RipBot264 v1.18.3 - Simple and easy to use GUI -> IPOD . PSP . CONSOLES . BLURAY

[Atak_Snajpera]

@blindbandit
Does it happen with all files (.mkv , mp4 , .avi , ...) ? I suspect that there is something wrong in your system because I have absolutely no problems.

@andyd2k
free dts encoder does not exist. 2.0 ac3 is not available for mkv because AAC and OGG offer better quality at lower bitrate.

[BlindBandit]

@blindbandit
Does it happen with all files (.mkv , mp4 , .avi , ...) ? I suspect that there is something wrong in your system because I have absolutely no problems.


It only happen on .mkv files at random but my pc never give me problems when using ripbot264 after RipBot264v1.13.3 but it been crash alot avs2avi like crazy in RipBot264v1.14.0 & RipBot264v1.14.1.

[Atak_Snajpera]

in 99% cases avs2avi crashes because decoder crashes. What kind of compression does your mkv contain? h.264 , mpeg2 , vc-1 , Xvid ...

[BlindBandit]

in 99% cases avs2avi crashes because decoder crashes. What kind of compression does your mkv contain? h.264 , mpeg2 , vc-1 , Xvid ...

Which version of ffdshow you are using because i'm using ffdshow_rev2981_20090601_clsid.exe, maybe that making ripbot264 crash in the new version but i will check if that the problem. also it has mostly h.264 & vob that crash.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I also use ffdshow_rev2981_20090601_clsid.exe. No problems on my vista sp1.

[Wishbringer]

had yesterday also a crash with avs2avi.
source was vc1 bd.
ffdshow was 2981.

went back to 2972 and encode was fine

[Atak_Snajpera]

had yesterday also a crash with avs2avi.
source was vc1 bd.
ffdshow was 2981.

went back to 2972 and encode was fine
So i was right. Thanks.

[rack04]

had yesterday also a crash with avs2avi.
source was vc1 bd.
ffdshow was 2981.

went back to 2972 and encode was fine

What vc1 decoder do you have selected in ffdshow?

[Atak_Snajpera]

RipBot264 always forces WMV9.

[blobbybob]

I have just downloaded the latest version and I found the progress characters are blue and much easier to read.
Thank you for the change.

[BlindBandit]

Yup it was the ffshow June 1, 2009 that made ripbot264 crash in 1.14.0 & 1.14.1. see even someone said that they had issue & i was right :)

Update: ffshow June 7, 2009 hang now in but don't crash avs2avi, went back to ffshow May 28, 2009 2975 & it work now.

[Atak_Snajpera]

went back to ffshow May 28, 2009 2975 & it work now.
I also went back to 2975 because I noticed random crashes during generating previews in Vista.

[delanejenkins]

How do I handle anamorphic video with ripbot? I've searched all through the thread and forum and can't seem to find a definite answer. Thanks

[Cela]

Being new to RipBot and after using RipBot264 v1.14.1 for some hours this afternoon, may I express my admiration for this even for a beginner very easy to use program :)

and ask some questions:
1. What is a fair compromise between computation time and keeping as much as possible from the input quality for 720x480 NTSC or 720x576 PAL h.264 output which should be played in AVCHD mode via a PS3, upscaled by the PS3 to 1920x1080 and routed to a 37" (or bigger) LCD screen?
1.1 For this goal is video profile "[High 4.0] HD, BluRay, Consoles" adequat?
1.2 Is CQ 22 ok or should I take CQ 20 or CQ 18? (space is not so important)
1.3 Is audio profile "2.0 CT AAC-LC 128 kbps [abr]" really sufficient to reproduce the audio input "lpcm 16 bit 48 kHz" properly? (I normally keep the audio as "lpcm" for output or convert to "2.0 ac3 448 kbps".) What would be the equivalent AAC bitrate?

2. I get an "Audio TimeStretch problem" when I try to convert the 30 fps input wmv to 720x576 25fps PAL output!
#Tempo
video=AssumeFPS(video,25)
audio=TimeStretch(audio,tempo=25/30*100)
-> No audio / silent audio!!!
An empty/silent audio is produced!

(Conversion to 720x480 29.970 NTSC output seems to work, though.)

