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

[Atak_Snajpera]

Just wondering if there was a special reason for the Sharpen(0.2) instruction in the AVS scripts
I add gentle sharpening in order to regain fine details after resizing. Without sharpening image is too soft for me. Especially on PSP. Also 1080 -> 720 looks better.

[Damie]

Hey, great program but 2 very important features missing:

- Batch mode (encode several files with the same encoding settings).

- An option to preserve the original audio track in the new file (only re-encoding the video).

Any plans to implement these? Thanks.

[MKVCrazy]

Is it possible to make a profile what will make a single .mp4 playable on PSP, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, Zune and ZuneHD? I have PSP, iPod Touch and iPod Nano. My sister has iPhone and my friends have Zune. I don't want to convert multiple .mp4 all the time. :(

[kikker]

Hey, great program but 2 very important features missing:

- Batch mode (encode several files with the same encoding settings).

- An option to preserve the original audio track in the new file (only re-encoding the video).

Any plans to implement these? Thanks.

I, too, would love the ability or option to extract core audio and 'copy stream' it from either of the 2 lossless formats. :)

[gr1mmj0w]

I've had it sit for 6 hours :(, it seems to only be an issue when I want to burn in subtitles into a AVCHD file.

I have an i7 2.6ghz so it shouldn't take that long :D

anything Atak?

Has anyone had this issue when burning subtitles into a avchd (.mts file) that it would never finish the first initialization?

[AMED]

Is there any chance for getting MvDegrain (1,2,3) added into RipBot, maybe with a very slow denoiser warning?

I have quite a few movies where the Film denoiser doesn't get rid of enough noise, where as the Anime turns the whole picture in to mush.

[stryker412]

Quick question, I just installed a fresh copy of Win 7 64-bit. I am starting from scratch and not sure I'm missing something.

Like you said when I tried to rip DTS-HD movies before it would come up with Copy Stream, and I'd get a core DTS track (which is what I wanted). However, I just tried to load up "Serenity" that has a DTS-HD track but I am not getting the Copy Stream option. Did I miss re-installing something? This is with the newest version of Ripbot along with all the required software (AVIsynth, FFDshow, Mastroska, and Java), and nothing else.

bump anyone know? I ripped my all my episodes of Band of Brothers with no issues, each with a DTS core track. Now I can't get them to show at all.

[AMED]

are you using the correct output container?

[stryker412]

Yep I always use mkv.

[kikker]

@stryker412 - Even though it has been mentioned over and over in this thread, it is not apparent what is going on with the audio while using the app. Ripbot looks to see if the Arcsoft DTS decoder is present on your system. If so, Ripbot uses it to decompress the audio without extracting the core, which is required for 'direct copy'. If the decoder is not present, you DO get core extraction and the 'direct copy' option. Conversely, TrueHD streams will ALWAYS be decompressed, and hence, no 'direct copy' option.

[stryker412]

@stryker412 - Even though it has been mentioned over and over in this thread, it is not apparent what is going on with the audio while using the app. Ripbot looks to see if the Arcsoft DTS decoder is present on your system. If so, Ripbot uses it to decompress the audio without extracting the core, which is required for 'direct copy'. If the decoder is not present, you DO get core extraction and the 'direct copy' option. Conversely, TrueHD streams will ALWAYS be decompressed, and hence, no 'direct copy' option.

I understand, and I did read through numerous threads on here stating that fact. That's why I posted, I do not have Arcsoft installed so I'm puzzled as to why I'm NOT getting the core DTS option. I was able to pull the core track using TSmuxer and use it with ripbot just fine. Just not sure why ripbot didn't give me the option.

[RainyDog]

I add gentle sharpening in order to regain fine details after resizing. Without sharpening image is too soft for me. Especially on PSP. Also 1080 -> 720 looks better.

Thanks Atak. On a related note, is it possible to use LSFMod http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-142706.html with Ripbot?

I appreciate your time again.

[RainyDog]

I've started getting a system error from avs2avi.exe via. Ripbot that says 'The program can't start because avutil-49.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem'. It crops up everytime I edit the properties of a job and if I click ok it continues as normal. But it also crops up at start of each x264 pass which means I can't set an encode going and leave it as it won't continue unless I ok past the error message.

EDIT: Nevermind, I sorted it. Was playing around with some AVS filters and looks like I added a plugin that it didn't like.

[Thasp]

Hi,

Is there a way to keep the program from transcoding audio? I have xvid video I need to transcode to baseline h.264, but I don't want to reencode the 128 kbps abr audio that was already transcoded from AC3.

[tormento]

32 bit is here http://jeeb.fiveforty.jp/x264/1318/x264.exe

64 bit is here http://jeeb.fiveforty.jp/x264/1318_x64/x264.exe

Just rename them x264_32.exe and x264_64.exe respectively, and replace those in the x264 folder inside RipBot's tools folder.

