StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[stax76]

@flebber

Maybe putting it in a function in a avsi file in the auto loading plugin dir or in a custom macro which can be defined at Tools > Settings > General > Advanced > Custom Macros or putting it in a file in the settings dir and then use a macro for the settings dir path to import the file using the Import function. You can open the settings dir under Tools > Directories > Settings. You could also put it directly in the filter profiles splitting new lines using the %newline% macro.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

was the encode sucessfull with FFMS2?

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I've ordered a Nvidia card and a Blu-ray drive now so let's see if I can improve some things.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

:eek: you just made my day :thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks::thanks:

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

whatever i can do to help just let me know

StaxRip is already a highly sufficient GUI and you just keep making it better and better it's just amazing what your doing really my hat goes off to you stax76 :thanks:

[myksto]

@myksto

was the encode sucessfull with FFMS2?

I really hope it will be!
I have an "old" Core2 Duo E6700 and it takes 11-13 hours to encode a 2 hours movie... :p

I'll let you know...

Thanks.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

good luck ;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

neuron2 says he can use DGIndexNV with StaxRip with no problems he tested on 32-bit Windows XP

are problems users reported only on Windows 7?

[Atak_Snajpera]

StaxRip is already the best and you keep making it better and better it's just amazing what you've done already

my hat goes off to you stax76 best dev around
Are you aware that word 'best' is not welcome in this forum? :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Atak_Snajpera

excuse my excitement post updated;)

[MuLTiTaSK]

Are you aware that word 'best' is not welcome in this forum? :)

i just had to check the rules again :scared: not welcomed maybe but good thing not restricted :cool:
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[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

some of the screencasts in the help file and the first post are either dead or using old StaxRip:confused:

can you update the help file and the first post of this thread with these screencasts
DVD to HQ .MKV using StaxRip (1.1.3) (1 of 2) (http://bit.ly/77n1T5)
DVD to HQ .MKV using StaxRip (1.1.3) (2 of 2) (http://bit.ly/6EYtiA)
Guia StaxRip MKV HD para AVI SD- 01 de 02 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDB6_zF45_4)
Guia StaxRip MKV HD para AVI SD- 02 de 02 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IO43poUn7M)
the screencasts above were made by me and Havokdan and are using newer builds of StaxRip:)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK & Havokdan

Thanks for making the screencasts, I'll update everything and move everything to the wiki that is used for the FAQ.

[Havokdan]

MuLTiTaSK, you found my screencast, I must say you inspired me to do it. :)

[MuLTiTaSK]

@Havokdan

:thanks:
i try to help if i can;)

[myksto]

Hi to everybody interested.
I can claim that I was able to encode perfectly a VC-1 stream with StaxRip using eac3to and FFMS2 as suggested by MultiTask.

:)

Including FFMS2 functions in StaxRip would be really appreciated...

Thanks, bye.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@myksto
Now encode interlaced VC-1 :) I guarantee than you won't be so happy this time.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

happy to hear that :)
stax76 is working on adding new functions to StaxRip
and Blu-ray A/V conversion is on that list so hopefully soon

[stax76]

Including FFMS2 functions in StaxRip would be really appreciated...

For now I hesitate since it would add 2 MB but I further evaluate it, it should also be possible to use DirectShowSource for VC-1 in StaxRip. What I did though is adding FFVideoSource as filter profile but only in case the plugin is located in the AviSynth auto loading plugin directory. Same is true for DGSource and DGMultiSource. When the filter profiles are generated these profiles will only be added when the plugins is present.

[myksto]

Well, fortunately most VC-1 video streams I'm involved with are not interlaced... :p
What kind of problems are related to interlaced VC-1 streams?
Your application is able to deal with interlaced VC-1 streams?

Suggestions? Advices?

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

this is most likely RipBot264 approach to dealing with Interlaced VC-1 streams SetACL->ffdshow->WMVideo DMO decoder

[MuLTiTaSK]

creating a .grf for VC-1 decoding (http://tinyurl.com/ydvvf56)

[myksto]

@myksto

this is most likely RipBot264 approach to dealing with Interlaced VC-1 streams SetACL->ffdshow->WMVideo DMO decoder

I don't know what its approach is. I have encoded 2 movies using RipBot264 and had problems with audio sync with the both of them.
I then tried to encode one of those movies using StaxRip (eac3to and ffms2) and had no problem with sync. I'm not a guru in video encoding but I guess there's something wrong in encoding method RipBot264 uses. These are generic clauses I know and I should provide details about all the stuff but I encoded lots of movies with StaxRip and had really no such problem ever.

Bye.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

using DirectShow as source in .avs script introduces problems with frame accurate decoding

FFMS2 Compatibility

AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV: Frame accurate
WMV: Frame accurate(?) but avformat seems to pick keyframes relatively far away
OGM: Frame accurate(?)
VOB, MPG: Seeking seems to be off by one or two frames now and then
M2TS, TS: Seeking seems to be off a few frames here and there
Image files: Most formats can be opened if seekmode=-1 is set, no animation support

[myksto]

And so??
I'm sorry but I'm not a guru. :(
You mean I had problems with audio sync because of directshow well known frame accuracy problems used by RipBot? Or what else?

Thanks...

