan]

I have a problem, I was converting multiple files and 10 files each, one was valued much higher than I put (This is using the Xvid coming in K-Lite Codec Pack) until there is no problem. The problem is that I uninstalled K-lite and I use that comes with Xvid StaxRip, then in 10 files converted 8 was much higher (from what I tolerate), then installed the cvs version 1.3.0 which has the site XVIDVideo . ru, dai started out a little less every 10 to 10 times. And now the problem is that even using the xvid K-lite the problem continues, never gets close to the size I described. And again, the option to delete the temporary is not working with me. Does anyone know the solution?

*Sorry for bad English, I use google translator.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

what settings did you use in StaxRip and Xvid?

for example what do these settings look like in Xvid?
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9066/ss20100102113743.png
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8985/ss20100102114406.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

revert to defaults then try again
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4374/ss20100102115140.png

[Havokdan]

@Havokdan

what settings did you use in StaxRip and Xvid?

for example what do these settings look like in Xvid?
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9066/ss20100102113743.png
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8985/ss20100102114406.png

The second image is the same, but I edited the first image with the values that had the profile of MeGui Xvid to Home Theater (I-frame boost 100, overflown from 5 to 10 and compression curve for 30 and 15), but I always used these settings. I am all week doing conversions with this setting and only today that I did what I said in previous post is that I am facing problem.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

maybe Xvid settings got messed up in the registry did you revert to defaults and try encodes again?

[flebber]

Preview 9 wants me to install Yadif 1.6 dll. I have yadif 1.7 installed. I cannot find a download for 1.6 only the 1.7 link http://avisynth.org.ru/fizick.html

Has anyone got the older version?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@flebber

you should have it already its included with StaxRip (http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.2.4_preview_9.7z)
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3997/ss20100102210357.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

Yadif 1.6 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/yhzomotygjh/yadif16.zip)

[flebber]

the problem i am having is i cannot encode this file. It is freezing staxrip just after projectx has completed. This is the mediainfo for the file I am trying to get further info. Tested the file in virtualdub and I can load and encode in virtualdub.

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Source\Here I Go.mpg
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 283 MiB
Duration : 4mn 47s
Overall bit rate : 8 239 Kbps

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 4mn 47s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 7 656 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 8 300 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.738
Stream size : 262 MiB (93%)

Audio
ID : 192 (0xC0)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Duration : 4mn 47s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : -281ms
Stream size : 8.78 MiB (3%)

[flebber]

This is right where it freezes.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4238907619_13c7210616_o.jpg

[flebber]

Must be something theraputic about posting. I just solved this not 5 minutes after posting. It just wasn't what I expected.

Conflict in Avisynth plugins folder :eek:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@flebber

Avisynth plugins can be a pita good thing StaxRip doesnt install any plugins

the plugins that ship with StaxRip get called if needed from StaxRip own plugins folder no need to add to the Avisynth plugins jungle

StaxRip is very light on the system almost portable if .NET Framework is installed where you run it it works

Windows 7 comes installed with .NET so it works on my usb drive

[flebber]

@flebber

Avisynth plugins can be a pita good thing StaxRip doesnt install any plugins

the plugins that ship with StaxRip get called if needed from StaxRip own plugins folder no need to add to the Avisynth plugins jungle

StaxRip is very light on the system almost portable if .NET Framework is installed where you run it it works

Windows 7 comes installed with .NET so it works on my usb drive

Yeah I agree but i needed specific filters for grain removal of a captured analog source.

[MuLTiTaSK]

these are the only registry keys created on host pc after using StaxRip
[HKEY_USERS\Software\Freeware\VirtualDubMod\MRU List]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\Freeware\VirtualDubMod\Preferences]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\mkvmergeGUI]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\mkvmergeGUI\chapter_editor]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\mkvmergeGUI\GUI]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\StaxRip]
"SettingsDir"="Path To StaxRip Settings File"
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VFPlugin]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub\MRU List]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub\Persistence]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub\Preferences]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub\Saved filespecs]
[HKEY_USERS\Software\VirtualDub.org\VirtualDub\Window Placement]

[MuLTiTaSK]

@flebber

for everything it can do and thats all it creates shows how good stax76 is

so many GUI's offer nothing but bloat especially on clean installs no thanks

StaxRip = very clean encoding option

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Blu-ray clip to help you bug test (http://tinyurl.com/yh72mho)

Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 200 MiB
Duration : 1mn 13s
Overall bit rate : 22.8 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Duration : 1mn 13s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA
Muxing mode : Stream extension
Duration : 1mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 5.56 MiB (3%)

Audio #3
ID : 4354 (0x1102)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 5.56 MiB (3%)

Audio #4
ID : 4355 (0x1103)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : Dolby Digital
Duration : 1mn 13s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 1.68 MiB (1%)

Text #1
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS

Text #2
ID : 4609 (0x1201)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS

Text #3
ID : 4610 (0x1202)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS

[dev84]

@dev84

backup your C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\StaxRip "Settings.bin" \ Templates (*.rip) somewhere safe then delete the folder

now run 1.1.2.4 Preview 9 and see if it fixes the problem

Hi

There is no StaxRip folder where You specified, "Settings.bin" I have in root folder of StaxRip as Templetes also, for testing I start clear copy of Stax 1.1.2.4p9 with no previous settings.

thx

[Havokdan]

MuLTiTaSK, You were right, trimming at least, restored the settings (I-frame boost and all the other 2 step) to the standard, and now the size is coming right, found it strange is that since I use StaxRip they never gave problem , Thank you, thank you for your help :)

[stax76]

Happy new year everybody! I finally uploaded a new official release, hopefully it's a better release than the last one since I released it as final and the last release caused some problems. Thanks everybody for testing the preview versions and providing feedback, in particularly Multitask of course who's been very supportive recently.

I consider to pausing StaxRip a while or at least slow down my effort, those of you know StaxRip longer know there were always pauses for different reasons like lack of time, motivation, ideas or whatever. I've been always caming back however and if I ever decide to discontinue StaxRip or make a pause longer than 6 months or something I'll announce it. In this case there would be the possibility somebody else maintaining the project like it happened to MeGUI recently.

I don't think it's necessary a software needs to be updated every month. Even if StaxRip don't get updated a longer time underlying applications usually can be updated without problems.

I know StaxRip lacks Blueray related features, in particular audio related, I partly started to work on it with the new audio GUI building a foundation, future versions will built upon this foundation.

I'll answer recent postings later today, now to the release:

1.1.3


Added new GUI for audio with AC3 support using eac3to. The new GUI will serve as foundation for better Blueray and AVCHD support in future versions
Added possibility to use shift key to crop 8 pixel instead of 2 pixel while cropping using mousewheel. Added menu item in crop dialog to remove all cropping. Added DAR display in crop dialog status display
Added display for target DAR, PAR and SAR in main dialog (SAR = Storage Aspect Ratio). Added display for Source DAR in main dialog. Mod values are only displays when differ from 16/16
Added DGMPGDEC 1.5.7 and changed it to run hidden reporting progress to StaxRip
Improved user interface to match Vista/Win 7 look and feel.
Improved handling of various input formats
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.0.0
Updated x264 to r1376
Moved preparers from project options to settings
Fixed application dialog slow loading, high memory usage and crashes on faulty systems
Fixed not taking notice of script changes resulting in different image size, framerate, length etc.
Fixed bug force film detection being broke
Various other minor fixes, improvements and updates

Download it directly at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20final/StaxRip_1.1.3.7z/download

[Havokdan]

Its use Zones with Xvid? Why not use xvid_encraw? It would need a specific version installed on your computer if you used this method. And the option to delete the temporary is not working the last preview, but later I'll see if it's in 1.1.3

Thanks for release.

[stax76]

Why not use xvid_encraw?

XviD support was added way before encraw ever existed, now XviD is just maintained as time is better spent for more popular things like x264, aac, mkv, Blueray etc.

There is no StaxRip folder where You specified, "Settings.bin" I have in root folder of StaxRip as Templetes also, for testing I start clear copy of Stax 1.1.2.4p9 with no previous settings.

