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

[MK1234Tfan]

When I try loading an MP4 into ripbot for some reason it says I need bass.dll 2.3 and I keep clicking ok on the error and it proceeds and then more errors say I need 2.3 for every dll in Tools\AviSynth plugins\BassAudio folder. Not quite sure what to do now. I have the latest version of ffdshow but the only thing is the dll's that came with your app some are 2.3 and 2.4 Why is it asking for 2.3 if you have 2.4 dll's included?
Just to report I reinstalled 1.17.3 and it loads fine. So there is some sort of bug in 1.17.4.

Also when trying distributed encoding I have port forwarded on my router for both computers on the workgroup. As my linksys doesn't let me use the same port for 2 ip's I have made my XP box 192.168.2.5 port 1000 and the windows 7 box 192.168.3 port 2000. I have tried to find instructions on how to set this up but you haven't included any instructions with this software so I'm not sure. I've watched your video but you don't mention on how to set up the other computer but the main 1. I have the server and server client both running on my Win7 machine and on my XP box connects to 192.168.2.5:1000 and starts encoding but my client only says there says "Connecting" at 192.168.2.3:2000. What am I doing wrong?

Btw I get a socket error on Win7 machine server saying:
Socket error # 10060
Connection timed out
Access violation at address 004C5B68 in module "Encodingserver.exe". Read of address 00000098

I've included a screen shot of the Winxp box Server client. Love the software! keep up the great work!

[Atak_Snajpera]

When I try loading an MP4 into ripbot for some reason it says I need bass.dll 2.3 and I keep clicking ok on the error and it proceeds and then more errors say I need 2.3 for every dll in Tools\AviSynth plugins\BassAudio folder. Not quite sure what to do now. I have the latest version of ffdshow but the only thing is the dll's that came with your app some are 2.3 and 2.4 Why is it asking for 2.3 if you have 2.4 dll's included?
Just to report I reinstalled 1.17.3 and it loads fine. So there is some sort of bug in 1.17.4.


download again 1.17.4 and extract it to NEW folder. DO NOT OVERWRITE OLDER FILES!

Also when trying distributed encoding I have port forwarded on my router for both computers on the workgroup. As my linksys doesn't let me use the same port for 2 ip's I have made my XP box 192.168.2.5 port 1000 and the windows 7 box 192.168.3 port 2000. I have tried to find instructions on how to set this up but you haven't included any instructions with this software so I'm not sure. I've watched your video but you don't mention on how to set up the other computer but the main 1. I have the server and server client both running on my Win7 machine and on my XP box connects to 192.168.2.5:1000 and starts encoding but my client only says there says "Connecting" at 192.168.2.3:2000. What am I doing wrong?

Why do you use port forwarding if both PC are in LAN?

[MK1234Tfan]

Fixed the error like you said by replacing all files. Just trying everything to get it working. been trying for about 5 days now.

[MK1234Tfan]

Alright I took off port forwarding in the router and am using port 1000 for both PC's. It seems like it's trying to connect to the windows 7 encoding server but I still get the socket error # 10060 on the Win7 computer.

[hoju3508]

I have home some home videos recorded in 1920x1080, and want to put them on my iPad2. I would like to crop these videos since they're taking up so much room. What's a valid or good resolution for the iPad?

[EDIT] Looks like it should be 640x480.

Any chance of having a preset for iPad? I saw one for iPod.

-Hoju

[Atak_Snajpera]

hd . progresive 4.0 should work on ipad if you meant encoding profile.

for resizing just use sd-pc 640x...

[Atak_Snajpera]

Alright I took off port forwarding in the router and am using port 1000 for both PC's. It seems like it's trying to connect to the windows 7 encoding server but I still get the socket error # 10060 on the Win7 computer.

propably your firewall is blocking connection.

[MK1234Tfan]

I completely shut the firewall down on both ends. Also when you share a folder windows tells you it automatically adds it to the exception list. Also folder and printer sharing are in the exception list and I can use the printer fine on the Windows 7 laptop. It can't be the firewall.

[CarlPig]

download again 1.17.4 and extract it to NEW folder. DO NOT OVERWRITE OLDER FILES!


Why do you use port forwarding if both PC are in LAN?

Where can i get v1.17.4 ???

[MK1234Tfan]

Where can i get v1.17.4 ???
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1598823&postcount=11880

[zazon]

add --sar 1:1 to your favourite profile

Thank you for the reply. How does one do that?

[Atak_Snajpera]

@MK1234Tfan
take a look at this
http://help.globalscape.com/help/cuteftp8/socket_errors_10060_10061_10064_10065.htm

[hoju3508]

:thanks:

hd . progresive 4.0 should work on ipad if you meant encoding profile.

for resizing just use sd-pc 640x...

[zazon]

add --sar 1:1 to your favourite profile

Thanks Atak. It worked perfectly once I figured it out.

[Thunderbisciut]

Been using Ripbot for a long time, my favorite x264 frontend out there.

My question is if there is something I can add to the config file to make it that no subtitle track gets the default flag? I can go into the job folder and manually change the "default track" from a"1" to a "0", but if I can just add an extra line to the config file that would make my life easier.

[rc71]

Error with a specific file.
I'm getting an exception 0000949A error when I try to add a specific file. These are the specs. Any idea?????

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=2, N=61
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 23mn 53s
Width : 1 434 pixels
Height : 1 072 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Language : English
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177


Tried the new .4 version just in case, but I get the same results.

Okay. It seems to be connected to the fucked up info about the width/height

----- Solution -----
Had to use the header editor to change the value from 1434 to 1912. Then Ripbot would open it. Then autocrop would take 478 off the right. Then manually set the aspect ratio.
weird.

HAPPY New Year to everyone!!!!!!

[clefus]

I'm not sure if this is the proper place to post problems....Love Ripbot and have used for some time.

The new DE feature messes up my videos....the sound does not match the video, the subtitles are wrong (both appear right some of the time) and at the bottom where the subtitles are sometimes it has a blurry brief box.

Not sure what to do. Thanks in advance and thanks for a great product.

[slalom]

What's the version you're running??

[Fuggin]

Hello Atak...I have been using your Ripbot program along with the distributed video encoding. It has been working fine, but sometimes I have found that some jobs I have set up (all of them set with the same encoding parameters) won't get encoded by my 2nd server. I have to disconnect it so that server 1 will finish the job. The encoding panel will show that the 2nd server is "encoding" but it isn't actually doing anything.

Any idea what would be causing this? All my encoding servers were installed with the same version Ripbot (and associated tools/codecs as required). All computers are running Windows 7 64-bit.

Edit: Forgot to ask...any chance of looking into a Unraid plugin that would allow Unraid users use their servers to get in on the distributed encoding chain?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Edit: Forgot to ask...any chance of looking into a Unraid plugin that would allow Unraid users use their servers to get in on the distributed encoding chain?
Unraid? What is that?

Hello Atak...I have been using your Ripbot program along with the distributed video encoding. It has been working fine, but sometimes I have found that some jobs I have set up (all of them set with the same encoding parameters) won't get encoded by my 2nd server. I have to disconnect it so that server 1 will finish the job. The encoding panel will show that the 2nd server is "encoding" but it isn't actually doing anything.

Any idea what would be causing this? All my encoding servers were installed with the same version Ripbot (and associated tools/codecs as required). All computers are running Windows 7 64-bit.
Sorry no idea. I wonder if other users had the same problem?

[jwjohnson]

I haven't seen any issues. I'm using 3 instances of the encoding server on two different machines. (It takes 3 to max out my CPU usage.) I'm running Win 7-64 as well.

[Fuggin]

Unraid? What is that?


Sorry no idea. I wonder if other users had the same problem?

Unraid is basically an expandable raid server OS designed for media storage. I use it also as a Plex media server.

Www.lime-technology.com


-posting from Blablablabatalk.

[clefus]

What's the version you're running??

(3) Windows 7 x64 boxes. All running v1.17.3...had these issues (audio video don't match at times, subtitles don't match at times, blurry square rectangle at bottom of screen for brief moments occasionally) has happened on more than one job and on each I have tried with DE.

Disabling DE, adding the job, and running on a single box works fine.

One of the boxes has a much beefier CPU than the other 2...so it finishes multiple segments before the others finish 1...but that shouldn't matter....?

Is there other information I can post that would help? Thanks again for a great app.

[Atak_Snajpera]

can you upload some source sample to www.mediafire.com so i could reproduce those issues?

[Fuggin]

Sorry no idea. I wonder if other users had the same problem?

To elaborate on this issue...I have seen a pattern and I am unsure of you could test it out. I have some files that are large (>~15-20gig) that I am encoding. It appears if they are >~15-20gig, the distributed encoding will not work at all.

[Atak_Snajpera]

maybe your network is too slow to stream high bitrate video files?

[Fuggin]

Not likely...all gigabit connections. But you don't seem willing to help out or offer any solutions. I'll find something else to use. Have a good day.

[slalom]

I still use 1.17.2, works better for me, give it a try

[Atak_Snajpera]

Not likely...all gigabit connections. But you don't seem willing to help out or offer any solutions. I'll find something else to use. Have a good day.

no problem then. if you will find better free gui with distributed encoding mode let me know.

btw. i'm not a fortune teller or seer yet...

[clefus]

can you upload some source sample to www.mediafire.com so i could reproduce those issues?

I could try...but all of the source files are > 20GB....not sure what mediafire's limits are. Is there anything else I could try or provide? I will look for a smaller file.

Would you be up for FTP instead of mediafire?

[Atak_Snajpera]

I just need 50mb - 100mb sample. Use DGsplit and then send it to mediafire.

[clefus]

I just need 50mb - 100mb sample. Use DGsplit and then send it to mediafire.

Done...pm inbound.

[BlockABoots]

Just come across this program, does it use the x264vfw base of codecs?

Am wanting to use VirtualDub for editing and resizing my captures are rather than encoding them in VirtualDub i would like to load VirtualDubs Frameserver and load that in AvsPmod (avisynth script mod) and then save as an avs file and then load this avs file into RipBot, will this allow me to do that? What are the ideal settings for 720p and 1080p uploads to Youtube??

[Atak_Snajpera]

ripbot264 uses plain x264 command line version.

ideal magic setting for youtube do not exist. just use default profile with crf 16 - 18

[BlockABoots]

Why does Ripbot only allow me to encode the audio up to a max of 128Kbps i usually encode the audio at 192kbps?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Because 128kbps AAC is transparent. Any higher bitrate does not make sense.

[Firminus]

Preset: mkv (for stream copy) I don't want to re-encode the audio I just want it to trim with the video.
I set the trim command : Trim(0,37974)
And before I encode it tells me the audio and video are the same length (in this video 26 mins) then after the encode my file is HUGE because when I use mediainfo it says the audio length is 4 hours 24 mins...the entire DVD's audio. Soooo plz help >.<

[nekrosoft13]

Atak, I started getting a new error that I haven't seen before on one PC (server 2012) when I click start about half a second later I get a message that bepipe.exe crashed.

how can this be resolved?

[Atak_Snajpera]

bepipe.exe needs .net 2.0 installed.

[Pimp Shanti]

Info needed please:

Does anyone have a definitive list of the input codecs that will work with distributed encoding? I know the container formats but, having tried several different AVIs, some work with DE and some don't.

Many thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

If you see this grey rectangle with detected video codec then DE mode will be activated
http://i.imgur.com/cZVT1.png

otherwise normal mode is used

from source code
CodecString:=MediaInfoA_Get(Handle_, 1, 0, 'Codec/String', 1, 0);
if CodecString='FRAPS' then DetectMediaCodec:='fraps' else
if pos('DV',CodecString)<>0 then DetectMediaCodec:='dv' else
if CodecString='JPEG' then DetectMediaCodec:='mjpeg' else
if CodecString='MPEG-1 Video' then DetectMediaCodec:='mpeg1' else
if CodecString='MPEG-2 Video' then DetectMediaCodec:='mpeg2' else
if (CodecString='XviD') or (CodecString='DivX 5') or (CodecString='DivX 4') then DetectMediaCodec:='mpeg4' else
if (CodecString='VC-1') or (CodecString='WMV3') then DetectMediaCodec:='vc1' else
if pos('VP6',CodecString)<>0 then DetectMediaCodec:='vp6' else
if pos('VP8',CodecString)<>0 then DetectMediaCodec:='vp8' else
if pos('H263',CodecString)<>0 then DetectMediaCodec:='h263' else
if pos('RealVideo 4',CodecString)<>0 then DetectMediaCodec:='rv4' else
if (CodecString='H.264') or (CodecString='AVC') or (CodecString='MPEG-4 AVC') then DetectMediaCodec:='h264' else DetectMediaCodec:='unknown';

[Pimp Shanti]

Thanks for the quick response. Is DE only available on h264 encoded material?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Thanks for the quick response. Is DE only available on h264 encoded material?

it does not matter

[Pimp Shanti]

Still confused, source code doesn't mean much to me I'm afraid. Do you mean to say that everything listed - mpeg1, mpeg2, vc8 etc - will work with DE?

[Atak_Snajpera]

correct

[Firminus]

Do you know what's up with my problem? I posted on the other page. Its the Audio Trim problem.

[nekrosoft13]

bepipe.exe needs .net 2.0 installed.

on server 2012 (windows 8 based) it does have .net framework 3.5 installed, and it says it includes .net 2.0 and 3.0)

framework 2.0 installer will not install.

[Atak_Snajpera]

i do not have win 8 so i can not test.
BTW. Does it also crash when you just double click on bepipe.exe icon?

[S.D]

Hi i need add very small txt in my encode
and i use *.ssa & .*ass subtitles in build in picture mod
But when I start
stop in please wait ...
http://s8.postimage.org/f9meyr5at/image.jpg

i use this in other pc is ok
in my Server not work
Where you are might be a problem ?
thanks

[nekrosoft13]

i do not have win 8 so i can not test.
BTW. Does it also crash when you just double click on bepipe.exe icon?

yes it does, it used to work before, but couple days ago there was .net update on windows update.

i can't find unintall option for the update :(

[guest]

Hi Atak,

This has probably been asked before, sorry.

I have just done a fresh Windows 8 Pro set up, on an IVY 3770K, installed Ripbot, and the other things it needs, and during the 1st "test" encode, using DE, and a couple of extra servers, I keep getting this error :- "H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoder has stopped working".

Now I know that you aren't using Win 8 yet, but is this a separate issue ??? Do I need to install a Codec pack ???

Any suggestions :o

Might have to go back to Win 7 (which isn't such a bad idea)

Cheers

EDIT:- FIXED, it appears that I had it just a little bit too much overclocked..I went to your 1st page, and there's a "note" about x264 crashes. But I did also get the latest x264.exe (that didn't make any difference)

[Kaminaji]

Hey everybody

I have audio sync problems

I have a m2ts (VC-1) file and I just want to get a mkv file with best quality.

But everytime I do the preview the audio is at the beginning like 3 seconds ahead and by the time the delay gets worse and worse.

Can anybody help?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Might have to go back to Win 7 (which isn't such a bad idea)
For me win8 is worse than Win7 in almost every aspect.
- ugly theme (where is my beautiful aero glass?!)
- lack of normal more useful start menu (now you have to pay for star8 or startisback)
- lack of desktop gadgets!
- schizophrenic interface (some apps open in desktop some in metro ui)
- mess in start screen after installing many programs
- switching from desktop to full screen start menu is annoying as hell (atleast for me)
- no performance increase in games or programs (see tomshardware.com review)

I guess I will stay with win7 for looong time.

[guest]

Hi Atak,

I have to agree on nearly every point you made about Win 8.

One good thing I've noticed is the start up time, so much faster than Win 7.

I have been able to get a few "fixes" so I can run gadgets, and can also get a "fix" that makes it look like Win 7, with start button, "normal" start menu, but if you're going to change all that, you might as well stick with Win 7.

Having no Aero Glass is sad, and as for the messed up start menu after installing stuff, takes a lot to tidy it up, but you'd get use to it.

It IS very different initially, but behind all that messed up metro stuff, it's just like Win 7, only "different".

Cheers

[Wishbringer]

Ok, I know, Atak has no Win8, so he can't help,
but maybe another has found a solution.

I installed RipBot264 1.17.4 Preview under Win8Pro 64bit.
newest Haali, newest ffdshow (4499) and so on.
Several encodes went fine.
Issue with new Storage Space feature of Win8Pro (similar to Raids) still exists, but I switched back to Intel (BIOS) Raid, so it is solved.
Now I tried to encode a BluRay with DTS (15xx) to an AVCHD AC3 (640), with temporary use of FLAC.
When in preview, I see error that flac isn't recognized in avisynth.

To resolve Issue, I tried Codec-Pack from Shark007:
Now Flac is recognized, no problem. BUT Video ist topdown!
After deinstalling Sharks Pack and reinstalling Haali and ffdshow video is fine, but flac isn't recognized again.

Any suggestions?!
With Win7 this issue doesn't appear. I have several computers to test, but I want to have at least one with Win8 to test, even when I don't like Win8.

[VanZan]

Fantastic program....just one quick question: Is there a guide to some of the settings in the second part of the "Properties" area please? I know I need to deinterlace my file. I just don't know what "TFF", "BFF", "Decimate" etc mean. Not asking for someone to hold my hand....if someone could point me to a manual I would be grateful guys! Thank you! :)

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Fantastic program....just one quick question: Is there a guide to some of the settings in the second part of the "Properties" area please? I know I need to deinterlace my file. I just don't know what "TFF", "BFF", "Decimate" etc mean. Not asking for someone to hold my hand....if someone could point me to a manual I would be grateful guys! Thank you! :)

You need the settings TFF or BFF for interlaced material.

Example:

1080i 29.97 / 1080i 30


--preset veryslow --tune film --bluray-compat --vbv-maxrate 40000 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --level 4.1 --keyint 30 --open-gop --slices 4 --tff --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709" --sar 1:1 --pass 1

--preset veryslow --tune film --bluray-compat --vbv-maxrate 40000 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --level 4.1 --keyint 30 --open-gop --slices 4 --tff --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709" --sar 1:1 --pass 2


480i 29.97


--preset veryslow --tune film --bluray-compat --vbv-maxrate 40000 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --level 4.1 --keyint 30 --open-gop --slices 4 --bff --colorprim "smpte170m" --transfer "smpte170m" --colormatrix "smpte170m" --sar 40:33 --pass 1

--preset veryslow --tune film --bluray-compat --vbv-maxrate 40000 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --level 4.1 --keyint 30 --open-gop --slices 4 --bff --colorprim "smpte170m" --transfer "smpte170m" --colormatrix "smpte170m" --sar 40:33 --pass 2

[nekrosoft13]

For me win8 is worse than Win7 in almost every aspect.
- ugly theme (where is my beautiful aero glass?!)
- lack of normal more useful start menu (now you have to pay for star8 or startisback)
- lack of desktop gadgets!
- schizophrenic interface (some apps open in desktop some in metro ui)
- mess in start screen after installing many programs
- switching from desktop to full screen start menu is annoying as hell (atleast for me)
- no performance increase in games or programs (see tomshardware.com review)

I guess I will stay with win7 for looong time.

very true

I installed Server 2012 (windows 8 based) on my server, which also is used to encoide clips.

and now bepipe won't work, but this was broken by latest .net 3.5 update, problem is windows 8 doesn't allow you to uninstall .net updates :(

can anyone point me to who made bepipe? maybe we can fix this?

[guest]

I installed Server 2012 (windows 8 based) on my server, which also is used to encode clips.


It might be interesting to see if this would be a problem on Windows 8 Pro (not a server version)

I'm using Win 8 Pro, with multiple instances of DE, and no problems :)

[Red Fish]

Can anyone help me with the below error? I Have just started to receive these on a few Blu Rays. I have upgrade to the 1.17.4 version, upgraded my eac3to to version 3.27. I have the AcrSoft DTS thing installed per the eac3to readme. Not sure what else I can do. This has only just started on a few select discs. Any thoughts?

eac3to v3.27
command line: "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\ripbot\Tools\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "E:\fab files\DREDD\" 1)
2: "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv" -seekToIFrames 3: "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_English.dtsma.w64" -down16 6:
"C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\6_subtitles_English_1080.sup" 7:
"C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\7_subtitles_English_1080.sup" 8: "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\8_subtitles_Spanish_1080.sup" 1:
"C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt" -progressnumbers -log="C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\demuxlog.txt"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 3 audio tracks, 3 subtitle tracks, 1:35:52, 24p /1.001
1: Chapters, 16 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, English, 7.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
4: AC3 Surround, English, 2.0 channels, 224kbps, 48kHz
5: AC3, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48kHz
6: Subtitle (PGS), English
7: Subtitle (PGS), English
8: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
Creating file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt"...
[s08] Extracting subtitle track number 8...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[s06] Extracting subtitle track number 6...
[a03] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
[a03] Reducing depth from 24 to 16 bits...
[a03] Writing W64...
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[s07] Extracting subtitle track number 7...
[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a03] Creating file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_English.dtsma.w64"...
[s07] Creating file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\7_subtitles_English_1080.sup"...
[s08] Creating file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\8_subtitles_Spanish_1080.sup"...
[s06] Creating file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\6_subtitles_English_1080.sup"...
[a03] The ArcSoft DTS Decoder reported an error while decoding. <ERROR>
Aborted at file position 22072477696. <ERROR>

[bugmen0t]

I am a BIG FAN of RipBot264 ... absolutely great work.

I was wondering if there was any plan to move the initial demux to the actual processing stage. Right now, you choose an input, and a chapter, and then the computer proceeds to do 5 minutes of processing before presenting you with a screen which lets you choose a filename and options.

The default options work for me just fine, which means that it is a 5 minute wait to enter a filename. When ripping multiple TV episodes, this can be hours just to set up the queue.

Is there any way you would consider allowing a way to enter the filename and accept whatever default would have happened if it went through the 5 minutes, and leave that initial processing to the actual transcode?

Thanks!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Ok, I know, Atak has no Win8, so he can't help,
but maybe another has found a solution.

I installed RipBot264 1.17.4 Preview under Win8Pro 64bit.
newest Haali, newest ffdshow (4499) and so on.
Several encodes went fine.
Issue with new Storage Space feature of Win8Pro (similar to Raids) still exists, but I switched back to Intel (BIOS) Raid, so it is solved.
Now I tried to encode a BluRay with DTS (15xx) to an AVCHD AC3 (640), with temporary use of FLAC.
When in preview, I see error that flac isn't recognized in avisynth.

To resolve Issue, I tried Codec-Pack from Shark007:
Now Flac is recognized, no problem. BUT Video ist topdown!
After deinstalling Sharks Pack and reinstalling Haali and ffdshow video is fine, but flac isn't recognized again.

Any suggestions?!
With Win7 this issue doesn't appear. I have several computers to test, but I want to have at least one with Win8 to test, even when I don't like Win8.

Your FLAC issue should be fixed in next version. (instead of DirectShowSource I will use independent BassAudio filter)

can anyone point me to who made bepipe? maybe we can fix this?
I will try to replace that tool with something else in next version.

@Red Fish
Are you sure that you have enough space on C: partition? Is your movie correctly decrypted with latest version of AnyDVD HD?

@bugmen0t
I will think about it. I do not promise anything...

[Red Fish]

@Red Fish
Are you sure that you have enough space on C: partition? Is your movie correctly decrypted with latest version of AnyDVD HD?
.

I have over 500 gb space on my C drive. The movie was decrypted with latest version of DVD fab. Is that an issue? As I mentioned others are working fine, just a few recent new ones. Perhaps different audio streams? Still kinda new to all this. Thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try again with ANYDVD HD to be sure.

[DTS-HD MSTR]

@Red Fish

It looks like that your ArcSoft DTS decoder version can not handle 7.1 channel files.

[Firminus]

I use the trim command on in the Trim area and it dose not trim the audio for the video, the GUI says it is, but media info and the file size says different.

[GMJCZP]

Atak_Snajpera:

When I encoded the video (framesize of source video=704x480) always remains at 4:3, then I put in the command line --sar 1:1 to avoid this. It should be the default value 1:1. With other programs as TX264 and Bencos the result is fine.
Another thing: once more ask please check the duration of the audio when muxed with video, can be cut and only with YAMB to separate and reassemble to correct the problem. Thank you.

[godfavor]

Hello,

I have a problem with Ripbot. I cannot encode anything, when I load a file and press encode it encodes the video instandly without an output. I downloaded the program several times reinstalled all codecs and required programs, everything on default but the same problem every time. I tried several different video files. I'm using windows 8 X64.

Thanks,

[Atak_Snajpera]

ripbot always checks source aspect ratio . in your case madiainfo detected your file as 4/3 . in order to have correct aspect ratio during playback ripbot calculates correct sar value . in your case --sar 0.909:1000.

when you use 1:1 your video file will have incorrect proportions 1.46:1 . that kind of aspect ratio does not exist in movie industry.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello,

I have a problem with Ripbot. I cannot encode anything, when I load a file and press encode it encodes the video instandly without an output. I downloaded the program several times reinstalled all codecs and required programs, everything on default but the same problem every time. I tried several different video files. I'm using windows 8 X64.

