StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

clicking edit on a x264 profile forces the crash

[sneaker_ger]

I played a little bit with StaxRip and found 2 minor bugs:
1.) it will use the switch "--engage keep_bitstream_ar_info" with mkvmerge, although that option doesn't exit anymore in recent versions (now default behavior)
2.) when clicking "cancel" in the matroska add attachment file dialog it will add "--attach-file """ instead of nothing

[stax76]

I forgot to test if it works when opened from the profiles dialog. I'll upload a another build asap.

[stax76]

@sneaker_ger

Thanks, I'll investigate it, please let me know if you find something else.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76 & StaxRip Nation

60 x264 PROFILES CREATED FOR StaxRip 1.1.3 (http://bit.ly/6BwaHd) COPIED FROM MeGUI 0.3.1.1061 IMPORTED BY ME
THANKS TO THE CREATORS OF THE PRESETS ESPECIALLY THE WHOLE MeGUI DEV TEAM ALL INVOLVED FROM THE CREATION TO NOW THANKS GUYS;)

Download (http://bit.ly/73bpkQ)

StaxRip 1.1.3
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5192/ss20100111190146.jpg

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

let me know if you find any bugs :thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

i was able to import them into test build 1.1.4.1:)

[MuLTiTaSK]

StaxRip 1.1.4.1
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8902/ss20100111184952.png

[sneaker_ger]

More suggestions:
1.) setting "screen welcome" and "virtualdub" in the registry for VirtualDub and VirtualDubMod would be prevent it from stopping in the middle of the batch on the first run and waiting for the user to confirm the dialogs
2.) What happens when converting for example vfr mkv -> avi? I haven't tested it yet but I guess the audio/video sync will be destroyed, won't it?
3.) When adding the textsup filter it should ask for a subtitle file instead of throwing error messages at the user

[Havokdan]

I have some questions and suggestions.
Is it possible that the next version, the categories were divided as follows:
Codec | All the profiles of the particular codec, the only exception was the "Device | All profiles to devices."
And again, there is still the option of using Virtualdub official however did not see the application's folder StaxRip with others, then it should be removed or put back. I found some random crashs (rare) when deconding aac with faad2, is there another way to convert aac-> mp3 without having to go through faad2?
I do not know if possible, but in mkvtoolnix have the option to split the mkv into several pieces, and if virtualdub avi, you can do this with the option Just Mux in StaxRip ie, cut or split files without converting the file again with StaxRip?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

added --nal-hrd (http://tinyurl.com/y9cv872) to AVCHD & Blu-ray Profiles
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1618/ss20100111204504.png

[myksto]

Hi encoded 3 movies (with VC-1 streams) for my backup using eac3to, FFMS2 and StaxRip: NONE of them has problems with synch (video-audio) as I had with movies encoded with RipBot.
I don't know why, maybe because of the extreme frame precision of FFMS2 RipBot probably doesn't use...

Very happy for that... :)

Bye.

[M4ST3R]

Hi, I'm a new StaxRip user and I have some questions. I used search but didn't find the answers and 150 pages are a bit long to read then I ask here.

- when encoding to xvid there's a checkbox to use virtualdub instead of virtualdubmod. In which folder should be installed virtualdub? Or do I have to rename virtualdub.exe to virtualdubmod.exe or something like that?

- StaxRip is shipped with some avisynth plugins (autocrop and decomb for examples) that are not the latest versions floating around. Can I try to upgrade to these versions (of course at my own risk) or they are known to be buggy/incompatible with StaxRip?

- In the crop window what mean the error percentage?

Thanks

[MuLTiTaSK]

@M4ST3R

which StaxRip version are you using?

is there a specific reason you want to use vdub instead of vdubmod?

lastest versions of those plugins can be downloaded where?

[M4ST3R]

@M4ST3R

which StaxRip version are you using?1.1.3.0

is there a specific reason you want to use vdub instead of vdubmod?nope, just wanted to try.

lastest versions of the those plugins location?
Autocrop 1.2 (StaxRip: 1.1)
Decomb 5.2.3 (StaxRip: 5.2.2)

[MuLTiTaSK]

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/External_filters
http://len0x.leffe.dnsalias.com/autocrop12.zip
http://neuron2.net/decomb/decomb523.zip

[MuLTiTaSK]

@M4ST3R

place AutoCrop.dll Decomb.dll
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2554/ss20100112132331.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8909/ss20100112132835.png

[M4ST3R]

@M4ST3R

place AutoCrop.dll Decomb.dll
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/2554/ss20100112132331.png

I know where to place them but I'd like to know whether it's safe or not. I mean autocrop 1.2 is 5 years old (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=87602) then maybe there's a good reason why StaxRip sticks with 1.1.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@M4ST3R

it should be fine i just did a batch of encodes using autocrop 1.2 and it caused StaxRip no problems

[Blue_MiSfit]

FANTASTIC program! I haven't used it in a long time, and am THOROUGHLY impressed with its batch encoding function. I'm very happy!

Transcode my season 1 backup of Penn and Teller to iPhone compatible H.264 and AAC in an MP4? At 200 fps using the fast preset?!? Sweet!

<3

~MiSfit

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Blue_MiSfit

it surely is all thanks to the dedication, support & amazing coding skills of stax76 StaxRip continues to evolve after so many years welcome to StaxRip Nation Blue_MiSfit;)

[burfadel]

Yeah the batch encoding is extremely useful! along with every other function in the programme :) I really hope Staxrip continues to evolve. Its continued support (instead of sporadical support) is vital to ensure the latest features are incorporated into the programme, whether its with new functions that become available or through new versions of programmes. I update some of the components myself (and just click through the new version dialogues), mostly x264. Although I have updates mkvtoolnix, dgindex, ffmpeg, mediainfo, projectx (using oozoon's latest), and yadif previously.

I've been using Staxrip for over 3 years now I reckon, its always been my choice for the command line x264 :)

Keep up the great work!

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i got good news to report DGIndexNV IS WORKING WITH StaxRip 1.1.4.1 (bit.ly/6FxoaN)

settings
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7853/ss20100114163647.th.png (http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7853/ss20100114163647.png)
http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4734/ss20100114163751.th.png (http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4734/ss20100114163751.png)
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8746/ss20100114163029.th.png (http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8746/ss20100114163029.png)
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7998/ss20100114163135.th.png (http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7998/ss20100114163135.png)
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3491/ss20100114163228.th.png (http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3491/ss20100114163228.png)

[Guest]

Is it working on Win7 32 and Win7 64?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@neuron2

Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x64 (6.1.0.7600);)

[Guest]

How did you fix your crashing that we saw earlier?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@neuron2

besides changing cli syntax thanks to you only thing i did was upgrade to StaxRip 1.1.4.1 (http://bit.ly/6FxoaN) and setup the settings like i posted

[stax76]

Thanks for the great feedback everybody. :thanks:

I've prepared a new test built with some fixes and improvements:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.2.7z

I know where to place them but I'd like to know whether it's safe or not. I mean autocrop 1.2 is 5 years old (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=87602) then maybe there's a good reason why StaxRip sticks with 1.1.

Maybe not a good reason, I'm not sure if there is a benefit for StaxRip in Len0x's modifications, they seemed to be AutoGK specific which seem to use autocrop in a different way iirc, might even break things so until somebody posts a good reason I'm not gonna update it. I've update Decomb now however, thanks for reporting.

- when encoding to xvid there's a checkbox to use virtualdub instead of virtualdubmod. In which folder should be installed virtualdub? Or do I have to rename virtualdub.exe to virtualdubmod.exe or something like that?

I've removed VirtualDub support but forget to remove this option, great application but didn't seem to have much benefit for StaxRip.

Can I try to upgrade to these versions (of course at my own risk) or they are known to be buggy/incompatible with StaxRip?

You can always try this and post feedback about it but you should always be aware that it could break something so you have to be careful.

In the crop window what mean the error percentage?

It's the same as in the main dialog and calculated from the dar and sar value, it's a rather difficult topic.

Is it possible that the next version, the categories were divided as follows:
Codec | All the profiles of the particular codec, the only exception was the "Device | All profiles to devices."

I guess it's a matter of preference, I'm using only few profiles so I don't need sub menus. It should be fairly easy to customize it using the 4 arrow buttons in the profiles dialog.

I found some random crashs (rare) when deconding aac with faad2, is there another way to convert aac-> mp3 without having to go through faad2?

Random is problematic, are you sure it's not related to your hardware? Right now there isn't a option to use a alternative AAC decoder.

I do not know if possible, but in mkvtoolnix have the option to split the mkv into several pieces, and if virtualdub avi, you can do this with the option Just Mux in StaxRip ie, cut or split files without converting the file again with StaxRip?

You want to output mkv but split it? Did you try to use custom switches? There is a menu for custom switches but right now it don't has a split option though the menu can be customized but if somebody tell me about the switch I could change the defaults for the menu.

1.) setting "screen welcome" and "virtualdub" in the registry for VirtualDub and VirtualDubMod would be prevent it from stopping in the middle of the batch on the first run and waiting for the user to confirm the dialogs

Finally done, thanks.

2.) What happens when converting for example vfr mkv -> avi? I haven't tested it yet but I guess the audio/video sync will be destroyed, won't it?

Last time I've received a VFR sample problem was to detect if it's VFR using MediaInfo or mkvinfo or something.

Attachments should extract now btw. and it's possible to choose which streams to extract in case somebody want's just extract attachments or audio.

3.) When adding the textsup filter it should ask for a subtitle file instead of throwing error messages at the user

I've removed it now since it wasn't practical, you can use Tools > Hardcoded Subtitle

60 x264 PROFILES CREATED FOR StaxRip 1.1.3 COPIED FROM MeGUI 0.3.1.1061 IMPORTED BY ME

:thanks:, maybe you want to setup a wiki page for profiles and templates, it needs some explanations since --nal-hrd needs a patched x264 built. turok PMed me about audio profiles he made but never posted them. This is the address of the new wiki:

http://staxrip.wikispaces.com

the old wiki was at http://stax76.wikispaces.com so pages have to be copied, it has only one page anyway.

How did you fix your crashing that we saw earlier?

If you mean the cuda crash it's not solved, just the crash of the indexing app.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

thanks for the new build editing profiles bug fixed;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i included a patched build with the presets so all that would be needed to be done by the end user is replace bundled x264.exe

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

MeGUI has a simple checkbox to add --nal-hrd to the commandline
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/976/ss20100114212015.png
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/2827/ss20100114205955.png

i included the switch with the presets but it should'nt be to hard to add the option in StaxRip
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1949/ss20100111200623.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

could settings and templates be saved by default in the same directory as StaxRip.exe?
can run different StaxRip builds with different settings easier

also a different format like Settings.ini or Settings.xml so no path to settings in registry

please add support for x264_x64 builds you can use this x264x64 Wrapper by alwa (bit.ly/8a0uLC) to accomplish this feat

[MuLTiTaSK]

On a related note. I've written a program that contains the Avisynth input of x264 a while ago. Originally to feed 64bit executables with avisynth, but maybe it comes currently in handy even at 32bit executables.
Here is the application. (http://www.mediafire.com/?wyyww1ywh4m)

U need a x264_64.exe(doesn't matter whether 32bit or 64bit, it just must be named that way to make it work) in the same folder than the vfw4x264.exe(uses vfw) or avs4x264.exe(uses the Avisynth C API). Then call the vfw4x264.exe (or avs4x264.exe) with the x264 parameters:

vfw4x264.exe --preset slow -o out.mkv any.avs
or in the case above
vfw4x264.exe --crf 27.5 --level 3 --profile baseline --preset veryslow --no-cabac --ref 3 --sar 1:1 --keyint 300
--min-keyint 30 --vbv-bufsize 2000 --vbv-maxrate 2400 --videoformat ntsc --colorprim smpte170m --colormatrix
smpte170m --output "d:\work\P92-03-7750.264" "d:\work\P92-03-7750.avs"


Edit: avs4x264.exe actually shouldn't improve anything since it uses the avisynth C interface like the newer builds of x264.
Edit2: vfw4x264.exe on the other hand is the old vfw input of x264 and should help with the issue.

Cheers



a little info on howto use the wrappers

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

to use x64 builds of x264 in StaxRip follow this very simple workaround

1)download x264x64 Wrapper by alwa (bit.ly/8ZPqaM)
2)rename vfw4x264.exe->x264.exe then place it in x264 folder
http://bit.ly/5fIR3k
3)download x64 build of x264 (http://bit.ly/4qylLk) from your favorite builder
4)rename build to x264_64.exe then place it in x264 folder as in step 2
DONE!:D

[stax76]

I'll have to switch using patched build as it seems it's the only way to target Blu-ray.

could settings and templates be saved by default in the same directory as StaxRip.exe?
can run different StaxRip builds with different settings easier

I'm using a custom dir so think this is the best option. I have doubts in direct support for startup dir, I don't remember the exact reason why I've removed this option but I wouldn't have removed it if there wasn't a good reason. I could change the initial directory of the folder browser used for choosing a custom directory to the startup dir so it wouldn't be a big issue to choose the startup directory. Does side by side execution of different instanced with own settings work and if so are there any issues? IIRC it's a supported scenario but since I've never used it I don't know if there are issues.

also a different format like Settings.ini or Settings.xml so no path to settings in registry

StaxRip persists complex data structures, it's much more difficult and slower to do this with xml let alone ini (trees, dictionaries, generics, polymorphism...)

please add support for x264_x64 builds you can use this x264x64 Wrapper to accomplish this feat

Did you try if it works with StaxRip? I can't try it since I don't have a x64 system. ;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

yes it does i posted a simple workaround for users who want to use x64 builds of x264 to you add it in;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

side by side execution of different instances with there own settings work for me
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1159/ss20100115001151.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1159/ss20100115001151.jpg)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

switching to patched builds would be great users would have a GUI with the lastest greatest patches to play with if they desire:eek:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i really like the lastest AutoVAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=147067) patch
New version of VAQ (AutoVAQ) comparsion (http://komisar.gin.by/avaq/index.html)

--aq-mode <integer> AQ method [1]
- 0: Disabled
- 1: Variance AQ (complexity mask)
- 2: Auto-variance AQ (experimental)
- 3: New experimental AQ
--aq-strength <float> Reduces blocking and blurring in flat and
textured areas. [1.0]
(May present in #1:#2 form. Where #2 is frame QP offset.
Help with dark frames and fades. 1.0 is optimal)

you have to add support for 3 and 4 most patched builds include this patch and nal-hrd patch

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

to use x64 builds of x264 in StaxRip follow this very simple workaround

1)download x264x64 Wrapper by alwa (bit.ly/8ZPqaM)
2)rename vfw4x264.exe->x264.exe then place it in x264 folder
http://bit.ly/5fIR3k
3)download x64 build of x264 (http://bit.ly/4qylLk) from your favorite builder
4)rename build to x264_64.exe then place it in x264 folder as in step 2
DONE!:D

with this workaround i'am noticing a speed increase of about 8% :scared: a very nice boost
maybe you can add a option for the user to choose what build to use x86 or x64 depending on there cpu then have StaxRip vfw4x264.exe->x264.exe(x86) or vfw4x264.exe->x264_64.exe(x64)

[Havokdan]

I'm with, and is not a problem, it is a strange behavior of the program, I will explain:

1 - I have 2 hds, "C" drive is empty and the unit "E" is the operating system Windows XP SP3;
2 - I set up initially StaxRip (installed on drive "E") to let the temporary folder within the program itself, and also marked the option to delete the temporary after the end of conversion;
3 - The odd behavior is this, when I set the temporary folder to the drive "E", the program does not delete the temporary after the conversion even though I checked the option, even when I set the folder to the "C , and an option to delete function, the program copies the log of the conversion to the same destination folder of the video. This is a bug?

Although it does not bother me, but I thought I should report.

[Desaster Dan]

Okay Folks,
i got the NV_Tools 2001 running with StaxRip!
(tested with DVD and Blue - Ray source)
not tested with VC1

@multitask:
change the Arguments in the DGIndexNV Demux configuration to the following:
-i %source_files_comma% -y 1 -o "%working_dir%\%source_name%.dgi" -a -h
this way it will work with multiple input files.
also there is no need for -e, because -h includes the exit comand.

You have to change the profiles settings in Filters to the following:

DGMultiSource = Loadplugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\dgdecnv2001\DGMultiDecodeNV.dll")%newline%DGMultiSource("%source_file%")
Change the path to your needs, so Staxrip will find DGMultidecodeNV.dll ;o)

If you want to do a manual cropping, exit the crop dialog with the exit command,not with the cross, otherwise Staxrip will crash.

Sometimes StaxRip crashes when loading the .dgi file, don't know why. But generally it works this way.

Hope this was usefull,
Daniel

[MoUCLAs]

I often encode long DVB recordings, usually more than tree hours.
This makes decoding to .wav impossible because of the 2GB limit of .wav's.

So I do use the direct cutting of the .mp2 method.

The problem is that when audio is encoded, I have two choices:
either cut audio with VdubMod, where some filters like fade in/out are not taken into consideration, resulting in a video track with fades and an audio track without fades
or use avisynth and nicaudio, but again cutting is done with vdubmod, so same output as above.

What I ask is:
when decoding of audio is done with avisynth, all filters (especially fades) to be included in the xxx_cutting.avs that is loaded on VdubMod, so as to get my fades into the audio track, just as I get them in the video track.

This was fixed a year ago or so, but somehow it broke after an update.

[Desaster Dan]

@moUCLAs

I think it's better to do all the DVB cutting things in ProjectX and Cuttermaran.
Normally i use projectX for demuxing and Cuttermaran for the cut.

After that you can load the resulting mpeg or TS files into StaxRip to convert....

[Desaster Dan]

@multitask
tried your x264_64 workaround, works well!:thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

glad to hear;)

[stax76]

3 - The odd behavior is this, when I set the temporary folder to the drive "E", the program does not delete the temporary after the conversion even though I checked the option

I'll investigate it.

the program copies the log of the conversion to the same destination folder of the video. This is a bug?

When it deletes the temp dir where it usually saves the log, where else should it save the log then?

@Desaster Dan

Thanks for the report, I received my Nvidia card and it runs, now I'll have to wait for neuron2 to get a license.

What I ask is:
when decoding of audio is done with avisynth, all filters (especially fades) to be included in the xxx_cutting.avs that is loaded on VdubMod, so as to get my fades into the audio track, just as I get them in the video track.

I've changed it to include all filters now, I'm not sure why I didn't do this in the first place. Since it also generates a wav this will only help if you target isn't too long. If it is we have to find another solution.

I think it's better to do all the DVB cutting things in ProjectX and Cuttermaran.
Normally i use projectX for demuxing and Cuttermaran for the cut.

Why not use StaxRip?

[Desaster Dan]

@Desaster Dan

glad to hear;)

yes, your x286_64 workarrounk works without problems, thanks again.

The other thing ist NV_Tools....
I player arround for a few hours now, and i had some StaxRip crashes. sometimes after cropping, (with or without x button)
and somtimes after compcheck.
the curious thing is, if i load the dgi file manually after the crash, i can do the compcheck without any prblems and proceed...

So i think, this is the end of what we can do, now Stax is the man, now as a proud nvidia owner... :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

loading AviSynth script as source makes StaxRip use ffindex with 1.1.4.1 can i setup AVS as source in filters beforehand?

[stax76]

I don't understand what you mean, please provide a little better description. :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

yeah hopefully now with stax76 having a NV GPU to test with he will get StaxRip working smoother with DGIndexNV we wait for him to work his magic:)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i'am trying to load a .avs script into StaxRip it wont load it as AVS source it tries to index it with ffindex
i want to set AVS as source in filters before loading the AviSynth scripts in StaxRip i have source filter set to automatic atm

[Desaster Dan]

@stax
Why not use StaxRip?

cause Transport streams are sometimes a litte bit tricky.
Ts/DVB is NOT mpeg standard.
In most cases you have problems with video/audio sync.
ProjektX and Cuttermaran are specialized tools for that.

So maybe it works also in Staxrip in the very most cases,
but using this two freeware tools it is the recommed procedure in the DVB-C comunity.
And: Never change a running......:)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

sorry i meant i'am using 1.1.4.2 beta not 1.1.4.1:confused:

but is AVS in source filter possible?

[Desaster Dan]

multitask,
i had the same isssue whil my testing.
I't because staxrip don't find dgmultidecodenv.dll, and tries to use ffindex instead.
so check your path to dgmultidecodenv.dll. also possible you have a error in your script, (missin spaces, comma's etc.)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i cant load AviSynth scripts into StaxRip 1.1.4.2 (bit.ly/5dM1yB) without it trying to index with ffindex anyone else having this problem?

[stinman]

I use the latest staxrip,I use the divx plus part.If I want to encode a 4:3 movie into a 16:9,can this be done in the resize part?Can it be done with out making everybody short and fat?Thanks
stin

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I think there is a bug using ffms2 opening script as source file instead a normal source file.

@Desaster Dan

I have much experience with DVB since I'm using it since this crappy odsoft application and hardware decoder card. Even coded a DVB application with some special plugins. :D The ProjectX CLI was developed for StaxRip (it was called DVX 2002/2003 I think). Cutting with StaxRip never caused sync issues with DVB-S and DVB-C streams I've recorded. ATM I'm recording TS with DVBViewer and handle it directly with DGIndex, don't cause big sync issues so I'm skipping ProjectX, StaxRip still includes ProjectX but it's disabled now by default because it would ask for Java when it's enabled and some people don't need ProjectX.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i want to load AviSynth script so i want it to use AVS as source not FFMS2 can i choose AVS as source in filters before loading the script into StaxRip?

[Desaster Dan]

@Stax
I'm using DVBViewer for a long time, really the best, and very stable on my HTPC.
So, okay, i'll give you a try.:)
You know, showing a old donkey new tricks....
.

[Desaster Dan]

@stax76

i want to load AviSynth script so i want it to use AVS as source not FFMS2 can i choose AVS as source in filters before loading the script into StaxRip?

You are right, I tried it by my own, Staxrip overwrite the original .avs
you can restore it by loading the project file.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

that's what i been doing but like stax76 said it seems like a bug

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

What exactly did you try. Did you manually change the source filter to FFVideoSource and then open a avs file as source file, if so that don't seem to make much sense. Manually choosing FFVideoSource or any other source filter expects that the source filter can open the source file. In reality the source file gets often changed by the demuxers of course.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

no i have filter source set to automatic when i try to open a script (.avs) StaxRip runs ffindex
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2064/ss20100115153819.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

could filters source be set to AVS so it just opens the script?

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Did you just enter D:\ as temp files directory or did you use the file browser that would generate D:\%source_name% temp files

Please use the latter, next version will append this automatically.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

can you please add an option to resize the crop window
MeGUI crop window example
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/5446/ss20100115153616.png

helps with 1080p sources taking up the whole screen
plus the preview window does not open in center of screen always shift to the left and i have to adjust it to see it completely i have it set to open in center of screen

[sneaker_ger]

The bug with the subtitle filter still remains. I choose a Matroska file with h264, ac3 and ass and after the demuxing stage I add the subtitle filter "Textsub". Then I'll get 3 error messages saying that the arguments to "textsub()" are invalid. Looking at the Script reveals why: it only adds "TextSub()" without any arguments.

Another question: what's the reason for having several scripts like "filename_new.avs" and "filename_new_source.avs" etc.? Kind of confusing if you want to use the script with a different program.

[flebber]

Is there an easy way to remove old templates I have created. After toying with several different codec and filter settings I now have several templates I don't want to use. How can I delete them.

Is there a template manager I am missing ?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@flebber

there located in the templates folder search your computer for *.rip files and delete the ones you dont want anymore

template manger would be nice to have;)

[Havokdan]

stax76, Units C and E are hard drives. Drive A is floppy, Unit D belongs to the DVD recorder, I do not think you can add the D drive for temporary files, you must be either C or E. But it seemed to me one more question, if it was a question, I used the browser to indicate the "C" for temporary (remembering that the operating system is on drive E).

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Please explain me how to reproduce the ffms2 problem or send me a log file.

can you please add an option to resize the crop window

It's already resizable! What's bad with full screen?

plus the preview window does not open in center of screen always shift to the left and i have to adjust it to see it completely i have it set to open in center of screen

It's a bit difficult to fix but I'll try.

Another question: what's the reason for having several scripts like "filename_new.avs" and "filename_new_source.avs" etc.? Kind of confusing if you want to use the script with a different program.

_source.avs is used for:

1. determine framecount, framesize etc. of the source.
2. the script is shown in the crop dialog.

Some files are named after the source and some after the target since multiple jobs can be created from the same project.

Is there a template manager I am missing ?

No, you would delete them in explorer but it's easy to browse the folder, go to Tools > Directories > Templates

After you deleted them IIRC they are still in the menu but if you try to load one that doesn't exist any longer IIRC the menu is rebuilt. Maybe it's not perfect, I thought about it but didn't make any change so far.

@Havokdan

So the temp dir was ending with 'temp files' and it wasn't deleted even though the option was enabled, the log file was in the target dir?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

open .avs script with StaxRip does it load fine or does it run ffindex on the script?

opening the crop editor with 1080p sources i cant access the preview slider cause the window fills the whole screen

[stax76]

open .avs script with StaxRip does it load fine or does it run ffindex on the script?

It don't run ffmsindex, I tried to reproduce it but so far couldn't, isn't there a log file you can mail me.

opening the crop editor with 1080p sources i cant access the preview slider cause the window fills the whole screen

That's a bug then because a window should always fit within the bounds of the working area.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

the .avs loading problem only happens with scripts using DGMultiSource i think it has something to do with
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6185/ss20100115180118.png

[stax76]

Please send a log file.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs

General
Complete name : J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs
File size : 177 Bytes


------------------------------------------------------------
opening avs/avi
------------------------------------------------------------

thread id: 1

6:08:01 PM 911

DGMultiSource("J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files\00072.dgi", deinterlace = 0, use_top_field=true, use_pf=false, resize_w=0, resize_h=0, fieldop=0)

Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
ConvertToYV12()


------------------------------------------------------------
Source script error
------------------------------------------------------------

DGMultiSource: Cannot open index file!
(J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072 temp files\00072_Source.avs, line 1)

------------------------------------------------------------
Index source file using ffindex
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.4.2\Applications\AviSynth plugins\ffms2\ffmsindex.exe" "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs"

Indexing error: Can't open 'J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs'

Start: 6:08:07 PM
End: 6:08:07 PM
Duration: 00:00:00

[stax76]

Isn't there a message box showing: DGMultiSource: Cannot open index file!

Isn't there a message box telling that the source failed to load and that it will try using ffms2 instead?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs

General
Complete name : J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs
File size : 177 Bytes


------------------------------------------------------------
opening avs/avi
------------------------------------------------------------

thread id: 1

6:34:05 PM 629

DGMultiSource("J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files\00072.dgi", deinterlace = 0, use_top_field=true, use_pf=false, resize_w=0, resize_h=0, fieldop=0)

Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last
ConvertToYV12()


------------------------------------------------------------
Source script error
------------------------------------------------------------

DGMultiSource: Cannot open index file!
(J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072 temp files\00072_Source.avs, line 1)

------------------------------------------------------------
Index source file using ffindex
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.4.2\Applications\AviSynth plugins\ffms2\ffmsindex.exe" "J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs"

Indexing error: Can't open 'J:\_BACKUPS\BR\MONSTERS_VS_ALIENS\BDMV\STREAM\00072 temp files-\00072.avs'
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/291/ss20100115183431.png

[Havokdan]

@Havokdan

So the temp dir was ending with 'temp files' and it wasn't deleted even though the option was enabled, the log file was in the target dir?

Let's see, when the temporary folder in the hd is my operating system (Unit "E") they are not deleted after the end of the operation, even if this option is checked and the log in the temporary folder in this case.
Even when I set the temporary folder to "C" drive (NTFS - empty, no operating system), the folders are deleted and the log goes to target dir as you said.
For me this is no problem, but I found this strange behavior.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i been running different projects and the errors seem to be related to DGIndexNV cause i havent been able to duplicate it with any of the other indexers hope that helps;)

[Desaster Dan]

@multitask
did a 2 pass coding last night, with the x264_64 workarround.

The result looks this way::confused:
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5306/x264wrapper.png (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/x264wrapper.png/)

To crosscheck i muxxed the compcheck.h264 into mkv this morning.
This one looks normal.
what's that?

@Stax
Maybe it is a good idea to stick native x264_64 support inside Staxrip.

[Maeggor]

Hi people

I have used this fantastic program in XP without problems but I have update my system to Win7 x64 and the 1.1.3 doesnt initiate when I click it

Any ideas or you have the similar problem¿

Thanks!

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

please post the .log for that project

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Maeggor

where you using any other version before 1.1.3 on Win7 x64?

[Maeggor]

@Maeggor

where you using any other version before 1.1.3 on Win7 x64?

I dont know what you mean!

In the same computer (with the same hardware but only adding a SSD) and with Windows XP 32bits, and 1.1 Staxrip version!

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Maeggor

download this .NET Version Detector (bit.ly/67lstY) copy and paste the results here

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1399/ss20100116093007.png

[stax76]

Maybe it is a good idea to stick native x264_64 support inside Staxrip.

StaxRip wouldn't do anything different than what the workaround does. I don't have x64 so couldn't test it. Such issues are exactly the reason why it's not supported directly, higher potential for hard to track bugs, same issue with patched x264 builds.

i been running different projects and the errors seem to be related to DGIndexNV cause i havent been able to duplicate it with any of the other indexers hope that helps

The error handling was intended to be improved so if the source fails to load it will automatically try ffms2 without blocking which is useful for batch processing. There was a bug however causing this not working correctly not even showing a message about the error but only write it to the log file which finally gave me a idea what was happening. It applies to most errors, not only dgi.

@Havokdan

so was the temp dir ending with 'temp files', only then it gets deleted and using the file browser instead of manually entering always results in a 'temp files' ending.

[Zathor]

with this workaround i'am noticing a speed increase of about 8% :scared: a very nice boost
maybe you can add a option for the user to choose what build to use x86 or x64 depending on there cpu then have StaxRip avs4x264.exe->x264.exe(x86) or avs4x264.exe->x264_64.exe(x64)

You have to use vfw4x264.exe instead of avs4x264.exe. If you use avs4x264.exe some videos look like the one from Desaster Dan. I can reproduce it with mpeg2 videos with DGDecode_mpeg2source. There is no know problem with vfw4x264 and even with the new x264 1391 build with no vfw input support (removed since 1379) it is still working.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Zathor

i was just able to reproduce this :thanks:

[Desaster Dan]

@Multitask

Here we go:
Stream Type: Program
Video Type: MPEG2
Profile: main@main
Coded Size: 720x576
Display Size: [not specified]
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 [3]
Frame Rate: 25.000000 fps
Colorimetry: BT.470-2 B,G*
Frame Structure: Frame
Frame Type: I
Coded Number: 179174
Playback Number: 179174
Frame Repeats: 0
Field Repeats: 0
Bitrate: 5.672
Bitrate (Avg): 4.883
Bitrate (Max): 7.428
Audio Stream: 80: AC3 3/2 48 448
Audio Stream: 81: AC3 3/2 48 448
Audio Stream: 83: AC3 1/0 48 192
Audio Stream: 8a: DTS C+L+R+SL+SR 48 768
Elapsed: 0:04:31
Remain: 0:00:00
FPS:
Info: Finished!

Oops, too late ;o)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

vfw4x264.exe->x264.exe

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Do you have experience with MakeMKV? I'm ripping some Tom Cruise Nazi Film right now, first Blu-ray rip. :) I don't have AnyHD.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

to use x64 builds of x264 in StaxRip follow this very simple workaround

1)download x264x64 Wrapper by alwa (bit.ly/8ZPqaM)
2)rename vfw4x264.exe->x264.exe then place it in x264 folder
http://bit.ly/5fIR3k
3)download x64 build of x264 (http://bit.ly/4qylLk) from your favorite builder
4)rename build to x264_64.exe then place it in x264 folder as in step 2
DONE!:D

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

welcome to the world of Blu-ray;)
Inglourious Basterds is a funny flick you having troubles with MakeMKV?

[Desaster Dan]

@multitask

Thank you,
It's running like hell now on My Gforce 9600 :)
~95 fps on first pass
~25 fps on second pass.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

nice speeds:eek: x264x64 builds give a nice boost

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

you using MakeMKV 1.4.11 (bit.ly/5wpNJR)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Download latest MakeMKV combined SVQ file for BD+ (bit.ly/6zjQxS)
Usage
In order to use SVQ file just download it into "SVQ directory" set in MakeMKV preferences (on BD+ tab). MakeMKV will automatically pick-up the SVQ file and all discs that are enabled in SVQ file will start working. You must set "SVQ directory" in preferences, but you need to do it only once.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Converting Blu-ray PGS subtitles (bit.ly/6L8p8V)

[Azazel4]

love the program, works a treat,

just a quick question, but is there anyway to override the mod16 enforcement on the XviD settings, I'm wanting to encode to 704x396 and 720x404, its just rejecting the res outputs, ive tried to find an option to allow me to do this, but cant find anything, any help would be appricated

Az

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Azazel4

click on options in main window
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1915/ss20100116155233.png

[Azazel4]

thank you, couldnt find it at first till i twigged i needed to upgrade XD

thanks for the help

for reference, the VS filter included in this release is out of date for what some fansubbers use, dont know if you want to upgrade that or not, but I have to replace it to ensure the subs i encode come out right, new version is bundled in with aegisub 2.1.7

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

here are some more Blu-ray Samples (bit.ly/6GFzzv) that you can test StaxRip with;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Azazel4

StaxRip is using VSFilter.dll v1.0.1.5 (11-29-08)
Aegisub is using VSFilter.dll v2.39.5 (12-30-08)
here is the newest version VSFilter v2.39.5.3 (01-05-10) (bit.ly/8Xb7Cm)

[MoboTech]

@MuLTiTaSK

Hey you :),

Is it possible for you to give a guide on how to add watermark to a video using staxrip? I've found a couple post about it, but I still can't figure it out. Can you help?

[MoUCLAs]

about preview and cutting function (F5):

Is it possible to display the video at the Preview in 8bit mode? Specially when you have to edit a H264 (.TS) file? It will be more accurate and fast to browse in the video, to mark and cut it..

[Miras]

Operation failed!

The specified path, file name, or both of these parameters are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and directory name less than 248 characters.

System.IO.PathTooLongException: The specified path, file name, or both of these parameters are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and directory name less than 248 characters.
in System.IO.Path.SafeSetStackPointerValue (Char * buffer, Int32 index, Char value)
in System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast (String path, Boolean fullCheck)
in System.IO.Path.NormalizePath (String path, Boolean fullCheck)
in System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal (String path)
in System.IO.FileStream.Init (String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, fileshare share, Int32 buffersize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, msgPath String, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream .. ctor (String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, fileshare share, Int32 buffersize, FileOptions options)
in StaxRip.StringExtensions.WriteFile (String value, String path, Encoding encoding)

Possible to increase the limit length of names?

[Maeggor]

@Maeggor

download this .NET Version Detector (bit.ly/67lstY) copy and paste the results here


Thanks!

Here are my results I think I have the correct versions installed

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4741/nets.jpg

Try to install 1.1 version¿

[Miras]

------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Second Pass Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 12:45:10
End: 12:52:03
Duration: 00:06:52
Size: 40,7 MB

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

"Z:\DivX\!SOFT!\StaxRip\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\.TMP\sample\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980_new.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:25.000fps "C:\.TMP\sample\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 temp files\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980_new_EncoderOutput.h264" --no-chapters --language 0:eng --track-name "0:English" "C:\.TMP\sample\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 temp files\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 TN 3 - en-English.ac3" --language 0:eng "C:\.TMP\sample\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 temp files\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 TN 1 - en-English.srt" --ui-language en

mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
Error: The file 'C:\.TMP\sample\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 temp files\star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 TN 1 - en-English.srt' has unknown type. Please have a look at the supported file types ('mkvmerge --list-types') and contact the author Moritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org> if your file type is supported but not recognized properly.


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

MKV muxing failed with exit code 2

and .h264 files can't play in Media Player Classic HC.


How I can change default:
%source_dir%%source_name% temp files
on
%source_dir%%source_name%_temp_files
permanently?


/EDIT
I remove star.wars.episode.v.the.empire.strikes.back.1980 TN 1 - en-English.srt from container and work OK

[Azazel4]

Hmmm, strange new issue

My AVS script states

Spline36Resize(720,404)

yet when loaded in stax, it overrides this to 720 x 400

Even with the mod set to something else, it just defaults to this value,

Any idea why it would be doing this?

Edit: Thanks for the link to the new vsfilter, didnt even realise a new version was out

[stax76]

I've uploaded a new test built supporting DGSource which was running completely stable so far. Thanks to Neuron2, Multitask and Zathor for helping.

http://www.filedropper.com/staxrip1143

Sorry that I cannot reply on every issue, there is a increased amount of feedback I receive, not only here but also by Mail and in the german forum. The amount of popular formats and tools is increasing, it becomes difficult to deal with everything.

[Betsy25]

I've uploaded a new test built supporting DGSource which was running completely stable so far. Thanks to Neuron2, Multitask and Zathor for helping.

http://www.filedropper.com/staxrip1143

Sorry that I cannot reply on every issue, there is a increased amount of feedback I receive, not only here but also by Mail and in the german forum. The amount of popular formats and tools is increasing, it becomes difficult to deal with everything.


That's exactly why you should not hurry to start adding new stuff like crazy Stax, StaxRip is known for the things it does, it does them perfectly fine. I'd rather have 50 options which all work than 100 options of which only 20 work.:cool:

Once again, :thanks: for this wonderful tool.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

just did a quick run and it was successfull:thanks:

@Betsy25

your needs dont stay the same forever do they?

[Betsy25]

@Betsy25

your needs dont stay the same forever do they?

Your correct MuLTiTaSK, and thanks to your fantastic support StaxRip is maturing steadily :), but it's still a 1-man projects AFAIK,
so it's better to implement 1 feature at a time, so the known StaxRip guarentee "Working great out-of-the-box" remains, and it will not head the MeGUI way where so many things were halfly implemented and the developers lost track of all the open bugs.

We can be glad we have guys like Stax76 & MuLTiTaSK in the encoder world.:)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Betsy25

we just have to make sure what StaxRip does it does it correctly and we will be fine
all feedback from StaxRip users helps stax76 use his gifts and we need to support him the same way he's been supporting us for many years:)
sharing information is vital to better all the video community

thanks for the kind words;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

quality control is what makes StaxRip special and stax76 understands this=-)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

how can i force NicAudio for audio decoding? i keep setting NicAudio but StaxRip calls ffmpeg :confused:

crop and preview windows work correctly now :thanks:

[stax76]

Maybe I should write a bit about the biggest issues, in the past you had mostly MPEG-2 with 2-3 audio formats. You could simply demux all tracks and use DGMPGDec to load the video in AviSynth. Things have become more difficult since there are different containers like when you rip with MakeMKV you get MKV and if you use AnyDVD you get M2TS though eac3to could mux to MKV. There can be many different source and target audio formats, some might want to cut so decoding is needed for formats that cannot be cut, there are other issues like delay, some audio streams are huge so it might not be desired to demux all of them, it might not even be desired to demux a single one but rather convert directly with a tool capable of doing this like eac3to. There are large and difficult changes required like stream selection preventing the need to demux large audio streams from mkv/m2ts prior job pressing. It's difficult since everything needs to be streamlined and there are a lot possible formats. There are different ways things can be done and it's difficult to support many different ways, to find out which ways work best, to decide which presets and automation to use and to guess what the user is trying to achieve. There are 3 different video codecs possible in Blu-ray and different tools to decode them, DGMPGDec, DGDecNV, DirectShowSource, ffms2. Adding more formats and tools is difficult to do, adds new bugs and breaks old features, causes things to be more difficult to maintain, harder to learn and use, harder to support etc. so Betsy25 makes a good point saying less is more, on the other side users like Multitask want to use new formats and faster tools and Blu-ray is obviously important.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

your are doing a amazing job buddy i truly deeply appreciate everything you do for us StaxRip users and the whole video community

i hear nothing but positive feedback from everyone that uses StaxRip and lately StaxRip has been gaining alot of new users i tell you it's all a credit to you my friend incredible coding skills you have and on behalf of all users that you have helped with your amazing program that just keeps getting better and better :thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks: :thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

audio is not encoded with this Sample (bit.ly/8FVgxA) i force decoding with ffmpeg and NicAudio to no avail :(

BOL_StaxRip.log

------------------------------------------------------------
Source file info
------------------------------------------------------------

J:\Clips\BOL.m2ts

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Clips\BOL.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 542 MiB
Duration : 2mn 7s
Overall bit rate : 35.6 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 7s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.0 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) : 0.502
Stream size : 380 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 7s
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 : 35.1 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 7s
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 : 105 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
DGIndexNV - Demux audio and index
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\dgdecnv2002\DGIndexNV.exe" -i "J:\Clips\BOL.m2ts" -y 1 -o "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\\BOL.dgi" -a -h

Demuxer: DGIndexNV - Demux audio and index
Start: 12:52:31 PM
End: 12:52:54 PM
Duration: 00:00:23

------------------------------------------------------------
Source Macros
------------------------------------------------------------

Source Directory: J:\Clips\BOL temp files\
Source Directory Name: BOL temp files
Source Directory Parent: J:\Clips\
Source File Path: J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.dgi
Source Files Blank: "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.dgi"
Source Files Comma: "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.dgi"
Source Framerate: 23.98
Source Frames: 3064
Source Image Height: 1080
Source File Name: BOL
Source Seconds: 128
Source Image Width: 1920

------------------------------------------------------------
AviSynth Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

LoadPlugin("I:\dgdecnv2002\DGDecodeNV.dll")
DGSource("J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.dgi",deinterlace=0,resize_w=0,resize_h=0)
Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)
ConvertToYV12()
Crop(2,140,-2,-140)
Spline36Resize(1280,528)
UnDot()

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Audio Source File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
ID : 0
Complete name : J:\Clips\BOL.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 542 MiB
Duration : 2mn 7s
Overall bit rate : 35.6 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 7s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 25.0 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) : 0.502
Stream size : 380 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 7s
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 : 35.1 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 7s
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 : 105 MiB (19%)


------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Decoding using ffmpeg
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.4.3\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -i "J:\Clips\BOL.m2ts" -y -ac 6 "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.wav"

FFmpeg version SVN-r21231-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Jan 16 2010 05:42:31 with gcc 4.2.5 20080919 (prerelease) [Sherpya]
libavutil 50. 7. 0 / 50. 7. 0
libavcodec 52.47. 0 / 52.47. 0
libavformat 52.47. 0 / 52.47. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.15. 0 / 1.15. 0
libswscale 0. 8. 0 / 0. 8. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[mpegts @ 003dce40]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:\Clips\BOL.m2ts':
Duration: 00:02:07.75, start: 5039.791667, bitrate: 35617 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:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.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:71885kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000092%

Start: 12:54:44 PM
End: 12:54:54 PM
Duration: 00:00:09

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.4.3\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.wav" -output "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL_AudioOutput.m4a" ) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.3 -6chnew )



Start: 12:54:54 PM
End: 12:54:54 PM
Duration: 00:00:00

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

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.4.3\Applications\x264\x264.exe" --level 4 --keyint 100 --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 20000 --output "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL_EncoderOutput.h264" "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL.avs"

x264 [info]: 1280x528 @ 23.98 fps
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264 [info]: 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=23.0000 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=10 qpmax=51 qpstep=4 vbv_maxrate=20000 vbv_bufsize=25000 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.0

x264 [info]: frame I:128 Avg QP:20.76 size: 42016
x264 [info]: frame P:1787 Avg QP:24.26 size: 13418
x264 [info]: frame B:1149 Avg QP:26.19 size: 3205
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 36.1% 31.9% 10.1% 21.9%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 18.4% 63.6% 18.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 4.0% 10.3% 2.3% P16..4: 32.9% 9.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0.0% skip:34.9%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% B16..8: 31.4% 0.7% 1.0% direct: 2.1% skip:64.0% L0:39.9% L1:54.7% BI: 5.5%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:62.3% inter:76.5%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 59.8% 54.6% 21.8% inter: 16.5% 14.8% 0.7%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 48% 25% 5% 22%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 15% 18% 21% 6% 8% 8% 9% 7% 9%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 28% 13% 6% 9% 7% 8% 5% 6%
x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:13.8%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 61.7% 9.4% 21.2% 4.4% 3.3%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 89.7% 10.3%
x264 [info]: kb/s:2068.32
encoded 3064 frames, 37.37 fps, 2068.32 kb/s


------------------------------------------------------------
x264 Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 12:54:55 PM
End: 12:56:19 PM
Duration: 00:01:24
Size: 31.5 MB

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

"I:\StaxRip_1.1.4.3\Applications\MKVtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "J:\Clips\BOL.mkv" --noaudio --nosubs --default-duration 0:23.976fps "J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL_EncoderOutput.h264" --ui-language en

mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Dec 12 2009 15:20:35
'J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL_EncoderOutput.h264': Using the AVC/h.264 ES demultiplexer.
'J:\Clips\BOL temp files\BOL_EncoderOutput.h264' track 0: Using the MPEG-4 part 10 ES video output module.
The file 'J:\Clips\BOL.mkv' has been opened for writing.
The cue entries (the index) are being written...
Muxing took 1 second.


------------------------------------------------------------
Muxing Statistics
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 12:56:19 PM
End: 12:56:21 PM
Duration: 00:00:01
Speed: 1671 fps
Size: 31.5 MB

------------------------------------------------------------
Job Complete
------------------------------------------------------------

Start: 12:54:44 PM
End: 12:56:21 PM
Duration: 00:01:37

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info Target File
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : J:\Clips\BOL.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 31.5 MiB
Duration : 2mn 7s
Overall bit rate : 2 070 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-01-17 17:56:20
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 7s
Bit rate : 2 029 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) : 0.125
Stream size : 30.9 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 80 r1376kMod 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=23.0000 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

[Desaster Dan]

@ Multitask,
True words, true words....

@Stax76
That's the point, less is more. But what to put in?
For me intergration of NV Tools is absolutly the number one, because this would be a big encoding speed improvment.
Second is the impementation of blue ray, cause DVD is going to die.
I think eac3to would be the right tool for the most Blue Ray jobs. Subtitles are litle tricky, the only tool i know is BDSup2Sub.

Btw. I just tested the new release with a DVD source.
NV tools working fine, but when i do a compcheck with a non Mod 16 resulution ( in my case mod 4), StaxRip crashes after compcheck is finished. <----Sorry i forgot, i'm talking about x264

But... cool down, your are not Dr. Kimble on the run :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

the most important benefit of having DGDecNV support in StaxRip is proper frame accurate video decoding of AVC and VC1 streams and now we have it cause of stax76;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@MuLTiTaSK

Hey you :),

Is it possible for you to give a guide on how to add watermark to a video using staxrip? I've found a couple post about it, but I still can't figure it out. Can you help?

adding watermark while ripping (http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/adding-watermark-while-ripping-t368704.html)

Hmmm, strange new issue

My AVS script states

Spline36Resize(720,404)

yet when loaded in stax, it overrides this to 720 x 400

Even with the mod set to something else, it just defaults to this value,

Any idea why it would be doing this?

Edit: Thanks for the link to the new vsfilter, didnt even realise a new version was out

uncheck auto crop borders
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/4156/ss20100117230742.png

Thanks!