The location of the settings dir can be in different places, StaxRip gives easy access to important directories, in the main menu go to Tools > Directories > Settings or Tools > Directories > Templates. To reset a certain setting go to Tools > Tasks > Reset Setting, to reset all settings empty the settings dir, if the settings dir is deleted completely StaxRip will show a dialog asking where to save settings, in case the directory defined here already contain settings they will be used, otherwise new settings will be generated.

Preview 9 wants me to install Yadif 1.6 dll. I have yadif 1.7 installed. I cannot find a download for 1.6 only the 1.7 link http://avisynth.org.ru/fizick.html

I've updated to 1.7 now but couldn't reproduce your problem because even if another version is located in the AviSynth auto loading plugin dir StaxRip used the included version. Yadif is a cplugin so it don't support auto loading and therefore it should not be located in the AviSynth auto loading plugin dir.

@dev84

1.1.3 uses the old menu style on XP, the only regression is fonts vertically not centered properly on XP. The default font was changed to match the Vista/Win 7 default font, this was a big effort. I can't fix the center issue easily for technical reasons as .NET has a powerful but complex scaling framework. Best fix would certainly be using Win 7 Aero...

hm damn... Was hoping it could do other formats. Well then just gotta play the waiting game then.

The new GUI uses eac3to only for AC3, other formats will be added but the old interface is still available, some profiles in the advanced menu use it so these profiles can be cloned and then modified to use any command line compatible encoder with any format in StaxRip's format list, this list is hardcoded but can be expanded on demand. StaxRip always had support for custom command lines, this includes demuxing, video encoding, audio encoding and muxing.

hopefully with time stax76 will implement more eac3to features in StaxRip and get rid of BeSweet

More eac3to features will be added but generally I have to be careful with replacing things, especially things that work well. It would lead to regression of certain things so I rather have to add alternative methods and use the method which is known to work best as default handling.

What I recommend: somewhere in the near future abandon BeSweet can't Stax76 just do GUI's for the separate audio encoders like nero for aac, oggenc2 for vorbis, etc and not let BeSweet handle it or is BeSweet not to blame here?

That is one of the reasons why the new GUI was added, it's independent from the encoder so it can be decided which encoder to use depending on the source format or other factors like there could be a option 'force encoder b instead of encoder a'.

[Havokdan]

1.1.3 crash here, crashlog via email

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

great work like always bro your the best :thanks:

StaxRip needs stax76 dont you dare leave this project someone else would come along and ruin all your code :eek:

keep the updates coming:thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:

[dev84]

@dev84

1.1.3 uses the old menu style on XP, the only regression is fonts vertically not centered properly on XP. The default font was changed to match the Vista/Win 7 default font, this was a big effort. I can't fix the center issue easily for technical reasons as .NET has a powerful but complex scaling framework. Best fix would certainly be using Win 7 Aero...


Thx now looks OK :), no bluish... :)
btw. really thx for this software it`s extremely simple in use and configurable.

Thx

[MuLTiTaSK]

MuLTiTaSK, You were right, trimming at least, restored the settings (I-frame boost and all the other 2 step) to the standard, and now the size is coming right, found it strange is that since I use StaxRip they never gave problem , Thank you, thank you for your help :)

Hi

There is no StaxRip folder where You specified, "Settings.bin" I have in root folder of StaxRip as Templetes also, for testing I start clear copy of Stax 1.1.2.4p9 with no previous settings.

thx


happy it worked out for you guys:)

[alexcel]

Hi stax

:thanks: for the great job.

I have run into several problemas with subs.

I always rip my dvds using AnyDVD + DVD Decrypter. DVD Decrypter is set not to remove CSS or macrovision, accepting the input from AnyDVD. I always rip main movie to a single vob + ifo file. The vob is not splitted (single file)

The sub ripping tool included with staxrip, vsrip, seems to fail from time to time. Only rips part of the vob. IN my last DVD, there were 29 cell ids, and vsrip only extracts the 5 initial ones. It could be a result of the ripping and decryting process. I have tried manually and I have obtained the same result as staxrip automatic subs ripping proceess

But I have used gabest vobsub, and it extracts all the subs perfectly. ANd most important, it correctly flags the forced subs as forced.

I know that both vsrip & vobsub are old tools and they are not maintained, but vobsub seems to be more reliable. I'd suggest to move to vobsub -like megui-, but it is only my opinion.

Here I show the forced flags in subresync (at least they show in the spanish stream, lang idx = 3).

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/63530337aa7a2d63ca21b2f196f9cd752g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=qtknnwumddz&thumb=6)

And here are the links to the idx/sub file from vobsub
idx/sub: http://www.mediafire.com/?yztttjtwyxj

You can use those files to help you identify forced subs to add the option to extract or rip only forced subs.

THx again for all the help.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@alexcel

maybe ripping to a single .mkv (http://www.makemkv.com/) then loading it in StaxRip could help

i use MakeMKV (http://www.makemkv.com/) for my backups when i have trouble with my AnyDVD HD (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html) rips and it will cost you nothing to try it;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

DevProject Manager (http://www.gaijin.at/dldevproject.php)

[laserfan]

Happy new year everybody! I finally uploaded a new official release...

1.1.3


Added new GUI for audio with AC3 support using eac3to. The new GUI will serve as foundation for better Blueray and AVCHD support in future versions
Added possibility to use shift key to crop 8 pixel instead of 2 pixel while cropping using mousewheel. Added menu item in crop dialog to remove all cropping. Added DAR display in crop dialog status display
Added display for target DAR, PAR and SAR in main dialog (SAR = Storage Aspect Ratio). Added display for Source DAR in main dialog. Mod values are only displays when differ from 16/16
Added DGMPGDEC 1.5.7 and changed it to run hidden reporting progress to StaxRip
Improved user interface to match Vista/Win 7 look and feel.
Improved handling of various input formats
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.0.0
Updated x264 to r1376
Moved preparers from project options to settings
Fixed application dialog slow loading, high memory usage and crashes on faulty systems
Fixed not taking notice of script changes resulting in different image size, framerate, length etc.
Fixed bug force film detection being broke
Various other minor fixes, improvements and updates

Download it directly at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20final/StaxRip_1.1.3.7z/download
I've lost track...are DG's NV Tools (DGMultiSource) useable with 1.1.3?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@laserfan

nope:confused: i still have the same problems i discussed here DG NV Tools usage in StaxRip (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=151118)
the only GUI that i know of that is working with DG NV Tools DGMultiSource("") is HDConvertToX i think MeGUI only works with DGSource("")

[MuLTiTaSK]

neuron2 is working on adding stdout (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1357966#post1357966) to DG NV Tools so maybe that can help get it working with StaxRip

[MuLTiTaSK]

it might have something to do with the way StaxRip handles AviSynth scripts with multiple scripts opening at a time in quick bursts might be the reason for the crashes but who knows

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: StaxRip.exe
Application Version: 1.1.3.0
Application Timestamp: 4b40797d
Fault Module Name: nvcuda.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b076cd3
Exception Offset: 10283c82
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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[MuLTiTaSK]

stax76 added debug info to the logs but these crashes dont output any info for the fix:mad:

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\Streams\DGIndexNV\00011.dgi

General
Complete name : J:\Streams\DGIndexNV\00011.dgi
File size : 2.30 MiB


------------------------------------------------------------
opening avs/avi
------------------------------------------------------------

thread id: 1

3:50:54 PM 199

DGMultiSource("J:\Streams\DGIndexNV\00011.dgi")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)


at System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Exception e, Boolean needFileInfo)
at System.Environment.get_StackTrace()
at StaxRip.AVIFile.Open(String path)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Synchronize()
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode)
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenAnyFile(List`1 l)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl(Object[] args)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at StaxRip.Startup.Main()