3. Picture properties "Size > SD-NTSC 720x480 [1,78:1]" is remembered,
Output Speed "Assume -> 29,970 FPS" is NOT!

4. Audio (relates to question 1.3)
4.1 Selected Video profile can be edited and new one stored, why not same for audio profile?
4.2 Best Audio profile currently is "2.0 AAC-LC 128 kbps [abr]", why not also allow optionally 256 kbps or 448 kbps ?
4.3 Audio profile "2.0 lpcm 16bit 48kHz" why not add it as an option?
4.4 Audio profile "2.0 ac3 16bit 48kHz 448kbps" why not add it as an option?

5. What will happen with real long show, lets assume >5hrs?
When intermediate wav will get > 4GB? (At the very beginning "Please wait, converting audio", before main window will get ready?)

After resolving these questions I could consider to change over to using RipBot instead of MeGUI or NeroVision to produce good footage for multiAVCH.

Cela

[Atak_Snajpera]

How do I handle anamorphic video with ripbot? I've searched all through the thread and forum and can't seem to find a definite answer. Thanks
What do you do exactly? BD -> AVCHD , DVD -> AVCHD or MKV -> AVCHD?


1. What is a fair compromise between computation time and keeping as much as possible from the input quality for 720x480 NTSC or 720x576 PAL h.264 output which should be played in AVCHD mode via a PS3, upscaled by the PS3 to 1920x1080 and routed to a 37" (or bigger) LCD screen?
Do not upscale 720x480 or 720x576! Those resolutions are also supported by Blu-Ray players.

1.1 For this goal is video profile "[High 4.0] HD, BluRay, Consoles" adequat?
Yes

1.2 Is CQ 22 ok or should I take CQ 20 or CQ 18? (space is not so important)
I would start with default CQ22

1.3 Is audio profile "2.0 CT AAC-LC 128 kbps [abr]" really sufficient to reproduce the audio input "lpcm 16 bit 48 kHz" properly? (I normally keep the audio as "lpcm" for output or convert to "2.0 ac3 448 kbps".) What would be the equivalent AAC bitrate?
AAC-LC 128 kbps sounds at least as good as MP3 192 kbps. 448 kbps for stereo is a waste of space! You won't hear difference!

2. I get an "Audio TimeStretch problem" when I try to convert the 30 fps input wmv to 720x576 25fps PAL output!
#Tempo
video=AssumeFPS(video,25)
audio=TimeStretch(audio,tempo=25/30*100)
-> No audio / silent audio!!!
An empty/silent audio is produced!

(Conversion to 720x480 29.970 NTSC output seems to work, though.)

I do not recommend 30 -> 25 conversion! Difference in speed is too big. People will be talking tooooo slooow... I would leave default 30 fps.

4.1 Selected Video profile can be edited and new one stored, why not same for audio profile?
4.3 Audio profile "2.0 lpcm 16bit 48kHz" why not add it as an option?

I see reason

4.2 Best Audio profile currently is "2.0 AAC-LC 128 kbps [abr]", why not also allow optionally 256 kbps or 448 kbps ?
4.4 Audio profile "2.0 ac3 16bit 48kHz 448kbps" why not add it as an option?
AAC-LC 128 kbps > MP3 192 kbps . 256 and 448(!!!) is a waste of space (Yes I know I just repeated my self)

5. What will happen with real long show, lets assume >5hrs?
When intermediate wav will get > 4GB? (At the very beginning "Please wait, converting audio", before main window will get ready?)
Instead of .wav I use .w64 (wave64). It can be > 4GB

After resolving these questions I could consider to change over to using RipBot instead of MeGUI or NeroVision to produce good footage for multiAVCH.
Frankly I don't care if you use my gui or other.

[delanejenkins]

Thanks for the reply Atak. I'm asking about DVD to mkv. I also do bluray to mkv but I haven't had any issues with that so far

[Atak_Snajpera]

If RipBot264 detects 16:9 source and your output resolution is 720x576 , 704x576 , 720x480 or 704x480 final mkv will be encoded as anamorphic. Proper --sar value will be added to x264 command line.

[delanejenkins]

So do I need to crop then resize to 720x 480 in order for this to happen or can this be done without having to resize?

[Atak_Snajpera]

DVD PAL uses 720x576 and DVD NTSC uses 720x480 so you don't have to do anything.