Here are my results I think I have the correct versions installed

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4741/nets.jpg

Try to install 1.1 version¿

delete StaxRip "Settings.bin" you were using on XP then run StaxRip.exe on Windows 7

[Azazel4]

@Multitask

I tried that, but it still changing the res i specified in AVS

If i load the source material into stax without the use of avs and set a resize it allows me to specify 720x404

It just seems to be when i load it from AVS and have it specified to a non mod16 res, any mod16 res i input it works fine, its like its forcing mod16 on it even though i specified a mod8 option and set it to mod8

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Azazel4

post the .log from that project

[Azazel4]

I guess this is what you want, cant see any other log files i can generate,


------------------------------------------------------------
Environment
------------------------------------------------------------

StaxRip version : 1.1.3.0
OS Name : Windows Vista (TM) Business
Os Version : 6.0.6002.131072
OS Type : 32-bit
OS Culture : English (United Kingdom)
YV12 decoder : C:\Windows\system32\xvidvfw.dll
Screen colordepth : 32

------------------------------------------------------------
.NET
------------------------------------------------------------

v2.0.50727 : 2.0.50727.4016
v3.0 : 3.0.30729.4037
v3.5 : 3.5.30729.01

------------------------------------------------------------
Not Installed
------------------------------------------------------------

DivX ASP
Java

------------------------------------------------------------
Wrong Version
------------------------------------------------------------

VSFilter
x264

------------------------------------------------------------
Macros
------------------------------------------------------------

Audio Bitrate: 0
Audio File 1:
Audio File 2:
AviSynth script path: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01 temp files\555 01.avs
Browse For File: %browse_file%
Compressibility: 0
Crop Bottom: 0
Crop Height: 400
Crop Left: 0
Crop Right: 0
Crop Top: 0
Crop Width: 720
Audio Delay 1: 0
Audio Delay 1: 0
Audio Delay 2: 0
Encoder Extension: .avi
Encoder Output File: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01.avi
Encoder Output File Track 1:
Encoder Output File Track 2:
Enter Text: %enter_text%
Newline:

Player: C:\Program Files\MPC HomeCinema\mpc-hc.exe
AviSynth Plugin Directory: C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\
Position In Frames: 0
Position In Millisecons: 0
Programs Directory: C:\Program Files\
Selection End: 0
Selection Start: 0
Settings Directory: C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Settings\
Source Directory: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\
Source Directory Name: R_555_1
Source Directory Parent: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\
Source File Path: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01.avs
Source Files Blank: "C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01.avs"
Source Files Comma: "C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01.avs"
Source Framerate: 29.97
Source Frames: 126026
Source Image Height: 400
Source File Name: 555 01
Source Seconds: 4205
Source Image Width: 720
Startup Directory: C:\Program Files\StaxRip\
System Directory: C:\Windows\system32\
Target Directory: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\
Target File Path: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01.avi
Target Framerate: 29.97
Target Frames: 126026
Target Image Height: 400
Target Image Size: 288000
Target File Name: 555 01
Target Seconds: 4205
Target Size: 716800
Target Image Width: 720
Template Name: TV-N XviD 2 Pass
Text Editor: C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
Version: 1.1.3.0
Video Bitrate: 1391
Working Directory: C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01 temp files\

------------------------------------------------------------
AviSynth Plugins
------------------------------------------------------------

AutoCrop.dll: 17/06/2003 12:45
ColorMatrix.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
Convolution3DYV12.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
Decomb.dll: 04/09/2005 12:20
Deen.dll: 05/07/2005 21:42
DGAVCDecode.dll: 10/03/2009 17:39
DGDecode.dll: 05/11/2009 06:31
DirectShowSource.dll: 21/12/2008 21:46
EEDI2.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
FluxSmooth.dll: 29/07/2004 15:07
LeakKernelDeint.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
MSharpen.dll: 21/08/2009 14:26
NicAudio.dll: 12/08/2009 18:11
RemoveGrain.dll: 01/05/2005 12:41
RemoveGrainS.dll: 01/05/2005 12:39
RemoveGrainSSE2.dll: 01/05/2005 12:40
RemoveGrainSSE3.dll: 30/04/2005 09:46
Repair.dll: 01/05/2005 12:40
RepairS.dll: 01/05/2005 12:39
RepairSSE2.dll: 01/05/2005 12:37
RepairSSE3.dll: 01/05/2005 12:37
SimpleResize.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
SSE2Tools.dll: 11/04/2005 11:16
SSE3Tools.dll: 11/04/2005 11:19
SSETools.dll: 11/04/2005 11:18
SSEToolsS.dll: 11/04/2005 11:17
TCPDeliver.dll: 21/12/2008 21:46
TDeint.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
TIVTC.dll: 31/10/2009 11:03
TomsMoComp.dll: 01/03/2008 17:21
UnDot.dll: 18/01/2003 16:05
VSFilter.dll: 30/12/2008 12:19

------------------------------------------------------------
Media Info
------------------------------------------------------------

General
Complete name : C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\555 01.avs
File size : 595 Bytes


this is the avs im loading in

DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
crop( 6, 4, -6, 0)
Spline36Resize(720,404) # Lanczos (Sharp)
Undot()
tweak(sat=1.14,bright=-5,cont=1.05)

ChangeFPS(29.97)

[MuLTiTaSK]

DGDecNV SUPPORT ADDED (bit.ly/6aVfOY)

Download (bit.ly/7Y1wXp)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Azazel4

comment out cropping and resizing load the script and set the cropping and resizing in StaxRip or try with one of the newer preview builds
DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
#crop( 6, 4, -6, 0)
#Spline36Resize(720,404) # Lanczos (Sharp)
Undot()
tweak(sat=1.14,bright=-5,cont=1.05)

ChangeFPS(29.97)

[Azazel4]

ill try a preview build tomorrow and see if that works,

I'm always wary of removing the crop and size from avs when it comes to adding in the textsub filter

Ill give it ago and see what happens anyway

[V1de0Luvr]

Possible to increase the limit length of names?

Are you getting the file length error when using the GUI? I get it when trying to use the CLI. When I shorten the filename I get a different error from DGIndex, and will post details in a separate reply.

[V1de0Luvr]

I am really impressed with the auto crop features of StaxRip, good work! 1.1.4.3 works great for me from the GUI, but I want to use the CLI and cannot get StaxRip to work from the command-line interface. I created a simple template and call it like this:

StaxRip.exe -t:HD2MKV "TEST 1080i.mpg" -e -exit

But DGIndex displays the following error:

Couldn't open input file in HIDE mode! Exiting.

The DGIndex command line looks wrong to me:

"C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "TEST 1080i.mpg" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "TEST 1080i.mpgTEST 1080i temp files\\TEST 1080i" -hide -exit

I can call DGIndex manually with a valid command-line and it works fine in Hide mode, so it looks like StaxRip is not calling DGIndex correctly from the CLI. I can do the same encode fine from the GUI. Is the CLI working for anyone else? Thanks!

[MuLTiTaSK]

@V1de0Luvr

remove -hide from the cli syntax in the GUI save it exit StaxRip try cli again
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/227/ss20100118180639.png
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5945/ss20100118180757.png
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5077/ss20100118180858.png

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Just tell me the source and target format you want and if you know it how the transcoding is ideally performed.

but when i do a compcheck with a non Mod 16 resulution ( in my case mod 4), StaxRip crashes after compcheck is finished.

I couldn't reproduce this.

@Maeggor

Maybe it's possible to install the .NET version found in the readme file.

yet when loaded in stax, it overrides this to 720 x 400

What exactly do you mean with this?

StaxRip.exe -t:HD2MKV "TEST 1080i.mpg" -e -exit

That's only a filename or a relative path if you want, relative paths aren't officially supported, you have to use absolute paths.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

how about this problem (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1364738#post1364738)?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

download these Samples (bit.ly/6GFzzv)

eac3to is ideal to encode the audio tracks directly from the sources to nero aac, flac, ac3

UsEac3to (bit.ly/6hDi8J) can help you get acquainted with the ease and power of eac3to -switches it's the best GUI i have found for eac3to so far;)

parse eac3to output for tracks demux -core encode to aac flac ac3 tracks, index with DGIndexNV load etc. whatever you need from me let me know my friend i have some more ideas :thanks:

[V1de0Luvr]

@V1de0Luvr

remove -hide from the cli syntax in the GUI save it exit StaxRip try cli again

Thanks, I did remove -hide, but DGIndex still just sits there not doing anything because the path on the command being passed to it is wrong - "C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\DGIndex\DGIndex.exe" -i "TEST 1080i.mpg" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "TEST 1080i.mpgTEST 1080i temp files\\TEST 1080i" -exit

Please note the .mpg and the repeated filename with temp files and two backslashes.

[MuLTiTaSK]

That's only a filename or a relative path if you want, relative paths aren't officially supported, you have to use absolute paths.

@V1de0Luvr

what stax76 said;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@V1de0Luvr


Command Line Help
StaxRip uses a similar command line syntax as the .NET framework tools as it simplifies development and usage. The arguments are processed sequentially in the order they appear in the command line so it would be fatal to put the shutdown switch before the encode switch or to put the source files after the encode switch. Don't forget to enclose strings containing blanks with quotes and ensure to study the examples at the bottom of this page.

Many of the available switches might not be useful from the command line, the reason why these switches are available is they are provided by StaxRip's command engine that is also used for customizable menu's and event commands.

Basic Switches
-encode, -e

Creates a job and runs the job list.

-exit

Exits StaxRip

-help, -h, -?

Opens the command line help.

-shutdown

Shuts PC down.

-standby

Puts PC in standby mode.

-template:< As String>
-t:< As String>

Loads a template.

Examples
StaxRip C:\Movie\project.rip

StaxRip "C:\Movie 2\project.rip"

StaxRip "C:\Movie 2\VTS_01_1.VOB"

StaxRip "C:\Movie 2\VTS_01_1.VOB" "C:\Movie 2\VTS_01_2.VOB"

StaxRip -template:DVB "C:\Movie 2\capture.mpg" -encode -standby

StaxRip -template:"beware of blanks" "C:\Movie 2\VTS_01_1.VOB" "C:\Movie 2\VTS_01_2.VOB" -encode -shutdown

StaxRip -Perform/ShowMessageBox:"beware of blanks",title,info

StaxRip -Perform/ShowMessageBox:no_blanks_no_quotes,"wasted_quotes",info

StaxRip -Perform/ShowMessageBox:no_blanks_no_quotes,nothingToWaste,info

StaxRip -perform/showmessagebox:"Windows and VB don't care about case, Unix and C do",title,info

StaxRip /perform/showmessagebox:"I hope StaxRip CLI don't suck since I've seen too many ugly CLI's",title,info

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Blu-ray workflow in StaxRip ideas:
load Blu-ray folder or .m2ts scan source with eac3to StaxRip then processes the info from eac3to then either joins video tracks for seamless branching Blu-ray Discs (bit.ly/5s8dkW), demux video track to raw .h264, .vc1 , mux to .mkv or skip video to index with DGIndexNV, FFMS2, DDS, DSS2 handle audio only like demux core tracks -core, convert to .flac, .m4a etc depending on what settings users set in StaxRip

eac3to Command Line Syntax Usage Examples (bit.ly/4N1vpA)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

That don't seem to be compatible with StaxRip's audio handling. In StaxRip you have a audio source file, static command line based profiles and new dynamic GUI based profiles and in case a profile cannot handle the input format or cutting is used a intermediate conversion is performed. Here you don't have files but playlists and the only tool that can work on these playlists is the one that generated the playlist, eac3to. Currently I don't have a interest to develop a GUI for this playlist handling or try to integrate it with StaxRip's audio handling, maybe I develop a interest later. Greif's stream extractor is IIRC already included, it's in the eac3to folder and I'll make it available from Tools > Launch. It makes more sense to investigate MKV handling, currently everybody is using AnyDVD and eac3to to handle title extraction simply because these tools were available first and people develop habits quickly and easily. I don't have any habits yet and with my limited experience MakeMKV seems to be much better plus fits in StaxRip's audio handling because you have regular file, only thing that's new is that it can contain multiple streams, that's difficult to support but possible. Besides that MKV is a much better container supporting more formats, rich meta data and has little overhead, I've heard m2ts overhead is insane, that's one of the reasons I'm resistant to add m2ts output but favor MKV which is DivX Plus compatible which I fully support because I think it's great to have play MKV in the web browser and mkv compatible Blu-ray players and streaming players. Also people at DivX try their best to support my GUI and the encoding community and so do I with DivX. MakeMKV should be much faster. Also I didn't get an reply from SlySoft (requested 2 days before) to sponsor me a AnyDVD license, not that it's a problem since MakeMKV appear to be a much better solution anyway.

[M4ST3R]

Maybe not a good reason, I'm not sure if there is a benefit for StaxRip in Len0x's modifications, they seemed to be AutoGK specific which seem to use autocrop in a different way iirc, might even break things so until somebody posts a good reason I'm not gonna update it.
Thanks, I will stick with 1.1 then.


I've removed VirtualDub support but forget to remove this option
Ok, that's why I was confused.


It's the same as in the main dialog and calculated from the dar and sar value
Ok

[buzzqw]

i would suggest the makemkv route.

it's free (now) and easy to integrate. Only one MKV output file, and easy to process with eac3to (for extraction audio tracks)
don't try to use tsmuxer for demuxing audio from mkv since it has some problem with dts and other audio format

BHH

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i will send you the money for a AnyDVD-HD license?

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Thanks for the offer but if a company isn't interested in their product being supported why should I care then? I rather support companies and programmers that support StaxRip like DivX, neuron2, Mosu etc. So far I've just sent a private message so maybe they didn't read it so far.

[M4ST3R]

@stax76

Just in case this kind of info is usefull for you:
mediainfo.dll 0.7.27 is available http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/fr/Download/Windows
you can get more recent ffmpeg builds there: http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/autobuilds/

[stax76]

@M4ST3R

Sure it's useful thanks, I don't have a clue how many applications and libraries StaxRip bundles, certainly many and it's constantly growing. I update some application more often then others, depends on how popular the application is, if it has important bug fixes, new features or optimizations etc.

[M4ST3R]

When I click on Filters, a menu appears listing the source filters: automatic, mpeg-2, mpeg-2 deblocked, avc,...
But there's also a sub menu named advanced containing more or less (labels are a bit different) the same source filters. Is there a difference between selecting a filter from the main menu or from the advanced one?

[V1de0Luvr]

Thank you stax76 and MuLTiTaSK - I did get the CLI working by adding the full path to the input file. I normally reduce the frame rate of 720p to 29.97, but the only place I find frame rate mentioned is the %target_framerate% macro. Do I need to create a filter to reduce 59.94 to 29.97? Thanks!

[stax76]

When I click on Filters, a menu appears listing the source filters: automatic, mpeg-2, mpeg-2 deblocked, avc,...
But there's also a sub menu named advanced containing more or less (labels are a bit different) the same source filters. Is there a difference between selecting a filter from the main menu or from the advanced one?

Only difference is the items on top level are newbie friendly, I consider to remove the newbie friendly items since StaxRip has become too advanced and the Automatic option should be fine for most common tasks and newbies.

Thank you stax76 and MuLTiTaSK - I did get the CLI working by adding the full path to the input file. I normally reduce the frame rate of 720p to 29.97, but the only place I find frame rate mentioned is the %target_framerate% macro. Do I need to create a filter to reduce 59.94 to 29.97? Thanks!

In the Field filter category there is SelectEven() which will half the framerate, I'm not sure if it must be put in the source filter or if it can be in a separate filter or if both work and which is better or if it don't matter. just try it and let us know if it causes any problems.

[V1de0Luvr]

In the Field filter category there is SelectEven() which will half the framerate, I'm not sure if it must be put in the source filter or if it can be in a separate filter or if both work and which is better or if it don't matter. just try it and let us know if it causes any problems.

Thanks again, stax76. SelectEven does work as a separate filter for me. That sounds like a deinterlace filter, but works for this purpose too.

I was going to stop asking questions now, but that reminds me that I saw the Decomb plugin installed, but I don't see an obvious way to use it?

[stax76]

I was going to stop asking questions now, but that reminds me that I saw the Decomb plugin installed, but I don't see an obvious way to use it?

You can find the Decomb help file in the applications or task dialog, it shows you which filters it provides, it provides field processing filters so the filters can be found in the Field category of the filter profiles.

[MoboTech]

adding watermark while ripping (http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/adding-watermark-while-ripping-t368704.html)



uncheck auto crop borders
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/4156/ss20100117230742.png



delete StaxRip "Settings.bin" you were using on XP then run StaxRip.exe on Windows 7

It's still confusing which code do I use? And what color does the background have to be for transparencies? Also, does it have to be bitmap?

[wirawan1234]

@stax76
I see in 1.1.4.3, new "AAC VBR ~64 kbps" option as your default
I'm curious why you change the default from 96 (q 0.3) to 64 (q 0.2)?
Isn't q 0.3 already low enough? (I usually use q 0.4)
Thanks

[M4ST3R]

Only difference is the items on top level are newbie friendly, I consider to remove the newbie friendly items since StaxRip has become too advanced and the Automatic option should be fine for most common tasks and newbies.
I agree. Maybe something like automatic in the top menu and other options in a "manual" (or advanced) submenu

[stax76]

I see in 1.1.4.3, new "AAC VBR ~64 kbps" option as your default

There are two reasons, first is 64 and 96 resulted in little difference in my listening test, I don't have very good ear phones though. The second reason is StaxRip uses x264's crf default 23, that it pretty low too so matches well with the 64 which is pretty low as well. 64 audio should be better than 23 video, both good enough for me in most cases, for smaller resolutions 23 is bad of course.

[tormento]

I am trying to encode a BD with StaxRip and DGToolsNV. I have created the .dgi file and imported as source in StaxRip. When I try to manually crop and exit, the windows stays there and StaxRip stops responding, with a minimum ~10% CPU occupation. Any idea of what is it doing? ;)

Please fix this bug, I wouldn't use RipBot again ;)

[stax76]

@tormento

Do you use the latest test build 1.1.4.3?

[meatwad]

I'm using the latest build 1.1.4.3 with DG NV tools build 2003 and I'm having trouble using the gpu deinterlacer. I've set the following options under profiles: DGSource = DGSource("%source_file%",deinterlace=1,resize_w=0,resize_h=0). When I look at the avs file it creates after it runs DGNVIndex it still shows deinterlace=0. I've tried to change the script manually as well as through "Show File-Avisynth Script", but as soon as it begins processing it still shows deinterlace=0. I like Yadiff, but I prefer to deinterlace with DG NV tools. Is there an easy way to fix this or am I missing a setting?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@meatwad

does this happen when you load your own script .avs into StaxRip?

[meatwad]

@meatwad

does this happen when you load your own script .avs into StaxRip?

No, it only happens when I let StaxRip create the dgi file through DGNVIndex. If I index it myself and import the avs script all is fine.

[tormento]

Do you use the latest test build 1.1.4.3?
Yes. And the horsepower does not lack: GT275+I7_920@3.1GHz

[stax76]

If you use the source filter Automate then StaxRip will automatically generate a source filter. If you want to use a particular filter profile then you have to choose that, right-click the source filter, choose your profile, optionally save a template, open the source.

[dvd_maniac]

What's the best way to upgrade and keep my templates?
I currently run version1.1.2.0 beta and just downloaded 1.1.3.7, everytime I upgrade I seem to lose my templates and settings and have to redo them again.

[flebber]

What's the best way to upgrade and keep my templates?
I currently run version1.1.2.0 beta and just downloaded 1.1.3.7, everytime I upgrade I seem to lose my templates and settings and have to redo them again.

You should use build build 1.1.4.3, when you install this build it will save your profiles to backup.

So when you start staxrip and right click profiles to edit you will see your old profiles under backup, just copy and paste to relevant category and your set :)

[stax76]

I currently run version1.1.2.0 beta and just downloaded 1.1.3.7, everytime I upgrade I seem to lose my templates and settings and have to redo them again.

I'm investing quite a lot effort to migrate settings since I'm very aware that it's a pain to lose settings especially for people who made many custom profiles and templates. Sometimes it's hard to migrate things, sometimes too hard and sometimes the migration has bugs. So you would first backup your settings directory, then try a new version and if you lose something important or have problems give me feedback. Often there is a menu item called Backup where you can find templates and profiles from the previous version and since the menus are customizable you can move things outside of the backup menu but before doing this you should take a very close look since you cannot trust the migration working perfectly.

[MoboTech]

Hi stax,

Not sure if its a bug, but when I go to the JAVA "Application" screen, it says "Application not found", but I do have it installed. Tried it on 2 PC and same problem.

Running Windows 7 With Java 6 Update 18 (Latest), Staxrip 1.1.3

And yes I've restarted my PC. Does this mean ProjectX won't work?

http://www.imagefrog.net/out.php/i60963_staxjava.gif

[MoboTech]

BTW, java.exe or javaw.exe is in this directory: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin

[MuLTiTaSK]

@MoboTech

can you run ProjectX outside of StaxRip?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@MoboTech

StaxRip 1.1.4.3 (bit.ly/7Y1wXp)

[MoboTech]

@MoboTech

StaxRip 1.1.4.3 (bit.ly/7Y1wXp)

That version works, thanks. Did you guys fixed that today? Didn't see 1.1.4.3 any where else.

[Bilskate]

Hi,

Since a long time I'm trying to do something in StaxRip, but until today I still don't know how to do it :

Example : I have a 20 minute MKV video file, and I want to remux it into a 2 minutes MKV file, I don't want to re-encode it, just remux it, I just want to choose a part of the video. So as usual I do this :

- I add the MKV source file.
- I choose "Just Mux" as video codec, and MKV container.
- In audio I also choose "Just mux"
- I cut the video (and it works cause it shows me "2 minutes" next to "length").

But the encoding process doesn't work completely, cause the final video is still a 20 minutes (and 700mo, it's a 1280x720) video, but the sound was cut, cause the video contains only the sound of the part I chose.

Is there any way to remux a part of a MKV video without having to reecode it using the "x264" codec.

Thanks.

PS : Sorry for my average English, I'm French.
PS 2 : I'm using StaxRip 1.1.3.0

[stax76]

@Bilskate

I've added now partly support, there will be option in the muxing config dialog called Split at cut points when just muxing, if it's enabled then --splitt will be used, if it's not enabled then StaxRip uses the current behavior which is try to cut audio unless the filename contains _Cutting (file was already cut be StaxRip). There are two issues, first is it's not frame accurate since mkvmerge can only split at key frames, second is only split is done so you have to delete not needed output files and append needed output files (hopefully not hard with mmg) if multiple cut points were used. I think about doing the appending part too.

@all

I'm working on a thumbnail generation feature like the one in MPC-HC so if anybody wants it to support a particular feature now would be a good time to request it.

[Bilskate]

Thank you very much Stax. I look forward to that.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

looking forward to see the magic you coding i know it's gonna be special and very usefull for all StaxRip users keep up the great work you have my support;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

would it be possible to know what you finished coding already and what's on the todo list so i can know what to request?

[stax76]

@Bilskate

It'll also do the appending.

[stax76]

would it be possible to know what you finished coding already and what's on the todo list so i can know what to request?

The drawing part of the thumbnail feature is working except drop shadows but I've found sample code so only the GUI for it is missing. Things will likely go a lot slower for a longer time I'm afraid. I want to spent much less time in front of the PC and TV, I did way to much recently.

[Bilskate]

@Bilskate

It'll also do the appending.

:thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

you have done a tremendous amount of coding lately and it really shows StaxRip is simply amazing
if a break is what you need we StaxRip users truly understand the support you give us you deserve a much needed break:thanks:

just dont forget to comeback cause StaxRip is stax76 it only keeps getting better cause of your coding gifts i'll be waiting for your return my friend:(

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i will also let everyone that i know that loves your program to donate;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

Support StaxRip (http://bit.ly/6jkAK6)

[DodgeV83]

Is it still possible to set a target file size with Staxrip? I'm not seeing it with the new version, even after setting the encoding to 2-pass.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@DodgeV83

you dont see this?
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9949/ss20100124200426.png

[MoboTech]

@Bilskate

I've added now partly support, there will be option in the muxing config dialog called Split at cut points when just muxing, if it's enabled then --splitt will be used, if it's not enabled then StaxRip uses the current behavior which is try to cut audio unless the filename contains _Cutting (file was already cut be StaxRip). There are two issues, first is it's not frame accurate since mkvmerge can only split at key frames, second is only split is done so you have to delete not needed output files and append needed output files (hopefully not hard with mmg) if multiple cut points were used. I think about doing the appending part too.

@all

I'm working on a thumbnail generation feature like the one in MPC-HC so if anybody wants it to support a particular feature now would be a good time to request it.

I know I keep saying this, but can you add watermark support? I think it would be a great feature that none of the other video software has, which will make staxrip more unique.
I finally figured out how to do this by adding a couple filters and download a plugin, but honestly its been a hassle trying to figure out which each line of code represents without a GUI.
I use this plugin here: http://neuron2.net/logo/logo.html
If you like, I can show you how I did it with staxrip. But I'm sure you can figure that out yourself :)

[DodgeV83]

@DodgeV83

you dont see this?
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9949/ss20100124200426.png

I am running 1.1.3.0 on Windows 7 x64 and no. I do not see this.

Edit: To be clear, I am also unable to view or change the bitrate field in your screenshot.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@DodgeV83

StaxRip 1.1.4.3 (bit.ly/7Y1wXp)

[DodgeV83]

@DodgeV83

StaxRip 1.1.4.3 (bit.ly/7Y1wXp)

Thanks! I see it now, though it was probably because I ran that .net installation from the "READ THIS FIRST" .txt file...a bad assumption that a new Windows 7 installation would have this already installed.

Thanks again :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@DodgeV83

glad it worked out;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Parameter | Bitrate By Percent
Sets the bitrate according to the compressibility.

i cant get StaxRip to apply anything but defaults
are 50% & 60% the only options?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

a quality slider possible to adjust it's percentage?
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5793/ss20100125010428.png

[Bilskate]

The drawing part of the thumbnail feature is working except drop shadows but I've found sample code so only the GUI for it is missing. Things will likely go a lot slower for a longer time I'm afraid. I want to spent much less time in front of the PC and TV, I did way to much recently.

It's always a good idea to take a break, and leave the computer for a while. See you later ;)

[00mitpat]

Does anyone know if a 64 bit of staxrip is available or in the pipeline?

[stax76]

Does anyone know if a 64 bit of staxrip is available or in the pipeline?

There is a workaround to use 64 bit x264, use Search This Thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=102652&page=160&nojs=1#goto_threadsearch) seaching for workaround.

a quality slider possible to adjust it's percentage?

I don't have 2pass experience and I'm not sure if it would make sense so I would need a detailed description.

Thanks! I see it now, though it was probably because I ran that .net installation from the "READ THIS FIRST" .txt file...a bad assumption that a new Windows 7 installation would have this already installed.

Are you saying installing this .NET version fixed the problem, I cannot imagine this, it would be a big issue since a lot people would run into it.

I know I keep saying this, but can you add watermark support?

Please use dedicated threads for anything uncommon like watermark, there are already more common issues than I can cope with.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@00mitpat

if you want to use a 64bit build of x264 with StaxRip follow this simple workaround

Download ->avs4x264.exe (bit.ly/8D2vRi)
rename avs4x264.exe to x264.exe
rename the 64bit x264.exe your using to x264_64.exe
place them in the same folder
x264.exe->x264_64.exe
continue using x64 builds of x264;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2835/ss20100125132813.png
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5875/ss20100125133037.png

does'nt work with custom values i can only apply 50% & 60%
a little slider under quality percentage to adjust the % or maybe make it editable like size and bitrate have
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2822/ss20100125133739.png

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

It works here and without detailed description I can't make any changes, the point of 2 pass is using a fixed file size so adjusting the file size according the quality is pointless, well maybe somebody can describe a scenario where it isn't pointless, for such a scenario I would need a detailed description.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

2passes with a aimed quality is not pointless
it actually yields better results for me then just running a quick blinded -crf encode
i want control over my encoding process
i usally encode with a Aimed Quality percentage of 80-100 with -crf 17 being 100% quality
quality being the most important factor
after i run compressibility check i adjust the quality according to the compressibility of source
i encode my backups to quality then store my disks away simple does it;)

[dgeor]

hello
I've been using staxrip since 2005 I believe
I'm very pleased with it, except one section
the audio
enocding audio has always been my problem
a couple of years ago, when on planetdvb, stax put the section [audio] in filters and nicaudio decoding
then somehow the code broke
now it has been partly fixed (when cutting, audiodub should go up in the avs, right after MPEG2Source, so as to get audio processing done right inside avisynth)

my question is: stax, why don't you implement stdout to encode audio and use avisynth's audio processing? on the fly conversion without intermediate files is the best way, isn't it?

keep up the good work

[stax76]

@dgeor

Please provide more details, what is your source and target format and what is the problem with the current handling.

[dgeor]

@dgeor

Please provide more details, what is your source and target format and what is the problem with the current handling.

it is mainly, the 2GB limit of wavs
and secondly, my obsession with fades in audio (fades simply don't work due to the automated cutting through vdubmod)
usually mp2 source and aac target

I think behappy is doing a hell of a job (just what I'd like to see in staxrip)

[stax76]

Doesn't the option to cut using NicAudio help? There was a request and change recently discussed few pages earlier to include all filter in the AviSynth script, not sure what the reason was, maybe it was fades, I think it's not released yet but I could send a build via mail.

[MoboTech]

I am running 1.1.3.0 on Windows 7 x64 and no. I do not see this.

Edit: To be clear, I am also unable to view or change the bitrate field in your screenshot.

I have the same problem.

Here's a pic:
http://s2.postimage.org/Uh2y0-a4a16ce1573a6a45463423948db85c6b.gif

Running Windows 7, but unlike dgeor, installing .Net framework 3.5 listed on the read me file did not work. Is their a fix for this?
I didn't realize it was missing until I actually had to use it.

[MoboTech]

Tried both 1.1.3 and 1.1.4.3

[wirawan1234]

click the divx plus in blue font, it will expand into many video profiles
change the video profile into 2pass - something (up to you)

[V1de0Luvr]

I am encoding HD TV captures to MKV with StaxRip 1.1.4.3 CLI mode and a template with width 1280, height 720, and 921600 pixels. However, after auto-cropping, it sometimes changes the size to non-standard values like 1248x736 and increases pixels to 930304. I want to encode at the standard 720p size, but to accomplish that I have to go into the GUI, set width & height back to 1280x720, open the Crop window and click Smart Crop. I set Options: Advanced, Image, Crop: Auto crop borders until proper aspect ratio is found, and Options: Advanced, Image, Crop: Auto overcrop width to limit aspest ratio to: 1.778 seems to help sometimes, but StaxRip likes to override my settings for a standard 720p encode and I have to fight with it to get what I want.

[dgeor]

Doesn't the option to cut using NicAudio help? There was a request and change recently discussed few pages earlier to include all filter in the AviSynth script, not sure what the reason was, maybe it was fades, I think it's not released yet but I could send a build via mail.

yep, the inclusion of filtrers in the _cutting.avs was my idea
and you did it, but it doesn't work as supposed
let me explain:

this is the log when cutting with vdubmod:

------------------------------------------------------------
Saving wave using VirtualDubMod
------------------------------------------------------------
MPEG2Source("N:\01-27-e3 temp files\01-27-e3.d2v")
Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)
ConvertToYV12()
LoadCplugin("C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif()
Crop(0,34,-4,-78)
BicubicResize(640,384,0,0.5)
FadeOut(last, 10)

VirtualDub.Open("N:\\01-27-e3 temp files\\E3antas-Otan.vy8izetai.o.kosmos.[Greek.DSR.x264.aac-Ft4U]_Cutting.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetSource("N:\\01-27-e3 temp files\\01-27-e3.mp2",0x00000202,0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.subset.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(29661, 31165);
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(70891, 25278);
VirtualDub.subset.AddRange(111493, 21286);
VirtualDub.stream[0].Demux("N:\\01-27-e3 temp files\\01-27-e3_Cutting.mp2");
------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

what I see, is vdubmod loading video through avs, audio through it's internal filter for mp2, then cutting, then saving to wav, then encoding
what I get is no fades for audio, but I bypass the 2GB limit of wav if final video is more than 3 hours

this is the log when cutting with nicaudio:

------------------------------------------------------------
Saving wave using VirtualDubMod
------------------------------------------------------------
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio.dll")
LoadCPlugin("C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll")
MPEG2Source("N:\01-27-e3 temp files\01-27-e3.d2v")
Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)
ConvertToYV12()
LoadCplugin("C:\Program Files\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif()
Crop(0,34,-4,-78)
BicubicResize(640,384,0,0.5)
FadeOut(last, 10)
AudioDub(last, NicMPG123Source("N:\01-27-e3 temp files\01-27-e3.mp2"))
Trim(29661,60826) + Trim(70891,96169) + Trim(111493,132779)

VirtualDub.Open("N:\\01-27-e3 temp files\\E3antas-Otan.vy8izetai.o.kosmos.[Greek.DSR.x264.aac-Ft4U]_Cutting.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.SaveWAV("N:\\01-27-e3 temp files\\01-27-e3_Cutting.wav");

Start: 18:47:07
End: 18:47:21
Duration: 00:00:13
Size: 284,7 MB
------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

this time, vdubmod loads the avs, then cuts, then saves as wav, then encodes
but, inside the avs, AudioDub comes after FadeOut() and FadeOut() comes before Trim(), so
what I get is no fades in audio and the 2GB limit of wav if final video is more than 3 hours

solution 1:
put the Audiodub filter right after MPEG2Source, so as all filters following (if any) affect the audio too
and
keep the sorting of the filters section intact:
FadeOut() must go after Trim() (otherwise FadeOut() goes to the end of the source video, not to the end of the target video as supposed)

solution 2:
implement on the fly encoding of audio, making use of stdout and avisynth's audio processing filters
and
keep the sorting of the filters section intact

I hope you got the point, because it is complicated :confused:

P.S. 1: loading yadif is done twice, probably a bug ;)
P.S. 2: As you can see, I am member of a Greek capping team (about 10 cappers) and we have more than 10.000 releases, all done with StaxRip :)

[stax76]

@V1de0Luvr

Did you check all image related options, I'll change it to write auto resize, auto crop etc. to the log file, without this it's difficult to find out what's happening.

@dgeor

Good report, thanks, I've added it to my todo bookmarks. The Yadif issue is because I didn't reset the AviSynth filter profiles because only minor changes to the defaults where made and none of them are important enough to reset the profiles.

[MoboTech]

I have the same problem.

Here's a pic:
http://s2.postimage.org/Uh2y0-a4a16ce1573a6a45463423948db85c6b.gif

Running Windows 7, but unlike dgeor, installing .Net framework 3.5 listed on the read me file did not work. Is their a fix for this?
I didn't realize it was missing until I actually had to use it.

stax, any solution to this issue?

[stax76]

@MoboTech

You are 100% sure you choose a 2pass profile instead of a constant quality profile? What was the exact profile name?

[wirawan1234]

stax, any solution to this issue?
I already post the solution here
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1368501#post1368501
Right below your previous post
Did you not try it?

[MoboTech]

I have a video with english and japanese audio. If using staxrip, how do i choose just the japanese audio?

[flebber]

Thanks Stax for adding ffms2 into the latest version it works great and it completes a great toolset for staxrip.

Is there a way I can force the use of ffms2 in a template if I know I will be opening files that require it. I only want to force it on these occasions.

[MuLTiTaSK]

I have a video with english and japanese audio. If using staxrip, how do i choose just the japanese audio?

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3593/ss20100129193223.png
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/8742/ss20100129193433.png

Thanks Stax for adding ffms2 into the latest version it works great and it completes a great toolset for staxrip.

Is there a way I can force the use of ffms2 in a template if I know I will be opening files that require it. I only want to force it on these occasions.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7416/ss20100129193521.png
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9444/ss20100129193649.png

[stax76]

@flebber

A project/job/template holds a filter setup, a filter setup holds filters, you would replace the source filter of the active project's filter setup with a source filter like FFVideoSource, usually this is done loading a filter profile and not like Multitask's screenshots show using a filter setup profile. Then you would save a template. If you have a source filter profile with FFVideoSource depends on the StaxRip version you use and if the filter profiles were reset, you might have to reset them or add filter profile FFVideoSource manually.

Here is a post describing how to use filters in StaxRip, it needs to be updated and improved but it's better then nothing.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=149832

There are constant changes and usually I don't remember when what changes were made.

[flebber]

@flebber

A project/job/template holds a filter setup, a filter setup holds filters, you would replace the source filter of the active project's filter setup with a source filter like FFVideoSource, usually this is done loading a filter profile and not like Multitask's screenshots show using a filter setup profile. Then you would save a template. If you have a source filter profile with FFVideoSource depends on the StaxRip version you use and if the filter profiles were reset, you might have to reset them or add filter profile FFVideoSource manually.

Here is a post describing how to use filters in StaxRip, it needs to be updated and improved but it's better then nothing.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=149832

There are constant changes and usually I don't remember when what changes were made.

Actually that helps a lot because I couldn't get the Mvtools scripts http://avisynth.org.ru/mvtools/mvtools.html to work but that explains it pretty well.

I think I understand it well enough now to give it a go.

[flebber]

Actually I must be misunderstanding or missing a macro command.

so if
FFVideoSource = FFVideoSource("%source_file%")%newline%Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)%newline%ConvertToYV12() How do I define the output of this command so I can feed it as source to the next.

I initially tried it like this but its wrong.
MvDegrain = FFVideoSource.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1) FFVideoSource.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1) FFVideoSource.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1) FFVideoSource.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1) FFVideoSource.MVDegrain2(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400,idx=1)

Because ultimately I wouldn't want it tied to the source input of ffmpegsource, or mpeg-2 that should be variable and I catch its output and feed it the next yeah?

[stax76]

@flebber

There is a runtime variable 'last'.

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Runtime_environment#Special_runtime_variables_and_functions

It's not well documented, you can understand the script:

AVISource("...")
PointResize()

as shortcut for:

last = AVISource("...")
last = PointResize(last)
return last

[Havokdan]

The latest test version is always giving error when I try to convert aac to mp3, but just when what ffmpeg is driven to decode the file.

[flebber]

@flebber

There is a runtime variable 'last'.

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Runtime_environment#Special_runtime_variables_and_functions

It's not well documented, you can understand the script:

AVISource("...")
PointResize()

as shortcut for:

last = AVISource("...")
last = PointResize(last)
return last

Awesome stax I got it working.

MVDeGrain3 = %newline%backward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%last.MVDegrain3(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,backward_vec3,forward_vec3,thSAD=300,idx=1)

[ultratoto14]

Hi Stax, just a little typo, during the compressibility check, the status show progress but the title is still DGIndex

[bakalism]

How to use VirtualDub (with last version) instead of VirtualDub Mod ?

Where i should put a VirtualDub to ? and what else ?

because i dislike VrtualDub mod :confused:

[stax76]

@bakalism

VrtualDub support was removed but due to a bug the option remained in the dialog without doing anything. VirtualDubMod is old and so is VFW and it's codecs and still everything works and is used by some people. StaxRip uses VirtualDubMod for a couple of things that VirtualDub can't do I think and even if it could it's not a good idea to migrate as it would take time and might introduce problems. It's better to spent the time with modern things like x264 and mkvtoolnix instead.

[V1de0Luvr]

@V1de0Luvr
Did you check all image related options, I'll change it to write auto resize, auto crop etc. to the log file, without this it's difficult to find out what's happening.

Thanks, stax76, I am using the DivX Plus template with the modifications that I mentioned. Auto Crop Borders is enabled, of course. Auto Resize Image is 921600 if I did not already mention that. Auto Aspect Ratio Signaling is enabled. Maximum Aspect Ratio Signaling is 2. BT-601 is enabled. Output mod is 16. Auto correct crop values is enabled. And as mentioned earlier, Auto crop borders until proper aspect ratio is found is enabled, and Auto overcrop width to limit aspest ratio to: 1.778.

I will keep an eye out for a new preview with extra logging, thanks!

[stax76]

@V1de0Luvr

I'm not sure what exactly you try to achieve, IIRC Auto Resize Image Size takes the target DAR and finds a image size close to the pixel value you define. If you crop a 1080p image your target DAR might not be 16/9 any longer and thus auto resizing using 921600 pixel won't yield to 720p.

[V1de0Luvr]

@V1de0Luvr

I'm not sure what exactly you try to achieve, IIRC Auto Resize Image Size takes the target DAR and finds a image size close to the pixel value you define. If you crop a 1080p image your target DAR might not be 16/9 any longer and thus auto resizing using 921600 pixel won't yield to 720p.

Thanks for the tip. I unchecked Auto Resize Image Size but auto crop is still increasing the height from 720 to 752 on my test video, so I still have to set height back to 720, error goes to -4.38%, so I go into the Crop window, click Smart Crop, and all is good after that.

The video in question is from "Last Call with Carson Daly" where for some bizarre reason they show a 16x9 picture inside of a 4x3 area inside of the 1080i picture. I have no idea why they do that, but my aim is to come out with a 720p 16x9 video of just the middle of the screen.

[stax76]

Maybe you can upload a sample to filedropper.com, 100 MB split with DGSplit.

[DodgeV83]

When converting from a mono source, the resulting file always has no audio.

In the temp folder, a .wav is successfully generated, but the .m4a (iPhone profile) generated from that is only 2k and contains no audio. When using MeGui I can set the output to Mono, or "Keep original channels", Staxrip does not allow me to do this.

I looked up the BeSweet commands for bsn (aac), and it seems it only has -downmix, which only supports a stereo input.

www.schudy.de/ccount/click.php?id=10

How can I use Staxrip on a mono source?

[flebber]

When converting from a mono source, the resulting file always has no audio.

In the temp folder, a .wav is successfully generated, but the .m4a (iPhone profile) generated from that is only 2k and contains no audio. When using MeGui I can set the output to Mono, or "Keep original channels", Staxrip does not allow me to do this.

I looked up the BeSweet commands for bsn (aac), and it seems it only has -downmix, which only supports a stereo input.

www.schudy.de/ccount/click.php?id=10

How can I use Staxrip on a mono source?

Have you tried forcing Directshow as Decoder in Options -> Advanced ?

As these are the besweet core switches http://besweet.notrace.dk/core.html

Another option would be to edit the audio profile to specify the channel output. Such as

"%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" ) -azid( -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d %delay% -g max ) -bsn( -2ch -abr %bitrate% -aacprofile_hev2 )

I am just reading bsn options from the pdf here http://www.schudy.de/dts/download/besweet%20commandline%20reference%202005-03-23.pdf

[V1de0Luvr]

Maybe you can upload a sample to filedropper.com, 100 MB split with DGSplit.

http://www.filedropper.com/staxripcarsondalysample

[stax76]

@DodgeV83

Right now I hardly have time for anything uncommon, if somebody would explain exactly and detailed the problem plus solution then there would be a chance.

@V1de0Luvr

Thanks for uploading the sample. I understand the problem now but don't have a idea for a solution so far. I'm not sure if there is clean solution without a change or addition to StaxRip but I'm not sure yet how it would look like. Workarounds are possible most of the time, like putting auto crop and resize into the source filter so StaxRip sees 720p as source.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

neuron2's response regarding stdout support in DGDecNV (bit.ly/6aVfOY)

I'm in a bit of a pickle about it. The way it is implemented now in DGIndex kills Win2000 compatibility and now some other issues are being raised. But the alternative, AllocConsole(), pops up an extra DOS window. I only absorbed this as a contribution from someone else and to be honest I am not motivated to spend a lot of time on it. So, if you describe a good way to implement it, I will be happy to pay attention.

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Interesting, are there even Cuda drivers for w2k?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

doesnt seem like it

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Supporting w2k seem to be pointless then.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

did AnyDVD (SlySoft Inc.) people ever get back to you?

[Azazel4]

@Azazel4

comment out cropping and resizing load the script and set the cropping and resizing in StaxRip or try with one of the newer preview builds
DGDecode_mpeg2source("C:\Fansubbing\Encoding\R_555_1\VTS_01_1.d2v", info=3)
ColorMatrix(hints=true, interlaced=true, threads=0)
TomsMoComp(1,5,1)
#crop( 6, 4, -6, 0)
#Spline36Resize(720,404) # Lanczos (Sharp)
Undot()
tweak(sat=1.14,bright=-5,cont=1.05)

ChangeFPS(29.97)

I tried the newest preview build and it still does the same thing for that res, thanks for looking into it anyway, everything else is working great

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Azazel4

you try? -> StaxRip 1.1.4.3 (http://bit.ly/7Y1wXp)

[chagos]

Hi,
I have a source dvd encoded @29.97 fps. I don't see an option to change fps in StaxRip. In this case, I will use changefps in an avisynth script. But exactly how?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@chagos

you can load your .avs script into StaxRip as the source or custom add ChangeFPS (bit.ly/atnVhA) into StaxRip filters by right clicking in the filters box

[Atak_Snajpera]

Stupid idea! Source is most likely telecined. So you must use inversetelecine function in order to get correct 23.976.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Atak_Snajpera

if he wants to use that function in his script who are you to tell him he cant ?

watch your insults towards me go dictate people that use your code to boost your ego thanks

[stax76]

Did he even tell the target rate? Maybe he wants 25.

[chagos]

Did he even tell the target rate? Maybe he wants 25.
I want to change it to 23.976.
I will try tomorrow. Thanks for replies.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i thought you left us:(

did the people over at AnyDVD get back to you?

my license offer still stands if you need one i'am glad to see you still active my friend;)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I did not get I reply from the SlySoft employee I contacted. Regardless of this I currently have no interest in AnyDVD, I use MakeMKV.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Did he even tell the target rate? Maybe he wants 25.
29.97 -> 25 ??? Another stupid idea. Unless you love blended frames and so on.

[stax76]

I better refrain from further commenting on NTSC. :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

MakeMKV 1.4.12 Released – Pay Model On The Way (bit.ly/a8wSEI)

[stax76]

It would be then:

MakeMKV: 50$
AnyDVD: 149$

AnyDVD is way too expensive.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

once you decrypt the .m2ts you have the freedom to convert them to whatever format you want for free
AnyDVD is expensive but well worth it for me it never gives me problems and leaves me the freedom to do what i want with my Blu-ray's be it bdmux, convert or burn to disk;)

[stax76]

What about DVDFab, not sure about the price as it says 60 for both euro and US dollar. It can make full Blu-ray Backups and it's said to be faster then AnyDVD doing so, it has also more features than AnyDVD. AnyDVD appear to be the worst from all.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

you can also use DVDFab HD (bit.ly/b0MLJa)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

DVDFab - New Pricing (bit.ly/9hl87I)

[stax76]

Didn't know the free version supports Blu-ray, I'll use this then, thanks for the hint.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i made the same mistake but Blu-ray support was so so then but has improved lately;)

DVDFab 6.2.2.0 Beta is out (January 7, 2010) (bit.ly/c0CzXi)

[setarip_old]

@stax76

Hi!Didn't know the free version supports Blu-ray, I'll use this then, thanks for the hint.Be advised that the BluRay support in this version expires after 20 or 30 days ( as does every other option except basic DVD ripping) - ad if you've previously installed and used any version, all functions (except the basic DVD ripping) will not be usable...

[MuLTiTaSK]

@setarip_old

DVDFab HD Decrypter will continue to receive immediate bug fixes, and new protection removal will be updated generally within 30-60 days of initial release to registered users. Thank you for understanding this new policy and we hope you will continue to use and enjoy DVDFab products.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING DVDFab HD Decrypter (http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=1758)

[stax76]

I've uploaded a new test built adding same requests, the thumbnail generation feature can now also be used without processing a project (Tools > Advanced > Batch generate thumbnails
), it can batch process multiple files, it writes the video parameters at the top, has now a drop shadow. Audio source files can now also be avs files which will then be decoded.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.6.7z

@V1de0Luvr

The test build has a option to prevent the height being adjusted according to the target DAR, you can find it at Options > Advanced > Image > Adjust height according to target display aspect ratio

@dgeor

The test build has a option to append code to the generated Trim function calls (Options > Advanced > Filters > Code appended to trim functions), I've defined 'FadeIn0(100).FadeOut0(100)' and enabled the NicAudio cutting method, both audio and video was faded at the cut points.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

good stuff :thanks:

Mirror -> StaxRip 1.1.4.6 (bit.ly/brAUFQ)

[dgeor]

@dgeor

The test build has a option to append code to the generated Trim function calls (Options > Advanced > Filters > Code appended to trim functions), I've defined 'FadeIn0(100).FadeOut0(100)' and enabled the NicAudio cutting method, both audio and video was faded at the cut points.


nice try stax, really nice try :)
but it ain't working as expected :(
cause it stays stuck at fading 100 frames, even if I set it to 10 or 25 or anything, I can't tell why, a bug maybe
and even more, it won't help me out
you can leave it as an extra feature anyway

what I asked was not the fades between cuts, just two fades at the start and at the end of the resulting video

this is why I suggested to simply keep the filter sequence in the _cutting.avs

this is what I get now:

MPEG2Source("N:\to do\lacta temp files\lacta.d2v")
AudioDub(last, NicMPG123Source("N:\to do\lacta temp files\lacta.mp2"))
Trim(146,170).FadeIn0(100).FadeOut0(100) + Trim(288,325).FadeIn0(100).FadeOut0(100) + Trim(482,537).FadeIn0(100).FadeOut0(100)
%Ft4U logo middle 10f%

what I wan't is this structure directly passed to the _cutting.avs
http://www.tzaba.tv/imageupload/images/04507850554363980421.jpg

resulting into a _cutting.avs that looks like this


MPEG2Source("N:\to do\lacta temp files\lacta.d2v")
AudioDub(last, NicMPG123Source("N:\to do\lacta temp files\lacta.mp2"))
Trim(146,170) + Trim(288,325) + Trim(482,537)
%Ft4U logo middle 10f%
FadeIn0(10)
FadeOut0(25)

just that ;)

and, as I can see I've bothered you enough, have a look at it, only if you have spare time, it's not so important, just another request
thank you

[stax76]

@dgeor

HD is a bit bothersome if you don't have the latest and greatest hardware but no, such changes are not bothersome or difficult.