------------------------------------------------------------
avs/avi closed
------------------------------------------------------------

thread id: 1

3:50:57 PM 208

at System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Exception e, Boolean needFileInfo)
at System.Environment.get_StackTrace()
at StaxRip.AVIFile.Close(Boolean realClose)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Synchronize()
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode)
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenAnyFile(List`1 l)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl(Object[] args)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at StaxRip.Startup.Main()

------------------------------------------------------------
opening avs/avi
------------------------------------------------------------

thread id: 1

3:50:57 PM 414

DGMultiSource("J:\Streams\DGIndexNV\00011.dgi")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)


at System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Exception e, Boolean needFileInfo)
at System.Environment.get_StackTrace()
at StaxRip.AVIFile.Open(String path)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Synchronize()
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.GetFrames()
at StaxRip.Calc.GetOverheadAndSubtitlesKBytes()
at StaxRip.Calc.GetTotalBitrate()
at StaxRip.MainForm.tbSize_TextChanged()
at StaxRip.MainForm.SetTargetLength(Int32 seconds)
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode)
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenAnyFile(List`1 l)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl(Object[] args)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackDo(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbackHelper(Object obj)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.runTryCode(Object userData)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.ExecuteCodeWithGuaranteedCleanup(TryCode code, CleanupCode backoutCode, Object userData)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallback(ThreadMethodEntry tme)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.InvokeMarshaledCallbacks()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at StaxRip.Startup.Main()

[stax76]

@alexcel

This area has room for improvement and I really want to improve it, it's difficult to do but at least it won't be boring then. If it's a PAL DVD please tell me the name (via forum, PM, mail or how you like).

i use MakeMKV for my backups when i have trouble with my AnyDVD HD rips

I tried MakeMKV a while back, mkvextract corrupted the demuxed mpeg-2 output or something, I didn't report this though since it's not a good solution anyway since DGIndex cannot read mkv.

neuron2 is working on adding stdout to DG NV Tools so maybe that can help get it working with StaxRip

This might only prevent the crash of the index application but not the crash using the source filter.

it might have something to do with the way StaxRip handles AviSynth scripts with multiple scripts opening at a time in quick bursts might be the reason for the crashes but who knows

All scripts are opened in the main thread so scripts are opened and closed one by one and the thread is paused for 200ms opening and closing a script, still it crashes.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

if neuron2 coded a debug build for us to use would it help or DG NV Tools with StaxRip will never work?

[alexcel]

@alexcel

This area has room for improvement and I really want to improve it, it's difficult to do but at least it won't be boring then. If it's a PAL DVD please tell me the name (via forum, PM, mail or how you like).


Hi Stax.

i've been working a bit on subs. vobsub is also making mistakes with my vobs (i.e. not considering forced flags). So neither vsrip nor vobsub are working well.

I think that Vsrip or vobsub fail due to non-compliant vob file generated by anydvd+dvd decrypter. I think anydvd on-the-fly protection removal is not working well with an old tool like DVD Decrypter (it seems to work well, but the resulting vob is not perfectly compliant)

I have tried dvdfab HD decrypter (free) and also Anydvd+clonedvd2 to rip the main movie. The newly generated vobs are not giving me any problems at all, and all the subs are perfectly ripped by vsrip or vobsub, and the forced flags are also perfectly extracted.

From now on I am switching to dvdfav HD decrypter to avoid these issues. I'll miss good old DVD Decrypter, what a wonderful piece of software

One last thing:

Please consider adding support to extract and handle only forced subs. :rolleyes: You'll save me a lot of time.

Here are again the links to idx/sub files
http://www.mediafire.com/?yztttjtwyxj

I'll PM you the name of a PAL DVD with forced subs in a general stream.

Note: Sorry to insist on subs, but living in a non-english country forced subs are a must, because english text showing in the movie is translated via forced subs. And not everybody is fluent in english around here.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@alexcel