Thanks,

check log folder

[godfavor]

You mean the Job1_log.txt?


C:\>"C:\Users\Θεοχάρης\Documents\Ripbot\tools\avs2yuv\avs2yuv.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs" -o - | "C:\Users\Θεοχάρης\Documents\Ripbot\tools\x264\x264_x64.exe" --crf 20 --stats "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.stats" --fps 24000/1001 --force-cfr --min-keyint 24 --keyint 240 --frames 181626 --sar 1:1 --level 4.0 --aud --nal-hrd vbr --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --b-pyramid none --stdin y4m --output "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264" -

’¦ ©η©«ž£˜ ›œ¤ œε¤˜* ©œ Ÿβ©ž ¤˜ œ¤«¦§ε©œ* «ž¤ ΅˜Ÿ¦¨*©£β¤ž ›*˜›¨¦£γ ›ε©΅¦¬.


C:\>"C:\Users\Θεοχάρης\Documents\Ripbot\tools\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Users\Θεοχάρης\Desktop\Hugo (2011) 3D Half-SBS.mkv" --compression 0:none --title "Hugo (2011) 3D Half-SBS" --default-duration 0:24000/1001fps "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264" --forced-track 0:yes --language 0:ell -s 0 -D -A "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\Hugo (2011) 3D Half-SBS.ass"

’¦ ©η©«ž£˜ ›œ¤ œε¤˜* ©œ Ÿβ©ž ¤˜ œ¤«¦§ε©œ* «ž¤ ΅˜Ÿ¦¨*©£β¤ž ›*˜›¨¦£γ ›ε©΅¦¬.
-------------------------

Elapsed Time: 00h:00m:00s

[Atak_Snajpera]

move ripbot folder to location without national characters in path. for example c:/program files(x86)/ripbot264

[godfavor]

move ripbot folder to location without national characters in path. for example c:/program files(x86)/ripbot264

Ok, that did it thanks! I had to move the video file also.

[Wishbringer]

Your FLAC issue should be fixed in next version. (instead of DirectShowSource I will use independent BassAudio filter). I will try to replace that tool with something else in next version

Thanks alot!

[AZfilma]

any fix for gathering information? I have read all posts in this thread and have tried all suggestions but nothing. I have windows server 2008 x64. Rip bot stuck on gathering information. I use ripbot in my desktop pc and my laptop both have windows 8 installed and everything is ok but in my vps not work.

[Kaminaji]

Hey everybody

I have audio sync problems

I have a m2ts (VC-1) file and I just want to get a mkv file with best quality.

But everytime I do the preview the audio is at the beginning like 3 seconds ahead and by the time the delay gets worse and worse.

Can anybody help?

It really drives me crazy... maybe you guys missed my post... hope you can help me. Because if not you, who?
:thanks:

[Guest]

It really drives me crazy... maybe you guys missed my post... hope you can help me. Because if not you, who?
:thanks: Post a link to the first 100MB of the m2ts file. Use mediafire.com or some other reputable upload site. You can cut it with DGSplit.

With that, I'll be able to determine if the issue is with the stream or your processing. What VC-1 decoder are you using?

[Kaminaji]

Post a link to the first 100MB of the m2ts file. Use mediafire.com or some other reputable upload site. You can cut it with DGSplit.

With that, I'll be able to determine if the issue is with the stream or your processing. What VC-1 decoder are you using?

I am using libavcodec. Should I change it into wmv9?

Here is the link to the first 100 MB:

http://www.mediafire.com/?0wqkbwq6mei5baa

[Atak_Snajpera]

I am using libavcodec. Should I change it into wmv9?

Here is the link to the first 100 MB:

http://www.mediafire.com/?0wqkbwq6mei5baa

add this to script

http://i.imgur.com/y7nL1qq.png

[Kaminaji]

add this to script

http://i.imgur.com/y7nL1qq.png

Thank you soooo much! I never noticed, that the framerate is set to 23.976...

[slalom]

For the last two days, one encoding client can't connect automatically. When I force it to connect, it starts encoding and then all clients freeze.
I have to abort and restart without that one and it works fine.

Has someone faced this before?
v. 1.17.2

EDIT
What's that error "Socket error # 10054 Connection reset by peer" ???

[Atak_Snajpera]

wild guess. maybe firewall breaks connection?

[slalom]

Never touched firewall.
After that error, I manually executed muxfiles.cmd, since all parts where encoded. Then I loaded another file to encode and started it.
On the nonresponding machine Ripbot264 was still running and I didn't notice until moments ago that it was encoding too.
A new job has just started with all three clients running, so I don't know what caused the "freezing" problem two days ago.

So, problem solved!

[Pharaoh i7]

How do you customize the audio settings to adjust the kbps. Please would very much appreciate a answer.

[nekrosoft13]

It might be interesting to see if this would be a problem on Windows 8 Pro (not a server version)

I'm using Win 8 Pro, with multiple instances of DE, and no problems :)

problem started after the latest .net 3.5 update.

[GhostKilla]

I have a problem of low cpu usage, in the first pass. With my old CPU (AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4Ghz), no problem, but i've update to the X6 1090T, and now my CPU usage on the first pass is between 28 / 40 % (with FastFirstPassin2passMode=1).

http://www.zupmage.eu/up/ArBHhIfF45.jpg

my avs is :


#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()

#Crop
video=Crop(video,0,140,-0,-140)

#Resize
video=Spline36Resize(video,1280,534).Sharpen(0.2)

#Subtitles
Loadplugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot\Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter\VSFilter.dll")
video=TextSub(video,"D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\French_Forced.srt",-1,23.976)

#AudioSource
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot\tools\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio\NicAudio.dll")
audio=RaWavSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_French.dtsma.w64",1)
audio=ResampleAudio(audio,48000)

#Delay
audio=DelayAudio(audio,0)

#Normalize
audio=Normalize(audio,1)

#AudioDub
audio=ConvertAudioTo16bit(audio)
AudioDub(video,audio)

#AVSameLength
Trim(0,169561)



I've tested with the MT version of avisynth, and added the parameters "SetMTMode(2,0)" at the beginning of job.avs, but it's more slowest (~ 13/14 FPS).

For the second pass i have no problem, the CPU usage is between 90/100% and FPS ~ 14.

It's not my HDD because i've tested with parameters slower rather than veryslow for x264, and the first pass run at 47 FPS with 60 / 65% CPU usage.

Do you have an idea to how fix my probelm and have a first pass more fast ?

Thx in advance :)

(My OS is Win7 64bit, i use the 64 bit version of x264, just for information)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Update x264

[GhostKilla]

I have the latest version, downloaded today :/

http://www.zupmage.eu/up/SXx3APk6nh.jpg

[Atak_Snajpera]

Add this to your profile

--lookahead-threads 2 / 4 / 6

Start from 2.

[GhostKilla]

ok thanks i try :)

[GhostKilla]

So many thanks, works perfect, with 2 i run at ~50% / 26 FPS and 4 at ~70/75% at 37 FPS

Thank you Atak_Snajpera u rocks :D

[Atak_Snajpera]

Remember to not use too many those threads! Use as little as possible.

[GhostKilla]

ok, i use 2 it's realtime for the first pass :)

[AZfilma]

Please atack can u help me with Gathering information ? I have windows server 2008 x64.

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Please atack can u help me with Gathering information ? I have windows server 2008 x64.

I use Windows Server 2008 R2 with Installed Desktop Experience feature Role plus Update for Desktop Experience Decoder for Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB2483177) possible that it helps.


Update for Desktop Experience Decoder for Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB2483177)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13283

Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 R2 (KB963697)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20424

[Pharaoh i7]

How do you customize the audio settings to adjust the kbps. Please would very much appreciate a answer.

Can someone please answer my question is there anyway that the user can customize audio settings in ripbot264

[slalom]

One suggestion

In 2-pass, using DE, last chunk is always the biggest. And I suppose everyone (including me) hates having the slowest machine encoding the last chunk.
So can we encode the last chunk first, and then all the others?
Server 1 is my fastest machine, or we could set an IP to always do the last chunk first.

[docholliday]

Add this to your profile

--lookahead-threads 2 / 4 / 6

Start from 2.

sorry how can i found this ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

x264 command line help

[slalom]

Add this to your profile

--lookahead-threads 2 / 4 / 6

Start from 2.
That one made it worse for me

[Pimp Shanti]

Decided to see just what this program could do. I installed it on 8 Quadcore i7 machines and gave it a 23 minute file to chew on (h264 source, no audio). I let it go with the default settings and it encoded it at 370fps in 2min 04secs. Pretty impressive. I then set it to the Ultrafast preset and it crunched it at an incredible 1800+ fps!! But... it then took ages to Mux the file. Total time to completion: 2min 07secs! What's going on there? The strangest part is that there was no audio present to be muxed. Any ideas?

Also I'm trying to hunt down some AVC-Intra footage if anyone can help? The only AVC-Intra material I can create at the moment is MXF OP-atom - audio/video in separate files, and not recognised by RipBot. Any links to any other flavours of AVC-Intra, and preferably MXF OP1a (audio & video in same MXF container) gratefully received.

Thanks everyone

[soneca]

Atak, thanks for the new version! :)

[BlockABoots]

Will RipBot ever support Frameserver via VirtualDub??

[Atak_Snajpera]

why ?

[BlockABoots]

cos i do all video editing in VirtualDub, unless you know of some other way to editing in VDub and then use your program for encoding?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Well for editing I use Sony Vegas and Frame Server Debug Mode plugin.

[Jake802]

I used the newest Version of RipBot and now I keep getting told I have the wrong Bass.DLL Version. I keep getting little dialogue boxes and they say version 2.3 is required? What did I do wrong?

[Atak_Snajpera]

you have overwritten old instalation. EXTRACT FILES TO NEW FOLDER!

[Jake802]

Thanks!

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Thanks Atak_Snajpera for the updated version of RipBot264 v1.17.4 is as always perfect.

[jandor]

Thanks! Atak, for the new version! Excellent.

[N1ghtjar]

Am I able to make AVCHD's with Lossless audio?
I chose Demux once loaded, top right when loaded said "DTS-MA"
When I hit AVCHD as the output and change the size, add subs anything I get this error = 'Unknown / 1509000' is not a valid floating point value

[Atak_Snajpera]

dtsma and truehd are not allowed in avchd according to specs. I just forgot to disable copy stream option.

[N1ghtjar]

I have made loads of AVCHD's on BD25's with lossless audio and they all play fine on my Panasonic (known to be fussy with discs and AVCHD specs) and my Cambridge Audio, after all AVCHD has the same structure as a blu-ray.
How can I enable it or can you enable it for the next update?
I'm fed up with calculating MB's and not getting it to fill 100% of the disc, most of the time its 95-98% filled.

Here is a BDinfo if it helps

DISC INFO:

Disc Title: Dredd (2012) DTS-HD MA
Disc Size: 24,393,487,876 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
BDInfo: 0.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00000.MPLS
Length: 1:35:51.787 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 24,393,406,464 bytes
Total Bitrate: 33.93 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 27188 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
DTS-HD Master Audio English 4989 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4989 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics English 24.679 kbps
Presentation Graphics English 28.277 kbps

FILES:

Name Time In Length Size Total Bitrate
---- ------- ------ ---- -------------
00000.M2TS 0:00:00.000 1:35:51.787 24,393,406,464 33,928

[Killuah15]

hey i wanted to start making let's plays etc. everythings fine, but if i want to add an avi file to RipBot264 i get this error code:

DirectShowSource: RenderFile, the filter graph manager won't talk to me
(C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\getinfo.avs, line 2)

I've googled endlessly without any answers then i found this forum and i hope you can help me :( please :(

[Atak_Snajpera]

see first post maybe...

[N1ghtjar]

Atak, any chance I can have an update for my post please

[Atak_Snajpera]

Calculating video bitrate with DTS-MA/TrueHD is a nightmare! I really do not have motivation and time to fight with this madness. I will disable muxing DTS-MA/TrueHD in AVCHD in next version.

[Killuah15]

hey Atak, i can't find this problem, i just can find a version you added for someone, so he didn't get this error, i tried it too but i get this error anyway :S (it was an older version of ripbot)

[N1ghtjar]

Tell me about it Atak, I get it spot on MB's wise, I get the film size and the Lossless audio size and make it the exact size of the BD25 and yet I can get anything from 700mb to 1GB short of filling the disc, thanks for the update, looking forward to trying ripbot to create them fully in the future, Thanks

[javamarket]

[Distributed Encoding - Multiple NICs Setting?] Hi all. I have a main HTPC that does most of the heavy lifting for me, including video conversions. It serves as the Master for all the encoding nodes with RipBot. In this HTPC is also a Ceton TV card which has its own IP address. Arguably you could call the device dual-homed. I was wondering if it is possible to set the Server to use a specific NIC? Changing the config file with the loopback address 127.0.0.1 to the Network address 192.168.1.xx seems to have little effect, and the DE Server still listens on the Ceton IP address (which for info is 192.168.200.1). If I disable the device in network settings DE Server then picks up the correct address.

Any help is appreciated.

Many thanks,
Mark

[Pimp Shanti]

"avs2avi.exe has stopped working"

I followed the instructions in the first post and uninstalled/reinstalled all required programs. Still persists. Fairly sure I have no other codec packs installed.

Source video's info is below. What other info is required to troubleshoot and where do I find it? (Still quite new to this)

Thanks.



Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 2.48 GiB
Duration : 2h 45mn
Overall bit rate : 2 148 Kbps
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.8
Writing library : libmkv 0.6.5

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 45mn
Nominal bit rate : 2 000 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 354 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Original display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.327
Writing library : x264 core 120
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 45mn
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Menu
00:00:00.000 : Chapter 1
00:10:15.114 : Chapter 2
00:20:42.908 : Chapter 3
00:30:03.051 : Chapter 4
00:40:30.344 : Chapter 5
00:51:04.277 : Chapter 6
01:01:36.409 : Chapter 7
01:10:02.248 : Chapter 8
01:19:23.225 : Chapter 9
01:31:48.920 : Chapter 10
01:40:14.224 : Chapter 11
01:50:27.170 : Chapter 12
02:00:50.376 : Chapter 13
02:10:20.479 : Chapter 14
02:21:04.088 : Chapter 15
02:30:36.110 : Chapter 16
02:37:27.020 : Chapter 17

[slalom]

One frequent error with v. 1.17.4 running DE in 2-pass mode

"Cannot create file "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp/job5\Chunks\2.cmd". The function requested cannot be executed"

the error appears when 2nd pass starts

[Atak_Snajpera]

Pimp Shanti show me details. expand details in error window.

slalom
can you make a screenshot?

[slalom]

Yes, but not in English, hopefully tomorrow

[bugmen0t]

atak,

i got this popup
http://puu.sh/1YQtb

what should i do? :(

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1614212#post1614212

[slalom]

One frequent error with v. 1.17.4 running DE in 2-pass mode

"Cannot create file "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp/job5\Chunks\2.cmd". The function requested cannot be executed"

the error appears when 2nd pass starts
This is the screenshot

http://i48.tinypic.com/200v02f.jpg

[Slitheen]

"avs2avi.exe has stopped working"

I followed the instructions in the first post and uninstalled/reinstalled all required programs. Still persists. Fairly sure I have no other codec packs installed.



I'm having the same problem. Only happens with VC-1 material.

The only change is that I'm using windows 8 since this week.

[Killuah15]

atak, do you have any advice for me? because i really want to have good quality videos ._.

[Pimp Shanti]

Pimp Shanti show me details. expand details in error window.


Thanks Atak.
I think this is the info you're after:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: avs2avi.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 40eb0522
Fault Module Name: WINMM.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ce7ba42
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000425e
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[Atak_Snajpera]

win8?

[Pimp Shanti]

I was wondering if you could swap ProRes/DNxHD with AVC-Intra. I will describe my workflow on Windows 7.
1) first i've installed x264 VFW codec
2) in Sony Vegas I configured x264 codec to encode only in intra mode (example : --preset superfast --tune fastdecode --keyint 1 --bitrate xxxxxx)
3) my destination container is .avi

once .avi is created it can be used in DE mode.

I suppose you can do the same on mac. Just install x264 codec and then select .mp4 as output container.

I've tried to achieve this using both Final Cut X and Adobe Premiere CS6 but no joy so far. Premiere outputs AVC-Intra into an MXF container. No built-in options for AVC-Intra within an AVI. Not sure how I add codecs to Premiere but that's my next step I guess. However...

Feature requests:


Support for DNxHD & ProRes source files
Support for MOV and MXF containers (OP1a preferred but also OP-atom if it's possible)
Batch encoding where the same source material is encoded to several different bitrates/resolutions
A 'watch folder' where new files are automatically processed using predefined settings


I believe these functions will open your software up to many grateful professional video editors!

:thanks:

[Atak_Snajpera]

Not sure how I add codecs to Premiere but that's my next step I guess. However...
on windows you need this http://www.videohelp.com/tools/x264-VFW

[paradoxical]

win8?

Windows 8 would be 6.2 not 6.1.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Windows 8 would be 6.2 not 6.1.
indeed.

[QUEENFAN]

Is there any option in ripbot264 to convert to Bluray directly?

If I remember right, this option existed inb older versions. I don't want to burn AVCHD to BR because not all BR-Players support AVCHD so I prefer to use native BR format as output.

[hoju3508]

@QUEENFAN, you can always change --avchd to --blu-ray manually in tsmuxer.meta file.

[N1ghtjar]

This is true but I have found more incompatability problems when selecting blu-ray strangly.
I never have an issue with selecting AVCHD with tsMuxer, but both my machines play AVCHD without issue.

[Atak_Snajpera]

mediafire is starting to piss me off

The file (AVC-INTRA-x264-516KB.png) violates the MediaFire Terms of Service. Due to it being distributed from your account, it has been removed. Also, a Strike has been placed against your account and can lead to a termination of service.

Check our policy violations page for more information.

Thank you for using MediaFire as your cloud based file sharing service provider.

If you feel you have received this message in error, Please visit our support site at http://support.mediafire.com for further information.

For the same reason they removed my x264 FHD Benchmark .
It seems that they dumb filter marks everything with x264 and mkv as some illegal content. They removed benchmark because they didn't like test sequence SVT_1080p50.mkv in archive.
I think it is time to move to Mega

[Dahitman]

Probably a stupid question... but... how do I encode in 10bit?

[Atak_Snajpera]

use PC only profile

[frencher]

mediafire is starting to piss me off

The file (AVC-INTRA-x264-516KB.png) violates the MediaFire Terms of Service. Due to it being distributed from your account, it has been removed. Also, a Strike has been placed against your account and can lead to a termination of service.

Check our policy violations page for more information.

Thank you for using MediaFire as your cloud based file sharing service provider.

If you feel you have received this message in error, Please visit our support site at http://support.mediafire.com for further information.

For the same reason they removed my x264 FHD Benchmark .
It seems that they dumb filter marks everything with x264 and mkv as some illegal content. They removed benchmark because they didn't like test sequence SVT_1080p50.mkv in archive.
I think it is time to move to Mega

Same for me :eek:

Hello Frencher,


The file (ldecod 17.2 alexpk mod.rar) violates the MediaFire Terms of Service. Due to it being distributed from your account, it has been removed. Also, a Strike has been placed against your account and can lead to a termination of service.

Check our policy violations page for more information.

Thank you for using MediaFire as your cloud based file sharing service provider.

Sincerely,

The MediaFire Team

Please do not respond to this email, it does not accept incoming emails! Please review the Term of Service at Terms of Service

[Dahitman]

use PC only profile

Thanks

[QUEENFAN]

@hoju3508

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Where can I find the file tsmuxer.meta you mentioned?
Was there any good reason to remove bluray from the encoding destinations?

[QUEENFAN]

I bought myself some new TV-series DVD's and a BR-Burner too. Now I want to encode the epsiodes with Ripbot264 to AVCHD and burn them on BR.

Which Profile would you suggest to encode DVD-sources generally in 2-pass-mode with locked size for best quality: ["High 4.0] HD, Progressive or "[Main 3.0] SD, PSP" (or another one)?


Thanks a lot for your help.

[fantasmanegro]

I bought myself some new TV-series DVD's and a BR-Burner too. Now I want to encode the epsiodes with Ripbot264 to AVCHD and burn them on BR.

Which Profile would you suggest to encode DVD-sources generally in 2-pass-mode with locked size for best quality: ["High 4.0] HD, Progressive or "[Main 3.0] SD, PSP" (or another one)?


Thanks a lot for your help.

For dvd content, SD profile is ok

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[QUEENFAN]

@fantasmanegro

Muchas gracias para tu rapida respuesta. Seguro que la calidad en HD profile no es mejor?

[fantasmanegro]

@fantasmanegro

Muchas gracias para tu rapida respuesta. Seguro que la calidad en HD profile no es mejor?

Puedes ajustar el tune y el preset para mejorar la calidad del profile sd, a film y slower respectivamente

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[TheThreemagi]

I'm curious, is there a way to disable zlib compression? It seems to be on by default but I can't find an option for it.

Thanks for any help!

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Hello Atak_Snajpera,

I have a question for the 10-bit encoding and if my settings are correct.

Example Profil: [HIGH10 5.1] Standard Profile - HD 720p - 29,970 FPS - Without Frame Doubling - 1.78.1 - 10-Bit - Profile Game Trailer

--fps 30000/1001 --preset veryslow --tune film --aud --nal-hrd vbr --vbv-maxrate 300000 --vbv-bufsize 300000 --b-pyramid none --profile high10 --level 5.1 --keyint 30 --open-gop --slices 4 --sar 1:1 --threads 12 --colorprim "bt709" --transfer "bt709" --colormatrix "bt709"

[Atak_Snajpera]

why do you have to disable compression?

[Atak_Snajpera]

--keyint 30 --open-gop --slices 4 ??? why do you need these switches?

[DTS-HD MSTR]

you mean the -qp 0 mode? crash!

[DTS-HD MSTR]

I had assumed the settings only from 720p blu-ray standard.

[Atak_Snajpera]

are you encoding for blu ray?

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Yes most of the time. (Blu-ray, AVCHD)

[Atak_Snajpera]

10 bit and bluray???

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Not here in this case it is only for PC!
So, what do you think is the best setting for 10-bit?

[Atak_Snajpera]

my defaults

[DTS-HD MSTR]

I was just worried because the encoding is so fast with your default settings.

[TheThreemagi]

why do you have to disable compression?

It's causing issues with subtitles on my media server, run by plex, for streaming to iOS. While I would love to see them support the compression, I would also be interested in if I can easily disable it on ripbot for the time being.

[hoju3508]

@hoju3508

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Where can I find the file tsmuxer.meta you mentioned?
Was there any good reason to remove bluray from the encoding destinations?

It's in the jobxxx folder.

[QUEENFAN]

@hoju3508

Thanks a lot, found it.

[QUEENFAN]

@Atak_Snajpera

Any chance to get back the Bluray-option (now only AVCHD) as destination. So I don't have to manually edit tsmuxer.meta.

Thanks a lot.

[BigM]

Sorry for my beginner's question, but is it possible to rip and encode two audio streams to a mkv file?
This would be useful for example if you want to have original language and the sync or the audio commentary.

[Pimp Shanti]

Hi Atak, I can't see a response from you regarding this, reposting. If "Win 8?" was directed at me, then no: Win7Pro64

Thanks as always

Thanks Atak.
I think this is the info you're after:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: avs2avi.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 40eb0522
Fault Module Name: WINMM.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ce7ba42
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0000425e
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[Pimp Shanti]

Strange DE experience. Check this video (http://youtu.be/Qfz8h5yNbXE).

You can see a couple of the servers flicking between idle and encoding. Eventually they give up, presumably because the chunks get assigned to a different server. Server 4 was showing the same behaviour before I hit record on the video, however it decided it was encoding but, as you can see at the end of the video, the encoding process hangs and it seems Server 4 got stuck on "Starting" (watch the cursor).

Cheers for any help. Let me know what info you need to assess the problem

[Atak_Snajpera]

You should also record what is happening in EncodingServer.

[Pimp Shanti]

The encoding servers are doing exactly the same as the controller - switching between idle and encoding

[Atak_Snajpera]

In most cases when server is doing that it means that it has some problems with executing x.cmd from network path.

[Pimp Shanti]

ok, is that an access rights issue? What can I do to resolve it? It's always exactly the same servers: 4, 5 & 8

[Atak_Snajpera]

when servers hang try to manually execute x.cmd from that not working pc. Maybe it will give you some error then.

[guest]

Strange DE experience. Check this video (http://youtu.be/Qfz8h5yNbXE).

You can see a couple of the servers flicking between idle and encoding.........

I have had this problem too, from time to time, can't recall what I do about it...I think I might abort that encode (as DE has an option of resuming later), and come back to it later, or even restart Ripbot.