[delanejenkins]

Atak, I apologize if I'm being dense here but what do you mean by "you don't have to do anything". Do you mean I should just load the video and encode as is without cropping out black bars or resizing?

[buzzqw]

by default RipBot264 will not crop and will not resize

BHH

[Atak_Snajpera]

Do you mean I should just load the video and encode as is without cropping out black bars or resizing?
a) If you want anamorphic video then do not change original DVD resolution
b) If you do not want anamorphic video then crop black borders and select Custom size with locked aspect ratio
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9272/new1m.png

[PSPNut]

I have been looking through the posting and have seen several questions asked on this (and have tried all the answers, but no luck so far).

I have used Ripbot on Windows XP in the past, and am now just trying out Ripbot264 1.14.1 (and also 13.3.3) on Windows 7 RC 7100 64-bit. Unfortunately, regardless of what I do, I keep getting "AviSource: Could not decompress frame 0" when trying to read from a divx/xvid files (I have tried many). I am trying to transcode this for iPhone and PSP. I have installed:
* Avisynth 2.58
* ffdshow 2968 clsid 64bit
* ffdshow 2975 clsid x86
* MatroskaSplitter (x86 version)

and have also used Win7DSFilterTweaker 1.0 to reassigned decoding of Xvid and DivX to ffdshow. Playback works when playing from MPC, but no such luck on the getinfo.avs with the error message above.

If you have successfully got this installed on Windows 7 RC 64-bit, please can you share how you did the install? BTW, mkv works fine with Ripbot - just not DivX and Xvid...

Thanks!

[Atak_Snajpera]

I keep getting "AviSource: Could not decompress frame 0"
This error has nothing to do with windows version. I had this few times in past. Remuxing to .mkv should help.

[delanejenkins]

Thanks atak. That's exactly what I was asking. Thanks for a great program!

[Cela]

... Frankly I don't care if you use my gui or other.But I do! I like your GUI! Its far more intuitive to use than other. By the way, after having done 3 fairly big jobs I like it even more.

In the meantime I found out how to modify queued jobs to change some parameters which I currently cannot modify in the GUI. But i would prefer to do the following settings in the GUI:
1. Set CQ to "--crf 16" and/or "--crf 14" in "job1_EncodeVideoPass1.cmd" (I aim for >= 4000 Kbps video bitrate and with CRF=18 currently get < 3000 Kbps)
2. Set "-b 448" in "job1_EncodeAudio.cmd"
(just have noticed that the initial audio profile "2.0 CT AAC-LC 128 kbps [abr]" gets set to "2.0 Aften AC3 256 kbps [cbr]" after selectin AVCHD output; I normally use 448 kbps)
3. Set "--auto-chapters=3" in "tsmuxer.meta" (I normally use 3 min chapter intervals)

These settings may be weird and overkill but I would like to have the option to use them.
Do you see a chance to offer these settings in your GUI?

... I do not recommend 30 -> 25 conversion! Difference in speed is too big. People will be talking tooooo slooow... I would leave default 30 fps.
....
DVD PAL uses 720x576 and DVD NTSC uses 720x480 so you don't have to do anything.Does this include that 720x480 does not need 29.970 NTFS and 720x576 does not need PAL 25 fps framerate to be blu-ray / AVCHD compliant and I could use the 30 fps of the original input footage for both frame sizes? That would be real good news!

What does the audio option "X,X Copy STREAM ???" mean? Is it what VirtualDub would call "Direct stream copy" ?

Is it possible to store all selected settings as a personal profile for reuse in next sessions without needing to redo these settings at every session start again?
Would boost ease of use if you have, lets say, a hundred of similar footings to treat in the same way in the corse of a year or so.

Thanks for your patience with me newbie and for your great program!

Cela

[Atak_Snajpera]

1. Set CQ to "--crf 16" and/or "--crf 14" in "job1_EncodeVideoPass1.cmd" (I aim for >= 4000 Kbps video bitrate and with CRF=18 currently get < 3000 Kbps)
Oh my god :) Wouldn't be easier to enter value 16 in gui? :) BTW. Instead of aiming for bitrate you should aim for quality! 4Mbps for SD sounds crazy for me. Also 448kbps for stereo is crazy as well. I really don't understand your way of thinking in this case.