Not so easy. Encoding just fails with no error message after a few seconds.

[RainyDog]

Not so easy. Encoding just fails with no error message after a few seconds.

Sorry tormento, typo's by me. I missed out the second x's. You need to rename them x264_x32.exe and x264_x64.exe respectively. They definitely work in the latest version of RipBot as I've used them myself. You'll only run into an error if you disable mbtree by adding --no-mbtree into your x264 script. If you do this, then you need to manually change the b-pyramid command from --b-pyramid to --b-pyramid normal.

[tormento]

Sorry tormento, typo's by me. I missed out the second x's. You need to rename them x264_x32.exe and x264_x64.exe respectively. They definitely work in the latest version of RipBot as I've used them myself. You'll only run into an error if you disable mbtree by adding --no-mbtree into your x264 script. If you do this, then you need to manually change the b-pyramid command from --b-pyramid to --b-pyramid normal.

It is not a matter of renaming but of command line, I suppose. I have tweaked my ripbot configuration a lot and the resulting command line for x264_x64 is

--level 4.1 --aud --nal-hrd --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --filter 0,0 --ref 3 --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --direct auto --subme 7 --aq-mode 1 --trellis 2 --partitions all --me umh

What do you think it could cause the launch wreckage?

[XhmikosR]

--b-pyramid does not exist anymore. Use --b-pyramid normal (default) or --b-pyramid strict.

[tormento]

--b-pyramid does not exist anymore. Use --b-pyramid normal (default) or --b-pyramid strict.

Thanks, after having manually edited my cmd, it works.

A beta ripbot patch would be nice ;)

[Dark Shikari]

--b-pyramid does not exist anymore. Use --b-pyramid normal (default) or --b-pyramid strict.--b-pyramid none is the default.

[stryker412]

@stryker412 - Even though it has been mentioned over and over in this thread, it is not apparent what is going on with the audio while using the app. Ripbot looks to see if the Arcsoft DTS decoder is present on your system. If so, Ripbot uses it to decompress the audio without extracting the core, which is required for 'direct copy'. If the decoder is not present, you DO get core extraction and the 'direct copy' option. Conversely, TrueHD streams will ALWAYS be decompressed, and hence, no 'direct copy' option.

Tried again with GI Joe which is DTS-HD, same thing I get no options other than OGG, CT, and AFTEN. I know the copy stream option was there before I formatted and re-installed. I have to be missing something installed.

[j6]

First, thanks for this great program, i've been using it a lot lately and find it very user friendly and well written.

I have a strange problem with ripbot, some DVD's won't fully load if they are already ripped into a folder. I load the first VOB (VTS_XX_X.VOB) of the main movie and it seems to only load part of the movie or only one VOB because on the duration it says about 20 minutes. However, if i burn those same files into a DVD image file, mount the image to a drive with daemon tools and then load the exact same VOB, i get the full movie loaded. I compared all the file sizes of the files on the mounted image and the files ripped to the folder and they are exactly the same. Why would ripbot not load the full movie when it's in a folder but do so when it's mounted on a virtual drive?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Show me full path to folder where you stored your DVD. Also show me everything in this folder.

[j6]

Your post prompted me to do a some troubleshooting and i think i figured out the cause of the problem. The full path was C:\MyTemp\[DVD]\LITCHE\VIDEO_TS. After some trial and error it looks like the reason why it wouldn't load the whole movie was because of the [DVD] folder name. I renamed it to DVD and the whole movie loaded. Looks like ripbot doesn't like the [ ] characters, can this be fixed? Thanks.

[PeteD]

Great app. I'm using it to create AVCHD dvds from BluRay titles to play in PS3.

Obviously these things take alot of time to do. The app has a shutdown when finished option, but this is not always suitable. Is there any way (maybe in a future version) that a process can be paused or have it's current state saved so that next time the PC is booted up, it can carry on?

Cheers.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Windows XP , Vista and 7 have sleep/hibernate function. for example shutdown.exe /h in windows 7

[Thasp]

I'm assuming there's no way to tell it to leave the audio alone? :(

[jacksback]

That'll be the work of mbtree which was introduced to x264 as a default from revision 1200. Version 1.14.3 was the last Ripbot to use a non-mbtree x264 revision. I personally don't use mbtree (yet, at least) and it can be turned off by manually adding --no-mbtree anywhere in the script/box of the x264 command line at the bottom of the video options section.

On the other hand, many will tell you that your new smaller file sizes are actually the same quality as your previously larger file sizes because of mbtree. Perceptively, anyway.

I too noticed that the movie sizes are a lot smaller now with the newer version of RipBot.

Question for the re-encoding gurus, is there any loss in quality if I re-process a 2 pass 8.1gb movie using the CF18 option?