have you tried SubRip (http://zuggy.wz.cz/dvd.php)
~~~~~~~ WHAT IS SUBRIP? ~~~~~~~

- SubRip is a program that allows you to rip DVD subtitles with
their timing as a text file.
- The goal is to allow you to translate the subtitles in
other languages, or just use them as they are.
- You can also rip subtitles as BMP in the goal of putting them
on a SVCD (for viewing on a stand-alone DVD player) or on a
homemade DVD.
- SubRip use an OCR algorithm and I (Brain) spend a lot of time and
nights (and Dub's a bit too) coding it for you :) but I learned
a lot of things with this experience.

[alexcel]

@alexcel

have you tried SubRip (http://zuggy.wz.cz/dvd.php)


Thx for the info, Multitask.

But better dead than OCR'ing subs, it's a nightmare :devil:

First OCR, then spell checking....no more.

Yes, I have tried with awful results (i & l &¡ & 1 and so on) all messed up, and a lot of effort. Too much time wasted. I'll stick to idx/sub vobsub format, no OCR

BUt thx again :thanks:, glad to see other users like you really care.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@alexcel

yeah i know what you mean i use SupRip (http://exar.ch/suprip/) with all my Blu-ray2MKV(x264) projects not as as click n forget as VSRip but it works fairly well automated

[alexcel]

Hi stax

I have another couple of suggestion in my wishlist

1) I'd like to fix the desired video bitrate directly at the template. Something like 1.000 to 1.500 kbps.

Currently, in the actual templates, you can not select a fixed bitrate, but a size.

I do not want to fix size, as I am compresing files for my popcorn hour player. So I fix size in the template, and then change the encode to the desired bitrate

2) Ability to create a chapter file from ifo file if the ripping tool did not create while ripping disc. :rolleyes: And undesired consequence of moving to dvdfab

Thanks again!!!

[MuLTiTaSK]

EASY DVD to HQ x264 using StaxRip (1.1.3) (1 of 2) (bit.ly/77n1T5)
EASY DVD to HQ x264 using StaxRip (1.1.3) (2 of 2) (bit.ly/6EYtiA)

[MuLTiTaSK]

Feather: A Lighter Way to Browse YouTube Videos (http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta)

[myksto]

Hi.
I recently updated to the latest version of Staxrip.
Since I used the previous version I could easily load any kind of HD stream but now, when I load a m2ts file containing a VC-1 video stream I receive this warning and nothing happens: StaxRip has to rely on DirectShow Filter to open the source file. The recommended Directoshow filter are...". Then I decided to re-use the old version but even that now shows the same warning: what's happened? I tried to uninstall and reinstall FFdshow, Haali Media Splitter but it didn't help. It seems a sort of Avisith error but I can't come out.

Please can you help me using StaxRip again with VC-1 streams?

Thanks a lot.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

:logfile: or give us more info on the source file you trying to convert then try to make out what the AviSynth error says and post it here so we can help you better ;)

[myksto]

The video stream is a vc-1 stream ProfileAdvanced@3 Resolution 1920x1080p (from TsMuxer Gui).
The error generated while loading file in StaxRip is: "DirectShowSource: couldn't open file C:\TEST\Movie.m2ts": undefined error.
I also tried to load with MeGui "Avisynth script creator" and it tells me "I probably don't have the correct filter installed".

Thanks.

[myksto]

I re-installed FFdShow and now StaxRip tells me: "DirectShowSource: RenderFile, the filter graph manager won't talk to me".

Now it can produce a log of the movie (before it couldn't):

"C:\TEST\MOVIE.m2ts
General
ID : 0
Complete name : C:\TEST\MOVIE.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 29.9 GiB
Duration : 2h 33mn
Overall bit rate : 27.8 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video #1
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Duration : 2h 33mn
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive"

Thanks again for any help.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

setup VC-1 decoding in ffdshow video decoder like below to see if it helps
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6356/ss20100105122317.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

also install Haali Media Splitter (http://www.videohelp.com/download/MatroskaSplitter110109.exe)

[myksto]

Setting FFdshow VC-1 to wmv1 and also to libavcodec produced the same result.
Haali Media Splitter already installed: same bad result.

I'm now trying another opensource tool named RipBot. It also uses free tools like avisynth, ffdshow and haali media splitter but, and I don't know how, it correctly recognize the VC-1 stream and let me encode the movie.
What is missing to StaxRip to not let it correctly recognize the VC-1 stream and let me encode my movie? Very wierd...

Other ideas?? I've been using StaxRip for so long and would be very sad if I had to leave it apart... :(

Thanks a lot.

[stax76]

RipBot264 might not work either because it uses dshow intelligent connect for graph construction instead of manual graph construction just like StaxRip. Until we support manual graph construction you will have to learn how to customize intelligent graph construction and take care on your own you have necessary splitters and decoders installed. I would like to point you to a dshow tutorial unfortunately nobody bothered to write such a tutorial so you either have to find it out on your own or hope somebody explains it to you.

PS: I've heard the newest Haali Splitter don't support VC-1...

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

RipBot264 most likely used eac3to to extract the VC-1 track atm StaxRip doesnt use eac3to to demux tracks only for .ac3 encoding

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I think there isn't a splitter for raw VC-1 data and MKV don't support VC-1, I think it would just use DirectShowSource opening m2ts assuming Haali Splitter and ffdshow decoder is installed and configured, it probably makes ffdshow configurations, I assume this is the reason why it bothers with UAC, I could be completely wrong.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i'am not sure what method it uses

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

some of the screencasts in the help file and first page of this thread are dead i created one yesterday maybe it can help someone ;)
DVD to HQ .MKV using StaxRip (1.1.3) (1 of 2) (http://bit.ly/77n1T5)
DVD to HQ .MKV using StaxRip (1.1.3) (2 of 2) (http://bit.ly/6EYtiA)

Feather: A Lighter Way to Browse YouTube Videos (http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta)
YouTube XL (http://www.youtube.com/xl)

[myksto]

RipBot264 might not work either because it uses dshow intelligent connect for graph construction instead of manual graph construction just like StaxRip. Until we support manual graph construction you will have to learn how to customize intelligent graph construction and take care on your own you have necessary splitters and decoders installed. I would like to point you to a dshow tutorial unfortunately nobody bothered to write such a tutorial so you either have to find it out on your own or hope somebody explains it to you.

PS: I've heard the newest Haali Splitter don't support VC-1...

Hi Stax.
RipBot works perfectly probably thanks to the intelligent use of dshow filter just as you mentioned. I searched the web for two days to learn how to use tools like graph edit but unfortunately I didn't succeed in making StaxRip work with VC-1 streams.
Couldn't StaxRip use intelligent graph construction as RipBot does?? :)

I installed tha latest version of Haali Media Splitter and it seems to work perfectly with VC-1 streams.

Thanks, bye.

[myksto]

@myksto

RipBot264 most likely used eac3to to extract the VC-1 track atm StaxRip doesnt use eac3to to demux tracks only for .ac3 encoding

I think no matter what RipBot uses since the very important thing is that RipBot succedes in making me encode VC-1 streams, don't you think so? ;)

Bye.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

you have the choice to use what works for you atm StaxRip is not for Blu-ray projects hopefully soon it will be
RipBot264 is ready for Blu-ray projects but i choose to do everthing manually (AnyDVD HD, BDinfo, eac3to, TsMuxer, DGIndexNV , AviSynth, x264, SupRip, MKVToolnix) we have choices thats the good thing :)

[myksto]

You're quite right even though StaxRip works perfectly when BluRay streams are H264 or MPEG2, it has problems with VC-1 streams only. So I don't agree with you when you say it's not BluRay compliant... :)
It would be a charm if StaxRip could deal with VC-1 streams too...

I really hope it can do it very soon, just like other tools does...

Bye.

[Deinorius]

And which Decoders support VC-1? The best tool is DGNV tool, which uses nvidia GPUs. Can ffdshow decode it?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

DGAVCIndex is not reliable DGIndexNV handles all Blu-ray formats (AVC, MPEG2, and VC1) with not problems for me

how do you handle Blu-ray audio?

[myksto]

FFdshow support VC-1. The problem is that I don't know how to "tell" StaxRip and/or AviSynth to use it... :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

what OS are you running these tasks on?

[myksto]

DGIndexNV needs NVidia graphics and I have ATI...

All BluRay audio are perfectly handled by Eac3to.

My problem is: how to serve StaxRip with VC-1 video streams? Is there an answer to this question?

Thanks.

P.S. I'm running Windows XP but I also tried on Vista and Seven with the same result.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

Preferred Filter Tweaker for Windows 7 (http://www.codecguide.com/windows7_preferred_filter_tweaker.htm)

[myksto]

@myksto

Preferred Filter Tweaker for Windows 7 (http://www.codecguide.com/windows7_preferred_filter_tweaker.htm)

Also tried the tool following the instructions but it didn't help.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

can you play the VC-1 file in MPC-HC with ffdshow decoding?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

cut a sample with DGSplit is a GUI binary file splitter that works on arbitrarily large files. (http://neuron2.net/dgsplit/dgsplit11.zip)
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6734/ss20100106083752.png
Upload (http://www.filedropper.com/)

[myksto]

@myksto

can you play the VC-1 file in MPC-HC with ffdshow decoding?

Perfectly!
And when I play it I can see the ffdshow icon in the taskbar.
So why MPC-HC can use ffdshow and Starip cannot??

Thanks.

[myksto]

Here's the link with a sample of the movie http://tinyurl.com/yhbyshf

Hope it helps.

Thanks.

[stax76]

Why has the sample no audio?

