StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped) [Archive] - Page 38

woodbyte

23rd April 2008, 02:25

@woodbyte

Latest beta (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/download) fixes the chapter issue.

:thanks:

About PAR, regardless if you resize or do anamorphic, ITU should be enabled. 40:33 is very popular, I'm not sure if it's necessary to make this more precise.

It's only necessary when the goal is to have the encoding true to its source.

Public Shared Function GetPAR2() As String
If p.SourceAnamorphic Then
Return (16 * p.SourceHeight).ToString + ":" + (9 * p.SourceWidth).ToString
Else
Return (4 * p.SourceHeight).ToString + ":" + (3 * p.SourceWidth).ToString
End If
End Function

If Calc.IsARSignalingRequired Then
'sb.Append(" --sar " + Calc.GetPAR(33).ToString + ":33")
sb.Append(" --sar " + Calc.GetPAR2())
End If

Its ignoring the ITU thingie but it works for me.

How often is the source published?

stax76

24th April 2008, 00:34

@woodbyte

Usually I upload the source only for stable releases. I've changed the PAR thing now and uploaded it including source:

http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/download

woodbyte

24th April 2008, 06:50

It's perfect now. Many thanks. :)

stax76

29th April 2008, 13:05

New beta version online.

Screenshot (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/screenshot)

Changelog (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/changelog)

Download (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/download)

Support (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/support)

Forum (http://www.planetdvb.net/forum)

Emp3r0r

29th April 2008, 13:56

I love staxrip and the new features look great. Here are a few suggestions:

ProjectX and Java are required even when disabled through preparation (MPEG2)
Add import of x264 profiles
Allow updating and modifying queue while processing
Support start and end credits to automatically create zones

Thanks!

stax76

29th April 2008, 15:20

ProjectX and Java are required even when disabled through preparation (MPEG2)

The verification is done on the fly to make it required only if ProjectX actually handles the source. I've already looked at the issue, I'll have to check it again.

Add import of x264 profiles

Good feature and often requested, unfortunately quite a bit work.

Allow updating and modifying queue while processing

It's too hard/late to add this because too much code would have to be changed and debugged, some problem with supporting more than two audio streams.

It would however possible to add such a feature using a second StaxRip instance. The job processing of the first instance would have to notice jobs added by the second instance.

Support start and end credits to automatically create zones

I'm not sure if such a feature would be popular enough to add first class support. Something similar was recently requested so I've added commands and macros to the beta that allow StaxRip to be customized to support this for command line based encoders. For x264 you would do the following:

1. Load a source file
2. Open the preview dialog
3. Right-click and select Edit Menu
4. Add a new menu item, give it a name like Set Credits
5. Under Command enter Perform/Add Encoder Parameters
6. Enter something like the following as parameter: --zones %sel_start%,%sel_end%,q=30

The macros return the start and end of the first selection. The customization is done now, usage is as follows:

1. In the preview select your credits section
2. Click on your Set Credits menu item
3. In the menu select Cut/Delete All Sections since we don't cut and the params were already passed

Emp3r0r

29th April 2008, 16:12

The changelog states:
Distribution is now only three files (StaxRip.exe, Stax.dll, ReadFirst!.txt), 7-Zip archive is only 310 KB!However, I can't find a link to the latest beta in 7-Zip form. All I can find is a link to an exe.

burfadel

29th April 2008, 16:33

If an instance of Staxrip is already encoding, making and adding new rips would be an excellent feature! There have been a few times where I would have loved to have been able to do that.

stax76

29th April 2008, 16:47

However, I can't find a link to the latest beta in 7-Zip form. All I can find is a link to an exe.

Beta is currently exe only. I should upload 7-Zip beta too.

In order to set the credits without cut sections the following macros could be used:

current position in frames: %pos_frame%
framecount of the source: %source_frames%

If the zones switch requires zero based frame values the eval macro could be used to substract 1:

%eval:%source_frames%-1%

The params to set the end credits would look like this then:

--zones %pos_frame%,%eval:%source_frames%-1%,q=30

For the start credits menu item the end credits menu item can be cloned using copy and paste, the params would look like:

--zones 0,%pos_frame%,q=30

Poopoo

30th April 2008, 19:23

Hi stax,

Was the issue reporting option on the site too good and too clear, so it had to go ?

