StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[Ryo94]

What is the easiest way to upgrade Staxrip?
Since a couple of betas Stax is posting the "full package" with all the programs updated, never had a problem since then, I just delete the old version, decompress the new one and it's ready to be used. I really prefer this way over the old update assistent.

[Betsy25]

Hi Stax,

Any idea if the newest x264 revision will be supported ?:)

EDIT: I update to 1.2.0 beta, and now my output .avi files (Xvid) show the fading DivX logo when
being played on a PS3, this doesn't happen on PC and MediaInfo clearly shows it's Xvid, while
the PS3 states DivX and the DivX logo is there on the PS3.

Please, what did change to the 1.2.0 version, I didn't have that problem before ?
Also, I don't remember the VirtualDubMod do the actual encoding either, now it does ?????

[sander815]

i am using server2003 32bit OS to convert a lot of dv to h264 files

i decided to reinstall the system, because of some troubles i couldn't fix
after that i install staxrip, install cedocida, no other codecs, and i get this after loading a dv into staxrip:
DirectShowSource: couldn't open file E:\deel 1.avi:
No combination of filters could be found to render the stream.
(E:\deel 1 temp files\deel 1_Source.avs, line 1)

when i load the avi in vdubmod i get this
[i] Starting up: VirtualDubMod build 2540/release
AVI: Opening file "E:\deel 1.avi"
[i] AVI: OpenDML hierarchical index detected on stream 0.
[i] AVI: OpenDML hierarchical index detected on stream 1.
Beginning dub operation.
[E] Error: VideoSourceAVI error: The source image format is not acceptable.
(error code -2)

when i load the avs script into vdubmod:
Avisynth open failure:
DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\deel1.avi:
No combination of filters could be found to render the stream.
(D:\deel1 temp files\deel1_Source.avs, line 1)

what am i missing?

[nudelbubu]

not really sure about it, but as cedocida is a vfw codec, that might be the problem. try installing a directshowfilter like ffdshow or ffdshow-tryouts.

I just found the changelog at help->changelog :eek:
/me fails

@Betsy25: Where did you get 1.2.0? the latest version on sourceforge is 1.1.2.0 atm.

[stax76]

Any idea if the newest x264 revision will be supported?

I was reading there are some problems with some new features.

I update to 1.2.0 beta, and now my output .avi files (Xvid) show the fading DivX logo when
being played on a PS3, this doesn't happen on PC and MediaInfo clearly shows it's Xvid, while
the PS3 states DivX and the DivX logo is there on the PS3.

You probably used DirectShowSource with DivX as decoder, maybe there is a option to disable the logo otherwise you can use ffdshow.

Everytime I download a new version of Staxrip I seem to break everything. All the applications locations are wrong as well as my templates.

Everything is included and should be easy to run, the all included package is much easier for most users and me. Maybe your packer didn't extract the 7z file properly, I had quite a few reports because of that.

I see there is a method to set an output directory for single files.

However, for batch encodes where there are 22 separate input files, is there a way to tell staxrip to output the 22 separate output files to a directory that is not the input file directory?

Did you try Options / Basic / Default Target Directory?

hi there. I just updated to 1.1.2beta and the pause button didn't work anymore on an 2nd pass h264 encode (it can be pressed, changes the text to resume, but it doesn't pause the encoder).

I didn't change this code since the feature was added, maybe I could use a small external command line application for pausing if there is one that works better than my code. IIRC I saw one included in ffcoder.

also, the new select template dialog is kind of annoying with my 11 templates. it barely fits into the screen with those giant buttons

Should be OK on Vista/7, it was huge on XP, fixed in next version.

the avs importer doesn't get the aspect ratio correct anymore. 1280x720 content is read with PAR 3:4 where it should be 1:1

There were general issues with HD sources, fixed in next version.

One thing...why is ProjectX preferred over DGDecode?