Features resulting in StaxRip loading audio using AviSynth (found at Options > Advanced > Audio) cause StaxRip to load audio at the end of the script with one exception that is the cutting. Only thing can be done is loading audio manually and then use the avs file as audio source file, avs file as audio source file is a new feature in the latest test version. It would be possible StaxRip loading audio not at the end of the script but after loading the video source. This could be done hard coded or as option. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to hard code it, I don't have much experience with audio processing in AviSynth, maybe somebody with more experience can give some advice.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

after running compressibility checks StaxRip does'nt automatically update size or bitrate values to the percentage i set i have to manually adjust them:(

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7593/ss20100208020149.png
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9445/ss20100208020437.png

[dgeor]

@dgeor
Features resulting in StaxRip loading audio using AviSynth (found at Options > Advanced > Audio) cause StaxRip to load audio at the end of the script with one exception that is the cutting. Only thing can be done is loading audio manually and then use the avs file as audio source file, avs file as audio source file is a new feature in the latest test version. It would be possible StaxRip loading audio not at the end of the script but after loading the video source. This could be done hard coded or as option. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to hard code it, I don't have much experience with audio processing in AviSynth, maybe somebody with more experience can give some advice.

great stax
got the point, did the trick, working fine :thanks:

I don't know if this can be done, but could you allow %avs_file% to be inserted in the Audio File 1 area, so that I don't have to manually load it after job added to job list?
(what I do is load video, crop, cut, arrange filters, comp check, save job, then load avs as audio file, then save job again)

also, how can I add a switch for besweet?
I can't find the way
I need it for some mono broadcasts, where neroaac assumes 2ch, but gets 1ch, and final aac is with wrong samplerate, so I need to make besweet output 2ch wav ;) )

[Cobalt]

I'm guessing this is something really simple that I've overlooked ,but how do you use something like LSFmod in Staxrip. I tried adding it in the profile with LSFmod = Import("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\LSFmod.avs")LSFmod(defaults="fast",strength=200) ,but It tells me Staxrip can't import it. (Import couldn't open)

I've figured out a lot of my little problems on my own ,but would really appreciate it if someone could just tell me the right way to set this up in Staxrip.

[stax76]

after running compressibility checks StaxRip does'nt automatically update size or bitrate values to the percentage i set i have to manually adjust them

I guess you didn't setup it properly or the change cannot be made because it would upscale or something.

THD is now enabled:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.7.7z

I don't know if this can be done, but could you allow %avs_file% to be inserted in the Audio File 1 area, so that I don't have to manually load it after job added to job list?

Might be problematic but I changed it now to insert audio loading after the first filter:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.7.7z

also, how can I add a switch for besweet?

The audio profiles with name/path starting with 'Advanced' use the old command line GUI so you either clone one of those with the clone button in the profiles dialog or you use the 'Add' button in the profiles dialog to add such a advanced profile and modify it. The new GUI don't support adding custom switches but if you tell me what options you need I might add the options.

@Cobalt

Maybe a syntax error, try to add a space or the %newline% macro after the import call or post the exact error message.

[Cobalt]

Tried a space and %newline% macro both give the same message.

Import: couldn't open "C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\LSFmod.avs" ,and then the name of the source file. I believe that's exact ,but if you need it I'll copy the whole thing next time.

Just in case someone asks, yes I have all the necessary .dll files to run the script.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Cobalt

right click in filters select profiles create a section for sharperners
[Sharpen]
LSFMOD = Import("%plugin_dir%LSFmod.v1.9.avsi") LSFmod( clip clp, int "strength", int "Smode", int "Smethod", int "Skernel", int "Szrp", int "Spwr", int "SdmpLo", int "SdmpHi", int "Lmode", int "overshoot", int "undershoot", int "overshoot2", int "undershoot2", int "soft", bool "soothe", int "keep", int "edgemode", bool "edgemaskHQ", float "ss_x", float "ss_y", int "dest_x", int "dest_y", string "defaults" )

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

add ".thd+ac3" to audio input please
eac3to demuxes TrueHD+core tracks with that extension and i have to mux them outside of StaxRip with mkvmerge

compressibility checks adjustments seem stuck StaxRip doesnt adjust the size or bitrate values i have it set to adjust automatically after the the check and no changes are done by StaxRip only with defaults of 50% & 60% are changes made
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2368/ss20100208134045.png
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7171/ss20100208134128.png
http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/4636/ss20100208134257.png

[Cobalt]

@MuLTiTaSK, I tried it, and got a new error saying Script error expecting a, or )

[M4ST3R]

I use DGMPGDec+staxrip+xvid to backup some dvds, it works fine.
I got a recent nvidia card, is it worth upgrading to DGDecNV? I read the last pages of the topic but I'm a bit confused whether staxrip can take advantages of DGDecNV features (decoding, cropping, resizing)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I think the i in avsi stands for import meaning avsi files are automatically imported and importing them manually is either redundant or will cause problems.

add ".thd+ac3" to audio input please

There is a design limitation, the types are defined as enums and since enums use symbols and symbols can only contain word characters and + isn't a word character I can't change it easily. It's probably a bigger change I can't do atm., you could rename it to thd as workaround until I have a solution.

I tested your settings for the file size adjustment after the comp. check and it worked, got adjusted exactly to 100%, 28 MB in my case. Maybe there is a bug occurring only with big HD files, please try a small SD sample.

I'm a bit confused whether staxrip can take advantages of DGDecNV features (decoding, cropping, resizing)

All this has worked in my tests, these weren't too many however.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

changing the extension to .thd is no biggie sometimes i forget that's all:confused:

i will test the checks with some SD content and report back i like all the little changes you adding very smart coding good job keep it up :thanks:

@Cobalt

stax76 is right place LSFmod.v1.9.avsi in your AviSynth plugins folder and it should load automatically just add LSFmod(whatever you use) to filters profiles exempt the loading and try again

[MuLTiTaSK]

I use DGMPGDec+staxrip+xvid to backup some dvds, it works fine.
I got a recent nvidia card, is it worth upgrading to DGDecNV? I read the last pages of the topic but I'm a bit confused whether staxrip can take advantages of DGDecNV features (decoding, cropping, resizing)

everything works within StaxRip

you can change DGDecNV resize values by double clicking DGSource
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4773/ss20100208160322.png
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7966/ss20100208160345.png

DGIndexNV cropping can be called threw the cli only so you can configure StaxRip to send cropping values you want in the DGIndexNV demux configuration
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3972/ss20100208160055.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

any chance for saving settings in same location as StaxRip.exe on first run or option to do so?

[stax76]

any chance for saving settings in same location as StaxRip.exe on first run or option to do so?

You would delete the SettingsDir value in the registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\StaxRip)

If this directory is not found typically at first start StaxRip will ask where to save settings, you choose custom then and choose the startup dir. This will result in StaxRip to insert a macro to the SettingsDir value in the registry resulting all StaxRip instances saving settings within their startup directory so different instances use different settings. I thought you asked similar things before and therefore know all this already.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i know this but an option to save in startup folder you were thinking of adding to the choices so no need to search;)

[stax76]

There is no need to search because if you choose custom the initial directory is the startup directory so you just need to confirm with OK, that was the result of the last discussion. A command button won't be added because it's not a good choice for most users, the button was removed for good reasons.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

my mistake i missed when you added it:thanks:

[Cobalt]

stax76 is right place LSFmod.v1.9.avsi in your AviSynth plugins folder and it should load automatically just add LSFmod(whatever you use) to filters profiles exempt the loading and try again

I actually did it that way first ,and it didn't work so I searched, and searched for a solution. Entering in the profile command all manner of ways,...but I guess I should have checked my syntax because it works perfectly know.

Thanks for the help

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Cobalt

glad to hear it's working with StaxRip you have the power not the other way around:p

@stax76

compressibility checks are working with StaxRip 1.1.4.7 (bit.ly/afLyu1) settings path in registry as-well good job :thanks:

StaxRip is integrating the powers of MKVToolNix nicely now i wish you can do the same with eac3to:(

now i test mkv cutting;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

why does StaxRip decode the TrueHD (*.thd) track with ffmpeg before muxing when i have it set to just muxing?

[stax76]

why does StaxRip decode the TrueHD (*.thd) track with ffmpeg before muxing when i have it set to just muxing?

Must be a bug, I'll fix it and also *.thd+ac3

now i wish you can do the same with eac3to

I won't make any bigger changes any time soon I think, some things might not need big changes, somebody with an interest has to spent thought, if somebody can describe what exactly and how exactly to change then I might be able to make a change. Like dgeor giving me all relevant details what's wrong and how to do it better. If nobody provides that details things won't change until I make Blu-ray backups, this could take a long long time.

[Anakunda]

Hi, here's my question about usage:

Personally I didnot get too familiar with the cutting editor. The main thing which is missing, or didnot I discover, is realtime preview of the cutted video, especially smooth transition of newly adjacent parts. If this is possible pls. tell me how.

[V1de0Luvr]

@V1de0Luvr
The test build has a option to prevent the height being adjusted according to the target DAR, you can find it at Options > Advanced > Image > Adjust height according to target display aspect ratio

I tested 1.1.4.7 today, and so far this new option has corrected the issue I had. Thanks!

[Azazel4]

@Azazel4

you try? -> StaxRip 1.1.4.3 (http://bit.ly/7Y1wXp)


yeap, but after scanning through this i see there is a new version out so i will try that one and report back again

[Borgen]

Hi Stax76,

Thanks for a brilliant software! I use it allot and have found it really useful.

But I have two questions:

1. Can you add the possibility to specify the position of a hardcoded subtitle? If I crop a movie the subtitle now gets so high up in the picture, would be great if it would be possible to specify the position of the subtitle.

2. In x264 settings, the M.E. Range settings. It is only possible to change this to max 51. Is this really correct? Should it not be possible to set it all the way up to 64?

[stax76]

now i wish you can do the same with eac3to

I've a better idea now but the problem that it's not gonna be a easy task remains.

why does StaxRip decode the TrueHD (*.thd) track with ffmpeg before muxing when i have it set to just muxing?

Please try the latest test version regarding issues with *.thd+ac3 and other Blu-ray audio formats.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.8.7z

Personally I didnot get too familiar with the cutting editor. The main thing which is missing, or didnot I discover, is realtime preview of the cutted video, especially smooth transition of newly adjacent parts. If this is possible pls. tell me how.

There is no real support for this, you can close the preview and then go to Tools > Play File > AviSynth Script.

1. Can you add the possibility to specify the position of a hardcoded subtitle?

Maybe if somebody tell me how it works and it's not difficult to add.

In x264 settings, the M.E. Range settings. It is only possible to change this to max 51. Is this really correct? Should it not be possible to set it all the way up to 64?

I don't know, from where do you have 64?

[Borgen]

Maybe if somebody tell me how it works and it's not difficult to add.



I don't know, from where do you have 64?

64 comes from the guidance in Handbrake where they say the recommended values in ME Range is 24,32 or 64.

/Borgen

[stax76]

@Borgen

Handbrake is not a good reference, according to MediaInfo values higher then preset defaults are not applied, don't know if this is a bug or something. I'm not the right person to ask such things, I don't have a clue what this option does nor do I recall from where I have max value.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i will test asap :thanks:

as far as eac3to support goes i have full faith in you stax76 whatever i can do to help you i'am ready 100%

i know once you learn more about how eac3to works you can easily unleash it into the workflow of StaxRip;)

Blu-ray conversion is new for you and was/is for me (i learn something new everyday) or try:) and i learned in recent months that eac3to is essential in the Blu-ray conversion process we can demux all tracks with -demux or skip it and just handle audio etc.

Command Line Syntax (bit.ly/4N1vpA)

[MuLTiTaSK]

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5069/ss20100211095834.png
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8697/ss20100211095930.png

[tormento]

I have a bunch (lot of) vob files to batch process.

How should I tell StaxRip to use DGIndexNV to open them instead of DGIndex? I have tried to disable DGIndex but StaxRip wants to use DirectShow..

[MuLTiTaSK]

@tormento

to index all supported extensions with DGIndexNV add these
264, h264, avc, m2v, mpv, vc1, mkv, vob, mpg, mpeg, m2t, m2ts, mts, tp, ts, trp

example
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8492/ss20100211110700.png

[stax76]

@tormento

The gain is so small that it's not worth to risk potential problems with DGDecNV. In the settings under demuxing you have to define path to the executable as well as VOB as input file type.

@MuLTiTaSK

I think DGIndexNV isn't defined as application in recent versions and thus the path cannot be returned by a macro.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

oops you right updated :thanks:

[tormento]

@tormento
The gain is so small that it's not worth to risk potential problems with DGDecNV. In the settings under demuxing you have to define path to the executable as well as VOB as input file type.
I have to deinterlace them. The motion compensated NVIDIA engine is way faster and better than any AviSynth filter I ever saw.
Could you please place that option somewhere in the program?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@tormento

deinterlace: 0/1/2 (default: 0)

Nvidia PureVideo Deinterlacer
0: no deinterlacing
1: single rate deinterlacing
2: double rate deinterlacing (bobbing)

Note that double rate deinterlacing requires Windows XP SP3!

Also note that setting deinterlace to 1 or 2 forces the field operation to be "Ignore Pulldown", regardless of the project setting.

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/9783/ss20100211113218.png

[stax76]

Could you please place that option somewhere in the program?

How would that look like? You could make a filter profile with deinterlacing enabled, that's easy do and easy to use.

[tormento]

How would that look like?
"Do you have DGNVTools?" "Options you should like" "Bla, bla, bla"

NVTools is way better and faster than DGIndex. It should be default enabled when found.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

whats the quicker or proper way to just mux in StaxRip?

howto bypass indexing so i can open my source threw set file to mux choose audio, subtitles, chapters so on

StaxRip keeps asking me to open source:confused:

[stax76]

@tormento

There are some things making it problematic to use it as default. When you open a dgi file for the first time StaxRip sets up a couple of things, only thing left to do then is enabling MPEG-2 file extensions I think.

howto bypass indexing

Only way to bypass demuxing is disabling it in the settings, there will be a dialog to choose which streams to demux from Blu-ray and MKV

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

can i just open the video threw here so i dont have to demux or index the source?
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1953/ss20100211130043.png

i set the file to mux and i see it's added to the container configuration command line

but after i load the subtitles, chapter file, audio tracks and try to proceed to just mux to mkv StaxRip does'nt let me continue i keep getting asked to open a source:(

i just want to load the files in StaxRip and mux to mkv no demuxing or indexing

[stax76]

Job processing always requires to open a source file and currently the only way to prevent demuxing is to disable it in the settings. I know sometimes it's not desired to demux and disabling it in the settings globally is not a good solution, it's mostly Blu-ray related, something that needs to be improved.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

yeah it sure is a pain demuxing and indexing large Blu-ray sources to just mux but it's no biggie;)

the good news is i just muxed a Blu-ray backup that has a 5.1 TrueHD track (thd+ac3) and it muxed to .mkv with no problems:)

later i will mux another backup that has a 5.1 DTS-MA (dtshd) track and report back :thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

DTS-MA muxing was a success once again great coding from the staxster :thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

--merange is stuck at 51 no way to make it go higher can you allow up to 64 please
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2705/ss20100211201243.png

also can you show both passes rather then just the second pass and a export option to clipboard just like you did with import?

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2944/ss20100211202533.png

[Anakunda]

There is no real support for this, you can close the preview and then go to Tools > Play File > AviSynth Script.

Thx for answer. Except this Staxrip is the best solution for encoding my vieos. Is it possible somehow to cut the video in external environment (Premiere, Vegas, Tmpgenc or similar), and then import or reuse the regions for encoding? Sometimes TV rip containing ad blocks, which cause the end of ending movie block overlaps the begin of following movie block, thus it is necessary to cut part of following movie block, unfortunatelly I find this very difficult, if not impossible in Staxrip.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

StaxRip is not adjusting the file size after running compressibility checks if audio files are loaded into StaxRip before running the checks please fix:(

[tormento]

@stax76

As Mosu kindly agreed not to help me, would be possible to get chapters in mkv when batch processing a bunch of files into a single one? One chapter per file would be sufficient ;)

P.S: A new keyframe per file beginning would be a good idea too ;)

[stax76]

StaxRip is not adjusting the file size after running compressibility checks if audio files are loaded into StaxRip before running the checks please fix

Audio is always loaded before running the comp. check, I don't think it's related to that, maybe indirectly. I would need a description how to reproduce it.

As Mosu kindly agreed not to help me, would be possible to get chapters in mkv when batch processing a bunch of files into a single one? One chapter per file would be sufficient

I can only consider feature requests if several people make the same request or a description to illustrate the usefulness of the feature is provided or technical details are provided.

also can you show both passes rather then just the second pass and a export option to clipboard just like you did with import?

I would look mixed because of the wrapping, would be long depending on setting when paths are shown, highlighting would not work. Unless you've customized the first pass, there is not a difference, how would it be useful?

[MuLTiTaSK]

Audio is always loaded before running the comp. check, I don't think it's related to that, maybe indirectly. I would need a description how to reproduce it.
open source (*.dgi) -> open x264 settings tweak save -> set adjust file size after comp. check in project options save -> load subtitles, chapter file into container config save -> load audio tracks save -> run comp. check -> no adjustment of the file size after comp. check

I would look mixed because of the wrapping, would be long depending on setting when paths are shown, highlighting would not work. Unless you've customized the first pass, there is not a difference, how would it be useful?

test different switches in command prompt so i run many little quick encodes so i'll be able to export switches from StaxRip quickly create .cmd files run save results to >.txt look at the output create profiles in StaxRip from findings:)

[chagos]

Hi,
I tried to crop the black bars from a vid using StaxRip. The problem is that after encoding, the side bars are there untouched, but the resolution of video was drop down. Already tried to crop with VirtualDub, but the same result. Has anyone know what's the problem with those black side bars?

Edit: note that I tried to crop more than it's needed with a dar=2.000, but I've got the same result.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@chagos

copy and paste the *_StaxRip.log for that project please

[MuLTiTaSK]

@chagos

did you use? -> StaxRip 1.1.4.8 (bit.ly/9XGvOs)

[chagos]

@chagos

did you use? -> StaxRip 1.1.4.8 (bit.ly/9XGvOs)
Latest version did a good job. Thanks MuLTiTaSK.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@chagos

dont thank me thank the great stax76 (bit.ly/bla4Xr);)

[MuLTiTaSK]

FFmpegSource 2.13 (bit.ly/dcrlOs)

[Anakunda]

Hi Stax !

You offer launching VirtualDubmod from staxrp ide but do they two cowork?
Apparently VDM can't pass it's results to Staxrip any way, saving reencoded source is unacceptable.
I need edit externally -> pass results to Staxrip as AviSynth script Trim(...) + Trim(...) + .....
What about the Frame server? Suggestions?

[Desaster Dan]

At first a big :thanks:
1.1.4.7 is running perfect with NV Tools!
But why not DGMultidecode?

Second Question:
Is it possible to automate the chapter ripping, and mux them automatically in the same way as subtitles?
Most time i forget to rip chapters and to config the container.
So i have to remux manually.

O.K, call me lazy :)
But isn't a ripping GUI for lazy people?

[stax76]

1.1.4.7 is running perfect with NV Tools!
But why not DGMultidecode?

Nobody found the problem, could be StaxRip, DGDecNV or Nvidia.

Is it possible to automate the chapter ripping, and mux them automatically in the same way as subtitles?

Yes, this should be integrated.

You offer launching VirtualDubmod from staxrp ide but do they two cowork?

No inter-operation there, just a quick way to access all included applications having a graphical user interface.

FFmpegSource 2.13

Added, thanks.

StaxRip is not adjusting the file size after running compressibility checks

Code inspection showed there was a 10 GB limit so my first guess that it could be size related was probably true.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

please remove the --merange limit and add profile name to the settings dialog :thanks:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5637/ss20100213100704.png

mkvtoolnix v3.2.0 released (bit.ly/9KQDuC)

[stax76]

please remove the --merange limit and add profile name to the settings dialog

I already tested if 64 is accepted and since it was changed it to 64 and stepping to 8. Regarding profile name, you mean like in the audio dialog? I already noticed that it's not ideal so yes I should think about improving it. I've a bigger feature in the works you'll like I'm sure so maybe I'll do it after it's completed.

[minda76]

@stax76

x264 recommended revision: 1416. could u update please?

[stax76]

@minda76

Who made this recommendations? Since r1376 work on big features has started and naturally this leads to big bugs so I'm very skeptical on updating anytime soon, users are free to do so of course, on their own risk.

[minda76]

@stax76

just look at x264.nl

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

cant wait to test what your coding buddy always awesomeness:thanks:

ProjectX 0.90.04.00.b32 vom 31.10.2009 (bit.ly/9k7KcN)

StaxRip "theefrontend";)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@minda76

just replace x264.exe with the build you like it's one binary so no biggie to replace just make sure you backup the last working version just in case i been using r1416 with no problems but there are issues being reported and alot reverting going on;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

the audio dialog would work;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

AutoMKVchapters (bit.ly/9YsY71)
Chapter Grabber (bit.ly/9ckfTq)
BD Chapters (bit.ly/aYkI2H)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

BDTools-1.5 (bit.ly/d9ADMF) by JohnAStebbins (bit.ly/aNAT3E)

Look in the doc directory for a collection of notes I took while reverse engineering things and some sources of information I used.
Also, vlc has added code for parsing BD playlists etc. If you check out the latest vlc from git, look in modules/access/bd.

There are 3 programs. Running the programs with no parameters will print a help message.

mpls_parse parses playlists and dumps various information contained in them. It's useful for finding which playlist is the main title. For multi-part titles, it can show you the collection of m2ts files and the order they play in.

Examples:
Dump a list of all the titles and their m2ts clips, ignore titles shorter than 2 min, ignore duplicates titles, ignore titles that have multiple duplicate clips

# mpls_dump.exe -fl \path\to\BD

Dump a list of the m2ts clips for a particular title

# mpls_dump.exe -l \path\to\BD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00001.mpls

Dump a list of the chapter marks for a particular title

# mpls_dump.exe -c \path\to\BD\BDMV\PLAYLIST\00001.mpls



clpi_parse does the same for clipinfo files. The information in clipinfo isn't all the useful to look at, but bdsplice uses this info to properly splice multi-part titles and find chapter boundaries.

Example:
Dump a list of random access points for clip 00001.m2ts

# clpi_dump.exe -i \path\to\BD\BDMV\CLIPINF\00001.clpi


bdsplice takes as input a playlist number and root directory of the BD tree and splices multi-part titles into a singe m2ts. It now takes a chapter range parameter and creates an m2ts with those chapters.

Example:
Create m2ts file from title 00001.mpls and chapter range 1-4

# bdsplice.exe -t 1 -c 1-4 \path\to\BD outfile.m2ts


BDTools-1.5 Source Code (bit.ly/a6ugHo)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

ChapterGen: manipulate with chapters in various i/o formats, with CLI support (bit.ly/9lFguX)

Syntax: ChapterGen -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile> -f <destination format> -infps <inputFPS> -outfps <outputFPS>

Options:

-i <string> Specify input file
-o <string> Specify output file
-f <string> Specify destination format:
- OGG: OGG Text File
- x264: x264 QP Text File
- HC: HC Enc Text File
- CCE: CCE SP Text File
- Cinevision: Sonic Cinevision CSV File
- Scenarist: Sonic Scenarist CSV File
- Maestro: Spuce DVD Maestro CHP File
- tsMuxer: tsMuxer Meta File
- Timecodes: Timecodes Text File
- Celltimes: Celltimes Text File
-infps <float> Specify InputFPS [24/1.001]
- 23.976
- 24.000
- 25.000
- 29.970
- 30.000
- 50.000
- 50.940
- 60.000
-outfps <float> Specify OutputFPS [24/1.001]
- 23.976
- 24.000
- 25.000
- 29.970
- 30.000
- 50.000
- 50.940
- 60.000

NOTES: fps values can be aslo entered in this formats: 24000/1001 or 24/1.001 for example

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

DVD/Bluray chapter extraction/conversion (bit.ly/bcoBtn)

[tormento]

Well, if any spare time is left, please add chapter generation from multiple input files ;)

[Anakunda]

a bug report here: on some conditions SR doesnot sync and video stream properly (time shift).
not always
Input=MPEG2 Output=x264/mkv cutting in effect

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Thanks for posting the links.

@Anakunda

Please mail the log file then.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Anakunda

post project .log please

[Betsy25]

v 1.1.4.8 beta (Windows 7 32bit)

Can someone acknowledge, but checking Remind to Crop,Remind to Do Compressibility Check and Remind to Set Filters don't stay sticked after saving the profile in the Libraries/Documents folder.


EDIT: Please disregard, I used the normal Save option, using the Save as Template... option worked.

[Anakunda]

Didnot know that, everything incl. log deleted
The audio wasnot shifted but 'shrinked'. It's ending in abt. 3/4 of the video stream. Though playing normally (no voice modulation)
Using mkvtoolnix-unicode-3.2.0, x264 core:83 r1400 with Sr, do these concern this issue ?
I try convert another movie for the log

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Anakunda

try to reproduce the problem with another project then post the .log here please

[stax76]

I've added a eac3to GUI finally, so far tested with 2 full rips and 3 sample clips.

Other things weren't much changed so I hope nothing got broke.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.9.7z

http://f.imagehost.org/0756/Source_Files-2010-02-15_04_33_31.png (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0756/Source_Files-2010-02-15_04_33_31)

http://i.imagehost.org/0810/StaxRip-2010-02-15_04_34_06.png (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0810/StaxRip-2010-02-15_04_34_06)

http://f.imagehost.org/0415/SS-2010-02-15_04_38_14.png (http://f.imagehost.org/view/0415/SS-2010-02-15_04_38_14)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

didn't expect anything less from you:D
i keep telling everybody why StaxRip is such a special GUI is only cause of it's amazing coder known as stax76 there is only one and we are blessed to have you my friend StaxRip Nation support you always;)

:thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:........................................................

[Anakunda]

Please mail the log file then.

Tried another movie, audio video not fit also, sending projectfiles
Used MKVtoolnix v3.2.0 with staxrip v1.1.3, does it matter?
if necessary I can upload the foiled output somewhere

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Anakunda

try again with -> StaxRip 1.1.4.9 (bit.ly/9QNChL)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

:eek: i just ran some quick tests and once again you have amazed me with your coding abilities wow wow wow you are a genius buddy i was not expecting this you couldn't have implemented eac3to any smoother into the workflow of StaxRip i cant believe this is only the first revision of eac3to GUI it's incredible how you make it seem so easy:p

i gotta play with it some more but it sure looks like Blu-ray conversion can already be added to the list of many great feats that StaxRip offers it's users and Blu-ray support can only get better from here:)

you also fixed the comp. check bug:thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

i still have found nothing broken with the addition of Blu-ray this is good news for all StaxRip users the integration looks to have went very smoothly SD source owners can upgrade with no worries:)

Blu-ray converters please give it a go and post your feedback here:thanks:

Download -> StaxRip 1.1.4.9 (bit.ly/9QNChL)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

AR & Resolution
for 1080P & 720P

1080p Resolutions:
AR Resolution
1.333:1 = 1440 x 1080
1.666:1 = 1800 x 1080
1.777:1 = 1920 x 1080

1.839:1 = 1920 x 1044
1.846:1 = 1920 x 1040
1.853:1 = 1920 x 1036

2.222:1 = 1920 x 864
2.341:1 = 1920 x 820
2.352:1 = 1920 x 816
2.364:1 = 1920 x 812
2.376:1 = 1920 x 808
2.388:1 = 1920 x 804
2.400:1 = 1920 x 800
2.412:1 = 1920 x 796


720p Resolutions:
AR Resolution
1.333:1 = 960 x 720
1.666:1 = 1200 x 720
1.777:1 = 1280 x 720

1.839:1 = 1280 x 696
1.849:1 = 1280 x 692
1.860:1 = 1280 x 688

2.222:1 = 1280 x 576
2.335:1 = 1280 x 548
2.352:1 = 1280 x 544
2.370:1 = 1280 x 540
2.388:1 = 1280 x 536
2.406:1 = 1280 x 532
2.424:1 = 1280 x 528

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5354/ss20100215175719.pnghttp://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5518/ss20100215175729.png

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5818/ss20100215175937.pnghttp://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3488/ss20100215180016.pnghttp://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8778/ss20100215180039.png

maybe these could help some users;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

how do i change the default source image size?
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3142/ss20100215181913.png
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8524/ss20100215181859.png
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/731/ss20100215171716.png

[dgeor]

Very nice job stax, really nice :)
I just wan't to bother you with one more issue I am facing

some satellite broadcasts I am recording have mono audio instead of stereo
something is going wrong at the encoding of mono audio to aac
the intermediate wave is a mono pcm file and the resulting m4a is stereo with double duration, with wrong pitch or whatever it's called, like slow speaking or sth
meGui and BeHappy, both using avisynth's stdout filter to pass audio to neroAacEnc.exe, do produce correct m4a, but staxrip isn't using that method
so I have thought of four ways to bypass the problem:

the easy way
1) set vdubmod to convert audio to stereo by adding two lines in the project.vcf file so it looks like this
VirtualDub.Open("N:\\test temp files\\test.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.stream[0].SetConversion(0,0,2,0,1);
VirtualDub.SaveWAV("N:\\test temp files\\test.wav");
disadvantage: all streams will become stereo, and I don't know if this is acceptable

the hard way
2) setting a filter to avisynth (that is called ConditionalFilter and it is quite complicated) to check if audio is mono, then use MergeChannels to convert mono to stereo
disadvantage: I thing it's a bit hard to get it working

the obvious way
3) use besweet to convert to stereo
I used the advanced profiles on audio to insert a switch to tell besweet to output stereo audio without success
the command line is:
"%application:BeSweet%" -core( -input "%input%" -output "%output%" -2ch) -ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.24 )
and -2ch should be adequate, but it is not :(

the coder's way
4) you as the coder of staxrip, could probably understand what is going wrong with encoding of mono wavs to aac

Having in mind the the 3rd way didn't work as expected, I think noone would be bothered if mono was converted to stereo, so the first way shouldn't be a problem

what is your opinion about?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

playlist cutoff
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8287/ss20100216002104.png]

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

please allow a way to demux more audio streams in the demuxer and a option to add them in the container :thanks:

[Blue_MiSfit]

@stax76:

Any plans to add support for x264's new integrated ffms2 support? Bypassing avisynth entirely and running a pure 64 bit build is dead sexy. It can also be a lot faster in some cases :)

~MiSfit

[stax76]

please allow a way to demux more audio streams in the demuxer and a option to add them in the container

Can't it be done easily with custom command line switches? Which container are you targeting?

@dgeor

I reproduced it and guess it's a BeSweet problem, I also tried -ch 2 which did not work and I don't know if there is another way to make BeSweet handle it correctly. I've changed it converting 1 channel files to 2 channel wav files using ffmpeg, that has worked, is that OK?

how do i change the default source image size?

Not sure what you mean, maybe the same problem videolover had recently?

[Anakunda]

I use SR 1.1.4 now.
It converted one video OK, but another is again bad sync.
Moreover I tried to convert yet another MPEG2, and SR crashed. The crash is reproducible. Sent logfile via mail.
Here's the full message:

StaxRip has crashed!

Pro typ bajt bez znaménka byla hodnota buď příliš velká, nebo příliš malá.

StaxRip has crashed!

System.OverflowException: Pro typ bajt bez znaménka byla hodnota buď příliš velká, nebo příliš malá.
v System.Convert.ToByte(Char value)
v StaxRip.VirtualDubScript.SaveScript(String path)
v StaxRip.Audio.CutUsingVirtualDubMod(AudioProfile ap)
v StaxRip.Audio.Cut(AudioProfile ap)
v StaxRip.Audio.Process(AudioProfile ap)
v StaxRip.MainForm.Encode()
v StaxRip.MainForm.RunJobs()

[stax76]

@Anakunda

There is some unicode it seems, not sure why my code is crashing, trying to reproduce it I get AviSynth failing to load the script because of the unicode filename so I can't make this work anyway because of AviSynth not supporting unicode in script filenames. Where did you enter this unicode: Hoří, má panenko

As target filename? In that case I could at least add a warning and reject the unicode.

[chagos]

Hi, I have a dvd which stored two version of a movie (theatrical and extended) in the same video and audio streams. Is possible tor rip one or other version? After I load the vob files in StaxRip, I don't see an option for this.

[stax76]

@chagos

You need a full rip, then you can use PgcDemux using Mode PGC or VOB ID and 'Create a PGC VOB' option.

[Skyknight]

Ugh, I'm always the last one to know there is a new release, I'll test it today. Although I've been having some problems while trying to merge some files, they don't merge sr only encodes the first one.

I'll try the new one and edit the post.

EDIT: Nope, nothing, it doesn't merge anything as a single encoding perfect as always but when I need to merge files, it doesn't do it, :(.

[MuLTiTaSK]

Can't it be done easily with custom command line switches? Which container are you targeting?

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1295/ss20100216100716.png:scared:

i want to choose the audio streams to demux then StaxRip adds them to the mkv container maybe an option to add them like you did with subtitles
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8789/ss20100216101234.png

[pausefisk]

I use staxrip for encoding my HDTV recordings, and i've been using the yadif deinterlacing filter, as my source are mostly 1080i. Now a new channel is airing in 720p 50fps, but what options does staxrip have for me if i want the encoded video to be 25fps?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@pausefisk

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9284/ss20100216111838.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

how about adding audio section to the mkv container config maybe placing it above subtitles?
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7259/ss20100216115739.png
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6811/ss20100216120730.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

Hi, I have a dvd which stored two version of a movie (theatrical and extended) in the same video and audio streams. Is possible tor rip one or other version? After I load the vob files in StaxRip, I don't see an option for this.

two easy options use which you like after import .vob into StaxRip;)

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/1607/ss20100216133403.pnghttp://img203.imageshack.us/img203/324/ss20100216133425.png
Download -> pgc.NET (bit.ly/aiJWND)

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5430/ss20100216134050.png
Download -> PgcDemux (bit.ly/bosdiv)

PgcDemux [option1] [option2] ... [option12] <ifo_input_file> <destination_folder>
option1: [-pgc, <pgcnumber>]. Selects the PGC number (from 1 to nPGCs). Default 1
option2: [-ang, <angnumber>]. Selects the Angle number (from 1 to n). Default 1
option3: [-vid, <vobid>]. Selects the Angle number (from 1 to n). Default 1
option4: [-cid, <vobid> <cellid>]. Selects a cell vobid (from 1 to n). Default 1
option5: {-m2v, -nom2v}. Extracts/No extracts video file. Default NO
option6: {-aud, -noaud}. Extracts/No extracts audio streams. Default YES
option7: {-sub, -nosub}. Extracts/No extracts subs streams. Default YES
option8: {-vob, -novob}. Generates a single PGC VOB. Default NO
option9: {-customvob <flags>}. Generates a custom VOB file. Flags:
b: split VOB: one file per vob_id
n: write nav packs
v: write video packs
a: write audio packs
s: write subs packs
i: only first Iframe
l: patch LBA number
option10:{-cellt, -nocellt}. Generates a Celltimes.txt file. Only in PGC/VID mode. Default YES
option11:{-log, -nolog}. Generates a log file. Default YES
option12:{-menu, -title}. Domain. Default Title (except if filename is VIDEO_TS.IFO)

[Desaster Dan]

@stax
Wow, great work!
Thank you for the new release:thanks:

Btw.,Did you make any Change to the PAR detection?
I just run dgindexnv on Terminator Salvation and had a PAR of
64:45!
Never had this before!
To add Generic PAR to the PAR tab is one of my little wishes for the next release.
I did some testing in the past, and as far i can see, the most newer DVD's are no longer ITU,
and MPEG-4 Standard PAR is too close to it.
I was suprised that in the Most 16:9 cases generic PAR comes much closer to the original picture.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Desaster Dan

stax76 sure is a GUI coding genius;)

i think you want to change something in here
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/64/ss20100216151040.pnghttp://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4184/ss20100216151104.png

[dgeor]

@dgeor

I reproduced it and guess it's a BeSweet problem, I also tried -ch 2 which did not work and I don't know if there is another way to make BeSweet handle it correctly. I've changed it converting 1 channel files to 2 channel wav files using ffmpeg, that has worked, is that OK?

if it works, I'm ok with it :)

[stax76]

@Desaster Dan

Last changes were made when DGDecNV support was added I think, please elaborate if you think it needs to be fixed or improved, what is generic PAR?

[Desaster Dan]

@multitask
Oops, too easy.....:)
Just loaded a second film (The Dark Knight / DVD) and it happend again:
PAR is 64/45!
I changed nothing, working with the same template and still with NVTools 2006
Not a problem, but strange.....

[stax76]

@Desaster Dan

If you make a d2v file does it also give 64/45? If not please post MediaInfo.

[Desaster Dan]

@stax
Maybe it is mere chance.
If you say you did no changes, ok.

Generic PAR:
...is in contrast to ITU without all this overscan Crap.
Brother John explained that very well.
----> http://encodingwissen.de/spezial/itur-bt601.html

I think with the triumphal procession of Flatscreens there is no longer any Need for overscan as it was with the old crt tv's.

here a little list:




Pal :

Generic
4:3 16/15
16:9 64/45

MPEG-4
4:3 12/11
16:9 16/11

ITU
4:3 128/117
16:9 512/351

NTSC:
generic
4:3 8/9
16:9 32/27

MPEG-4
4:3 10/11
16:9 40/33

ITU
4:3 4320/4739
16:9 5760/4739

ITU and MPEG-4 is not that big difference, but generic is.

[stax76]

@Desaster Dan

So you had a 16:9 NTSC DVD?

[Desaster Dan]

@stax
i'll test d2v tomorrow.
..time for bed

[Desaster Dan]

@stax
sorry i messed up with my list, now it's corrected.
No 64/45 means 16:9 generic PAR.

[chagos]

@chagos

You need a full rip, then you can use PgcDemux using Mode PGC or VOB ID and 'Create a PGC VOB' option.
Done. Thanks for tip Stax.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

how do i make StaxRip change storage source image size in pixel from 640/480->1920/1080 without the resizing?
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/9872/ss20100216170836.png
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/686/ss20100216171025.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

.m2ts samples with lcpm 5.1 streams that always gave me trouble StaxRip converted them with no problems;)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Some source parameters cannot be changed.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

that's no problem StaxRip adjust those parameters once you load the source;)

[turok]

Yay finally got my internet back. What did I miss? MuLTiTaSK to answer that old question used megui for audio encoding only. I thought I cleared that up its always a good idea to have a backup gui if the primary messes up for some reason.

[edit: Have updated to 1.1.3 and the audio issues I have been having are still teh same D:]

[MuLTiTaSK]

@turok

welcome back buddy i was wondering what happened to you here are the changes since 1.1.3;)

Changelog
1.1.4.9 beta

Added eac3to GUI for Blu-ray demuxing
Added feature to save thumbnails similar like the MPC feature, can be enabled in the options under Advanced > Image and customized in the settings under General > Advanced > Thumbnails. To generate thumbnails without processing a project go to Tools > Advanced > Batch generate thumbnails
Added feature to cut using mkvmerge when just muxing is used and no encoding is performed, can be enabled in the muxer configuration
Added feature to append code to Trim functions useful to add FadeIn/FadeOut (Options > Advanced > Filters)
Added support for file extensions containing non word characters, *.thd+ac3 for instance
Added support muxing Blu-ray audio formats
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.1.0 ('Happy up here')

1.1.4.3 beta

Added DGDecNV support using DGSource

1.1.4.2 beta

Added new source filter ffms2
Added support extracting attachments from mkv files
Added possibility to choose which streams to extract when manually demuxing MKV (Tools > Advanced > Demuxing)

1.1.4.1 beta

Fixed bug Java not found when ProjectX is enabled
Fixed crash when tooltips are disabled
Added option to define the stream name used by the muxer to the new audio dialog
Added possibility to change the language for vobsub subtitles in the muxer dialog. Sometimes VSRip creates subtitles being not sync. In such a case ProjectX can be used to demux vobsub subtitles and since ProjectX works just on VOB files which don't contain language info it's useful being able to edit the language.
Added option to launch ProjectX from the main menu under Tools > Launch > ProjectX
Added possibility to restore the default profiles in the profiles dialog
Added possibility to customize x264 crf, preset, tune and device directly in the main dialog
Added option to manually demux MKV files (Tools > Advanced > Demuxing)


Download -> StaxRip 1.1.4.9 (bit.ly/9QNChL)

[tormento]

I have tried to look into every menu but can't find a way to get removegrainsse3.dll loaded in the avs after having added the filter profile.

Help ;)

[Anakunda]

Hi, here's one more thing to be fixed: If converting from CD/DVD drive, set the temp files dir automatically to %Temp%\UniqueDiscId\. If this defaults to source directory, the temp dir can;t be ofcourse created on R/O drive.
Ver. 1.1.4 seems to convert well DVD videos (no cutting), but when converting TV rips (cutting necessary), the audio/video mismatch problem persists also in new version, the only changed against archive is:
x264 0.85.1442 781d300 built on Feb 15 2010, gcc: 4.4.3
Trying to convert more.
Thanks for your efforts.

[flebber]

I have tried to look into every menu but can't find a way to get removegrainsse3.dll loaded in the avs after having added the filter profile.

Help ;)

You aren't trying to load the dll as you would in megui are you?
Right click on the profile window
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4364517361_8780bbc0b0.jpg

Then add your filter in the format undot = UnDot()
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4364517615_7f482e6561.jpg

The add your filter to the script

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2467/4364524243_120db52bcc.jpg

Hope it helps

PS Sorry for the poor XP graphics haven't got to upgrade to 7 yet :-(

[stax76]

@Anakunda

I don't understand the temp file problem, please elaborate and upload a log file regarding the sync problem.

[tormento]

Then add your filter in the format undot = UnDot()
Thanks for the effort you made but I have done it. The problem is StaxRip can't create the Load command in the avs.

[stax76]

Thanks for the effort you made but I have done it. The problem is StaxRip can't create the Load command in the avs.

The filter is unknown to StaxRip so it cannot know the dll either. You can either use auto loading or put the LoadPlugin call in code, if you need a single line you can either separate function calls with a blank or use the %newline% macro.

[Desaster Dan]

@Desaster Dan

If you make a d2v file does it also give 64/45? If not please post MediaInfo.

Yes Sir!
I think it's just a hap.

[stax76]

New test version: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.5.1.7z

Should be fairly stable so I hope many people can test it to find problems before the next stable release.

[stax76]

@Desaster Dan

Opening a 16:9 PAL DVD with d2v I get 16:11 or 64:45 depending on the ITU option. Since you got 64:45 I assume you have disabled ITU in the options, if not than it must be a bug. I replaced my Nvidia card going back to ATI since I need analog TV out so I cannot test dgi now, dgi should always give the same source PAR than d2v, if not than it's a bug.

[Anakunda]

Hi,

sending all project files dealing with my 'bad sync' issue described earlier.

Used StaxRip version = 1.1.5.1
source = MPEG2
output = H264/mkv
cutting in effect

used all original package components to eliminate incompatiility aspects, watched original video and A/V streams match all the time thus the source is confirmed ok
In case of necessity I can upload source media files somewehere (~2GB)

[stax76]

@Anakunda

I just need the log file, easiest way to send it its Main Menu > Help > Make Bug Report

[dgeor]

@dgeor

I reproduced it and guess it's a BeSweet problem, I also tried -ch 2 which did not work and I don't know if there is another way to make BeSweet handle it correctly. I've changed it converting 1 channel files to 2 channel wav files using ffmpeg, that has worked, is that OK?

I checked with the new beta and the problem is still there
using avs as audio source and nicaudio, when original is mono, the result is just weird :(

[stax76]

@dgeor

It does not work with avs because MediaInfo does not support avs so there is no easy way to find out how many channels the source has. Why are you using avs?

Dim channels = MediaInfo.GetInfo(ap.File, MediaInfoStreamKind.Audio, "Channel(s)")

If channels = "1" Then
DecodeFfmpeg(ap)
End If

[flebber]

New test version: http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.5.1.7z

Should be fairly stable so I hope many people can test it to find problems before the next stable release.

Your on fire lately, Staxrip is getting insanely good:thanks:

[hkarsaon]

Since the stax website, planetdvb.net, is down and there is no support forum on Sourceforge im asking here:

Would it be possible to add an option to select a file to process after encoding?
If you don't want to implement this for the normal version, could someone help me out with editing the source (im guessing this is the StaxRip.pdb file that came in the latest test build StaxRip_1.1.5.1 ?) to add this function so I can compile my own version with this enabled?

:thanks:

[stax76]

@hkarsaon

It's explained in the FAQ (I've Just added it since it was asked a few times before).


Choose Main Menu > Tools > Event Command
Add a new Event Command
Select event: After Project Encoded
Select command: Perform | Execute Command Line
Enter your command line, use macros if you need info like the file name.


Most relevant macro is the path of the target file: %target_file%

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

thanks for the update

aimed quality setting for comp checks is not sticking exporting x264 profiles using 1.1.5.1 and playlist selection is still getting cutoff:(
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8287/ss20100216002104.png

what changes were done in 1.1.5.1?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

can these be added to StaxRip before next stable release?

1) [BLURAY DEMUXER] option to handle more audio streams
2) [MKV CONTAINER CONFIG] add audio section
3) [AUDIO] eac3to flac, m4a, ogg conversion
4) [SUBTITLE] BDSup2Sub (bit.ly/dlMNBo) support

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

So far there weren't many convincing requests (in the last 8 years!) supporting more than three audio streams. I suspect it to be hard to code, hard to use, rarely used and it would result in large files which I'm skeptical about.

I would like to add 3) and 4), probably after the next stable release.

aimed quality setting for comp checks is not sticking exporting x264 profiles using 1.1.5.1

IIRC only x264 settings are exported because it's a separate data structure, I need to investigate this.


playlist selection is still getting cutoff

I've not yet decided what to do, this will involve more work as some might think.


@Anakunda

I think your DVB stream is bad, better hardware might help, better recorder might help, best is DVBViewer, first thing to do is enabling ProjectX in the settings under Demuxing, this might repair things DGMPGDec not being able to repair, ProjectX is known to work miracles.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

this was a different story with dvd but blu-ray is a whole new beast audio sizes are very small compared to the video and once you convert them to flac, m4a, ogg and convert video with x264 forget about it 4 audio streams is no biggie bringing the size down drastically with very good quality;)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

It's not completely different, for me MPEG-4 encoding is, was and will be all about high compression, hard drive storage, web storage and web downloading. That's why defaults use high compression and DivX Plus as web player compatible format. A HD movie must fit on a DVD-5 like a SD movie had to fit on a single CD (which was very poor compared to a HD movie on a DVD-5) but still sucked less then splitting into 2 CD's. Using a inefficient container like transport stream is doubtful, I'm not sure how much overhead it has but it appears to be insanely high. One of the reasons why MKV is so popular is it has very little overhead. Burning Blu-ray now is like burning MPEG-2 in the past.

[ultratoto14]

@MuLTiTaSK

It's not completely different, for me MPEG-4 encoding is, was and will be all about high compression, hard drive storage, web storage and web downloading. That's why defaults use high compression and DivX Plus as web player compatible format. A HD movie must fit on a DVD-5 and using a inefficient container like transport stream is doubtful, I'm not sure how much overhead it has but it appears to be insanely high. One of the reasons why MKV is so popular is it has very little overhead. Burning Blu-ray now is like burning MPEG-2 in the past, inefficient.