Perhaps you're not interested anymore in optimizing your tool ? :confused:

stax76

30th April 2008, 22:11

Was the issue reporting option on the site too good and too clear, so it had to go?

It's good though lacks some features. Unfortunately the developers are a bit ignorant towards non Drupal development related issues and always need ages to make the modul compatible with new Drupal versions, that's the reason why it's gone, it don't run yet on the fresh Drupal version I run. It might come back when they manage to make it compatible and I manage to make it run (I'm pretty clueless about php unfortunately).

The forum modul lacks as well but at least it's a core modul which is easier to maintain. There are moduls that integrate forums like phpbb but I try to avoid complex external moduls as they are usually hard to setup, maintain and make it hard to update Drupal.

The reason why I've updated Drupal is I wanted to try to edit pages with MediaWiki markup. I was using Drupal 5 but there was only a Drupal 6 modul that could do that. It turned out the MediaWiki support of that modul was less than half baked lacking the most fundamental features like simple lists and links.

I've tried then a WYSIWYG editor because I have issues with raw HTML and BB markup, tried that before and had issues, it was time to give it another try. TinyMCE is the most popular but that modul didn't run yet on the latest Drupal version either so I've installed another one called NicEdit, it's lightweight and works good so far.

I've also needed to try many themes that didn't mess up basic content too much. Most themes seem to use rather nasty CSS it seems. Again my web tech knowledge isn't the best. I just learn as much I need to build site. Web tech appear to be a big mess.

Navalynt

1st May 2008, 22:15

stax76

2nd May 2008, 03:16

does not even give an option for VobSub's IDX files anymore

Which option do you mean?

If I manually switch to *All Files then slect my IDX file it does work to add the subtitles into the movie.

You mean a file browser? Which one?

Can you add back in the ability to automatically select IDX files?

Automatic creation and pick-up of idx works here, filenames are:

VTS_01 - Chapter Information - OGG.txt
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_1.idx
VTS_01_1.d2v

if StaxRip were to autodetect the default DVDdecrypter chapter file (OGG) and autoselect IDX for subtitles (if the name corresponded to the D2V file)

Works here, are you using a very old beta?

MuLTiTaSK

2nd May 2008, 04:45

can someone tell me what the pw is for this guide please? http://board.serienjunkies.org/showthread.php?t=12465

stax76

2nd May 2008, 04:55

IIRC it's the domain, when you register you get a pm with the pw.

dvd_maniac

7th May 2008, 18:48

I encode a lot of TV recordings using X264/AAC 1-pass.
I use 1-pass instead of 2-pass because the filesize ends up smaller then what I would have picked for 2-pass and the quality only suffers slightly. Is it possible to do a 2-pass with the filesize a 1-pass would create?
IE: The other night I did House M.D.
The mpeg-2 recording was 5.1GB, I did a 1-pass encode and the resulting filesize ended up being 95MB.
I would like it to do a second pass based on the 95MB filesize automatically...

Possible?

Rhymes69

8th May 2008, 00:54

whats the code to add ColorMatrix () to ur starip profile?

stax76

9th May 2008, 17:16

I want to release the final soon and then pause things for some months so I've uploaded a new beta that can import x264 profiles so people can at least update their profiles.

Navalynt

12th May 2008, 22:12

I prefer to leave things as automated as possible so I use Robot4Rip to automate the ripping process to the hard drive. This program uses VobSub for the subtitles, not text subtitles.

I noticed the beta will autoselect only text subtitles and does not even give an option for VobSub's IDX files anymore. If I manually switch to *All Files then slect my IDX file it does work to add the subtitles into the movie. Can you add back in the ability to automatically select IDX files?

Really, if StaxRip were to autodetect the default DVDdecrypter chapter file (OGG) and autoselect IDX for subtitles (if the name corresponded to the D2V file) the process of backing up my DVD videos to my media center computer would require the absolute minimum of user input! You're program makes my life a hell of a lot easier so I thank you a thousand times over for the work you've put into it!

Sorry, I was using an old beta version. I updated, ran through a DVD, and found that it DID autoselect the DVDdecrypter chapter file so that it awesome, thanks!

As for the other problem let me clarify: On the beta I installed last night if there is an IDX and SUB file already in the directory with the same naming convention as the D2V file Staxrip does not auto-select it.