Does this include that 720x480 does not need 29.970 NTFS and 720x576 does not need PAL 25 fps framerate to be blu-ray / AVCHD compliant and I could use the 30 fps of the original input footage for both frame sizes? That would be real good news!
At least PS3 doesn't care about that :) You will have to do some test on your Blu-Ray player.

What does the audio option "X,X Copy STREAM ???" mean? Is it what VirtualDub would call "Direct stream copy" ?
Yep!

[Cela]

Yes I'm crazy or picky with some things. ;)

You may have overlooked this?
...Is it possible to store all selected settings as a personal profile for reuse in next sessions without needing to redo these settings at every session start again?
Would boost ease of use if you have, lets say, a hundred of similar footings to treat in the same way in the corse of a year or so.

Thanks for your patience with me newbie and for your great program!

CelaWill you make it possible in some near future?

P.S.
Another weird question:
"Please Wait... Demuxing audio stream..." can take a long time! And means tiresome waiting to finish before being able to go on configuring the batch job.
And same for next, and next,...

Cannot it be queued like other processing steps and let do the user the GUI configurations first?

[BlindBandit]

Dear Atak Snajpera
I was thinking if the iPod profile will work on this mp3 player
http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/9341/9341312_sb.jpg
That the Sony Walkman X series btw & it can do 320x240 AVC (H.264/AVC) at 768k@30fps & MPEG-4 at 2500k but in a later update firmware can do 472x240 on the screen in video or something like that.

[Blackwalker]

tested today some video on my new iphone...fantastic video/sound in low output!
cant ask more!!

hey Atak, dunno if someone asked it before and i didnt see in the first page or somewhere on the forum,
but'd be great if you can add a "button" so someone can make a "donation",
for your fantastic program and for your future work!

just a idea!

[BlindBandit]

be great if you can add a "button" so someone can make a "donation",
for your fantastic program and for your future work!


Yeah i was thinking the same thing, not only this program use X264.64.exe but make my video look so clean in HD & SD.

[PSPNut]

This error has nothing to do with windows version. I had this few times in past. Remuxing to .mkv should help.

Thank you, that works really well!

[B2K24]

@Blackwalker and @blindBandit you guys encoding for mp3 and iphone did you use audio normalize setting 200% ?
I know it makes a HUGE difference when i'm encoding for my PSP.
If you guys didn't know for portable handhelds use the normalize setting I think is wise.

[GamingDaemon]

Hello All,

Yes, this is my first post.

So, I have been using RipBot264 to create .mp4 files of a number of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies, which I then stream to my XBOX 360. I am quite happy.

But (you knew there was going to be a but) ...

For some movies, once I select all of the encoding settings, the number of frames shrinks dramatically such that instead of RipBot taking 5 to 6 hours, it takes 20 or 30 minutes and produces just the first 5 to 10 minutes of the film.

Why is this happening? And what can I do to make it rip the entire movie?

Thanks in advance!

eac3to Log for "Enter The Dragon":
eac3to v3.16
command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot\Tools\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "F:\" 1) 3: "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv" -seekToIFrames 4: "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.eac3.w64" -down16 2: "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt" -progressnumbers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EVO, 1 video track, 4 audio tracks, 4 subtitle tracks, 1:42:33
1: Joined EVO file
2: Chapters, 29 chapters with names
3: VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9) with pulldown flags
4: E-AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
5: E-AC3, French, 1.0 channels, 64kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
6: E-AC3, Spanish, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
7: E-AC3 Surround, English, 2.0 channels, 192kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
"Commentary"
8: Subtitle (DVD), English
9: Subtitle (DVD), English, "SDH"
10: Subtitle (DVD), French
11: Subtitle (DVD), Spanish
[a04] The Nero decoder doesn't seem to work, will use libav instead.
Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt"...
[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...
[a04] Removing E-AC3 dialog normalization...
[a04] Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
[a04] Remapping channels...
[a04] Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
[a04] Writing W64...
[v03] Extracting video track number 3...
[v03] Writing new framerate "24fps /1.001" to bitstream.
[v03] Removing VC-1 pulldown...
[v03] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a04] Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.eac3.w64"...
[a04] Clipping detected, a 2nd pass will be necessary. <WARNING>
[a04] Starting 2nd pass...
[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...
[a04] Removing E-AC3 dialog normalization...
[a04] Decoding with libav/ffmpeg...
[a04] Remapping channels...
[a04] Reducing depth from 64 to 16 bits...
[a04] Writing W64...
[a04] Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.eac3.w64"...
Added fps value to MKV header.
Video track 3 contains 147527 frames.
eac3to processing took 47 minutes, 23 seconds.
Done.