Another strange thing happened yesterday, I had a large queue encoding with DE, and then it stopped saving the final encoded file to it's destination folder....so I just restarted Ripbot, and it worked OK again.

Pimp Shanti, curious about what pc's you have, and what type of file you were encoding, as there was a pretty high fps showing in that youtube clip.

Cheers

[Pimp Shanti]

Thanks for the info Burt.

You're kind of right; aborting the encode, saving progress and then resuming does result in a finished encode but that's only because the chunk that got stuck gets reallocated to a different server and, assuming that server isn't misbehaving too, the encoding will complete. So the problem gets avoided, rather than fixed.

Yeah we're a bit spoilt here, we've got 8x i7 quadcores @ 3.7GHz. We've actually got another 4 of the same machine sat here as well so I'm probably one of the few people that wishes Atak had made more server slots available! Still, it would be nice to get 8 running properly first.

[Pimp Shanti]

when servers hang try to manually execute x.cmd from that not working pc. Maybe it will give you some error then.

I don't know what you mean (no change there!)

What is x.cmd? You mean a single encode on that machine only?

[Atak_Snajpera]

when server is switching from idle/encoding execute //client-pc/Ripbot264temp/jobx/x.cmd in console

where x is an integer number

@burt123
see folder with logs

[Pimp Shanti]

There is no [integer].cmd in the temp folder. These are the cmd files I can see:

job1_EncodeAudio.cmd
job1_EncodeVideoPass1.cmd
job1_EncodeVideoPass2.cmd
job1_MuxFiles.cmd
job1_RemoveEmptyFolders.cmd
MP4Extract.cmd
MP4getinfo.cmd

[guest]

Yeah we're a bit spoilt here, we've got 8x i7 quadcores @ 3.7GHz. We've actually got another 4 of the same machine sat here as well so I'm probably one of the few people that wishes Atak had made more server slots available! Still, it would be nice to get 8 running properly first.

I have an i7 2600K @ 4.7Ghz, (Windows 7) and an i7 3770K @ 4.7Ghx, (Windows 8) both running 4 server slots each (it makes a big difference), was using an i7 3930K hexacore @ 4.6Ghz, but I've found that the 2600K & the 3770K do the jobs a LOT faster, and using about the same power, when working together, so I do different things on the 3930K now.

I'd REALLY like Atak to add more server slots, I'm sure he could (hint hint)

[Atak_Snajpera]

when server is switching from idle/encoding execute \\client-pc\Ripbot264temp\jobx\Chunks\x.cmd in console ON NOT WORKING PC!

in my case main PC has name DAWID-PC
http://i.imgur.com/k6qeMej.png

[slalom]

What are the best settings for 1080i 60fps video??

[Atak_Snajpera]

Best settings do not exist here

[misagh72]

hi atak

how to add script on ripbot ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

click show script

[meshaun]

Why am I stuck @ "Please wait ... Gathering Information" for more than 10 minutes now?

[misagh72]

hi atak

i need to hardsub ass subtitle

program not encoding movie

it just this

i wait 6 hour , but steel program say "plase wait"

http://uploadtak.com/images/k9722_11.png
http://uploadtak.com/images/m3925_22.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

your version is outdated.

[misagh72]

your version is outdated.

new version not'work too !!

[soneca]

Convert subtitles to SubRip.

[Schlammi]

Hi guys,

the "Distributed Encoding" mode doesn´t work under Windows 8 x64. I have this fault message at the Encoding Client: "ERROR: source file could not be indexed" then closed the client within 5 seconds.
Under Windows 7 x64 works "Distributed Encoding" perfect with the exactly same settings and hardware/software configuration. I dont know what i do in this case!

Please help .... :(

[Atak_Snajpera]

upgrade to windows 7 then

[Slitheen]

I don't think win 8 likes your latest version. It skips encoding the audio track. Have downgraded to v1.17.3 and all is fine now.

[Schlammi]

upgrade to windows 7 then
Sorry but i like Windows 8 and a downgrade is not realy an option for me.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I don't think win 8 likes your latest version. It skips encoding the audio track. Have downgraded to v1.17.3 and all is fine now.

have you read a change log at least?

[slalom]

Maybe he prefers to see it happen. Surely he can't wait to see the result.

[Slitheen]

There is no file at the end, or log either. Like I said I rolled back a version and it works.

[invy]

Hello,

I can't get it to distribute encoding. How am I supposed to make my PC see the remote PC? It says "Idle" on remote PC.

The youtube guide is very useless.

Do both PCs have to be Windows 7 or something?

EDIT: To clarify, in the youtube video @ 1:10 it shows the tools folder being automatically being copied to the 2nd PC but it never did that for me.

On my Main PC (windows 7) I have the RipBot folder in D: and on my 2nd (XP) it is stored in All Users\Documents\ which is the Shared Documents folder.

[invy]

I still have had no luck getting this to work. I have tried just about everything including turning off the firewalls on both PCs.

Question: Why does the Encoding Server open up in the system tray whenever I run RipBot264.exe? Isn't the Encoding Server completely useless on the Client PC? So why would it need to be auto-opened with it?

[Atak_Snajpera]

you are asking weird questions. I hope you will figure out some day why encodingserver.exe is automatically executed.

[invy]

you are asking weird questions. I hope you will figure out some day why encodingserver.exe is automatically executed.

I can't tell if that was sarcastic or not. But either way I've been following the guide @ http://www.thehtpc.net/htpc-tips-and-tweaks/ripbot264-distributed-encoding/

And i've been reading through several pages of posts here and some have suggested that you don't need encoding server.exe opened on the client PC, only on the ones that will be helping.

So far the encoding server window on the client seems absolutely useless. It doesn't connect or anything. But on the helper server, it is Idle.

[slalom]

You don't hane to manually close any application. Just have RipBot264 running on all PCs and add their IPs in the DE window that appears. And it works

[invy]

I will try that (about having RipBot open on client as well as server, but I have currently have one other concern. Is:

StoreTempFilesin=C:\Temp\Ripbot264temp\

that a proper value? Or does it have to be like either:

StoreTempFilesin=C

or

StoreTempFilesin=TEMP

And obviously I will have to share that directory. But that is my concern.

[Atak_Snajpera]

And obviously I will have to share that directory. But that is my concern.

v1.17.4
Added: EncodingClient will now automatically share Ripbot264temp folder

I think you SHOULD really see this again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-BICnj62iE&feature=youtu.be

[invy]

The video was the very first thing I followed to try and set this thing up. I've seen it over 50 times and i'm no longer getting any more useful help from it.

That's why I am at the point of desperation, that I'm asking questions that may seem silly/stupid because nothing else is working.

[invy]

You pointed out that it automatically shares the Ripbot264temp folder, but that doesn't appear to be true for me. It created the Temp Folder in C:\, as well as the RipBot264temp inside the Temp folder, but I don't see it shared it at all.

Also, would having installed the AVISynth MT version have anything to do with my problem? I had installed it for MeGUI recently but I installed back the normal version of AviSynth 2.5 on both PCs. I just feel like there might be some files lingering around in my System32 folder that might be messing things up.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Show me what are you doing on video. I hope you know how to record screen.

[invy]

I hope I got everything in it that you needed to see. Please let me know if forgot anything, because chances are it just slipped my mind.

http://www.mediafire.com/?53oirtwyps0vp6z

PS.. it seems that you think i'm stupid but whatever.. :(

102 = Encoding Client
107 = Server 1 (in TightVNC window on right side of screen)

[Atak_Snajpera]

PS.. it seems that you think i'm stupid but whatever..
video always tells more than words...

[invy]

Yeah... well did I do everything right as far as you can tell?

One thing not seen in the video that I remembered is that both PCs are in the same workgroup "HOME", and also, I can access shared folders from each computer just fine.

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) first thing! Where do you see .mpg as supported input format in DE mode

// Supported input formats AVI / FLV / MP4 / MKV / DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray
UseDistributedEncoding=1

2) second why do you manually execute EncodingClient.exe? Where do you see on my tutorial that you have do that??? Did you really watch that video 50 times?

[invy]

1) first thing! Where do you see .mpg as supported input format in DE mode

// Supported input formats AVI / FLV / MP4 / MKV / DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray
UseDistributedEncoding=1

2) second why do you manually execute EncodingClient.exe? Where do you see on my tutorial that you have do that??? Did you really watch that video 50 times?

1. Well I was under the assumption that HD DVD was the same thing as DVD, which is essentially MPEG II, just in a different container. Well then... excuse me for my lack of knowledge here.

So this is the reason why it doesn't work, for sure?

2. Like I said earlier - it was desperation to try anything. But, does it really matter, since it wasn't going to work, regardless? No need to sound upset. Geez...

I guess it's back to MeGUI and MT'ing for me since MPEG is all I ever encode.

[AMiR9!WV]

Convert subtitles to SubRip.

hi
i'm misagh friend
tnx , i know subrip it's work
but we most use ass subtitle
and program say can support ass :-??

http://uploadtak.com/images/l2916_Untitled55.png

but is just this
cpu is working so hard , but i wait too many hour and steel nothing

http://www.uploadtak.com/images/2163_55.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

@AMiR9!WV
Copy this file (http://www.mediafire.com/?6aqi8od964eaf91) to \Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter

[AMiR9!WV]

@AMiR9!WV
Copy this file (http://www.mediafire.com/?6aqi8od964eaf91) to \Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter

i can't believe
it's work
finaly
thaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[soneca]

Solved! :cool:

[guest]

I guess it's back to MeGUI and MT'ing for me since MPEG is all I ever encode.

Hi invy, it IS a shame that DE doesn't support .mpg....I use to do everything in .mpg, but once I got the hang of using DE, I changed everything I encoded to .mkv, so I could use DE.

Quality isn't really affected, and generally the file size is a lot smaller.

It's worth it, in the long run.

Cheers

[valkyrie743]

link to download is broke :( can you re-upload it please. thanks :)

[soneca]

link to download is broke :( can you re-upload it please. thanks :)

Mediafire is really pissing...

Download (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11437344/VSFilter.rar)

[valkyrie743]

Mediafire is really pissing...

Download (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11437344/VSFilter.rar)

whats this ? i need the download for the up to date ripbot

[soneca]

Next time be more explicit!!!

http://www.videohelp.com/download/RipBot264v1.17.4.7z

[valkyrie743]

Next time be more explicit!!!

http://www.videohelp.com/download/RipBot264v1.17.4.7z

thanks :)

[agressiv]

I'm trying to prevent demuxing of DTS-MA and TrueHD streams in 1.17.4. Is there an INI file option for that? I'm using an MKV container and never have used a previous version of RipBot264. When I open a file with a TrueHD stream it's always converting it to FLAC, which is worthless for me because my receiver can't decode 5.1 channel FLAC. I'd just assume stick with the original.

Thanks much!

Edit: DTS-MA seemed to be fine, it was TrueHD that got converted to FLAC.

[Killuah15]

@Atak_Snajpera

I posted a while ago, because RipBot264 won't open AVI files, i have the same problem for now.
(Direct show source: the filter graph won't talk to me etc.)
Do you have any advice? please, my Let's play videos have got a, well, bad quality (the quality changes from good to bad very often).
Want to render them in AVI and then encode them to MP4 with RipBot so the Video does not loose the quality.

[invy]

Hi invy, it IS a shame that DE doesn't support .mpg....I use to do everything in .mpg, but once I got the hang of using DE, I changed everything I encoded to .mkv, so I could use DE.

Quality isn't really affected, and generally the file size is a lot smaller.

It's worth it, in the long run.

Cheers

not sure if I understood... you're saying you encode everything twice?

[guest]

not sure if I understood... you're saying you encode everything twice?

You could say that I do it 3 time's.

My process:- run files (whatever type they are) thru Ripbot for resizing, denoising, etc, etc.

Then edit in TMPENC Mastering Works for color & volume, etc adjustments (this is what I use to do in mpeg), and the created mkv is still quite large....(using high bitrate's create's large file's)

So generally a final run thru Ripbot, to mkv (again).

Done !!!!!!

[Ryushin]

Is it possible to bind RipBot264 to an interface? When I start a VPN connection, either using PPTP or Fortinet's SSL VPN, RipBot then seems to try and send the information down this new Interface when trying to connect to agents for the DE. The default route never changes as I'm only doing split-tunneling and routing the appropriate traffic down the VPN tunnel.

This only happens on initial launch of the Encoding Client on the host machine. If I start a VPN after the Encloding Client is already running it works fine. But as soon as it finishes a job and starts a new one, it only find the host machine and not the DE clients.

[nojvil]

Works great, but audio is always out of sync. I notice when manually add fps=23.976 or 25 to script audio is sync, but now is problem when I want to batch two or more files.
Any suggestions?

[slalom]

Edit: DTS-MA seemed to be fine, it was TrueHD that got converted to FLAC.
I always convert TrueHD to DTS(MA) before loading the file

[MK1234Tfan]

I'm having a problem with up scaling. Whenever I upscale with any settings it knocks the audio out of sync when the encode is done. But before the encode when I preview it within ripbot264 everything is fine.

Not sure what's wrong or how to fix it.

Thanks

[R=G]

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 4h 51mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 052 Kbps
Width : 852 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.125
Stream size : 3.12 GiB (92%)
Title : jmbb4
Writing library : x264 core 125 r2208 d9d2288
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1536 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2013-03-10 12:33:23
Tagged date : UTC 2013-03-10 12:38:07

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 4h 51mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 133 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 267 MiB (8%)
Encoded date : UTC 2013-03-10 12:37:04
Tagged date : UTC 2013-03-10 12:38:07

This was the media info result I got from a recent movie I encoded that was nearly 5 hours in length. Audio is out of synch by 4 or 5 seconds. How do I correct this and get that audio lined up the right way>

[Atak_Snajpera]

Audio is out of synch by 4 or 5 seconds. How do I correct this and get that audio lined up the right way>
adjust audio delay in ripbot. Check synchronization using Preview Script.
Execute jobx_EncodeAudio.cmd from C:\temp\RipBot264temp\jobx
and then execute jobx_MuxFiles.cmd

[R=G]

Execute jobx_EncodeAudio.cmd from C:\temp\RipBot264temp\jobx
and then execute jobx_MuxFiles.cmd

I'm thrown by this part right here..lol. And it seems the delay is 23 seconds. And I couldn't put in 23 seconds in the audio delay portion of ripbot...10 was as high as it went.

[agressiv]

Was doing Schindler's List Blu-Ray (long movie).

There are 195 chunks in D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job12\Chunks for this movie, and due to the full path being in each chunk, the job was too long for the command line CombineAllChunks.cmd.

I was able to work around it by removing the path information and running the batch file that way, which worked. I'm not sure how to get it to not split up into so many pieces though.

agressiv

[Atak_Snajpera]

Was doing Schindler's List Blu-Ray (long movie).

There are 195 chunks in D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job12\Chunks for this movie, and due to the full path being in each chunk, the job was too long for the command line CombineAllChunks.cmd.

I was able to work around it by removing the path information and running the batch file that way, which worked. I'm not sure how to get it to not split up into so many pieces though.

agressiv

this should solve your problem
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xy66s7t686az95g

[agressiv]

this should solve your problem
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xy66s7t686az95g

Thanks much, this (should) work!

agressiv

[hoju3508]

Not sure if this has been discussed before. I was trying to back up "Les Misérables (2012)" - H:\Blu-ray\Les Misérables (2012) today and RB couldn't read the files. Changed the é to a regular e then all is good again.

-Hoju

[R=G]

Where do you write the audio correction...I saw no jobx folder in the temp sector. Just job1 in a notepad with the audio delay portion. Even then....how do you get the script to work?

[AMiR9!WV]

hi Atak
When Im trying to add source video, sometimes I get the following error message
http://www.uploadtak.com/images/m1445_c695_Snapshot_201303.png
I encoded this video using MeGUI and it works fine (surce is fine)

[Trayman]

@AMiR9!WV Check the rules before posting m8.

Cheers Trayman

[lotrmith]

Hey everyone, sorry if this has been covered but 612 pages is a lot of thread to sort through. Can I use Ripbot to make an mp4 of one of the extras on a blu-ray? In this case, I want to make a file just for the Paperman short that comes on the Wreck-It Ralph blu-ray. Whenever I load any video file of the ripped bluray in Ripbot, even those of Paperman, it analyses and then pops out playlists for the whole Ralph movie and two or three of the longer extra features. But no Paperman! I need help.

[hoju3508]

My guess is that since Paperman is short RB decided not to include it as part of the pertinent playlist.

[lotrmith]

My guess is that since Paperman is short RB decided not to include it as part of the pertinent playlist.

=/

Is there a workaround or am I out of luck with Ripbot for this task?

[hoju3508]

Find the correct playlist with BDInfo. Then use tsMuxeR to output a new Blu-ray folder for Paperman, and then you should be able to use RB.

-Hoju

[agressiv]

I'm trying to encode my TNG Blu-Ray episodes which are 1.33 Aspect Ratio.

Auto crop takes down the left and right by 240 each side making it 1440x1080. When I do a preview script, everything looks fine.

However, the resulting .264 video ends up still having a 16/9 Aspect Ratio, and then stretches it to fill the window. I've even tried Custom Sizes, to no avail.

I can't even Merge them manually with mkvtoolnix by forcing 1440x1080 or 4/3 aspect ratio - it's still stretched. I can override it with MPC-HC but I'd just assume not do that -

Any ideas?

[lotrmith]

Find the correct playlist with BDInfo. Then use tsMuxeR to output a new Blu-ray folder for Paperman, and then you should be able to use RB.

-Hoju

Cheers!

[Slitheen]

I'm trying to encode my TNG Blu-Ray episodes which are 1.33 Aspect Ratio.

Auto crop takes down the left and right by 240 each side making it 1440x1080. When I do a preview script, everything looks fine.

However, the resulting .264 video ends up still having a 16/9 Aspect Ratio, and then stretches it to fill the window. I've even tried Custom Sizes, to no avail.

I can't even Merge them manually with mkvtoolnix by forcing 1440x1080 or 4/3 aspect ratio - it's still stretched. I can override it with MPC-HC but I'd just assume not do that -

Any ideas?

I've had no problems converting my TNG BDs using auto crop, but then I resize to 1280 manually.

[mmmmdonut]

=/

Is there a workaround or am I out of luck with Ripbot for this task?

The files you want are 00992-00994. Use TSMuxer from theRipBot tools directory to join them together and then process through RipBot.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@agressiv
add --sar 1:1 to your video encoding profile

[agressiv]

@agressiv
add --sar 1:1 to your video encoding profile

Yes! I was about to say, through continued experimentation, simply removing --sar 4:3 worked.

Normal 16:9 material (e.g. Game of Thrones) already had --sar 1:1 in there.

Should I simply edit jobXX_EncodingClient.meta directly while it's in queue or is there some other place it should go?

Thanks again!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Should I simply edit jobXX_EncodingClient.meta directly while it's in queue or is there some other place it should go?
yes .

[goshiota]

Hello,

I know others have had trouble with this issue. But I have not been able to understand how to resolve it.

I am getting the "avs3yuv.exe has stopped working - A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you is a solution is available." error when trying to convert on of my blu ray movies. I copied my blu ray movies to my hard drive using AnyHDDVD first. Most of my conversions have worked just fine, but there are just a couple of movies that have given me this error. I use the same settings every time.

Any help will be immensely appreciated.

[Atak_Snajpera]

does it happen always at the same place or it just random?

[goshiota]

does it happen always at the same place or it just random?

Hi there,

Assuming you were talking to me... it seems to happen at different times. In this case, The Dark Knight, it happens during the second pass.

I use 2-pass and lock the size to 4000 so I can load the movie on my PS3 or FAT32 HDD.

Please let me know if I can provide you with anything further.

Thanks,
Jeremy

[Ronski]

I found this excellent guide (http://www.thehtpc.net/htpc-tips-and-tweaks/ripbot264-distributed-encoding/) tonight for setting up distributed encoding, might be worth adding a link to it in the first post and to the actual download, will help stop a lot of support questions I would think.

Tonight's the first time I've used the distributed encoding option, after pressing start it took half an hour to copy the files to the share. The film in question was a 28.8GB bluray.

What's exactly happening during copying the files, as I thought the files were already on the share, once added?

Once it finished copying it then started indexing, again painfully slowly, 15 minutes and we was at just 5%.

During the copying and the indexing I'm seeing very little CPU usage (0 - 5%) and no network usage. So I've no idea what's happening, and at this pace it would be quicker to just transcode without using the distributed encoding.


Would the fact that I was adding another job slow the process down?

Now I realise something must surely be wrong, but quite what I don't know.

By the way I'm running this on a Quad Core i5 750 running at 4Ghz, with loads of spare hard drive space and 8GB ram.

Edit: I've aborted the other job I was adding, and the indexing does seem to have speeded up considerably.

Edit 2: We have lift off, and both servers working but trying to add another job slowed things down again, so I think I need to add all jobs before starting.

Any idea why adding another job cause things to grind to a halt almost?

Just in case anyone is interested I'm using two systems, the host system is a quad Core i5 750 at 4Ghz, the other is a Core i3 3220S 1155 Ivy Bridge 3.3Ghz, the Ivy bridge CPU is achieving a frame rate of about 75% of the quad core, just goes to show how much better these new processors are.

[Ronski]

I left it going overnight, and woke up to find this on my host PC.

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv87/Ronskiman/Computer/Capture_zps5f01e1f3.png

I had to abort, save progress and restart Ripbot to get the local server to restart.

Any ideas on the cause?

[slalom]

Edit 2: We have lift off, and both servers working but trying to add another job slowed things down again, so I think I need to add all jobs before starting.

Any idea why adding another job cause things to grind to a halt almost?
Too many jobs in your HDD. Don't try to do all things together. If you want to add a new video, stop the encoding process first. Use the batch button to apply same settings

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hi there,

Assuming you were talking to me... it seems to happen at different times. In this case, The Dark Knight, it happens during the second pass.

I use 2-pass and lock the size to 4000 so I can load the movie on my PS3 or FAT32 HDD.

Please let me know if I can provide you with anything further.

Thanks,
Jeremy

Make sure that your CPU and Memory are stable!

Common problems:
1) AviSynth Error message or other decoding problem (avs2avi.exe/avs2yuv.exe crashes)
Uninstall all codec packs , AviSynth , Haali Media Spliter , ffdshow. XP users also must install Windows Media Player 11!
2) x264 crashes
check cpu stability in LinX (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/663563/LinX/en/LinX.7z). check memory in memtest86

[Atak_Snajpera]

I left it going overnight, and woke up to find this on my host PC.

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv87/Ronskiman/Computer/Capture_zps5f01e1f3.png

I had to abort, save progress and restart Ripbot to get the local server to restart.

Any ideas on the cause?

Is there any other user who could confirm the same crashing in EncodingServer.exe (latest version ofcourse) ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Too many jobs in your HDD. Don't try to do all things together. If you want to add a new video, stop the encoding process first. Use the batch button to apply same settings

Exactly! Unless you have good SSD.

[Ronski]

:thanks: Thanks for the replies, I do have a good SSD but I use a traditional hard drive for the video files, disk IO was one thing I didn't think to look at. edit: (one of the better things with W8 is that task manager actually shows disk IO)

Also would like to say I've just set it up on my W8 Pro laptop and it worked without a hitch. Might have to set it up on the other PC's as well, got a total of six in the house + the server.

Could I request a couple of features.

1. Option to request username/password when starting encoding server job rather than storing them in a plain text file.
2. Option to sleep when finished - I have to change windows power options to never sleep as it goes to sleep when encoding with all four cores at 100% :mad:

Great program by the way, it's evolved very well over the years.

[Atak_Snajpera]

2. Option to sleep when finished - I have to change windows power options to never sleep as it goes to sleep when encoding with all four cores at 100%


Sleep mode is disabled while encoding. At least it works on my Windows 7.

[Ronski]

The encoding client window seems to suffer from a nervous twitch, seen it do it a few times now - see video (http://www.mediafire.com/?tw22qndm45o5m), not sure if it's just a quirk of W7 or not as it seems to move when W7 decides it's not responding.

Sleep mode is disabled while encoding. At least it works on my Windows 7.

Great, thanks, I'll leave 'sleep after 30 minutes' enabled on my next encode and see what happens.

[Gabes]

http://www.girlshare.ro/32320823.7

Here is a sample from a HDTV source. If I encode it, it becomes 50FPS (and runing kind of 2x times faster) I selected 25 FPS from the script but still having problem with the FPS. I tested older versions and still the same.

What do you think? It's a common problem for me with ripbot for this type of videos.