Here's a specific example:
Hard_Candy.d2v
Hard_Candy.idx
Hard_Candy.sub

I have robot4rip set to use the same dgindex as StaxRip to avoid any problems with version conflicts so when I load up StaxRip I usually just select my d2v file, everything loads up BUT the subtitles. It looks like StaxRip will only add the subs automatically if they are in text format. If I double click on "Container Configuration" then click the "ADD" button I can change from "Subtitle Files" to "All Files" so I can see the IDX file and select it. From that point it does work to mux in the subtitles it's just an inconvenience to always have to select the subtitles manually just because I use vobsub instead a text sub.

stax76

13th May 2008, 01:52

Which container format?

Navalynt

13th May 2008, 03:36

Which container format?

MP4 Container

stax76

13th May 2008, 08:58

Does MP4Box support vobsub subtitles?

Deinorius

13th May 2008, 09:05

Nope.
Well... mp4 Container doesn't support it by itself, but it is possible to mux not supported streams into private streams. Only problem with this practic is, you can only play it on systems, which splitters support this stream formats and these private streams.

I don't know it well, but may be Haalis Splitter support it, but I'm sure, nothing else in Stand-Alone-World.

stax76

13th May 2008, 09:37

Is there a guide or thread about vobsub in MP4 or has anybody experience with it?

buzzqw

13th May 2008, 12:46

@stax

mp4box compiled by kurtnoise13 has vob/idx support out of the box

just add the idx file, you can also specify the "index" of language by using #number_of_language

example
1) english
2) italian
3) french

-add vts_01_01.idx#2
for adding ONLY italian language

BHH

Deinorius

13th May 2008, 12:51

Am I right, that Haalis Splitter supports Vobsubs out of mp4 buzzqw?

Navalynt

13th May 2008, 20:30

As I mentioned I've been ripping to MP4 and manually selecting the IDX file to mux in. The movies are working great on my media center which is using Haali.

I just recently switched from MKV files to MP4 for more compatibility. Is StaxRip setup then to only recognize and automatically add IDX files for MKV files assuming no compatibility with MP4?

burfadel

13th May 2008, 23:22

In the latest beta build, the cropping feature no longer works properly anymore. To be more precise, the cropping feature does crop the picture, but the resize function no longer automatically adjusts like it did before. Two examples where it worked before where it doesn't now: (older versions include the previous beta builds)
- On digital WS tv, a show that is only 4:3. When cropped, the reside would normally adjust it automatically to the correct reside ration, say 512x384. With this new build it doesn't automatically adjust, and even though the source is anamorphic you have to deselect it!
- Again, on digital WS tv, a movie I recorded was in 2.35:1 on 16:9 WS tv, so therefore there were black bars at the top and bottom. On the older versions, when cropped the resize function would automatically change so I could select 704x288. With this new beta build I have to manually change the resize filter to put in 704x288 myself. The resize bar tries to resize it to 640x352 for example., so in this case the picture is vertically stretched!

stax76

14th May 2008, 00:46

@buzzqw

Thanks, I've to add support for this then.

Is StaxRip setup then to only recognize and automatically add IDX files for MKV files assuming no compatibility with MP4?

Yes but I will add support.

@burfadel

It's very difficult to understand this issue (like it was diffucult to understand Navalynt's issue), is this only with certain sources or with all sources? When does the problem occur, after loading a source with crop automated or after using the crop dialog manually? The image size values did not change in previous versions after using the crop dialog, at least not with default options, only aspect ratio changes but using the slider afterwards fixes the aspect ratio.

burfadel

14th May 2008, 01:10

It happens with all sources, moving the slider bar after doesn't automatically correct the resize function anymore. This is with the Staxrip beta dated 11 May. I guess a way to test this is to just stupidly crop a source as such:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<<Remove
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<<Remove
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<<Remove
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<<Remove
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<<Remove

(Say this is a 640x352 source, I know its not to scale)

So you end up with an image cropped with only this portion of the video selected:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So when you move the slider, it should automatically change from 640x352 to the 'corrected' 640x132

However, it does not do this, and instead leaves the output size as 640x352. The picture is correctly cropped though, so the result is that is vertically stretches the image!

stax76

14th May 2008, 02:10

Do you have a active resize filter with category name 'Resize' and a active crop filter with category name 'Crop' in your filter chain?