I want to shrink down all the 1080p movies I encoded but without losing any quality, is that possible?

Thanks

[nurbs]

There is always a loss of quality when you reencode, except when you encode in lossless mode (QP 0), but there is no point in doing that since the file will be much bigger than the source.

However it is definitely possible to reencode without a perceptible loss of quality. I guess at CRF 18 it will be very difficult to tell the difference, if that's possible at all. You can probably go higher, do some thest..

[gr1mmj0w]

Is anyone have any problems with trying to embed subtitles into an avcHD encode

Been using the program for a while and love it but been running into a problem recently after selecting all the changes I want for my job, and when I start the process, it would just get stuck @ "Please wait.....initializing". It just recently started doing this for some reason

any ideas? I'm running Windows 7 64bit English, I'm curious on why it would wig out, out of the blue. I reinstalled the needed codecs and upgraded my version too.

[RainyDog]

I too noticed that the movie sizes are a lot smaller now with the newer version of RipBot.

Question for the re-encoding gurus, is there any loss in quality if I re-process a 2 pass 8.1gb movie using the CF18 option?

I want to shrink down all the 1080p movies I encoded but without losing any quality, is that possible?

Thanks

I think the CRF values were altered a bit with the introduction of mbtree, so I believe CRF 16 is now considered the new 18, 20 the new 22 and so forth. Hopefully one of the x264 experts can chip in and confirm anyway. In any case, CRF18 without mbtree is perceptively transparent enough for my liking, so I would feel safe in saying that it's a secure value to use for retaining as much quality as possible at (usually :)) sane file sizes.

[jacksback]

Thanks for the responses, I'll do some tests on one particular movie and check for any differences in quality

[Blackwalker]

hi, i need just a little help!

I just want to do a little trailer, just for creativity! :)

This is what i do:

- i take the main movie from the blu-ray disc (that i buy) trasformers 2 (about 36gb with only the main movie and my audio language)
- imported into pinnacle studio HD 14
(i know it's no not the better...but i have only this program, that i buy it about 1 week ago for my holiday movie)
- i make all the footage, cut/paste etc...so my trailer was completed
- exported it in a "m2ts" file, 1920x1080i, codec H.264, frame rate 25, level 4.1, 24000kbps
(i cannot find a way to export it at 1080p....only mpeg-2 has the option of 1080p, but the result is horrible!
while the 1080i i made is pretty good!!)

now i 'd like to knwo how i can improve the video quality using RipBot264!!

i have to use:


- CQ (18,22, or which is better) or 2-pass with 24000kbps (or whitch settings? )
- i just set up the upscaling to 1080p

anyway, someone can suggest me PLS how i can improve the video quality?
thx a lot if someone'll be so nice to give me a hand!
bye :)

[Atak_Snajpera]

You should export to something lossless (for example HuffYUV). Use CQ22. If you are not satisfied with quality just lower value and try again.

[Blackwalker]

You should export to something lossless (for example HuffYUV). Use CQ22. If you are not satisfied with quality just lower value and try again.

thx Atak for your help!
Ok so CQ(22 or lower) work better then 2-pass, thx.

You say i'd export to something lossless (for example HuffYUV)...i didnt find it under pinnacle option!
where i have to search??

Or is better i buy a better software then pinnacle studio?

The only things i have to do with this "short" clip, is only to cut some scenes (from frame to frame), and then save it.

Pinnacle have a easy interface, but the output is not full-hd...if know it before i buy it :mad: ! i thought pinnacle 14 HD = HD!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try Sony Vegas. HuvYUV is available from ffdshow.

[Blackwalker]

Sony vegas? I have to buy another pgm so! ho well, hope it dont cost very much!
Anyway i'm trying now exporting "a piece of the clip" with pinnacle in "mjpeg" highest quality at 1920:1080p! it take a lot of space..!!
(I try also exporting with "uncompressed frame" but it takes almost all the space on my HD! lol :) )

Looks like, using RipBot264 with CQ22, the result is great!
I'll try also with other RipBot setting to see which is better.

I'll check also the price of sony vegas... :D

thx a lot Atak, and if you like, i'll show you the clip i made!
bye =)

Try Sony Vegas. HuvYUV is available from ffdshow.

thx Atak and sorry..i didnt see it!!!
Just to know...how i did tell to pinnacle to use this codec?
and which file format i have to use to export the clip using pinnacle?
sorry to make you so many questions =)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Sony vegas? I have to buy another pgm so! ho well, hope it dont cost very much!
Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Pro Pack costs around 90 euro. it is very easy to use and better in my opinion than very expensive Adobe premiere.
trial version: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/Vegaspro

thx a lot Atak, and if you like, i'll show you the clip i made!
bye =)
Let's what you've got :)

Just to know...how i did tell to pinnacle to use this codec?
I prefer vegas. So don't ask me :)

[Blackwalker]

tyvm Atak!
i'll go for vegas!!

the only thing i hate now is...i have ot make the clip again....damn!!!
THX!!!!!!!!!! :D

[gr1mmj0w]

now only if I could get some help :(

[RCF]

now only if I could get some help :(

I wish I could help you my friend but I always remove the subtitles. Maybe if you repost your question someone who knows will answer.

