StaxRip x86 (development for x86 has been stopped)

[fabje]

yeah, that should do it, mate.
kudos
So basicly because Staxrip creates a temp dir with a space in the directory name, it won't encode it.

Anyway it is fixed :)

[flebber]

So basicly because Staxrip creates a temp dir with a space in the directory name, it won't encode it.

Anyway it is fixed :)

Well actually its mp4box

[Chetwood]

@Chetwood

Do you have the same problems using VirtualDub manually?
Oop, totally forgot to reply. Thanks but with the current version of Staxrip I got no problems with packed bitstream anymore. Two things I wonder though: when encoding DVDs

- is demuxing really necessary
- can Staxrip automatically create a chapter.txt from the IFOs/VOBs?

[flebber]

Oop, totally forgot to reply. Thanks but with the current version of Staxrip I got no problems with packed bitstream anymore. Two things I wonder though: when encoding DVDs

- is demuxing really necessary
- can Staxrip automatically create a chapter.txt from the IFOs/VOBs?

Remixing is necessary so the audio and video is processed separately. Stsxrip should create the chapters for you, has it not been doing this?

[manolito]

Remixing is necessary so the audio and video is processed separately. Stsxrip should create the chapters for you, has it not been doing this?
Not for DVD sources. IIRC Stax himself recommends in the Wiki to rip the DVD to MKV first with MakeMKV. When this MKV is used as the source for StaxRip, the chapters will be extracted from the MKV.

If you want to use the VOBs as your source then you have to extract the chapters manually from the IFO (ChapterXtractor or ChapterGen) and export them to the OGG format (probably a good idea to change the .ogm extension to .txt). In StaxRip you can specify to use this chapter file under "Config Container".



Cheers
manolito

[Abyssal]

Anyone have any idea of how I can get 10bit x264 to work with StaxRip?

When I replace the 8bit x264 that comes with StaxRip with the latest 10bit version I get this error that it's not compatible with my version of windows bla bla bla and I have narrowed it down to the pretty obvious reason for this error to show up and that is the 10bit x264 I added.

[flebber]

Anyone have any idea of how I can get 10bit x264 to work with StaxRip?

When I replace the 8bit x264 that comes with StaxRip with the latest 10bit version I get this error that it's not compatible with my version of windows bla bla bla and I have narrowed it down to the pretty obvious reason for this error to show up and that is the 10bit x264 I added.

I am driving so I hope I get this right but if you use F11 option in Sfax to defin new version you should be hood

[Remicade]

How to encode credits with StaxRip ?

[Chetwood]

Remixing is necessary so the audio and video is processed separately.
Which is done by AutoGK without demuxing.

Not for DVD sources.
That's what I meant. Doing it manually with ChapterXtractor sucks (as does extra conversion to MKV) but oh well...

[flebber]

Which is done by AutoGK without demuxing.


That's what I meant. Doing it manually with ChapterXtractor sucks (as does extra conversion to MKV) but oh well...

What would make you think autogk doesn't demux? I have never used autogk but a quick google search of "autogk demuxing" brought a many results discussing autogk demuxing and indexing phase. Seems autogk does demux

[Abyssal]

I am driving so I hope I get this right but if you use F11 option in Sfax to defin new version you should be hood

Thanks, it worked! I had to press F12 as well to specify the revision as well.


I have another problem though and that is with AviSynth... I go Tools > Show File > AviSynth Script and add things to my liking and them save it. If I go back to it, all the stuff I added is still there but when I start the encode I look at the encoding window (where you can see how many frames it encoded, you can check what it did with audio etc. in other words you can follow the encode process in that window) and scroll up a bit and look at the AviSynth script it went back to what it used to be before I added stuff.

[Chetwood]

What would make you think autogk doesn't demux?
Because encoding with AutoGK appeared to start almost instanteniously compared to Staxrip and it did not put its temp files where one would expect. Apparently it does demux too, though. :o

[manolito]

I have another problem though and that is with AviSynth... I go Tools > Show File > AviSynth Script and add things to my liking and them save it.
According to Mr. Stax76 himself this is not a supported scenario. Take a look here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1541228#post1541228

You should instead work in the filter section of the main window. You can either edit an existing filter or add a new filter which contains your specific commands.