Here is a mediainfo of the original HDTV source

General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : D:\FiLME HD\The Miracle Worker 1962 1080i HDTV H264 DD2.0\The Miracle Worker 1962 1080i HDTV H264 DD2.0.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 5.40 GiB
Duration : 1h 42mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 7 569 Kbps

Video
ID : 528 (0x210)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=24
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1h 42mn
Bit rate : 6 807 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.131
Stream size : 4.86 GiB (90%)
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 628 (0x274)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 6
Duration : 1h 42mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 281 MiB (5%)
Language : English

Text
ID : 191 (0xBF)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DVB Subtitle
Codec ID : 6
Delay relative to video : 21s 900ms
Language : Polish


P.S. I tried with handbrake. It's good with the fps but it's bad with the colors! Here is how it looks after encode.


http://nbaimg.com/images/67321854661465477056.png
http://nbaimg.com/images/27108445982550225684.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://www.girlshare.ro/32320823.7
Can not download. Use something more reliable like mega.co.nz or www.mediafire.com

[Taxfour]

hi Atak_Snajpera

can add option "permanent subtitles" in "batch mode"

i need insert .srt as watermark in all rip file ...

also can add support .ass format ?

thanks

[goshiota]

Make sure that your CPU and Memory are stable!

Common problems:
1) AviSynth Error message or other decoding problem (avs2avi.exe/avs2yuv.exe crashes)
Uninstall all codec packs , AviSynth , Haali Media Spliter , ffdshow. XP users also must install Windows Media Player 11!
2) x264 crashes
check cpu stability in LinX (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/663563/LinX/en/LinX.7z). check memory in memtest86

Hi -

I ran the test of my CPU and RAM and it came back with no errors.

Can you explain more about the first suggestion about uninstalling codec packs, etc.? Are you suggesting to uninstall AviSynth, Haali Media Spliter, and ffdshow? Because RipBot won't run without those installed, so I'm confused about that one.

Thanks.

[Atak_Snajpera]

i meant reinstall. also make sure that movie was decrypted by latest anydvd hd.

[Gabes]

Can not download. Use something more reliable like mega.co.nz or www.mediafire.com

There you go

https://mega.co.nz/#!WEcyTRDZ!La41ISdQoN3wZyiNVyQyIneXUEgU2MOGnP5clW06GA0

[Atak_Snajpera]

Add this to script

video=DirectShowSource("C:\Users\Dawid\Desktop\girlshare.ro_The Miracle Worker 1962 1080i HDTV H264 DD2.0-009.mkv",audio=false,fps=25).ConvertToYV12()

[docholliday]

C:\>"C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Programs\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\avs2yuv\avs2yuv.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs" -o - | "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Programs\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\x264\x264_x64.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 2760 --stats "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.stats" --fps 24000/1001 --force-cfr --min-keyint 24 --keyint 240 --frames 187177 --sar 1:1 --level 4.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 38000 --filter -3,-3 --ref 9 --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --subme 10 --aq-mode 1 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i8x8,i4x4 --me umh --merange 48 --rc-lookahead 60 --stdin y4m --output NUL -

y4m [info]: 1280x692p 1:1 @ 10000000/417083 fps (cfr)

x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1

x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64

x264 [info]: profile Main, level 4.1
C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs: 1280x692, 10000000/417083 fps, 187177 frames


x264 [info]: frame I:1414 Avg QP:20.07 size:111126

x264 [info]: frame P:50582 Avg QP:22.57 size: 29690

x264 [info]: frame B:135181 Avg QP:24.28 size: 7637

x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.3% 1.6% 17.1% 80.0%

x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 33.6% 0.0% 66.4%

x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 26.6% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 57.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:16.0%

x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 22.4% 0.0% 0.0% direct:15.0% skip:58.6% L0:27.7% L1:40.9% BI:31.4%

x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 21.26

x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 69.0% 27.0% 4.6% inter: 18.6% 6.0% 0.2%

x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 30% 18% 37% 16%

x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 14% 17% 9% 9% 10% 8% 8% 8%

x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 64% 15% 19% 2%

x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.6% UV:0.4%

x264 [info]: kb/s:2757.87



encoded 187177 frames, 39.83 fps, 2757.87 kb/s


C:\>"C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Programs\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\avs2yuv\avs2yuv.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs" -o - | "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Programs\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\x264\x264_x64.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 2760 --stats "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.stats" --fps 24000/1001 --force-cfr --min-keyint 24 --keyint 240 --frames 187177 --sar 1:1 --level 4.1 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 38000 --filter -3,-3 --ref 9 --bframes 3 --b-adapt 2 --subme 10 --aq-mode 1 --trellis 2 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i8x8,i4x4 --me umh --merange 48 --rc-lookahead 60 --stdin y4m --output "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264" -

y4m [info]: 1280x692p 1:1 @ 10000000/417083 fps (cfr)

x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1

x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64

x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

x264 [info]: frame I:1414 Avg QP:21.28 size:106745

x264 [info]: frame P:50582 Avg QP:24.30 size: 27834

x264 [info]: frame B:135181 Avg QP:26.48 size: 8392

x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.3% 1.6% 17.1% 80.0%

x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 3.9% 84.0% 12.1%

x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 0.3% 3.6% 0.5% P16..4: 46.1% 24.4% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% skip:10.8%

x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% B16..8: 49.9% 6.3% 1.6% direct: 3.4% skip:38.3% L0:43.8% L1:52.4% BI: 3.8%

x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:82.6% inter:62.3%

x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 90.4% 51.8% 15.2% inter: 20.3% 8.1% 0.2%

x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 38% 16% 9% 37%

x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 6% 3% 11% 17% 15% 14% 11% 10%

x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 4% 2% 10% 16% 15% 13% 11% 10%

x264 [info]: i8c dc,h,v,p: 36% 29% 21% 14%

x264 [info]: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.8% UV:0.4%

x264 [info]: ref P L0: 37.7% 11.8% 22.2% 6.4% 7.1% 4.3% 5.0% 2.2% 2.8% 0.6% 0.0%

x264 [info]: ref B L0: 73.9% 12.9% 5.0% 2.7% 1.9% 1.8% 1.2% 0.6%

x264 [info]: ref B L1: 94.8% 5.2%

x264 [info]: kb/s:2759.95



encoded 187177 frames, 8.48 fps, 2759.95 kb/s

C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs: 1280x692, 10000000/417083 fps, 187177 frames


C:\>"C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Programs\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Serpico 1973 m720p BluRay x264-SINOVI.mkv" --compression 0:none --title "Serpico 1973 m720p BluRay x264-SINOVI" --default-duration 0:24000/1001fps "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264" --compression 0:none --language 0:eng "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\audio.ac3" --chapters "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt"

mkvmerge v6.0.0 ('Coming Up For Air') built on Jan 20 2013 12:38:35


'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'AVC/h.264'.


'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\audio.ac3': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'AC3'.


'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264' track 0: Using the output module for the format 'AVC/h.264'.


'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\audio.ac3' track 0: Using the output module for the format 'AC3'.


The file 'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Serpico 1973 m720p BluRay x264-SINOVI.mkv' has been opened for writing.


'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264' track 0: Extracted the aspect ratio information from the MPEG-4 layer 10 (AVC) video data and set the display dimensions to 1280/692.




The cue entries (the index) are being written...


Muxing took 2 minutes 30 seconds.

-------------------------

Elapsed Time: 07h:29m:20s

my encode log file, as you can see Elapsed Time 7h,but pass 1 1h and pass 2 6h .any suggestion ?

[Gabes]

It works.


1)Now I want to use the SLOWER function but is preset on 3 bframe. Is there any way to keep the setings but increase the bframe? I'd like pretty much to do that.



2)How to do to show those quants after each encode like the guy from above:

x264 [info]: using SAR=1/1

x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.1 Cache64

x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

x264 [info]: frame I:1414 Avg QP:21.28 size:106745

x264 [info]: frame P:50582 Avg QP:24.30 size: 27834

x264 [info]: frame B:135181 Avg QP:26.48 size: 8392

x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 1.3% 1.6% 17.1% 80.0%

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) add --bframes 3 to profile

2) logs are in logs folder

[Gabes]

1) add --bframes 3 to profile

2) logs are in logs folder

Sorry for disturbing mate.

Which profile? The profiles folder or somewhere on the ripbot app like here http://nbaimg.com/images/96729482451739540861.png

Be kind the write the formula as well (where and how exactly to write bframe - 3)

Thanks!

Edit: I partially succeeded, it's this form --level 4.1 --preset slower --bframe 5 --aud --nal-hrd vbr --vbv-bufsize 62500 --vbv-maxrate 62500 --b-pyramid none

What about Ref. Frames ? is ''rframe 9''? I did try adding after bframe 5 like this but didn't work

--level 4.1 --preset slower --bframe 5 --rframe 9 --aud --nal-hrd vbr --vbv-bufsize 62500 --vbv-maxrate 62500 --b-pyramid none

[Atak_Snajpera]

--ref 9

BTW. Click on x264 commands link for more switches

[rc71]

2. Option to sleep when finished - I have to change windows power options to never sleep as it goes to sleep when encoding with all four cores at 100%


That makes no sense. Why would your system ever go to sleep with all 4 cores are at 100%? Something is wrong with your rig.
The only problem I've ever hard with sleep and encoding is on external HD's that go to sleep during encoding and ripbot gets upset when the drive isn't available for the next job. Normally ripbot just finishes and then 10 min later my system goes to sleep.
There is a program that is great at reseting power issued & settings. It's called MST, MCE Standby Tool. You can set devices that will or will not let the system sleep or wake.

[johnny_b]

I use RipBot264 constantly and am generally very pleased with the program. There are a few bugs that are big issues for me, at least in v1.17.3:

1. HD content in 4:3 aspect ratio cropped to 1440x1080 encodes as 16:9, even when the profile is set to --sar 1:1. This is a bit irritating so generally I just crop to 1444x1080 instead, but would be great to have this fixed.

2. Using distributed encoding, occasionally it seems some of the chunks are missing in the muxed file - this happens generally with really long movies like Seven Samurai. The resulting mkv is shorter than the original video file and out of sync later in the movie.

3. Occasionally with 1080i content when encoding, regardless of whether I deinterlace, the resulting mkv has a strobing effect - a second or two of video is played, the movie advances a few frames and repeats the most recent second or so of video, etc.

4. The program trims the file when either the audio is longer than the video or vice versa (I believe) - this sometimes results in needless cuts to the audio or video but there doesn't seem to be a way to change this setting universally.

5. Not really a bug, but a feature request - 24bit audio in RAW/PCM format is reencoded at 16bit when ripped to FLAC. Would love to be able to retain the full 24bit quality when encoding. I see that DTS-HD and TrueHD demuxing have been added to the most recent version, which is fantastic.

Thanks and really appreciate this program!

[muhadi]

Hi, what options encode for cowon j3? I did avi rips but I did not like the screen is too dark!

[Atak_Snajpera]

According to spec your device does not support h.264/AVC
http://www.cowonglobal.com/product_wide/COWONJ3/product_page_4.php

[muhadi]

He reads MP4 but I can not figure out what settings to make the picture was bright!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Properties -> [COLORS] Use Tweak function

[muhadi]

Why does not want to work with dvd 5? When I sweats download dvd 5 it gives an error, see pictures!
http://i47.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0401/6c/90ac77039edc01dd751920902ba2df6c.png

[AMiR9!WV]

That file has illegal width

General
Unique ID : 257260010838711138227621512178806792796 (0xC18A79D070339E4519551BB82847A25C)
Complete name : C:\Users\Dawid\Desktop\1363927353_californication.s06e10.720p.hdtv.x264-2hd.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 734 MiB
Duration : 29mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 3 534 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-03-18 04:40:12
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.7.0 ('Do It Again') built on Jul 2 2010 16:49:42
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 29mn 1s
Bit rate : 3 080 Kbps
Width : 1 278 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.140
Stream size : 640 MiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Matrix coefficients : BT.709



1278 is NOT dividable by 4 !
Correct resolution would be 1280 or 1276.

so how can i fix this problem and add the file to ripbot ?

[MrKevS]

I'm trying to open m2ts file and I get this error:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8449/e078dbff782a4fdda7c55b9.png

[superhil]

If I want use Nero AAC, where do I put NeroAacEnc.exe?
Is it at eac3to folder?

Thanks ;-)

[Marsu42]

Any reason that deinterlacing is disabled for some files (the dropdown doesn't work)? Manually copy/pasting "LoadCplugin("Yadif.dll") // video=yadif(video,mode=0,order=1)" works just fine :-o

[slalom]

What's this error, in red letters?
Source file could not be indexed. Autoclosing in 5 sec..

[Killuah15]

hey, i got a very big problem, if I render my videos in sony Vegas with the Batch render option, RipBot264 won't demux the Audio stream, it always says ----[NO AUDIO]----. I hope you can help me, yesterday, everything went normal, don't know what happened :(

[Atak_Snajpera]

hey, i got a very big problem, if I render my videos in sony Vegas with the Batch render option, RipBot264 won't demux the Audio stream, it always says ----[NO AUDIO]----. I hope you can help me, yesterday, everything went normal, don't know what happened :(

In case if you meant rendering using Frameserver mode then you need to check this option

http://s21.postimg.org/l4hsm87kn/Untitled_1.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

What's this error, in red letters?
Source file could not be indexed. Autoclosing in 5 sec..

This error means that indexer (ffmsindex.exe) finished work without creating .ffindex file in /Jobx/ folder.

So there is something wrong with file or with indexer.
You can try to update whole ffms2 package in /Tools/Avisynth plugins/ffms

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1621322#post1621322 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1621322#post1621322)

I haven't tested that newer version so expect odd things (or not;)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Any reason that deinterlacing is disabled for some files (the dropdown doesn't work)? Manually copy/pasting "LoadCplugin("Yadif.dll") // video=yadif(video,mode=0,order=1)" works just fine :-o

Deinterlacing is only available if source fps is 25 fps or 29.97 fps

[Killuah15]

sry, but i don't render my videos with the DeBug mode Frameserver, but RipBot264 only failes to demux the audio stream, if i render the video with the batch render script option, if I render the video with the option "render as" everything wents fine in RipBot264, i don't know if this is a RipBot264 problem or a Sony Vegas problem :S

[Atak_Snajpera]

mediainfo will tell you whether file has audio stream inside or not.

[fallengt]

If I Want to drip a NTSC 29.3fps DVD to watch it on Ipad/PC, which profile should I choose?
Base 3.0 SD or main 3.1 HD? and video bitrate should be 1000-1500kbps ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

both profiles will work. instead of fixed bitrate use crf 20.

btw. you may need to activate inverse telecine in order to restore original film fps 23.976

[fallengt]

Sorry, the orignial film fps is 29.97fps interlaced, 16:9 ratio. I only use BFF deinterlaced option, everything else at default settings. I've tried CQ crf 20 and copy stream audio (AC3 stereo 224kbps), quality is great but the file size is end up ~3GB 3000kbps. Not sure if I should increase crf

[Atak_Snajpera]

Higher CRF value = lower file size and quality
Lower CRF value = higher file size and quality

Gentle denoising will also help to reduce file size.

Next time use 22 or even 24

Sorry, the orignial film fps is 29.97fps interlaced, 16:9 ratio.
Almost all movies on NTSC DVD are 23.976 fps but telecined to 29.97 fps. Check if you see duplicated frames after plain deinterlacing in encoded movie to be sure.

[MrKevS]

I'm trying to open m2ts file and I get this error:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8449/e078dbff782a4fdda7c55b9.png

What should I do with the error its giving me when I open an m2ts file?
"Cannot open file
C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\Blu-Ray_structure_info.txt"

[hoju3508]

Sounds like the file is not Blu-ray compliant. Have you looked at Blu-Ray_structure_info.txt to see if there are additional messages?

[AMiR9!WV]

hi atak

this is mediainfo

General
Unique ID : 29234301916060502777397376745684380191 (0x15FE525DF7D713CC0055E75630C8AA1F)
Complete name : C:\Users\amir\Desktop\The.Following.S01E12.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 1.01 GiB
Duration : 43mn 16s
Overall bit rate : 3 337 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-09 02:43:14
Writing application : mkvmerge v3.0.0 ('Hang up your Hang-Ups') built on Apr 19 2010 11:58:49
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 43mn 16s
Bit rate : 2 887 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.131
Stream size : 894 MiB (87%)
Writing library : x264 core 130 r2273 b3065e6
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 43mn 16s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 119 MiB (12%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No



Width is 1280
but i get this error

http://www.uploadtak.com/images/t122_Snapshot_20130409_09.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

uninstall ffdshow and install again latest version.

[slalom]

This error means that indexer (ffmsindex.exe) finished work without creating .ffindex file in /Jobx/ folder.

So there is something wrong with file or with indexer.
You can try to update whole ffms2 package in /Tools/Avisynth plugins/ffms

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1621322#post1621322 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1621322#post1621322)

I haven't tested that newer version so expect odd things (or not;)
I tested the new file you suggested, I got another error (something about a file missing)
Since I keep v.1.17.2, I did a few tests
Both versions in DE show the error in red letters.
When DE is off, everything works fine.

Before I split the files to 2 or 3 PCs, can you suggest anything else?

[Atak_Snajpera]

try to manually index video.mkv in job folder just to see what is error message generated by ffmsindex.exe

[slalom]

How can I do that?

[Atak_Snajpera]

type this in console (.. replace by correct path!)
..\Tools\AviSynth plugins\ffms\ffmsindex.exe -f -k "..\video.mkv"

[MrKevS]

Sounds like the file is not Blu-ray compliant. Have you looked at Blu-Ray_structure_info.txt to see if there are additional messages?

There is no .txt file in there, only "Blu-Ray_structure_getinfo" that runs a cmd window.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Make sure that movie is correctly decrypted by latest anydvd hd also make sure that YOU DO NOT HAVE NATIONAL CHARACTERS IN PATH! (Ripbot264 and movie!)
For example C:\ąćńź\filmy will be incorrect instead use plain letters from alphabet ( C:\my movies\some movie)

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Supports Ripbot AV Splitter 1.2?

[larysius]

I am using Ripboth264 v1.17.4 and am using the very slow preset for maximum compression and it seems there could be a bug in the GUI. Though the CLI shows the preset set correctly, the GUI says "Slow". Can anyone confirm or deny whether or not this means it's encoding with the slow preset? I did a couple of encodes and it would seem, based on file size, that it's still using the correct preset, but wanted some other input from other users. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about. http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/336/screenshot1lbq.png Let me know if you all have any input. Thank you.

[Atak_Snajpera]

This is just a bug in gui. Your video file will be ofcourse encoded with VERY SLOW preset.

[Killuah15]

so mediainfo is telling me, that the batch rendered video file has got a RGB video stream and a PCM audio stream. If I render this file with the Render as option, i get the same.
But RipBot264 is jut demuxing the audio from the Video, i rendered with the "Render as" option. :/

[Atak_Snajpera]

show me that mediainfo report (paste here as code)

[larysius]

This is just a bug in gui. Your video file will be ofcourse encoded with VERY SLOW preset.

Thank you!

[larysius]

I'm sure that this has been posted somewhere already, but I have not been able to find it.

I have been using ripbot264 for some time and, with this one exception, prefer it over handbrake.

The Deinterlace and decimate options are always greyed out. I can never choose anything. The drop down arrow is not selectable. Am I doing something wrong or not have something installed to allow those options? I'm sure it's something simple, but can't figure it out.

I have two movies in particular that I want to test the options on and one is the DVD of Fireproof, and the limited edition 2 disc DVD sets of the Lord Of The Rings movies which has both Theatrical and Extended cuts on the same discs. All of those movies exhibited interlacing or internlacing-like artifacts and I wanted to see if inverse telecining would fix it. Any assistance wouold be appreciated. Thanks!

Larry

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1623043#post1623043

[Killuah15]

So this is what i get for the Batch rendered version:

General
Complete name : G:\Dxtory\gerendert\Ohne Titel_Video für Windows_HD 720P[4].avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 81.8 GiB
Duration : 17mn 36s
Overall bit rate : 665 Mbps
TCOD : 48098717333
TCDO : 58665606999

Video
ID : 0
Format : RGB
Codec ID : 0x00000000
Codec ID/Info : Basic Windows bitmap format. 1, 4 and 8 bpp versions are palettised. 16, 24 and 32bpp contain raw RGB samples
Duration : 17mn 36s
Bit rate : 663 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 24.000
Stream size : 81.5 GiB (100%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : 1
Duration : 17mn 36s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 193 MiB (0%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 250 ms (7.49 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 250 ms



and this is what i get for the "Render as" rendered video:

General
Complete name : G:\Dxtory\gerendert\Crysis 3\Let's Play Crysis 3 #15 [DE EN HD].mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
File size : 1.38 GiB
Duration : 20mn 2s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 9 823 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-07 17:19:55
Tagged date : UTC 2013-04-07 17:19:55

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 20mn 2s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 9 691 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.351
Stream size : 1.36 GiB (99%)
Title : Let's Play Crysis 3 #15 [DE EN HD]
Writing library : x264 core 129 r2245 bc13772
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-07 17:19:55
Tagged date : UTC 2013-04-07 17:20:51

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 20mn 2s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 134 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 18.4 MiB (1%)
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-07 17:20:51
Tagged date : UTC 2013-04-07 17:20:51



(I hope this works, never put something as a code :] )

[Atak_Snajpera]

do not use national characters in path or file name. in first example i see german letter.

why do you render to such big files? (intermediate uncompressed file ) i would have used frameserver debug mode.

[Killuah15]

I render to these big format, because of the quality of the video, there is no big quality loss :). i think with Batch render i can't use the frameserver debug mode :/.

[Ducklord]

Although I've searched the thread (and the internetz!), I didn't find a solution to an annoying problem:

Whenever I set the cfg file to point to ANY temp folder apart from C, RipBot borks throwing "ERROR! Source file could not be indexed! Autoclosing in 5... 4...".

It can't be a "permissions" problem, since I tried using the default TEMP as well, but nothing, same error. Only "C" seems to be accepted.

Problem with that is that my "C" is on an SSD, and I don't want to wear it out with temp files.

I'd be grateful for any help.

-EDIT-

P.S.: I met another problem: after running it once or twice, RipBot264 seems to ignore the "UseDistributedEncoding=1" flag. When I run it, it loads the server, but doesn't seem to use it - and doesn't seem to load the EncodingClient.exe as well. When I add a video to it and start encoding, it ignores even the server it loaded itself. At the same time, two other PCs in my network were "seeing" the servers mighty fine. What could be the cause?

[Trayman]

@Ducklord Post your ini file so we can help you.

//Trayman

[Ducklord]

@Trayman: Mysteriously - and without ANY parameter changed in ANY of two different PCs - the program started "seeing" other HDDs without problem. I must stress that _nothing_ changed, in settings, software, hardware or from my part. Absolutely nothing.

Distributed rendering, though, stopped working on the second PC as well. I tried re-unpacking Ripbot to a differnt folder and running it from there, "vanilla", without changing anything - not even the HDD parameter, and same thing happens: it loads the server, but not the client, and doesn't seem to "talk" to it. If I load the client manually and connect to the servers, they're all available - on both PCs, from both sides. But there's no way, as far as I can tell, to manually load projects in the client.

Both systems run Win7 64bit, both have loads of other software loaded. Dunno what other info you may need to help apart from this and the logs and files that follow. But, in any case, thanks in advance for your time.

------------------------------------
(My changed RipBot64.ini on PC 1: )
------------------------------------



[settings]
// TEMP=uses System temp ; C , D ... uses specific partition
StoreTempFilesin=C
KeepJobsQueue=1
---------------------
DefaultProfile=[HIGH 4.0] HD . Progressive
DefaultEncodingMode=CQ
DefaultModeValue=20
---------------------
//Directory must exists!!! D:\movies\ is correct but D:\movies is incorrect!
DefaultOutputPath=desktop
---------------------
// allowed values are mp4 , mkv , bluray , mkv-divxhd
DefaultContainer=mp4
---------------------
// in GiB (1GiB=1024 MiB) , 0 = no splitting
SplitM2TS=0
---------------------
FastFirstPassin2passMode=1
---------------------
//AnyDVD DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray decryptor will be automatically activated with RipBot264
ExecuteAnyDVD=0
---------------------
//Blu-ray subtitles will be converted to SUB/IDX format for .mkv container. Smaller size and better compatibility with some players.
ConvertSUPtoSUB=1
---------------------
x264LowPriority=1
---------------------
// it will use 64bit version of x264 on 64bit Windows. up to 10% faster encoding speed.
Usex264x64=1
---------------------
// Sharpening Strength after resizing (Default=0.2)
SharpeningStrength=0.2
---------------------
// Supported input formats AVI / FLV / MP4 / MKV / DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray
UseDistributedEncoding=1



------------------------------------
(My changed RipBot64.ini on PC 2: )
------------------------------------
...is EXACTLY the same, apart from the disk letter - witch now points to "F". Started working, as I said. Dunno why or how.

------------------------------------
(My changed EncodingClient.ini on PC 1: )
------------------------------------

[settings]
Server1=192.168.178.51:1000
Server2=192.168.178.51:2000
Server3=192.168.178.51:3000
Server4=192.168.178.50:1000
Server5=192.168.178.50:2000
Server6=0.0.0.0
Server7=0.0.0.0
Server8=0.0.0.0
// enter valid user name and password if password protected sharing is not disabled
User=darklord
Password=
// enter valid mac addresses if you want to automatically wake up remote PCs
MacAddress1=
MacAddress2=
MacAddress3=
MacAddress4=
MacAddress5=
MacAddress6=
MacAddress7=
MacAddress8=

------------------------------------
(My changed EncodingClient.ini on PC 2: )
------------------------------------
...is EXACTLY the same. I mean, like, copied.