[Atak_Snajpera]

@myksto
Why your sample has incorrect 25 fps instead of 24/1.001 ????

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

post StaxRip.log after you try with this build (http://www.mediafire.com/?t3rdtt2wmji)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

does your Filters chain look like this in MPC-HC
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9498/ss20100106100716.png

[myksto]

@myksto

does your Filters chain look like this in MPC-HC
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9498/ss20100106100716.png

Yes, exactly.

[myksto]

@myksto

post StaxRip.log after you try with this build (http://www.mediafire.com/?t3rdtt2wmji)

Here's the log

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

C:\TEMP\MOVIE.m2ts

General
ID : 1
Complete name : C:\TEMP\MOVIE.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 50.0 MiB
Duration : 27s 480ms
Overall bit rate : 15.3 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Duration : 27s 480ms
Bit rate : 14.7 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.283
Stream size : 48.0 MiB (96%)

[myksto]

@myksto
Why your sample has incorrect 25 fps instead of 24/1.001 ????

I had to change fps to stream because my ac3 italian language file has been extracted from a PAL DVD.

Anyway that's not the problem. I have other movies in 24/0.001 fps and StaxRip won't load them anyway.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

try with the build i linked and post the whole log please

[myksto]

@myksto

try with the build i linked and post the whole log please


Here's the log you requested.
Which is the difference with the other builds??

------------------------------------------------------------
Environment
------------------------------------------------------------

StaxRip version : 1.1.3.0
OS Name : Microsoft Windows XP
Os Version : 5.1.2600.196608
OS Type : 32-bit
OS Culture : Italian (Italy)
YV12 decoder : C:\WINDOWS\system32\yv12vfw.dll
Screen colordepth : 32

------------------------------------------------------------
.NET
------------------------------------------------------------

v2.0.50727 : 2.2.30729
v3.0 : 3.2.30729
v3.5 : 3.5.30729.01

------------------------------------------------------------
AviSynth Plugins
------------------------------------------------------------

AutoCrop, ColorMatrix, Convolution3DYV12, Decomb, Deen, DGAVCDecode, DGDecode, DirectShowSource, EEDI2, FluxSmooth, LeakKernelDeint, NicAudio, SimpleResize, TCPDeliver, TDeint, TIVTC, TomsMoComp, UnDot, VSFilter

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

C:\TEMP\MOVIE.m2ts

General
ID : 1
Complete name :
C:\TEMP\MOVIE.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 50.0 MiB
Duration : 27s 480ms
Overall bit rate : 15.3 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 35.5 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Duration : 27s 480ms
Bit rate : 14.7 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.283
Stream size : 48.0 MiB (96%)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

it's just a debugger build of StaxRip 1.1.3 Final (http://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20final/StaxRip_1.1.3.7z/download)

any answers for the questions stax76 & Atak_Snajpera asked you?

[myksto]

Why has the sample no audio?

I usually demux video and audio streams from the original m2ts file for re-encoding DTSHD and DDHD and this is the case.
Then I remux the only video stream with TsMuxer and give it to tools like StaxRip or others...

[myksto]

@myksto

any answers for the questions stax76 & Atak_Snajpera asked you?

I've just answered them both.

What came out from the debug version?

[MuLTiTaSK]

:eek:

MediaInfo of one my lastest projects
General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\_BACKUPS\VOLUME_SET_ID\BDMV\STREAM\00026.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 23.2 GiB
Duration : 1h 56mn
Overall bit rate : 28.6 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Duration : 1h 56mn
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 533 MiB (2%)

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : TrueHD / Core
Muxing mode : Stream extension
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Variable / Constant
Bit rate : Variable / 640 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 267 Kbps / 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Audio #3
ID : 4354 (0x1102)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 533 MiB (2%)

Audio #4
ID : 4355 (0x1103)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 533 MiB (2%)

Audio #5
ID : 4356 (0x1104)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format profile : Dolby Digital
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 160 MiB (1%)

Audio #6
ID : 4357 (0x1105)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Muxing mode : Blu-ray
Duration : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 4 608 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R C, Rear: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.75 GiB (16%)

Text #1
ID : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS

Text #2
ID : 4609 (0x1201)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS

Text #3
ID : 4610 (0x1202)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS

Text #4
ID : 4611 (0x1203)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : PGS



DGIndexNV handles it with no problems
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1925/ss20100106120236.png

Clip (http://tinyurl.com/y9rf9dg)

[harrycaine]

Has anybody experience in converting movies to IPOD in StaxRip 1.1.3? I´ll tried the default settings and also tried several settings to change resolution and max. sample rate but it is still necessary to resample the video in itunes.

Thanks.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@harrycaine

did you choose the iPod Template?
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7982/ss20100106122226.png
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8018/ss20100106121903.png

[harrycaine]

@MuLTiTaSK
Yes, my first try what the ipod template but this don´t works.

I´ve noticed that the resultion is 480x352 so I´ve changed also this setting to 320x240 with no effect.
Im also not sure what is the difference of the default container x264 - ipod and container Devices - iPod. It looks like the same.

I´m playing with a short test movie and attached the infos of MediaInfo.

Can you see any strange values?

[myksto]

:eek:
DGIndexNV handles it with no problems



Happy to know that you can decode your VC-1 streams.
Where can I find DGIndexNV? Is it included in Staxrip?
I know a tool with that name but I also know it works ONLY with Nvidia graphic cards and I have an Ati.

So, what else?

Thanks, bye.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

right now we can only wait and hope stax76 adds Blu-ray support like he has with DVD's
till then the only advice i can give you is to use RipBot264 for your Blu-ray projects or do the whole process manually like me;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@harrycaine

dump iTunes and try to send the encoded video to your iPod with one of these
Floola (http://www.floola.com)
SharePod (http://www.getsharepod.com/about/)

[stax76]

I've the latest Haali Splitter and it doesn't support VC-1 in m2ts, the reason why RipBot264 works is it puts the VC-1 stream into mkv using eac3to, then the Haali Splitter works. Might not be hard to change StaxRip doing the same, can even be configured at Demuxing in the settings dialog. Still it seem to be pointless because when ripping from the disc to the hard drive a mkv file could have been created in the first place I guess.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i figured RipBot264 used eac3to
eac3to functions would add so much to StaxRip's already unmatched impressive feature set
eac3to can aid on decoding, demuxing, encoding, muxing even DVD projects
i been building up my Blu-ray collection lately and i'am missing StaxRip:(

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

this page gets updated on eac3to functions
eac3to/How to Use (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Eac3to/How_to_Use)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

did you try HDConvertToX with your backup?
it also seems to use eac3to so it might use the same method as RipBot264

[harrycaine]

@MuLTiTaSK

Thanks for your tip, you are right :thanks:

iTunes is very picky with the movies to force resampling or not. With Floola I´m able to play the movie on the IPOD.
Only the default size of the template (480x352) makes trouble and has to be corrected before converting.

[myksto]

@stax76

i figured RipBot264 used eac3to
eac3to functions would add so much to StaxRip's already unmatched impressive feature set
eac3to can aid on decoding, demuxing, encoding, muxing even DVD projects
i been building up my Blu-ray collection lately and i'am missing StaxRip:(

I perfectly agree with you!
I love StaxRip because I can easy setup my personal encoding and because I've been using it for years.

I really hope Stax with operate those changes/implementations very soon...

Thanks.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@harrycaine

SharePod (http://www.getsharepod.com/about/) should just copy your encoded video over not convert it did you try it?

[myksto]

@myksto

did you try HDConvertToX with your backup?
it also seems to use eac3to so it might use the same method as RipBot264


Tried it with the same movie file I uploaded yesterday.
It seems to use eac3to to analyze streams but then ends up with these errors:
- 1 "file not directly supported. You will be able to encode only the video track and the first audio track (my m2ts has no audio track);
- 2 "problem analyzing inpu file";
- 3 "unable to compute aspect ratio please check";
- 4 "please check media properties"

I think I'll use RipBot264, the only program that works automatically with VC-1 video streams. I'll use StaxRip for all my other backups.

In the meantime I'll be waiting for Stax to let us use his fantastic tool with VC-1 streams too.

Thanks a lot.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

3 out of 5 of my recent Blu-ray backups have VC-1 tracks i cant even use DGIndexNV to decode the tracks it doesnt work with StaxRip so i feel your pain :mad:

StaxRip saved me so much manual work with my DVD projects doing the whole process manually is such a pita did you try HDConvertToX (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145577)?

[myksto]

@myksto
[...] did you try HDConvertToX (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145577)?

I already answered your question and I even wrote down my results... Please see one post above... ;)