Cheers
manolito

[batr22]

Hi all, I have a problem to encode 10-bit to 8 bits with StaxRip. Update the latest version of x264 8-bit, allows me to encode a mkv 10-bit to 8 bits without problems, but a mp4 10-bit to 8-bit I get discolored or pixelated. I wonder if someone could encode mp4 10-bit or 8 bit is that it does not support StaxRip encode 10-bit to 8-bit mp4. I tried a thousand ways in the configuration of StaxRip no avail, if anyone wants to have to tell me how you can do to encode mp4 10-bit to 8 bits.

[drkwok]

First of all, thanks Stax for making the program, it's helped out in many ways.

I have a question about hardcoded subtitles... how do I get prevent Staxrip from encoding them that way? I removed the "demux and add" subtitles from the options, and I've never used the "tools | hardcode" menu to add them, yet they keep getting hardcoded into the MKV file. During the extraction phase, I see the SRT file in the working folder, and the only way to prevent them from being added seems to be to rename the file.

Any help would be appreciated!

[datauser]

Probably because the srt file is already contained in the mkv container(switching it on or off e.g using a media player) but it will be ready for hard encoding and cannot be switched off later if you are processing it for another format.

You will have to extract it either using toolnix or yamb and then place mp4 etc back into its mkv container or just extract to mp4 etc and use that as a sole source instead.

[drkwok]

Thanks for the reply datauser, so there is no way i just telling Staxrip to ignore the embedded SRT or other text files?

Is there any script I could edit to remove them?

[willscarlett]

just to rule it out, drkwok, it is not just nomal subs which are activated in your player and can be deactivated again while playing? because some people confuse hardcoded and standard-flagged subs.

[drkwok]

Will,

I have a blu-ray that I converted to MKV with another program, and I made sure the subtitles are soft coded, because then I can turn them off; so, I am working with a file that I know for sure has soft coded titles. I wanted to recompress it to save space as the new x264 codec are supposed to be much more efficient, so I thought, why not?

Staxrip, no matter what I do, will force those titles to be hardcoded into the H264 stream (I just tested it again with another file). I don't want to waste time demuxing the text stream out of the MKV before running Staxrip, and even if I delete or rename the extracted SRT file before Staxrip starts converting, it must be loaded into memory because the subtitles appear. I cannot turn them off as they do not show up in MKV Toolnix or other programs as a separate text stream.

I make MKVs to keep the disc out of the hands of the kidlets, and I want the option of turning the titles off. This has been more of a test for me, but it sure is annoying. Vidcoder works on the same file just fine, but it seems much slower (don't know why) and the output seems visually different to me.

[Chetwood]

When I select MKV as output container in Staxrip, I manually have to select subs and even then they are not hardcoded.

[drkwok]

That's odd, Chetwood.... I have explicitly told it not to select subtitles and it's always hardcoded. I'm going to uninstall all other programs that have to do with converting/encoding and see if that works.

[Chetwood]

Doubtful since Staxrip comes with all it's tools. So what source do you have and what container/template do you use for output?

[drkwok]

I modified one of the high quality presets and used an MKV container. The source is a blu-ray that was converted to an MKV already (as in, I have the blu-ray, and then converted it to MKV). I'll try the default profiles again, I most likely adjusted something somewhere,which is odd since I explicitly have the subtitles option turned off.

[willscarlett]

it is really strange, typically Staxrip does not hardcode anything if you don't explicitly tell it to do so (lot's of people ask questions about how to do it ^^). You have to use the tool-option hardcoded subtitle and choose the corresponding file to get a hardcoded subtitle...

maybe it is that option you deactivated (I think you mean "demux and add subtitles"). Maybe it does not work as we understand it when turned off... I would just leave it "on" as the mkv is demuxed in video and audio anyway when adding it to staxrip. You could try clearing the autoload-field below the option to have no subtitles afterwards. you could also delete the sup-files before starting the encode.
If you explicitly want no and need no subtitles you might just unselect them beforehand in makemkv while ripping.