I think there's no point in posting logs, since they're 100% normal. The program doesn't load the client and seems to work in "local" mode, so, no problem there - no mention of anything. Everything swell and jobs completed OK.

[Ducklord]

And here's our strange behavior of the day:

Up to now, I was working on batch mode. I tried adding a single file and, lo and behold, the client loaded and everything worked. I aborted the encode, close the program, restarted it, and now it's borked in single file mode as well. Fun thing: yes, I tried DELETING EVERYTHING and restarting, but nope, same thing happens. It's like it somehow left a note to itselft "if you ever run again, forget any mention of networks and distributed rendering, just to piss the user off".

I was paying attention, though, to any and all kinds of "behavior" while the program loaded and ran. And here's the strange thing: if I remember correctly, before each job it said something about "copying tools". Not anymore. Before each and any encode, in single or batch mode, not it goes through:

...demuxing...
...gathering...
...extracting frame...
...and starting the encode.

I'm pretty sure it used to copy something, somewhere, between the three last steps. I peeked at the temp folder and there's nothing there (as far as tools go) apart from the files needed for the encoding (AVIs, AVSs, AACs... the usual suspects). I searched each and every possible "temp" folder Windows uses, but nada.

I'm pretty sure there's some icomplete file, in some tools directory I cannot find, someplace, somewhere, NOT in the progs install dir, that stops the client from loading.

[Atak_Snajpera]

could you record your desktop while you are trying to encode in de mode? i just want to see step by step what are you doing there. you can use fraps for that task. file upload to www.mediafire.com

[Dahitman]

Hey guys.

I can't seem to encode a particular video in 10bits for some reason.
The video I'm talking about has the following specs: http://pastebin.com/psnN6fWw

So when I configure its 'job' and click on "Start" it gets stuck on "Please wait".
P.S. I already tried to rename the file.

Thanks in advance.

[Atak_Snajpera]

latest version?

[Dahitman]

latest version?

1.17.4
I think I downloaded it recently so I'd guess so.

[Atak_Snajpera]

do you see any activity in task manager?

[Dahitman]

do you see any activity in task manager?
My OS is in Portuguese but I guess it's still understandable. I took some printscreens of the task manager:

1) http://imageshack.us/a/img812/2607/rip1t.png
2) http://imageshack.us/a/img96/2023/rip2.png

Thanks for the replies!

[Atak_Snajpera]

i will check that tomorrow because now i'm using psp's crappy browser. (no copy / paste option to see those links)

[Dahitman]

Ok, thanks. I'll be waiting.

[Ducklord]

@Atak_Snajpera: Here it is...

https://www.box.com/shared/z3qzwv7zavsfjwwj9559

[Trayman]

@Ducklord

.mov is not supported in DE mode.

// Supported input formats AVI / FLV / MP4 / MKV / DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray
UseDistributedEncoding=0

//Trayman

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hey guys.

I can't seem to encode a particular video in 10bits for some reason.
The video I'm talking about has the following specs: http://pastebin.com/psnN6fWw

So when I configure its 'job' and click on "Start" it gets stuck on "Please wait".
P.S. I already tried to rename the file.

Thanks in advance.

show me you script (jobx.avs)

[Dahitman]

show me you script (jobx.avs)

Sorry for late response.

Here's the whole folder for the job: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xpyz53vqfwqonbu
And here's the .avs file only: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?j5djp5s1xq5dicz

I uploaded both since I didn't know if you needed more files.

[Atak_Snajpera]

copy this file (http://www.mediafire.com/?busk415wj4w649q) to \Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter folder

[Dahitman]

copy this file (http://www.mediafire.com/?busk415wj4w649q) to \Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter folder

Awesome! It worked, thanks.
Now, was that VSFilter outdated or what?

[Atak_Snajpera]

broken ;)

[Dahitman]

broken ;)

Should I make a backup of it? Will it get randomly broken?

[Atak_Snajpera]

i won't be touching that file in future. we all know saying 'if ain't broken don't fix it '
i shouldn't update that file because newer version as it turns out hangs on some .ass

[nameless.character]

Hello!
I am using RipBot to encode Blu-ray sources to mp4 in 2-pass mode. The objective is to get the output at 4634k TOTAL (4314k h.264 1080p Video + 320k AAC 5.1 Audio). That is to say, 12 hours of content to fit on a BD-SL.

The Excel Formula:
=ROUNDDOWN(A1*391020544/675,0)
best defines the absolute maximum byte size of the intended output file when exact duration (frames/frame-rate) of the feature is entered in cell 'A1' (in seconds).

Unfortunately, every different feature (input) ends up needing a different target bitrate to achieve the intended result.

After encoding once and getting a result that varies from the target by a margin greater than 1kbps, I am having to encode a second time to achieve the target. For example, if I encode at 4314+320 and find that the resulting output file is larger than intended by 1.8kbps, I then redo the encode at 4312+320 and only then get the nearest size to my maximum target size.

Even though I have setup the ffdshow decoder to use "libavcodec", I find that this size variance is much more pronounced in VC-1 inputs.

Any help to fix this issue and be able to achieve the correct size without having to encode twice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Isamushade]

I apologize if this has been answered before but i did a search of the thread and found only 1 other poster with this issue and i didn't find a response to his post so here it goes. I apparently have a case of the stupids. I went from 1.17.3 to 1.17.4. What happens now is no matter what i try to encode i get an Application error. "Exception EFOpenError in module Ripbot264.exe at 000235DA. Cannot open file "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\test.log". The system cannot find the file specified." Literally nothing changed but updating the versions. When i try to go back to 1.17.3 it now gives me the same error. Before this I've successfully use it on over 500 projects. Sorry if this is a rehash or just something obvious that I'm wasting peoples time.

[nameless.character]

@Isamushade
Not sure if this applies to you, but I once had an exception error when upgrading versions. In my case, I was carrying over jobs/queue added in the previous version itself.
I then deleted the complete temp folder and also started with a fresh RipBot distribution (as downloaded; with a default RipBot264.ini file).
Doing the ini customizations and adding the jobs on the fresh distribution fixed the problem for me (besides a system restart in between and uninstalling and re-installing all RipBot Dependencies to their respective latest versions).

[AMiR9!WV]

hi
how can i use this in ripbot ?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=132330

[Isamushade]

@nameless.character
Thank you soooooooooooo much! This worked out 100%! Time to start the magic up again!

[Atak_Snajpera]

hi
how can i use this in ripbot ?

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=132330

add this below #Resize tag
Import("..\SuperSlowSharpenScript.avs")
video=SSSharp(video)

[slalom]

Hello!
I am using RipBot to encode Blu-ray sources to mp4 in 2-pass mode. The objective is to get the output at 4634k TOTAL (4314k h.264 1080p Video + 320k AAC 5.1 Audio). That is to say, 12 hours of content to fit on a BD-SL.

The Excel Formula:
=ROUNDDOWN(A1*391020544/675,0)
best defines the absolute maximum byte size of the intended output file when exact duration (frames/frame-rate) of the feature is entered in cell 'A1' (in seconds).

Unfortunately, every different feature (input) ends up needing a different target bitrate to achieve the intended result.

After encoding once and getting a result that varies from the target by a margin greater than 1kbps, I am having to encode a second time to achieve the target. For example, if I encode at 4314+320 and find that the resulting output file is larger than intended by 1.8kbps, I then redo the encode at 4312+320 and only then get the nearest size to my maximum target size.

Even though I have setup the ffdshow decoder to use "libavcodec", I find that this size variance is much more pronounced in VC-1 inputs.

Any help to fix this issue and be able to achieve the correct size without having to encode twice would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Change the formula to reduce the bitrate 5-10% to copensate. You can never have the exact size.

[AMiR9!WV]

hi
how can i Change this in ripbot

deblock=1:-1:-1 ===> deblock=1:0:0

psy=1 ===> psy=0

me_range=16 ===> me_range=32

chroma_qp_offset=3 ===> chroma_qp_offset=0

bframes=3 ===> bframes=16

b_pyramid=0 ===> b_pyramid=1

b_adapt=2 ===> b_adapt=1

keyint=240 ===> keyint=250

rc_lookahead=50 ===> rc_lookahead=40

[Atak_Snajpera]

Take my advice and do not change those settings. I see that you clearly have no idea what you are doing. USE PRESETS CREATED BY x264 DEVELOPERS! (SLOW, SLOWER ... ) Do you REALLY what to disable Psy visual algorithm which significantly improves quality in most of movies?

[ashrafxx]

Hi

Anyone know if I can do any of the following and how to:

- Bypass audio demuxing when loading a video (Sometimes I want to encode a bunch of videos files like a TV show before I go to sleep and currently I have to load each file and then wait for it to demux the audio adjust the settings and then load the next file which takes very long time. I believe handbrake for example does not do that)

- Load subtitle automatically that has the same file name as the video file i.e. video.mkv video.srt

- Make English the default language when adding a subtitle

- Bulk encode (so I can add a folder with 24 episodes and configure the settings once and it will apply to the rest)

- Make the Output directory same as the input directory by default

- Create encoding profiles i.e. one profile1 is CRF22 AC3 640kbbs DNR 6, Profile2 is CRF20 Copy Audio Resize 1280x720p

Encoding is a time consuming process and the above would speed things and make ripbot264 more wonderful than it already is. :)

Appreciate your positive replies.

[nameless.character]

Hi

Anyone know if I can do any of the following and how to:

- Bypass audio demuxing when loading a video (Sometimes I want to encode a bunch of videos files like a TV show before I go to sleep and currently I have to load each file and then wait for it to demux the audio adjust the settings and then load the next file which takes very long time. I believe handbrake for example does not do that)

- Load subtitle automatically that has the same file name as the video file i.e. video.mkv video.srt

- Make English the default language when adding a subtitle

- Bulk encode (so I can add a folder with 24 episodes and configure the settings once and it will apply to the rest)

- Make the Output directory same as the input directory by default

- Create encoding profiles i.e. one profile1 is CRF22 AC3 640kbbs DNR 6, Profile2 is CRF20 Copy Audio Resize 1280x720p

Encoding is a time consuming process and the above would speed things and make ripbot264 more wonderful than it already is. :)

Appreciate your positive replies.

To the best of my understanding, here are your answers:

1) Does not seem possible.

2) Does not seem Possible. But clicking on Permanent Subtitles in "Properties" normally opens the same folder the media has been sourced from, so you should easily be able to select the required subtitle file.

3) Does not seem possible. Even if there were to be a way to select Default Language, must Blu-ray sources have more than one English Subtitle stream and it would still need to be manually selected.

4) Settings do apply automatically, except for manual scripting, Cropping, Resizing, etc. So if you start RipBot, setup 1 job and then add the next, it will automatically default to the settings. Further, you could also edit the RipBot.ini file for default parameters.

5) You can edit the Ripbot.ini file and specify an exact path.

6) I should think this is possible, but not sure how as I only use standard x264 profiles, such as "PLACEBO".

[nameless.character]

Hello!
I am encoding blu-rays to mp4 with RipBot and am having difficulty working with a specific title. Unlike most blu-rays, this one has 2 playlists for the main feature (00003 & 00004).
Could anyone please help by explaining how I could get RipBot to recognise it as 1 feature (00003.MPLS+00004.MPLS)?
I did try remuxing with tsmuxer, but realised that the chapter timing, audio sync & subtitles gets affected, from the point where the second stream is added to the first.

Here is the full detail of the 2 playlists as reported by BDInfo:


Total Video
Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track
----- ------ ------- -------------- -------------- ------- ------- ------------------ ---------------------
00003.MPLS AVC 2:03:03 248727,24,480 443503,39,915 26.95 20.97 DTS-HD Master 5.1 4062Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) DD AC3 5.1 448Kbps




DISC INFO:

Disc Title: Jodha Akbar
Disc Size: 443503,39,915 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
BDInfo: 0.5.6

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00003.MPLS
Length: 2:03:03 (h:m:s)
Size: 248727,24,480 bytes
Total Bitrate: 26.95 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 20972 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
DTS-HD Master Audio Undetermined 4062 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4062 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio Undetermined 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics Undetermined 17.383 kbps

FILES:

Name Time In Length Size Total Bitrate
---- ------- ------ ---- -------------
00003.M2TS 0:00:00.000 2:03:03.000 248727,24,480 26,951

CHAPTERS:

Number Time In Length Avg Video Rate Max 1-Sec Rate Max 1-Sec Time Max 5-Sec Rate Max 5-Sec Time Max 10Sec Rate Max 10Sec Time Avg Frame Size Max Frame Size Max Frame Time
------ ------- ------ -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
1 0:00:00.000 0:05:40.089 19,700 kbps 40,993 kbps 00:03:41.888 37,984 kbps 00:03:13.568 37,517 kbps 00:03:08.980 1,02,694 bytes 6,36,240 bytes 00:01:05.315
2 0:05:40.089 0:09:24.230 21,809 kbps 41,553 kbps 00:13:19.298 34,922 kbps 00:05:47.013 34,768 kbps 00:05:42.633 1,13,700 bytes 6,37,465 bytes 00:13:11.916
3 0:15:04.320 0:06:48.991 20,983 kbps 38,855 kbps 00:18:15.427 31,926 kbps 00:15:26.216 30,956 kbps 00:15:26.216 1,09,405 bytes 6,30,291 bytes 00:17:12.072
4 0:21:53.312 0:13:34.647 20,990 kbps 40,440 kbps 00:28:17.153 27,454 kbps 00:34:30.401 23,916 kbps 00:28:11.481 1,09,435 bytes 6,35,838 bytes 00:31:51.618
5 0:35:27.959 0:07:37.623 20,994 kbps 30,249 kbps 00:35:31.629 23,565 kbps 00:35:31.629 22,987 kbps 00:35:31.629 1,09,451 bytes 5,61,427 bytes 00:36:11.419
6 0:43:05.583 0:01:41.101 21,023 kbps 32,765 kbps 00:43:07.585 23,646 kbps 00:43:06.458 22,367 kbps 00:43:07.459 1,09,605 bytes 6,35,830 bytes 00:43:07.668
7 0:44:46.684 0:02:24.143 20,999 kbps 35,863 kbps 00:46:02.718 27,034 kbps 00:46:02.426 24,317 kbps 00:46:02.426 1,09,479 bytes 5,72,331 bytes 00:45:54.835
8 0:47:10.828 0:06:47.407 21,009 kbps 30,302 kbps 00:52:10.043 23,966 kbps 00:52:08.875 22,573 kbps 00:49:56.618 1,09,532 bytes 5,29,190 bytes 00:48:42.336
9 0:53:58.235 0:06:52.245 20,940 kbps 39,384 kbps 00:59:39.325 30,003 kbps 00:59:39.325 25,278 kbps 00:59:39.242 1,09,173 bytes 6,23,562 bytes 00:59:39.367
10 1:00:50.480 0:14:12.017 21,028 kbps 36,535 kbps 01:11:21.068 32,214 kbps 01:11:18.524 26,751 kbps 01:11:18.524 1,09,630 bytes 6,29,208 bytes 01:11:06.303
11 1:15:02.497 0:06:30.223 20,834 kbps 28,935 kbps 01:17:49.289 23,320 kbps 01:17:02.451 22,191 kbps 01:16:56.695 1,08,618 bytes 6,11,653 bytes 01:15:49.419
12 1:21:32.721 0:03:22.368 21,312 kbps 34,907 kbps 01:21:39.936 29,559 kbps 01:21:37.225 27,658 kbps 01:21:33.221 1,11,110 bytes 5,51,192 bytes 01:23:44.853
13 1:24:55.089 0:06:38.398 21,005 kbps 35,441 kbps 01:27:18.650 26,248 kbps 01:27:16.022 24,923 kbps 01:29:18.561 1,09,510 bytes 6,24,785 bytes 01:27:18.691
14 1:31:33.487 0:13:22.802 20,991 kbps 33,586 kbps 01:42:17.673 25,231 kbps 01:42:17.339 23,102 kbps 01:42:17.047 1,09,436 bytes 6,17,453 bytes 01:44:01.235
15 1:44:56.290 0:10:40.639 20,994 kbps 33,114 kbps 01:44:58.709 24,279 kbps 01:44:58.709 22,910 kbps 01:44:58.709 1,09,455 bytes 6,36,605 bytes 01:52:06.386
16 1:55:36.930 0:07:26.070 20,551 kbps 33,731 kbps 01:59:36.043 24,263 kbps 01:59:35.042 22,420 kbps 01:59:30.204 1,07,166 bytes 4,52,771 bytes 02:00:19.754

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File PID Type Codec Language Seconds Bitrate Bytes Packets
---- --- ---- ----- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------- -----
00003.M2TS 4113 (0x1011) 0x1B AVC 7382.834 20,972 193542,00,206 1052,88,989
00003.M2TS 4352 (0x1100) 0x81 AC3 und (Undetermined) 7382.834 448 4134,46,656 23,07,189
00003.M2TS 4353 (0x1101) 0x86 DTS-HD MA und (Undetermined) 7382.834 4,063 37491,76,304 215,27,150
00003.M2TS 4608 (0x1200) 0x90 PGS und (Undetermined) 7382.834 17 160,41,970 93,786



Total Video
Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track
----- ------ ------- -------------- -------------- ------- ------- ------------------ ---------------------
00004.MPLS AVC 1:31:09 185649,86,880 443503,39,915 27.15 20.99 DTS-HD Master 5.1 4243Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) DD AC3 5.1 448Kbps




DISC INFO:

Disc Title: Jodha Akbar
Disc Size: 443503,39,915 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
BDInfo: 0.5.6

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00004.MPLS
Length: 1:31:09 (h:m:s)
Size: 185649,86,880 bytes
Total Bitrate: 27.15 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 20987 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
DTS-HD Master Audio Undetermined 4243 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4243 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio Undetermined 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics Undetermined 15.662 kbps

FILES:

Name Time In Length Size Total Bitrate
---- ------- ------ ---- -------------
00004.M2TS 0:00:00.000 1:31:09.547 185649,86,880 27,154

CHAPTERS:

Number Time In Length Avg Video Rate Max 1-Sec Rate Max 1-Sec Time Max 5-Sec Rate Max 5-Sec Time Max 10Sec Rate Max 10Sec Time Avg Frame Size Max Frame Size Max Frame Time
------ ------- ------ -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
1 0:00:00.000 0:22:24.343 20,989 kbps 34,789 kbps 00:11:03.829 24,964 kbps 00:00:00.583 23,767 kbps 00:07:23.443 1,09,422 bytes 6,27,576 bytes 00:06:33.267
2 0:22:24.343 0:08:56.160 21,028 kbps 35,555 kbps 00:22:24.593 27,375 kbps 00:22:24.343 23,959 kbps 00:22:24.343 1,09,631 bytes 6,04,770 bytes 00:31:17.083
3 0:31:20.503 0:07:58.853 21,032 kbps 40,177 kbps 00:31:21.629 30,479 kbps 00:32:41.376 28,780 kbps 00:32:43.544 1,09,650 bytes 5,86,785 bytes 00:32:41.417
4 0:39:19.357 0:09:45.209 20,964 kbps 35,037 kbps 00:39:48.094 25,523 kbps 00:39:46.258 23,537 kbps 00:39:42.755 1,09,299 bytes 6,35,940 bytes 00:48:23.692
5 0:49:04.566 0:08:52.907 21,020 kbps 31,421 kbps 00:56:01.691 24,750 kbps 00:50:31.737 23,585 kbps 00:57:08.341 1,09,589 bytes 6,31,373 bytes 00:56:01.941
6 0:57:57.474 0:14:00.839 20,994 kbps 32,416 kbps 01:05:12.158 25,222 kbps 01:06:56.679 22,972 kbps 01:06:50.589 1,09,452 bytes 5,97,445 bytes 01:06:49.714
7 1:11:58.313 0:08:51.530 21,018 kbps 42,220 kbps 01:17:50.499 25,742 kbps 01:13:11.095 23,914 kbps 01:15:02.039 1,09,581 bytes 6,04,695 bytes 01:15:35.864
8 1:20:49.844 0:10:19.702 20,867 kbps 31,740 kbps 01:28:03.027 29,209 kbps 01:28:02.026 28,605 kbps 01:27:59.274 1,08,798 bytes 6,32,848 bytes 01:24:54.089

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File PID Type Codec Language Seconds Bitrate Bytes Packets
---- --- ---- ----- -------- -------------- -------------- ------------- -----
00004.M2TS 4113 (0x1011) 0x1B AVC 5469.464 20,987 143484,57,971 780,57,462
00004.M2TS 4352 (0x1100) 0x81 AC3 und (Undetermined) 5469.464 448 3062,95,624 17,09,248
00004.M2TS 4353 (0x1101) 0x86 DTS-HD MA und (Undetermined) 5469.464 4,243 29011,07,536 166,19,541
00004.M2TS 4608 (0x1200) 0x90 PGS und (Undetermined) 5469.464 16 107,07,845 63,082



Thanks.

[nameless.character]

Hello!
I updated to the latest version of ffdshow and Java during a fresh install of my system and now I am observing a problem in the "Gather Information" stage, when editing and closing Picture Properties (Cropping, Resizing, Subtitles, etc.).
What used to take 1 second tops is now taking well over a minute.

Here is a ScreenShot:

http://i39.tinypic.com/5d6w6b.jpg

The System is running Windows 8 Enterprise x64 with all updates upto 28-04-2013. Looking forward to a fix.

Thanks.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try older version of ffdshow
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/SVN%20builds%20by%20clsid/generic%20builds/

[soneca]

Revision 4504 has worked well here.

[osgZach]

Is there any chance in the future that we can get a version not requiring FFdshow? I've got my preferred tools already and I dislike having to install unnecesarry stuff.

I'm trying it out anyway, to play around with distributed encoding. That's my nitpick for the day, I guess.

(I know its likely required to send frames for Distributed encoding, but outside of that if I don't use that feature is it really required?)

[nameless.character]

Hello!
Further to the Longer "Gathering Information" time (which unfortunately is not fixed even with a lower version of FFDshow), I have observed that Audio Normalization has stopped working.
Although RipBot is set to 200% Normalization, the soundtrack is barely audible compared to what 1.17.3 did.
Help on fixing this would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.

[osgZach]

I just finished a 2-pass and it seems like everything completed fine with the encode, but I still had a window pop up at the end about the encoder having stopped responding. After I closed that it went on with muxing etc and and I checked the end of the file and it appears to be complete.

But the size is way under what I was expecting. I had a size goal of 8150MB but the video came out at 5GB. total file size after muxing only 5.5GB So there is some eyebrow raising on my end. My command line was nothing special --level 4.1 --preset medium --tune film --vbv-bufsize 62500 --vbv-maxrate 62500 --open-gop --keyint 250 --min-keyint 25

Prior to this I'd been doing rock solid test encodes via MeGUI all day long for 3 days straight without a hitch.

[Atak_Snajpera]

make sure that your pc is 100 percent stable. for cpu stabilty use linx (LINPACK GUI) for memory use memtestx86

btw what is duration of your footage?

[Trayman]

Atak,
How is it going with the more than 16 subtitles on a DVD issue we talked about earlier.
Have you had any luck with the author to implement this.

Cheers Trayman

[osgZach]

As far as I know the PC is stable. I've done CRF's and 2-pass at constant load (heavy settings) for long periods of time. The footage was 2h:32m which matches the duration of the movie source (The Dark Knight). I didn't thoroughly inspect the footage however. I'm going to write it off as a fluke for now though.

I did get distributed encoding setup though. It seems pretty nice. Netted me a few extra FPS for sure.. Slightly above real time for 1080p. Makes me want to upgrade the Phenom II x4 in my HTPC to an FX 8 core, heh..

[Atak_Snajpera]

Atak,
How is it going with the more than 16 subtitles on a DVD issue we talked about earlier.
Have you had any luck with the author to implement this.

Cheers Trayman

Problem with more than 16 subtitles has been fixed some time ago in BDSup2Sub. Unfortunately new version (5.x.x) has different command line syntax. This means that I would have to spent some time on that. Thanks for reminder because I completely forgot about that.

[Trayman]

That is great news looking forward to it. Had to do 2 movies manually last night both had 22 sobtitle track and the one i wanted was of course 17 ;)

Cheers Trayman

[osgZach]

Just a minor issue, but a bit of an annoyance.

When I close Ripbot, the encoding server icon stays in the system tray until I hover over it to make it disappear. Maybe its the way you're terminating it?

(Win 7 x64)

[Atak_Snajpera]

those zombie icons in tray are very common. ffdshow icons and haali media splitter icon do the same.

it is odd that os can not automatically remove that icon once application is terminated.