burfadel

14th May 2008, 05:37

Yes! However, I did fix the problem. I just deleted the staxrip settings.bin file and then reset it back up again. Using the same template of mine as before (which I set as the default template) it works fine!

stax76

14th May 2008, 08:30

Still I wonder what the problem was, there isn't anything crop or resize related in the settings.

burfadel

14th May 2008, 10:58

Ah ok! that is weird, at least now it works!

stax76

15th May 2008, 22:31

There is a new beta online, latest changes:

Fixed various aspect ratio related bugs occuring with HD sources
Added support for image subtitles for MP4
Fixed shutdown being broke by XP SP3
DGMPEGDEC updated to version 1.5.0 RC5
Fixed broken Quick Search dialog which didn't set the selected path
mkvtoolnix updated to version 2.2.0
Downloading a external application will now delete the install files of the previous version
Fixed bug StaxRip asking for ProjectX and Java even when ProjectX is disabled
x264 profiles updated
Controls for various x264 switches added
Import of x264 profiles added
Yadif AviSynth filter added
Fixed bug in calculations occuring when crop values are set but the filter is disabled or missing
The aspect ratio display in the main dialog displays now the PAR
Support for using AviSynth scripts as source file
Distribution is now only three files (StaxRip.exe, Stax.dll, ReadFirst!.txt), 7-Zip archive is only 310 KB!
The .NET library to unpack zip files was replaced with 7-Zip to unpack external application
Website updated from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6
The Issue modul got dumped because of several issues, a forum is used instead for support now
The documents directory was removed, all docs are now online or created dynamically
Online links in the help browser are now opened with the default browser
Feature to add and remove file associations (main menu under 'Tools')

[UTB]HJ

17th May 2008, 05:11

im getting following error plz see attachment, i already have the input there

stax76

17th May 2008, 06:52

welcome to the forum :)

For attachments you can also use the forum on my site or 2shared (2shared.com).

DarkZell666

17th May 2008, 12:48

welcome to the forum :)

For attachments you can also use the forum on my site or 2shared (2shared).

There's a .com missing in there somewhere :D

[UTB]HJ

17th May 2008, 17:09

welcome to the forum :)

For attachments you can also use the forum on my site or 2shared (2shared.com).

hey stax,
would you able to help me to fix that x264 input error

stax76

17th May 2008, 17:13

You've never issued any error.

[UTB]HJ

17th May 2008, 18:05

You've never issued any error.
i did on the previous post.
im getting x264 requires yv12 input but its already included please check the attachment

http://uploadingzone.com/out.php/i4061_untitled.GIF

stax76

17th May 2008, 18:42

i did on the previous post.

I can't see that. :(

please check the attachment

Can't see that either, maybe I'm blind today.

I can see the screenshot however :), please try the beta, there were fixes in that area, since there were many fixes since the last stable release it's really time to make new stable release I guess.

[UTB]HJ

17th May 2008, 19:09

hey,
thanks will try that yes sorry i just notice is waiting for approval. also do you have any guide to rip 2 cd dvd rip avi to high quality 1 cd rip.

also i have read your previous posts on adding logo but couldn't able to follow it i was getting vdub could not find error

[UTB]HJ

18th May 2008, 16:17

when i convert avi to mkv. im getting audio video sync problem how to fix it:confused:

burfadel

18th May 2008, 17:34

HJ;1138743']i did on the previous post.
im getting x264 requires yv12 input but its already included please check the attachment

That error appears when there is a syntax error in your filter chain. Deselect all of the filters (except source filters of course), and the error should disappear. Then reselect each filter until the error occurs again, and you will know at which point the error occurs. This is of course, if you can't find the error by looking at the filters manually.

Since it is a filter chain error, selecting converttoyv12() will not resolve the issue.

[UTB]HJ

19th May 2008, 17:54

That error appears when there is a syntax error in your filter chain. Deselect all of the filters (except source filters of course), and the error should disappear. Then reselect each filter until the error occurs again, and you will know at which point the error occurs. This is of course, if you can't find the error by looking at the filters manually.

Since it is a filter chain error, selecting converttoyv12() will not resolve the issue.

thanks will try that.

do you have any guide to convert it to 700mb from 2 cd rip