It worked perfectly for DVB while DGIndex always failed, ProjectX support is broke now however since I lost the old version which did actually demux the video, for some reason I can't make it work with the current version, maybe it's just because I changed the command line. I still have a DVB card and even use it daily, I just don't encode captures but rather DVD's. Maybe I find something next time I convert a capture.

Also, do you remember ColorMatrix? http://avisynth.org.ru/docs/english/...olormatrix.htm

I remember it being an essential fix once the problem was identified. Does StaxRip apply the same kind of correction or has ColorMatrix become outdated now?

I'm not well informed in this area.

I want to convert an mkv files with 2 streams of audio to avi. Staxrip finish the convertion without any problem or warning but when I play the avi files I realize that the 2nd audio track sounds distorted and noisy.

MKV demuxing was broke, I fixed it and then noticed BassAudio which is used by default fails on the second stream. I tried then to force dshow decoding, this was also broke, fixed it too but looked for another way not relying on dshow. I found out ffmpeg can decode SBR when faad is specified. Next version will handle AAC with ffmpeg, hopefully it's more robust, it worked with your sample (LC) and with a sample from me (HE).

[Ryo94]

MKV demuxing was broke, I fixed it and then noticed BassAudio which is used by default fails on the second stream. I tried then to force dshow decoding, this was also broke, fixed it too but looked for another way not relying on dshow. I found out ffmpeg can decode SBR when faad is specified. Next version will handle AAC with ffmpeg, hopefully it's more robust, it worked with your sample (LC) and with a sample from me (HE).

Thanks a lot Stax!

[nudelbubu]

...the pause button didn't work anymore on an 2nd pass h264 encode...
I didn't change this code since the feature was added, maybe I could use a small external command line application for pausing if there is one that works better than my code. IIRC I saw one included in ffcoder.
Could be this is simply the first time I tried pausing the encode twice. It's weird though that this doesn't affect the first pass and also only happens the second time you try to pause the same second pass. So my guess would be its not the code for pausing but a button status not being reset when pressing resume or something like that.

thx for fixing the rest.


Something else bugging me right now is the validation of avs scripts by staxrip. I'm currently doing some encodes using an inpaint function, which does an automatic scan of the video file on initialization. This scan needs approx 1/4 realtime. While staxrip validates on avs import and on starting the encode the scan is executed twice without beeing needed.
So I'd like to request an option to disable the validation on a per template base. I hope this is possible without causing too much work. :thanks:

[stax76]

I changed pausing/resuming, it will hopefully work better, doesn't seem to be rocket science:

Private Sub bSuspend_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles bSuspend.Click
For Each i As ProcessThread In Proc.Process.Threads
Dim h = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, False, i.Id)
SuspendThread(h)
CloseHandle(h)
Next
End Sub

Private Sub bResume_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles bResume.Click
For x = Proc.Process.Threads.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
Dim h = OpenThread(ThreadAccess.SUSPEND_RESUME, False, Proc.Process.Threads(x).Id)
ResumeThread(h)
CloseHandle(h)
Next
End Sub

So I'd like to request an option to disable the validation on a per template base. I hope this is possible without causing too much work.

I don't think I can easily fix this, the script can be opened to extract info or displayed in many different situations. Maybe you can change the script to perform the initialization only if a certain variable is enabled and enable it only prior encoding.

[nudelbubu]

ic. thats ok then, especially with your variable hint pointing me in the right direction ^^
for those interested, here's what I did:
ready.avs:
ready=0
script.avs:
Import("ready.avs")
out = (ready==1 ? InpaintFunc(in,...) : in)

In Staxrip->Tools->Event Commands added a command for "Before Project Encoding",
Criteria "Template Name" "Is" "My Template"
Command "Perform->Execute Command Line"
Command Line: "cmd /C echo ready=^1>%source_dir%ready.avs"

with this the function won't be executed before the first encoding pass and all the useless overhead is gone. \o/

had to add %source_dir% as current dir is set to the last path opened in staxrip

[stax76]