[drkwok]

So, I tried the default settings and it worked fine, subtitles were muxed into their own stream. As soon as I change the default template, the subtitles are hardcoded. I've tried deactivating the "demux and add subtitles" as well as leaving it on to no effect before. I've also tried removing the SRT files before coding, but I don't want to have to do all of these steps beforehand.

I tried another test, took the short "Banana" from my kids "Despicable Me" video and converted it to an MKV with Vidcoder... no problem, other than manually asking it to put in the subtitles. I reset Staxrip to default and exited the program and then made one change: changed the quality setting in preset "x264 film" from 23 to 51 (just for speed) and encoded the file with the "add subtitles" on, the subtitles were hardcoded. I reset and exited, turned off the subtitles option and tried again; no subtitles, as expected.

I reset everything again, exited and restarted, and turned the subtitle option on to try again. This time I chose the "DivX plus" container and the only change made was to adjust the MKV container so I could just mux the audio. Result: no subtitles. I used mkvtoolinx and noticed the subtitles and "undetermined" as the language to I changed it to "English" and tried again with the same settings. Result: this time the subtitles were soft coded (interesting, the program also asked if I wanted to save the preset... it didn't do that last time). I set the language back to undetermined and tried again, but added "iv" as an auto-load language, and success! Softcoded subtitles, in either "en" or "iv" settings.

Thanks everyone for all your help so far, hope that the hardcoding has gone away for good.

[drkwok]

@stax,

I may have found a bug with Staxrip and Directshow that may be the cause of the posts I have above. The reason I was getting inconsistent results seems to be a result of Directshow filters, but since I am not an expert, I'll just explain and maybe someone can figure it out.

If Staxrip cannot load with the FFVideoSource filter, it then tries Directshow after 20 seconds, as far as I can tell. When I look at the (FFDshow video decoder configuration icon in my system tray and click on it, it shows the check-box next to subtitles is checked. This makes sense as I have that selected so subtitles are displayed when playing media.

Here's what I have noticed (this is for re-encoding an MKV which I already ripped from a blu-ray, your mileage may vary):

1. If the FFVideoSource filter works, subtitles are soft coded

2. If the FFVideoSource is not selected by Staxrip and Directshow is used, and FFD Video is configured to show subtitles, the resulting file has hardcoded subtitles. I tested this by removing all text streams from the resulting encode with MKVtoolnix and replaying the file, and the subtitles are definitely burned in.

3. If the FFVideoSource is not selected and Directshow is used, and FFD Video is not configured to show subtitles, the resulting file has soft coded subtitles. Subtitles do not appear onscreen until re-enabled in the FFD Video config tray icon.

This behaviour is not affected by the subtitle language setting like I thought earlier, nor is it affected by whether the track is the default or not, as far as I can tell. The behaviour is repeatable.

Any thoughts on what I may be doing wrong or if this is a truly a bug would be appreciated.

[SimmianPrime]

This may be a stupid question so please forgive m if it is :)

I was wondering if/what is the difference between the 2pass x264 film and the 2pass x264 animation settings?

eg. Does it matter/would it make any difference quality wise if I were to encode an animated tv show that I recorded to .mp4 using 2pass x264 film? (even though it's animated) or should I use 2pass x264 film only for RL shows and use 2pass x264 animation for animated shows?

Thanks

[fantasmanegro]

2pass x264 film and the 2pass x264 animation difference, the settings and it makes difference in quality and size...

[SimmianPrime]

2pass x264 film and the 2pass x264 animation difference, the settings and it makes difference in quality and size...

So for animated shows I should use 2pass x264 animation? and for non animated shows I should use 2pass x264 film?