Bye.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

i wanted to do a Blu-ray2MKV cast with StaxRip :angry:

ok it seems that RipBot264 is the only other GUI that is a reliable option for this task we need StaxRip to become a player in this field:)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

any progress with DGDecNV (http://neuron2.net/dgdecnv/dgdecnv.html)?

anybody near you that has a Nvidia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs) card you could test StaxRip with?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

have you tested FFMS2 (http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/) for use in StaxRip?
FFMS2 User Manual (http://ffmpegsource.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/ffms2-avisynth.html)
FFMS2 Changelog (http://ffmpegsource.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/ffms2-changelog.html)
FFMS2 Lastest Build (http://ivtc.org/)

[stax76]

any progress with DGDecNV?

anybody near you that has a Nvidia card you could test StaxRip with?

Sorry no.

have you tested FFMS2 for use in StaxRip?

Last time I tried it did't work, large files are problematic to add since I have to take care of the package size.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

try r257 (http://ivtc.org/ffms_test_r257.7z)
alot of changes have been done lately (http://code.google.com/p/ffmpegsource/updates/list)

i was able to encode VC-1 using it in StaxRip :eek:

Source
General
Complete name : J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\_2.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 24.1 GiB
Duration : 3h 6mn
Overall bit rate : 18.5 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-01-07 23:56:27
Writing application : eac3to
Writing library : Haali DirectShow Matroska Muxer 1.9.42.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L3
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 3h 6mn
Bit rate : 18.1 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.364
Stream size : 23.6 GiB (98%)

VC-1 to .mkv with eac3to
eac3to v3.17
command line: "I:\UsEac3to\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\" 2) 2: "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\_2.vc1" 2: "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\_2.mkv" -progressnumbers -log="I:\UsEac3to\UsEac3To.log"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 2 video tracks, 3 audio tracks, 6 subtitle tracks, 3:06:27
1: Chapters, 44 chapters
2: VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: VC-1, 480p24 /1.001 (3:2)
4: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz, dialnorm: -4dB
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -4dB)
5: AC3, French, 5.1 channels, 448kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
6: DTS Express, English, 2.0 channels, 16 bits, 192kbps, 48khz
7: Subtitle (PGS), English
8: Subtitle (PGS), French
9: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
10: Subtitle (PGS), French
11: Subtitle (PGS), English
12: Subtitle (PGS), French
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...
[v02] Creating file "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\_2.vc1"...
Added fps value (24 /1.001) to MKV header.
Video track 2 contains 268251 frames.
Video track 3 contains 268251 frames.
eac3to processing took 51 minutes, 37 seconds.
Done.


i ran ffmsindex.exe on the .mkv created script imported in StaxRip

StaxRip.log

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2.avs

General
Complete name : J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2.avs
File size : 47.0 Bytes


------------------------------------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

FFVideoSource("J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\_2.mkv")
Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
IsYV12(last) ? last : ConvertToYV12(last)
Crop(2,140,-2,-140)
Spline64Resize(1280,528)
Trim(162924,163924)

------------------------------------------------------------
x264
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.3\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --level 4 --keyint 100 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --output "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2 temp files\Watchmen-FFMS2_EncoderOutput.h264" "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2 temp files\Watchmen-FFMS2.avs"

avs [info]: 1280x528 @ 23.98 fps (268250 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0
avs [info]: 1280x528 @ 23.98 fps (1001 frames)
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0

x264 [info]: frame I:12 Avg QP:19.79 size: 23865
x264 [info]: frame P:461 Avg QP:22.85 size: 5212
x264 [info]: frame B:528 Avg QP:24.01 size: 1996
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 5.0% 66.3% 15.8% 12.9%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 17.1% 72.0% 10.9%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 0.6% 1.5% 0.1% P16..4: 42.3% 6.1% 5.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:43.9%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% B16..8: 43.0% 0.2% 0.2% direct: 0.2% skip:56.2% L0:37.3% L1:61.9% BI: 0.8%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:70.1% inter:91.1%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 54.6% 66.7% 25.7% inter: 9.1% 11.9% 0.0%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 13% 6% 47%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 21% 11% 19% 6% 9% 10% 9% 8% 6%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 32% 15% 16% 5% 8% 8% 7% 5% 3%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.9%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 61.8% 11.5% 22.1% 4.4% 0.2%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 85.4% 14.6%
x264 [info]: kb/s:717.15
encoded 1001 frames, 21.37 fps, 717.15 kb/s


------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 11:31:34 PM
End: 11:32:23 PM
Duration: 00:00:49

Size: 3.6 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.3\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:23.976fps "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2 temp files\Watchmen-FFMS2_EncoderOutput.h264" --engage keep_bitstream_ar_info --ui-language en

mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
'J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2 temp files\Watchmen-FFMS2_EncoderOutput.h264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2 temp files\Watchmen-FFMS2_EncoderOutput.h264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
The file 'J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2.mkv' has been opened for writing.
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 0 seconds.


------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 11:32:23 PM
End: 11:32:24 PM
Duration: 00:00:00
Speed: 2072 fps

Size: 3.6 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Job Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 11:31:33 PM
End: 11:32:24 PM
Duration: 00:00:50


------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Target File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : J:\_BACKUPS\BR\WATCHMEN\Watchmen-FFMS2.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 3.58 MiB
Duration : 41s 750ms
Overall bit rate : 720 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-01-08 04:32:23
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 41s 708ms
Bit rate : 705 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.044
Stream size : 3.51 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376 3feaec2
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=100 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=23.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i was able to crop, preview with seeking no problems;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

FFmpegSource2 indexing app (ffmsindex.exe)
FFmpegSource2 indexing app
Usage: ffmsindex [options] inputfile [outputfile]
If no output filename is specified, inputfile.ffindex will be used.

Options:
-f Force overwriting of existing index file, if any (default: no)
-v Set FFmpeg verbosity level. Can be repeated for more verbosity. (default: no messages printed)
-p Disable progress reporting. (default: progress reporting on)
-c Write timecodes for all video tracks to outputfile_track00.tc.txt (default: no)
-t N Set the audio indexing mask to N (-1 means index all tracks, 0 means index none, default: 0)
-d N Set the audio decoding mask to N (mask syntax same as -t, default: 0)
-a NAME Set the audio output base filename to NAME (default: input filename)
-s N Set audio decoding error handling. See the documentation for details. (default: 0)

Functions in FFMS2.dll
Functions in FFMS2.dll
FFIndex(string source, string cachefile = source + ".ffindex", int indexmask = -1, int dumpmask = 0, string audiofile = "%sourcefile%.%trackzn%.w64", int errorhandling = 3, bool overwrite = false)
Used to invoke indexing separately with a few additional options and to write audio tracks to disk as wave64 files. It can be useful to use to avoid remaking the index twice or if some audio tracks are unsupported/broken and cannot be indexed properly.

FFVideoSource(string source, int track, bool cache = true, string cachefile = source + ".ffindex", int fpsnum = -1, int fpsden = 1, string pp, int threads = -1, string timecodes, int seekmode = 1, int rffmode = 0, int width = -1, int height = -1, string resizer = "BICUBIC", string colorspace = "")
Opens video, will invoke indexing of all video tracks if no usable index is found.

FFAudioSource(string source, int track, bool cache = true, string cachefile = source + ".ffindex", int adjustdelay = -1)
Opens audio, will invoke indexing of all tracks if no index exists or the requested track is not present in the index.

FFPP(clip, string pp)
Separate postprocessing which also seems to include a few simple deinterlacers. Use the pp argument in FFVideoSource whenever possible as it will also have access to the video quantizers and thus adapt better to the video.

SWScale(clip, int width = -1, int height = -1, string resizer = "BICUBIC", string colorspace = "")
A resizing/colorspace conversion filter that does nothing special at all. May be useful in some cases just because it does not do things exactly like avisynth.

FFSetLogLevel(int Level = -8)
Sets the log FFmpeg logging level. Defaults to quiet (-8) and the FFmpeg default is 16. All possible different values can be found in avutil/log.h.

FFGetLogLevel()
Returns the current level of logging as an int.

Function arguments
source: Source file.

indexmask & dumpmask: Which audio tracks to index/write to disk. Dumping a track also implies indexing since the same work has to be done anyway. It is a binary mask meaning that 7 corresponds to writing tracks 1-3. Non-audio tracks are ignored. -1 writes all tracks.