[nameless.character]

Hello!

I am encoding blu-rays to mp4 with RipBot and am having difficulty working with a specific title. Unlike most blu-rays, this one has 2 playlists for the main feature (00003 & 00004).
Could anyone please help by explaining how I could get RipBot to recognise it as 1 feature (00003.MPLS+00004.MPLS)?
I did try remuxing with tsmuxer, but realised that the chapter timing, audio sync & subtitles get affected from the point where the second stream is added to the first.

Here is a ScreenShot:
http://i42.tinypic.com/xfvywy.jpg

Also, since upgrading to v1.17.4, Audio Normalization has stopped working.
Although RipBot is set to 200% Normalization, the soundtrack is barely audible compared to what 1.17.3 did.

Here is a ScreenShot:
http://i43.tinypic.com/2lb6zs.jpg

Help on fixing these 2 issues would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.

[QUEENFAN]

Hello,

I was never able to encode a BR to mkv with chapters using ripbot264. My System ist Windows 8 Pro and newest ripbot. When I add the source ripbot shows Video/Audio and chapters but the resulting mkv has no chapters at all.

What am I doing wrong?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello,

I was never able to encode a BR to mkv with chapters using ripbot264. My System ist Windows 8 Pro and newest ripbot. When I add the source ripbot shows Video/Audio and chapters but the resulting mkv has no chapters at all.

What am I doing wrong?

Upload content of you Jobx folder without any heavy files obviouosly :)

Also, since upgrading to v1.17.4, Audio Normalization has stopped working.
Although RipBot is set to 200% Normalization, the soundtrack is barely audible compared to what 1.17.3 did.


Disable Audio Normalization (OFF) and then manually add this to your script
http://s21.postimg.org/gkqayg2d3/Untitled_2.png
In order to verify loudness click PREVIEW SCRIPT. Change value according to your needs.

I am encoding blu-rays to mp4 with RipBot and am having difficulty working with a specific title. Unlike most blu-rays, this one has 2 playlists for the main feature (00003 & 00004).
Could anyone please help by explaining how I could get RipBot to recognise it as 1 feature (00003.MPLS+00004.MPLS)?
I did try remuxing with tsmuxer, but realised that the chapter timing, audio sync & subtitles get affected from the point where the second stream is added to the first.
You will have to use eac3to manually for that .

[QUEENFAN]

@Atak_Snajpera

Thanks for your quick reply.

Here we go (see attachment).

[hellblow]

Hi!
Yet again i have dvd files, which RipBot cant properly deinterlace or telecine. Nothing helps, dosnt matter, which settings i use, i still can see visible jagged edges in video after encoding. When RipBot does finally start to use GOOD deinterlace or telecine plugins instead of shitty ones its using atm?

Can someone provide any help, i can send vob sample and etc when needed.

Hellblow

[Atak_Snajpera]

post vob sample 50mb

[Trayman]

Strange DVD structure problem.

I don't think this is a Ripbot264 problem but it's a related problem that some of you might have run into.
edit: MEGui gives the same result.

When running Alien VS Predator Two Disc Extreme Edition (DVD) through Ripbot.
I noticed that the subtitles were way out of sync. I at first though this a subtitle problem since there where two swedish subtitle tracks on the movie.
So i changed and ran it again, still the same problem. Then I noticed some glitches in the video, strange cuts in the intro that i did not recognize from watching this movie.

After taking a closer look at the cover i noticed there were an alternative start of the movie.
Then i took a look at the combined vob and noticed that VLC reported that it was 1h 20m long and on the cover it says 1h 37m. I few minutes difference yes but not 17 minutes.

After further investigation i found that the alternative beginning and the regular beginning is in the same vob resulting in a mashed up beginning and intro.
So for some reason both the regular intro and the alternative got encoded into my mkv.

I don't know where the error occurs if it's in the indexing of the file or if the avs is culprit.

I had to run it through dvdfab main movie mode to get the regular version out tho be able to get it right.
It is similar to the way to handle tv-series on dvd. Not optimal but working.
With TV-series you know that you need to do it but with regular movies you notice it first after the encode.

I hope this has help someone with the similar issues.

Cheers Trayman

[osgZach]

Ok so I'm having a weird issue with distributed encoding now.

My slaves all work fine, never have a problem that I can recall. But on my desktop, where I start the job from, and also have as an encoder, for some reason it radomly halts during encoding. It's status in the main client window will just say "starting" and hang there. The server status on the readout usually reads "ENCODING", but going to the server you can verify it isn't.. It still has debug output from the last completed chunk, and then looks like it tried starting the next chunk..

But I ALSO get another scenario where, the status may say "IDLE" or "Offline", (still hung on "Starting" in the main window) but if you pull up the server console, it is stuck in an infinite loop encoding the same chunk over and over again and encoding the same chunk over and (see what I did there?) . This seems to involve an access violation error, where it could not access (or modify/creaste) a path or filename for some reason.

I have to abort (thank god we can save progress) and completely exit Ripbot and then restart, as otherwise that server will not respond anymore.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@Atak_Snajpera

Thanks for your quick reply.

Here we go (see attachment).

I see nothing wrong there.
1) chapters.txt exists
2) tsmuxer.meta also contains proper chapter marks

MUXOPT --no-pcr-on-video-pid --new-audio-pes --avchd --vbr --custom-chapters=00:00:00.000;00:02:21.391;00:03:57.779;00:05:11.937;00:06:09.828;00:07:50.929;00:11:58.134;00:13:17.922;00:14:03.092;00:14:18.357;00:16:58.309;00:21:00.467;00:22:41.986;00:24:53.242;00:26:50.317;00:28:50.228;00:33:24.461;00:34:08.630;00:35:26.416;00:38:18.671;00:42:33.593;00:43:24.143;00:45:18.424;00:47:59.418;00:52:39.031;00:56:49.156;00:57:55.222;00:58:38.723;01:00:49.479;01:01:38.862;01:04:18.396;01:07:44.102;01:12:58.290;01:15:19.056;01:19:14.750;01:26:10.790;01:28:49.783;01:29:27.237;01:30:06.943;01:35:43.446;01:38:57.973;01:41:26.747;01:45:24.610;01:47:45.000;01:48:10.943;01:49:49.958;01:51:09.413;01:54:16.016;01:58:22.762;01:59:44.260;02:02:00.605;02:03:48.838;02:05:13.130;02:06:28.122;02:07:19.048 --vbv-len=500
V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, "D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264", fps=23.976, insertSEI, contSPS
A_DTS, "D:\TEMP\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_German.core.dts", timeshift=0, lang=ger

[osgZach]

Brother also reported the issue I noted above on his machine when using DE.

Also just had a job "complete successfully" then exit and dump me back to the main jobs window, no combining of chunks, no muxing, no nothing.

So...have to do that one all over again..

[fabje]

How can I use MT in RipBot?

[osgZach]

Supposedly it will use it automatically if it detects you have an MT version of Avisynth installed.

[slow4mula2002]

Are users of Windows 8 basically out of luck using this application for now? I can't get any 2-pass encode from blu-ray to MKV to complete successfully. Encodes hang at the beginning of the second pass on a clean install of Windows 8 x64 and Server 2012. Do we have to rev back to Windows 7 just to be able to use this now?

I even purchased Nero Recode 12 to see what capabilities it has and it's garbage. Please work on compatibility!!

[soneca]

Hi Atak,

Have plans to support 3D format in RipBot264?

Bye.

[osgZach]

edit: bleh - senior moment.

[TheBeagle]

I need some help with forced subtitles. I own the multi-disc Blu-ray set of Star Wars, and I want to boil down the flicks so that I can load them onto my laptop in MKV format. When I begin the RipBot264 process it demuxes the flick just fine, and then when I go into "Properties" tab in Encode Settings and select Full 1080p AND also select Permanent Subtitles, the array of possible subtitles includes several limited-size English subtitle files that are obviously intended for use as forced subtitles. I then select the limited-sized English subtitle, and exit out of "Properties." However, when I finish selecting all the options (format, size, finished file location), click "Done" and then "Start," the program just stalls and tells me to "Please Wait." The program then never runs.

I've also tried to use the Selectable Subtitle tab and specifically add and choose the limited-size English subtitle, return to the Done and Start, and this time the program will run all the way to the end when the ReMux should occur, but then fails and then there is no finished MKV file. I've looked in the preview section of the Permanent Subtitles, and the displayed text says that the subtitle file cannot be opened by the program, even though it shows the subtitle file to be there. What am I missing with getting the program to recognize and open the selected subtitles and to embed that selected English subtitle file into the finished MKV file? Thanks for any help that can be offered. Best regards to everyone. TheBeagle

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) regarding permanent subtitles few pages back i've uploaded stable older vsfilter.dll
post 12334
2) regarding selectable subs check log in /logs/ folder

[TheBeagle]

Good Morning Atak,

I did what you suggested (substituted the older vsfilter.dll) but it did not help. Also, since the program will not finish using the the Selectable Subs, it doesn't create any log file. However, using the Preview Script feature and then running the script in the display frame, I get this error message: VobSub: Can't open "K:\Temp\Ripbot264temp\job1\39_subtitles_English_1080_1080.sub" (K:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_preview.avs, line 35). the job1 subdirectory clearly shows the various subtitle files, including the several English subtitle files (including : 39_subtitles_English_1080.sup and also 39_subtitles_1080.sup.style), but for some reason it is looking for a "sub" file extension instead of a "sup" file extension. The RipBot264.ini file has the value "ConvertSUPtoSUB=1" in the ini file and it is not excepted out. Is the convert command in the ini file coming too late in the process and therefore that's why the program can't start and run? If so, is there a separate conversion program that I can run to turn the "sup" file into a "sub" file? Any help you can offer would be GREATLY appreciated. Best regards. TheBeagle

[Atak_Snajpera]

BDsup2Sub

[TheBeagle]

OK. I used that conversion utility and it created the required "sub" file. I then selected that converted "sub" file in Permanent Subtitles, made all the other selections, closed out the setting and clicked Start - The program began - and it's now compiling the MKV file. I'll let you know how this turns out. Best regards. TheBeagle

[slalom]

Why don't you use mkvmerge to add the subtitles?

[osgZach]

Adding to that - why can we not use untouched Blu Ray .SUP files?

I just muxed the SUP files for my Yamato 2199 BD's into an MKV I made this morning with Ripbot, replacing the horrible looking Sub/IDX (whatever it is) stuff that you use BDsup2sub to get and it plays back fine on my system.

Please consider adding support for muxing of untouched SUP files, and also could we get a Chapter Creator/ editor? There are some input cases where we don't get Chapters at all, but even in cases where we do get them, its still nice to be able to edit them (give names, add/remove chapters, etc). We shouldn't have to go into the temp directory and manually edit the Chapters.txt, or remux MKVs with the proper subtitle files.

[TheBeagle]

Good Morning Everyone,

Well, the somewhat bulky alternate manual conversion of "sup" to "sub" indeed cures the problem. However, there is obviously some sort of disconnect in the whole subtitle process, since RipBot264, in fact, has a specific command line in its .ini file that is suppose to accomplish conversion - it just doesn't seem to work, at least not in any time frame to allow the program to initially begin the MKV file compilation or, if using the Permanent Subtitles option, to be available during the remux.

Therefore, I would respectfully request that Atak fully investigate this issue and provide a suitable correction. If possible, I would like to only have to use RipBot264 as the single source program to be able to accomplish the entire MKV conversion, with subtitles being easily inserted, including forced subtitles, so that the whole conversion process is both smooth and reliable. I very much appreciate, as I am sure others do as well, the outstanding efforts of Atak to develop and support the RipBot264 program, and I am hopeful that he will be able to assist us in fully resolving this problem. Until Atak releases a fix, I'll just continue to manually convert the "sup" files to "sub" so that the program can recognize and use those subtitles. Now that the source of the problem has been identified, the solution should be readily achievable. Best regards to everyone. TheBeagle

[Atak_Snajpera]

Adding to that - why can we not use untouched Blu Ray .SUP files?
yes you can just edit ripbot264.ini (do not forget to close ripbot264 before)

//Blu-ray subtitles will be converted to SUB/IDX format for .mkv container. Smaller size and better compatibility with some players.
ConvertSUPtoSUB=0

after that change you must add job again!

[TheBeagle]

Hello Atak,

That explains it. I was under the impression that "1" default value for ConvertSUPtoSUB was the "on" switch setting, thus enabling the sup to sub conversion. I'll surely give this new information a try and let you know the results. Many thanks for the prompt reply and the new information on the command line setting values. Best regards. TheBeagle

[osgZach]

Thanks for that info. I think it would better if some of the INI options were accessible toggled within the program itself though. And perhaps make it switchable per project so you don't have to re-rip from scratch

Still +1 to chapter editing though :)

[TheBeagle]

Good Evening Everyone,

The Good News is that changing the ConvertSUPtoSUB command line value in the RipBot264.ini file from "1" to "0" does the trick. I used it in conjunction with the Selectable Subtitles, and the Forced Subtitle option and it produced the desired result. Perhaps Atak will alter the default .ini file to turn on that feature for future releases. Thanks to everyone, especially Atak, for help in resolving this issue. Best regards to everyone. TheBeagle

[xXFrEeDyXX]

Hello
Is it possible to add subtitles to batch mode? it is little bit too difficult to add one by one
Good Times

[slalom]

On a specific file, 2nd pass last chunk, keeps starting and stopping. Tried it yesterday and today. Other files are OK.
I couldn't start it manually either (from 11.cmd file). Any suggestions?

[Atak_Snajpera]

what error do you see when you manually execute last chunk?

[Darksoul71]

Hi there,

Please forgive if this is an expected behaviour. I did not spent too much time using RipBot264 lately.

Yesterday I wanted to shrink a BD ripped via MakeMKV 1.8.0.

I was using the latest version of RipBot264 and everything prior to this worked fine. For the mentioned BD, RipBot reported that the source MKV had no audio tracks at all although two DTS-HD streams were included.

Is this a know problem ? Another ripped BD I opened with double DTS streams was recognized fine and I could select transcoding to aac for the main audio stream.

Do I need to extract the DTS core stream only during ripping the BD in order to do audio processing within RipBot ?

TIA,
D$

[osgZach]

It must be something to do with the way MakeMKV created the file?

Have you tried remuxing it?

Also for Atak: Regarding SUP files. If you crop your video file Ripbot does NOT account for this by either giving you a warning that the subtitle and video resolutions do not match, adjusting the subtitle positions, or resizing the subtitles for the new video resolution.

Either of those things would work in most cases except for weird cropping requirements, but at the least I think you should implement a warning to the user that there will be a problem. I don't know if this problem exists while using the default conversion on, or anything, maybe it does or doesn't? Thought I would bring this up for discussion though.

[Darksoul71]

@osgZach: I haven't tried remuxing the file with Matroska Mux GUI but I can try. Although I doubt that it has something to do with the way that the file is muxed since I never had any issues with MKVs produced by MakeMKV with other tools (ffmpeg, AviDemux, mmg, etc).

Edit: I've found out the reason for RipBot not to process the audio. Both file title and path included the german Umlaut "ü":

The complete filename including path was:
c:\Video\Das Fünfte Element\Das Fünfte Element.mkv

After removing the "ü" both in filename and path the recognition / extraction of the audio tracks worked.

Don't get me wrong but local "Umlauts" shouldn't keep a program from working, shouldn't they ?

[slalom]

what error do you see when you manually execute last chunk?
cmd window appears and disappears too fast. I can't read anything

[Atak_Snajpera]

open .cmd in notepad
add 'pause' command
save
execute .cmd
make a screenshot

[slalom]

it says
x264 [error]: 2nd pass has more frames than 1st pass (64 vs 63)
x264 [error]: x264_encoder_open failed
error: wrote only 2285802 of 2304000 bytes
press a key to continue...

[Atak_Snajpera]

open .cmd in notepad
reduce number of frames to encode by 1.

--frames xxxxx-1

also last chunk should not be soo short . i suspect that decoder couldn't decode you video file correctly. what video file are you trying to convert. Does cq mode work with this file?

[slalom]

number of frames is 26720
but 1st pass says its 63
I will add that job again

[Darksoul71]

@Atak_Snajpera:
Is there a specific reason why RipBot does not process source files with umlauts inside the filename ?
Since nothing is protocolled inside the log file and I have no sources available, I guess that you call MediaInfo and dump the informations of the video into a text file, right ?

In a manual test I could not see any issues with a MKV with ü inside the filename.

IMO an easy to use app should support international filenames unless you are limited by the tools you use, e.g. console applications which do not support this. MediaInfo and Delphi itself should not be a problem here I guess :)

[Atak_Snajpera]

some tools do not support national characters.

[Darksoul71]

Yes, but if MediaInfo is used for analysing the source video, then national characters shouldn't be a problem, shouldn't they ?

Edit: If national characters are an issue for some console tools, then RipBot might better do some filename validation for input files and reject those with national characters.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Yes, but if MediaInfo is used for analysing the source video, then national characters shouldn't be a problem, shouldn't they ?
audio in mkv is detected by mkvmerge.

[Darksoul71]

Well, I can just state that mkvmerge -i <sourcefile_with_umlaut.mkv> works for me as well as mkvinfo <sourcefile_with_umlaut.mkv>

I use mkvinfo all the time with filenames that include national characters within both my bash and AutoIt scripts which convert DTS streams to AC3 for proper playback on my RaspberryPi.

Anyway, I do not know how RipBot works in the backend since I haven't seen the source :)

What I can confirm is that this issue is not related to the MKV file produced by MakeMKV. Test it yourself. Simply rename an MKV file with an Ä, Ü, Ö or something like that, open it with RipBot and no audio will be detected.
That is strange..especially since both mkinfo and mkvmerge are able to deal with national characters. At least with german ones.

Edit: Just an idea / question:
How do you call external commands ? Via full commandline and shell execute function or by generating a batchfile and calling the later via shell execute ?
Because when using batch files for controlling external applications it often helps to change the code page to the correct on. For example:
My own AutoIt h264 batch encoding script adds a chcp 1250 to the final encoding batch script to make national characters work. Otherwise the default cmd codepage will be used which does not recognize national characters.

[QUEENFAN]

Hello,

cause ripbot264 unfortunately only supports one audio track for encoding, how can I add a second audio track after encoding to a AVCHD? I need two audio tracks in the resulting AVCHD.

Thanks a lot for your help.

@Atak: Your where right, chapters have been added correctly now. Thanks for your help.

[Darksoul71]

Hello,

cause ripbot264 unfortunately only supports one audio track for encoding, how can I add a second audio track after encoding to a AVCHD? I need two audio tracks in the resulting AVCHD.

It might be an easy approach to encode your movie to MKV with RipBot, add your second audiotrack to the MKV with MKVExtractGUI and use another tool afterwards:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=154957

Edit:
Damn, BDtoAVCHD seems to support one audio track only as well...sry....

[QUEENFAN]

BDtoAVCHD was my last hope too :-((

[Darksoul71]

BDtoAVCHD was my last hope too :-((

Well, my conclusion was from the GUI screenshots only.
Try yourself....

To my limited understanding (unless you need an AVCHD with some menu) you could use this approach:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_mkv_to_avchd_for_ps3_and_blu-ray.cfm

By using TSMuxer to generate a BD structure from an MKV you are pretty unlimited in modifying the content of your MKV. At least as long as TSMuxer is able to parse / does support the content of the MKV. You might even skip the step with MKVMergeGUi and add your additional audiostream directly in TSMuxer prior producing a BD structure.

OT: For me it is hard to understand why a tool does not support at least two audio tracks. At best the number of audio tracks should not be limited at all. For my BD copies I consider German as well as English mandatory since I sometimes prefer to watch a movie in original language.

[QUEENFAN]

Well, my conclusion was from the GUI screenshots only.
Try yourself....

To my limited understanding (unless you need an AVCHD with some menu) you could use this approach:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_mkv_to_avchd_for_ps3_and_blu-ray.cfm

By using TSMuxer to generate a BD structure from an MKV you are pretty unlimited in modifying the content of your MKV. At least as long as TSMuxer is able to parse / does support the content of the MKV. You might even skip the step with MKVMergeGUi and add your additional audiostream directly in TSMuxer prior producing a BD structure.

OT: For me it is hard to understand why a tool does not support at least two audio tracks. At best the number of audio tracks should not be limited at all. For my BD copies I consider German as well as English mandatory since I sometimes prefer to watch a movie in original language.

Sorry .. yeah me too ;-))

[soneca]

Hello,

cause ripbot264 unfortunately only supports one audio track for encoding, how can I add a second audio track after encoding to a AVCHD? I need two audio tracks in the resulting AVCHD.

Have you tried the BD Rebuilder?...

[christiebunny]

I'm going join Darksoul71 and add my vote to this too, I think Ripbot should use something similar to the subtitle dialog, for audio tracks, there's no real reason it should be limited to just one, just like the subtitles aren't. It's the one remaining thing that comes to mind that keeps Ripbot from being 10 out of 10-- I hope Atak decides to add the option!

[christiebunny]

It'd also be nice to have a list of what all the ini settings are, and their values, for fine tuning, and a rough guess on file size for CQ encodes, like you get with 2-pass ones (but I'm not sure that's possible). but the audio's a much more important thing, I think.

What is the difference between CQ20/22/24/etc, btw?

[soneca]

There is no way to estimate cq(crf). And that request is old ...:rolleyes:

[pyrobooby]

Really hope RipBot264 can run without Java environment and windows sharing. For multi-server co-encoding, I recommend some built-in file transfer server. Something like IP Messenger (http://ipmsg.org/index.html.en) is a good example. Though it's wriiten in C++, I hope RipBot264 use the source code (http://ipmsg.org/archive/ipmsg342r2src.zip) for reference.

[Atak_Snajpera]

some tools are written in java (bdsup2sub,remuxtool)

what is wrong with built in windows file sharing?

[osgZach]

File sharing works fine. Not sure why anyone would rather not use it.

[pyrobooby]

some tools are written in java (bdsup2sub,remuxtool)

what is wrong with built in windows file sharing?

Can I bypass the Java installment if I don't use java staff? How to config?

Windows file sharing is limited and not secure.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Can I bypass the Java installment if I don't use java staff? How to config?

Windows file sharing is limited and not secure.

Limited ??? Simple folder sharing is enough for distributed encoding. I'm not going to invent a wheel again for you because you are so scared about security. Unplug your ethernet cable from your modem and you will be 100% secured.

[duplakappa]

Hello, great encoder, i have a suggestion and a problem. First the suggestion: add more audio profiles and the option to use acc lc in every profile (acc lc 64 kbps, 68kbps, 72kbps, 76kbps, 80kbps, etc...) and the problem: every time i try to encode a video and add ass hardsubs, when i click start it just stays in " Please Wait..." state... please tell me how to fix it.
PS: with a srt subtitle i have no problem.
If you need it, these are the links of the video with the subs in the mkv. http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/91016969/file.html http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/76913998/file.html
And the profiles i use are: high10 4.0 slow animation 2-pass mode 550 kbps bitrate (video) with "built in picture subtitles" and 2.0 fhg acc-he 64kbps cbr (audio).
Thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello, great encoder, i have a suggestion and a problem. First the suggestion: add more audio profiles and the option to use acc lc in every profile (acc lc 64 kbps, 68kbps, 72kbps, 76kbps, 80kbps, etc...) and the problem: every time i try to encode a video and add ass hardsubs, when i click start it just stays in " Please Wait..." state... please tell me how to fix it.
PS: with a srt subtitle i have no problem.
If you need it, these are the links of the video with the subs in the mkv. http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/91016969/file.html http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/76913998/file.html
And the profiles i use are: high10 4.0 slow animation 2-pass mode 550 kbps bitrate (video) with "built in picture subtitles" and 2.0 fhg acc-he 64kbps cbr (audio).
Thanks

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1624599#post1624599

[Darksoul71]

@pyrobooby: Certain features are part of the operating system used and should not be re-invented. I wonder why you use Windows as OS at all if you care so much about security ;)
If you are afraid of Windows file shares, then simply set up a Linux box with Samba.

I have never tried RipBots distributed transcoding but I think standard SMB shares are perfectly fine. Especially in a normal LAN where no-one from external has easy access. Things might look different if you run multiple instances of RipBot inside a WAN (e.g. University).

@Atak_Snajpera:
Am I missing something ? I was still expecting some reply in regard of national characters...personally I still do not see the reason for not supporting at least a smaller set of national characters.
At least a verification of the input filename would be nice. What do you think ?

[osgZach]

Windows file sharing is limited and not secure.


Care to elaborate a little more? And at the end of the day your file share is only going to be as secure as the Network it is connected to.

If you're worried about Internet peoples snooping your machines, your concern should be with your Firewall/Router, not Windows as the sole scapegoat.

If you're worried about local security. That's what User Accounts and file sharing permissions are for. Worrying beyond that is pointless. If you have anything a truly skilled cracker would want access to for some reason, you shouldn't be storing it on a connected machine in the first place.