Thanks

[willscarlett]

As far as I know the animation setting is not for everything "animated" but just for oldschool drawn cartoons like old disney movies or the simpsons. So not for digital (3d-)animation etc.

[SimmianPrime]

As far as I know the animation setting is not for everything "animated" but just for oldschool drawn cartoons like old disney movies or the simpsons. So not for digital (3d-)animation etc.

So which of the 2 would be better for a modern animated show? Not 3d like toy story and not hand drawn animated like old disney movies, just a modern cartoon. Or doesn't it matter?

Thanks

[fantasmanegro]

use animation settings...

[willscarlett]

or even better: make 2 samples using both settings and compare which one you like better.

[fantasmanegro]

does anybody knows how to encode with Variable Frame Rate to MP4 in staxrip?... script sample is welcome...

PD: i used the VFR template posted in threat but nothing...

[Washka]

Is anyone seen somewhere some zipped staxrip with x264 64bit, avisynth and rest of files needed for 64bit encoding support?
Or can someone upload his preconfigured staxrip on some share site?
Pack apps what are need to be installed For example: make one zip file like Staxrip64.zip than put few folders inside:
Staxrip whole staxrip with 64bit apps needed to make mkv`s
Install like for avysinth and put avisynth inside a version which work with staxrip i could not find any :(
Config if needed

I need only for x264 encoding blueray to mkv and probably few ppl also want this.
Or link where to find all stuff.
I have x264_64.exe

[zacharias]

Is anyone seen somewhere some zipped staxrip with x264 64bit, avisynth and rest of files needed for 64bit encoding support?
Or can someone upload his preconfigured staxrip on some share site?
Pack apps what are need to be installed For example: make one zip file like Staxrip64.zip than put few folders inside:
Staxrip whole staxrip with 64bit apps needed to make mkv`s
Install like for avysinth and put avisynth inside a version which work with staxrip i could not find any :(
Config if needed

I need only for x264 encoding blueray to mkv and probably few ppl also want this.
Or link where to find all stuff.
I have x264_64.exe

well mate, never had any trouble on win7 64 with regular packaging. avysinth just installed the one that came with the pack, if i recall. u have any problems?

[Washka]

well mate, never had any trouble on win7 64 with regular packaging. avysinth just installed the one that came with the pack, if i recall. u have any problems?

I don`t have problem at all with win64 i want Staxrip to use 64bit avisynth and x264 64bit for that 10% faster encoding :)

[zacharias]

I don`t have problem at all with win64 i want Staxrip to use 64bit avisynth and x264 64bit for that 10% faster encoding :)

well dude, download the x264-64bit from the website and simply put it on the same folder it was. see if that goes well. as for avisinth not sure if there's a specific 64bit edition. afaik, those 10% only depend on the x264.exe ;)
kudos

[Washka]

well dude, download the x264-64bit from the website and simply put it on the same folder it was. see if that goes well. as for avisinth not sure if there's a specific 64bit edition. afaik, those 10% only depend on the x264.exe ;)
kudos

That`s what i`m talking about. You can`t just put x264.exe 64bit and run staxrip, You need avisynth etc 64bit.


Operation failed!

x264 failed with exit code -1

avs [error]: failed to load avisynth
x264 [error]: could not open input file `F:\NewsBin\!Sample\Public Enemies sample temp files\Public Enemies sample.avs'


StaxRip.ErrorAbortException: x264 failed with exit code -1


That`s why i`m asking if someone have already all set to upload somewhere. Mediafire is fastest atm i think

[Atak_Snajpera]

why don't you just use ripbot ;) ?