1.1.2.1 beta

Added support for DivX Plus, iPod, iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360 and Zune
Added support for .NET 3.5 Client Profile which is much smaller than the full framework
Added new FAQ at wikispaces which is a very good free wiki service
Added x264 version 1342 with new option --weightp
Added DGMPGDEC version 1.5.6
Fixed bug aspect ratio not properly detected for some HD sources
Fixed bug command line import in x264 dialog not working properly
Fixed bug MKV demuxing not working properly
Fixed bug AAC decoding not working properly
Fixed bug DirectShow decoding not working properly
Fixed bug showing too big commandlink buttons on XP
Fixed bug pausing/resuming processes not working properly
Fixed bug AVCSource() being forced for dga files preventing NV tools usage
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.1_beta.7z/download

[rachzps]

Is there any way to get the mp4 profiles of verion 1.1.1.0?
Specifically those of Anime, I was given excellent results

[stax76]

Hi and welcome, there are many requests regarding MeGUI profiles so I wrote something about it in the new FAQ (http://stax76.wikispaces.com/StaxRip+FAQ#toc1). It mentions the tune feature which has a anime option.

[Havokdan]

I had problems with conversion of an audio file mp4 (h264/aac) to avi (Xvid/mp3), the audio was slow.I try to change the mode of audio encode.

[stax76]

I wish the defaults would have handled it properly after I've changed it to decode using ffmpeg in the latest release, please upload a sample or post at least media info.

[Havokdan]

Staxrip crash, i try send diagnostic to emaill, but failed. I'll try to reproduce the error again.

[stax76]

So there is a problem with my or your email provider?

[stax76]

@Havokdan

Looks like a bug in ffmpeg:

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : Yes
Format settings, PS : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 22mn 44s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 56.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 75.8 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 9.12 MiB (13%)
Encoded date : UTC 2009-10-19 11:42:29
Tagged date : UTC 2009-10-19 11:42:29


"C:\StaxRip\Applications\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe" -acodec libfaad -i "C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.m4a" -y -ac 2 "C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.wav"
FFmpeg version SVN-r19159-Sherpya, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.30. 2 / 52.30. 2
libavformat 52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 0. 5. 0 / 0. 5. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Jun 12 2009 04:25:02, gcc: 4.5.0 20090517 (experimental)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.m4a':
Duration: 00:22:44.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 56 kb/s
Stream #0.0(und): Audio: aac, 24000 Hz, stereo, s16
Output #0, wav, to 'C:\StaxRip\Temp\Kimi ni Todoke 01\Kimi ni Todoke 01 - iv-Undetermined.wav':
Stream #0.0(und): Audio: pcm_s16le, 24000 Hz, stereo, s16, 768 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0

[Havokdan]

The funny thing is that only happened with that particular file, other files conversion occurred normally. I sent the log and sample via pm, because I think this file violates the rules of the forum, could take it out?

[stax76]

Has anybody experience with ffmpeg bug reporting? It should be reported to ffmpeg.

[stax76]

@Havokdan

It also failed on a AAC SBR file created with StaxRip, I'm gonna use faad2 in the next version, this seem to work.

[microchip8]

AAC downsamples the frequency when in SBR (Spectral Band Replication) mode so it's no wonder you'll see 48 kHz in mediainfo and 24 kHz in ffmpeg. I suspect both have a different way of detecting sample rates in SBR AAC files, which can confuse some

[alaxa]

Hi there,
I don;t know how to fix/debug it but sometimes when I start a FileBatch encoding (xVid+2x Mp3) staxRip crashes. It happens right after the beSweet transcoding.
Any help?

thanks.

[stax76]

@alaxa

How do you know it crashes?

[alaxa]

How do you know it crashes?

I get a windows about "staxRip crashed" which asks me if I do want to send such bug report to Microsoft

thanks,
a.