[MuLTiTaSK]

@myksto

possible but i cant really say cause i dont know the approach taken to encode by RB264
FFMS2 is very accurate with the containers listed above and the reason you had no sync issues

[Atak_Snajpera]

You mean I had problems with audio sync because of directshow well known frame accuracy problems used by RipBot? Or what else?
Encoding is a linear process so you don't need frame accurate access! Frame accurate access is required if you want to use AviSynth MT (SetMTMode)

[stax76]

You forgot many users want to cut.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

can you add a option to exit and minimize StaxRip to the system tray etc when no jobs are running?
something like ZScreen options;)
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4577/ss20100110190431.png

there are way to many encoding GUI's out there turning into one click converters taking control away from the end user:o

never do that to good ol' StaxRip:p

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Dot Net Project (http://tinyurl.com/ybcz6g6)
LINQBridge (http://tinyurl.com/b42gd4)
linqbridge (http://tinyurl.com/745qrb)

[neo_sapien]

StaxRip is such an awesome program, and I use it a great deal. Thanks so much for all the work you put into it!

I have a couple questions:

1) Using StaxRip with x264, if, instead of resizing your video, say to 720x400 for 16:9, you keep the video at 720x480 and tell the mkv to display it as 16:9, will this result in a higher quality video, though at the cost of increased bitrate?
2) Are you sure that a 55% compressibility check is optimal? In the 55% compressibility check encodes that I've done, the resulting videos come out at times showing signs of overcompression. A smoothed image where you would expect to find a sharp, detailed image, etc. My encodes thus far have been with the "speed" setting set to medium. Or maybe setting it to slow or slower would help the quality?

[stax76]

can you add a option to exit and minimize StaxRip to the system tray etc when no jobs are running?

Why not close it if you don't use it? Regarding LINQBridge, it's probably to late to consider using it. Do you know which version of the .NET Framework is included with Win 7, if it's 3.5 then LINQBridge isn't much interesting.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@neo_sapien

dont resize unless you want to or have to as to hit a certain size or device as far compressibility checks try your next encode with the x264 Film HQ Preset instead of a Two Pass one and see if it works for you cheers

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7015/ss20100111113719.png

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

Windows Seven Ultimate Edition x64 (6.1.0.7600)
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8936/ss20100111115705.png

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Looks good, StaxRip should run out the box on Win 7 then.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

it did for me :D

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

try to link up with Zathor to see if he can help you get DGIndexNV working with StaxRip cause he's done a great job integrating it with MeGUI i just tested it out and DGIndexNV is working;)

[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

I've not tested recent MeGUI builts but from reading the thread I noticed Zathor is doing a good job. He gave me a hint to add a delay but since it's still crashing for now best thing I can do is wait until my card arrives, it should arrive this week.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

sweet at least we know it's possible that's a good thing:)

[neo_sapien]

@multitask
I did two encodes to test out x264 Film HQ, one using that profile (which came out to about 760kbps), and another using a 2-pass encode which came out to 2,112 kbps. In the Film HQ one, forehead creases and walls were noticeably smoother and compressed-looking, while in the much larger version, they looked sharp and crisp. A third encode was done at 55% compressibility, which came out just a few kbps smaller than the Film HQ one, but the two looked about the same.

[stax76]

@neo_sapien

At the time 50% for x264 was established a long time ago it was similar quality to 60% XviD/DivX which was the recommended value when post processing was used. I've recently changed the assistant to only complain if it's 20% from what is defined in the encoder options.

[myksto]

@neo_sapien

At the time 50% for x264 was established a long time ago it was similar quality to 60% XviD/DivX which was the recommended value when post processing was used. I've recently changed the assistant to only complain if it's 20% from what is defined in the encoder options.

I always use quality mode set to 20 (is it a good setting?) for my H264 encodings in the encoder properties.
What i'd like to ask you is how I should use the "aimed quality ratio" (maybe the one you've been talking about) that is always set to 50% and that I always set to 95%.

Thanks.

[stax76]

@myksto

Best thing you can do is encode samples and movies with different values and compare the output size and image quality. CRF 18 is 100% quality and this result in large files. I always use crf values between 20 and 24, depends on various factors but mostly on the image size, small image > 20-22, large image > 22-24.

[stax76]

Here is a new test built:

http://www.filedropper.com/staxrip1141

It allows to customize quality, preset and tune directly from the main dialog using a context menu and has some fixes and a couple of other small changes.

[sneaker_ger]

Do you have version 1141? If so then I forgot to reset the main menu, you can do this in three different ways, do you know one of them? I can't help with the command shell unless somebody built a console app with my code, 100 lines simple VB.NET code, should take less an hour to port.

Yes, I'm using version 1141. I've found the option to reset the menu and it works now. It doesn't demux the attachments though.

[stax76]

@sneaker_ger

Please upload a sample or mkvinfo output.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

:eek:thanks stax76 i will test asap :thanks:

can you please upload to your site or MediaFire i'am getting very slow speeds and i want to test something that you might like to include with StaxRip:p

[sneaker_ger]

http://www.mediafire.com/?mldmmlzzjm1

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[stax76]

@MuLTiTaSK

Here is a mirror:

http://www.stax76.bplaced.net/files/applications/StaxRip/StaxRip_1.1.4.1.7z

@sneaker_ger

Thanks for the sample, I'll try to fix it.

[MuLTiTaSK]

@stax76

attempting to open x264 settings i got a crash :eek:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6347/ss20100111180548.png