Just need to note that many PS3 users use AVCHD DVD to be able to play DTS streams as it's the only way to have DTS. PS3 does not support MKV (yet ?)

[Anakunda]

Hi stax !

Did ya already diagnose the reason of defective audio in my conversion?
Requested logfile sent as bug report. Thank you.

[stax76]

Did ya already diagnose the reason of defective audio in my conversion?
Requested logfile sent as bug report. Thank you.

Read 4 posts above.

[Anakunda]

@stax

Sorry, I ovelooked, I will give a try ProjectX.
Just I failed in problem description, I converted DVD video today morning and the audio is missync also !
I don't assume DVD stream is bad. Though I think I achieved several good conversions recently.
I will try more conversions to see what's wrong

/edit:
After doing conversion with ProjectX feature, it doesnot have impact on my problem.
I think your conclusion about currupted DVB stream wasnot quite right since I can play the DVB stream normally in Bsplayer, and today morning I got bad result from DVD also.
But still I got good outputs earlier, there had something to change bad way.

[stax76]

I converted DVD video today morning and the audio is missync also !
I don't assume DVD stream is bad

The reason for this should be the DVD structure and it should only happen with DVD's of certain studios, if you don't need subtitles, try to use DGIndex manually and trim in the beginning as much as possible. How much was the detected delay in your faulty encode?

I think your conclusion about currupted DVB stream wasnot quite right

It's much likely that it is bad, splitters for playback generally cause less sync issues, they are more robust in this regard. It's possible to use the same splitter and decoder in StaxRip than your DirectShow player use btw. There are different ways to do this.

I need to explain such things in the FAQ since sometimes it happens.

[dgeor]

@dgeor

It does not work with avs because MediaInfo does not support avs so there is no easy way to find out how many channels the source has. Why are you using avs?

Dim channels = MediaInfo.GetInfo(ap.File, MediaInfoStreamKind.Audio, "Channel(s)")

If channels = "1" Then
DecodeFfmpeg(ap)
End If

because of the fade in/out I wan't to be using for audio (apart from fades in video who work anyway)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

most of my conversions get stored on my media servers so disc size is not relevant most of time with my backups also Blu-rays have alot of extra audio tracks like cast commentary, directors commentary etc and not all receivers can decode hi-def audio so keeping the hi-def track and adding the core tracks into the container is a must but when i want to hit media sizes converting the video with x264 the core audio to flac and the extra tracks to vorbis i get top quality backups that fit with no problems;)

[stax76]

because of the fade in/out I wan't to be using for audio (apart from fades in video who work anyway)

Did you miss that I have moved the audio loading after the video loading? It's not at the end any longer so you can just enable DirectShow or NicAudio in the options and put your fading filter at the end of the filter setup.

[dgeor]

Did you miss that I have moved the audio loading after the video loading? It's not at the end any longer so you can just enable DirectShow or NicAudio in the options and put your fading filter at the end of the filter setup.

it's not working

I can only do it manually:

let me get this clear

the original mp2 must not be converted to wav, then cut, then encoded, because my captures are long and that intermediate wav exceeds the 2GB limit
that means I only have one choice:
decoding and cutting at the same time
this can be done only by loading mp2 inside the avs with nicaudio, cutting with the trim function and saving the final wav, which is a lot shorter in duration, thus smaller than 2GB

but, to use fades, I have to put first nicaudio, then trim, then fade inside the avs that produces my wav.

so my only choice is doing it manually:
I created a filter:
AudioDub(last, NicMPG123Source("%source_dir%\%source_name%.mp2"))
which comes right below MPEG2Source("%source_file%")
then comes the trim function, then fades.
I save the job, then go back and load as audio the avs created.
then save job again then start job.
It's the only possible way to avoid the 2GB wav limit and use fades and cut and all of them just work.

When mp2 is monophonic, audio is messed up
it can be corrected, only if I find a combination of filters to convert it to stereo within avs, or if vdubmod converts it to stereo when saving the wav from avs source.

anything else, simply fails somewhere.

ok, no big deal, I will live with it the way I configured it
don't bother anymore

only have one suggestion:
can you instruct vdubmod to convert the audio served by the avs to stereo?
I showed yoy the way in my previous post, just a couple of lines added to vcf ;)
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1374531#post1374531

thanks stax, keep walking :)

[stax76]

@dgeor

If you enable cutting using NicAudio it should do what you want assuming you use the latest test version, look here:

LoadPlugin("D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\bin\Applications\AviSynth plugins\DGDecode.dll")
LoadPlugin("D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\bin\Applications\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio.dll")
MPEG2Source("D:\Video\Samples\DVD\Pulp Fiction\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)
ConvertToYV12()
AudioDub(last, NicAC3Source("D:\Video\Samples\DVD\Pulp Fiction\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1 01 de-German 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -200ms.ac3", Channels=2))
Crop(8,64,-8,-64)
BicubicResize(592,256,0,0.5)
Trim(108,612)
FadeIn0(200).FadeOut0(200)

VirtualDub.Open("D:\\Video\\Samples\\DVD\\Pulp Fiction\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\VTS_01_1 01 de-German 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -200ms_Cutting.avs","",0);
VirtualDub.SaveWAV("D:\\Video\\Samples\\DVD\\Pulp Fiction\\VTS_01_1 temp files\\VTS_01_1 01 de-German 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -200ms_Cutting.wav");

[tormento]

Don't know if it has been told yet but latest 1442 build changed syntax: i.e. komisar build requires --nal-hrd vbr to work properly.

[stax76]

Thanks for the info. Is it still patch only? (StaxRip don't support patch features)

[mscsmyrpln]

Love the program.

For the same reasons MuLTiTaSK states in #3411, I also second the request for more audio streams. Now that Blu-ray structure has been added (works great!), the audio limit is the only thing keeping me from utilizing StaxRip as my go-to tool.

[tormento]

Thanks for the info. Is it still patch only? (StaxRip don't support patch features)

I think it's the new patch used for bluray compliance. Expect this to be the official ones in the next releases.

[VincAlastor]

hi, can someone help me, please?
i want to use luminance, deinterlacing, cropping and resizing filters, which are integrate in dgdecnv or dgindexnv, in staxrip. can someone post the correct lines for deinterlacing and resizing, please? and has anyone an idea how i can say staxrip, that dgindexnv has to use my luminance and cropping settings while indexing?

[Anakunda]

It's much likely that it is bad, splitters for playback generally cause less sync issues, they are more robust in this regard. It's possible to use the same splitter and decoder in StaxRip than your DirectShow player use btw. There are different ways to do this.

Hi stax!

You wrote tha stream is bad. I had played with Staxrip and tried more startup templates to convert this video. Always fail.
That's most probably the missync trouble is done not by encoders but just when trimming the source stream for conersion.
Nevertheless I loaded the video to Divx Author, cut and converted to Divx, and the output is all ok.
Then is the video still bad, even if another software can generate good output of it?
If so, is it possible to Staxrip use the same video parsers/demuxers as Divx Author uses?

[stax76]

@VincAlastor

You can find information in the AviSynth and DGDecNV help. The command line passed to DGIndexNV can be customized at Main Menu > Tools > Settings > Demuxing

Here is a small guide on how to use AviSynth in StaxRip.

http://staxrip.wikispaces.com/AviSynth+Filters

@Anakunda

I don't know DivX Author, it might like your player use DirectShow, you can verify this by monitoring which libraries are loaded into the process using Process Explorer. StaxRip has a setting to prevent demuxing which will result in video being DirectShowSource handled and it has a option to force audio being decoded using DirectShowSource. I don't remember somebody having such a problem in the last eight years, I would rather try to get a better stream.

[Havokdan]

How to disable ffmpeg deconding of audio, batch conversion video? Even checking the option to use DirectShow "to decode the audio, when I try to convert multiple files to open StaxRip insists ffmpeg (which does not work with aac audio I am trying to convert)

[stax76]

@Havokdan

If you enable the option to force dshow decoding then it should use that unless there is a bug, in that case please load the problematic project and go to Tools > Make Bug Report in order to mail me the log file.

[Havokdan]

Sorry, find the problem, I was confused the option cutting / deconding the audio, now I can use it to DirectShowSource. Anyway I sent an email with the error that is with ffmpeg.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

ever since the DVX days you know alot of users don't report issues or make requests even comment to say thanks on a forum but it doesn't mean the one that does even if only one post a issue makes the request that it is irrelevant to the broad of users;)

btw i was looking at DVX FilterDefs and was thinking would that approach be helpful now for current users learning filters in StaxRip?

[copaceticgeek]

Hello, I've got an issue with staxrip, but also occurs with megui, so I don't know what might be the cause of the problem. But since I like using staxrip more, I thought I would ask here.
I'm trying to convert, and resize a video that is originally 862x480, into any of the following: 720x400, 640x352, or 480x272. But, whenever I encode the video, it is distorted. I don't know how to quite describe the image, it kind of looks folded over on itself.
I'm trying to convert the video so that I can use it on my iPod. For some reason though videora resizes, and encodes the video fine. But again, I prefer to use staxrip.
My setup is:
Win 7 Pro 64bit
Core i5 750
Thanks for any help.

[flebber]

Hello, I've got an issue with staxrip, but also occurs with megui, so I don't know what might be the cause of the problem. But since I like using staxrip more, I thought I would ask here.
I'm trying to convert, and resize a video that is originally 862x480, into any of the following: 720x400, 640x352, or 480x272. But, whenever I encode the video, it is distorted. I don't know how to quite describe the image, it kind of looks folded over on itself.
I'm trying to convert the video so that I can use it on my iPod. For some reason though videora resizes, and encodes the video fine. But again, I prefer to use staxrip.
My setup is:
Win 7 Pro 64bit
Core i5 750
Thanks for any help.

Any chance you could post a screenshot I can't get in my head what you mean by folded over, use flcikr or similar to upload photo so we can see it.

Any extra info on media may be helpful and any filters used in encoding.

Mediainfo is available to get good video info http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

[Anakunda]

More info about A/V stream mismatch here:
I have tried more conversions and found out the problem conversions deal just with specific TV channel and programme, all were in Pal 4:3. I have made more recording using same TV card whose were flawless. Maybe the channel violates MPEG standard some way, anyhow there IS sowtware (at least Divx Author) which is able to handle this exception properly.
My question is: can I upload the 'problem' source video somewhere, to learn StaxRip handle this exception?

@stax:

I tried cut & convert my video using TMPGenc Xpress also, and the output is correct too, thus it's the question where standard violation ends and bad begins. I think the recording is not quite normal or maybe is containing some kind of protection, but Staxrip can't handle this situation yet. I would very appreciate if ya could download and analyze the video (and possibly adjust StaxRip to split it correctly). Most probably this is audio problem only (not 100% sure tho). Thank you.

[drob]

@stax76 first i wanted to say thanks for your beautiful program and its ease of use, i am working on a project for my dad home movies arch9iving and being able to have something pre programed for him to just throw in a file and get the required results it simply great, so thanks for that!

secondly, i know there is an option to delete temp files which deletes them once the encoding is done, could you change/add an option to have them deleted on exit?

[Mixer73]

I have tried more conversions and found out the problem conversions deal just with specific TV channel and programme, all were in Pal 4:3. I have made more recording using same TV card whose were flawless. Maybe the channel violates MPEG standard some way, anyhow there IS sowtware (at least Divx Author) which is able to handle this exception properly.

The best thign to do is get a proper editing package, I use VideoReDo, this does excellent processing to guarantee audio sync.

If you get broadcast streams they normally always have a different number of audio and video frames and they lose sync really easy.

[Anakunda]

Hi Mixer73, thanks for the info. I have tried Videoredo some time ago and wasnot too excited of it. One thing however which it is capable is saving edited video without reencoding.
Do then opening and saving the DVB strem in it fix (normalize) it for StaxRip?

[Bilskate]

@Bilskate

I've added now partly support, there will be option in the muxing config dialog called Split at cut points when just muxing, if it's enabled then --splitt will be used, if it's not enabled then StaxRip uses the current behavior which is try to cut audio unless the filename contains _Cutting (file was already cut be StaxRip). There are two issues, first is it's not frame accurate since mkvmerge can only split at key frames, second is only split is done so you have to delete not needed output files and append needed output files (hopefully not hard with mmg) if multiple cut points were used. I think about doing the appending part too.

@all

I'm working on a thumbnail generation feature like the one in MPC-HC so if anybody wants it to support a particular feature now would be a good time to request it.
Hi, is it "cut using mkvmerge when just muxing" what you was talking about ?

Cheers.

edit : I've just tried it, and it works ! YES, thank you very much Stax. It is fast by the way.

[Mixer73]

Do then opening and saving the DVB strem in it fix (normalize) it for StaxRip?

Basically if you're just 'top and tailing' meaning taking off the start and the end, VRD only re-encodes frame accurate cuts within a GOP.

It took me a while to get converted to VRD myself, I used Womble earlier, but Womble resulted in out of sync files all the time. I never get anything out of sync with VRD. Its about $40 to buy, its well worth it. Their tech support/bug finding is quite good too.

[copaceticgeek]

Any chance you could post a screenshot I can't get in my head what you mean by folded over, use flcikr or similar to upload photo so we can see it.

Any extra info on media may be helpful and any filters used in encoding.

Mediainfo is available to get good video info http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Here is a test clip, with the encode that was done.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dgj3jwtr0tm

7z file is only 70kb, but has the original clip, encoded clip, and all the temporary and log files.

[turok]

Alright after I got back and reacquainted myself went back into testing StaxRip audio encoding capabilities.

Here are my results:

--Used AC3 for audio codec to encode audio source with whatever container--

+ .m4a container (note: only aac for codec) +
aac = failed to even encode. did not start.

+ .ogg container (vorbis only) +
vorbis = same as above failed to even start.

+ .mp3 (obviously mp3 codec only) +
mp3 = success. encoded to ac3 perfectly.

+ .mka/mkv (contains all possible audio like mp3, ogg, aac, etc) +
mp3 = Encoded but with error, very noticeable static while listening so quality is bad.

vorbis = failed exactly like the .m4a and .ogg containers... vorbis no go?

aac = failed miserably... something about "getting an aac decoder 2 failed" ?

I will test aac, vorbis and mp3 later as so far ac3 audio
encoding got a bit better since the last time i tested it (before
it couldnt encode shit but the audio u get from dvds?)


well theres my inquiry to StaxRip's AC3 encoding capability. I am aware that i didnt use audio from vobs and such. reason why is that it should work fine. is blu ray support still in the works I forgot -_-'....

.mka and m4a needs support i find it super weird that vorbis and aac failed but not mp3 as far as converting to ac3 goes...

also, stax76 how do u set avisynth plugins path for staxrip as apparently megui is still in charge of setting paths for the avisynth plugins. I am using 1.1.5.1 beta atm.

also how updated is staxrip as far as x264 goes is staxrip using the latest x264 revision?

[tormento]

Do you think an implementation ov MVTools could be feasible in a future release? MVDegrain and so are powerful filter to use.

[tormento]

I am looking for a way to use the temporaldegrain_chroma avs script, however it plains crashes staxrip any way I try.

Any hint about avs, avsi usage?

[alexcel]

HI:

When encoding SD content (DVD) to x264 to play on standalone players like PopCorn Hour A-110, video should be encoded to profile Baseline Level 3.0, or Profile Main Level 3.1 to avoid problems

Cand you add a Device = standalone SD using profile Main Level 3.1 to elect from the Device Dropdown? And a default preset

Note that for standalone HD Profile Main Level 4.1 is the right one.

I would also suggest to move the level dropdown to the Basic tab while configuring codec.

Thx stax:thanks:

[Navalynt]

I'm hopeful for some help or at least a point in the right direction here.

So I had Windows 7 x64 running Staxrip 1.1.4.9 and x264 would keep my processor pegged. Encoding speed of blu-ray h264 was around 6fps. Then I managed to get a virus and decided to just wipe and reload. When I reloaded I decided on Server 2008 R2 from my TechNet subscription so I can also play around some tools I'm learning about in class. I also decided to grab the latest build of Staxrip posted here which is 1.1.5.1.

Well, now I have the following problems:

x264 seems to only chew up about 50% of the processor, althought it still gets about 5 - 6fps
When Staxrip calls to DGIndexNV it freezes instead of loading. I can still open DGIndexNV separately to index my video and then load the dgi file into Staxrip successfully.


I'm wondering if this has to do with the new build of Staxrip or if it's to do with Server 2008 R2. Any thoughts?

[turok]

lol inactive this thread be... anyways keep it up stax, u workin great so far.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

b-pyramid normal is now on by default in x264 (bit.ly/9WWlMc)

[flebber]

Do you think an implementation ov MVTools could be feasible in a future release? MVDegrain and so are powerful filter to use.

Well Here is a MVDegrain I created and loaded into my profiles using staxrip macro commads.

I don't use this as I changed scripts to Mvtools 2.0 so it is now an MDegrain script. But I am not at home to help.

MVDeGrain3 = %newline%backward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%last.MVDegrain3(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,backward_vec3,forward_vec3,thSAD=300,idx=1)

[Havokdan]

I copied these commands HDConvertToX, not tested all, but most work:

Personal | RemoveGrain = RemoveGrain(mode=2)
Personal | FFT3DFilter = FFT3DFilter(sigma=2.5)
Personal | FluxSmooth = FluxSmoothST(7,7)
Personal | FRFun7 = FRFun7(1.1,6.0,2.0)
Personal | Hqdn3d = Hqdn3d(4,3,6,4.5)
Personal | LEM = LEM(ff="""HQDN3D(3)""",flem="""Removegrain(mode=2)""")
Personal | SoftSharpen Light = SoftSharpen(preset="light")
Personal | SoftSharpen Film = SoftSharpen(preset="film")
Personal | DeGrainMedian = DeGrainMedian(limitY=5,limitUV=5,mode=3)
Personal | FFT3Grain = clip=last
denoised=FFT3DFilter(sigma=15)
GrainOptimizer(clip,denoised)
Personal | TBilateral = TBilateral()
Personal | TTempSmooth = TTempSmooth()
Personal | FastDegrain1 = FastDegrain(degrain=1)
Personal | FastDegrain2 = FastDegrain(degrain=2)
Personal | FastDegrain3 = FastDegrain(degrain=3)
Personal | TemporalDegrain = TemporalDegrain()
Personal | BlindDeHalo3 = BlindDeHalo3(2.00,2.00,100,ppmode=-3)
Personal | Gradfun2db = Gradfun2db(1.2)
Personal | GradFun2DBmod = GradFun2DBmod()
Personal | FFT3DFilterX = FFT3DFilter(sigma=3)
Personal | SeeSaw = SeeSaw()
Personal | Spresso = Spresso()
Personal | Srestore23 = Srestore(23.976)
Personal | Srestore25 = Srestore(25.000)
Personal | Srestore29 = Srestore(29.976)
Personal | MCTemporalDenoise Low = MCTemporalDenoise(settings="very low",GPU=false)
Personal | MCTemporalDenoise Medium = MCTemporalDenoise(settings="medium",GPU=false)
Personal | MCTemporalDenoise High = MCTemporalDenoise(settings="very high",GPU=false)
Personal | Average Secure Denoise = Import("E:\Arquivos de programas\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\QMLF_7_motions.avsi")%newline%Import("E:\Arquivos de programas\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\QMLF_7_motions_Average_Secure_Denoise.avs")%newline%QMLF_7_motions()
Personal | Complex Degrain = Import("E:\Arquivos de programas\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\QMLF_9_motions.avsi")%newline%Import("E:\Arquivos de programas\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\QMLF_9_motions_Complex_Degrain.avs")%newline%QMLF_9_motions()
Personal | MVDegrain1 = backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=2, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=2, idx = 1)%newline%last.MVDegrain1(backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400,idx=1)
Personal | MVDegrain2 = backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%last.MVDegrain2(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400,idx=1)
Personal | MVDegrain3 = backward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%backward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec1 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec2 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%forward_vec3 = last.MVAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 3, pel = 2, overlap=2, sharp=1, idx = 1)%newline%last.MVDegrain3(backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,backward_vec3,forward_vec3,thSAD=300,idx=1)
Personal | MDegrain1 = super = MSuper(pel=2)%newline%backward_vec2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=2)%newline%forward_vec2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=2)%newline%last.MDegrain1(super, backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400)
Personal | MDegrain2 = super = MSuper(pel=2)%newline%backward_vec2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%backward_vec1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%forward_vec1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%forward_vec2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%last.MDegrain2(super, backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400)
Personal | MDegrain3 = super = MSuper(pel=2)%newline%bv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%fv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%bv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%fv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%bv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 3, overlap=4)%newline%fv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 3, overlap=4)%newline%last.MDegrain3(super,bv1,fv1,bv2,fv2,bv3,fv3,thSAD=400)

[tormento]

I don't use this as I changed scripts to Mvtools 2.0 so it is now an MDegrain script. But I am not at home to help.
Well, when available please post the updated one.

P.S: I am currently testing FastDegrain and I like it a lot.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@StaxRip Nation

:script:post your filter profiles and all the plugins used in the profiles so maybe we can get stax76 to improve the default filter profile and depending on the total size of all plugins used maybe included in future StaxRip build or as a separate filter download package;)

[chagos]

Hi,
I have problems converting a movie. The DAR reported by MediaInfo is 2.2:1 and resolution 1280x580. StaxRip find 1.39:1 and 1280x576 without cropping. After conversion, image is distorsioned, but this is not a problem (I use mkvmerge to set DAR to 2.2:1). Is this a bug in staxrip? I can post a 10 sec (9.5 MB) split somewhere if necessary.

[Anakunda]

Would it be possible StaxRip to use 64bit version of x264?
It's likely 64bit x264 brings considerable speed improvement on 64bit platforms...

[Navalynt]

@MuLTiTaSK

Here's what my filters look like in StaxRip:
DGSource
SetMTMode(5)
TFM(pp=5,d2v="%source_file%").TDecimate(mode = 1)
Crop
SetMTMode(2)
Spline36Resize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
Import("D:\Ripping Programs\StaxRip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\MDegrain2.avs")
fft3dfilter(bt=-1,sharpen=0.5)

Here's the the plugins I added to my AviSynth plugins directory:
DGDecodeNV.dll
DGMultiDecodNV.dll
FFT3DFilter.dll
MDegrain2.avs (I attached to this post)
MT.dll
mt_masktools2.dll
mt_masktools_26.dll
TIVTC.dll

I attached the MDegrain2.avs file as well if anyone wants to see how that's scripted.

[Navalynt]

@MuLTiTaSK BTW, I went back to Windows 7 x64 from Windows 2k8 R2 thinking that my problems with encoding only using 50% of my CPU were related to the OS. Well, it's doing the same thing. I tried HDconvertToX which I use when StaxRip has an issue with Blu-Ray content and found that it would peak out the CPU at 100%. Whatever the problem is, it's related to StaxRip only. Any ideas what it might be?

If HDconvertTox is working right then I know that my AVIsynth 2.5.8 with MT patch is installed and working right.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Anakunda

Howto use 64bit build of x264 with StaxRip
Download -> avs4x264.exe (bit.ly/8D2vRi)
rename avs4x264.exe to x264.exe
rename the 64bit x264.exe your using to x264_64.exe
place them in the same folder
now you can continue using your favorite 64bit build of x264 with your favorite frontend StaxRip;)

top notch clean or patched x264 builds -> komisar x264 Builds (bit.ly/dpJuKF)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Navalynt

post your StaxRip.log so i can see what the issue could be it might be something in the script or in x264 settings being used in the project that is causing the speed issue i use MT build of AviSynth with StaxRip with no issues

[Navalynt]

@Navalynt

post your StaxRip.log so i can see what the issue could be it might be something in the script or in x264 settings being used in the project that is causing the speed issue i use MT build of AviSynth with StaxRip with no issues

I let one DVD source run and complete through StaxRip yesterday. Attached is the log file for the encode. It shows version 1.1.4.9 for the StaxRip version but I'm also having the same problem with 1.1.4.3 and the last posted test build of 1.1.5.1.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[flebber]

Here are a short list of my currently used profiles

undot = UnDot()
FFT3GPU = FFT3dGPU(sigma=3.0, plane=4, bt=0,sharpen=1, bw=32, bh=32)
FFT3GPU Light = FFT3dGPU(sigma=1.5, plane=4, bt=0,sharpen=1, bw=32, bh=32)
Deen = deen("a3d",3,5,0,5)
Removegrain = RemoveGrain(mode=17)
Removegrain2 = Removegrain = RemoveGrain(mode=5).RemoveGrain(mode=19)
Removegrain19 = RemoveGrain(mode=19)
SuperMDegrain1 = %newline%super = MSuper(pel=2)%newline%bv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%fv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%last.MDegrain1(super,bv1,fv1,thSAD=400)
SuperMDegrain2 = %newline%super = MSuper(pel=2)%newline%bv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%fv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%bv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%fv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%last.MDegrain2(super,bv1,fv1,bv2,fv2,thSAD=400)
SuperMDegrain3 = %newline%super = MSuper(pel=2)%newline%bv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%fv1 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4)%newline%bv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%fv2 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4)%newline%bv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = true, delta = 3, overlap=4)%newline%fv3 = MAnalyse(super, isb = false, delta = 3, overlap=4)%newline%last.MDegrain3(super,bv1,fv1,bv2,fv2,bv3,fv3,thSAD=400)
Mctemporaldenoise "Medium" edgeclean on = MCTemporalDenoise(settings="medium", edgeclean=true, ecrad=4, stabilize=true, maxr=2, flat=true, GFthr=1.2, AGstr=0.8, bias=64, temp=50)
Mctemporaldenoise edgeclean only = MCTemporalDenoise(edgeclean=true, ecrad=4, stabilize=true, maxr=2)
Convolution3d VHS BQ = Convolution3d (preset="vhsBQ")
Convolution3d Movie LQ = Convolution3d (preset="movieLQ")
LSFmod = LSFmod(defaults="fast")
LSFmodSlow = LSFmod(defaults="slow")
dfftest = dfttest()
dfftest3 = dfttest(tbsize=3)
DeHalo_alpha = DeHalo_alpha()
fft3 luma = fft3dfilter(sigma=2.8, plane=0, bt=5, bw=32, bh=32)
fft3 luma 3 = fft3dfilter(sigma=2.8, plane=0, bt=3, bw=32, bh=32)
fft3 chroma = fft3dfilter(sigma=1.25, plane=3, bt=5, bw=32, bh=32)
frfun7 = FRFun7(1.1,6.0,2.0)
frfun72 = FRFun7(1.4,5.0,1.5)
UnFilter Sharp Soft = UnFilter(20,20)
UnFilter Sharp Medium = UnFilter(36,36)

[chagos]

I've got this picture from StaxRip Log window, using 1.1.5.1

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt322/nopeax/1.jpg

The real speed was about 5 fps.
:D

[turok]

I've got this picture from StaxRip Log window, using 1.1.5.1

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt322/nopeax/1.jpg

The real speed was about 5 fps.
:D

if it was 5fps why does that pic show 0 and that ETA looks quite disturbing. a bug?

[chagos]

if it was 5fps why does that pic show 0 and that ETA looks quite disturbing. a bug?
Yeah, a little bug.

[turok]

looking at the pic dude "a little bug" is obviously an understatement. what OS u have I'm gonna check if mine does the same thing...

[chagos]

looking at the pic dude "a little bug" is obviously an understatement. what OS u have I'm gonna check if mine does the same thing...
That bug with negative progress occured with a certain source.
In fact that encoding was successfull.
My OS is Windows XP SP3.

[outlawdogg]

I have tried so many gui's. Staxrip is the best and most stable one. Easiest one to use and gives too many controls.
I wish there would be more filters added in next versions comes with original pack and a little quick information about the filter. Thanks for hard work.

[Anakunda]

Greetings, I have another encoding problem:
on some DVD's the picture is smeared on frames with faster motion
example here:

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6243/dobyt.th.png (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/dobyt.png/)

encoding with x264 / VerySlow / Tune none / device disabled
source .VOB files in PAL 4:3
I'm sure this lines are not on original DVD

[Atak_Snajpera]

I'm sure this lines are not on original DVD
yes they are. Check in google term 'interlacing'

[Anakunda]

@Atak_Snajpera:
Thanks, that was it!
Is there an indicant to determine if deinterlace is necessary or not, without having to test-encode ?
Some videos gave me very nice picture even without using deinterlace.

[jsquare]

I been trying to convert my backup copy of Dark Knight in MKV to MP4 and in the process encoding the DTS track to AAC 5.1 192kbps but every time I get the same error, and only the video track is muxed. Here is the partial part of the log where Nero AAC Encoder shows an error.
------------------------------------------------------------
Environment
------------------------------------------------------------

StaxRip version: 1.1.5.1
OS Name : Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Version : 6.1.7600.0
OS Type : 64-bit
OS Culture : English (United States)

------------------------------------------------------------
.NET
------------------------------------------------------------

v2.0.50727 : 2.0.50727.4927
v3.0 : 3.0.30729.4926
v3.5 : 3.5.30729.4926



Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 32mn
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 : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.61 GiB (27%)
Title : DTS - 1536 kbit/sec
Language : English



------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\Program Files (x86)\StaxRip\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe"
-core( -input "M:\VIDEOS\HD\!MOVIES\The Dark Knight - 720p temp files\The Dark Knight - 720p DTS - 1536 kbit_sec - en-English.wav"
-output "M:\VIDEOS\HD\!MOVIES\The Dark Knight - 720p temp files\The Dark Knight - 720p DTS - 1536 kbit_sec - en-English_AudioOutput.m4a" )
-ota( -d 0 -g max ) -bsn( -vbr 0.3 -6chnew )

*************************************************************
* *
* Nero AAC Encoder *
* Copyright 2009 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Dec 29 2009 *
* Package version: 1.5.3.0 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************
[00:00:00:000] Initializing...
[00:00:00:000] -- Initializing...

[00:00:00:032] |

[00:00:00:032] Finalizing...
[00:00:00:032] Conversion Completed !
Visit DSPguru's Homepage at :
http://DSPguru.doom9.net/

Start: 9:52:19 AM
End: 9:52:20 AM
Duration: 00:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding Complete
------------------------------------------------------------


There's nothing wrong with the DTS track since I was able to transcode to AAC 5.1 using Foobar2000.

[turok]

where is multitask and stax? anywho found a real bad error from staxrip. it cannot encode a audio source being... a .wav or a .flac. personally i find this outragious but hey im just error reporting here...

[flebber]

where is multitask and stax? anywho found a real bad error from staxrip. it cannot encode a audio source being... a .wav or a .flac. personally i find this outragious but hey im just error reporting here...

Multitask is busy posting around the forums check bluerip and Hybrid.

Never had an issue with Wav in staxrip myself, but never tried flac. Will give flac a go, how have you enabled flac support/decoder on your pc?

[cegy]

could someone please help me with getting the MT avisynth to work with staxrip i am using 1.1.5.1 and i can't unstand how to do and i have been trying to found out for the past 2 days and still nothing :(


these are the filters that i use
source: mpeg-2
field: fielddeinsterlace (blend=false)
crop: crop borders
resize: sharp

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

which MT AviSynth did you install?
? -> tsp's (bit.ly/djaENj)
? -> SEt's (bit.ly/bu2OCm)
? -> Jeremy Duncan's (bit.ly/dc9SdD)
? -> JoshyD (bit.ly/dtXHXH)

MT support page (bit.ly/bng9dO)

download -> SetMTMode.srp (bit.ly/btzhY1)
right click empty space in filters box
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5583/ss20100307094822.png
import SetMTMode.srp
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6227/ss20100307094902.png
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4310/ss20100307102903i.png
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9550/ss20100307095200.png
Using AviSynth filters in StaxRip (bit.ly/auZk99)

[cegy]

i am using jeremy duncan's MT avisynth but i get a error, would it be possible to make it use use 4 cores and another options to set it to 2 cores aswell.

http://i47.tinypic.com/nqy5ph.jpg


many thanks cegy :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

did you load the filter profile first then open your .mpg in StaxRip?

[cegy]

@cegy

did you load the filter profile first then open your .mpg in StaxRip?

yes i did plus i wouldn't reply if i didn't try other things first :S

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

sorry i made a mistake in the profile import this update and try again -> SetMTMode.srp (bit.ly/bExbta)

[turok]

Multitask is busy posting around the forums check bluerip and Hybrid.

Never had an issue with Wav in staxrip myself, but never tried flac. Will give flac a go, how have you enabled flac support/decoder on your pc?

I use K-lite codec pack now (switched from CCCP again) to decode and as far as encoding I have flac for windows from flac's sourceforge page so yeah i should handle flac just fine. Im gonna test wav again as i think there was some error on my part somehow... but yeah from both i got too many sync errors and it ended up broken audio when attempted to convert wav/flac to ogg,aac,mp3,ac3.

[update] Retest done and same results. it ends up 8-66kb broken audio. whats going on?

[cegy]

@cegy

sorry i made a mistake in the profile import this update and try again -> SetMTMode.srp (bit.ly/bExbta)


thank you for that but it seems abit faster but its not what i thought i would get as its only around 230fps but if i use avi synth 2.60 alpha 2 i get a good 220-280fps, i know that my cpu should give me a good 300+ fps

my cpu specs are:
core i7 920 @ 4ghz (4 cores)

is there something i am missing ?

p.s i have tryed tsp and sets mt avi synth and its still the same or slower :(

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

try -> SEt's Avisynth 2.5.8 MT compiled for *x86_64*, MVTools, RemoveGrain, MaskTools2 (http://bit.ly/dtXHXH)

[cegy]

@cegy

try -> SEt's Avisynth 2.5.8 MT compiled for *x86_64*, MVTools, RemoveGrain, MaskTools2 (http://bit.ly/dtXHXH)


how can i do that when the link is only for 64bit and not 32bit or else i would of tryed this version aswell plus i don't understand why the hell x86 aka 32bit is in the title if there isn't any links for it! :(

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

you running a 64bit OS?

[cegy]

@cegy

you running a 64bit OS?

nope 32bit and its pointless and just does your head in with all the problems with 64bit plus i would never use it.


p.s i am using windows 7 32bit

[MuLTiTaSK]

@cegy

so then just stick to the version of AviSynth that runs faster for you do some tests compare results settle be happy;)

[cegy]

@cegy

so then just stick to the version of AviSynth that runs faster for you do some tests compare results settle be happy;)

i would do but i was told it can go faster surely you can understand a user would the main stream cpu would like to use the full power of it :eek: i guess its back to 2.60 alpha 2 then :mad:p but :thanks: for trying unless you know how to speed it up with 2.60 :rolleyes:?

[stax76]

I'll pausing StaxRip now until next winter, maybe I'll make some small fixes and updates, I simply want to sit much less in front of a PC! I'll try to maintain email support but since there are many requests I can't help with everything. Happy encoding everybody until I'm back. :)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.5.2_beta.7z/download

1.1.5.2 beta

Added eac3to GUI for Blu-ray demuxing
Added feature to save thumbnails similar like the MPC feature, can be enabled in the options under Advanced > Image and customized in the settings under General > Advanced > Thumbnails. To generate thumbnails without processing a project go to Tools > Advanced > Batch generate thumbnails
Added feature to cut using mkvmerge when just muxing is used and no encoding is performed, can be enabled in the muxer configuration
Added feature to append code to Trim functions useful to add FadeIn/FadeOut (Options > Advanced > Filters)
Added support for file extensions containing non word characters, *.thd+ac3 for instance
Added support muxing Blu-ray audio formats
Added better default handling for various formats
Added option to encode audio to Flac using eac3to
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.2.0 ('Beginnings')
Updated x264 to r1471. Reset video encoder profiles because the default for --b-pyramid was changed to normal in x264. Projects/jobs/templates are not reset.

[turok]

Stax thx for updating x264 to r1471. sadly however flac and the audio aspect is still unresolved (cant even encode .wav and it still uses besweet). can anyone tell me how to make staxrip use something else other than bewsweet??? lol stax maybe ya need a break lol programming is tiresome lol.

[stax76]

@turok

I don't provide forum support until next winter, please mail me and provide as much info you can.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

well deserved break my friend enjoy life in the real world the internet can consume a person's life do not let that happen;)

please don't forget about StaxRip:thanks:

[madeinlisboa]

Hi,

can you please tell me, how do I resample an audio track before encoding it? All I see is profiles with encoding settings.

Thank you

[flebber]

Hi,

can you please tell me, how do I resample an audio track before encoding it? All I see is profiles with encoding settings.

Thank you

Good question, if there is a simple way to do this anyone let me know. But I would add the option via the event command editor.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4424804766_97994bac73.jpg

[madeinlisboa]

That is a good idea, but I have no idea how to pass the name of the audio track of a video file to the command line when processing a batch

Update: I managed to set the track name, but is worthless. It runs before ffmpeg extracts it from the video container. There should be an option like "After audio decoding" or "Before audio encoding"

[madeinlisboa]

Reading the log, I found a possible problem with StaxRip regarding quality. It enforces YV12 after reading the video source. ffmpeg generates a YV12 format, so I don't know if forcing again is a good thing, because it involves a new conversion.

May be using something like IsYV12 ? Last : ConvertToYV12() does the trick

[flebber]

That is a good idea, but I have no idea how to pass the name of the audio track of a video file to the command line when processing a batch

Update: I managed to set the track name, but is worthless. It runs before ffmpeg extracts it from the video container. There should be an option like "After audio decoding" or "Before audio encoding"

So the "before project encoding" option didn't work for you as in screenie

[madeinlisboa]

So the "before project encoding" option didn't work for you as in screenie

Nope. It tries to encode before the audio is extracted from the source :( I tried every option. How come this was never noticed??

[flebber]

Nope. It tries to encode before the audio is extracted from the source :( I tried every option. How come this was never noticed??

I only noticed those options available when I went searching for a solution to your post for you. I thought resampling audio haven't done it in stax but should be able to.

Shame its not working for you, I will have a look when I am more capable; aka when I am not beer fuelled

[madeinlisboa]

I only noticed those options available when I went searching for a solution to your post for you. I thought resampling audio haven't done it in stax but should be able to.

Shame its not working for you, I will have a look when I am more capable; aka when I am not beer fuelled

Thank you

[Desaster Dan]

@Stax :thanks::thanks:...hope U come back!
@Multitask:

Tried to get Set's Avisynth MT x64 to run with Staxrip 1.1.5.2 and DGdecode without success on my win7 x64.
I'm running x264 x64 with Staxrip.
How to setup Staxrip for Avisynth MT x64?

[J_Darnley]

May be using something like IsYV12 ? Last : ConvertToYV12() does the trick

Pointless check. If the video is already YV12, ConvertToYV12() does nothing.

[dejong12]

Can someone help me? I've been trying to convert wtv to mkv, I already converted it to dvr-ms with the Windows 7 Utility, and then to mpg with DVRMSToolbox. Then I try to convert the mpg file to mkv with StaxRip 1.1.5.2, but the video and audio are completely out of sync. I've tried to convert a little part, but the video is shorter than the source, and it's got the wrong audio. Please help me.

[flebber]

Can someone help me? I've been trying to convert wtv to mkv, I already converted it to dvr-ms with the Windows 7 Utility, and then to mpg with DVRMSToolbox. Then I try to convert the mpg file to mkv with StaxRip 1.1.5.2, but the video and audio are completely out of sync. I've tried to convert a little part, but the video is shorter than the source, and it's got the wrong audio. Please help me.

Why not just one encode from wmv to X264 in mkv using staxrip?

[Mixer73]

Can someone help me? I've been trying to convert wtv to mkv, I already converted it to dvr-ms with the Windows 7 Utility, and then to mpg with DVRMSToolbox. Then I try to convert the mpg file to mkv with StaxRip 1.1.5.2, but the video and audio are completely out of sync. I've tried to convert a little part, but the video is shorter than the source, and it's got the wrong audio. Please help me.

You can't directly encode from TV recorded files as they often have problems that will cause the sync to drift. You need to get a tool that can fix them, I use VideoReDo. Its a nice editor, and has function to allow you to compensate for sync problems.

Why not just one encode from wmv to X264 in mkv using staxrip?

WTV, not WMV. This is the wrapper Windows 7 MCE uses.

[kalinichenko]

how i do determine the output filesize or custom filesize.thanks
Using StaxRip 1.1.5.2 beta

[lucamark]

@kalinichenko

try 2-pass encoding and then specify the target size (or bitrate) under target file path

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7469/staxrip.jpg

[kalinichenko]

@kalinichenko

try 2-pass encoding and then specify the target size (or bitrate) under target file path

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7469/staxrip.jpg



:thanks::thanks: lucamark

[dejong12]

I'm trying to encode something in 16:9 640x360, but then I'll get the invalid target height error: Move the resize slider to adjust the target height to be divisible by 16 (can be customized in the options). Where do I customize this?

[lucamark]

@dejong12

you mean this??

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5039/staxripoptions.jpg

[dejong12]

I don't know, maybe?

[lucamark]

@dejong12, yes, or you can adjust the correct Width/Height with the resize slider like staxrip's suggestion..

[fantasmanegro]

hi there!

my problem is that i change the Yadif line in profiles to Yadif = Load_Stdcall_Plugin ("%application:Yadif%")%newline%Yadif(), and it's not working, staxrip always put LoadCPlugin and Top of avs file...

does anybody knows how to change the LoadCPlugin line when use Yadif in StaxRip settings?

by the way i'm using Windows 7 32bits, Avisynt 2.58 patched with Set's MT and StaxRip 1.1.5.2

[dejong12]

Okay, I got 640x360 working with Output Mod, but I can't seem to get 854x480 working. Is there a possibility to make this work?

[lucamark]

@dejong12

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125909

[lucamark]

@fantasmanegro
looking in source code i think it's not possible to delete line "LoadCPlugin". Staxrip add it automatically (when Yadif is used) on top of the avisynth script.

[stax76]

@fantasmanegro

You can workaround this by putting the Yadif call into avsi using a function name like Y_a_d_i_f but what's wrong with LoadCPlugin?

[fantasmanegro]

@lucamark

thanks for the info!!!


@fantasmanegro

You can workaround this by putting the Yadif call into avsi using a function name like Y_a_d_i_f but what's wrong with LoadCPlugin?

Thanx for your reply Stax, the problem is that it says "Not An Avisynth 2 C Plugin".

other one: my Windows 7 is in spanish language, and the path to file have no spanish characters like "ñ" or other special char, just from A to Z.

[stax76]

@fantasmanegro

If you found a bug please mail me (I don't make real forum support until winter).


@lucamark
Thanks for helping. :thanks:

[spicediver10191]

First, let me say the latest version of Staxrip is the smoothest and easiest version I've used so far. Thanks for the hard work Stax.

Now to my question about the batch ripping feature...

Does any one know a workaround so that batch ripping can mux or convert a *specific* audio track or tracks from the source, instead of just the single track that Staxrip assumes is default? An Avisynth script perhaps?

When batch ripping a bunch of 24 VOB files for MKV conversion, Staxrip automatically selects and muxes the first AC3 audio track and nothing else (in my case the ac3 file labeled "t80").

But with these particular VOB files, the first audio track happens to be a German language track, which I don't want. The AC3 English stream I want is next one, labelled "t81".

Thanks in advance :)

[fantasmanegro]

@fantasmanegro

If you found a bug please mail me (I don't make real forum support until winter).


@lucamark
Thanks for helping. :thanks:

Thanks Stax for your help, i will try reinstalling AviSynth 2.58 without Set's patch, any change i'll "call you back"

Thanx Again!

by the way. ¡Excelent software you made!

[lucamark]

@spicediver10191

I think it's possible to specify the default audio language: click "Edit" in the first (or second) audio track, then specify the default language that you want to keep..

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9264/staxripaudio.jpg

is this your goal?

@stax76

Thanks for this awesome tool!!! :thanks:

[spicediver10191]

@spicediver10191

I think it's possible to specify the default audio language: click "Edit" in the first (or second) audio track, then specify the default language that you want to keep..

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9264/staxripaudio.jpg

is this your goal?

Thanks for the response.

Doesn't work unfortunately. The "Just Mux" profile in the audio "Edit Profiles" only has a field for naming the audio stream and no buttons like "language" appear on the left hand side at all.

To better clarify my original question, in Staxrip log language the program always makes "Audio #1" the default audio stream when a source is loaded, whereas I want the default to be "Audio #2". At the moment I have to do it all manually, file by file, because the "File Batch" loading defaults are unsuitable for anyone who wants anything other than the source's "Audio #1" stream in their output files.

Any other thoughts? :confused:

[tormento]

Is there a way not to have the completed jobs deleted but simply unchecked? Sometimes I use different settings for the same encode.

[lucamark]

@tormento

at the moment no, but you can easily reload the project (and change your settings) under Project--Recent-->... menu and start again.

[tormento]

Ok, second question ;)

Is there a way to make StaxRip NOT to load CuvidServer and use DGMultiSource instead of DGSource?

[Treguard]

Firstly thanks for creating a fantastic tool. It's really come in handy.
I've just got one little problem. I'm trying to encode into a single avi file (xvid) and set the target size to that of a DVD (using the preset already there). The video is currently on its second pass and have noticed that the projected size that virtualdubmod is reporting is going to be more near 5.2GB.
The avi itself has 2 audio streams (one ac3 and one mp3) - I don't know whether that would contribute to the problem in any way.

Have you ever experienced problems with the output file size being bigger than what you originally set when doing a 2 pass xvid encode?

[crasus]

Does anyone still happen to have around 1.1.1.0? Would really appreciate it. :)

[tormento]

Why does fft3dgpu makes StaxRip crash on some plugins? If I use it alone it works ok, when I implement gpu=true staxrip crashes on last "next" pressed button. Ideas?

I use DGToolsNV too.

[lucamark]

@Tormento
For DGMultiSource see http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1364020#post1364020

[tormento]

@Tormento
For DGMultiSource see http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1364020#post1364020
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3838/dgmultisource.png

Groan. Any idea to disable this stupid message and make it do what I want to?

[starkebn]

Getting this at the end of a demux - I think it's when it's trying to create .avs files.

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.InvalidOperationException: No process is associated with this object.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.EnsureState(State state)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_HasExited()
at StaxRip.ProcessForm.WndProc(Message& m) in D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\Forms\ProcessForm.vb:line 437
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)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
StaxRip
Assembly Version: 1.1.5.2
Win32 Version: 1.1.5.2
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/StaxRip/StaxRip.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
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CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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System.Core
Assembly Version: 3.5.0.0
Win32 Version: 3.5.30729.4926 built by: NetFXw7
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/3.5.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

This is the end of the .log


------------------------------------------------------------
DirectShow filters used to render the source
------------------------------------------------------------

Video Mixing Renderer
DMO Wrapper Filter
Haali Media Splitter

------------------------------------------------------------
Error opening source
------------------------------------------------------------

DirectShowSource : Timeout waiting for graph to start.
(D:\rip\CORALINE\Temp\CORALINE_new_Source.avs, line 1)


Does anyone know if this is something I can fix?

[fabje]

I want to edit the source code and form but as soon as I edit the form I get the following error with debugging.

Value can not be null.
Parameter name: container

System.ArgumentNullException: Value can not be null.
Parameter name: container
bij System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip..ctor(IContainer container)
bij StaxRip.MainForm..ctor() in E:\StaxRip\Forms\MainForm.vb:line 860
bij StaxRip.Startup.Main() in E:\StaxRip\General\Misc.vb:line 3543
bij System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
bij System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
bij Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
bij System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
bij System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
bij System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Does someone knows what is going on, and how the problem can be solved.

[stax76]

I've spent some hours this weekend trying to maintain things:

1.1.5.3 beta


Fixed crash making a comp. check with sources having a high bitrate
Fixed crash streams in MKV sources containing titles using Unicode
Added setting to encode audio in parallel, disabled by default
Added option to change sample rate in audio dialog
Updated x264 to r1510, added Superfast preset, added --nal-hrd switch, added Blu-ray device and profile
Updated mkvtoolnix to v3.3.0
Updated eac3to to v3.18
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.30

http://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.5.3_beta.7z/download

Thanks everybody sending bug reports by mail and sending donations. In case somebody missed it I don't provide forum support until next winter trying to spend less time in front of the PC, thanks everybody helping people here.

[starkebn]

thanks for this great tool stax

[Betsy25]

@stax

Tiny little bug report :

When trying to open some flv4 .flv file, gives us a prompt that it has to rely on DirectShow filters, clicking OK seems to cancel the operation, while clicking Cancel seems to make it load.