[Washka]

I try to use it few times but there is what i missing badly in RipBot, here`s few... :)
1. There is no option to uncheck slow first pass, i WANT slow first pass. I know it can be added in custom command line but it will be much easy if you just sellect somewhere.
2. I`m encoding many files to MKV 1280 x xxx and there is NO Load profiles, i mean, load file and just press start and already is pre-set, resolution, bitrate, slow first pass etc. I need everytime readjust all every time i add new file and in many cased i forget something, than need to reencode file again ^^
3. I can`t choose Lanconz3 or Spline64 when resizing because i want my files to stay little bit sharper in that 1280 resolution :)
When RipBot have this i will be first who will switch to RipBot :) since it support 64Bit x264 nicely :)
edit: :)
4: When you are in Picture properties and you actually don`t want to change anything just to leave from there and presed x by accident your file is gone like PUF than i need to load file again and again wait for indexing etc = trashing my hard drive and time :) add cancel button there :)

[Atak_Snajpera]

1. There is no option to uncheck slow first pass, i WANT slow first pass. I know it can be added in custom command line but it will be much easy if you just sellect somewhere.
edit ripbot264.ini

2. I`m encoding many files to MKV 1280 x xxx and there is NO Load profiles, i mean, load file and just press start and already is pre-set, resolution, bitrate, slow first pass etc. I need everytime readjust all every time i add new file and in many cased i forget something, than need to reencode file again ^^
use BATCH MODE

3. I can`t choose Lanconz3 or Spline64 when resizing because i want my files to stay little bit sharper in that 1280 resolution
Ripbot264 always adds gentle sharpening after resizing (Sharpen 0.2) because For me Spline is a little bit to soft.

4: When you are in Picture properties and you actually don`t want to change anything just to leave from there and presed x by accident your file is gone like PUF than i need to load file again and again wait for indexing etc = trashing my hard drive and time add cancel button there

pressing X = canceling current job . SIMPLE. Get used to it.

[Chetwood]

why don't you just use ripbot ;) ?
Because Staxrip runs flawlessly on my Win 7 64 bit?

[Atak_Snajpera]

does it support x264 64bit and 10bit encoding and have distributed encoding mode?

[Chetwood]

Does Ripbot support easily adding several audio/subtitle streams and setting flags for the resulting MKV?

[Atak_Snajpera]

multiple subs have been supported from looong time. language flags are added automatically if source had them obviously in first place. you can also set force flag for specific sub.

multiple audio streams are not avaiable because i always prefer original audio track and i also do not care about director's comment.

[Chetwood]

Right, yet another reason to stay with Staxrip. Many people rip DL, keeping original and dubbed audio stream or keep lossless (DTS-MA) and lossy (AC3) in case some standalone can't handle them.

[jse12]

Hey guys i have a couple of questions if anyone can help me out.

1 - When creating filters how can I priortise bitrate over filezsize? like I have a few filters I created to take all manual input out of the work but it doesent keep bitrate setting and if I forget to change it before starting a job a get a worthless oversized nuke as a result :|

2 - ac3 location, when I have loaded a video file I then want to load a source ac3 file and just mux. Now of course I have this ac3 file in the same directory as my video.
eg
"X:\Directory\video.ts"
"X:\Directory\video.ac3"

however when you load the video in staxrip, it creates a temp directory as such
"X:\Directory\video temp files"

now when I click to load my ac3 audio, staxrip's default location to look for the file is
"X:\Directory\video temp files" this really annoys me heh, the program must know it
created this directory and that no user files are going to be in there. how can I make it
by default look for the ac3 file in the same directory as the video file?

thanks in advance
for any help.

[zacharias]

Hey guys i have a couple of questions if anyone can help me out.

1 - When creating filters how can I priortise bitrate over filezsize? like I have a few filters I created to take all manual input out of the work but it doesent keep bitrate setting and if I forget to change it before starting a job a get a worthless oversized nuke as a result :|

2 - ac3 location, when I have loaded a video file I then want to load a source ac3 file and just mux. Now of course I have this ac3 file in the same directory as my video.
eg
"X:\Directory\video.ts"
"X:\Directory\video.ac3"

however when you load the video in staxrip, it creates a temp directory as such
"X:\Directory\video temp files"

now when I click to load my ac3 audio, staxrip's default location to look for the file is
"X:\Directory\video temp files" this really annoys me heh, the program must know it
created this directory and that no user files are going to be in there. how can I make it
by default look for the ac3 file in the same directory as the video file?