[Blackwalker]

@Blackwalker and @blindBandit you guys encoding for mp3 and iphone did you use audio normalize setting 200% ?
I know it makes a HUGE difference when i'm encoding for my PSP.
If you guys didn't know for portable handhelds use the normalize setting I think is wise.

I use ripbot for blu-ray films and, now, also for iphone.
Use the default profile for iphone and all is perfect!

i'll chekc "audio normalize setting 200%"!
thx

[asarian]

Anyone experience with ffdshow_rev2992_20090609_clsid.exe yet?

[Cela]

...In the meantime I found out how to modify queued jobs to change some parameters which I currently cannot modify in the GUI. But i would prefer to do the following settings in the GUI:
1. ...< Thanks for your answer (see quote below) how to do it in the GUI! > :)
2. Set "-b 448" in "job1_EncodeAudio.cmd" ,,,
< Please tell me how to change the 256 kbps in the audio profile "2.0 Aften AC3 256 kbps [cbr]" in the GUI >
3. Set "--auto-chapters=3" in "tsmuxer.meta" ...
< Please tell me how to set it in the GUI >

These settings may be weird and overkill but I would like to have the option to use them.
...
Thanks for your patience with me newbie and for your great program!
Cela

Oh my god :) Wouldn't be easier to enter value 16 in gui? :)
... !
Sure, would be easier to modify/set these values in the GUI! But, I don't know, cannot find out find out how!

Please help!

[Atak_Snajpera]

@GamingDaemon
What's duration of video and audio track in GUI?


Sure, would be easier to modify/set these values in the GUI! But, I don't know, cannot find out find out how!
IN THE SAME WAY HOW YOU WROTE THIS QUESTION! Have you forgotten how to use keyboard? Your questions are killing me! Use your common sense next time. Over and Out.

[Cela]

IN THE SAME WAY HOW YOU WROTE THIS QUESTION! Have you forgotten how to use keyboard? Your questions are killing me! Use your common sense next time. Over and Out.I TRIED IT.
"2.0 Aften AC3 256 kbps [cbr]" OVERWRITE of 256 by 448 WAS N O T POSSIBLE!

There is NO FIELD IN YOUR GUI to set chapter-interval !!!!!!!!!!

Now I am so unpolite as you: Have you burnt your brain???
Don'T you know your GUI???

GAME OVER :( :( .(

[Atak_Snajpera]

You are worse than I fought

You wrote:
1. Set CQ to "--crf 16" and/or "--crf 14" in "job1_EncodeVideoPass1.cmd" (I aim for >= 4000 Kbps video bitrate and with CRF=18 currently get < 3000 Kbps)

My answer:

Oh my god Wouldn't be easier to enter value 16 in gui?
... !

Your answer:
Sure, would be easier to modify/set these values in the GUI! But, I don't know, cannot find out find out how!


The rest you already know! :)

[Cela]

...
The rest you already know! :)Yes, you deliberately overlook that I wanted to be able to change THREE values not only the one "--crf 16".
The I reminded you that I cannot overwrite "2.0 Aften AC3 256 kbps [cbr]" and cannot find the equivalent for "--auto-chapters=3" in the GUI.

You persistantly refuse or ignore to answer these questions.

-> "Sure, would be easier to modify/set these values in the GUI! "

---> If it is not possible yet, add it to the wishlist, PLEASE!

Have a good night! :)

[Balthazar2k4]

I have run into a problem with doing a mkv to mp4 conversion. I have some mkv files I created with RipBot264 and wanted to convert them down to iphone compatible mp4s. Well, when I go to load the file in RipBot264, RipBot demuxes the audio and then says "Please Wait While Gathering Info...." and then just hangs. I can adjust audio settings during this time, but video is not adjustable. Now, I am running Win7 x64 and had a similar problem when ripping VC-1 files, but that has since been rectified. Any ideas? I would really like to get some of these files converted for my son to watch...