[toanphung]

Please help me. I used this App to encode my DVD. I have a problem, the movie is good. but audio is noise. I set the audio to 44100khz, bitrate 48, stereo, AAC_LC. please help me.

[tormento]

1.1.5.3 beta
Thanks Stax!

But, before going out drinking, could you please give us a way to use DGMultiSource? ;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

thanks for the update buddy hope you enjoying yourself away from the matrix;)

[madeinlisboa]

Please, help me here. I don't know if this is a problem with StaxRip or with me :)
XVID profiles have a Compressibility Check option, but I'm not able to use it automatically in a job. I always have to run it first for every video I add in order to adjust the optimal size of it. If I don't do this, all videos will result in the same size.
Am I doing something wrong?

[Anakunda]

hello there

back to Staxrip

Added setting to encode audio in parallel, disabled by default

it is meant multi-core processing? Where can I setup it?

More question:
If I know that audio is in output by 2.2s behind video, how to set staxrip to shift it so that it fits properly????
Please more tips how to fix audio/video sync, original VOB plays sync(KMPlayer with default settings)

:thanks:


theres a delay box in ausio setting but no mention about units. what sign should have the value if I want to shift audio forth?
ANYWAY, I would very much more like to have audio sync video naturally, without measuring mutual shift by eye, not only because it takes one encoding run more

[Havokdan]

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7762/imagemwr.th.jpg (http://img123.imageshack.us/i/imagemwr.jpg/)

Madeinlisboa, I do not know if I understood right what you meant, but would the above?

[madeinlisboa]

Madeinlisboa, I do not know if I understood right what you meant, but would the above?

Obrigado.

It doesn't work though. The AutoCompressibility option seems to do nothing. The encode log shows clearly that no test was made before encoding each file to XVID.

What I need is: for every video in the job list, a Compressibility Check should run and the avi created with the size calculated by that check.

But, this can't be done automatically. I have to run the Compressibility test manually for every video I add in order to determine the optimal size and then add the video to the job list with the calculated size.

Example:
I have 1.avi and 2.avi. I choose a default target filesize of 200mb. if I add these two files to the job list using the 2pass xvid profile, I'm expecting an automatic Compressibility Check before encoding, or am I wrong?

I have to load each file, run the Compressibility Check by clicking on the "Run Compressibility Check" and then add the video to the job list with the calculated size.

[Havokdan]

Here I tested the Auto Check compressibility with multiple files (Batch File), and it worked as it should, by default the program sets the video resolution to achieve the desired percentage of quality, you can change the options for the method in which it is increased the bitrate required to achieve the desired result.

[madeinlisboa]

Yes. That works well when no editing is done and the video is automatically checked when loaded. The problem is that I need to split a DVD in several episodes (using the preview) and then check and encode each of the episodes to a separate file. The ideal scenario would be doing a Compressibility Check before the First Pass on each episode :(

[Havokdan]

The ideal scenario would be doing a Compressibility Check before the First Pass on each episode

Let me get this straight, the source is a dvd? So I messed up the StaxRip makes the compressibility check before each open file to convert, but I tested in separate files that I had in hd. When the source is a dvd I really do not know. There is no way you rip one episode at a time, or separates them in various operations?

[madeinlisboa]

With separate files is easy. The Batch Mode, as you said, is ideal for that. But when I have to retrieve episodes from a DVD, I have to select the start and end frame for each of them and add one by one to the job list. This way it's impossible to check the compressibility of each episode automatically.

I can rip one episode at a time and save it to a mpeg file, and then load all of them in the Batch Mode. I'll just have to conclude which method is faster. Do you by any chance know how to copy a segment of a file to a new one without re-compressing it?

Thank you for your help, but I finally noticed that this is a limitation of StaxRip. I hope the author comes with a solution. I would humbly appreciate it.

[stax76]

A episode is usually a PGC so you would rip every episode into a separate file, there are many tools that can do this, DVD Decrypter, PgcDemux etc. Also read very carefully about the difference between quality mode and 2pass mode (http://staxrip.wikispaces.com/FAQ#How%20do%20I%20encode%20with%20a%20given%20bit%20rate%20and%20what%20is%20the%20difference%20between%20quality%20mode%20and%202pass%20mode%3F), instead of adjusting the size quality mode is usually used.

[madeinlisboa]

A episode is usually a PGC so you would rip every episode into a separate file, there are many tools that can do this, DVD Decrypter, PgcDemux etc. Also read very carefully about the difference between quality mode and 2pass mode (http://staxrip.wikispaces.com/FAQ#How%20do%20I%20encode%20with%20a%20given%20bit%20rate%20and%20what%20is%20the%20difference%20between%20quality%20mode%20and%202pass%20mode%3F), instead of adjusting the size quality mode is usually used.

Thank you. I usually encode in CRF when comes to x264, but with XVID I still use the old fashionable 2pass, because there is no equivalent to CRF. Only a fixed quality setting. And in this case, I need an exact size for fitting in a DVD5.

I only asked for this automatic compressibility feature, because if we can split a movie in segments in StaxRip, it would be a nice addition to check the compressibility of each of them and change the image/file size automatically before encoding.

Anyway, thank you again for a tremendous tool.

[stax76]

Try a event command then using the event 'After Source Loaded' and the command 'Parameter | Bitrate By Percent'.

[MuLTiTaSK]

Tutorial: Videos umwandeln mit StaxRip (Teil 1 von 2) (bit.ly/9izrQ8)

[madeinlisboa]

The event didn't work. The files were generated with absurd bitrates and there was no indication of a Compressibility Check in the log. May be a 'Before Item Encoding' or something...

[stax76]

@madeinlisboa

I've done following:


enabled XviD 2pass
set the auto comp. check option
set the option to change the file size after the comp. check
set the event command as mentioned previously
loaded the source file

Everything working as expected!

[Betsy25]

@stax

Tiny little bug report :

When trying to open some flv4 .flv file, gives us a prompt that it has to rely on DirectShow filters, clicking OK seems to cancel the operation, while clicking Cancel seems to make it load.

[stax76]

@Betsy25

XP bug, I've fixed it thanks.

[Ponyo]

I'm probably using it wrongly, or expecting a completely different function from which was intended, but:

· Split of output file added for XviD/DivX AVI output

How do I make this work?

I choose avi as the container. I click options in the container pane.

I now have a popup:

http://i41.tinypic.com/5o6t8o.png

Now I'd expect to be able to put 5 in the box labelled split and have staxrip output the file in 5MB chunks on the second pass. If the file was supposed to be 100MB I'd expect 20 avis to be output.

This doesn't happen, it just outputs one as usual.

I'm using 1.1.5.3

Is what I'm expecting the way it's meant to work? I'm expecting it to work like segment output file in virtualdub.

[madeinlisboa]

@madeinlisboa

I've done following:


enabled XviD 2pass
set the auto comp. check option
set the option to change the file size after the comp. check
set the event command as mentioned previously
loaded the source file

Everything working as expected!

I'm sorry. It didn't work for segments (via Preview) added to the job list. I get huge sample rates in each encode.
No problem. I'll try first to split in files and then add them to StaxRip.

----

Something entirely different. Can you add 11025Hz and 22050Hz to the sample rates in the audio dialog? Thank you

[Anakunda]

I recommend to replace x264 with latest build. Its about 30% faster for me. Anybody encountered the difference?
The build numer is 1538

[fantasmanegro]

I recommend to replace x264 with latest build. Its about 30% faster for me. Anybody encountered the difference?
The build numer is 1538

which one?, patched or unpatched, Jeeb build, Komisair build?

[Kangiten]

Hi

I downloaded the latest beta of Staxrip (1.1.5.3) to encode some of my DVDs. Now, whenever I try to load a video file, I get the following error message (I'm running a French version of Windows XP):
System.ArgumentException: Le chemin d'accès n'a pas une forme conforme.
à System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
à System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
à System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
à System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
à System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
à System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern)
à StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode) dans D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\Forms\MainForm.vb:ligne 1432

I've tried different file types, different drives and so on: no change. The previous version (1.1.2.3) doesn't cause the problem. I'll use this version for now but does anyone know what might cause this error? Thanks :)

[bamsebo]

I installed the latest staxrip beta 1.1.5.3 but it would not recognise my java installation. I reinstalled java to no avail. I thought maybe it was the beta version. I then installed the latest final version 1.1.3 but no better. I had to go back to my current 1.1.2 for it to work. any ideas?

thanks
Barry

[stax76]

@Kangiten and bamsebo

Please mail me the log file, in the main menu use Help -> Mail or Help > Make Bug Report

[tormento]

Anybody using StaxRip with AviSynth x64 build?

[Stb]

How can I resolve this problem with Directshowsource which isn´t allowing me to encode without giving me this error.

Failed to open file using DirectShow.

D:\STB DOWNLOADS\ANIME\- RE-ENCODED Anime\Tower of Druaga ep 01 temp files\Tower of Druaga ep 01.h264

Failed to open source

DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\STB DOWNLOADS\ANIME\- RE-ENCODED Anime\Tower of Druaga ep 01 temp files\Tower of Druaga ep 01.h264:
Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported.
(D:\STB DOWNLOADS\ANIME\- RE-ENCODED Anime\Tower of Druaga ep 01 temp files\Tower of Druaga ep 01 [by Stb]_Source.avs, line 1)





Any advice hence why is this happening, using directshow lately since heard it is good to maintain syncing off of problem, and is true but too good to be true until now with this error , Is there any other way to deal with source that contain VFR/VBR without getting sync problem.:confused:

Many thanks in advance.

[Havokdan]

Stb, I think you're violating some rule of the forum ...

[flebber]

How can I resolve this problem with Directshowsource which isn´t allowing me to encode without giving me this error.



Any advice hence why is this happening, using directshow lately since heard it is good to maintain syncing off of problem, and is true but too good to be true until now with this error , Is there any other way to deal with source that contain VFR/VBR without getting sync problem.:confused:

Many thanks in advance.
have you got ffdshow beta 7 installed

[Stb]

If you refer to the last version, yes that is the one I have installed, and yeah, it is while dealing with staxrip, don´t know why this happen on stax only, where as MeGUi overpass it, something wrong am I doing?

Sorry havodkan, I´m just in a hurry with this A/V sync problem, Read the rules already, so guess there won´t be a second time.

[stax76]

@all

In case of bugs and error messages please send me the log file by mail, in the main menu choose:

Help -> Mail

or

Help > Make Bug Report

[Stb]

It seem a problem with directshow in my pc with stax, not being stax the main problem, but it is kinda confusing since yesterday it was doing fine.
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6738/sdsh.jpg

Directshow give the same error with any kind of input I drop on stax lately, any advice, I unistalled and installed again, tried 64 and 32bit version, and still, sure thing is, it is only with staxrip, like I said, MeGUI seem to work fine with it, something you may advices guy?

[stax76]

Please never post file paths of downloaded files and mail me the log file.

[dvd_maniac]

I use Staxrip to encode all my recordings using X264/AAC *.mp4
My recordings are all 1280x720p and I always encode them to 768x432.
I want to use the "Auto Resize Image Size" but what setting do I use to guarantee that my output will be 768x432?

Right now I open them one at a time, wait for them to demux, change the size and then add to batch.
I would like to be able to add a whole folder at once if possible

[MoUCLAs]

I use staxrip to cut some ads from some h264/ts files. I use dgavcindex.
In the final video at the points of cutting the sound is stopped a little before the video. So the is a momment of silence between the 2 parts. This is observed at 3 at least videos.

[Kangiten]

Hi

I downloaded the latest beta of Staxrip (1.1.5.3) to encode some of my DVDs. Now, whenever I try to load a video file, I get the following error message (I'm running a French version of Windows XP):
System.ArgumentException: Le chemin d'accès n'a pas une forme conforme.
à System.IO.Path.NormalizePathFast(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
à System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck)
à System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
à System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
à System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
à System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern)
à StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(List`1 files, Boolean autoMode) dans D:\Projekte\StaxMedia\trunk\StaxRip\Forms\MainForm.vb:ligne 1432

I've tried different file types, different drives and so on: no change. The previous version (1.1.2.3) doesn't cause the problem. I'll use this version for now but does anyone know what might cause this error? Thanks :)

Ok, problem fixed, simply had to reinstall Avisynth :)

[madeinlisboa]

Directshow give the same error with any kind of input I drop on stax lately, any advice, I unistalled and installed again, tried 64 and 32bit version, and still, sure thing is, it is only with staxrip, like I said, MeGUI seem to work fine with it, something you may advices guy?

Add the video to a container like mkv instead of trying to encode directly from the stream.

[Ponyo]

Nobody who can help me with my split output problem? (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1390428#post1390428)

[Mixer73]

Nooooooob question here, but I do MPEG2->h264 encoding all the time. What sort of benefit would I see if I implmented DGNV Tools instead of software with HD MPEG2 to h264?

Guess it begs the question, what % of CPU time is being taken for the decoding of the video in question?

[madeinlisboa]

I use Staxrip to encode all my recordings using X264/AAC *.mp4
My recordings are all 1280x720p and I always encode them to 768x432.
I want to use the but what setting do I use to guarantee that my output will be 768x432?

Right now I open them one at a time, wait for them to demux, change the size and then add to batch.
I would like to be able to add a whole folder at once if possible

I would disable "Auto Resize Image Size", enable "Auto compressibility check" and set "After the compressibility check adjust" to file size if you want to reach a quality/size threshold with 2 pass encoding.
Add "768 x auto = 768 x 0" to the resize menu and select it.

[stax76]

As announced previously development and support will be slow until winter, there are still a couple of fixes and updates I've just uploaded.

Thanks everybody sending bug reports, patches and donations! :thanks:
1.1.6

Fixed crash making a comp. check with sources having a high bitrate
Fixed crash streams in MKV sources containing titles using Unicode
Fixed bitrate not set using DivX ASP anamorphic (patch by Nico Hanus)
Fixed DivX container not acception invariant language (patch by Nico Hanus)
Fixed DivX ASP new fast first pass mode not working (patch by Nico Hanus)
Added setting to encode audio in parallel, disabled by default
Added option to change sample rate in audio dialog
Updated x264 to r1542, added Superfast preset, added --nal-hrd switch, added Blu-ray device and profile
Updated mkvtoolnix to v3.3.0
Updated eac3to to v3.18
Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.30
Updated ffmpeg to 2010-04-21


Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20final/StaxRip_1.1.6.7z/download

[antheus]

Hi there,
I'm having a an issue with this unicode error unfortunately, any help would be appreciated.. Thanks

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3605/capturemcy.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

What part you don't understand??? Do you want me to translate from english to english??

[flebber]

What part you don't understand??? Do you want me to translate from english to english??

:thanks: too funny

[burfadel]

Hi there,
I'm having a an issue with this unicode error unfortunately, any help would be appreciated.. Thanks

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3605/capturemcy.png

It means the names of some of your files have certain characters, I think commas aren't allowed by memory for example. Simply change the names of your files, removing any commas etc, such that is is just the standard 26 English characters, numbers and full stops :)

[JasonR]

Can anybody give me some tips on how to output a video file in a 16:9 aspect ratio? I'm currently using StaxRip version 0.9.9.2. I know it's outdated, but at one time I tried upgrading and had a lot of problems, so I reverted back to this version and would like to keep using it, if possible. The only problem that I'm having is that whenever I try converting a widescreen video, it always turns out fullscreen. More accurately, it looks closer to a 1:1 complete square aspect ratio. I'm trying to make Xbox 360 compatible videos. Here are the settings that I'm currently using:

Encoder - Xvid (Constant Quality)
Container - AVI
Anamorphic - checked
Source - MPEG-2
Field - Deinterlace

I have Crop off and also Resize off because I want to encode at the videos' full resolution of 720 x 480. All of the other options are set to default.

I tried playing around with some of the options like setting the Display aspect ratio to 16:9 in the Codec Conguration, but I still get square videos. I think that the only time I've been able to get a 16:9 video is by enabling Resize, but when I tried that it produced a video with a resolution of less than I wanted 608x336. Does anybody know of a way to get both the AR and resolution that I want? Let me know and thanks in advance for any help.

[Mixer73]

I tried playing around with some of the options like setting the Display aspect ratio to 16:9 in the Codec Conguration, but I still get square videos. I think that the only time I've been able to get a 16:9 video is by enabling Resize, but when I tried that it produced a video with a resolution of less than I wanted 608x336. Does anybody know of a way to get both the AR and resolution that I want? Let me know and thanks in advance for any help.

What's your source video mate? Source, resolution, etc?

If you have reasonable machine I'd recommend using the Xbox360 x264 profiles. You need to specify the AR and the resolution will follow.

[JasonR]

I'm using 720x480 VOB files as the source. I hope I don't have to use x264. It's like 10 times slower than XVID on my machine.

[Mixer73]

I'm using 720x480 VOB files as the source. I hope I don't have to use x264. It's like 10 times slower than XVID on my machine.

This depends on the settings you use. Are you only watching once or keeping the files? x264 is much better quality, but if you don't care about a bigger file you can use the faster presets.

You should pretty much import the video, let the autocrop work, and encode the resulting file with correct aspect. You need to crop because there's black bars and other crap in your file you need to crop out.

[flebber]

I'm using 720x480 VOB files as the source. I hope I don't have to use x264. It's like 10 times slower than XVID on my machine.

Don't forget you also are using an old version of x264 with the staxrip version you are using. There shouldn't be much difference in speed. As said above it will greatly depend on settings used.

[Anakunda]

greetings, a quetsioon about subtuitles here: when I rip DVD with subtitles embedded (but not hardcoded) and want that these subtitles are part of the output (whether embedded or hardcoded doesnot matter), what should I do????
I have tried Opotions->Subtitles->Demux and include subtitles ON
but these subtitles wasnot covered to uotput (or these are present but don't know how to invoke them)
What's wrong with it?

[diskborste]

When cutting .ts-files with an ac3 audio track the audio track ends up out of sync and it doesn't cut the right parts of the audio. I don't know why, but if you cut the video with MeGUI with BeSplit instead it works just fine. Anybody who can help me out with this?

[Anakunda]

When cutting .ts-files with an ac3 audio track the audio track ends up out of sync and it doesn't cut the right parts of the audio. I don't know why, but if you cut the video with MeGUI with BeSplit instead it works just fine. Anybody who can help me out with this?

I have many av sync problems with staxrip too
find the audio delay on the output and put the delay to audio stream options, then reencode with adjusted audio delay

[Ponyo]

Can someone at least confirm that split output works for them?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1390428#post1390428

[madeinlisboa]

Please, add 11025Hz and 22050Hz to the sample rates in the audio dialog? Thank you

[Anakunda]

yeah how to hardcode .srt or .sub to final movie?????

[Havokdan]

Anakunda: http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2180/imagemyr.jpg

[diskborste]

I have many av sync problems with staxrip too
find the audio delay on the output and put the delay to audio stream options, then reencode with adjusted audio delay

Okay. Last time I tried it didn't even cut the audio remotely correct though. The audio was 12 minutes shorter than the video.
I have solved it for know by cutting audio in MeGUI using BeSplit instead with the same cutpoints. And then muxing manually when the encode is finished.

Maybe it would be a nice feature if you could choose to cut audio with BeSplit in StaxRip as well? The program is great otherwise.

[Anakunda]

The audio was 12 minutes shorter than the video.

Yeah this is a known problem I had with encoding DVB streams.
Unfortunatelly this problem is with Staxrip only as I didnot have it with alternate GUIs. You could try preprocessing source with a 3rd party tool (Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD works for me)

[Anakunda]

@Havokdan:

thanks for screenshot but this command is not supported. If I open my DVD folder there's no such subtitles with any of supported extensions, and there's no supported subtitles in temporary folder either. However if I play the DVD in media player there's showing subtitles automatically.
How can I extract these subtitles so that they can be processed by staxrip? seems not everything is demuxed from DVD.

[Anakunda]

I have another question, is it possible to add a 3rd audio track?
Guessing it could be done somehow manually, just don't know how?

[Treguard]

I've noticed that the audio delay function doesn't seem to work. I even tried setting the codec information to start at frame 602 and it basically seems to ignore this. The problem is that on the original MKV, the audio doesn't start till 17 seconds (roughly) in :( Any suggestions would be welcomed

[JasonR]

Can anybody give me some tips on how to output a video file in a 16:9 aspect ratio? I'm currently using StaxRip version 0.9.9.2. I know it's outdated, but at one time I tried upgrading and had a lot of problems, so I reverted back to this version and would like to keep using it, if possible. The only problem that I'm having is that whenever I try converting a widescreen video, it always turns out fullscreen. More accurately, it looks closer to a 1:1 complete square aspect ratio. I'm trying to make Xbox 360 compatible videos. Here are the settings that I'm currently using:

Encoder - Xvid (Constant Quality)
Container - AVI
Anamorphic - checked
Source - MPEG-2
Field - Deinterlace

I have Crop off and also Resize off because I want to encode at the videos' full resolution of 720 x 480. All of the other options are set to default.

I tried playing around with some of the options like setting the Display aspect ratio to 16:9 in the Codec Conguration, but I still get square videos. I think that the only time I've been able to get a 16:9 video is by enabling Resize, but when I tried that it produced a video with a resolution of less than I wanted 608x336. Does anybody know of a way to get both the AR and resolution that I want? Let me know and thanks in advance for any help.

Well, I figured out part of my problem. I checked the Aspect Ratio tab in the Codec Configuration for Xvid and this time I noticed a little disclaimer that indicates that the AR is stored in the bitstream, but it may be ignored when using a generic container like AVI. So, to test this I made a sample x264/mp4 file, and sure enough it came out in the resolution and AR that I wanted. The only problem is that it wouldn't play on my Xbox 360, even though I was sure that I read that X264/mp4 was compatible. So I guess that I'm stuck with 4:3 xvid/avi for now. At least the 360 has a stretch option so that I can still watch them in widescreen. It's just not a very elegant solution. Does anybody know if the latest version of StaxRip offers any better solutions such as 16:9 full resolution Xvid/AVI encodes or 360 compatible x264/mp4 encodes?

[Mixer73]

It's just not a very elegant solution. Does anybody know if the latest version of StaxRip offers any better solutions such as 16:9 full resolution Xvid/AVI encodes or 360 compatible x264/mp4 encodes?

Definitely, you need you get yourself upgraded then you can select the PS3/Xbox360 x264 preset and you're off and running.

[burfadel]

If anyone has come across the problem with virtualdubmod where for certain files (particularly in batch mode re-encoding avi files) the audio is cut short (even when no cut points are added), the problem can be easily worked around by clicking settings, and under demuxing disable demux avi, mkv, etc. Instead of extracting the mp3 file incorrectly, it will now use ffmpeg to decode the audio. The audio will no longer be cut short (this bug doesn't always occur), and cutpoints will still work properly.

[diskborste]

If anyone has come across the problem with virtualdubmod where for certain files (particularly in batch mode re-encoding avi files) the audio is cut short (even when no cut points are added), the problem can be easily worked around by clicking settings, and under demuxing disable demux avi, mkv, etc. Instead of extracting the mp3 file incorrectly, it will now use ffmpeg to decode the audio. The audio will no longer be cut short (this bug doesn't always occur), and cutpoints will still work properly.

Okay, I am using an input from a h.264 .ts with AC3 audio. Not mkv or avi and mp3 audio. Maybe it still helps though?

[burfadel]

It may do, I guess give it a try and see?

.ts seems to be fairly hard to work with, what programme is used to demux the video and audio streams?

[madeinlisboa]

It may do, I guess give it a try and see?

.ts seems to be fairly hard to work with, what programme is used to demux the video and audio streams?

tsmuxer. you can then create a mkv from them with mkvmerge

[Anakunda]

In my opinion the Tools|Play file|Target file is useless since it only plays video and theres no audio to hear. I thing it would be very helpful especially with StaxRip which having so often A/V sync problems, or theres onother problem disabling audio in preview.

[Anakunda]

hows that possible rotate input video by 90° ?
Sumfin the way avisynth TurnRight() works...

[Anakunda]

:lol: giving audio output to Vorbis it produces aac anyway
so how it can be played anyway ? :D :D

[lucamark]

@Anakunda, what kind of audio source?? if i select Vorbis in output and ac3 for input i have an output file like something.ogg...

[Ramscoop]

Hi, was working with some FRAPS segments. Noticed that selecting "Single or Merge" option demuxed the entire chained audio track but, StaxRip would only recognize that the entire length of the Video track was equal to the first FRAPS segment (disregarding the rest). Not really a major issue, I can just encode each segment separately, then merge the h.264 streams into one with eac3to and then mux with the audio but, it does take longer. :P

http://usera.ImageCave.com/eigen_bro/Post01.JPG
http://usera.ImageCave.com/eigen_bro/Post02.JPG
http://usera.ImageCave.com/eigen_bro/Post03.JPG

Running Win7 Ult BTW.

Thanks!

[Anakunda]

@Anakunda, what kind of audio source?? if i select Vorbis in output and ac3 for input i have an output file like something.ogg...

not so with me the stream have extension aac. but deeper track analysis given that it is true Vorbis, just with bad extension so some muxers could be fooled.

[Esc]

It's a wonderful program! Thanks for creating it. I like it a lot. Switch to it from MeGUI after failing to encode anything at all with the last version.
Except there is one little thing that drives me nuts (isn't there always). It can't remember target bitrate. It converts it to size, rounds it to megabytes, then converts it back to bitrate to pass to x264. I'd be much happier if it could just take the bitrate and use it. Or at least not round the size to megabytes. Would it be hard to do?

[Doo]

how can i add a font in staxrip for hardcoded subtitles?
is there any way to change the font for hardcoded subtitle

[Ramscoop]

how can i add a font in staxrip for hardcoded subtitles?
is there any way to change the font for hardcoded subtitle

Yes, I recommend using AegisSub

http://www.aegisub.org/

Create your own Font/Size/Color/Shadow/etc ... profile, use StaxRip's Hardcoded subtitle option and select the .ass or .ssa subtitles you made with AugisSub.

[tormento]

@ Stax76

DGSource() & CUVID Server were developed originally to work around a problem in MEGUI that no longer exists with the Zathor builds.

I need to revise the Quick Start guide to use DGMultiSource().

Could you please make a "DGMultiSource enabled" edition?

[dejong12]

I'm trying to convert something in 1920x1080 16:9 and I upload it to YouTube to see what the quality is, but it's got very tiny letterboxes above and below. If I convert the same thing with XviD4PSP, this isn't happening and the video fills the whole player. What setting is wrong?

[djbejoyous]

I'm using StaxRip 1.1.6 (Last)

When i put movie inside the program, i see output name same as in Picture.
(avı not avi)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2wm48dv.jpg

Why this is so i dont understand..Before this version i used StaxRip 1.1.3 without problem.
When i upgrade begin this error.I make download and didn touch any settings but this problem emerge..
What's that? what i need do, can someone help me ?

Sorry for my Pure English =)

Thanks !!

[dejong12]

Are you from Turkey and using a Turkish keyboard? Maybe that's the problem...

[tormento]

I'd like to know if other board members are getting my same problem.

When importing 1080p dgi files and cropping them, exiting the crop window the hard disk activity often rises to unbearable levels making staxrip seem to be frozen until some internal test is finished.

Any idea why thi behaviour sometimes happens and sometimes not? Is there a workaroud?

[Anakunda]

Staxrip->Encoder Profiles->Commandline->Codec configuration->Quality mode CHECK

then what does the value Aimed Quality (%) have ipmact to?
If passed to encoder, what macro is that, or how do I convert it to corresponding --crf, or -qscale value???

[djbejoyous]

Are you from Turkey and using a Turkish keyboard? Maybe that's the problem...

Yes I'm from Turkey but I use English keybord..
Problem is not that.I thing so.

[Betsy25]

Yes I'm from Turkey but I use English keybord..
Problem is not that.I thing so.

I think the program has problems with the Turkish "locale" set.
Under "region and language" try to use English locale, reboot, and see if the problem still occurs.

[Anakunda]

Feature request:

Add a 3gp container to presets

It only modifies mp4box -3gp switch and registers .3gp as known extension

[madeinlisboa]

Sugestion: "zoom image" or "scroll image" in crop window. otherwise is impossible to adjust right and bottom margins of very high resolutions sources

[KERNEL32]

Hello stax76

problem version 1.1.5.3 :

MPG : audio mp2 => preview external (mpc-hc + ffdshow codec externe) sound on output MKV

TS : audio ac3 => preview external (mpc-hc + ffdshow codec externe) not sound :( output MKV

help me

[rafiric]

hello

first thanks to stax for staxrip, i use this soft since dvx 4.0.3 and it is m y favorite (and unique) encoder gui :)

i have a problem with new versions (since 1.1.3 i think)

i'm encoding video capture card films with a custom par of 48/45 and i want to disable this line staxrip add in the .avs

Width % 8 != 0 || Height % 8 != 0 ? Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8) : last

i'm not found how to do this in options, it is possible ?

i resolved the problem with an addborders in the .avs


thanks a lot

it is possible to add an 'estimate size' option for quality mode encoding ? (a selectrangeevery like estimate quality for 2 pass)

ps : sorry for my bad english

bye bye

[alexcel]

Hi

I've run into an error selecting video stream

My bluray rip has 2 video streams, one is the default 1080p and there is a second & hidden video stream at 480p

I have selected the video stream at staxrip, but i have found that the selected stream is the 480p, not the 1080p. At staxrip I have not had the choice to select the correct stream, it only shows me one video stream, and the program has selected the wrong one

A fix would be great. Thx.

[lucamark]

@rafiric:

Click on Filters-->Profiles and modify your "Source" param deleting unwanted lines..

With 1 pass qm you cannot predict the final output size, just do it with 2pass..

hth..

[stax76]

@alexcel

What title and region was that?

[Zorrander]

I'm running into a weird issue when using Staxrip to convert a VOB file(s) to .mkv using x264 encoder. What happens is the resulting .mkv file will play sound fine, but the video hangs, jumps backward and forward, then will just go black. If I encode this in Ripbot the files work fine. The only thing I can come up with is whatever Staxrip is using to decode the VOB file is the cause. I've been trying to find some way to force Staxrip to use Libavcodec instead of whatever it is using, but have had no luck.

[Zorrander]

Update to above: I downloaded a newer version of FFMPEG and replaced the Stax version and this seems to have resolved the problem.

[Mixer73]

I have a couple of questions.

1. If I'm encoding a 720p50 source I would like to resize and change it to a 25p output, but I can't see an easy way to do this in StaxRip, what am I missing ;)

2. Is there a chance of better integration with DGNVTools, ie use of deinterlacer, scaling etc within NVTools rather than just using it as a source at present?

[Ctrl+Z]

I am having trouble understanding how anamorphic works within the context of StaxRip. It made sense to me when I was using Handbrake, because you just chose an anamorphic mode. And from what I understand that made the difference between whether your image would be stretched out when played. It would tell you the dimensions of the stored image and the dimensions of the image to be displayed.

I switched to StaxRip to take advantage of more of the advanced features of x264. And I can see from all of the tutorials on StaxRip that it used to have an 'anamorphic' tick box. But in the latest version the anamorphic option is gone and it just has DAR and PAR which I can set. I have no idea whether it is using anamorphic or not.

I would like to use anamorphic because I am aiming for a very small file size rather than a high quality image. My original video is a VOB ripped from one of my DVDs and StaxRip says it is 720x576. I have cropped the letterbox off the top and bottom making the size 720x424. My final aim is that I would have a video 320 high, which would stretch out to the correct aspect ratio - whatever that might be.

Can someone take me through how this is done in StaxRip, or help me understand how all of this should work?

Thanks

[stax76]

Ctrl+Z: Just leave resize unchecked.

[Ctrl+Z]

But I don't want the screen size in 720x420. That won't even play on my ipod. How do I make it whateverX320 with anamorphic enabled so that it is stretching at playtime, but not storing the full wide image?

[stax76]

Then it's not anamorphic.

[Ctrl+Z]

On the program handbrake there is an "anamorphic" function where you can reduce the size of the stored image and it will stretch out at play time to the equivalent correct aspect ratio.

So I guess you are saying there is no way to do that on StaxRip. I was lead to believe that the process of changing an anamorphic clip to non anamorphic essentially added more pixels of data thus increasing the data head before I have even started compressing - not helpful. But like I said the image must be reduced in screen size.

[MoboTech]

staxrip or any one...

where's the option to change the fps to 29.97 using x264 with .mkv?

[Toysrme]

Sure would be great if it included TempGaussMC as a choice too :)

[VincAlastor]

is it possible to use dgmultisource in staxrip without help from stax76? and is there a way to use x64 tools for x264 encoding in staxrip without help from stax76? i'm sorry, i don't get it running.

[yetanotherid]

I would like to use anamorphic because I am aiming for a very small file size rather than a high quality image. My original video is a VOB ripped from one of my DVDs and StaxRip says it is 720x576. I have cropped the letterbox off the top and bottom making the size 720x424. My final aim is that I would have a video 320 high, which would stretch out to the correct aspect ratio - whatever that might be.
Thanks

A rough description of what you're referring to....
A wide screen DVD uses non-square pixels. The image is stretched out when played back. So a 720x576 DVD (after cropping) might be equivalent to a 1280x540 image made of square pixels (I just invented the numbers for the purpose of the explanation). You can see this by opening a DVD using a software player, then opening a standard 720 pixel AVI. Even though they're both 720 pixels wide, the DVD image will (or should) be wider.

It's standard practice, when converting a DVD to something like XviD, to convert the DVD to 720 square pixels rather than the 1280 (invented number again) square pixels required to match the original image size, so rather than adding more pixels to the image you're trying to compress, the process is reducing the resolution of the video. This is the same thing which happens when you watch the DVD on a standard resolution TV. The DVD player reduces the image size. Instead of stretching it back out, it squishes the height to keep the aspect ratio correct.

The idea behind anamorphic encoding is to retain the original image size without adding any more pixels etc, but as soon as you start resizing the image any benefit of anamorphic encoding is probably lost. You can reduce the image size and still use anamorphic encoding but there's probably no point, and I have no idea if the iPod supports anything other than square pixels (I've never owned one). That's probably your most important consideration.

If the main object of the exercise is to keep the file size down, just encode using the maximum resolution and/or bitrate the iPod will support, and if the file sizes are still too big, reduce the quality (resolution and/or bitrate) as necessary. Anamorphic encoding at that stage wouldn't really be of any more benefit to you than simply reducing the resolution a little while using square pixels.

Does the iPod support specific h.264 profiles? If so you probably need to make sure you're encoding using the correct profile and resolution rather than worrying about anamorphic encoding.

I can't give specific StaxRip encoding advice as I haven't used it much, but hopefully that info helped you a little.

[yetanotherid]

I have cropped the letterbox off the top and bottom making the size 720x424. My final aim is that I would have a video 320 high, which would stretch out to the correct aspect ratio - whatever that might be.
Thanks

I'd be checking on the actual resolution of your iPod's display, and keep your encoding to no more than that width, if file size is the main concern. I'd probably also go about it the other way around. Rather than start with a height in mind, I'd work out the display's maximum width and keep the video's width to that size. The height should take care of itself.

[Betsy25]

I would really like to know if it's possible for Stax,
if he follows the dev of x264, to only take care of that compartment while he's taking of, and only release a new version,
which contains newer x264 and little alterations StaxRip need to keep compliant with it.

[stax76]

@Betsy25

It's currently in alpha state due to work on high DPI awareness so making a release is problematic atm. but I'm working on it.

[Betsy25]

@Betsy25

It's currently in alpha state due to work on high DPI awareness so making a release is problematic atm. but I'm working on it.

Ah, I understand. Thanks Stax !:)

[Batchman]

i use staxrip to encode batches and 1 stupid faad2 crash stops whole batch, pretty annoying as i run it when iam at work or so

so remove faad2 or hadle its crash so next job can continue pls

ps: i know its stream fault, but faad2 is just not prepared for it and because of that its not suitable for batch processing

edit: only way i can achieve sync audio+video is to use dss2 without extracting video source (therefore i had to make my own build of staxrip where batch dont extract video track), pretty much every other way ends up with sync issues

[Anakunda]

edit: only way i can achieve sync audio+video is to use dss2 without extracting video source (therefore i had to make my own build of staxrip where batch dont extract video track), pretty much every other way ends up with sync issues


Anyway I'd like to know why Staxrip struggles with a/v sync so badly. Until now I had made over 50 rips from various sources, mostly DVD and DVB streams, and every one having different audio skew, except several cases not too big but noticeable. Is that happening in demux, audio cutting, or encoding phase?
Still no solution for this. Shame sync issue really suxxx on otherwise very precious tool.

[Mixer73]

Anyway I'd like to know why Staxrip struggles with a/v sync so badly. Until now I had made over 50 rips from various sources, mostly DVD and DVB streams, and every one having different audio skew, except several cases not too big but noticeable. Is that happening in demux, audio cutting, or encoding phase?

If you're talking DVB rips all of your sync issues come from the source, not demux, audio cutting or encoding. You need to process the source with something like VideoReDo.

Basically in transmission you can lose video or audio frames due to missing data or corruption.

[Anakunda]

If you're talking DVB rips all of your sync issues come from the source, not demux, audio cutting or encoding. You need to process the source with something like VideoReDo.

Basically in transmission you can lose video or audio frames due to missing data or corruption.

Actually I already have fixed the heavy sync issues on DVB by a 3rd party software, unfortunatelly DVD sources deal with sync issues too, although not so tragic as raw DVB. It varies from - to +200ms on most of cases and it's very well noticeable on slow motion playback.

[stax76]

You can try to enable ProjectX in the settings, it's very good for MPEG-2 DVB sources.

[snippits]

Hello,

My first post. Been reading the doom9 forums for years!

Just wanted to thank stax76 for the StaxRip GUI. I love it!

StaxRip is very user friendly, and I hope it stays that way.

Thank you stax76 and also I want to thank the developers of the software that is included with StaxRip.

All of your guys work is very much appreciated.

[Toysrme]

I <3 staxrip but Im having a major problem with all of my encodings as of late. Video is sped up 50-100% on every output video & I have no idea why. I tried deleting staxrip + user/program data & templates. Reinstalling with the latest 1.1.6.7, but the same thing happens.
Doesn't matter what the input & output codecs are. Im stumped.

[flebber]

I <3 staxrip but Im having a major problem with all of my encodings as of late. Video is sped up 50-100% on every output video & I have no idea why. I tried deleting staxrip + user/program data & templates. Reinstalling with the latest 1.1.6.7, but the same thing happens.
Doesn't matter what the input & output codecs are. Im stumped.

Does it occur in other programs? Have you just installed extra avisynth plugins or dll's?

[PopovN]

1) Can you add option "use directShowSource for CROP|PREVIEW" ? [DONE] (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1411995&postcount=3646)
2) Dont launch ffmsindex.exe if FFmpegSource2 used ? [DONE] (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1411995&postcount=3646)
3) Also i'll be glad to see "copy audio and subtitles" button - for muxing them from source on final stage - without demuxing anything during prepearing. [DONE] (http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1411995&postcount=3646)

Explanation:
I make only mkv files and wanna waste minimum time for prepare source - as all stages will be working after starting a job.

Bug:
Options->Subtitles->"Demux and include subtittles" is checked
Options->Advanced->Audio->"force demux using directshow" is checked
Audio = Just Mux
Container = mkv

But in target file - subtitles are absent.

[Batchman]

i can do "just mux" for video and audio and still subtitles from source missing, in some cases

EDIT: add Undetermined to sub languages :)

[PopovN]

i can do "just mux"

"Just mux" works not good - it s needed demux before preparing project or muxing wav into target.

i make two commands in MKV-container properties under "command line button" :

Copy Subtittles = --subtitle-tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 -A -D -T -M -B "%source_file%"
Copy Audio = --audio-tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 -S -D -T -M -B "%source_file%"
But i steel finking what this feature mast be in program window - not in container

Also now i make preview and crop on directshow filter bat encode from frame-accurate ffms2-filter - and demuxing nothing before encoding (uncheck "demux" in "tools"->"setting"->"demuxing")
For that you need in "tools"-> "even commands" make command "execute windows script" witch will start before encoding project

f = "%working_dir%%target_name%.avs"

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(f, 1)

s = objFile.ReadAll
objFile.Close
s1 = Replace(s, "DirectShowSource", "FFVideoSource")
s2 = Replace(s1, ", audio=false", "")
s3 = "LoadPlugin("+Chr(34)+"%application:ffms2%"+Chr(34)+") " + s2

Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFileName, 2)
objFile.WriteLine s3
objFile.Close

It will replace filters correctly only if your directoshowsource looks like
DirectShowSource("%source_file%", audio=false)
... if not - its very easy to add more strings like "s2 = Replace(s1,"

This feature was tested only on mkv|h264 source - you must test it before use in your "environment" (Dshow decoder, avisynth filters, several sources )

For ffms2 not needed ffmsindex.exe - filter will make index on first launch by himself. But you can launch it automatically in background in "tools"-> "even commands" after source load.

[PopovN]

Stax, make, please, separate comands|buttons for demux only audio, video or subtitles - now its only button and for all.
For example i need to demux only subtitles in background on source load.

[stax76]

I appreciate detailed feedback but at the moment I don't have time to look at it, I hope I can do something for you later.

Right now I'm adding a new feature displaying media info for all files in a folder using a table (ListView with detail view), I need this for myself but maybe somebody else will find it useful too.

[Mr. Monte]

Does staxrip have the option under audio to boost AAC volume levels when encoding?
I did not see it

THanks

[stax76]

@snippits

Thanks for the appreciation.

EDIT: add Undetermined to sub languages

Which dialog do you mean? It's in the mkv muxing dialog and the options dialog will be 100% TreeView with filter feature to quickly find options, the subtitle languages in this dialog will be defined with text as two letter codes.

@PopovN

I've been working on your requests a bit, what is your source and target format? Changes I've done so far is launching ffmsindex.exe only if the source script starts with FFVideoSource so you could use the C conditional operator and the processing macro in your source filter:

%processing% ? aaa() : bbb()

The processing macro returns false while preparation and true while encoding so you can use different code while preparing and encoding. Do you know what the C conditional operator is? I've also added a new command 'Perform | Set Filter' to modify a existing filter of given category, that is a alternative, also easy solution for your problem. I don't understand however why not use DirectShowSource while processing, frame accuracy should only matter if you are cutting.

I guess your source is mkv, right know it asks to demux video and demuxes everything else automatically, I could add a dialog with checkboxes for video, audio, subtitles and attachments giving a little more control. Ideally there should be a TreeView with checkboxes for each stream but this probably would be ten times more work. Not sure what else you are gonna need for your minimum preparation work-flow since I don't know your exact source and target formats and I've not yet tried something similar but I think it's very interesting.

[Batchman]

i am thinking that option in template to auto select subtitles based on language, should only work when source has more than one

[stax76]

You can try following alpha build:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.6.1_unstable_alpha_2010-06-27.7z

1.1.6.1 (unstable alpha 2010-06-27)


Fixed aborting audio processing not working
Added high DPI awereness, this involved a huge part of the GUI to be modiefied, it's a work in progress and wasn't yet fully tested at standard 96 DPI, until it's fully tested StaxRip remain in unstable alpha state
Added option to disable demuxing (Options > Advanced > Misc > Demux...)
Added chapter extraction from mkv as xml and detect xml chapters
Added feature showing MediaInfo of all files in a folder (Tools > Advanced > Show MediaInfo...)
Added new command 'Perform | Set Filter' to replace a existing filter of same category
Added filter feature to options dialog to quickly find options, moved all options to tree view
Updated MediaInfo to version 0.7.33.0
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 4.0.0
Updated x264 to revision 1659, changes since 1542 were not addressed, feedback is welcome

[PopovN]

%processing% ? aaa() : bbb()

Thanks for that - its more simply than my script - ill try on next transcoding.


I don't understand however why not use DirectShowSource while processing, frame accuracy should only matter if you are cutting.

My encodings from directshowsource - somtimes was not good (i dont know why, and what), but from ffms2 - allways perfect. And now in staxrip i found what was looking for - transcode without demux before preparing + good crop|preview.


I guess your source is mkv, ... I could add a dialog with checkboxes for video, audio, subtitles and attachments giving a little more control. Ideally....
my usual source mkv|mp4|avi traget - mkv
now for me idealy button "tools"->"advanced"->"demuxing"->"all subs"
and comand "Perform|demux subtitles" wich will help to do such menu item
when i will change codepage of subtitles from UTF to cp1251 and put near target - through staxrips "Perform|commandline"

[PopovN]

I dont use DGindex - but staxrip tell me about it when i load source with russian letters in path - can you let use such source if all components can work with it? Also in target ... may be it will check-box in "options"->"advanced" with "not let international symbols" by default, and "gray" if dgindex is used?

I try to make work with trancoding more automatically through "event commands" and this list is very uncomfortable for store many commands.
For beginning:
make button "enable|disable" on list-item with icon - now you cant understand witch command will launch - witch not
Put list item in chronological order - if them works on one event it will help, and if command must start on source load it must be on the top but command for encoding - on bottom
If commands criterias cant let it start in this job - it must be "gray"

[stax76]

Unicode is problematic, it's not only DG stuff but also AviSynth has Unicode issues and that is always used. I take a look at it. Regarding event command please try to describe a little bit better. I might be able to add new features so you won't have to use event commands.

[PopovN]

Unicode is problematic,... AviSynth ...I take a look at it.i can test experimental build if you will compile it
Regarding event command please try to describe a little bit better. I might be able to add new features so you won't have to use event commands.
OK ) but "event commands" its so cute.

[stax76]

I can't do anything about Unicode other than better warn messages, the AviSynth team is aware of the problems, I don't know if they were able to make any progress meanwhile, you can read about it here:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1374635#post1374635

Edit:

I improved the warning a bit:

Filenames with international (unicode) characters are not supported by AviSynth and several other applications, sorry.

[PopovN]

About crop:
"Perform | Smart Crop" does not work if "crop" filter is not checked - i think what it must to enable this filter.
Also if "Options"->advanced->image->crop->"auto-crop borders until proper AR is found" is checked & crop filter is checked & resize filter is checked, and i change height of target - smartcrop does not launch. I think what it must work on any target height|width changes
Please put "No crop" into "Perform| No crop", now only 1 posibility to change %crop_left%, etc : "options"-> advanced->image->crop-> values - so long....
Not worked - sorry for time - ill describe it later more well-reasoned
not crop .. but near: if i press "up" button(on keyboard cursor keys) on height of target it decrease - will be logical if it will increase on up and decrease on down (will be more comfortable if smartcrop will work on such changes )

[PopovN]

I can't do anything about Unicode ... sorry.
Stop - you can to rename files in working dir INSIDE staxrip for other programs and check on international symbols only path of working dir. But in interface use native names for user. And you dont need rename target after muxing - mkvmerge fully support unicode as mp4box i think.

about it here
and them talk about non NATIVE language as i understand - avisynth perfectly working for me with russian names of avs-files, russian paths of sources in that files(I TESTED IT NOW AGAIN). And i dont remember when i worked with non-english or non-russian source. I think my suggestion of checkbox(with any warning about non english and non-native names of source on it{ and in "advanced" part of options}) can work.
Also you can catch error of avisynth on source load and if it like "Import: Couldn't open "......avs"" - write about non-native symbols (if they exist) and suggest to rename source directly in staxrip interface -> during renaming make "insert" cursor.

[Batchman]

theres bug in "remove in preceding passes:" it corrupts command line by removing value of switch which is before removed one

after taking closer look at source i changed this

Dim switches = Params.TurboRemove.Value.SplitNoEmpty(" ")

For Each i In switches
'Dim re As New Regex(" *" + i + ".*?(?= --)| *" + i + ".*")

If re.IsMatch(ret) Then
ret = re.Replace(ret, "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
End If

to Dim switches = Params.TurboRemove.Value.SplitNoEmpty("--")

For Each i In switches
Dim re As New Regex("--" + i)

If re.IsMatch(ret) Then
ret = re.Replace(ret, "", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
End If

to fix it, problem was that separating values from switches and than using them as "i" could remove values from switches u dont want to remove
guess will work only with exact switches, some changes to reg. expression would be way better, but i dont need it :)

[romit]

When I use 'save as' or 'save', the project file saves without an extension or the default extension *.rip.

On using Project>Open, the file doesn't show up.