[osgZach]

Also..

re:Ripbot - can you implement disconnected awareness for the Temp folder location? I'm using the interface from an external Seagate drive, on an external scratch drive that just won't work right in USB 3.0 mode (obviously I want the transfer speed). I have to unplug and plug it back in on a reset, cold boot, etc or the drive doesn't show up.. Which confuses Ripbot if I forget to make sure the drive is running when I start it. Even if I tell it NOT to delete jobs, it will purge the data that tells it there are jobs in the queue anyway.

Come to think of it, this may be a problem for people using an NAS or similar attached storage that could "flake out" and not show as connected for whatever various reasons that do exist.

The goal here being, jobs remain in the queue and we aren't left with useless data folders that we need to re-rip again to re-create the job.

[duplakappa]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1624599#post1624599
Thanks it worked! it took the doble that usually takes maybe because of the 10 bits but anyway, its done :) thanks again

[hector1980]

when i wont to encode the program show this eror :
exception eoutofresources in module Ripbot264.exe at 0004D185.failed to save stream
what i have to do ti fix it??

[hector1980]

when i wont to encode the program show this eror :
exception eoutofresources in module Ripbot264.exe at 0004D185.failed to save stream
what i have to do ti fix it??
please help me in this case:(

[Trayman]

@Hector what are you trying to encode?
Sounds like something has run out of it's resources, probably memory or disc space.

Cheers Trayman

[hector1980]

@Trayman
i tried to encode an 1.5GB movie
do you mean try to encode another movie??

[osgZach]

If this is happening during encoding its probably memory related, but could be hard drive related if you run out of space.

If its during import, then its probably HDD running out of space.

So first verify how much free space you have on the drive you are saving your data to.. i.e your Ripbot temp folder (default is C:\, Windows temp unless you change it) and the location you are saving your encodes to (the location you set for "Output".

If its not HDD space, then its probably running out of memory. How much RAM do you have? (2GB, 4GB, 8GB? etc). There is a command you can put in AVS scripts to limit memory usage but it escapes me at the moment.

[steferrari]

Hello.
I apologise if this question has been asked already...

I'm using RipBot264 from a few months and i really like it !
It does what i need and i like the fact that it's easy to use.

I only have one problem though...

Sometimes, when i add videos (like avi, or even the same mp4's that was encoded with RipBot) i see ---[NO AUDIO]--- under the audio menu.

I can work around this issue by extracting the audio with a secondary program and by importing it manually in RipBot264, but obviously it's a bit "annoying"...

My PC is fine because i recently done a fresh install of Windows 7... and all RipBot required components are correctly installed up to their latest versions.

It's not a massive problem for me because i manly use RipBot for encode VOB files to MP4 and i never had the "no audio" message when importing VOB files... but i still would like to fix this, if possible.

Can you help me ?

Thanks in advance !

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello.
I apologise if this question has been asked already...

I'm using RipBot264 from a few months and i really like it !
It does what i need and i like the fact that it's easy to use.

I only have one problem though...

Sometimes, when i add videos (like avi, or even the same mp4's that was encoded with RipBot) i see ---[NO AUDIO]--- under the audio menu.

I can work around this issue by extracting the audio with a secondary program and by importing it manually in RipBot264, but obviously it's a bit "annoying"...

My PC is fine because i recently done a fresh install of Windows 7... and all RipBot required components are correctly installed up to their latest versions.

It's not a massive problem for me because i manly use RipBot for encode VOB files to MP4 and i never had the "no audio" message when importing VOB files... but i still would like to fix this, if possible.

Can you help me ?

Thanks in advance !

Do you have national characters in file name or path?

[steferrari]

Do you have national characters in file name or path?

Yes i have !
Without them... problem is gone !

THANKS A LOT ! :)

[steferrari]

Another question.
Why it's not possible to have, in a batch, all the options that we have when we encode a single video ?
I'm referring especially to the cropping options.

Thanks again. ;)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Another question.
Why it's not possible to have, in a batch, all the options that we have when we encode a single video ?
I'm referring especially to the cropping options.

Thanks again. ;)

Because some movies will require different cropping values.

[steferrari]

Ok, thanks. ;)

[Darksoul71]

Yes i have !
Without them... problem is gone !

THANKS A LOT ! :)
@steferrari: The problem is not "gone" but you have used a workaround ;)

@Atak_Snajpera: One person more who has run into the same issue as I.
May I ask if you are considering at least an input filename validation ?

i still fail to see the reason why RipBot is unable to extract the audio track information with national characters inside the source filename.

[osgZach]

My guess is, Ripbot was developed/compiled as ANSI and does not support Unicode? At this point, converting to Unicode could mean a lot of work, depending on how much needs to be changed. A lot of string handling would need to be changed, etc. So I would lean towards it not being a trivial task.

This is just a guess, mind you.

[Atak_Snajpera]

osgZach is right. Ripbot264 was written in Delphi7 without UTF/Unicode support.

[Darksoul71]

osgZach is right. Ripbot264 was written in Delphi7 without UTF/Unicode support.

Good Morning,

I give up.......:confused:

My old Delphi applications (Delphi 5.0) were written without specific UTF / Unicode support as well and at least files with German "umlauts" were processed without hickups. The same applies to all those little video helper scripts I wrote in AutoIt / Batch.

- D$

[Darksoul71]

@Atak_Snajpera:
I have not fully give up. Within 20 Minutes I have hacked together a crude Delphi 5.0 example program.

You can grab it from my DropBox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqk1m2vkt6ocxy6/mkv_properties.zip

I have used MKVInfo (the version included with your version of RipBot) to extract the informations of a choosen MKV file. This also includes audio informations. The audio informations are included of course as well.

Result: Files with all sorts of "Umlauts" (national characters) of the german language are processed perfectly fine. This should apply to national characters in French, Polish, Turkish, etc as well.

My conclusion: This is ancient Delphi 5.0. No UTF8 stuff...no fancy Unicode....everything works as expected...

Whatever takes RipBot from processing files with local / national characters:
Please fix it !

If commandline tools do not process files with local characters, then produce a local copy of the video file with temporary name (e.g. temp.video) if you do not work with AVISynth for loading video files in the first place at all.

[Atak_Snajpera]

problem is that national characters stored in .cmd won't work. see yourself. after adding job try to manually execute mkvextract.cmd , mp4extract.cmd from jobx folder.

[AMiR9!WV]

hi atak , could you clear some space in you Private Messages

[Darksoul71]

problem is that national characters stored in .cmd won't work. see yourself. after adding job try to manually execute mkvextract.cmd , mp4extract.cmd from jobx folder.

As indicated by me some posts before one needs to apply the correct codepage inside the batchfile. I use this line:
chcp 1250

After this national characters are no issue anymore. At least not if the commandline tools called support national characters.
Edit #1:
Although I have not tested my guess is that codepage 1252 should incorporate at least most western national characters. At least the character set shown on Wikipedia shows a lot of national characters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252

Edit #2: It might be smart to make the codepage used configurable via ini since it might vary depending on the users location:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_code_page


874 — Thai
932 — Japanese
936 — Chinese (simplified) (PRC, Singapore)
949 — Korean
950 — Chinese (traditional) (Taiwan, Hong Kong)
1200 — Unicode (BMP of ISO 10646, UTF-16LE)
1201 — Unicode (BMP of ISO 10646, UTF-16BE)
1250 — Latin (Central European languages)
1251 — Cyrillic
1252 — Latin (Western European languages, replacing Code page 850)
1253 — Greek
1254 — Turkish
1255 — Hebrew
1256 — Arabic
1257 — Latin (Baltic languages)
1258 — Vietnamese


For reference:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4388222/international-characters-in-a-batch-file

All this is standard ANSI and not magic UTF8 / Unicode stuff....test yourself and you will see....;)

[Atak_Snajpera]

And how am I suppose to automagically detect correct code page? How to detect that file name uses German or Polish letters? For example I live in East Europe where we have those funny letters like ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ż ź . You in west europe have ä ö ü ß and so on. Proper solution would be UTF-8/Unicode support.

[Darksoul71]

And how am I suppose to magically detect correct code page? For example I live in East Europe where we have those funny letters like ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ż ź . You in west europe have ä ö ü ß and so on. Proper solution would be UTF-8/Unicode support.

Uhm, hello ? Did I annoy you ? :(

1st: Since you live in East Europe, you could try 1252 or 1250.

2nd: If the code page is stored inside the RipBot.ini, everyone with interest in using national characters in filenames (I guess pretty many people do, since movies have national characters in their titles, right ?), then they could modify the ini-value to match their code page.

3rd: There is no need to detect something. Simply make shure that the filenames are correctly "forwarded" to the GUI tools used.

4th: Believe it or not: There should be ways to detect the codepage of the Windows version used in which RipBot is running !
Like diz: http://www.delphipages.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12545
Or diz: http://www.scalabium.com/faq/dct0082.htm

If you do not feel like implementing proper support for national characters, then fine...but please, please, please...do not search for excuses.

I have reported the issue (no audio detected), have reported the reason and have shown easy to implement ways to circumvent this.

How much more does a dev need to fix things which are clearly broken ?

I feel sad if my crappy scripts / tools I use at home for processing / encoding video play nicely with national characters on Windows and Linux and a GUI that claims to be "simple and easy to use" does not support the most basic standard: Country-specific language in files !

[Atak_Snajpera]

2nd: If the code page is stored inside the RipBot.ini, everyone with interest in using national characters in filenames (I guess pretty many people do, since movies have national characters in their titles, right ?), then they could modify the ini-value to match their code page.
It would be easier to just temporarily remove all national characters from path and filename than telling user to change code page in .ini file. Besides what will happen if user wants to encode german movie and polish movie at the same time? Stored codepage in ini will not solve anything in this case. One movie will work other won't.

[Darksoul71]

It would be easier to just temporarily remove all national characters from path and filename than telling user to change code page in .ini file. Besides what will happen if user wants to encode german movie and polish movie at the same time? Stored codepage in ini will not solve anything in this case. One movie will work other won't.
I think the straight forward approach would be warning the user to remove any national characters from his file / path prior processing.

What do you think ?

[coreying]

Hey Atak,

There appears to be issues with ffdshow decoding VC-1 with Windows 8.

Since moving to Windows 8 I've had random issues encoding blu-rays with RipBot264. I'd always know when I would encounter the issue, since the cropping screenshot in the Picture Properties would either be blank, solid green, or corrupt. Clicking New Frame would just cycle through those three outcomes.

Then during the encoding, avs2yuv would crash and the encoding would stop and mux what it had done to that point. The muxed file would play, but there is random video corruption.

I only just noticed that it only occurred with blu-rays encoded in VC-1. Furiousflea's post here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1586406#post1586406) put me onto the solution. Turns out that changing ffdshow's VC-1 decoder from WMV9 to libavcodec resolves both the cropping screenshot and the encoding.

However, I need to set this each time I use RipBot because Ripbot's default is WMV9 for VC-1 since it supports interlaced material.


Are you aware of this issue, and will there be a solution or work around for the next version of RipBot?

[Atak_Snajpera]

i could automatically set decoder to libavcodec for vc1 on win8 . ofcourse this is just a workaround and interlaced vc1 won't work on your os. i'm not going to downgrade to tiles8 to see why m$ vc1 decoder does not work. sorry i'm alergic to this os.

[coreying]

I'm not sure how common interlaced VC-1 material is, but I figure your suggestion is better than it not working at all.

Cheers.

[Slitheen]

Hey Atak,

There appears to be issues with ffdshow decoding VC-1 with Windows 8.

Since moving to Windows 8 I've had random issues encoding blu-rays with RipBot264. I'd always know when I would encounter the issue, since the cropping screenshot in the Picture Properties would either be blank, solid green, or corrupt. Clicking New Frame would just cycle through those three outcomes.

Then during the encoding, avs2yuv would crash and the encoding would stop and mux what it had done to that point. The muxed file would play, but there is random video corruption.

I only just noticed that it only occurred with blu-rays encoded in VC-1. Furiousflea's post here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1586406#post1586406) put me onto the solution. Turns out that changing ffdshow's VC-1 decoder from WMV9 to libavcodec resolves both the cropping screenshot and the encoding.

However, I need to set this each time I use RipBot because Ripbot's default is WMV9 for VC-1 since it supports interlaced material.


Are you aware of this issue, and will there be a solution or work around for the next version of RipBot?

Thanks for letting me know about that. I'd started using vidcoder for anything that was VC-1 because of the problem.

[AMiR9!WV]

hi atak
when new version is come ?
i have some problem with audio or resolution and i can't add video to ripbot
i hope this problems will be fix in new version

[osgZach]

Does Ripbot support Zones with distributed encoding?

I am guessing, no? Would it be possible? (seems it would be a simple matter of Frame offset calculations per script created based on the chunk size vs original frame numbers in the source)

[Sergio526]

Having an issue with a large temp drive. I have a 4TB GPT array and if I set that "drive" as the temp directory, Ripbot264 just hangs. Changing the directory to another drive takes care of the issue. Just figured I'd let others know in case they run into this too.

[Wishbringer]

@sergio526: Do you use Win8 with new StorageSpace format instead of normal drive formats?
Had same problem, but after switching to old methodic all was fine.

[osgZach]

Does anyone have experience modifying Ripbot produced scripts to use custom filters, etc. it doesn't include ?

I've been banging my head trying to get Neatvideo for Virtualdub to load. Do I need to load it from the temp directory instead or something?

I really like the job this filter does, but I want to run it distributed to speed things up

[Atak_Snajpera]

Add this script after #denoise mark

video=ConvertToRGB32(video)
LoadVirtualDubPlugin("C:\VIRTUALDUB\PLUGINS\NeatVideo.vdf", "NeatVideo", 3)
video=NeatVideo(video,"C:\AVS\SampleProfile.dnp", "C:\AVS\SamplePreset.nfp", "1.0", "3", "1", "0")

also see this http://neatvideo.com/files/NVVDUG.pdf (http://neatvideo.com/files/NVVDUG.pdf) page 26

[osgZach]

Thank you, and yes I have read that document. I had it working fine in Avisynth before, just not with Ripbot..

It's the video= stuff you do to reference clips and apply stuff that was probably causing the problem. I do not usually use that kind of stuff so probably screwed up the syntax.
I just did a quick test with my PC as the only server and it started encoding this time. So I assume duplicating the C:\path\files on other machines should work as well.

Would be great if we had an interface to add and setup custom filters like this :)


btw.. I hate needless colorspace conversions.. Will it screw things up if I remove the YV12 call from the source filter?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Will it screw things up if I remove the YV12 call from the source filter?
It shouldn't. However video=ConvertToYV12(video) maybe needed at the end.

[osgZach]

Yes, I threw it back on at the end. Although I did find out technically I need a "multiuser" license to use it on more than one machine at the same time.. But I've found that for whatever reason, it works much faster in Virtualdub anyway so I may end up just doing that in the future.. I'm guessing there is some slowdown involved with Avisynth and/or the way it supports Vdub filters :(

It does work though. Just, really slow :p

Can still use DE to produce the final AVC stream at least.

[Pitbull_Raven]

So back in page 568 or whatnot of this thread, someone discussed the possibility of encoding over internet using vpn, in that case, set up using TeamViewer. Seeing as how I have a 100mbit fiber connection and several pc's at my disposal all of them running TV, I found this notion rather interesting. But from what I gathered the "problem" was never solved. Has anyone looked further into this? I would love to get together with ppl and try and find a solution for the matter.

[Atak_Snajpera]

DE in vpn works for sure. It was confirmed by some user. Sorry but I don't remember his nick. First you have to setup correctly vpn connection. Then you will have to setup port forwarding in your routers.

EncodingClient listens at ports from 1001 to 1008

EncodingServers listens at 1000 , 2000 , 3000 and so on.

[osgZach]

In the config, where you turn on distributed encoding it says AVI is a valid format, but when I try to setup a job for an AVI, it always starts a non-de encoding job instead.. no chunk creations, etc..

Am I doing something wrong??

[Atak_Snajpera]

does ripbot detect video codec for that file?

[73ChargerFan]

some tools are written in java (bdsup2sub,remuxtool)
Can they be used with 64bit java? I have that installed, but ripbot says I don't have any java.

[osgZach]

does ripbot detect video codec for that file?

No. It's UT codec.
Same results for Lagarith.
It also won't recognize HuffYUV (ffvh)
Wrapping in MKV makes no difference. Disabling RAW support in FFdshow (so the codecs decode them) doesn't seem to make a difference either.

I need to render to either UT or Lagarith formats so I can apply Neat Video filtering before using Ripbot (render time is much faster)

[Pitbull_Raven]

DE in vpn works for sure. It was confirmed by some user. Sorry but I don't remember his nick. First you have to setup correctly vpn connection. Then you will have to setup port forwarding in your routers.

EncodingClient listens at ports from 1001 to 1008

EncodingServers listens at 1000 , 2000 , 3000 and so on.

Will be looking into that soon. Thanks!

[legend63]

Hello, is best decoding 2 pass or cq?
and if the best 2 pass why?
thanks in advance

[osgZach]

These days most people only use 2-pass to encode a file at a target file size. If you don't care about space, use CQ with a value between 17 (larger file, more quality kept) and 23 (smaller file, less quality). Some people might say up to 26, it depends on your preference to how it looks, and the source. A good middle of the road for me is 19 or 20. Generally I use 18 though.

[legend63]

Thanks osgZach.

[damia]

@Atak_Snajpera

any change to add more serve Encoding now only 8... can u add to 14 or 16?? please..

[Atak_Snajpera]

8 is not enough for you? Just asking.

[damia]

8 is not enough for you? Just asking.


not... because i have 6serve... and 1serve i open EncodingServer 1 and load CPU USAGE when encoding only 30-40%... if i open 3 EncodingServer in 1serve its will be load 100%... i want 100%... please can u help me??

[ChrisBirkett]

Atak_Snajpera, I think I've said it before, but I just want to say a massive thank you for RipBot. It is very, very rare to find a developer who releases a product like this for free and goes on to support it for many years afterwards, not just releasing patches and new features but also taking the time to talk to engage with users on a forum. I am sending you some beer, and I hope others do the same!

[glen8]

I have just started playing with the CQ mode in RipBot.

Encoded 2 movies yesterday and just want to make sure everythings gone ok.

Ghostbusters 4K BluRay
The Amazing Spider-Man 4K BluRay

CQ was set to 16, with no resize in resolution.

The ETA on both movies was 3.5 hours for the first pass. Looking in the temp folder I assumed the CQ mode does 2 passes. Anyway, I left both going overnight. Next morning both movies had finished and each one took only 2.5 hours?

File size on Ghostbusters was 17GB, Spider-Man was 6GB. Guess the higher amount of grain and noise on the older film is what causes the size to be so much bigger than Spider-Man

Both movies look awesome!!

[Atak_Snajpera]

yes grain/noise can noticeable increase file size. btw cq mode means 1-PASS.

[blacksapprow]

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to use vReveal 3.x "clean" option inside rip-bot? This makes unwanted picture distorsion (tiny dot's & pieces causes unwanted "fly like" effects) to disappear from the source.

No matter, the source disk a blu-ray or not. (For example Ghost Busters I film, blu-ray disk is a very good example, which comes with a very poor image quality)

Any ideas? Can it be possible to add this special codec in new version of Rip-bot, or as an add on plugin inside it?

Thanks to all...:thanks:

[damia]

hai Atak_Snajpera how about my suggestion to add more serve?? can u help?

[Atak_Snajpera]

update first x264 and see if this helps

[misagh72]

hi atak
how i do psy from 1 to 0 ?

[guest]

hai Atak_Snajpera how about my suggestion to add more serve?? can u help?

I have to agree with the request's for adding more servers to your next build, it would be VERY, VERY good if you could add at least another 4, if not 8, or even more.

Cheers

[guest]

Hi Atak, Not sure if I, or anyone else has asked about this.

I find that when encoding long movies, say over 3 - 4 hours, that Ripbot doesn't complete the finished files, and there's no movie :(

I'm using DE, latest version, and the last movie that has done this is Das Boot DC, it's over 3:30 hours long, took about 1:30 to process, but has nothing to show for it.

All the chunks appear to be there, but not combined.

Another movie that did the same thing was Godfather 2.

What do you suggest ??

Cheers

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hi Atak, Not sure if I, or anyone else has asked about this.

I find that when encoding long movies, say over 3 - 4 hours, that Ripbot doesn't complete the finished files, and there's no movie

I'm using DE, latest version, and the last movie that has done this is Das Boot DC, it's over 3:30 hours long, took about 1:30 to process, but has nothing to show for it.

All the chunks appear to be there, but not combined.

Another movie that did the same thing was Godfather 2.

What do you suggest ??

Cheers

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1619419#post1619419

[damia]

I have to agree with the request's for adding more servers to your next build, it would be VERY, VERY good if you could add at least another 4, if not 8, or even more.

Cheers


ya... hope he approve my request.. :) :) waiiting..

[guest]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1619419#post1619419

Thanks for that, and now that you pointed me to that thread, I do recall reading that, back then (but didn't get around to trying it).

Will give it a try.

EDIT:- It worked a treat :), on Das Boot.

Cheers

[damia]

@ Atak_Snajpera still waiting you answer... :D

[Atak_Snajpera]

You will have to live with "only" 8 servers...

[misagh72]

how can i change this thins in Encoding setting ?
like psy

http://s4.picofile.com/file/7801468602/Snapshot_2013_06_13_015917.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

disabling psy in most cases will only reduce perceived quality. do not do it.

[misagh72]

disabling psy in most cases will only reduce perceived quality. do not do it.

I need to change this things

[Atak_Snajpera]

why??

[Wishbringer]

@misagh72:
You can still change all settings in given folder "profiles", just browse the RipBot folder.
For example you can create a new text file and insert all settings you want to have.

But changing psy... it's your decission.

[misagh72]

@atak
could you clear some space in you Private Messages

[damia]

@ Atak_Snajpera hmmmm.... please... :(

[guest]

You will have to live with "only" 8 servers...

Hi Atak,

Can I respectively ask why 8 is the "limit" ???

I mean, I know you built this program, so you'd know why, but surely you could add some more, without too much trouble. :)

[Atak_Snajpera]

1. Too much copy paste code, adding new variables and so on
2. 16 servers would be useless in 2pass mode. on short movies some servers will stay in idle state.
3. most of users do not have many decent pcs at home.

[damia]

1. Too much copy paste code, adding new variables and so on
2. 16 servers would be useless in 2pass mode. on short movies some servers will stay in idle state.
3. most of users do not have many decent pcs at home.


if 16 can't maybe 14 servers???

[slalom]

Hi Atak,

Can I respectively ask why 8 is the "limit" ???

I mean, I know you built this program, so you'd know why, but surely you could add some more, without too much trouble. :)
You could always make 2 groups of 8 servers each, and encode different files, It's the same thing.

[Pitbull_Raven]

Atak... You should consider working on enabling drag and drop for the batch window ;)

Loving this app more and more every day as I am gettiing more and more PC's networked to use. Up to 4 now. Today should add another one. This really helps me cut down on the size of my home videos.

[legend63]

can be set to 17 or 19 cq?
just for testing...
Thanks.

[Atak_Snajpera]

can be set to 17 or 19 cq?
just for testing...
Thanks.

yes if your keyboard is still working

[legend63]

yes if your keyboard is still working

:D
Thanks

[Pitbull_Raven]

yes if your keyboard is still working

LOL! Just about one of the most "doh!" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27oh!) moments I have seen in these last couple of months!

Edit: No offense, legend63. Everyone has these things happen from time to time. Even me :D

[slalom]

yes if your keyboard is still working:goodpost:

[Gabes]

Hello guys once again.

I'm having difficult encoding this sample (40 mb) http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/15596813/file.html


It is interlaced and I don't know how to deinterlace it.


Also I'd like to know which is the best crop for it. Just think I didn't crop it well becouse of the age of the movie (maybe a different AR then usual old movies)


I can't solve it by myslef so please help!

[Atak_Snajpera]

The source looks like this (PROGRESSIVE FRAME and INTERLACED)

PP I PPP I PPP I PP II

I think you will have to accept duplicated frames because this movie was originally recorded at 12 - 15 fps.(I'm guessing). So you will have to use TFF -> 29.97 fps.

[Gabes]

PP I PPP I PPP I PP II

I think you will have to accept duplicated frames because this movie was originally recorded at 12 - 15 fps.(I'm guessing). So you will have to use TFF -> 29.97 fps.

This is the movie http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Safety-Last-Blu-ray/68387/

They say:


"The film is also presented at a variable frame rate of approximately 22 frames per second to conform to film historian and restorer Kevin Brownlow's presentation and the Carl Davis score that accompanies it. This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on a DTF Scanity film scanner from a 35mm nitrate print from Harold Lloyd's personal collection, made from the original negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices and warps were manually removed using MTI's DRS and Pixel Farm's PFClean, while Image Systems' Phoenix was used for small dirt, jitter, flicker, and grain management.

So which is the correct FPS?