thanks in advance
for any help.
im on linux right now, but i believe you can edit that. on a side note:
stax does dat and does i well. when backing up a dvd alot of files are created.try to encode and see whatam talking about.
for instance: u have a dvd on ur hdd.and u want to back it up before burn it in to a dvd. so stax by creating dat folder allows u to maintain the original dvd structure, without harming it. once u backup the dvd, simply delete the temp folder and then burn the original dvd.
its also more practical to have the working files on a seperate folder instead of beiing around with the raw files, imo.

[darkw1zard]

Hi all,

I just start using staxrip. I've encountered problem with MPEG Audio (.mp3).
When I try to encode to aac, the output has no sound at all.
Would you pls take a look at this log file?


Metadata:
TDRL : 07.02.03
TIT2 : Xenos ‘æ04˜b �uŠÄ‹Ö‚³‚ꂽ�È‚Ì—Ü�c�•–‹‚Ì�—‚Ì”÷�Î�I�v
TSSE : Lavf53.21.0
Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (copy)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
size= 1892kB time=00:01:20.69 bitrate= 192.1kbits/s
size= 2839kB time=00:02:01.10 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 3960kB time=00:02:48.91 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 5256kB time=00:03:44.24 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 6609kB time=00:04:41.96 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 8637kB time=00:06:08.51 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 10548kB time=00:07:30.04 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 13571kB time=00:09:39.02 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 14762kB time=00:10:29.85 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 15066kB time=00:10:42.79 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 15618kB time=00:11:06.38 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 16911kB time=00:12:01.54 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 19651kB time=00:13:58.45 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 20192kB time=00:14:21.51 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 21558kB time=00:15:19.83 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 23660kB time=00:16:49.50 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 25741kB time=00:18:18.28 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 27128kB time=00:19:17.47 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 27774kB time=00:19:45.04 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 28897kB time=00:20:32.97 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 30449kB time=00:21:39.19 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 32205kB time=00:22:54.12 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 34424kB time=00:24:28.78 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 36438kB time=00:25:54.73 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 38921kB time=00:27:40.67 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 40071kB time=00:28:29.75 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
size= 40542kB time=00:28:49.84 bitrate= 192.0kbits/s
video:0kB audio:40542kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.001667%


Start: 8:22:59 PM
End: 8:23:13 PM
Duration: 00:00:14


------------------------------------------------------------
DirectShow filters used to render the source
------------------------------------------------------------

DirectSound Audio Renderer
Video Mixing Renderer
DMO Wrapper Filter
ffdshow Video Decoder
LAV Splitter Source

------------------------------------------------------------
Audio encoding using BeSweet
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"A:\StaxRip\Applications\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "I:\Xenos (2007)\Xenos04 temp files\Xenos04.mp3" -output "I:\Xenos (2007)\Xenos04 temp files\Xenos04.m4a" ) -ota( -norm 0.97 ) -bsn( -vbr 0.4 )

*************************************************************
* *
* Nero AAC Encoder *
* Copyright 2009 Nero AG *
* All Rights Reserved Worldwide *
* *
* Package build date: Feb 18 2010 *
* Package version: 1.5.4.0 *
* *
* See -help for a complete list of available parameters. *
* *
*************************************************************
[00:00:00:000] Initializing...
[00:00:00:000] -- Initializing...

[00:28:49:800] |

[00:28:49:800] Finalizing...
[00:28:49:800] Conversion Completed !
Visit DSPguru's Homepage at :
http://DSPguru.doom9.net/


Start: 8:24:37 PM
End: 8:24:39 PM
Duration: 00:00:01


So the source is mp3 encoded with LAME. I encoded to aac using besweet. Should I change the encoder? (There are eac3to & ffmpeg as other options)
I tried downloading the latest LAME directshow filter (lame.ax), but when I tried to install into windows sys32, it failed to load.


Any input will be very appreciated. Thanks!