audiofile: The filename to use for dumped audio tracks. Make sure to include a track number variable to avoid multiple file access errors. The variables are case sensitive. The available variables are:
%sourcefile% - same as the source argument, the file the audio is decoded from
%trackn% - the track number
%trackzn% - the track number zero padded to 2 digits
%samplerate% - self explanatory
%channels% - self explanatory
%bps% - bits per sample
%delay% - delay, or more exactly the first timestamp encountered in the audio stream

overwrite: Forces reindexing even if a valid index already exists. May be useful for trackmask changes or testing.

track: Track number as seen by the relevant demuxer. Starts from 0, -1 means it will pick the first suitable track. This may however NOT be the first video/audio track found if it is not indexed but a later one is.

fpsnum & fpsden: For VFR -> CFR conversion. Setting fpsnum <= 0 means a 1:1 relation with the encoded frames.

timecodes: File to output timecodes to. If the file exists it will be overwritten.

cache: Write indexing information to a file for later use. This setting controls both loading of existing indices and the writing of new ones.

cachefile Where to write the cache information.

pp: See the table below for a full description, an empty string means no processing. It is recommended to avoid the autoq option since it's currently unknown what effect it will have on the processing.

threads: Sets the number of decoder threads used. Defaults to the number of logical cpus reported by windows. Ignored by lavc if the used decoder doesn't implement it.

seekmode: Control how seeking is handled, has no effect on matroska or haali splitter opened files which always use the equivalent of seekmode=1.
-1: linear access without rewind, will throw an error if each successive requested frame number isn't bigger than the last one, only intended for opening images but might work on well with some obscure video format
0: linear access, the definition of slow but should make some formats "usable"
1: safe normal, bases seeking decisions on the reported keyframe positions
2: unsafe normal, same as 1 but no error will be thrown if the exact destination has to be guessed
3: aggressive, seek in the forward direction even if no closer keyframe is known to exist, only useful for testing and containers where avformat doesn't report keyframes properly

rffmode: Controls how RFF flags in the video stream is treated.
0: Ignore all flags
1: Honor all pulldown flags
2: Equivalent to force film
Note that setting rffmode > 0 will throw an error if the video stream has no RFF flags at all. When engaged it will also make the output be assumed as CFR, disallow vertical scaling and setting the output colorspace. FFPICT_TYPE will also not be set as the output is a combination of several frames. Other subtle behavior changes may also exist.

width & height: Width and height to resize to. Value below or equal to 0 is the same as specifying the input dimensions.

resizer: Selects the resizer used for resampling the chroma planes and normal resizing. The available methods are: FAST_BILINEAR, BILINEAR, BICUBIC, X, POINT, AREA, BICUBLIN, GAUSS, SINC, LANCZOS and SPLINE.

colorspace: The colorspace to convert to. The names are YV12, YUY2, RGB24, RGB32 and the empty string for same as input.

errorhandling: Controls what happens when an audio decoding error is encountered.
0: Abort indexing
1: Clear the affected track and continue
2: Stop indexing the track but keep all the index entries so far
3: Continue anyway
adjustdelay: Try to apply a suitable delay to the audio track. -1 is the default mode and should produce correct results in most cases
-3: No delay adjustment
-2: Adjust relative to time 0
-1: Adjust relative to the first video track, adjusts the delay relative to time 0 if no video track is present
Any valid track number: Adjust relative to the specified track

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

eac3to + FFMS2 = Blu-ray import in StaxRip

choose single Blu-ray .m2ts or BDMV folder
scan with eac3to
choose titles
remux video tracks to .mkv
extract DTS -core tracks/extract convert to .ac3 depending on source formats
load .mkv in AviSynth with FFMS2
proceed...

[MuLTiTaSK]

What eac3to can and can't do can be summarized in the list below:
Can demux M2TS, TS, EVO, VOB and AOB containers
Can convert any audio track found in M2TS, TS, EVO, VOB and AOB containers to almost any other audio format
Can remove useless data (e.g. pulldown flags, filler data, sequence end codes, etc.) from H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 video streams
Can mux H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 video streams (video only, no audio) to MKV container
Can't mux / remux M2TS, TS, EVO, VOB and AOB containers
Can't demux MKV container
Can't encode video

Some of the tasks eac3to is able to perform are the following:
show information about audio files
decode and encode various audio formats
remove dialog normalization from AC3, E-AC3, DTS and TrueHD tracks
extract AC3 stream from Blu-ray Disc TrueHD / AC3 tracks
extract TrueHD stream from Blu-ray Disc TrueHD / AC3 tracks
extract DTS core from DTS-HD Hi Res and DTS-HD Master Audio tracks
remove DTS zero padding and repair outdated DTS-ES headers
apply positive or negative audio delays
reduce bitdepth of decoded audio data by using TPDF dithering
resample decoded audio data (using r8brain)
apply/reverse PAL speedup on decoded audio data (using r8brain)
demux all video and audio tracks of an EVO or VOB source file
join/rebuild multiple EVO or VOB files
remux the video track of an EVO or VOB source to Matroska
remove pulldown flags from MPEG-2, VC-1 and H.264 video tracks

eac3to can be used for more functions the choice is yours :p

[myksto]

Simply fantastic!!! :))))
I followed you advices:
- I muxed my vc-1 stream to a *.mkv file with eac3to;
- I copied ffms2 files into avisynth plugin directory;
- I create a simple avs script to load the *.mkv file;
- loaded it to staxrip and...

Magically staxrip let me do everything I need!!! :))))
I have only to try to test my first encoding!!! Wow!!!

If these tools could be implemented in staxrip directly well, the game would be done!!

Thanks a lot, I hope I can now use my favourite tool to do my backups!! ;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

now i'am trying to get DGIndexNV working;)

hopefully we can get them all working together with StaxRip

Blu-ray projects done with StaxRip will be ours :p

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

lastest DGIndexNV build is giving me the same problems using it with StaxRip so i asked neuron2 to test it hopefully together with him involved we can get this fixed and finally use the great DGIndexNV with StaxRip

how many of you use DGIndexNV outside of StaxRip?

if you have a Nvidia GPU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PureVideo#Table_of_PureVideo_.28HD.29_GPUs) with a VP2 or above engine i highly recommend you click on the donate (http://neuron2.net/dgdecnv/dgdecnv.html) button and get this great piece of code neuron2 has put together he deserves it anyway for what he does for us

[flebber]

Is there a best way to add this MVDegrain2 script to profiles can I us the join with "." method?

MvDegrain2 = backward_vec2 = source.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
backward_vec1 = source.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec1 = source.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec2 = source.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
source.MVDegrain2(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD = 400,idx=1)
dftest = dfttest(sigma=1.2)

I am having some problem with the brackets

[stax76]

@flebber

Maybe putting it in a function in a avsi file in the auto loading plugin dir or in a custom macro which can be defined at Tools > Settings > General > Advanced > Custom Macros or putting it in a file in the settings dir and then use a macro for the settings dir path to import the file using the Import function. You can open the settings dir under Tools > Directories > Settings. You could also put it directly in the filter profiles splitting new lines using the %newline% macro.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

was the encode sucessfull with FFMS2?

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I've ordered a Nvidia card and a Blu-ray drive now so let's see if I can improve some things.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

:eek: you just made my day :thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

whatever i can do to help just let me know

StaxRip is already a highly sufficient GUI and you just keep making it better and better it's just amazing what your doing really my hat goes off to you stax76 :thanks:

[myksto]

@myksto

was the encode sucessfull with FFMS2?

I really hope it will be!
I have an "old" Core2 Duo E6700 and it takes 11-13 hours to encode a 2 hours movie... :p

I'll let you know...

Thanks.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

good luck ;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

neuron2 says he can use DGIndexNV with StaxRip with no problems he tested on 32-bit Windows XP

are problems users reported only on Windows 7?

[Atak_Snajpera]

StaxRip is already the best and you keep making it better and better it's just amazing what you've done already

my hat goes off to you stax76 best dev around
Are you aware that word 'best' is not welcome in this forum? :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Atak_Snajpera

excuse my excitement post updated;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

Are you aware that word 'best' is not welcome in this forum? :)

i just had to check the rules again :scared: not welcomed maybe but good thing not restricted :cool:
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[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

some of the screencasts in the help file and the first post are either dead or using old StaxRip:confused:

can you update the help file and the first post of this thread with these screencasts
DVD to HQ .MKV using StaxRip (1.1.3) (1 of 2) (http://bit.ly/77n1T5)
DVD to HQ .MKV using StaxRip (1.1.3) (2 of 2) (http://bit.ly/6EYtiA)
Guia StaxRip MKV HD para AVI SD- 01 de 02 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDB6_zF45_4)
Guia StaxRip MKV HD para AVI SD- 02 de 02 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IO43poUn7M)