Is there a way to associate the staxrip project files with the application like one in the old version.

[PopovN]

associate the staxrip project files
winXP:
open "my computer"
in menu (usual on top of the window) click "service"->"properties"->"file types"
make extention "rip"
then find it in list and push "change" -> click to staxrip.exe

[Betsy25]

Stop - you can to rename files in working dir INSIDE staxrip for other programs and check on international symbols only path of working dir. But in interface use native names for user. And you dont need rename target after muxing - mkvmerge fully support unicode as mp4box i think.


If StaxRip has to do these kind of things for the lack of 3rd party apps not working as they should, it will become one giant spaghetti mess, I hope Staxrip's code remains fairly clear, making it possible to keep StaxRip as great and as bugfree as it currently is. It's up to those authors whose programs are buggy to fix their owns , you cannot expect a frontend to start fixing all bugs for the 3rd party components it uses.

[PopovN]

spaghetti mess
as i understand avisynth 2.xx never will be able to read unicode-named-on-foreign-language files.
And this bug can be disabled by staxrip.
And it will be a gift for non-english users.
I am, for example, before every transcode make english-named ntfs-link for russain-named file then transcode it then rename target name to russian then delete link... and so about 6 years.. every time... on my place will you have a hope what program will do it for you ?

[Batchman]

would be nice if source attachments were muxed in output

[romit]

winXP:
open "my computer"
in menu (usual on top of the window) click "service"->"properties"->"file types"
make extention "rip"
then find it in list and push "change" -> click to staxrip.exe

:thanks:


I've already defined *.rip through registry:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\StaxRip.rip]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\StaxRip.rip\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\StaxRip.rip\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\StaxRip.rip\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\StaxRip\\StaxRip.exe\" \"%1\" %*"

The problem I'm facing is a little bit different. See staxrip 1.1.6 should be saving its poject file in the format 'filename.rip' but its saving as just 'filename' without the extension '.rip'. Everytime i've to rename 'filename' to 'fileame.rip' for staxrip to recognize it as a valid project file & then load. Any fix for this?

Thanks.

[olapanekala]

Shutdown command when finished is not working in windows 7 64 bit.

Thanks for excellent software

[Batchman]

StaxRip is pretty much best GUI and big tnx to stax

but if i can sum problems i have with it:
1. faad2 (crashing is not an option when u use batches)
2. need to use dss2 with non extracted video track to achieve sync in output for pretty much all avc sources
3. batch extracting video track automatically, therefor problem 2
4. subtitles arent muxed if their language is not specified in template
5. old x264 setting form even in new aplha version, but u can use custom command line (tnx)
6. u cant remove custom switches from previous passes without corrupting whole cml
7. attachments from source missing (annoying since i have to mux all fonts, etc. manually after)

god bless os, since i could fix all of them by editing code, still would be nice to see them in next version, btw i LOVE new look of 1.1.6.1 :D

[Fidelix]

StaxRip is pretty much best GUI and big tnx to stax

but if i can sum problems i have with it:
1. faad2 (crashing is not an option when u use batches)
2. need to use dss2 with non extracted video track to achieve sync in output for pretty much all avc sources
3. batch extracting video track automatically, therefor problem 2
4. subtitles arent muxed if their language is not specified in template
5. old x264 setting form even in new aplha version, but u can use custom command line (tnx)
6. u cant remove custom switches from previous passes without corrupting whole cml
7. attachments from source missing (annoying since i have to mux all fonts, etc. manually after)

god bless os, since i could fix 1,2,3,4,6 by editing code, still would be nice to see them in next version, btw i LOVE new look of 1.1.6.1 :D

Could you tell me how u fixed 1,2,3 and 4?
I am having those same problems.

[Batchman]

Could you tell me how u fixed 1,2,3 and 4?
I am having those same problems.
1. u need edit source because different command line (i use necoaacdec)
2. u just need haali media splitter installed and edit filter profiles, i use DirectShowSource2 = LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\Haali\MatroskaSplitter\avss.dll")dss2("%source_file%", fps=%source_framerate%)%newline%ConvertToYV12()
3. only by editing source
4. edit source, or add languages in options->subtitles (dont forget undetermined)

[stax76]

1. faad2 (crashing is not an option when u use batches)

Please upload a sample clip and PM the link.

2. need to use dss2 with non extracted video track to achieve sync in output for pretty much all avc sources

Again sample please.

3. batch extracting video track automatically, therefor problem 2

It only demuxes when the source filter does not contain 'directshowsource', I could change this using a StartsWith check instead of a Contains check.

4. subtitles arent muxed if their language is not specified in template

More details please.

5. old x264 setting form even in new aplha version, but u can use custom command line (tnx)

Which settings are missing.

6. u cant remove custom switches from previous passes without corrupting whole cml

This is somehow a legacy feature since x264 has now built in fast first pass, this used to work however, please tell me exactly how to reproduce the problem.

7. attachments from source missing (annoying since i have to mux all fonts, etc. manually after)

Again sample please.

The problem I'm facing is a little bit different. See staxrip 1.1.6 should be saving its poject file in the format 'filename.rip' but its saving as just 'filename' without the extension '.rip'. Everytime i've to rename 'filename' to 'fileame.rip' for staxrip to recognize it as a valid project file & then load. Any fix for this?

Should work in the next build.

Shutdown command when finished is not working in windows 7 64 bit.

I'll investigate it.

@PopovN & Betsy25 regarding Unicode

I think it would be problematic to workaround it, there are many different locations with complicated code, I still might try it when I have more time.

avisynth perfectly working for me with russian names of avs-files, russian paths of sources in that files(I TESTED IT NOW AGAIN).

Try 'Hoří, má panenko' and post a name that works with AviSynth but not StaxRip.

"Perform | Smart Crop" does not work if "crop" filter is not checked - i think what it must to enable this filter.

I think this behavior is good.

Also if "Options"->advanced->image->crop->"auto-crop borders until proper AR is found" is checked & crop filter is checked & resize filter is checked, and i change height of target - smartcrop does not launch. I think what it must work on any target height|width changes

Again I think it's good to only launch it on start, update this on every change might be problematic.

Please put "No crop" into "Perform| No crop", now only 1 posibility to change %crop_left%, etc : "options"-> advanced->image->crop-> values - so long....

I think you could use 'Perform | Set Filter' to disable the crop filter.

not crop .. but near: if i press "up" button(on keyboard cursor keys) on height of target it decrease

I've flipped it now.

[Fidelix]

Hello stax76.

The only problem that is keeping me from using StaxRip now is this:

In my template i have TARGET VIDEO BITRATE to 400.
But when the encoding starts, and x264 is called, it uses a COMPLETELY different bitrate.
It seems its basing on the target file size and not on the bitrate i have set.

I tried creating event commands, but it does not work.
I tried using custom cmds for x264, but it also does not work.

I'm not sure what to do. Could you please give me some advice?

[PopovN]

Try 'Hoří, má panenko' and post a name that works with AviSynth but not StaxRip.
ITS NOT RUSSIAN!
These symbols are foreign for me - it will not work.
Avisynth good work with russian for russian OS and bulgarian for bulgarian OS but with bulgarian for russian OS it will not work. (also it cant work with bulgarian and russian in english os)
I ask only for native file names - because 99% of people worked only with them and english-named files.
How to test - i wrote - error of avisynth will tell you what warning about diskspace or name of the file|path needed.
How to wrap this situation - also wrote - rename or make soft-link(if on ntfs partition) to file|dir.
But in the first place - only checkbox needed => if it will have good feedback from non-english users => may be later you will make rename etc for another 1% (this solution only for non-english users and GIFT for them - english users always were able to use native-named files he-he ))))

Also if "Options"->advanced->image->crop->"auto-crop borders until proper AR is found" is checked & crop filter is checked & resize filter is checked, and i change height of target - smartcrop does not launch. I think what it must work on any target height|width changes

Again I think it's good to only launch it on start, update this on every change might be problematic.

If i use this checkbox - i wait what for any resolution of target, which i type - i'll get right solution. If not - for what it? - its doing nothing - for most cases you dont know height of target and will change it and result of this checkbox (like it work now) will only useles overcrop for few pixels
Not problematic - i manualy make it now by hotkey.
Only 2 another problems:
after any resolution of target change - avisynth launched - a think it must launch after leaving edit-box of wedth|heigh. For solution may be give possibility to put error <"1" into "options"-"advanced"->"image"-> "maximum aR error" => as when resolution produce error more then this option - avisynth dont started.

smartcrop always use exists arguments of crop-filter and after several uses it may make strange overcrops - i think " START arguments" for smartcrop must be (0,0,0,0) if crop was not used, or results from autocrop, or results from last crop-dialog but not result of last smartcrop on another resolution. I think you may not understand (thanks to my pidging-english) but you welcome if you have a questions - because fast preparing of transcoding for small devices(with small resolution) is very depend from this.


Please put "No crop" ...

.. 'Perform | Set Filter' to disable the crop filter.
Ok ill try later (in last build from sourceforge i havnt it)
But if i change resolution - ill must to press 1st hotkey for "nocrop" then 2nd hotkey for smarcrop - in previous question i ask to make this proces automatic, but may be i can do it by myself without programming on your side? Or may be any possibilities to make one hotkey for nocrop+smartcrop chain launch?

=========================================

Another big problem of smartcrop what it save result in "crop" filter. But smartcrop needed only when source resized - so result of smartcrop must be put into "resize" filter.
as described in http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Resize
It more advanced:
Faster if used only resize instead of crop and then resize.
Its not depend from "output mode" - not only even arguments may be used - I WANT to crop my source by 1 pixel from left, or by 1 - both opposites sides.
more accurate AR with little error will be used on same target resolution
accurate edge rendering when excising a part of a complete image


I suggest use "crop" only when resize dont needed. If resize enabled = use crop-ability inside resize filter, as more advanced.
If resize enabled - in crop-dialog use 1 pixel as minimal argument for increasing|decreasing(now its only 2).
Also for keeping interface we may use 1 resize filter as croping filter and 2nd as resize and before encoding make from them 1 filter.

[stax76]

@Fidelix

I guess you are using batch mode, your problem and solution can be found in the FAQ:

http://staxrip.wikispaces.com/FAQ#Can%20I%20encode%20using%20a%20fixed%20bitrate%20in%20batch%20mode%3F

With event commands did you use the event 'After source loaded' and the command 'Parameter | Target Video Bitrate', I think that would also work.


@PopovN

Can you use the following as script name: Решения для предприятий.avs

This is Russian (copied from google.ru) as you can see and AviSynth generates a error on a German system, I guess because it's Unicode.

Regarding crop it's tricky and your English makes it even more difficult for me, maybe you can try to explain the most important issues a little better.

[Batchman]

Hello stax76.

The only problem that is keeping me from using StaxRip now is this:

In my template i have TARGET VIDEO BITRATE to 400.
But when the encoding starts, and x264 is called, it uses a COMPLETELY different bitrate.
It seems its basing on the target file size and not on the bitrate i have set.

I tried creating event commands, but it does not work.
I tried using custom cmds for x264, but it also does not work.

I'm not sure what to do. Could you please give me some advice?
just use --bitrate switch in "custom switches" as "--bitrate 500 --bitrate 600" = "--bitrate 600", later one will be always used :)

[PopovN]

Can you use the following as script name: Решения для предприятий.avs

Its absolutly working and as name of avs-file and as name of file in "DirectShowSource"

German system i think you can test all by yourself - by letters with "umlyauts"


Regarding crop it's tricky and your English makes it even more difficult for me, maybe you can try to explain the most important issues a little better.

Can you quote all what i bad explained in previous message?

[Fidelix]

stax76. sorry for wasting your time. I did not know there was a FAQ.

I'm really sorry, i hate asking something that was already answered.

I thank you. I THANK YOU.
The same for Batchman!

[PopovN]

I make "Perform | Execute Command Line" for update x264
"%application_dir:x264%..\wget\bin\wget.exe" -N -P "%application_dir:x264%" http://x264.nl/x264/x264.exe
"wait for exit" not checked
"show process windows" not checked

But when its started - window is apearing. How to make window-less start of wget ?
Wget (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget) is command-line program for download anything.

And sorry , what asking twice -will you code "demux of all subtitles before encode start" (i dont need "after source loaded")?

[PopovN]

Updated x264 to revision 1659, changes since 1542 were not addressed
[/LIST]

compare x264.exe --fullhelp between versions:
presets were changed.
"Jason Garrett-Glaser" <darkshikari@gmail.com>
Lookaheadless MB-tree support
Uses past motion information instead of future data from the lookahead.
Not as accurate, but better than nothing in zero-latency compression when a lookahead isn't available.
Currently resets on keyframes, so only available if intra-refresh is set, to avoid pops on non-scenecut keyframes.
Not on by default with any preset/tune combination; must be enabled explicitly if --tune zerolatency is used.

Also slightly modify encoding presets: disable rc-lookahead in the fastest presets.
Enable MB-tree in "veryfast", albeit with a very short lookahead.

you may use x264.exe --fullhelp > help.txt to make files for comparison and use any program to see highlighted changes (for example "total commander"{file>compare by content} )

It may be used as idea for next step after update from previous my message - show window with changes... (if ill found command-line (http://winmerge.org/docs/manual/Version_control.html#d0e9121) program to do so..)

[Batchman]

custom default paths are not working? iam trying change target name and directory for batch without any success

want all output files in separate dir without _new and cant get it done :(

default target directory and name not working at all
temp file directory: i put %source_dir%%source_name% temp files X and outcome was %source_dir%\002 temp files X\002 temp files\002 temp files (002 was %source_name%)

something smelly in these paths :D

[PopovN]

http://winmerge.org/about/screenshots/filecmp_small.png
I make x264-update script.
Update work automatically if not changes in CLI of codec.
If them exist - script ask you, what to do and show highlighted changes during last update.
If you dont know, may you use x264 with shown changes, in exist build of staxrip - simply close window and click "no" in next popup for disable update.
You will never miss any important update.

You need Wget (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget) for download and WinMenrge (http://winmerge.org/downloads/)for view changes, them must be installed in your staxrip\applications dir.
%application_dir:x264%..\wget\bin\wget.exe
%application_dir:x264%..\Winmerge\WinmergeU.exe

Then in "tools"-"edit menu" make item with command "Perform | Execute Windows Script"
choose "VBScript" and add script:

Dim o, HelpNow,HelpNew
Set o = createobject("WScript.Shell")
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c %application_dir:x264%..\wget\bin\wget.exe -N -P %application_dir:x264%new\ http://x264.nl/x264/x264.exe",0,true
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c %application:x264% --fullhelp > %application_dir:x264%help.now",0,true
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c %application_dir:x264%new\x264.exe --fullhelp > %application_dir:x264%help.new",0,true

Set HelpNow = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile("%application_dir:x264%help.now", 1)
Set HelpNew = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile("%application_dir:x264%help.new", 1)

IF (HelpNow.ReadLine <> HelpNew.ReadLine) then
str1=str
Do While (HelpNow.AtEndOfStream <> True) and (str1=str) and (HelpNew.AtEndOfStream <> True)
str = HelpNow.ReadLine
str=replace(str," ","")
str=replace(str,"-","")
str=replace(str,".","")
str=replace(str,":","")
str=replace(str,",","")
str=replace(str," ","")
str1 = HelpNew.ReadLine
str1=replace(str1," ","")
str1=replace(str1,"-","")
str1=replace(str1,".","")
str1=replace(str1,":","")
str1=replace(str1,",","")
str1=replace(str1," ","")
Loop

If (HelpNew.AtEndOfStream <> True) or (str1<>str) or (HelpNow.AtEndOfStream <> True) then
o.run "%application_dir:x264%..\Winmerge\WinmergeU.exe %application_dir:x264%help.now %application_dir:x264%help.new",3,true
if msgbox (" Update?",4+32,"Staxrip update: x264") = vbYes then
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c COPY /V /Y %application:x264% %application:x264%.old",0,true
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c COPY /V /Y %application_dir:x264%new\x264.exe %application:x264%",0,true
end if
Else
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c COPY /V /Y %application:x264% %application:x264%.old",0,true
o.run "%COMSPEC% /c COPY /V /Y %application_dir:x264%new\x264.exe %application:x264%",0,true
End If

END IF

HelpNow.close
HelpNew.close

o.Popup "Done.",1,"Staxrip update: x264",64



Then find your item in program menu and click on it.

I didnt do any wrap around IO-errors - dont launch without installed wget. For first run: if nothing appearing - its good - its mean what new version is downloading - you must wait.

Downloaded version stored in "staxrip\applications\x264\new\x264.exe" (dont delete it - to avoid needless download next time)
Old version stored in "staxrip\applications\x264.exe.old"


Stax - can you you add permanent checkbox into applications\x264 "use not recommended version" ? - now after each update we must chose "continue with unknown version"

[RedDimond]

when i try to open it
the following message is appear

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/96/73239242.jpg


and from a time go. used it without any problem
but now this message appear

please help me to open it again
without set up anew windows

[outlawdogg]

Did you try to run program as administor?

[bteamfox]

Hi,

I have installed Staxrip 1.1.6 and have had amazing results converting to avi, mp4 and playing the files back on my PS3. The problem I have is if I convert using the PSP setting the file will not play on either my PSP 2000 or 3000. Can any kind sole Please help me to convert to PSP format. I have read so much and tried so hard, please, please help me!

[yanksno1]

Great program and it looks like it might be what I need to take some SD TS files to Xvid format. Main problem I'm having is cropping. I'm trying to crop a 16:9 (720x480) to 4:3 (513x384) file. I choose to resize the file, and also check Crop on the left. In the top menu, I select Crop and edit the parts where I want it cropped (by the blue bars). That looks good but doesn't appear to do anything. When I edit my file, it squishes the file down with the black bars on the sides as part of the 512x384. I obviously want a full frame 4:3 of the file. I think I'm missing something, but not sure what. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[outlawdogg]

Hi,

I have installed Staxrip 1.1.6 and have had amazing results converting to avi, mp4 and playing the files back on my PS3. The problem I have is if I convert using the PSP setting the file will not play on either my PSP 2000 or 3000. Can any kind sole Please help me to convert to PSP format. I have read so much and tried so hard, please, please help me!

I have the same problem. I have tried with psp 1000. No luck.

[Batchman]

Hi,

I have installed Staxrip 1.1.6 and have had amazing results converting to avi, mp4 and playing the files back on my PS3. The problem I have is if I convert using the PSP setting the file will not play on either my PSP 2000 or 3000. Can any kind sole Please help me to convert to PSP format. I have read so much and tried so hard, please, please help me!

320x240 (768 bitrate)
480x272 (768 bitrate)
640x480 (768 or 1024 bitrate)
720x480 (768 or 1024 bitrate)
use 1 of these resolutions with x264 psp profile, change mode from quality to bitrate, to x264 custom switches add--bitrate 768or1024 --ratetol 1.0and use aac stereo cbr 128 with mp4 container then report back :D


Great program and it looks like it might be what I need to take some SD TS files to Xvid format. Main problem I'm having is cropping. I'm trying to crop a 16:9 (720x480) to 4:3 (513x384) file. I choose to resize the file, and also check Crop on the left. In the top menu, I select Crop and edit the parts where I want it cropped (by the blue bars). That looks good but doesn't appear to do anything. When I edit my file, it squishes the file down with the black bars on the sides as part of the 512x384. I obviously want a full frame 4:3 of the file. I think I'm missing something, but not sure what. Any help would be greatly appreciated.u can see actual result of both crop and resize in preview, by edit my file u mean after encoding?

[yanksno1]

u can see actual result of both crop and resize in preview, by edit my file u mean after encoding?

Yea, the final result after the encoding finishes. I've looked at the preview as well, and it looks squished there too. So I'm not sure what I'm missing since the Crop in the main menu (with the blue bar) looks fine. I think the resizing is throwing it off but I'm not sure if I'm missing a step (which I probably am) for the Crop in the main menu to take effect. Any suggestions? Hope I'm being clear. :)

[Batchman]

source par is set to 1:1 or something else? but i guess it should work, i usually use crop then set resize, so far had no problem with it, can u put log somewhere? (pastebin.org preferably or attach it)

[stax76]

@yanksno1

You could post some screenshots.

@RedDimond

Under normal conditions this file would be accessible, you must have switched to a more restricted user account or something.

Stax - can you you add permanent checkbox into applications\x264 "use not recommended version" ?

I've removed the check now altogether because since all applications are included it don't appear very useful.

custom default paths are not working? iam trying change target name and directory for batch without any success

I've not found a problem, please post the exact feature name and entered values.

@PopovN

Regarding Unicode AviSynth does not work with it, Cyrillic ANSI yes but not Cyrillic Unicode, from where do you have file names with Unicode? I think the Cyrillic alphabet is covered by the Cyrillic Windows code page so everything you type with the keyboard should be ANSI and StaxRip should not complain. I wonder from where do got Unicode file names.

[stax76]

1.1.6.2 (beta 2010-07-08)


Fixed bug FAAD2 crashing, now using ffmpeg which has a new AAC decoder hopefully being more reliable then FAAD2
Fixed bug not detecting 1:1 source PAR of vertically cropped dgi HD files
Fixed null reference crash introduced in last alpha
Fixed bug generating/allowing target name identical to name referenced in index file
Fixed various Blu-ray related bugs
Added option to set AviSynth script as audio source file (Options > Audio > Set...)
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 4.1.1


As usual it also includes minor changes that where requested.

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.6.2_beta.7z

[Batchman]

u should probably mention that "remove from preceding passes" takes only switches without values otherwise it will corrupt command line
faad2 could be removed from applications, or its still used for something?


I've not found a problem, please post the exact feature name and entered values.
options->paths->default target directory: i could use browse to put target directory somewhere else and still, output file would be in source file directory (ofc i have saved template)

[stax76]

u should probably mention that "remove from preceding passes" takes only switches without values otherwise it will corrupt command line

I've not investigated this yet, maybe problem was you entered switches with parameters, IIRC you have to enter switches without parameter separated by space, if that don't work please tell me what exactly did you enter.

faad2 could be removed from applications, or its still used for something?

Also the code is still there, I'll remove both as soon as I know the new method works better. I've received a couple of bug reports regarding the old method but unfortunately not many samples to reproduce it.

[Batchman]

I've not investigated this yet, maybe problem was you entered switches with parameters, IIRC you have to enter switches without parameter separated by space, if that don't work please tell me what exactly did you enter.
i know that now, but took me while to grasp it, as theres no indication u cant enter switch with value, and i was copy pasting it from custom switches resulting in bad command lines, before i checked source code to realize that values are evil :D

btw gj with attachments and chapters in new version

with path problem i have, if i want output files in source_dir\output i should write to default target directory %source_dir%output ? as its not working :/

[stax76]

It only works if the directory exists ;) but I changed it now to create it if it don't exist.

[cegy]

i would like a easyer menu editor for the filters as i find it ever so hard to enable MT avisynth :/ many you should add it or even make the profile for me thats if u don't mind :/

Source = Automatic
Field = FieldDeinterlace(blend=false)
Crop = Crop Borders
Resize = Sharp

the default avi synth mt i use is
LoadPlugin("<PLUGINS_DIR>\MT.dll")
SetMtmode(2,4)

[stax76]

I could add a option like: Options > Filters > Code inserted at top of scripts

StaxRip generates different scripts for cropping, audio processing etc. so it must be ensured code inserted does not break something.

[cegy]

I could add a option like: Options > Filters > Code inserted at top of scripts

StaxRip generates different scripts for cropping, audio processing etc. so it must be ensured code inserted does not break something.

ok unless its sorted thats the main thing but would it be best to sort out a profile for me untill this is sorted so i can use the proper power of my cpu :/ :thanks:

[Anakunda]

Gives it an command line switch to start unattended all queued jobs? I do need it:cool:

[stax76]

Yes, in the main menu at Help > Command Line you find the help on the command line interface. The help is HTML, this usually means the application uses the internet explorer engine to render HTML and this engine has a Search feature you can show pressing Ctrl+F, many applications use Ctrl+F to search/find something, when you search for 'jobs' you'll quickly find:

-Perform/RunJobs

[cegy]

i would like a easyer menu editor for the filters as i find it ever so hard to enable MT avisynth :/ many you should add it or even make the profile for me thats if u don't mind :/

Source = Automatic
Field = FieldDeinterlace(blend=false)
Crop = Crop Borders
Resize = Sharp

the default avi synth mt i use is
LoadPlugin("<PLUGINS_DIR>\MT.dll")
SetMtmode(2,4)

is anyone gonna help me with making a profile as it wouldn't ask if it was so HARD!!! to do:mad:. doesn't matter if i use search or not as the matter of fact is that i would like a preset up profile for me :confused:

[meatwad]

I'm having a bit of a problem getting DG NV Tools automated. StaxRip 1.16 opens the DG NV Indexer, but it doesn't index the video. I can manually start the indexing process, but that doesn't work too well either. Right now I'm simply using the .dgi file I get from manually running the indexer with StaxRip. My OS is Windows 7 x64 and I have UAC turned off. This is a new OS and I had DG NV Tools working before with an earlier release of StaxRip. I imagine the error is on my part in my setup. I followed the instructions that MuLTiTaSK posted some time ago: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1363794&highlight=staxrip#post1363794. Anyway, if someone could give me a hand I'd appreciate it.

[stax76]

Which NV tools version do you use?

[meatwad]

The latest. Build 2019. I've also tried 2017 and 2018. Also, is this the correct argument under settings for DGNVIndex: -i %source_files_comma% -y 1 -o "%working_dir%\%source_name%.dgi" -h -a -e. It originally had something like -i %source_files_comma% -y 1 -o "%working_dir%\%source_name%.dgi" C 000 -a -e I believe and when it didn't work I changed it to -h like in the example Multitask posted many moons ago.

[Anakunda]

-Perform/RunJobs

:thanks: that does the trick. I have one more feature request. Sometimes I only need to reencode audio with different settings while video is fine but don't want to wait hours to reencode the video too. Could you enable selecting *_EncoderOutput.h264 of the same project to videou source field for just muxing without reasking the template and regenerating all working files again? Very useful feature.

[stax76]

@meatwad

The demuxing options in StaxRip have a restore feature to restore defaults, with defaults it should work. You can take a look at the command line documentation and you can try different samples to find out if all fail or only certain. In the log file you can find the command line, you can execute it and report to neuron2 if it don't work. He will ask for a sample, there is tool called DGSplit to split the first 50 or 100 MB, I've also reported a not working sample to neuron2 this week.

@Anakunda

That happens and it's not a big issue, I think that's one of the areas StaxRip does a better job then the other GUIs. You would load the project at Project > Recent and then load the 'Just Mux' video encoder profile, this profile has a option to select the video file to mux but you don't have to use that since in your case StaxRip knows which file to mux, the one that was previously encoded by StaxRip. There is a 'Just Mux' video encoder profile, a 'Just Mux' audio encoder profile, and null audio and null muxer profiles that do nothing if you don't want to process audio or if you don't want to mux. No that I think about it I think it might be useful to add a null video profile so jobs could be created that would only process audio.

[meatwad]

@meatwad

The demuxing options in StaxRip have a restore feature to restore defaults, with defaults it should work. You can take a look at the command line documentation and you can try different samples to find out if all fail or only certain. In the log file you can find the command line, you can execute it and report to neuron2 if it don't work. He will ask for a sample, there is tool called DGSplit to split the first 50 or 100 MB, I've also reported a not working sample to neuron2 this week.

I restored defaults as you suggested and it still doesn't index the file. It opens DGIndexNV and then it just sits there or it tells me the video needs cropping and after I click yes it still doesn't index. It does this with every file I try (.ts and .mkv). It will index the files fine if I manually use the indexer. I have copies of all the .dll files in both my avisynth plugins folder and my staxrip avisynth plugins folder.

More than likely I've just screwed up on my settings somewhere.

I'll keep messing with the commands, but it's not failing to index the files manually, just automatically through StaxRip. I'll bug Neuron2 if you really think it's the files that are causing it, but some of the files I'm trying are files that successfully ran through an older version of stax with dgtools many moons ago.

[yanksno1]

@ stax76: Looks like it's definitely a aspect ratio issue. What I'm trying to do is take a 480p (16x9) and cropping out the bars and resizing it down to a 4x3 aspect ratio. That's where the problem comes in. Here's a few screen shots. Sorry for the delay. The first is the profile I set up, as I want the video to be a 4x3 format and 512x384 in width and height. The 2nd and 3rd is it a preview shot of the TS file imported into the program. When I import it, normally the width and height gets re-adjusted and I have to force it back to 512x384. Which normally gives an Error (-23.58%) in 4x3. If I set it to 16x9, the Error says (1.85%) and obviously looks fine in the preview. But I'd like to set it so it's a 4x3 aspect ratio, and there's a big error in it. Any idea's what to do?

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9051/profileul.th.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/profileul.jpg/) http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3637/screen4x3.th.jpg (http://img594.imageshack.us/i/screen4x3.jpg/) http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4840/screen16x9.th.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/screen16x9.jpg/)

I'm also curious as to what's the best way to demux the audio in the program from TS (AC-3) to MP3 for Xvid use? I've tried using another program to demux the audio which works fine, but if there's a skip (for just a second) in the program it won't match up the rest of the way. Any suggestion (by anybody) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[stax76]

@yanksno1

Please upload a sample.

[EnderEOC]

Great soft thank you :)
Allowed me to finally convert mkv files that had AAC audio to mkv with AC3 audio (for my home theater that doesn't support AAC and VC-1, i can't test it now because i'm waiting for the 47" TV to be delivered ^^).
Easy to use, does what i need. Many thx :)

[yanksno1]

@yanksno1

Please upload a sample.

What type of sample? The TS file before I encode anything or the Xvid after I encode it at 4x3 or 16x9 aspect ratio? Thanks. :)

[Batchman]

guess sample that will replicate your problem :)

[yanksno1]

@stax76

PM sent w the clip of the TS file. :)

[Ryo94]

Just two request;

- Ability to save frame in bmp or png in preview windows (useful to compare the effect of filters)
- Status/progress of the encoding as tooltip when Staxrip is minimized in the tray.

Thanx in advance :)

[EnderEOC]

I had an issue while converting a VC-1 mkv to AVC mkv.
I ended up with 2 videos streams in the file (VC-1 and AVC) how can i prevent that ?

[stax76]

@EnderEOC

Please mail me the log file.

Ability to save frame in bmp or png in preview windows (useful to compare the effect of filters)

just added it

Status/progress of the encoding as tooltip when Staxrip is minimized in the tray.

Isn't there a status tooltip when you hover over the tray icon?

@yanksno1

There were 2 bugs, I'll upload a new build shortly.

[Ryo94]

just added it
THANK YOU!!!

Isn't there a status tooltip when you hover over the tray icon?
There is but does not show the status/progress, it only say "staxrip"

[stax76]

There is but does not show the status/progress, it only say "staxrip"

It should display exactly the same as the dialog and that depends what application runs.

[Batchman]

could it be possible to use compressed file names for temp dir and files? sometimes i work with very long filenames and as u can imagine path for temp file is too long, not to mention it wont go through staxrip

any reason to use source file name, for temp files naming? i mean temp dir name is enough and it only doubles path length.

There is but does not show the status/progress, it only say "staxrip"it already shows what u want :)

[Ryo94]

It should display exactly the same as the dialog and that depends what application runs.

Just reinstalled and I see it now but it show "[00:02:06:955] transcoding..." during the whole encoding process while if I maximize Staxrip VDM clearly shows the status (n pass & % of encoding)

I'm using v1.1.6

[stax76]

could it be possible to use compressed file names for temp dir and files? sometimes i work with very long filenames and as u can imagine path for temp file is too long, not to mention it wont go through staxrip

Changing those paths would also be necessary to work around the AviSynth Unicode limitation, it's rather unlikely I'll change this because it's probably very difficult.

Just reinstalled and I see it now but it show "[00:02:06:955] transcoding..." during the whole encoding process while if I maximize Staxrip VDM clearly shows the status (n pass & % of encoding)

I don't remember how the thing works but it's not hard to guess, probably it shows when the mouse hovers over the tray icon and it won't update until closing the tooltip and show it again because updating it while open would probably be more difficult and it would have little benefit.

[Pulp Catalyst]

hi, does anybody know if staxrip will support more audio tracks for x264 MKV, like Handbreak does?

186 pages of posts, just don't have the time to read that much,

search did not help,

"more audio tracks"
"only two audio tracks"
"audio tracks more"

thanks,

[Batchman]

it does support 2 audio track right? :)

[lucamark]

hi, does anybody know if staxrip will support more audio tracks for x264 MKV, like Handbreak does?

186 pages of posts, just don't have the time to read that much,

search did not help,

"more audio tracks"
"only two audio tracks"
"audio tracks more"

thanks,

Currently Staxrip supports 2 audio tracks..

[stax76]

Here is a new build that addresses some feedback and some other changes.

1.1.6.3 (beta 2010-07-13)


Added magnifier in crop dialog
Added option to insert code at top of every avs script (Options > Filters > Code inserted...)
Added option to save bitmap in preview dialog (Tools > Save Bitmap (Ctrl+S))
Added experimental DGMultiSource support
Fixed zone options in preview dialog
Fixed some GUI issues
Fixed aspect ratio detection of some rare formats
Updated eac3to to version 3.22


http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.6.3_beta.7z

[Batchman]

ability to select more jobs from joblist and having there button for disabling them would be welcome :)

[stax76]

@NV tools user

I finally found a way making DGMultiSource work, I'll upload a new build soon.

[lucamark]

@Stax Thanks for your great job!!! :thanks:

[yanksno1]

@yanksno1

There were 2 bugs, I'll upload a new build shortly.
Glad to know I wasn't screwing anything up. Will try out the new build when I get my computer back (it's in the shop right now). Thanks. :)

[Pulp Catalyst]

Lord of the rings has 5 audio tracks,

1 DTS,
2 Directors Commentary x4

total 5 audio tracks needed!

Handbreak works,

but I'm getting a very thin line across the top of the x264 encode, well nearly at the top, a few pixels down, and the line is only a few pixels thick, but definitely noticeable.

happens with KLite codec and VLC player, definitely an encode issue.

Fairuse Wizard doesn't support more than 2 audio tracks either, not sure about MeGui?

http://yfrog.com/3ocd01mkvsnapshot01243420j
http://yfrog.com/10cd02mkvsnapshot00044920j
http://a.imageshack.us/img36/23/cd02mkvsnapshot00044920.jpg (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/cd02mkvsnapshot00044920.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

if you look closely, you can see the line at the top,

[Batchman]

everything staxrip does u can do manually and its not that hard to add commentary tracks after main movie encode, all u need for that can be found in staxrip->tools :)

[Pulp Catalyst]

I use program's such as Staxrip, because it does things for me.

I do not understand the intricacies behind the GUI, nor do I have the time or inclination to learn complicated things that Staxrip does.

hopefully in time the developer will add the ability to add audio tracks to the project like handbrake does,

wouldn't be a problem if I only could work out why handbreak causes that line in the output video.

MeGUI does support Multiple Audio tracks above the standard two, however MeGUI is way to complicated for my liking, even following a guide here on Doom9 didn't help, in fact just further confirmed that MeGUI is extremely difficult to use for persons like myself.

[Guest]

MeGUI does support Multiple Audio tracks above the standard two, however MeGUI is way to complicated for my liking, even following a guide here on Doom9 didn't help, in fact just further confirmed that MeGUI is extremely difficult to use for persons like myself. Specifically what do you find "extremely difficult to use" with MEGUI? Not being contrary here; your response can be used to improve it. Probably better to respond in the MEGUI thread, however. I'm serious, if people don't describe the problems they have how can they ever be fixed?

[stax76]

I want to add more tracks but only for mkv in the muxing dialog without transcoding, that's hopefully not much work. Also I want to improve support for carrying things out manually like MeGUI.

[olapanekala]

Thnx stax76 for excellent job

maybe you can add a trim menu (multiple trim to remove ads from .ts files)

[Batchman]

maybe you can add a trim menu (multiple trim to remove ads from .ts files)in preview u can cut out all ads in one go and it will generate multiple trims ;)

one thing is bothering me, u can edit cutting video manually, but not audio?

[stax76]

1.1.6.4 (beta 2010-07-15)


x264 updated to revision 1675
Added workaround to make DGMultiSource work
Added x264 switches open-gop, colorprim, transfer, colormatrix, overscan, videoformat, fullrange, pic-struct, chromaloc

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.6.4_beta.7z

I've also committed the source code.

[laserfan]

1.1.6.4 (beta 2010-07-15)


x264 updated to revision 1675
Added workaround to make DGMultiSource work
Added x264 switches open-gop, colorprim, transfer, colormatrix, overscan, videoformat, fullrange, pic-struct, chromaloc

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.6.4_beta.7z

I've also committed the source code.Link is broken? I get only a corrupt 6.8MB file from it.

[lucamark]

Link is broken? I get only a corrupt 6.8MB file from it.
is working here...

[laserfan]

is working here...Thanks--I've now tried FDM on another PC and it appears to be working. Must be some sort of Firefox problem on this computer... :(

[stax76]

I'm uploading this now also to SourceForge but with my slow connection it will take 20 minutes.

[Batchman]

are u planning something like updater for staxrip? :)

[stax76]

I don't want to spend time for a update feature sorry. I've however enough ideas for other improvements. :)

[PopovN]

@PopovN

Regarding Unicode AviSynth does not work with it, Cyrillic ANSI yes but not Cyrillic Unicode, from where do you have file names with Unicode? I think the Cyrillic alphabet is covered by the Cyrillic Windows code page so everything you type with the keyboard should be ANSI and StaxRip should not complain. I wonder from where do got Unicode file names.

On newer file systems, such as NTFS, exFAT, UDFS, and FAT32, Windows stores the long file names on disk in Unicode, which means that the original long file name is always preserved. This is true even if a long file name contains extended characters, regardless of the code page that is active during a disk read or write operation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx

Avisynth works with my russian files in "cyrilic" windows - it DEPENDS from windows locale.
Why you say about keyboard? I need only read throught avisynth existing files.
I cant to compile Staxrip for test (i got only VB2008) - can you compile it without warnings - only for me|another non-english testers?

[stax76]

Here is a build without warnings:

http://www.filedropper.com/staxripwithoutunicodewarnings

I don think it will work however.

Win7 should include everything needed to build StaxRip btw, building StaxRip isn't rocket science like building MPC-HC:

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" StaxRip.sln

You should also be able to install VS 2010 Express side by side with VS 2008.

[Batchman]

info about auto adjusting image/size after com. check should be in log :)

[Anakunda]

diz beta is pretty f***ed, i got crashes on x264 encodes

[Anakunda]

i wasnot quite rite. the staxrip doesnot support x264_64 anymore

please give back x264 x64 support !!!

[stax76]

Multitask posted how it can be done, should not be hard.

[Anakunda]

Howto use 64bit build of x264 with StaxRip
Download -> avs4x264.exe (bit.ly/8D2vRi)
rename avs4x264.exe to x264.exe
rename the 64bit x264.exe your using to x264_64.exe
place them in the same folder
now you can continue using your favorite 64bit build of x264 with your favorite frontend StaxRip;)

yeah not as hard
that little proggy causing crushes! :scared:

raw (error): raw input requires a resolution

plz. revise











Operation failed!

x264 failed with exit code -1

raw [error]: raw input requires a resolution.
x264 [error]: could not open input file `-'


StaxRip.ErrorAbortException: x264 failed with exit code -1

raw [error]: raw input requires a resolution.
x264 [error]: could not open input file `-'

v StaxRip.H264CmdlEncoder.Encode(String passName, String exe, String args, Boolean isErrorStream, String[] logValuesToSkip)
v StaxRip.x264Encoder.Encode()
v StaxRip.MainForm.Encode()
v StaxRip.MainForm.RunJobs()

[stax76]

raw [error]: raw input requires a resolution.

You need to pass the resolution using custom switches, I'm not sure if macros are available there.

[Anakunda]

You need to pass the resolution using custom switches, I'm not sure if macros are available there.

yep but the switch wasnot needed in prev versions, could ya fix the command line so that it won't need it any more? plz?

[stax76]

I'll investigate it.

[Zathor]

yep but the switch wasnot needed in prev versions, could ya fix the command line so that it won't need it any more? plz?

Please try the new build of avs4x264.exe
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1417966&postcount=3332

[Anakunda]

Please try the new build of avs4x264.exe
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1417966&postcount=3332

thank u guys, worked

back on the road again :cool:

[stax76]

info about auto adjusting image/size after com. check should be in log

This and a new eac3to dialog was added.

[olapanekala]

Any change in x264 after r1542 included in 1.1.6? Because in XBMC (xbox 1) after 1-2 seconds the screen gets grey-white and after a couple more seconds XBMC freezes. I tried many versions after r1542 with the same result, also 1.1.6.3 and 1.1.6.4 with included version of x264 with no luck. I also tried both MP4 and MKV containers with again no luck.

[VincAlastor]

stax76 thank you very much. Great!

[stax76]

You're welcome. :)

@olapanekala

I remember something with the new --open-gop switch and xbox.

Edit:

I think what I was reading about --open-gop was not about xbox but PS3.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1417414#post1417414

[Batchman]

ffmpeg flac decoding:
Resampling with input channels greater than 2 unsupported.
Can not resample 6 channels @ 48000 Hz to 2 channels @ 48000 Hz

[stax76]

I changed quite a bit audio related code for the next release so handling could already be different. If there is a problem I need to know minimum source and target formats and not only audio source but complete source, best would be a sample of course.

[Batchman]

I changed quite a bit audio related code for the next release so handling could already be different. If there is a problem I need to know minimum source and target formats and not only audio source but complete source, best would be a sample of course.
http://ffmpeg-users.933282.n4.nabble.com/Error-converting-6-channel-FLAC-to-stereo-td936034.html

if u still use ffmpeg in next version problem will be there also ;)

what about using eac3to since u already have it there

[stax76]

I've encoded now a sample clip with 6ch Flac and then used it as source to encode with 2ch AAC, handling was indeed changed to eac3to decoding.

[Batchman]

me want new version now :D

[Anakunda]

Hi Stax, found another problem with this beta: sometimes it performs cutting on audio even if no cutting is made (original audio track seamlessly replaced with xxxxx_cutting.mp2 audio track)

[olapanekala]

To continue previous message XBMC (xbox 1) cannot play x264 after r1542.
Mediainfo shows the following

Writing library : x264 core 104 r1675 2484aa0
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / 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=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1112 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60

Writing library : x264 core 93 r1542 5b86182
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / 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=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / wpredp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1112 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60

As you can see the only difference is open_gop and something else. Is there a way to instruct the encoder to use the same parameters as in r1542?

[Batchman]

dont use presents, devices etc, and setup it manually :)

[stax76]

Open the x264 dialog, enter gop, weight or pred in the search field and press enter to cycle through all options that match, easy. :)

Guess, the new --open-gop feature is the culprit.

[skolde]

Hi, was working with some FRAPS segments. Noticed that selecting "Single or Merge" option demuxed the entire chained audio track but, StaxRip would only recognize that the entire length of the Video track was equal to the first FRAPS segment (disregarding the rest).

I'm having the same issue as ramscoop, and have yet to figure out a way around this. I'm almost positive I had this working previously, and being able to continue to do so would be incredibly useful. I've dug through this thread but couldn't find anything on a solution. Could someone point me to something if I somehow overlooked it?

Recording at 1080p with fraps @ 30fps gets you about a minute and twenty seconds per clip, so if you record for a bit you end up with a nice cluster of 4 gig files that a batch function would eat up much easier than a manual process.

[stax76]

@skolde

Please try the new beta.

1.1.6.5 (beta 2010-07-21)


Added support for NV tools 2021
Added new GUI for eac3to Blu-ray/M2TS demuxing
Added preferred encoder option to audio dialog to force the usage of a certain encoder
Added context menus to file path text boxes in main dialog to easily open files, play files, show media info and explore the files directory
Changed AAC VBR quality to be incremented by 0.05 steps instead of 0.1 steps

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.6.5_beta.7z

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0562/Unbenannt_3.jpg (http://i.imagehost.org/view/0562/Unbenannt_3)

[Batchman]

wheres that demux menu? or its not for all sources? :)

[stax76]

It's to demux Blu-ray with eac3to, either you choose a Blu-ray folder or M2TS file. I would like to add a similar dialog for MKV but it will take time.

[Batchman]

It's to demux Blu-ray with eac3to, either you choose a Blu-ray folder or M2TS file. I would like to add a similar dialog for MKV but it will take time.
nice work and gl with mkv, thats the 1 iam waiting for :)

[skolde]

@skolde

Please try the new beta.



The posted beta (1.1.6.5) worked perfectly, thank you.

[meatwad]

I'm having problems with the audio being out of sync with 1.1.6.5 for iPod encodes. I've tried several demuxers but it doesn't seem to help. If I use the last stable build the audio is fine. 1.1.6.4 was worse than 1.1.6.5 when I tried it. Anyway, I know you've made some changes to the way StaxRip handles audio but I'm not sure if that's why iPod encodes are now out of sync.

[stax76]

Then please compare the log files.

[meatwad]

Then please compare the log files.


I've uploaded the log files because I don't have a clue as to what the problem is when I look at them. Some files are just a little off sync with 1.1.6.5 but others are worse. This file was several seconds out of sync by the end. I wish I had more experience so I could be of more help. Sorry.

[flebber]

I have turned the second audio track option to No Audio it seems that I am still ending up with the second track being encoded.

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Source\Customize\The Shield_S2_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 511 MiB
Duration : 42mn 28s
Overall bit rate : 1 682 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-23 00:33:08
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.1.1 ('Bouncin' Back') built on Jul 3 2010 22:54:08
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=4
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 42mn 28s
Width : 688 pixels
Height : 560 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1675 2484aa0
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / 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=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=100 / keyint_min=10 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=22.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=none

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 : A_AAC
Duration : 42mn 28s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:07:06.320 : en:Chapter 02
00:21:03.000 : en:Chapter 03
00:33:28.320 : en:Chapter 04
00:40:29.480 : en:Chapter 05
00:48:16.480 : en:Chapter 06
00:48:53.800 : en:Chapter 07

PS was there an option to use the rip directory name as part of the file name so that the folder preceeding Video TS becomes the file name?

Edit: actually just found the %source_dir_name% macro

[stax76]

@meatwad & flebber

Please mail me the log files or upload to a file hoster.

[flebber]

Stax I pasted the link below. I did this with 720 x Auto for resize but ended up with 672 x .

http://www.mediafire.com/file/z72hqs90zqzp4uj/VIDEO_TSVIDEO_TS_StaxRip.log

[stax76]

Your log file looks OK, BeSweet was running once and nowhere a second track visible.

I did this with 720 x Auto for resize but ended up with 672 x .

I can't reproduce this, I've cropped to get a cropped width smaller 720 and choose 720 x auto and several other resolutions in the menu and always got the exact width even if it's bigger then the source.

I've checked the code for both issues, nothing changed and everything clear. I wonder why you end up with --sar 255:250, I think it should be 1:1.

[flebber]

I have made sure PAR is set 1:1 and updated the template. Crop set to automatic. Just letting encode now and see what happens :)

[flebber]

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Produced\VTS_01_2.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 416 MiB
Duration : 42mn 28s
Overall bit rate : 1 370 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-23 15:11:21
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.1.1 ('Bouncin' Back') built on Jul 3 2010 22:54:08
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=4
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 42mn 28s
Width : 560 pixels
Height : 464 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.207
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1675 2484aa0
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / 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=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=100 / keyint_min=10 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=21.5 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=none

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 42mn 28s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Title : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:07:06.320 : en:Chapter 02
00:21:03.000 : en:Chapter 03
00:33:28.320 : en:Chapter 04
00:40:29.480 : en:Chapter 05
00:48:16.480 : en:Chapter 06
00:48:53.800 : en:Chapter 07



Here is the log. I ended up with 560 x http://www.mediafire.com/file/73gtvbcbb539x7s/VTS_01_2_StaxRip.log

As an aside in the Paths field in Options I set default target name to %source_dir_parent%_%source_name% I thought that would apphend the main directory plus the filename as output. When I rip with DVDFab it creates a filename as Customize > The Shield S2_D1 > Video TS > File. I was trying to make the output filename The Shield S2_D1_Video _1_2.mkv.

[stax76]

A macro returning a directory ends always with a directory separator so it's not usable to create a filename. Is there anything else unexpected?