RCF

[Blackwalker]

hi Atak, sorry if i ask it again!

I try Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum but the interface is not so much intuitive for me...i have to learn how
to use it, like to cut a piece of frames and so on....

I'd like to make my "last try" with pinnacle studio.

I found how to use the "HuvYUV from ffdshow" :)

is better using, with HuvYUV, "FFVH" or "HFYU"??
This is the best Encoder i can try using ffdshow with pinnacle?
(i see that this option is only avaliable if the output file with pinnacle is a "AVI"!...damn)


thx again for your time Atak!

[hoju3508]

I don't have any problems adding subtitles to my encode, but I'm still on Vista. Maybe someone who's using Win 7 can comment.



Is anyone have any problems with trying to embed subtitles into an avcHD encode

Been using the program for a while and love it but been running into a problem recently after selecting all the changes I want for my job, and when I start the process, it would just get stuck @ "Please wait.....initializing". It just recently started doing this for some reason

any ideas? I'm running Windows 7 64bit English, I'm curious on why it would wig out, out of the blue. I reinstalled the needed codecs and upgraded my version too.

[gohamstergo]

I know this was discussed a few pages back, but what's the final word?...
Is there any way to have Ripbot "copy stream" DTS-HD/TrueHD streams in mkv? I'd rather not go into FLAC if I don't have to. The reason being: my bluray player doesnt support FLAC. And I'm using mkv format for computer storage.
I remember there was talk of some difference between using or not using the arcsoft files, but I cant seem to find what page it was on..

[jacksback]

Tried again with GI Joe which is DTS-HD, same thing I get no options other than OGG, CT, and AFTEN. I know the copy stream option was there before I formatted and re-installed. I have to be missing something installed.

My copy stream options are missing as well except if I select AVCHD in place of mkv output.

I've checked my tools folder and have all the required libraries in the ax Arcsoft folder. What's changed recently because I really want to copy PCM and DTS tracks without auto re-encoding to AC3?

Thanks

[gr1mmj0w]

I wish I could help you my friend but I always remove the subtitles. Maybe if you repost your question someone who knows will answer.

RCF

thx :)

I don't have any problems adding subtitles to my encode, but I'm still on Vista. Maybe someone who's using Win 7 can comment.

Well the weird part is that I've always used win7 when I heard about this program. I always remove subs to but some movies that I have are best with JP voices and Eng Subs. :(

[tijgert]

Feature request:

1. Direct stream copy for video, (or Null video) - Now implemented for audio only, but for video would be very handy feature in order to process audio and subs only without hours of unwanted video encoding.
2. Pause function - To avoid hard drive thrashing in case of single hard drive operation and drive is needed temporarily for other tasks.

It still amazes me that a private person can make a tool this great while professional companies are left in the dust...

[hoju3508]

@gr1mmj0w, do you see the .sup file in your job folder after the demuxing stage? Are you doing a standard 1920x1080 (or 1280x720) encode?

I always remove subs to but some movies that I have are best with JP voices and Eng Subs.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Well the weird part is that I've always used win7 when I heard about this program. I always remove subs to but some movies that I have are best with JP voices and Eng Subs.
Try to add subtitles to "Selectable Subtitles" instead of "Permanent Subtitles"

1. Direct stream copy for video, (or Null video) - Now implemented for audio only, but for video would be very handy feature in order to process audio and subs only without hours of unwanted video encoding.
I will think about that.

2. Pause function - To avoid hard drive thrashing in case of single hard drive operation and drive is needed temporarily for other tasks.
You can use process explorer

It still amazes me that a private person can make a tool this great while professional companies are left in the dust...
So called "professional companies" are doing apps for bucks. I improve Ripbot264 for my self.

[BobZhome]

Feature request:

1. Direct stream copy for video, (or Null video) - Now implemented for audio only, but for video would be very handy feature in order to process audio and subs only without hours of unwanted video encoding.

Here's how I do it:
1) select the audio you want in "profile"
2) click "selectable subtitles" and add the subtitle you want & it will convert it to subtitle_1.sup
3) click done button
4) go to working folder, for me it's "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1"
5) click "job1_EncodeAudio.cmd" to convert audio. The converted audio will show up in "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\audio.ac3"
6) Final import your video, down sampled audio, and subtitle into tsMuxeR_1.10.6