the screencasts above were made by me and Havokdan and are using newer builds of StaxRip:)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK & Havokdan

Thanks for making the screencasts, I'll update everything and move everything to the wiki that is used for the FAQ.

[Havokdan]

MuLTiTaSK, you found my screencast, I must say you inspired me to do it. :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

:thanks:
i try to help if i can;)

[myksto]

Hi to everybody interested.
I can claim that I was able to encode perfectly a VC-1 stream with StaxRip using eac3to and FFMS2 as suggested by MultiTask.

:)

Including FFMS2 functions in StaxRip would be really appreciated...

Thanks, bye.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@myksto
Now encode interlaced VC-1 :) I guarantee than you won't be so happy this time.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

happy to hear that :)
stax76 is working on adding new functions to StaxRip
and Blu-ray A/V conversion is on that list so hopefully soon

[stax76]

Including FFMS2 functions in StaxRip would be really appreciated...

For now I hesitate since it would add 2 MB but I further evaluate it, it should also be possible to use DirectShowSource for VC-1 in StaxRip. What I did though is adding FFVideoSource as filter profile but only in case the plugin is located in the AviSynth auto loading plugin directory. Same is true for DGSource and DGMultiSource. When the filter profiles are generated these profiles will only be added when the plugins is present.

[myksto]

Well, fortunately most VC-1 video streams I'm involved with are not interlaced... :p
What kind of problems are related to interlaced VC-1 streams?
Your application is able to deal with interlaced VC-1 streams?

Suggestions? Advices?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

this is most likely RipBot264 approach to dealing with Interlaced VC-1 streams SetACL->ffdshow->WMVideo DMO decoder

[MuLTiTaSK]

creating a .grf for VC-1 decoding (http://tinyurl.com/ydvvf56)

[myksto]

@myksto

this is most likely RipBot264 approach to dealing with Interlaced VC-1 streams SetACL->ffdshow->WMVideo DMO decoder

I don't know what its approach is. I have encoded 2 movies using RipBot264 and had problems with audio sync with the both of them.
I then tried to encode one of those movies using StaxRip (eac3to and ffms2) and had no problem with sync. I'm not a guru in video encoding but I guess there's something wrong in encoding method RipBot264 uses. These are generic clauses I know and I should provide details about all the stuff but I encoded lots of movies with StaxRip and had really no such problem ever.

Bye.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

using DirectShow as source in .avs script introduces problems with frame accurate decoding

FFMS2 Compatibility

AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV: Frame accurate
WMV: Frame accurate(?) but avformat seems to pick keyframes relatively far away
OGM: Frame accurate(?)
VOB, MPG: Seeking seems to be off by one or two frames now and then
M2TS, TS: Seeking seems to be off a few frames here and there
Image files: Most formats can be opened if seekmode=-1 is set, no animation support

[myksto]

And so??
I'm sorry but I'm not a guru. :(
You mean I had problems with audio sync because of directshow well known frame accuracy problems used by RipBot? Or what else?

Thanks...

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

possible but i cant really say cause i dont know the approach taken to encode by RB264
FFMS2 is very accurate with the containers listed above and the reason you had no sync issues

[Atak_Snajpera]

You mean I had problems with audio sync because of directshow well known frame accuracy problems used by RipBot? Or what else?
Encoding is a linear process so you don't need frame accurate access! Frame accurate access is required if you want to use AviSynth MT (SetMTMode)

[stax76]

You forgot many users want to cut.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

can you add a option to exit and minimize StaxRip to the system tray etc when no jobs are running?
something like ZScreen options;)
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4577/ss20100110190431.png

there are way to many encoding GUI's out there turning into one click converters taking control away from the end user:o

never do that to good ol' StaxRip:p

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Dot Net Project (http://tinyurl.com/ybcz6g6)
LINQBridge (http://tinyurl.com/b42gd4)
linqbridge (http://tinyurl.com/745qrb)

[neo_sapien]

StaxRip is such an awesome program, and I use it a great deal. Thanks so much for all the work you put into it!

I have a couple questions:

1) Using StaxRip with x264, if, instead of resizing your video, say to 720x400 for 16:9, you keep the video at 720x480 and tell the mkv to display it as 16:9, will this result in a higher quality video, though at the cost of increased bitrate?
2) Are you sure that a 55% compressibility check is optimal? In the 55% compressibility check encodes that I've done, the resulting videos come out at times showing signs of overcompression. A smoothed image where you would expect to find a sharp, detailed image, etc. My encodes thus far have been with the "speed" setting set to medium. Or maybe setting it to slow or slower would help the quality?

[stax76]

can you add a option to exit and minimize StaxRip to the system tray etc when no jobs are running?

Why not close it if you don't use it? Regarding LINQBridge, it's probably to late to consider using it. Do you know which version of the .NET Framework is included with Win 7, if it's 3.5 then LINQBridge isn't much interesting.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@neo_sapien

dont resize unless you want to or have to as to hit a certain size or device as far compressibility checks try your next encode with the x264 Film HQ Preset instead of a Two Pass one and see if it works for you cheers

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7015/ss20100111113719.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x64 (6.1.0.7600)
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8936/ss20100111115705.png

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Looks good, StaxRip should run out the box on Win 7 then.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

it did for me :D

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

try to link up with Zathor to see if he can help you get DGIndexNV working with StaxRip cause he's done a great job integrating it with MeGUI i just tested it out and DGIndexNV is working;)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I've not tested recent MeGUI builts but from reading the thread I noticed Zathor is doing a good job. He gave me a hint to add a delay but since it's still crashing for now best thing I can do is wait until my card arrives, it should arrive this week.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

sweet at least we know it's possible that's a good thing:)

[neo_sapien]

@multitask
I did two encodes to test out x264 Film HQ, one using that profile (which came out to about 760kbps), and another using a 2-pass encode which came out to 2,112 kbps. In the Film HQ one, forehead creases and walls were noticeably smoother and compressed-looking, while in the much larger version, they looked sharp and crisp. A third encode was done at 55% compressibility, which came out just a few kbps smaller than the Film HQ one, but the two looked about the same.

[stax76]

@neo_sapien

At the time 50% for x264 was established a long time ago it was similar quality to 60% XviD/DivX which was the recommended value when post processing was used. I've recently changed the assistant to only complain if it's 20% from what is defined in the encoder options.

[myksto]

@neo_sapien

At the time 50% for x264 was established a long time ago it was similar quality to 60% XviD/DivX which was the recommended value when post processing was used. I've recently changed the assistant to only complain if it's 20% from what is defined in the encoder options.

I always use quality mode set to 20 (is it a good setting?) for my H264 encodings in the encoder properties.
What i'd like to ask you is how I should use the "aimed quality ratio" (maybe the one you've been talking about) that is always set to 50% and that I always set to 95%.

Thanks.

[stax76]

@myksto

Best thing you can do is encode samples and movies with different values and compare the output size and image quality. CRF 18 is 100% quality and this result in large files. I always use crf values between 20 and 24, depends on various factors but mostly on the image size, small image > 20-22, large image > 22-24.

[stax76]

Here is a new test built:

http://www.filedropper.com/staxrip1141

It allows to customize quality, preset and tune directly from the main dialog using a context menu and has some fixes and a couple of other small changes.

[sneaker_ger]

Do you have version 1141? If so then I forgot to reset the main menu, you can do this in three different ways, do you know one of them? I can't help with the command shell unless somebody built a console app with my code, 100 lines simple VB.NET code, should take less an hour to port.

Yes, I'm using version 1141. I've found the option to reset the menu and it works now. It doesn't demux the attachments though.

[stax76]

@sneaker_ger

Please upload a sample or mkvinfo output.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

:eek:thanks stax76 i will test asap :thanks:

can you please upload to your site or MediaFire i'am getting very slow speeds and i want to test something that you might like to include with StaxRip:p

[sneaker_ger]

http://www.mediafire.com/?mldmmlzzjm1

(MKVInfo) + EBML-Kopf an 0
(MKVInfo) |+ Dokumententyp: matroska an 5
(MKVInfo) |+ Dokumententyp Version: 2 an 16
(MKVInfo) |+ Dokumententyp Leseversion: 2 an 20
(MKVInfo) + Segment, Größe 2351265 an 24
(MKVInfo) |+ Seek-Kopf an 36
(MKVInfo) | + Seek-Eintrag an 41
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x15 0x49 0xa9 0x66 (KaxInfo) an 44
(MKVInfo) | + Seek-Position: 4099 an 51
(MKVInfo) | + Seek-Eintrag an 56
(MKVInfo) | + Seek ID: 0x16 0x54 0xae 0x6b (KaxTracks) an 59
(MKVInfo) | + Seek-Position: 4262 an 66
(MKVInfo) | + Seek-Eintrag an 71
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[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Here is a mirror:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.1.7z

@sneaker_ger

Thanks for the sample, I'll try to fix it.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

attempting to open x264 settings i got a crash :eek:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6347/ss20100111180548.png