[flebber]

A macro returning a directory ends always with a directory separator so it's not usable to create a filename. Is there anything else unexpected? The audio was fine, its just the sizing with 720 x.

[flebber]

This is staxrip after the encode is complete. Is the error caused because the cropped value is less than 720?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4822673622_794dd8986e.jpg

[longtom]

How can i preserve chapters automatically when i want to extract audio streams from a BluRay?
I always get ONE file with all music in it...

[TBKHomeworld!]

stax76,

I have noticed on the new version that it no longer rips the sub titles. I have gone into options and I have enabled it but it doesn't start the process and actually decode them. If I start VSrip manually it works fine and I can rip the subtitles out without any issue but I was hoping to not have to do it manually all the time.

Thanks!

[chris1379]

First of all I'd like to say StaxRip Rocks. Thank you for your efforts. I have some .flv files that I'm trying to convert to Xvid or DivX for my standalone player. They contain .mkv files with h264 video and aac audio. When I play the original files, I notice that every 5th frame is a duplicate or nearly so. This is probably the result of a framerate conversion and is normal, right? The problem is when I convert them to Xvid, there is about 10 minutes of each video that duplicates every 3rd frame. Needless to say, this results in some very jumpy video. DivX Pro Converter doesn't have this problem but is a trial program and much slower than StaxRip. If it helps, Format Factory also has the same problem.

Chris

[meatwad]

@meatwad & flebber

Please mail me the log files or upload to a file hoster.

The problem is solved now. It's nothing to do with StaxRip but X264 instead. Lyle_JP helped me in another forum by linking to this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=155705

[turok]

StaxRip is great. much thanks for such a great program. One concern though. I encode in all video formats available in Staxrip. as such I tend to have customized profiles for every occasion when needed. My concern is with DivX. For some reason while the settings for DivX save for encodes like Single pass and Constant Quality, when I try to set settings for compress check for the 2pass encode it never saves :\ . But how is wierd. It actually saves everything. except when you try to modify the value for target bitrate/quant from 2 to any other number, everything reverts to a default profile. any reason for this occurring? thx in advance.

[Batchman]

Failed to extract stream

The stream type 'A_AAC/MPEG4/LC/SBR' is unknown to StaxRip.

Please copy the message and post it to the support forum or mail it.

:)

[stax76]

@Batchman

I've added it.

@turok

I've checked it and apparently the possibility to customize the comp. check was removed in recent betas, I don't recall when and why it happened, maybe when the control was changed to support visual styles. I don't have any motivation working on old VFW codecs or new web codecs. Regarding your audio issue, I've changed and improved it today.

@meatwad

If it was a x264 problem recently fixed I can update x264.

@chris1379

You have to handle field processing with filters or something, I live in PAL land without any interest on the topic, sorry.

@TBKHomeworld!

Maybe I broke it while changing the options dialog or something, if you still have the log file please mail it.

@longtom

I don't understand but please try the new eac3to demuxing dialog.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1419618#post1419618

This is staxrip after the encode is complete. Is the error caused because the cropped value is less than 720?

Because the cropped value is less than the target value which is 720, after encoding there should be a message telling about the target file exists already or if that was already clicked away for instance because the project was already encoded more than once there should be a message telling next will add a job.

[TBKHomeworld!]

@TBKHomeworld!

Maybe I broke it while changing the options dialog or something, if you still have the log file please mail it.



I have sent you a PM with the information requested.

[longtom]

@longtom

I don't understand but please try the new eac3to demuxing dialog.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1419618#post1419618



I want to extract from a BluRay the 2.0 PCM soundtrack to wav.
The output should be outputchapter1.wav outputchapter2.wav etc...
So that i have all songs in a extra wav files and not in one LARGE output.wav file!

[Batchman]

can i ask why ur not making these changes in staxrip svn?

[longtom]

can i ask why ur not making these changes in staxrip svn?

How can i do it?

[Batchman]

How can i do it?
that was obvious question for stax ;)

[stax76]

Usually I commit when making a new release but forget it sometimes but I can commit when requested, done now.


Added support for BDSup2Sub converting Blu-ray subtitles to VobSub subtitles
Added support for moving crop values into dgi file for GPU cropping (there is a question after the crop dialog closes)
Added NV tools to applications dialog and launch menu
Reorganized muxing dialog

Download: http://staxmedia.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/staxmedia/trunk/StaxRip/?view=tar
Compile: "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" StaxRip.sln

I have sent you a PM with the information requested.

Thanks and good idea to use PM.

I want to extract from a BluRay the 2.0 PCM soundtrack to wav.
The output should be outputchapter1.wav outputchapter2.wav etc...
So that i have all songs in a extra wav files and not in one LARGE output.wav file!

StaxRip don't support this, maybe there is another application, you could try a separate or eac3to thread.

[longtom]

StaxRip don't support this, maybe there is another application, you could try a separate or eac3to thread.

Thanks!

[flebber]

build is failing for me.

C:\Documents and Settings\Family>"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe" C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.sln
Microsoft (R) Build Engine Version 3.5.30729.1
[Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.3607]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2007. All rights reserved.

Build started 29/07/2010 12:44:35 AM.
Project "C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.sln" on node 0 (default targets).
Building solution configuration "Debug|x86".
Project "C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.sln" (1) is building "C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.vbproj" (2) on node 0 (default targets).
Project file contains ToolsVersion="4.0", which is not supported by this version of MSBuild. Treating the project as if it had Tools
rsion="3.5".
EntityDeploy:
Processing 0 EDMX files.
Finished processing 0 EDMX files.
PrepareForBuild:
Creating directory "obj\x86\Debug\".
CoreResGen:
Processing resource file "Controls\CmdlControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.CmdlControl.resources".
Processing resource file "Controls\MacroEditorControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.MacroEditorControl.resources".
Processing resource file "Controls\Settings\DemuxingSettingsControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.DemuxingSettingsControl.reso
ces".
Processing resource file "Controls\Settings\GeneralSettingsControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.GeneralSettingsControl.resour
s".
Processing resource file "Controls\SubtitleControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SubtitleControl.resources".
Processing resource file "Controls\x264Control.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.x264Control.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\ApplicationsForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.ApplicationsForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\AudioForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.AudioForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\CmdlAudioForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.CmdlAudioForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\CmdlEncoderForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.CmdlEncoderForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\ControlHostForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.ControlHostForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\CropForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.CropForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\DemuxingForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.DemuxingForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\eac3toDemuxForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.eac3toDemuxForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\EventCommandEditor.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.EventCommandEditor.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\EventCommandsEditor.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.EventCommandsEditor.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\HelpForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.HelpForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\JobsForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.JobsForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\MacroEditor.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.MacroEditor.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\MainForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.MainForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\MediaInfoFolderViewForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.MediaInfoFolderViewForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\MuxerForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.MuxerForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\PreviewForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.PreviewForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\ProcessForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.ProcessForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\ProfilesForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.ProfilesForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\SettingsForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SettingsForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\SettingTreeViewForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SettingTreeViewForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\SourceFilesForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SourceFilesForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\TaskForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.TaskForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\VirtualDubOptionsForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.VirtualDubOptionsForm.resources".
Processing resource file "Forms\x264Form.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.x264Form.resources".
Processing resource file "My Project\Resources.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.Resources.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\Controls\SearchTextBox.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SearchTextBox.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\Controls\SettingsTreeControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SettingsTreeControl.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\Criteria\CriteriaControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.CriteriaControl.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\Criteria\CriteriaItemControl.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.CriteriaItemControl.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\CustomMenuEditor.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.CustomMenuEditor.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\InputBoxForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.InputBoxForm.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\ListEditor.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.ListEditor.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\MenuTemplateForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.MenuTemplateForm.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\SelectionBoxForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.SelectionBoxForm.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\StringEditorForm.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UI.StringEditorForm.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\TaskDialogXP.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.TaskDialogXP.resources".
Processing resource file "UI\Templates\UserControlTemplate.resx" into "obj\x86\Debug\StaxRip.UserControlTemplate.resources".
vbc : Command line error BC2026: warning number '42353' for the option 'nowarn' is either not configurable or not valid
vbc : Command line error BC2026: warning number '42354' for the option 'nowarn' is either not configurable or not valid
vbc : Command line error BC2026: warning number '42355' for the option 'nowarn' is either not configurable or not valid
Done Building Project "C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.vbproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Done Building Project "C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.


Build FAILED.

"C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"C:\Build\StaxRip\StaxRip.vbproj" (default target) (2) ->
(CoreCompile target) ->
vbc : Command line error BC2026: warning number '42353' for the option 'nowarn' is either not configurable or not valid
vbc : Command line error BC2026: warning number '42354' for the option 'nowarn' is either not configurable or not valid
vbc : Command line error BC2026: warning number '42355' for the option 'nowarn' is either not configurable or not valid

0 Warning(s)
3 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:06.95

C:\Documents and Settings\Family>

[stax76]

I've never tried to build it from command line, maybe it needs MSBuild from .NET framework 4.0 since the error says: Project file contains ToolsVersion="4.0"

edit:

I confirm it builds with 4.0 here:

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe" "C:\Users\Frank\Desktop\staxmedia-StaxRip.tar\staxmedia-StaxRip\StaxRip\StaxRip.sln"

[Batchman]

compile works fine (for me in vs2010) but u need to download BDSup2Sub to use it and i suggest if this is required so be the java or other way around :)

[stax76]

I try to change that so people who don't need BDSup2Sub don't need for Java. For Blu-ray I think it's rather important because of forced subtitles.

[minda76]

Hi,

Is there an option to disable "header removal compression" in mkv muxing? because my WD TV HD Media Player is incompatible with this feature.

[stax76]

I can add it no problem.

[minda76]

I can add it no problem.

that would be great :thanks:

[flebber]

Stax I still cannot figure out a workaround to resizing. Trying to set 720 x Auto. I know the output should be 720 x 400 but I just can't get it to do that. Resizing seems to be affected by cropping.

-----------------------------------------------------------
AviSynth Filters
------------------------------------------------------------

MPEG2Source("C:\Rip\Source\Customize\The Shield_S2_D1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.d2v")
Crop(0,0, -Width % 8,-Height % 8)
ConvertToYV12()
LoadCplugin("C:\Staxrip\Applications\AviSynth plugins\Yadif\yadif.dll")
Yadif()
Crop(10,2,-6,-2)
BicubicResize(672,368,0,0.5)
FFT3dGPU(sigma=1.5, plane=4, bt=0,sharpen=1, bw=32, bh=32)
LSFmod(defaults="slow")

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0ncsdxcvpg27yo8/VTS_01_1_StaxRip.log

[stax76]

Maybe you are batch processing and have auto resizing enabled:

Project Option > Image > Auto resize image size

The default was changed to disabled in recent builds because too many did not notice or understand this option.

[flebber]

Yeah it was set at 25000, have changed it to 0 and trying again now.

[Batchman]

Environment and .NET are doubled in log

[flebber]

Stax it still apears that there is something going on with resizing. I start with an image of 720 x 576. After cropping the size is 704 x 572. However when resized to 704 the value is 704 x 576 and when at 720 it is 720 x 592. I have PAR at 1:1. Tried this file HDC, handbrake and megui and output file is 720x400. Thought screen might show if I am getting something wrong.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4845117536_4c568055b7.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4844499023_2a5e34d318.jpg

[stax76]

Source PAR from DVD isn't 1:1, did StaxRip detect this or did you set it as forced/custom value? It's unlikely the auto detection isn't working with DVD sources. Most of the time StaxRip will detect the correct source PAR. The code for this is complicated and was again changed much since the last uploaded build.

[flebber]

I am not setting Par or Dar using the 720 x Auto setting. however went and set Dar to Automatic 16:9 and now it is working :)

[stax76]

1.1.6.6 (beta 2010-07-31)


Added option to convert Blu-ray subtitles to VobSub subtitles using BDSup2Sub (Options > Subtitles > Convert Sup to Sub)
Added support for moving crop values into dgi file for GPU cropping (there is a question after the crop dialog closes)
Added NV tools to applications dialog and launch menu
Added source filter profiles DGSource 720p and DGSource 1024x576 but without reseting profiles
Added option to force ffmpeg as audio encoder, mostly useful to decode
Added warning appearing when the input format isn't supported by the audio encoder using the Execute feature in the audio dialog
Added possibility to edit the location and version in the Applications dialog, see F1, F11, F12 shortcuts
Added preview option in muxing dialog to preview subtitles with a external player including audio
Added option to open SUP and VobSub subtitles with BDSup2Sub in the muxing dialog useful to take a look at the subtitle content
Added display of file size for each subtitle file in the muxing dialog
Fixed bug second audio track not being picked up
Fixed bug audio delay not detected demuxing mkv
Fixed bug Execute feature in audio dialog not working when no video source is loaded
Fixed bug aspect ratio not properly detected for some source formats
Updated x264 to r1683
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 4.2.0
Updated ffmpeg to 2010-07-25
Updated MediaInfo to version 0.7.35.0beta
Reorganized muxing dialog
Changed eac3to to be the default AAC encoder
Disabled header compression for mkv muxing
Playing the script at Tools > Play file > AviSynth script or in the Preview dialog at Tools > External Preview adds sound to the script using NicAudio if possible and resizes to set the aspect ratio if necessary. It's now also possible to play the script from the filters menu in the main dialog

https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.6.6_beta.7z/download

[Batchman]

tnx for ur work, awesome as always :)

[dejong12]

Thanks for the new release!
I downloaded it but it seems it is missing DGIndexNV and DGDecodeNV and I don't know where to find them. Can anyone help me?

[stax76]

Looks like a bug, to workaround please go to Main Menu > Tools > Settings > Demuxing and disable DGIndexNV.

[flebber]

I am trying this new profile to acheive supersampling on some animation. Has anyone acheived a good supersampling script in Staxrip before?

This is where I have started.

Spline36Resize((%source_width%*2),(%source_height%*2)).MSharpen(threshold=10,strength=140).Spline36Resize((%source_width%),(%source_height%))


Edit: Obviously should have been
SupersamplingSpline36 = Spline36Resize((%target_width%*2),(%target_height%*2)).MSharpen(threshold=10,strength=140).Spline36Resize(%target_width%,%target_height%)
SupersamplingBlackman = BlackmanResize((%target_width%*2),(%target_height%*2)).MSharpen(threshold=10,strength=140).BlackmanResize(%target_width%,%target_height%)

[TBKHomeworld!]

stax76,

I have noticed on the new version that it no longer rips the sub titles. I have gone into options and I have enabled it but it doesn't start the process and actually decode them. If I start VSrip manually it works fine and I can rip the subtitles out without any issue but I was hoping to not have to do it manually all the time.

Thanks!

New version appears to be working fine. I did have to open the program, completely disable it, then re-enable it and save as my primary template again to make it 'stick'. Also, whenever I press "F4" to go to the crop section and I press "A" to 'auto crop' it defaults to 'no crop'. Is that one purpose? I see that "a" is set for both no-crop and auto-crop. I'll keep on experimenting with it.

~TBK

[flebber]

Stax as the mkv container config has changed I have two questions.
1) How do i get Staxrip to automatically detect chapters in source and mux them into encoded file? Can't find the option I set last time

2) The access to the macro commands for title and video track name are gone. Not a biggie but I liked being able to set title equal to target file name or source dir name from the drop down.

[stax76]

@TBKHomeworld!

VSRip sometimes fails because StaxRip only runs it if there is an PGC that has the same play time then the target length, in this case you have to run it manually, you can launch VSRip from Main Menu > Tools > Launch > VSRip. The muxing dialog has a new preview feature to check if subtitles and audio are synced with video.

Also, whenever I press "F4" to go to the crop section and I press "A" to 'auto crop' it defaults to 'no crop'. Is that one purpose? I see that "a" is set for both no-crop and auto-crop.

Probably a copy paste bug, until a new build is available you can edit the shortcuts choosing 'Edit Menu'.

1) How do i get Staxrip to automatically detect chapters in source and mux them into encoded file? Can't find the option I set last time

For Blu-ray AnyDVD and eac3to demuxing and MakeMKV mkv demuxing chapters are handled but for DVD you have to rip them manually except you use DVD Decrypter which can rip them so there is room for improvement but I think I'll continue taking a break or code a little bit on my DirectShow player.

2) The access to the macro commands for title and video track name are gone. Not a biggie but I liked being able to set title equal to target file name or source dir name from the drop down.

Please provide a more detailed description.

[Anakunda]

hello, I noticed besweet was replaced by eac3to. what's the difference from using eac3to, and should be it posible to turn off the shrieks eac3to makes during progress?
thanks

[Batchman]

u can delete success.wav from eac3to directory in applications, its save to do that :)

Environment and .NET are doubled in log
still in :)

[Anakunda]

Hi stax,

could you feature in next version customizable external tools locations (such that I choose where's x264, mkvtoolnix, neroaacenc and others located)
It would make updating tools easier if they're shared by more frontends.
Just a hint, IMHO quite easy implementation (add directory chooser to particular tools' tabs)

[stax76]

what's the difference from using eac3to

It can handle Blu-ray formats.

Environment and .NET are doubled in log

fixed

could you feature in next version customizable external tools locations

It's possible since the last build, press F1 in the applications dialog.

[Rumbah]

I have a mkv file that I cannot convert with sound because of a StaxRip error message (with ffmpeg decoding it seems).

Here is the log and I can provide additional information if needed:

test_StaxRip.log (22 KB) (http://i.imagehost.org/download/0723/test_StaxRip)

[stax76]

I've changed it to always try a second decoding method in case the first fails, in case of ffmpeg fails it will try DirectShowSource. With a file like yours it will fail with the MS AAC decoder but work with ffdshow so please try the hotfix and check your config with tools like GraphStudio and Win7DSFilterTweaker.

I noticed a unrelated bug in your log file, attachments were extracted and added to the muxer options as mkvmerge custom command line parameters even though MP4Box is the muxer. If you still work with the project you have to remove the custom command line parameters from the muxer dialog.

http://www.filedropper.com/staxriphotfix


Fixed bug trying to run DGIndexNV even though it's not installed
Fixed bug same source file picked up for both audio tracks
Fixed bug mkvmerge custom command line parameters with attachments added to MP4Box custom command line parameters
Instead of using DirectShowSource as default StaxRip will ask if DSS or ffms2 should be used
eac3to demuxer defaults now to mkv output, DGIndexNV, ffms2 and DSS can open it, DGAVCDEC can't
Removed asking to demux video from MKV now using defaults, AVC is not demuxed since DSS, ffms2 and DGIndexNV can open it
In case the first audio decoding method fails a second method is tried
Changed shortcut for 'No Crop' in Cropping dialog to N and added new menu item 'Crop Options...' showing the crop options directly from the Cropping dialog
In case the audio track language is undetermined StaxRip now first tries to find a track with language of the current locale as track 1 and english as track 2
Improved source PAR detection for some formats

[Rumbah]

Thanks, the update fixed the problem.

As to the muxer commands I didn't change anything. With your new exe file no subtitles are added and I don't even know where to look as I don't know how to add a custom muxer command.

[stax76]

Both subtitles and custom command line parameters for the muxer can be edited in the container/muxer configuration dialog. With subtitles not added do you mean they were demuxed but not picked up? There is a option to define which languages to pick up, it's possible to pick up all languages, default is current locale and English. The option can be found at Project Options > Subtitles > Auto load..., you can right-click the option for help, it tell about two letter language codes and all as magic word for all subtitles. If subtitles are not picked up according to what's defined in this option you can still pick them up manually in the container/muxer configuration dialog.

[Rumbah]

Ok, I just checked the result and I didn't get a result file as the muxing fails again. So it seems I have to disable the subtitle autoloading in the settings although I don't know why Staxrip tries to add it in the first place if it isn't supported.

So here is the log with the same settings as the one before (not sure if I selected preset anime in x264 but the rest is the same) for the same file:
test_StaxRip_new_version.log (25 KB) (http://j.imagehost.org/download/0173/test_StaxRip_new_version)
Here with "en" deleted in the subtitle autoloading settings:
test_StaxRip_new_version_without_autoloading.log (28 KB) (http://j.imagehost.org/download/0301/test_StaxRip_new_version_without_autoloading)

[stax76]

I think you can only use srt and vobsub with mp4, currently StaxRip does not handle or verify this, log file:

Unknown input file type
Error importing C:\Temp\test temp files\test ID4 ASSA Subtitles - en-English.ass:lang=eng: End Of Stream / File

[Rumbah]

Ah, ok, good to know.

And really "Thanks" for this great GUI. It saved me hours of time and saved me days with converted video on my PSP.

[Anakunda]

Hi,

I want to ask about DGindexNV, is it better than DGIndex? because it's not delivered with stax rip because of shareware .... I want to know if it does index better than freeware Dgindex?...thanks

[stax76]

It's the fastest decoder but don't make a big difference for DVD since that decodes fast anyway. ffms2 is also a little bit faster then DGMPGDEC, use it as follows:

Rip DVD to hard drive using DVDFab HD Decrypter, take care ripping DVD9 as DVD9.

Open DVD folder from hard drive with MakeMKV and convert to MKV, with two hard drives this takes only 2 minutes, alternatively use some ripping method that creates only 1 big VOB file, DVD Decrypter can do that, there are probably other methods, for new discs you need AnyDVD or DVDFab Passkey (free!) otherwise DVD Decrypter might fail.

If you have MPEG-2 in MKV and StaxRip ask to demux MPEG-2 don't do it and rather open MKV directly with ffms2 or DGDecNV, next version won't any longer ask to demux video, IIRC it won't demux MPEG-2 and AVC, don't seem to make sense since ffms2 and DGDecNV open MKV quite well.

Personally I will use MakeMKV and DGDecNV for my next DVDs, so far both work great and I can only recommend both, I'll also try ffms2 more often.

[laserfan]

I want to ask about DGindexNV, is it better than DGIndex? ...does index better than freeware Dgindex?Along with indexing FASTER it also uses nvidia decoding so that source decoding is perfectly accurate with all sources. I used to have glitching with source material (minor pixelizations at random points in a video) which are now completely gone with DGIndexNV.

Probably my glitches were owing to decoder errors (faulty codecs) on my PC, and maybe these have since been fixed, but regardless they have never been an issue with DGIndexNV. YMMV. :)

[MACKerMD]

I use StaxRIP for years now and it came to my attention that the last versions seem a lot slower than before.

Normally I would use the application to convert DVD into XviD which took me approx 1:1 in time. In hard cases it could be twice as long as the original length. Ok, I can live with that.

Recently I'm encoding XviD and MKV from transportstreams from satellite; both SDTV and HDTV, where bitrates vary from 2mbit to 10+mbit.

When I encode from HDTV, even the first pass takes 6 to 8 times longer than the playlength of the video-content. This can mean HOURS if it comes to encoding a tv-episode for example.

Also, about the subtitle extraction, it might be a handy option, to -also- extract subtitles from these transportstreams. Most of the time these are basic 'teletext' subtitles, which have a PGC-ID, which can be extracted into .srt. I would really love to have this in StaxRIP, because it would save me the hassle of using even more utilities, whereas, to me, the entire goal of staxrip is to use ONE single GUI that handles it all :)

Hope my 'bugreport' (which I can't really explain, but that it's even slower when I have browsers open (no matter IE, Opera, Firefox)) will be read and maybe something could be done to improve the speed, not to deteriate the quality.

[UeFa]

i have this problem when try to load .ts files can any one help

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7990/1103606pm.png

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1240/2103606pm.png

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1259/3103732pm.png

and thanks in advaced

.log in attached files

[MACKerMD]

You might wanna run the .ts through a program such as TSDoctor or VideoReDo 4 (w h264) first.

It might have to do with the first header, which contains info that is intended for your PVR and not for a standard player.

the first 3 or 4 bytes might be off and (i might not be accurate now) the 182/188 bit/bytes-block structure might be a little problem.

I have a similar thing when I instantly grab my recorded .ts files and want to play them back or use to encode them; I have to filter out the 'garbage' first.

note: both apps work for like 14 to 30 days fully. I haven't seen a freeware app (such as TSSniper) that does the cleaning part.

After the cleaning you can encode your Al Jazeera Sports recording :) (Yeah, I recon the channelname :))

[stax76]

@MACKerMD

Decreased speed is caused by the encoder most of the time I think so you would have to investigate encoder version and settings. DGDecNV would give speed boost because HD decoding takes much CPU time, DGDecNV can decode on the GPU. I don't know how subtitles could be extracted from such streams by command line.

@UeFa

Maybe you can upload a small sample clip.

[UeFa]

THX mate

i will upload sample cilp stax76

[MACKerMD]

@MACKerMD

Decreased speed is caused by the encoder most of the time I think so you would have to investigate encoder version and settings.

Encoding versions are the ones you include in your builds. Currently using 1.1.6.6 beta (same with .4) only somewhere around 1.1.3 it was 'reasonably' fast.


DGDecNV would give speed boost because HD decoding takes much CPU time, DGDecNV can decode on the GPU.
ok, so that explains the HD decoding, but 6-8 times longer overal for the first pass to decode? I -can- playback 1080 flawlessly. Maybe an 'autodetect' option would be sweet?! The strange thing is, that the slowness (now) also occurs using regular 'SD'-content. So this includes SDTV and DVD.


I don't know how subtitles could be extracted from such streams by command line.


I know that programs such as ProjectX (Java based) can handle it, and there's a guy I know who's trying to use a similar thing too.
Based on DVBTextSub 0.5. Which is a commandline freeware util for this. The app asks for PGC-ID, TTXpage (eg. 888), what output (srt or srt color) and filename. I think this could be easy to implement.

Hope this helps you too.

Hope this helps me also :)

[stax76]

@all

I wrote a small wiki page about different ripping applications, it's not very detailed but I hope it gives at least a good idea.

http://staxrip.wikispaces.com/Ripping

@MACKerMD

If you post all parameters relating to encoding speed maybe somebody can give you some tips, many things can be found it the log file. Regarding subtitles somebody would have to tell me how it works.

[UeFa]

this the sample clipe that i try too import to program

http://www.mediafire.com/?g4s87lsksqgk98z

i hope you find way to help me

[Temuthril]

Regarding your PSP presets, they seem to have b-pyramid enabled in them. I tried encoding a few files for PSP though, and those with b-pyramid disabled played normally, and if I had it enabled, the files would show up as unsupported on PSP.

Googled around a bit and found this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152761) regarding b-pyramid.

[stax76]

@UeFa

Besides the applications suggested by MACKerMD you could also try DGDecNV (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=147945)(worked here with your file) and tsremux (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=125447)(not tried).

@Temuthril

Thanks, I'll fix it.

[UeFa]

stax76

please can you tell me how i make this plugin work with stax i download it but i can`t make it work properly

i try to open DGIndexNV.exe

this erorr massege appear
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/2269/181938am.png

i downloaded nvcuda.dll and put it in program folder

this massege shows :D
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8673/281938am.png
:mad:

[Guest]

@UeFa

You need to have a supported Nvidia graphics card to use DGIndexNV.

[UeFa]

@neuron2

i don`t have Nvidia VGA i have ATI ,, how i make it work then ?

[Guest]

As I said, you need to have a supported Nvidia graphics card to use DGIndexNV. You cannot make DGIndexNV work with ATI cards.

You can try DSS2() as your source filter. You'll also need a reliable DirectShow splitter and decoder.

[UeFa]

Thx you guys MACKerMD & stax76 & neuron2

i tryed TSdoctor and it fixed .ts errors and load it with staxRip correctly

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3646/810201090715am.png

[stax76]

1.1.6.7 beta (2010-08-10)


Fixed bug trying to run DGIndexNV even though it's not installed
Fixed bug same source file picked up for both audio tracks
Fixed bug mkvmerge custom command line parameters with attachments added to MP4Box custom command line parameters
Fixed bug subtitle preview in cropping dialog not showing subtitles due to MakeMKV created idx files not being compatible with vsfilter, also inserted subtitle filter after cropping both in the subtitle preview and in the add hardcoded subtitle feature in the main dialog
Added WebM video encoder profile with simple GUI, WebM muxer profile and WebM template
eac3to demuxer defaults now to mkv output, DGIndexNV, ffms2 and DSS can open it, DGAVCDEC can't
Removed asking to demux video from MKV now using defaults, AVC and MPEG-2 is not demuxed since DSS, ffms2 and DGIndexNV can open it
In case the first audio decoding method fails a second method is tried
Changed shortcut for 'No Crop' in Cropping dialog to N and added new menu item 'Crop Options...' showing the crop options directly from the Cropping dialog
In case the audio track language is undetermined StaxRip now first tries to find a track with language of the current locale as track 1 and english as track 2
Improved source PAR detection for some formats

https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.6.7_beta.7z/download

[flebber]

Stax just to confirm I am going to buy DgindexNV tonight to use with staxrip. I started using staxrip yesterday with mkv files made from Makemkv and I liked the results:). I found ffms2 a little slow so bring on Dgindexnv.

Do I just add dgindenv and the license.txt to the staxrip applications folder?

With DVDfab do you use merge to get a one vob output from a movie dvd rip?

[stax76]

Do I just add dgindenv and the license.txt to the staxrip applications folder?

DGDecNV is much faster for HD, ffms2 is a little bit faster then DGMPGDec. To automate demuxing/indexing of DGIndexNV you have to enable it at Tools > Settings > Demuxing, if it's enabled or you try to open a dgi file StaxRip will show the Applications dialog asking for the location. In the Applications dialog you can enter dg in the search field to show 6 applications by Donald Graft or you can enter nv to show both components of DGDecNV, it'll tell to press F11 to define the location, changing the location with F11 works for all applications in the applications dialog, this feature is only recommend for DGDecNV though since everything else is either included or can be located automatically, unfortunately there is no easy way to locate DGDecNV. Adding it to the applications folder would work when the folder has the same name as the related executable or library but it's easier to have customized applications somewhere else because when you update StaxRip you can do by replacing the complete directory because all customizations are located outside, that's also the reason why StaxRip don't offer any longer to store settings within the startup directory, that would also result in different instances not sharing settings.

With DVDfab do you use merge to get a one vob output from a movie dvd rip?

I don't know if DVDfab can output a single/big VOB file, I use the free version to make a full rip to hard drive a, then open the DVD folder from the hard drive with MakeMKV and create mkvs on hard drive b, then open mkv with StaxRip, the newest build will handle it with DGDecNV when installed, ffms2 otherwise, it won't extract video nor ask to extract video, DGDecNV and ffms2 can open it directly.

[flebber]

I have added dgdencNV and .dll in the applications settings. How come then it is not available as a source setting where you can choose ffvideosource, mpegsource etc.. ?

Edit: It all works great, just thought it might once enabled become a menu option

[Anakunda]

So if I don't a dgindexNV license, do I still have to use Dgindex? I would like to replace it by something other, but there's no more demuxers in offer..
Please how do I choose to use ffms2 ?

[stax76]

Edit: It all works great, just thought it might once enabled become a menu option

You mean filter profiles, there are some but I didn't force to reset the defaults. Try this:

Right-click filters, choose 'Profiles...'
Click 'Restore Defaults', confirm with OK.

If you already have customizations, you can copy the DGSource definitions to the clipboard and close the 'Profiles...' dialog with Cancel, then reopen it and paste the DGSource definitions. ;)

So if I don't a dgindexNV license, do I still have to use Dgindex? I would like to replace it by something other, but there's no more demuxers in offer..
Please how do I choose to use ffms2 ?

For mkv it's the default, for MPEG-2 you probably need a single file, I'm not sure. There are several methods to get a single file.

You could open the vob file and let DGIndex demux, then load the startup template and then set FFVideoSource as filter and the open the VOB file.

It's possible to customize demuxing options but I only recommend it to experts. You could edit the DGIndex demuxer options removing d2v as output format, it would just demux then and keep the vob file as source file, before opening the vob file you would set the source filter to FFVideoSource otherwise vob would be treated as unknown format, this means StaxRip will try DirectShow or FFVideoSource if DirectShow fails.

[flebber]

Thanks :thanks:

[MACKerMD]

@UEFA

Glad it worked for you. I had a similar issue when trying to load/play/encode/work with .ts files from my pvr. The 'videostreams' are universal, the pvr-headers are not. This is where the problem occurs. Took me a while too to find out how to solve it, but this is what I use nowadays too.

@Stax76

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll definately look into it and hopefully I'll get it to work faster.

Besides just complaining about things, I still want to give you a lot of good credit for the hard work you put into StaxRip. It's a hell of a nice program to use and deserves the support where possible. I'll definately make a donation on a short notice to help you even more.

[Pulp Catalyst]

i am a noob at this stuff, but I've been reading,

is there a reason why programs such as "Staxrip" hasn't ported over to the more upto date "VirtualDub"

with all the plugins available for VD, I thought VD is complete,

or are there still missing important functions that VB still has to have before it can replace the very old VDMod,

appreciate some of your thoughts on this, as virtualdub is constantly in development, yet VDM.......

[hejhopp]

Hi!
I have a problem with StaxRip 1.1.6.7.
how do I setup the xvid codec they way I like it?
a lot of settings is disabled. like B-frame control.
if I use 2-pass xvid the fist pass is set to 1 Pass - quality
and second pass to 1-pass - quantizer.
If I change 1-pass to 2 Pass - 1st pass and the change second pass to 2 Pass - 2nd pass Int. it does not get saved, the program returns to the old settings again.

I did not hav this problem befor I used 1.1.6.7.
but now after I can not get i back the way it use to be even if I remove 1.1.6.7.

[stax76]

@Pulp Catalyst

StaxRip is all about x264 and MKV, VD isn't very useful here.

@hejhopp

You can try to delete the XviD profile and create a new one in the Profiles dialog, this will have defaults then, since years there were little to no changes made to the relating code so there might be a problem with your system or settings.

[hejhopp]

I reinstalled the xvid codec and now it's fine, sorry stax76 for wasting u time with this.

[dejong12]

So DGindexNV and DGdecodeNV index and decode faster. Well, I'm about to buy it, but I want to know, I'm encoding my files mostly in MKV with x264. If I buy this, will x264 run faster or will it stay at the same speed? I'm sorry, I don't get it quite well.

[stax76]

It don't help much with SD sources, much more with HD.

[dejong12]

It don't help much with SD sources, much more with HD.
But it does speed up x264 encoding? I'm going to encode some blu-rays, that's why I want to buy it.

[Betsy25]

So DGindexNV and DGdecodeNV index and decode faster. Well, I'm about to buy it, but I want to know, I'm encoding my files mostly in MKV with x264. If I buy this, will x264 run faster or will it stay at the same speed? I'm sorry, I don't get it quite well.

DGindexNV is used for indexing, DGdecodeNV is a decoder, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think these have anything to do with the actually encoding of x264.

So no, you will only have a faster indexing before the actually encoding starts, but x264 encoding itself will not run faster by using these.

[Guest]

In some scenarios it can increase the effective FPS rate for transcoding, because by offloading decoding to the GPU extra CPU time is freed up for the encoder.

It does not speed up indexing, as that is done on the CPU.

[stebie]

Hi, I am using StaxRip to encode video files to iPhone, using the base iPhone profile. With some files (sample filename.avi), the last few minutes of audio is not present. I have tested this with unmodified iPhone profiles under 1.1.6.4 and 1.1.6.7 (apart from 1.1.6.4's x264 being downgraded to revision r1659).

The log files notes the source file audio duration as "21mn 3s". After audio encoding, the duration is "17mn 9s". The same thing occurs when encoding with BeSweet (1.1.6.4) and eac3to (1.1.6.7).

The same thing occurred to another file (filename2.avi), however although being a longer file the duration of missing audio is smaller - "43mn 13s" vs "42mn 23s". I have not attempted to encode this file in 1.1.6.7.

From what I can tell, the "writing application" for both is "transcode": one is transcode 1.0.4, the other transcode 1.0.6. Other files that don't mention the writing application name in the log file encode with no audio cut.

I feel this may be beyond StaxRip's hands, a bug/issue residing elsewhere, but I thought I'd throw it out there, just in case.

Cheers.

[Batchman]

can be ffindex files moved to temp directory?

i want convert mkv (avc,ac3) to mkv (same video + aac), using just mux in video and encode in audio, but it ends with encoded audio and no muxing to mkv, am i missing something? btw its in batch

[stax76]

@stebie

In the options under Audio there are some options to force decoding with different decoders, in the audio dialog there is a option to choose a different encoder, you could try using another decoder and encoder.

@Batchman

I can't reproduce it, please provide a log file.

[Arti]

Stax - Here you can delay the sound?

[stax76]

@Arti

Welcome at doom9. In the main dialog in the audio section there are blue hyperlink like link labels with 'Edit' as caption, this will open the audio settings for the current project/template. There is a delay option. Usually this will however be detected automatically, why do you want to edit it?

[Arti]

@Arti

Welcome at doom9. In the main dialog in the audio section there are blue hyperlink like link labels with 'Edit' as caption, this will open the audio settings for the current project/template. There is a delay option. Usually this will however be detected automatically, why do you want to edit it?

Welcome :)

I'm in the movie originally delayed one audio track

where is the AV delay?

http://i38.tinypic.com/33bn3gi.png


EDIT:

I found! :)

Just Mux

EDIT:

I moved about +200 ms and is ideally :)

thank you very much Stax! This is the best program I have ever seen!

MeGUI went to the trash :D StaxRip Rulez!

[stebie]

@stebie

In the options under Audio there are some options to force decoding with different decoders, in the audio dialog there is a option to choose a different encoder, you could try using another decoder and encoder.

stax76, thanks for the suggestion. The problem appears to be with the audio demuxing via VirtualDubMod. When playing back the demuxed audio stream (MP3), the last few minutes are missing. Using various audio decoders didn't make a difference, as they used the demuxed audio stream as their source.

To initially resolve this, I used mencoder to fix the original AVI file using:

mencoder.exe -idx input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi

then convert the fixed AVI with StaxRip.

After tinkering with StaxRip more, I found that disabling 'Demux source file' (in Options - Misc) was all that was needed to get the audio as it should be. However, I don't know what potential side-effects there may be as a result of doing it this way.

In addition, the newer builds of x264.exe cause a/v sync issues when creating MP4 (source file demuxed or not), so I've reverted back to x264 r1659 in StaxRip 1.1.6.7.

Now, everything's working as it should!

Many thanks for a great piece of software!

[Arti]

Stax - change from slower to very slow can improve?

[stax76]

change from slower to very slow can improve?

You can run tests with a sample and compare the image quality and encoding time (and file size when using quality mode) that can be found in the log file found at Tools > Show File > Log File.

@stebie

You can use the following build to demux with ffmpeg:

http://www.filedropper.com/staxrip

There is a option at: Main menu >Tools > Settings > Demuxing > Demux Avi > Edit > Use ffmpeg...

It demuxes only the first track however. Disabling demuxing might be useful for some sources but certainly not for all so the option should not be saved in a template which is used for other sources. Disabling demuxing will result in the no audio files so the video source file be used as audio source file, you can set this manually of course without the need to disable demuxing. AVI as audio source file will be decoded with ffmpeg by default, other decoders can be defined in the options. Also AviSynth scripts can be used as audio source file and there is a option to automatically set the script as audio source file after loading a source file.

[JasonR]

How long does it usually take everybody to convert a file? I'm using an old P4 XP machine with 1GB of ram and it usually takes about twice the length of the video to encode it, so a standard 1.5 hour movie takes 3 hours to encode. Just wondering if upgrading my machine will improve my encode times.

[Remicade]

Will improve dramatic. Take a look here (http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=669&pgno=3).

[stax76]

1.1.6.8 beta (2010-08-22)


If StaxRip finds a vobsub subtitle containing forced captions it will create a separate vobsub file containing only forced subtitles using *_Forced.idx as filename
Fixed bug PSP device setting not using --b-pyramid none. Encoder profiles weren't reset so either must be reset manually or the PSP profiles must be corrected manually
Fixed UI bugs on small resolutions like Netbooks have
Subtitles with unknown language use now undetermined instead of the current locale language
Added warning regarding missing DirectShow filters
Added support to use wmv as audio source file with 'just Mux' audio profile, it will mux WMA into MKV then
Added option to downconvert to 16-bit (enabled by default)
Updated x264 to r1698
Updated eac3to to version 3.24

[Anakunda]

Greetings, encounter some probs with setting AR now.
DVB stream, 720×576, 4:3
In StaxRip PAR -> Automatic 4:3 does nothing change and is previewed 16:9
I think this (Auto) worked earlier!

[stax76]

Hi, I did not touch related code since the last version I think. I just recorded such a clip and made various tests, everything is looking good, source PAR is detected is 1.368 as it should.

[7ekno]

1.1.6.8 beta (2010-08-22)


If StaxRip finds a vobsub subtitle containing forced captions it will create a separate vobsub file containing only forced subtitles using *_Forced.idx as filename


Nice! Is that the same for PGS on BD as well, or just for vobsub on DVD at this stage?!?

7ek

[stax76]

It's VobSub in general, there is a option at Project Options > Subtitles > Convert sup to sub, when this is enabled BD subtitles are converted to VobSub subtitles and forced only VobSub subtitles files are generated in this case too.

[flebber]

Hi Stax I am receving a eac3to error that it is corrupt. That eac3to is corrupt, it doesn't crash staxrip encoding continues but audio encoding doesn't.

http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/Sayth_Renshaw/EAC3to.jpg

Not sure if it is based around eac3to or the input format. Bit tired so not sure but this is the input format.
Format : QuickTime
Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
Format settings : Compressed header
File size : 264 KiB
Duration : 2mn 12s
Overall bit rate : 16.3 Kbps
Movie name : VTC
Movie name/More : VTC Movies
Encoded date : UTC 2002-12-06 01:12:44
Tagged date : UTC 2002-12-06 01:12:45
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
Copyright : VTC 1996-2000

Video
ID : 1
Format : smc
Codec ID : smc
Duration : 2mn 12s
Duration_LastFrame : -840ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 6 751 bps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 1.000 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.022
Stream size : 110 KiB (42%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2002-12-06 01:11:38
Tagged date : UTC 2002-12-06 01:12:45

Audio
ID : 2
Format : QCELP
Codec ID : Qclp
Codec ID/Info : Qualcomm PureVoice
Duration : 2mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 88.2 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 11.025 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 1.39 MiB
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2002-12-06 01:11:38
Tagged date : UTC 2002-12-06 01:12:45

[stax76]

Hi flebber, I never seen such a message before, you can try to download StaxRip again and unpack with a different packer and try to encode a different source, one with a common format, AC3 for instance.

[flebber]

Hi flebber, I never seen such a message before, you can try to download StaxRip again and unpack with a different packer and try to encode a different source, one with a common format, AC3 for instance.

I redownloaded beta and then tried to encode with AC3. Same error.

I removed jobs and restarted staxrip, changed AC3 profile to use BeSweet and I still received the error. Removed jobs and restarted Staxrip and this time went to options and used force FFaudiosource and again same error.

I sent you the log files for the last two encodes.

[stax76]

I couldn't find a sample with this audio codec, can you upload a sample posting as private message? In the log file you've sent the last message was autocrop, did this possibly hang? If so you can just disable the crop filter prior to opening a source, this will prevent autocrop, it can also be disabled in the options.

[7ekno]

Does StaxRip now use x64 automatically? Or does it still require the work-around from somewhere in the middle of the thread?

7ek

[Arti]

1.1.6.8 beta (2010-08-22)


If StaxRip finds a vobsub subtitle containing forced captions it will create a separate vobsub file containing only forced subtitles using *_Forced.idx as filename
Fixed bug PSP device setting not using --b-pyramid none. Encoder profiles weren't reset so either must be reset manually or the PSP profiles must be corrected manually
Fixed UI bugs on small resolutions like Netbooks have
Subtitles with unknown language use now undetermined instead of the current locale language
Added warning regarding missing DirectShow filters
Added support to use wmv as audio source file with 'just Mux' audio profile, it will mux WMA into MKV then
Added option to downconvert to 16-bit (enabled by default)
Updated x264 to r1698
Updated eac3to to version 3.24

Thanks Stax! :thanks:

[stax76]

Does StaxRip now use x64 automatically? Or does it still require the work-around from somewhere in the middle of the thread?

It still needs the workaround but it's easier now because you can change the location to x264 and the filename don't has to be x264.exe. In order to change the location press F11 in the applications dialog.

[stax76]

@flebber

I've opened your sample with ffms2 and encoded it to AVI/XviD/MP3 using BeSweet and MKV/AVC/AAC using eac3to, tested on Win 7 and Win XP, everything worked. With MP3 output BeSweet is the default, with AAC output I was able to force BeSweet usage (encoder can be defined in the audio settings), no eac3to found it the complete log file so I don't understand why you still get a eac3to error even when you force BeSweet usage. You can easily test if eac3to.exe is corrupt, just go to Tools > Advanced > Show command prompt, at this command shell StaxRip sets PATH variables for all included command line applications so all command line applications will be found and can be used, you just have to type 'eac3to' and press enter to show the help for eac3to.

[flebber]

I notice that in the audio settings even after changing to besweet that eac3to is still in the command line.

http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/Sayth_Renshaw/besweet.png

But definitiely I can use Mp3 in an MP4 container. Actually just realised that its only the AC3 container on mine that doesn't update when besweet selected. I chose Besweet for AAC and it works

[stax76]

It's because BeSweet can't encode AC3, at least it's not supported in StaxRip, default for AC3 is eac3to, ffmpeg would possibly work too, I've never tried this.

[flebber]

Its all good i am using ffvideosource with AAC besweet in DivxPlus mkv and all is going well.

Thanks for the help.

[stax76]

I still wonder about the corrupted message with eac3to default handling, did you try to show the eac3to help from the command prompt?

[flebber]

I haven't used eac3to help from commandline. But I am hitting staxrip with file types I don't usually do.

With the following source ffms2 fails and using auto it requests me to insert framerate. I can see framerate above DAR but I am unsure how to enter it in.

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Source\VB 201\2101.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 2.99 MiB
Duration : 18mn 50s
Overall bit rate : 22.2 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 22.4 Kbps
Movie name : 2101
Performer : LearnVisualStudio.NET
Encoded date : UTC 2002-02-09 21:49:34.146
Copyright : LearnVisualStudio.NET (c) 2001

Video
ID : 2
Format : Screen Video
Codec ID : MSS1
Codec ID/Info : Windows Screen Video
Codec ID/Hint : Windows
Description of the codec : Windows Media Screen V7
Bit rate : 16.6 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Bit depth : 8 bits

Audio
ID : 1
Format : ACELP
Format profile : .net
Codec ID : 130
Codec ID/Hint : Sipro
Description of the codec : ACELP.net - 5 Kbits/s, 8000Hz, Mono
Duration : 18mn 50s
Bit rate : 5 753 bps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 8 000 Hz
Bit depth : bit0
Stream size : 794 KiB (26%)

[stax76]

StaxRip request to insert a frame rate??? Please post a screenshot from this request.

[flebber]

StaxRip request to insert a frame rate??? Please post a screenshot from this request.

http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/Sayth_Renshaw/fps.jpg

I have a workaround. I use windows media encoderto reencode wmv and then staxrip can handle the format.

[stax76]

StaxRip usually sets the fps value generating a DirectShowSource filter, it uses MediaInfo for this, with your sample MediaInfo don't return a fps value so StaxRip don't set it, you can try to set it manually, before opening the source choose the DirectShowSource filter profile, double-click it to edit it and enter a fps parameter manually, in the editor there is a help button for DirectShowSource where you can find help for possible parameters. If you upload a sample maybe I can do something.

[flebber]

Just curious in the options menu you can choose to force FFaudiosource. In the audio settings you cannot choose FFaudiosource though. Not really important more just curious.

[stax76]

I'm not sure where to put it best, all settings in the audio settings dialog are per track/profile while settings in the options are per project/template. I'm thinking about it since a while, it could be moved, in the audio settings there could be a link to open the audio options and it could be moved and labeled and behave per project/template.

[jsquare]

I need a profile settings for AVCHD encoding. I tried using MediaInfo with an AVCHD encoded file but the shown settings are not compatible for importing into StaxRip.
Here's is an example:
cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / weightp=0 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=7385 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=24000 / vbv_bufsize=24000 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / nal_hrd=vbr

[flebber]

I have sent a bug report. x264 hangs whilst encoding these type of files.