[stax76]

You mean the crash dialog of Windows? This would be bad since it don't give much debug info. What operating system do you run?

[alaxa]

You mean the crash dialog of Windows? This would be bad since it don't give much debug info. What operating system do you run?

windows XP sp3
To be honest I never tried a such batch encoding, I always did it by hand. It's a pity, I've around 50 episodes to encode :P
Thanks anyhow

a.

[Ajax_Undone]

Is there a change log...

[stax76]

There is no full changelog online, I'm announcing new versions in this thread, the latest is here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1346210#post1346210).

[Betsy25]

I experience the same slow audio after encoding to MP4 (as here : http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1346336#post1346336 ).
What I was seeing during the conversion is that the audio is seen as exactly double (2x) the length it actually has.

After the encoding finished, my MP4 played as beeing 5 hours long, while it actually is 2,5 hours and the audio plays at half speed.

[stax76]

Next version uses faad2 for aac decoding which should work much better than ffmpeg and BassAudio which was used previously.

[turok]

thats nice to hear. hey stax, is there a way for you to make the audio profiles/codec configuration more noob friendly? I would prefer to select constant 80kbps and select HE-AAC without typing it. its a bit annoying and a bother. Of course I could save profiles for it but well... it be a lot simpler if this was done hope I wasn't much of a bother.

[molitar]

Ok I just heard about this software.. tried beta and nothing made sense.. no animation profile, ect.. no x264 profile.. only DivX and it failed every single time.. so tried staxrip stable 1.1 and all the download now buttons don't work so still can't run the program though it was much simpler and would be a heck of a lot easier since the profiles were there but can't run because the versions it wants does not match. Is their a get started tutorial for staxrip because so far it won't work for me.

so far Neither the latest beta or stable ran for me.. try to open crop window.. locks up.. try to do anything it locks up.. what a buggy software.

x264 Encoder failed with exit code -1073741819

[stax76]

@turok

I've added some new profiles for the next version.

@molitar

Please try version 1.1.2.1 and post media info for the source you tried to open (generally a good idea :-). Next version will add a lot more profiles but creating your own isn't difficult. There might be a bug here and there, most of the time there are workarounds and quick fixes. Maybe you need a bit more patience.

[Lupissimo]

Is there any news about this problem:

"In the meantime I did the following test: recording on ASTRA 19

Astra HD Testtransmission 1080i, 25fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding h264 ok
Anixe HD 1080i, 25fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding h264 ok
ARD Das Erste HD,ZDF HD and Arte HD: 720p, 50fps : preview avisynth error see above , encoding crashes after about 260 frames

I used differnet hardware ( Technisat HD2 and Tevii 460 PCIe ) no change , Record Program DVBViewer 4.2.1.0.
Lupissimo "

As DGAVCDec is withdrawn, I am at a loss whether the problem is solved?? Staxrip 1.1.2.1 beta still crashes and the modification of the template does not help anymore.

Lupissimo

[stax76]

I'll change the defaults for avc ts to dss, if it's easy to build grf files I'll do it too, it would if help somebody telling me which filters work best.

[flebber]

I'll change the defaults for avc ts to dss, if it's easy to build grf files I'll do it too, it would if help somebody telling me which filters work best.

Work best? Maybe I have missed it in this thread but what filter types are you looking for? I posted some filter suggestions in your other thread but if you are looking for something specific I glad to help.

[stax76]

Fast, robust and if possible free AVC dshow decoder filter.

[swaaye]

When trying to use DGMultiSource() as a source filter, Staxrip will instead switch to AVCSource! Problem! :)

[flebber]

Fast, robust and if possible free AVC dshow decoder filter.

I am tired because you don't mean ffdshow or coreavc do you?

[stax76]

@swaaye

It's fixed in the new version.

@flebber

I made a small test, the DivX H.264 decoder seem to be the fastest free H.264 decoder.