[prOnorama]

Using 1.14.1, I'm getting the following error at the end of the demuxing process of a BluRay source:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9944/snapshot20090612051352.png

"Er is onvoldoende geheugen beschkbaar" means: insufficient memory available

I'm on WinXP SP3 with 4 Gb memory (3,5 Gb seen by OS 32 bits limitation)

[GamingDaemon]

@GamingDaemon
What's duration of video and audio track in GUI?



For Blade Runner, it is 1 hour 56 minutes 34.828 seconds.

I made an .m2ts file for Blade Runner, and then tried to use that as the input into RipBot to make an .mp4 file, but it jsut encoded the first 6 minutes or so of the film :(

Log File from eac3to:
eac3to v3.16
command line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot\Tools\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "D:\Hi-Def Movies\Blade Runner.m2ts" 1: "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv" -seekToIFrames 2: "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.w64" -down16 3: "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\subtitle_1.sup" -progressnumbers
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 1 subtitle track, 1:56:35, 24p /1.001
1: VC-1, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
2: RAW/PCM, English, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 48khz
3: Subtitle (PGS), English
[s03] Extracting subtitle track number 3...
[v01] Extracting video track number 1...
[v01] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a02] Extracting audio track number 2...
[a02] Reading RAW/PCM...
[a02] Swapping endian...
[a02] Remapping channels...
[a02] Reducing depth from 24 to 16 bits...
[a02] Writing W64...
[a02] Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.w64"...
[s03] Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\subtitle_1.sup"...
[a02] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
[a02] The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 16 bits.
Added fps value to MKV header.
Video track 1 contains 167708 frames.
Subtitle track 3 contains 883 captions.
eac3to processing took 5 minutes, 56 seconds.
Done.

But here is what the GUI says:

[asarian]

@GamingDaemon
What's duration of video and audio track in GUI?

IN THE SAME WAY HOW YOU WROTE THIS QUESTION! Have you forgotten how to use keyboard? Your questions are killing me! Use your common sense next time. Over and Out.
Atak, could you try and not act like a petulant child all the time? And could you please stop trying your darndest to live up to the 'totally unmannered former Eastblock kid with skills' stereotype? Because not a page goes by in this thread where I don't see your blunt rudeness flying by. And frankly, it's getting old very very fast. Over and Out.

[Atak_Snajpera]

'totally unmannered former Eastblock kid with skills' stereotype?
I'm not familiar with this stereotype. Where have you read this? In some book , magazine or leaflet? You better get used to it because you will see more in future if somebody asks without even thinking in advance. BTW. You don't have to read this thread at all.

[Guest]

Gents, let's stay on topic. Flame wars need to be conducted either not at all or in PM.

[Balthazar2k4]

I have run into a problem with doing a mkv to mp4 conversion. I have some mkv files I created with RipBot264 and wanted to convert them down to iphone compatible mp4s. Well, when I go to load the file in RipBot264, RipBot demuxes the audio and then says "Please Wait While Gathering Info...." and then just hangs. I can adjust audio settings during this time, but video is not adjustable. Now, I am running Win7 x64 and had a similar problem when ripping VC-1 files, but that has since been rectified. Any ideas? I would really like to get some of these files converted for my son to watch...

So since I posted this I have tried some other import manners other than just trying to add the mkv. First, I have tried movies in both mp4 and mkv format with the same results. I have also attempted to manually demux both and add the video file as a separate mkv with the same result. It appears that the problem is something more fundamental. I have noticed that ffdshow does not load during the demux stage or the "Please wait while gathering info...". Is that normal?

[Atak_Snajpera]

What is your current OS? Win XP , Vista or 7? What language did you set in OS?

[Balthazar2k4]

What is your current OS? Win XP , Vista or 7? What language did you set in OS?

Well, it turns out I am an idiot. I made a change to the RipBot264.ini yesterday and didn't realize I misspelled the default profile. Well, that was causing RipBot to hang. I finally figured it out when it couldn't encode a BluRay today and it was working yesterday morning. Then I remembered tinkering in the ini file and voila.

Thanks for your time and sorry for the false alarm.