I have disabled autocrop. This is a re-encode of the wmv I posted to you previously.

Complete name : C:\Rip\Source\WMV VB201\2102.wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 42.0 MiB
Duration : 11mn 6s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 529 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 972 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-26 14:02:36.156

Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : AP@L1
Codec ID : WVC1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile
Duration : 11mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.083
Stream size : 61.0 MiB
Language : English (US)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 192 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 11mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 15.3 MiB (36%)
Language : English (US)

[stax76]

You can use the parameters below, I copied them from a MeGUI profile, copy the parameters to the clipboard, in the x264 dialog, right-click the command line preview and choose import or go to the Command Line tab and click the import button.

--profile high --level 4.1 --bframes 3 --ref 4 --slices 4 --aud --nal-hrd vbr --b-pyramid strict --keyint 24 --min-keyint 2 --vbv-maxrate 14000 --vbv-bufsize 14500

@flebber

It works here, next version will set fps=10 for this codec, when you right-click Filters and choose Play does it play? Is there a error message? What is the last log entry? Interesting website btw. :)

[jsquare]

You can use the parameters below, I copied them from a MeGUI profile, copy the parameters to the clipboard, in the x264 dialog, right-click the command line preview and choose import or go to the Command Line tab and click the import button.

Thanks Stax, I'll give it a try.

[flebber]

Hi Stax it does play. I have just completed an encode, I am unsure why it froze.

With the videos do you know an effective method or setting for preserving the text in the videos on conversion. I like the site but his old videos can only be watched on the PC and I am at the PC to much at home and work lately.

[stax76]

@all

There are a couple of things at this forum I'm not happy with, there were several issues since the beginning, it seams the time is right now to leave doom9 supporting StaxRip at another place, this place can be found in StaxRip's help menu and as well as the support section at the project website.

cheers
stax76

[Anakunda]

Greetings. would be it possible to downmix 2chn audio track to mono? either by BeSweet, or by eac3to, or by StaxRip, or by a 3rd party application (conversion must be lossless), the presumption is audio track will be in .ac3 or .mp2 format, target should be aac. But NeroAAC nor eac3to doesnot seem to support direct mono downmix ;(

[flebber]

Greetings. would be it possible to downmix 2chn audio track to mono? either by BeSweet, or by eac3to, or by StaxRip, or by a 3rd party application (conversion must be lossless), the presumption is audio track will be in .ac3 or .mp2 format, target should be aac. But NeroAAC nor eac3to doesnot seem to support direct mono downmix ;(

If you select edit next to your audio profile(down bottom right of main window) you can then choose your desired output level in the audio editor.
http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/Sayth_Renshaw/audioed.jpg

[Anakunda]

If you select edit next to your audio profile(down bottom right of main window) you can then choose your desired output level in the audio editor.


That's clear. :thanks: Didnot know it was added.

Just for the record: I tried this option but output track is 2 channel anyway: excerpt from mediainfo:

General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 29.3 MiB
Duration : 1h 31mn
Overall bit rate : 45.0 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-31 14:17:04
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-31 14:19:25
Writing application : Nero AAC codec / 1.5.3.0
cdec : ndaudio 1.5.3.0 / -q 0.30

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : Yes
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 31mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 44.2 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 62.4 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 28.8 MiB (98%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-08-31 14:17:04
Tagged date : UTC 2010-08-31 14:19:25


Does it mean NeroAACEnc ALWAYS produces at least 2channel audio?

[flebber]

Edit see below post

[flebber]

I believe that it is actually a mediainfo error. If you use staxrip and ffmpeg you will get mono output. I read the docs here http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/and the staxrip syntax for ffmpeg mono is correct. Mediainfo reports the file as 2 channels but look at the media report from ffmpeg it shows audio in converted file to be mono.

C:\Staxrip\Applications\ffmpeg>ffmpeg -i C:/rip/produced/Murderdollsmonoo.mkv
FFmpeg version SVN-r24707, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Aug 6 2010 04:14:05 with gcc 4.4.2
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libgsm --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspe
ex --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-lib
vpx --arch=x86 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --extra-libs='-lx264 -lpthread' --enable-librtmp --extra-li
bs='-lrtmp -lpolarssl -lws2_32 -lwinmm' --target-os=mingw32 --enable-avisynth --cross-prefix=i686-mingw32- --cc='ccache i686-mingw32-gc
c' --enable-memalign-hack
libavutil 50.23. 0 / 50.23. 0
libavcore 0. 2. 0 / 0. 2. 0
libavcodec 52.84. 2 / 52.84. 2
libavformat 52.78. 0 / 52.78. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.27. 0 / 1.27. 0
libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0
[matroska,webm @ 01c9c5b0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'C:/rip/produced/Murderdollsmonoo.mkv':
Duration: 00:03:06.34, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuvj420p, 720x400, PAR 1:1 DAR 9:5, 24 fps, 24 tbr, 1k tbn, 48 tbc
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, mono, s16
At least one output file must be specified

C:\Staxrip\Applications\ffmpeg>

[chris1379]

I'm encoding some MPEG2 TV recordings to XVid. Some of them have a little noise so I tried medium and low FuxsmoothST. Both of them seem to lighten the dark areas of the video so there is no true black. Is this normal or is there a setting I can change? Thanks.

Chris

[Batchman]

its possible to add ogm demuxer?

[stax76]

Many probably noticed that I take part in a protest movement called doom10.org, it can be understood as protest movement against neuron2's moderation which many consider often inappropriate. There were long discussions with Doom9 which I rate very positive so I hope there is no longer a need for doom10.org and everybody can get along here at doom9.org.

[Betsy25]

I would recommend everyone asking for support on this forum, to attach a screenshot of their store receipt which makes clear where AND when they bought the media they are asking support for, otherwise all treads will kept being filled with neuron's paranoid accusations instead of support and positive minded discussions.

[stax76]

It's the most controversial rule, after the discussion I have a better understanding about why it's handled that strict, in doubt people can contact me by email as far as StaxRip support is concerned.

[stax76]

I'm encoding some MPEG2 TV recordings to XVid. Some of them have a little noise so I tried medium and low FuxsmoothST. Both of them seem to lighten the dark areas of the video so there is no true black. Is this normal or is there a setting I can change? Thanks.

Changing some AviSynth or XviD options might help, you can try asking in the related forums.

[chris1379]

Changing some AviSynth or XviD options might help, you can try asking in the related forums.

Nevermind, I discovered it's a bug with my player or setup. I was using Media Player Classic in multiple windows to compare the results. The one that's opened first is fine but every other instance of MPC will be lighter. Hope this helps someone else.

Chris

[tasslehoff44]

Hi,

I tried to encoding this source but i can't. thirst time i tried there few month, i have any succes.
Yesterday i retried, with the last staxrip, staxrip choose directshow and it demux audio, but at encoding it does not extract the aac to wav so i don't have audio.
I encode manualy the wav to mp3 and that's work, it mux it at the end of process.
Today i want to retry encoding a sample before put the source sample to the forum, and now staxrip don't demux audio, i don't have the aac,
but if i choose to enco in mp3, in the enco process it demux it, but at the end audio is not syncro with de vidz.

So there are many strange things with this source.

This is a PAL DVB-IPTV source.

Général
ID : A4A8
Nom complet : C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Mes documents\test.mpg
Format : MPEG-TS
Taille du fichier : 9,40 Mio
Durée : 42s 670ms
Débit global moyen : 1 846 Kbps

Vidéo
ID : 69 (0x45)
ID de menu : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Profil du format : High@L3.0
Paramètres du format, CABAC : Oui
Paramètres du format, RefFrames : 4 images
Paramètres du format, GOP : M=4, N=6
Identifiant du codec : 27
Durée : 42s 343ms
Type de débit : Constant
Débit nominal : 1 640 Kbps
Largeur : 720 pixels
Hauteur : 576 pixels
Format à l'écran : 16/9
Images par seconde : 25,000 Im/s
Norme : PAL
Espace de couleurs : YUV
Sous-échantillonnage de la chrom : 4:2:0
Profondeur des couleurs : 8 bits
Type d'image : MBAFF
Bits/(Pixel*Image) : 0.158
Coordonnées de chromaticité : BT.470-6 System B, BT.470-6 System G, BT.601-6 625, BT.1358 625, BT.1700 625 PAL, BT.1700 625 SECAM
Caractéristiques du transfert : BT.470-6 System B, BT.470-6 System G
Coefficients de la matrice : BT.470-6 System B, BT.470-6 System G, BT.601-6 625, BT.1358 625, BT.1700 625 PAL, BT.1700 625 SECAM, IEC 61966-2-4 601

Audio
ID : 68 (0x44)
ID de menu : 1 (0x1)
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Version du format : Version 4
Profil du format : LC
Type de muxing : ADTS
Identifiant du codec : 15
Durée : 42s 756ms
Type de débit : Variable
Canaux : 2 canaux
Echantillonnage : 48,0 KHz
Délai par rapport Vidéo : -432ms
Langue : Français



The sample : http://www.filedropper.com/test_35

Sorry for my english , i do my best.

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) change extension from .mpg to .ts
2) open .ts in Ripbot264
3) select TFF -> 25 fps under deinterlace
4) ok -> done -> start

Problem solved

[tasslehoff44]

We are here to talk about staxrip i think. Your tools are certainly good but i don't use it.

Thanks for the info atak (if i can't have it to work in stax i give a try to ripbot)

[stax76]

@Atak_Snajpera

Since RipBot handles it with DirectShow too there would be the same sync issues.

@tasslehoff44

How did you record and cut this? MediaInfo says transport stream so it should have ts extension and not mpg which is used for program streams. By default StaxRip don't demux this type of file and handles it entirely with DirectShowSource, it's OK to have ts or avs as audio source file. If you have sync issues you can try to remux ts using tsmuxer or mux to mkv using ffmpeg, both might be able to fix sync issues, also DGDecNV.

[tasslehoff44]

I don't cut nothing, i just programed a recod of 1mn with adsltv (french player and recorder for most adsl french iptv provider) and it don't start directly, so you have a sample of 42s.

[stax76]

Did you try to remux with tsmuxer?

[tasslehoff44]

I just tried to replace the .mpg with .ts and that's work, no syncro bug.

[MikeTR]

Since installing Staxrip 1.6.9 on my upgraded PC (finally a quad core) I'm getting this error:

Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided.
Arguments: -Xmx256m -jar "C:\ProgramData\StaxRip\Applications\BDSup2Sub\BDSup2Sub.jar" "D:\DVD\TEST\S01E06\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1.idx" "D:\DVD\TEST\S01E06\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1_Forced.idx" /fps:keep /forced+

It happens on every (DVD) source file I've tried. Never had a problem with v1.6 before. Since the sources tried don't have forced subtitles, I'm clueless what to do. Once I close the message, encoding is just fine. I'd like to get rid of it, since it makes batch encoding futile.
Anyone know what cause this & how to fix it?

[flebber]

Stax I have tried to encode Snow white twice today but in both encodes the file has been muxed without audio. This is my input file.

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Source\SnowWhite\Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 3.59 GiB
Duration : 1h 19mn
Overall bit rate : 6 440 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-09-15 07:13:34
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.5.8 win(x86-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.5.8 (0.7.7/0.8.1) win(x86-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 768 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.556
Stream size : 3.21 GiB (90%)
Language : English

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 256 MiB (7%)
Title : 3/2+1
Language : English

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Channel positions : Front: C
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 54.8 MiB (1%)
Title : 1/0
Language : English

Text
ID : 4
Format : VobSub
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:01:18.680 : en:Chapter 02
00:02:05.800 : en:Chapter 03
00:03:25.880 : en:Chapter 04
00:05:11.760 : en:Chapter 05
00:06:42.200 : en:Chapter 06
00:08:48.120 : en:Chapter 07
00:11:05.560 : en:Chapter 08
00:14:19.520 : en:Chapter 09
00:16:54.280 : en:Chapter 10
00:20:31.720 : en:Chapter 11
00:23:09.080 : en:Chapter 12
00:24:26.440 : en:Chapter 13
00:33:28.880 : en:Chapter 14
00:41:01.520 : en:Chapter 15
00:45:51.160 : en:Chapter 16
00:47:14.040 : en:Chapter 17
00:49:53.680 : en:Chapter 18
00:54:29.080 : en:Chapter 19
00:56:27.880 : en:Chapter 20
01:00:04.120 : en:Chapter 21
01:02:58.800 : en:Chapter 22
01:05:35.560 : en:Chapter 23
01:08:44.400 : en:Chapter 24
01:11:05.720 : en:Chapter 25
01:14:31.240 : en:Chapter 26
01:17:09.080 : en:Chapter 27

and this is the ouptut.
General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Produced\Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 681 MiB
Duration : 1h 19mn
Overall bit rate : 1 193 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-09-18 06:16:53
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.2.0 ('No Talking') built on Jul 28 2010 18:38:23
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 6 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=30
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 19mn
Bit rate : 1 169 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 512 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.406
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.127
Stream size : 667 MiB (98%)
Writing library : x264 core 104 r1703 cd21d05
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=6 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / 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=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=100 / keyint_min=10 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=21.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60 / nal_hrd=none

Text
ID : 2
Format : VobSub
Codec ID : S_VOBSUB
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:01:18.680 : en:Chapter 02
00:02:05.800 : en:Chapter 03
00:03:25.880 : en:Chapter 04
00:05:11.760 : en:Chapter 05
00:06:42.200 : en:Chapter 06
00:08:48.120 : en:Chapter 07
00:11:05.560 : en:Chapter 08
00:14:19.520 : en:Chapter 09
00:16:54.280 : en:Chapter 10
00:20:31.720 : en:Chapter 11
00:23:09.080 : en:Chapter 12
00:24:26.440 : en:Chapter 13
00:33:28.880 : en:Chapter 14
00:41:01.520 : en:Chapter 15
00:45:51.160 : en:Chapter 16
00:47:14.040 : en:Chapter 17
00:49:53.680 : en:Chapter 18
00:54:29.080 : en:Chapter 19
00:56:27.880 : en:Chapter 20
01:00:04.120 : en:Chapter 21
01:02:58.800 : en:Chapter 22
01:05:35.560 : en:Chapter 23
01:08:44.400 : en:Chapter 24
01:11:05.720 : en:Chapter 25
01:14:31.240 : en:Chapter 26
01:17:09.080 : en:Chapter 27

[stax76]

@MikeTR

The current beta has a bug, if there is a idx file it tries to run BDSup2Sub even if no Java is installed.

@flebber

Please mail me the full log file.

[stax76]

@flebber

Your log file ends with auto crop, it don't contain audio processing and muxing.

[MikeTR]

@MikeTR
The current beta has a bug, if there is a idx file it tries to run BDSup2Sub even if no Java is installed.


Thanks for clearing that up. Should I install v1.6.8 (or another version) for now or install & use Java?

[flebber]

unfortuneately thats the full make report. Not sure why though but it is :confused:

[stax76]

@MikeTR

I suggest installing Java.

@flebber

I don't know why it's not complete but I can't do anything without log file entries or sample clip (can be created with mmg's split feature).

[MikeTR]

:thanks: works fine now.

[flebber]

Hi Stax. It appears eac3to may be my issue with that file. From the eac3to thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1444213#post1444213 eac3to has issues with mkv files containing vobsub. I changed staxrip to have audio encoding via besweet and encode went okay.

Sample of file that caused issue attached. http://www.mediafire.com/file/87sp8re9edx8te0/Snow%20White%20%26%20The%20Seven%20Dwarves%20%281%29-001.mkv

[stax76]

I don't see a problem with this sample, AC3 gets demuxed with mkvextract, AC3 gets converted to AAC with eac3to, AAC gets muxed with mkvmerge.

[flebber]

As soon as I use the full Snow White file I don't get any audio. I also found that the file below encoded without audio as well. Not sure why?

General
Complete name : C:\Rip\Source\DGENERATION\D-Generation Two.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.41 GiB
Duration : 34mn 29s
Overall bit rate : 5 840 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-09-15 07:53:10
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.5.8 win(x86-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.5.8 (0.7.7/0.8.1) win(x86-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 34mn 29s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 500 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 9 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.530
Stream size : 1.33 GiB (94%)
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 34mn 29s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 55.3 MiB (4%)
Title : 2/0
Language : English

Menu
00:00:00.000 : en:Chapter 01
00:06:59.920 : en:Chapter 02
00:18:15.920 : en:Chapter 03
00:27:38.000 : en:Chapter 04

[badgandalf]

Hi all,

As this is my first post here I have to start with a big than you for the greatest free tool I've come accross.

now here's my problem in case any of you can help. I record a lot from my DVB antenna using mediaportal and then like to edit the ts file to compress it and get rid of all the ads. I used to run an XP machine where everything worked out correctly but since I moved into W7 am finding one persistent problem i don't know how to get rid of.

The thing is I cannot get Staxrip to recognize, and demux, the two audio tracks found in every recording. It gets only one out of the original (although there are two that i can get with tsmuxer).

Is there a problem a known problem with Staxrip in W7?
Is there a known problem with DGIndex and ts files?
Is there a workaround that would allow me to continue using Staxrip by adding the two audio track files i get out of tsmuxer?

Thnks againg for the great tool (and the help!),

ignacio

[stax76]

The thing is I cannot get Staxrip to recognize, and demux, the two audio tracks found in every recording. It gets only one out of the original (although there are two that i can get with tsmuxer).

Maybe DGIndex fails to demux all tracks, you can try to enable ProjectX in the settings under Demuxing.

Is there a workaround that would allow me to continue using Staxrip by adding the two audio track files i get out of tsmuxer?

It should be no problem to open demuxed files regardless of how you demuxed them, right-click the source or audio input fields and choose 'Open' from the menu, alternatively double-click as shortcut.

[badgandalf]

Mmmm....

I'll give it a try but... how do I change DGIndex as the default demuxer? Thnx again,

ignacio

[stax76]

There are settings under Tools > Settings > Demuxing but it's not easy to understand, what container and codec has your source?

[badgandalf]

It's a .ts file captured using mediaportal from dvb...or how do i find out in order to respond to your question?

...and definitely the problem is with DGIndex as I tried using it directly and it did not demuxed the two tracks correctly whilst txmuxer did.

Ignacio

[stax76]

If it's MPEG-2 then it should be handled by DGIndex by default, if it's AVC then DGIndex cannot handle it, with AVC DirectShowSource is the default, if that causes sync issues you can try to remux or demux with tsmuxer or you can try DGDecNV.

[stax76]

1.1.7.0 beta (2010-09-19)


Fixed trying to create forced subtitle files without Java being installed
Fixed Java x64 not being detected
Fixed StaxRip trying to use a network directory as temp files directory, opening a source from a network directory StaxRip will now ask for a local temp files directory
Fixed native crash in the Event Commands editor happening with command having Boolean values
Fixed bug failing to mux mono audio streams
Updated Nero to version 1.5.4
Updated x264 to r1724
Changed default audio processing back to BeSweet for input formats supported by BeSweet, apparently it's more reliable then eac3to
Changed start credits default to q=30, end credits q=35, reset preview dialog menu to force new defaults
Enabled sup to sub conversion by default and silently omit execution in case Java isn't installed
http://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.7.0_beta.7z/download

[Ryo94]

StaxRip 1.1.7.0 crash just when I start it

Log

------------------------------------------------------------
Exception
------------------------------------------------------------

System.NullReferenceException: Referencia a objeto no establecida como instancia de un objeto.
en StaxRip.UI.WindowPositions.SaveSize(Form f)
en StaxRip.UI.WindowPositions.Save(Form f)
en StaxRip.MainForm.MainForm_LocationChanged()
en StaxRip.MainForm._Lambda$__85(Object a0, EventArgs a1)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnLocationChanged(EventArgs e)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds(Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 clientWidth, Int32 clientHeight)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds()
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
en System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5677/capture1lf.jpg (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/capture1lf.jpg/)

No problems with v1.1.6.8

[stax76]

The stack trace shows it crashed in the SaveSize method, this method was removed a long time ago, are you 100% sure you are starting 1.1.7.0 downloaded at sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia? When you right-click the executable in explorer and go to the details tab page, does it show 1.1.7.0?

[Ryo94]

You're right, in details tab say 1.1.6.0, I downloaded from videohelp.com as v1.1.7.0, seems like the folks there made a mistake with the link.
Now I downloaded v1.1.7.0 from sourceforge and it works fine, thanks stax :)

[stax76]

I've contacted them to fix the link. I've seen this crash countless times before due to bloody warez sites, they offer files like StaxRip_1.1.6.8_Portable.rar and inside is a different/older version, I have no idea if this is a scam maybe with modified code or if they are just dumb.

[Ryo94]

I've contacted them to fix the link. I've seen this crash countless times before due to bloody warez sites, they offer files like StaxRip_1.1.6.8_Portable.rar and inside is a different/older version, I have no idea if this is a scam maybe with modified code or if they are just dumb.

Probably 50/50 :D
BTW :thanks: for this new version.

[Temuthril]

Another thing regarding the PSP profiles, weightp can cause decoding problems in some cases with a certain amount of reference frames (I've seen this happen myself).

See this topic for more info:
http://doom10.org/index.php?topic=74

[Betsy25]

@Stax

Hi Stax,

Regarding the (hardcoded) subtitles filter, especially when using .srt (VobSub).

These are by default inserted between the "Source" & "Field" filters, ain't it a better idea to add VobSub(.srt) subtitles at the end of the filters chain ?

[MikeTR]

Is it possible to change the targetfolder & filename in batchmode to group all encoded files in one folder with the filename(s) derived from the original foldername(s)? Seems to me that it should be posiible using some wildcard solution, but I can't get it figured out.

[stax76]

@Temuthril

Would just disabling weightp in the PSP profile be OK?

@Betsy

I've checked it, order was:

crop
srt
noise
resize
cut

I'm not well informed about what is the best position since I've little to no experience with hard coded subs. I guess the current code puts it after crop, looks like it's probably better to put in in front of resize.

I remember I made some change when I had added the new subtitle preview in the muxing dialog, before it was even worse probably.

The preview feature will take the filters, add the target DAR, the selected subtitle and the first audio file and plays everything in the media player to check if video, audio and subtitles are all in sync.

@MikeTR

Did you try the options in the Options dialog under Paths. There is a 'Default Target Directory' option where you can define a directory with a folder browser (new Vista folder browser :) ) and a 'Default Target Name' option where you can use the %source_dir_name% macro, you can add this macro choosing 'Name of source file directory' from the drop down menu, I've not tried your setup or any similar things since a long time so sorry if things don't work.

@all

I consider taking another break from StaxRip, a lot has been done in recent months that I think StaxRip is in a solid state currently, people who made a contribution to the video encoding community or made a donation or just use StaxRip since many years or show good technical understanding can always contact me by mail, I cannot always help every newbie on every 3 forums I visit, there are too many posts and mails everyday.

[MikeTR]

@MikeTR

Did you try the options in the Options dialog under Paths. There is a 'Default Target Directory' option where you can define a directory with a folder browser (new Vista folder browser :) ) and a 'Default Target Name' option where you can use the %source_dir_name% macro, you can add this macro choosing 'Name of source file directory' from the drop down menu, I've not tried your setup or any similar things since a long time so sorry if things don't work.

@all

I consider taking another break from StaxRip, a lot has been done in recent months that I think StaxRip is in a solid state currently, people who made a contribution to the video encoding community or made a donation or just use StaxRip since many years or show good technical understanding can always contact me by mail, I cannot always help every newbie on every 3 forums I visit, there are too many posts and mails everyday.

:stupid: duh..competely forgot ...been al long time since I checked out those options.
@stax76: any rest will be well deserved (though lamented maybe). Not counting (which I don't) the fixed java bug and this PBK-error, Staxrip hasn't let me down yet. Thats more than most programs can say.
Will it be possible to manually update x264 to newer versions? I tried it once myself but failed (maybe I used a wrong x264 version though).

[stax76]

It should be possible to replace most applications, even if I wouldn't release a new version for a year critical problems are not very likely. Many things are integrated in a generic customizable way, for instance command lines can be customized in case applications introduce breaking changes in the command line interface. DGDecNV had such a breaking change for instance, the difficult part is to find out why it don't work and how to fix it, that requires experience and technical understanding. In that case looking for the command line in the log file, executing the command line manually in a command shell and reading the command line documentation for DGIndexNV, finding out what's wrong with trial and error, knowing where the command line can be customized in StaxRip. When I'm not here people still help each other which is great, some even looking at the code to understand problems.

I've just committed the code since I've forgot it last release. In case somebody wants to take a look at the code it not difficult compared to something like MPC-HC. There is a download link on SourceForge so no need to use a svn to download the code, it should compile without problems with Visual Studio Express 2010 VB.NET and SharpDevelop beta, no need to setup a complicated build environment, some only has to put the applications dir to the output dir to run and debug it from the output dir.

Finding things in the code is very easy with a little bit experience, StaxRip is 8 years old so I've forgot a lot code myself and need to search and understand things. Besides code navigation with class browser, finding references and things one of the most effective methods finding code is still full ext search for captions found in the application or log file.

[Temuthril]

@Temuthril
Would just disabling weightp in the PSP profile be OK?That would probably be the best option, atleast on animated content 3 ref frames is more beneficial than weightp (according to Dark Shikari). I don't know how it works on other content.

EDIT: Another thing, files encoded with the ultrafast preset don't work on PSPs, probably because it disables CABAC. Files with --cabac in the command line do play correctly.
The following topic has some more info:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1345636#post1345636

[Lighto]

Hey Stax, I have thought of some UI improvement that could be done.

It's possible to add in an option to disable minimize to tray as
Windows 7 taskbar sort of made minimize to tray obsolete.:o

Also it will be kind of neat to not allow multiple instance of StaxRip to be running at the same time.

[stax76]

@Temuthril

Please let me know when you find more issues, I'll fix it when I start coding again.

@Lighto

The first thing would probably be easy to add but not allowing multiple instances is a little bit problematic because of the startup time and little benefit it has. A second instance can run a job parallel to the first instance, it can also append jobs to the job list of the first instance. Only problem I see some can forget there is already a instance running, I think it happened once to me but it wasn't dramatic.

[Temuthril]

I found yet another thing regarding PSPs, apparently weighted b frames can rarely cause issues.

When I added --no-weightb to the command line the decoding errors disappeared.

[flebber]

Stax I was wondering if in a future version you could add the option into the audio config to have a "same as source" option for channel selection.

[whiteshark999]

http://img40.imagefra.me/img/img40/7/9/28/whiteshark/f_12c33ivd2m_728d29d.jpg (http://imagefra.me/)

Hi all please can someone tell me what these do in red thanks to you all.

[Lighto]

@Lighto

The first thing would probably be easy to add but not allowing multiple instances is a little bit problematic because of the startup time and little benefit it has. A second instance can run a job parallel to the first instance, it can also append jobs to the job list of the first instance. Only problem I see some can forget there is already a instance running, I think it happened once to me but it wasn't dramatic.

Didn't knew it could work that way.:o

Personally, I would prefer that the StaxRip window doesn't close but is just keep behind the log window.
I would like other folks using StaxRip to share their thought regarding this, I feel that this will shorten the time taken for the user to add in another job while StaxRip is encoding.
I am not saying it's significant or anything but I am sure this will save some clicks before the user can add another job.;)

@Betsy

I've checked it, order was:

crop
srt
noise
resize
cut

I'm not well informed about what is the best position since I've little to no experience with hard coded subs. I guess the current code puts it after crop, looks like it's probably better to put in in front of resize.

I remember I made some change when I had added the new subtitle preview in the muxing dialog, before it was even worse probably.

The preview feature will take the filters, add the target DAR, the selected subtitle and the first audio file and plays everything in the media player to check if video, audio and subtitles are all in sync.


I am no expert in this area but personally I would like to have the hardsub at the end of all the other video filters.

My thinking is that resizing after it have been hardsubbed would lower the visual quality of the sub.
There isn't a significant different in the preview window though.

I am not sure if my thinking is the same way as avisynth works but I see that MeGUI and RipBot264 places the hardsub filter at the end of the other video filters as well in the AVS Script.:o

[dud]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2509/stax.png

Used windows explorer to change to numerical files names but would be nice to have a fix.

[MikeTR]

...Staxrip hasn't let me down yet. Thats more than most programs can say.
I know I shouldn't have tempted fate....:rolleyes: Now I suddenly come across a more annoying Staxrip problem.
When batch encoding, the video and audio are way out of sync. Manual merging of the same temp files comes out just fine. So does an individual encode of the same source file(s). From what I can make out, in batch mode mkvmerge doesn't merge @ 24/1001 fps but probably at the 'original' framerate. I can reproduce this error with multiple NTSC sources, but PAL batch encodes work just fine.

UPDATE: comparing the logs, the only difference between the OK individual encode and the failed batch encode is in the mkvmerge section:
OK:
....
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
....
FAILED:
....
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
....

[flebber]

Is your source selection set to automatic in Batch mode. If not what setting do you use, DGindexNV, mpegsource, FFsm2 etc

[MikeTR]

Didn't change any Batch settings as far as I know. Where to check to be sure?
Logfile for both shows same demux info:
------------------------------------------------------------
DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2
------------------------------------------------------------

"C:\ProgramData\StaxRip\Applications\DGMPGDec\DGIndex.exe" -i "C:\Temp\VTS_01_1.VOB" -ia 2 -fo 0 -yr 1 -tn 1 -om 2 -drc 2 -dsd 0 -dsa 0 -o "C:\Temp\VTS_01_1 temp files\VTS_01_1" -hide -exit

Demuxer: DGIndex - Demux audio and index MPEG-2

Start: 13:33:01
End: 13:33:09
Duration: 00:00:08

Strange thing is that I've batch encoded NTSC sources before without a problem. Temp files come out fine, so it seems that when merging the wrong framerate is selected somehouw.

[flebber]

can you post debug info for both or upload them somewhere, you probably are right that errors occurs with merge but why?

[MikeTR]

uploaded two log files here (b=batch &i=individually encoded)
http://www.4shared.com/file/hD6LQEWK/The_Mentalist_S2E09_StaxRip__b.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/FuDAyNDW/The_Mentalist_S2E09_StaxRip__i.html

[Ryo94]

I'm just wondering if the preview takes the change when the denoisers are enabled since I save a frame as bmp with and without the heavy denoiser applied and the pictures looks identical, with the rest of the filters (ie. deinterlacers, resizers) I see clearly the difference in preview but not with the denoisers. I'm using Staxrip 1.1.7.0 in Win7.

[fabje]

Someone here know if it is possible to get DGAVCDecDI to work with Staxrip?

[JarrettH]

I was wanting to use StaxRip, but it insists on using Java even if I go through and deselect/remove everything except for DGIndex...let me find that old post with the same issue...

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

Also, could you update the first post to cut down on the number of redirects to download the software?

First post ---> stax76's place, click StaxRip ---> click Download at SourceForge ---> takes you to http://staxmedia.sourceforge.net/ ---> takes you to SourceForge project download page ---> Click to download

[Fidelix]

Well, even when i'm not in batch, video and audio is becoming out of sync. I dont know why.

EDIT: Video is out of sync. I tried muxing encoded video with original audio and it did not work.

EDIT 2: Using FFVideoSource makes the Video out of sync. Encoding the same file with DirectShowSource works fine, however, the provided version of BeSweet only outputs the first 2 seconds of the audio stream. Replacing it with a version from the author's site fixes the problem. Unfortunately, DirectShowSource does not work for all inputs.

I am using Staxrip 1.1.7. My OS is Windows 7 x64.

[albas]

Dunno if I am posting in the right place, but if I am not, please send me in the right direction.

I am running Staxrip 1.1.7.0 beta and I have the same problem in 1.1.6.9.

The problem arises when encoding large .ts files from a 1080i HDTV source to x264. I have tried with several different files which are about 1h 30m long and same problem every time:

Around 71,5 % (or around 100 000 frames) through the 1pass fps drops from about 25fps to somewhere around 2-3fps. At the same time my CPU load decreases from about 50% to about 5% and there is basically no load on any of the CPU cores. Same thing happens during 2pass only CPU load is initially higher.

It's been a while since I encoded large files and seem to remember that I didn't have the problem on version 1.1.6. Also, I don't have the problem with smaller files like 45 min long video. They are encoded in about 1 h 30 min or so while the 1h 30m long video took 14 hours to encode!! Using same x264 settings of course.

I am running windows 7 64bit and i7 CPU with 6 GB RAM.


Any help greatly appreciated.


Edit: Had ver. 1.1.6 still, changed back to that and it worked fine.

[Shinji-kun]

If my input audio is a demuxed AC3 track (PCM I think) from DVD and I select AAC as the audio codec, is this considered transcoding or regular encoding? I heard that transcoding of audio or video reduces the quality even more than an initial encode does. Basically are all AC3 tracks that come from R1 DVDs uncompressed? So encoding them is not considered transcoding?

[BlackSand]

Hi!

I'm trying to encode movie with parameter "zones" (x264) and after click start get this error:

[quote]StaxRip.ErrorAbortException: x264 failed with exit code -1073741515

Edit: Solved - broken x264.exe

[turok]

If my input audio is a demuxed AC3 track (PCM I think) from DVD and I select AAC as the audio codec, is this considered transcoding or regular encoding? I heard that transcoding of audio or video reduces the quality even more than an initial encode does. Basically are all AC3 tracks that come from R1 DVDs uncompressed? So encoding them is not considered transcoding?

just convert it to a lossless wav then encode to a lossy format. ac3 (dolby digital) is a lossy format.
and yes transcoding does reduce quality so please follow the first line i just typed.

[Pulp Catalyst]

tried to convert some films with Staxrip 1.1.7.0 ASP DivX (8.0 - 8.1.2) all lead to BSOD "IQRL driver not equal" something like that,

anyway went back to DivX 7.2.2 (not sure why but Stax causes BSOD when working with all versions of DivX 8 ASP mode)

could be a many reasons what's causing it, could be divx problem, could be a problem with my system.... who can say,

but DivX 7.2.2 (which is Codec 6.9.1 works fine)

i tried version 8 because i wanted the 6.9.1 update too 6.9.2 but downgraded again because of the BSOD problems.

the annoying thing is that the 6.9.1 divx codec keeps wanting to update to 6.9.2 (something about HD), only it doesn't download a small update, but rather downloads version 8 bundle, a message about an update from 6.9.1 too 6.9.2 seems simple enough, but then to have an entire upgrade package downloaded attempting to upgrade 7 to 8 is very....... "i don't have the word for it"....... but doesn't seem right that's for sure.

anyway i contemplated weather to post this or not..... i finally thought it would be best too share my experience, just in case there is an issue with Stax and version 8 of DivX ASP.


question....

if my codec is 6.9.1 (DivX 7.2.2 bundle) why does the 1st pass and 2nd pass options in staxrip bring up a divx config page that show's 6.8 at the top and not 6.9 as it should?
is this a DivX issue or Stax issue?

because it appears that i have divx 6.8 installed going by that config page (which is quite worrisome)?

[Shinji-kun]

just convert it to a lossless wav then encode to a lossy format. ac3 (dolby digital) is a lossy format.
and yes transcoding does reduce quality so please follow the first line i just typed.

How can I convert it to a lossless WAV? I have tried to use the "Demux AC3 to WAV" audio option in DGIndex and it hasn't worked once. Can BeLight convert the audio to a lossless WAV.

Simply encoding to x264 with no audio and then muxing the demuxed AC3 track sounds more straightforward.

[flebber]

How can I convert it to a lossless WAV? I have tried to use the "Demux AC3 to WAV" audio option in DGIndex and it hasn't worked once. Can BeLight convert the audio to a lossless WAV.

Simply encoding to x264 with no audio and then muxing the demuxed AC3 track sounds more straightforward.

You can create a wav quality 1.00 full quality in the audio config.

However my advice is to load your file and for your audio option choose jut mux which means it will just mux in original file with your encoded x264. Sounds like what you want.

[flebber]

http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af10/Sayth_Renshaw/satx.png

[Pulp Catalyst]

just converted some films i ripped, PAL cartoons,


ASP DivX MP3 96 ABR (the very best quality settings in DivX preset 10)
1075 mb per DVDRip volume, 12 volumes in total 3x4 DVD-5 (i know way to much, but i want the picture to look good even on a large TV)

everyone i done was fine, with really good quality however near the end of the volume of each AVI, there is audio video sync problems,

the 1st 50 minutes is fine, but then audio becomes out of sync, and the out of sync increases from 1.5 seconds to 8 seconds of out of sync near the end of the file,

i was bored and couldn't get a sleep needed something to watch and only had that to hand on my drive that was ok to watch but wouldn't keep me awake,
anyway that's how i found the problem, i will start from scratch and try the official release of staxrip and go from there and of course check the source as there could be a problem with the RIP,

i will post back on monday,


i will also try to rip to x264 too see if that changes anything (if only there were more x264 mainstream players i would move to x264)

[Pulp Catalyst]

OK, I have now confirmed what is happening,

Staxrip any version is causing the Auido out of sync,

I have checked the source and all is fine,

I think what is happening is that staxrip has determined that the video sync is -80ms out as it reports when checking, but that is the case only at the beginning,

the DVD volume has been ripped as a whole, but there are about 12 Cartoons in a volume, and the -80ms only applies to the 1st 7-10 cartoons, but then the audio sync changes, but staxrip has applied a global sync adjustment on the whole and not on each single cartoon,

i assume that this information is in the IFO files, because the source plays back fine on my PC, and on two different DVD players,

I'm now going to try FUW (Fairuse Wizard), FUW approaches projects with like AutoGK does, using Chains.

each chain will be treated as a separate project, and so will have there corrections on each one.
I'm thinking this will work, because the IFO contains these corrections already, and FUW will apply these corrections to each chain,

because Staxrip doesn't operate on a chain level, staxrip assumes the correction if found will apply to the whole, which of course is why i'm having trouble,

if this turns out to be true, than doing episode disks with staxrip could become very error prone,

I'm doing a quick encode with FUW now, will report back on the results, but the fact that FUW treats each Chain independently give me great optimism that it will work,

will post soon,


EDIT

FUW on accessing the DVD shows

Chain AR Duration Chapters Blah Blah Blah

11----4/3--1:34:05----12 This is the one that Staxrip grabs (DVD players also can use this but has the IFO to guide the player)


there are 12 more separate chains in this list, each one being a cartoon,


i will try two encodes, one using the 1:34:05 chain, and then do the other 12 chains as they are (separate)

see what happens,

[stax76]

You can try to create separate titles while ripping for instance with MakeMKV or DVD Decrypter IFO mode or PGCDemux. For DVD Decrypter and PGCDemux you might need AnyDVD or DVDfab Passkey or DVD43.

[Pulp Catalyst]

yeah, i was already aware of that, but i generally follow a single rule, never re-author a disk, it causes so many more possible areas of problems, i like using a Bit for Bit rip (baring any protection being removed of course)

i have found in the past that re-authored disks actually can cause more issues in there own right,
over at DVD-guide, i have helped so many people with problems which have been related to DVD's being ripped in movie mode..... asking a Ripper to strip and edit then re-author the disk can so easily break a DVD's functions (structure)

the only authoring system that i really trust is "Muxman" but even that can break a DVD but only the complex ones of course (the really complex ones),

in these situations, i think I'll just use a program that can access the DVD using the chain system, Like FUW and AutoGK to name a couple,


assuming of course this works, FUW is nearly finished, it may not even work....... gosh will i feel small LOL,

[Pulp Catalyst]

OK I can confirm that FUW worked fine when dealing with the individual chains, i can also confirm that when I chose the big chain in FUW, the same thing happened with FUW as it did with Staxrip (A/V sync problem)

so for reference,

on DVD's that have multiple episodes in a single chain.....

I'm not sure how to word what I wish to say,


.........
.....
...

if a DVD such as a cartoon DVD which doesn't have just one cartoon but has many, StaxRip will not look at the cartoons seperately, but rather decide what corrections need to be applied to the whole chain based on what it found at the beginning of the chain,

however if the cartoons in the middle of the chain suddenly required different corrections to be made, then staxrip would not know this and those corrections would not be made, leading to possible sound and video sync issues, which would get worse the further you get into the file produced by Staxrip,

although I feel this occurrence would be rare, in most cases DVD's have these corrections already applied to the video stream itself, so this problem i have experienced would not normally happen, the video audio correction would be the same throughout the chain,

i used fairuse wizard which like a few converters out there, can process the other chains found on the DVD, rather than the big chain which is just the single chains put into one, if the single chains can be treated individually, then each chain will be checked and have corrections done to each one,



NOTE
I have found the above very hard to explain, and I'm sure there are many here who can do explain better than me,

I give FULL PERMISSION to who ever to modify what I have written above, if they feel they can take what i have written and improve upon it,

[stax76]

MakeMKV is probably the most reliable way regarding sync issues, it can open both from DVD directly and from folder on the hard drive.

[Pulp Catalyst]

FUW worked fine for me, also for reference I did an encode with AutoGK, again worked fine, don't see the point in using a different ripper when clearly the Converter in question can deal with the issue I had, in situations like this I will just use a converter that can access a DVD on a Chain level, all cartoon DVD's for example I will use FUW in the future, no bother.

for me using a converter that can deal with this problem head on is the most reliable way, any converter that can access the DVD in question on a chain level will not have the above problem because the user can select the individual chains instead of the large chain being selected, don't see the need to solve this issue with an entire new Ripping program, fortunately there are a several converters out there that allow the user to access the DVD on that level, even old programs such as AutoGK can operate on a chain level, I feel this to be the better choice rather than introducing entirely new software to solve a problem that can obviously be dealt with by converters.

but in all honesty like i said above this is a rare problem, so not a major issue, but I will be aware of this issue now and choose accordingly in the future when dealing with cartoon DVD's.


thanks for your feedback,
and your program is wonderful, and is my number one choice, was FUW for over 3 years, but Staxrip has been my number one now for about 5 months, the AVS filter capabilities, and the choices available is amazing, dealing with PAL Interlace stuff, the VagueDenoiser Low is brilliant, but more importantly, the quality, FUW has always had unbelievable quality (ASP DivX/Xvid) but your program has been in my opinion the 1st that has rivalled FUW, but with the features that Staxrip has easily tips the balance.

but like so many only has the capability of two audio tracks, i love directors commentary, and sometimes the need for 3 (4 DC tracks in lord of the rings) or more would be a great luxury, but none seem to support that apart from MeGui in the open source selection i do believe,

thanks for letting me know about MakeMKV, i will try it out at some point, give it a test run, probably at Xmas (i always try new programs out every Xmas that comes with good recommendations from forums, and give them a run through, that's how i got on with Staxrip from last xmas) and come march there abouts Staxrip took the crown away from FUW (although FUW has dropped the bag over the last two years, not much development, but fortunately still getting fixes so no complaints from me LOL)

[willscarlett]

Hello Stax!
Nice work on staxrip, seems to be a good compromise between usability and necessary options. But I have some questions that i THINK have not been answered yet in this huge thread (which is not very helpful anymore with all that old posts concerning old versions and absolutely no structure. Please consider getting your own forum with sub-topics etc.!)

First question: Almost all Movies or Series I try to convert using staxrip come out delayed. DGIndex finds no or the wrong amount of delay. The thing is: the source files (VOB) are not delayed when i play them in vlc.
So I can only determine the right delay in vlc AFTER converting with staxrip and then use virtualdub to correct the delay, but i would like to save that extra time. Is there any possibility to check the synchronicity BEFORE I hit the "start" button?
When I enter a large delay, the audio-track gets yellow and there is a crippled help-text saying: "... to verify if audio and video are in sync you can right-click the filters menu and" and then the sentence ends. What does it say afterwards?
I already tried the option "play" because it seemed logical for a preview but that only opens vlc and nothing happens then. Can you help me on that one?

Question 2: How do I find out, which language in my IDX-file contains the subs that I need to understand the movie and thus have to be hardcoded (for example only the parts where the japanese mafia boss talks to someone on the phone in japanese and then returns to his conversation with the american police officer ;-) ). I thought only those were included in the IDX-file but I tried it now and had the full movie subtitled...

I think that was it for now. ;-) thanks in advance for your help!

[stax76]

@willscarlett

Welcome at doom9. :)

I point to this thread from various locations, people can post here or create new threads, vBulletin has a search feature called 'search this thread'.

Regarding the sync problem the assistant message already tells the most important things, I don't know why the message is cut on your system, I guess it happens on XP systems, the font size for this message was already reduced to make it fit, I've further reduced it now. The full message is:

The audio delay is unusual high, you might have to trim the beginning with DGIndex, demux with ProjectX or rip with MakeMKV. To verify if audio and video are in sync you can right-click the Filters menu and choose 'Play'.

The reason for the delay is often the DVD structure but it should only happen with few DVDs. From all methods I always recommend MakeMKV which is probably the most reliable and easiest way to deal with it, there are various other ways like demuxing with ProjectX or trimming with DGIndex, that will only work when no subtitles are needed.

There is another known delay issue, I think several threads on it exist, I think it has something to do with H.264 baseprofile and MP4 container so using the iPhone template might cause it, I'm not using MP4 output so I'm not well informed about the issue, first thing I would try here is updating x264 and mp4box.

the Play feature triggering VLC is problem since StaxRip opens the player associated with AVI assuming it's a DirectShow player able to play avs files, a workaround would have to be added.

Regarding forced subtitles, if there are any StaxRip should create a dedicated file containing '_Forced' in the filename, this will only work when Java is installed.

I hope you find a solution for the problems since for the most part I'm still taking a time off.

[willscarlett]

Thanks for the quick answer Stax!

My OS is Windows 7 x64 (english) if you need that information for the resizing of the font.

I already thought about the direct-show problem. So if i had a direct show player and ffdshow it would probably work ;-) But I don't like direct show, that's why i use vlc ^^

I send the disc (that i had ripped with the red fox) through makeMKV now and then everything went fine. Actually it is quite comfortable to work with makeMKV because you can deselect unnecessary tracks and subtitles right away and have episodes on the disc split by title. I wasn't sure about quality losses first but then i remembered that MKV is just a container... but for newbies it might be hard to understand why you suggest MakeMKV as ripper as it already produces directly playable files.
Thanx for the great tool!

[tasslehoff44]

Hi,

I have a bug, when try to encode this raw ts (http://salmon.gundam.eu/%5BElitist_Fags%5D_One_Piece__10-31_09-30-00_%28FUJI_TV_1440x1080_MPEG2_TS%29/)and some other of the same guy, staxrip don't demux good the audio.

I have to demux manualy with tsMuxeR for have it to work.

And one other thing, you talk there some week about subtitle position on filter section. For me i thinks it's better to put subtitle at the end, i use subtitle for cutted raw, if i cut the video before my sub, my sub isn't syncro i have to put after the cut.

At this time i can do manualy, that's not a prob, but i can't have a good preview with f5 because staxrip reload the cut before my sub...

I hope you understand what's i write.

Thanks for all

[BLackEagle38]

How ripper staxriple bluray.

I used version 1.1.7

[jsquare]

Recently started converting some of my DVDs to x264/AAC/MP4 and including subs in some of them, but I'm noticing that the subtitles only work up to the first 39 minutes or less, when I checked the .idx file created by VSRip the time stamp only goes up to the previous mentioned length. I'm ripping the DVDs with DVD Decrypter IFO mode into a single VOB + IFO and chapters, is there something that I'm doing wrong on the ripping process or another step that I'm missing?

[stax76]

VSRip and VobSub often fail, ripping with MakeMKV usually works better.

[jsquare]

VSRip and VobSub often fail, ripping with MakeMKV usually works better.

Thanks Stax, didn't know about MakeMKV I'll give it a try.

[tasslehoff44]

Why you ignore my message ? what i have do for that ?

I think i talk about real bug or problem i find in staxrip.

[stax76]

I ignore most posts except sometimes some easy to answer because I'm mostly taking a time out, I started this a few weeks back and continue a few months minimum, sorry about your problem, I hope I can help when I'm fully back.

[Famille_CB]

Hello,

I've a problem when I use the Besweet encoder to transform a wav file in ogg file. At the end of the encoded file I've got a little cracky noise. When I encode with ffmpeg the same file I've no issue.
I would like to use an other encoder than ffmpeg because:
* There's is no de-dynamic option
* The navigation in the encoded file is slower (jump of 10 seconde for example) than with the besweet's file.

Is it possible to use oggenc2 with StaxRip?

Tank's a lot.

PS: Sorry for my english, I'm French.

See you later.