@Lupissimo

The new version handles H.264 in TS by default with dshow, I've setup dshow to use DivX as H.264 decoder and ffdshow as audio decoder. In my test the DivX decoder was the fastest decoder. There is a new dialog showing some links and hints regarding dshow. I hope it works now better for you.

[stax76]

1.1.2.2 beta

Added option to force source display aspect ratio
Added option to force static crop values
Added option to show an application's help file in the Applications dialog
Added support for sub menus in the filter menu
Added various new AviSynth filters profiles
Added various new audio and video profiles and changed menu structure
Added menu to choose image size in main dialog
Added menu to override the auto detection of the source PAR
Added task dialog to quickly find and perform the following tasks: batch encode files using audio profiles, copy macros, reset settings, show the help file of application, launch a application, open the directory of a application, show the website of a application
Added option to play various files (Tools / Play File)
Added option to show various files (Tools / Show File)
Added option to show media info on various files (Tools / Media Info)
Added x264 zones feature to preview
Added support for OGM sources
Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.9
Updated x264 to rev 1354
Fixed bug AAC decoding not working, now using FAAD2 instead of ffmpeg
Fixed crash using the auto overcrop feature used in the iPod template
Fixed bug causing mkv demuxing to fail on unusual ordered streams
Fixed bug preventing DGMultiSource to be used
Changed TS AVC handling from DGAVCDEC to DirectShow
https://sourceforge.net/projects/staxmedia/files/StaxRip%20beta/StaxRip_1.1.2.2_beta.7z/download

[minda76]

Hi,

Thanks for the new version. When i tried to edit "resize/image options" staxrip has crashed!System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StaxRip.OptionsForm.ShowAdvancedNode(String value)
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenOptionsDialog(String section)
at StaxRip.MainForm._Lambda$__77()
at StaxRip.UI.ActionMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[MuLTiTaSK]

thanks for a new version stax i got some errors with lastest beta first one trying to open image options from main form second trying to open a custom avisynth filter profile

StaxRip has crashed!

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StaxRip.AviSynthFilter.get_Name()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.Load()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.EditClick(Func`1 docDelegate)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Edit()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm.bEdit_Click()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm._Lambda$__124(Object a0, EventArgs a1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

StaxRip has crashed!

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StaxRip.AviSynthFilter.get_Name()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.Load()
at StaxRip.AviSynthListView.EditClick(Func`1 docDelegate)
at StaxRip.AviSynthDocument.Edit()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm.bEdit_Click()
at StaxRip.ProfilesForm._Lambda$__124(Object a0, EventArgs a1)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

[flebber]

If I select a filter right click and select add afer opening any category such source,noise etc and click on the "+" to expand the advanced menu the add filter window dissapears.

[Havokdan]

I have the same problem as mentioned Flebber.

[burfadel]

Yes, the same happens here too. It did open up eventually though...

[stax76]

Flebber says '+' but on Win 7 with default setup there is no '+' so maybe it happens only if Visual Styles are disabled or on XP or on certain .NET setups or it's a problem loading old settings.

[Lupissimo]

@Stax :Thank you for the new version. I have installed Divx7 especially for it (normally I try to use as few codecs as possible to keep my system simple, which is still XP SP3). Before loading the file.ts I disabled crop and field and accepted the fddshow message( use it once). Opening the preview I only get a single frame which looks completely different from the captured video. The encoded video also only shows the frozen frame. The audio is ok. Do you still have my sample and did you try to encode it?

Lupissimo

[stax76]

@Lupissimo

I'm not sure I still have your sample but it's more likely a dshow problem. What was that for a sample? I've used a ARD HD sample recently for testing. Did you verify which filters are used using GraphStudio?

[Lupissimo]

ARD HD sample is the same I was using just now. In graph Studio I can see all the required filters( Menue Filters), but I am not sure whether they are used. Its the first time I used this software. Normally I set the filter merits in Zoomplayer.