PP I PPP I PPP I PP II - What's the place I should enter this code for deinterlacing?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Correction. It turns out that Inverse Telecine + Decimate may work better. You will still have one duplicated frame due to original fps (22 fps vs 23.976 fps)

[Xdar]

Just a quick question, which is the newest RipBot Version where I have the Codec Settings like in this picture: http://www.videohelp.com/toolsimages/ripbot264_1039.jpg
and not with the --x264 parameters?

Thanks in advance.

[Atak_Snajpera]

1.16.x if i'm not wrong

[soneca]

Atak,

It would be possible to add support for DGDecNV?

[damia]

atak please add more serve for encoding... please... :(

[DTS-HD MSTR]

atak please add more serve for encoding... please... :(

Have you not read what Atak_Snajpera wrote?

You will have to live with "only" 8 servers...

[blacksapprow]

Hi, to all, but to "Atak" expecially!

Rip-bot video options are really sufficient. (Without 4K yet!) But, how about adding more sound options?

I want to see choosable bitrate options not only for aac upto 256bit with the latest build.

For example my mobile phone Sony xperia Z doesn't support aac. With software aac codec from MX Player causes jumps, not stable, or the proccesor power is not sufficient.

I need to re-use BeLight to convert aac to ac3. Why not adding just a couple of more audio options inside audio menu? :script: Because after choosing low bitrate, setting a higher bitrate won't give you a better frequency, only a little bit of more sound level.

(By the way, I am waiting to see 4K support soon...)

[BlockABoots]

Hmmm, Ripbot doesnt appear to like my new Haswell CPu chip that much, causes my PC to BSOD, but other encoders dont. Seems to use use 100% cpu load on all the cores as well, but again other encoders dont use anywhere neat 100% load :(

[hoju3508]

@BlockABoots, 100% load on 1st or 2nd pass? 2nd pass is normal, and if you're using the latest x264 it's more aggressive on 1st pass as well.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hmmm, Ripbot doesnt appear to like my new Haswell CPu chip that much, causes my PC to BSOD, but other encoders dont. Seems to use use 100% cpu load on all the cores as well, but again other encoders dont use anywhere neat 100% load :(

your cpu or memory is unstable . see first post for appropriate diagnostic tools.

[fantasmanegro]

Hi, to all, but to "Atak" expecially!

Rip-bot video options are really sufficient. (Without 4K yet!) But, how about adding more sound options?

I want to see choosable bitrate options not only for aac upto 256bit with the latest build.

For example my mobile phone Sony xperia Z doesn't support aac. With software aac codec from MX Player causes jumps, not stable, or the proccesor power is not sufficient.

I need to re-use BeLight to convert aac to ac3. Why not adding just a couple of more audio options inside audio menu? :script: Because after choosing low bitrate, setting a higher bitrate won't give you a better frequency, only a little bit of more sound level.

(By the way, I am waiting to see 4K support soon...)

i have a Galaxy Palyer 5.0 and video with aac works ok with hardware decoding... no need to convert to ac3...

and Xperia Z does support AAC

[Slitheen]

(By the way, I am waiting to see 4K support soon...)

Why? There are no 4k blurays.

[gonwk]

Hi Atak_Snajpera,

I wanted to try your RipBot264 software ... just to play around, but I decided to run the Zipped folder thru VirusTotal.com before trying them ...

Well, I ran versions 1.16.4, 1.16.5 and 1.17.4 and they all came back with 1 or 2 Warnings ... and Not all of the Virus Scanners returned results ... so out of the 42 Available Scanners something between 27 to 38 returned results.

Can you or anyone else comment on this ... why VirusTotal is tagging the Zipped files as containing some Trojan or Worm!?!?

Things like "Win32/PrcView", "MadCodeHook".

Thanks,

G! :)

[stylez82]

Hi Atak_Snajpera,

I wanted to try your RipBot264 software ... just to play around, but I decided to run the Zipped folder thru VirusTotal.com before trying them ...

Well, I ran versions 1.16.4, 1.16.5 and 1.17.4 and they all came back with 1 or 2 Warnings ... and Not all of the Virus Scanners returned results ... so out of the 42 Available Scanners something between 27 to 38 returned results.

Can you or anyone else comment on this ... why VirusTotal is tagging the Zipped files as containing some Trojan or Worm!?!?

Things like "Win32/PrcView", "MadCodeHook".

Thanks,

G! :)

I have no prior knowledge of either thing you mention, but 2 minutes on google tells me they are not malware, in and of themselves. They are utilities which could potentially be used for the purpose of malware.

MadCodeHook: http://www.madshi.net/madCodeHookDescription.htm
I couldn't find where within Ripbot this is detected.

Win32/PrcView is found in Ripbot264\Tools\Process\process.exe and it is a command-line process viewer, available from http://retired.beyondlogic.org/consulting/processutil/processutil.htm

[guest]

A vague question....what would cause a vjoin error, towards the end of an encode ??

[Trayman]

@burt123 With no more info than that I would guess that you ran out of space on the drive or access to the files to be joined got denied.

Cheers Trayman.

[guest]

@burt123 With no more info than that I would guess that you ran out of space on the drive or access to the files to be joined got denied.

Cheers Trayman.

@Trayman,

I was actually running a little low on space on that drive, and now with your explanation, I'll know why, in the future :)

I thought I'd ask, and I got the answer I needed.

So thanks for that, I thought it might have been something wrong with the file being encoded.

Cheers

[Trayman]

@burt123 vjoin does not care what kind of file since it basically does a copy /b. I have not put any error handeling into it when running low on space, that will probably be added in the next version.

Cheers Trayman

[meshaun]

Hello Ripbot guys!
I just wanted to know, there are so many custom builds for the x264. I'm interested in using the Komisar builds
Is it possible to replace the x264 in ripbot?

[meshaun]

Installed the tool fine but in the end part of the demuxing, this error appeared.
Please help.

[Wishbringer]

@meshaun:

Several month ago, I used Komisars builds for updating Ripbot each time a new revision of x264 came out.
they worked fine with no problems.
Then Komisar decided to implement some cosmetic CLI progress patches in his custom builds and encoding progress in Ripbot wasn't shown properly anymore.
Encodes were fine, it was only a "transmitting problem of progress informations to GUI".

Vanilla builds should still be fine, custom builds should still essentially work, but since then I don't know if Komisar or Atak have changed anything to be better interoperable.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Installed the tool fine but in the end part of the demuxing, this error appeared.
Please help.

http://www.ultraimg.com/images/MAo45.png

try to update microsoft c++ redistributable package
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

[hector1980]

i have vps and when i wonna encode on it it take about 8hour for each pass but my friends vps with the same opts take 1hour for each pass.is there any soloution to less it???????

[gonwk]

I have no prior knowledge of either thing you mention, but 2 minutes on google tells me they are not malware, in and of themselves. They are utilities which could potentially be used for the purpose of malware. ...

Hi stylez82,

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I bet Atak_Snajpera was laughing his head off at my Totally Newbie Q.

Anyway, my gooogling must stink ... because after I ran VirusTotal, I googled the items noted and came back with scare comments (to me anyway) on prcview ... but same result as you did on madCode.

So, since I trust Doom9 and everything that Doom9 Regulars offer ... I wanted to verify that VirusTotal results might be Wrong (btw, the major companies ... did NOT report any of the anomolies ... it was the AV companies that I had never heard of) ... anyway, I tried MetaScan but it refused to Scan since it claimed that the 7z file expands to 100MB and their limit is 40 or 60MB I believe ... so then I tried Jotti's ... but it has only 20 Scanners which are almnost similar to VT ...

That is when I decided to post my Q to Atak_Snajpera and you folks ...

I am Glad at least you reposnded ... helped me and may be will reassure somebody else if have the similar Q.

Thanks again!

G! :)

[Scottes7]

I have 1.17.4, with 40 or 50 rips done since the last install. I am trying to rip The Prophecy, The Prophecy II and The Prophecy III. On all three I get error messages:


First I get a pop-up window title "Haali Media Splitter" with the error: "Error: Can't open file. The system cannot find the file specified." Hit OK and that pops up a couple more time.

Then I get a Demuxing Error pop-up:
eac3to v3.27
command line: "C:\Program Files\RipBot\Tools\eac3to\eac3to.exe" "E:\BDRips\The.Prophecy\" 1) 2: "e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\video.mkv" -seekToIFrames 4: "e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\audio_English.dtsma.w64" -down16 5: "e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\5_subtitles_Spanish_1080.sup" 1: "e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\chapters.txt" -progressnumbers -log="e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\demuxlog.txt"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M2TS, 1 video track, 2 audio tracks, 1 subtitle track, 1:37:58, 29.131p
1: Chapters, 15 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 (16:9)
3: DTS Master Audio, Spanish, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
4: DTS Master Audio, English, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 16 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
5: Subtitle (PGS), Spanish
[v02] The video framerate is correct, but rather unusual. <WARNING>
Creating file "e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\chapters.txt"...
[s05] Extracting subtitle track number 5...
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[a04] Extracting audio track number 4...
[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a04] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
[a04] Writing W64...
[a04] Creating file "e:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job7\audio_English.dtsma.w64"...
[a04] The ArcSoft DTS Decoder reported an error while decoding. <ERROR>
Aborted at file position 14491648. <ERROR>


Any help would be appreciated. Let me know if there's other info that's needed.

[Atak_Snajpera]

decrypt your movies again with latest anydvd hd. those errors could be caused by bad rip.

[Scottes7]

decrypt your movies again with latest anydvd hd. those errors could be caused by bad rip.
That seemed to do it, though I also had DVDFAB convert the DTS to AC3 just in case.

Thanks.

[Hero1711]

@Atak_Snajpera: I am trying to DE a video with 60fps but it's divided into 4 chunks only, is there anyway to increase the chunk amount?

http://puu.sh/3woME.png

Inside the meta file:
"E:\Cut\RipBot264\tools\avs2yuv\avs2yuv.exe" "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs" -o - | "E:\Cut\RipBot264\tools\x264\x264_x64_10bit.exe" --pass 1 --bitrate 1424 --stats "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.stats" --fps 60000/1001 --force-cfr --min-keyint 60 --keyint 600 --frames 155112 --sar 1:1 --profile high10 --level 4.0 --preset ultrafast --tune film --aud --nal-hrd vbr --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --b-pyramid none --stdin y4m --output NUL -
"E:\Cut\RipBot264\tools\avs2yuv\avs2yuv.exe" "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs" -o - | "E:\Cut\RipBot264\tools\x264\x264_x64_10bit.exe" --pass 2 --bitrate 1424 --stats "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.stats" --fps 60000/1001 --force-cfr --min-keyint 60 --keyint 600 --frames 155112 --sar 1:1 --profile high10 --level 4.0 --preset ultrafast --tune film --aud --nal-hrd vbr --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --b-pyramid none --stdin y4m --output "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264" -

Using v1.17.4.

[Atak_Snajpera]

use CQ mode instead of 2-pass

[Hero1711]

use CQ mode instead of 2-pass

Thanks, got it to split the video into more chunks. May I sugguest a feature on the next version? That is the ability to change the server amount. I have access to a computer lab and 8 is a little small.

Seem like you are defining static server allocations on the Encoding Client UI, you can reuse that by reading server list from the EncodingClient.ini, grouping the servers by group of 8 (only show 8 at a time), server1 - server8 will be in page 1, server9 - server17 will be in page 2, etc. And there will be nav button "Previous Page", "Next Page", and also a ComboBox for quick nav. When user selects Server 9 for example from the list and press "Go to Server", the UI will change to page 2.

Below is how it would look like:
http://puu.sh/3wu7y.png

Well, this is only my suggestion and how I imagine it. Heck, you might think of an even better way to implement it.

Also, how about DE over NAT/VPN, there is netAvs2Yuv by sh0dan to get the source from network, and it is possible to share folder over VPN (NetBIOS over TCP is possible too).

Finally, I want to thank you for making such an amazing program.

[tommytinkroom]

Been using RipBot264 latest, to rip my blu-rays with no problems.
Just tried to rip my first dvd,and it looks good but no chapters.
I look on the settings everywhere but the word chapter is'nt there.
How do i encode a dvd and keep the chapters,or can't it be done.:confused:

[guest]

Hi,

I guess this has been asked about before, but it's a little difficult to search the whole forum thread.

Does Ripbot "work" with 3D movies ???

Simple ?, yes or no ! :)

Is there some software out there, that can do a simple conversion from 2D to 3D (just for something to try)

Cheers

[Atak_Snajpera]

Is there some software out there, that can do a simple conversion from 2D to 3D (just for something to try)
Converting 2D to 3D is like converting Mono soundtrack to Stereo. Impossible.

[Wishbringer]

Hi,
Does Ripbot "work" with 3D movies ???
Simple ?, yes or no ! :)

Simple: Yes
Complex: No

It can read left or right channel of 3D and encode it in 2D.
You can't create 3D with Ripbot, except you change yourself Avisynth Scripts.

For creating 3D, try BDtoAVCHD.

[guest]

Simple: Yes
Complex: No

It can read left or right channel of 3D and encode it in 2D.
You can't create 3D with Ripbot, except you change yourself Avisynth Scripts.

For creating 3D, try BDtoAVCHD.

Hi Wishbringer & Atak,

Thanks for the replies, I did do a quick test with ArcSoft MediaConverter v8, to do an SBS 3D conversion of Evil Dead 2013, but unfortunately, I couldn't watch it, as I have only just ordered a Samsung 50" LED 3D TV, so I will interesting to see how it turns out.

Will also try BDtoAVCHD 1.8.8..

Cheers

[Neil1976]

Use 3D merge then add to ripbot :)

[AMiR9!WV]

hi atak
can i use Nero ACC in ripbot ?
i need AAC-HE 32kb
and sometime when i encoding my video with ripbot , audio is not sync

[Deputy Cartman]

Hello,

I have been using RipBot off and on for about a year now and I believe I have the basics down. However, there is something I have been meaning to figure out how to do but haven't really been able to, so I figured I would ask here.

Currently, if I have a Blu-Ray boxset or movie or whatever where I want to have two audio tracks in the resulting MKV, which in this case would be the cast and crew commentary track, the only way I've found to get it is to:

1. Encode first copy of, say, an episode at desired resolution with track.
2. Make another copy of the same episode with the desired secondary track, with a much lower resolution in order to decrease time necessary to process.
3. Use MKVMerge to splice the second track into the first file, assign metadate (file name, etc.), and produce the final file.

Anyway, does anyone know of a way to just get the secondary audio track out of a given decrypted Blu-Ray so that I can then add it to that first encode? My method is obviously inefficient, for producing a postage-stamp video encode that will never be used just to get an audio track is a waste of CPU cycles.

I am using RipBot 1.17.4, newest ffdshow, Windows 7 SP1 x64, and I decrypt my Blu-Rays with AnyDVD HD.

[god_md5]

hello , can you help the japan tp source
here is the file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3668343/130711_MC.ts

it can play by mpc-hc with lav splitter

[damia]

hai atak... what wrong ripbot can't read audio AAC.. Incorect bass dll 2.4 is requeured... i use version 7.3

[damia]

i already install version 7.4 also same problem.. BASS AC3. BASS ALAC.BASS APE.BASSCD.BASSMIDI.BASSMPC.BASSSPX.BASSTA.BASSWMA.BASSWM.

[damia]

Thanks, got it to split the video into more chunks. May I sugguest a feature on the next version? That is the ability to change the server amount. I have access to a computer lab and 8 is a little small.

Seem like you are defining static server allocations on the Encoding Client UI, you can reuse that by reading server list from the EncodingClient.ini, grouping the servers by group of 8 (only show 8 at a time), server1 - server8 will be in page 1, server9 - server17 will be in page 2, etc. And there will be nav button "Previous Page", "Next Page", and also a ComboBox for quick nav. When user selects Server 9 for example from the list and press "Go to Server", the UI will change to page 2.

Below is how it would look like:
http://puu.sh/3wu7y.png

Well, this is only my suggestion and how I imagine it. Heck, you might think of an even better way to implement it.

Also, how about DE over NAT/VPN, there is netAvs2Yuv by sh0dan to get the source from network, and it is possible to share folder over VPN (NetBIOS over TCP is possible too).

Finally, I want to thank you for making such an amazing program.

hai.. how to added more server?? i already want to find this one... please teach me.. :helpful:

[meshaun]

ETA is 51:50:40
Encoding a Bluray to mkv
CRF in Very Slow.

Is this ETA possible? Other encodes just took around 17Hours generally. The movie is about 2 hours in it's duration. But other encodes in the same durations didn't take this long.

Please help.

[slalom]

Check CPU load

[Wishbringer]

@meshaun:
In theory it is possible...
- You are using an avisynth command in your script that only is single core capable (bottleneck)
- you are using some avisynth preprocessing that reacts on some odds of your source (e.g. anime framerat and blending conversion/restoration)
- your CPU is only single- or dualcore and/or a ULV-version (laptop)

and my favorite:
- your CPU is overheating and throttling to lower speed, check your CPU load and coretemp.

(normal encoding time for an 2 hour movie with preset "very slow" and some custom settings is around 8 hours with an 4core i5-3570K, so 16 hours with dualcores)

[damia]

i encode movie using source 1080i.BluRay.AVC.DTS-HDMA looks output video looks problem??? if it ripbot not support 1080i?? for 1080p working fine..

[Wishbringer]

Ripbot encodes progressiv per default
You have to deinterlace via GUI or to add switch (x264 command with --interlaced, --tff or -bff) in presetfile or to use Interlaced preset/profile.

[damia]

Ripbot encodes progressiv per default
You have to deinterlace via GUI or to add switch (x264 command with --interlaced, --tff or -bff) in presetfile or to use Interlaced preset/profile.


is this to me ?

[Trayman]

@damia yes Wishbringer means you.
1080i stands for interlaced and 1080p stands for progressiv.

//Trayman

[tommytinkroom]

Been using ripbot264 for a long time ripping mostly blu-rays using 2 pass,some can take up to 8hrs,never had a problem and results are excellent.
But today i had 2 bsod's while encoding,i can't find any info and minidump folder is empty.
I'm in the UK and at the moment we're in the throws of a heatwave,is it possible that the extra heat on the processor(intel i5) is causing laptop to overheat and cause bsod.
Thanks for any help.

[Guest]

I'm in the UK and at the moment we're in the throws of a heatwave,is it possible that the extra heat on the processor(intel i5) is causing laptop to overheat and cause bsod. Yes, of course. Is your cooling up to snuff?

[tommytinkroom]

Yes, of course. Is your cooling up to snuff?
Using a Samsung laptop,fan always blows a bit hot,when encoding.
I'm going to start the encode again at midnight when the temperature has dropped a bit.
Go to bed and see if i've got a job finished showing on ripbot when i get up.

[NiteShdw]

I'm getting a DTS decoding error during the ripping process, which causes the rip to fail. The rip is being done from an ISO image, so I know it's not a read error on the disc.

If I rip it as core DTS, is there another tool I could use to convert the DTS to wave or the DTS to AAC 5.1?

[hoju3508]

@NiteShdw, use eac3to.

[tommytinkroom]

Using a Samsung laptop,fan always blows a bit hot,when encoding.
I'm going to start the encode again at midnight when the temperature has dropped a bit.
Go to bed and see if i've got a job finished showing on ripbot when i get up.

UPDATE:Everything ok no bsod and encode finished.
I think the bottom line for me is during a heatwave don't do any encoding till late at night when the temperature drops a bit and keep the room fan on.

[NiteShdw]

@NiteShdw, use eac3to.

That's what Ripbot is running automatically and that's what's giving the DTS decoding error.

The ArcSoft DTS Decoder reported an error while decoding.
Aborted at file position 563347456.

[damia]

http://i.imgur.com/D1lAetU.jpg

this when i update to new version 1.7.4... always out like this.. i don't know how to fix... version 1.7.3 always not responding and hang when pass2... please someone help me??

[aldix]

Does distributed encoding also work if I'd to feed the GUI Avisynth script, not explicit file like avi/mkv, etc.?

[DeWTurk]

The Question
How to encode hardsub ripbot? sub must be srt. or ass. file?

[hoju3508]

That's what Ripbot is running automatically and that's what's giving the DTS decoding error.

The ArcSoft DTS Decoder reported an error while decoding.
Aborted at file position 563347456.

Bad rip? Have you tried re-ripping the disk?

[damia]

hello.. anyone can help me?

[aldix]

No-one appears to reply here. Pointless.

[slalom]

http://i.imgur.com/D1lAetU.jpg

this when i update to new version 1.7.4... always out like this.. i don't know how to fix... version 1.7.3 always not responding and hang when pass2... please someone help me??
Edit the job and press properties, then restart the job

[Cubbi]

Usw this tool since year's.
Thanks for this simple tool.

[damia]

Edit the job and press properties, then restart the job


also same..

[aldix]

How hard is it to reply. Is Distributed Encoding working with Avisynth script, too? Meaning if I wouldn't feed it the source file itself, but the script containing it.

[Atak_Snajpera]

avs is not supported. see ripbot264.ini

[zeroprobe]

@Atak_Snajpera

I posted a while ago, because RipBot264 won't open AVI files, i have the same problem for now.
(Direct show source: the filter graph won't talk to me etc.)
Do you have any advice? please, my Let's play videos have got a, well, bad quality (the quality changes from good to bad very often).
Want to render them in AVI and then encode them to MP4 with RipBot so the Video does not loose the quality.

Thought I would add my contribution to this problem. I had the same thing.

It seemed to be when you tick Enable AVI Support when installing Haali Media Splitter. Reinstall it and don't tick it.

This worked for me.

[aldix]

Well, that sure blows.

[8ternity]

HI Atak,

I've got an error with ripbot264 while demuxing one or two mkv file.

I had the error "EConvertError" in module RipBot264.exe at 0000949A. Unknow / 150900' is not a valid floating point value.

I've got the same error with another mkv file. I demuxed and remuxed with mkvmerge, everything pass well, and redoes the same.

Could you help me with that please?

THanks :) :devil:

[Atak_Snajpera]

send me 50mb sample

[Jake802]

Any ideas why RipBot264 would just stop? So It appears no matter what I try with it I hang. I get No Error Message but I get to the following:

Pass1... [0.0%] 51530/493015046 frames, 31.63 fhps, 64329 kbps, eta 4329:02:05

Anyone have any ideas Please Let Me Know!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Does it hang on all file types (mp4,mkv and so on) or just one?

[Jake802]

It's definitely hanging on mkv, let me see if I have another file type to try. I will get back to you.

[aldix]

Can you please consider supporting avs input. Doing direct sources (avi, mkv, m2ts) via distributed encoding, is, of course, insane. Just aggregated ~100fps over 6 cores w/ --preset veryslow, but I very rarely do straight-up transparent encoding and need some extra script fiddling that x264 internally just doesn't provide.

edit: of course I could make an intermediate file locally in one of my machines & then distribute encode that, but kind of beats the purpose now, doesn't it?

Please think about it.

[Jake802]

Hi Atak, It appears to be mkv files only. What are your suggestions?

Thanks!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hi Atak, It appears to be mkv files only. What are your suggestions?

Thanks!

1) Uninstall ffdshow and haali media splitter
2) reboot
3) Install latest ffdshow and haali miedia splitter

[Atak_Snajpera]

Can you please consider supporting avs input. Doing direct sources (avi, mkv, m2ts) via distributed encoding, is, of course, insane. Just aggregated ~100fps over 6 cores w/ --preset veryslow, but I very rarely do straight-up transparent encoding and need some extra script fiddling that x264 internally just doesn't provide.

edit: of course I could make an intermediate file locally in one of my machines & then distribute encode that, but kind of beats the purpose now, doesn't it?

Please think about it.

Why don't you inject your script directly in ripbot? However you will have to use network paths. For example LoadPlugin("\\HOST-PC\RipBot264temp\Tools\...") Otherwise slave pcs won't be able to load your avisynth plugins.

[aldix]

Why don't you inject your script directly in ripbot? However you will have to use network paths. For example LoadPlugin("\\HOST-PC\RipBot264temp\Tools\...") Otherwise slave pcs won't be able to load your avisynth plugins.

Wait, what? How? :)

Injecting my script directly to RipBot is what I've been trying to do all this time.

It just starts encoding it in the primary PC even if I choose the avs from RipBot264Temp folder and everything.

I changed the few Loadplugin calls I had to "\\my-pc...", but to no avail.

All my plugins used aren't explicitly called, rather they are autoload .avsi extensions. Perhaps that's the problem?

Even so, didn't You say that distributed encoding doesn't support avs input. Which is it now? ;)

Many thanks for replying, though!

[Atak_Snajpera]

You have to open mkv ,mp4 ... in ripbot and then add your magic scripts in gui. You must ensure that ALL paths are \\my-pc ... in your .avsis

[aldix]

Umm... how do you add scripts in the GUI? You either load mkv etc or avs and that's it. Or am I missing something?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Properties -> show script

[aldix]

Yeah, I understand that. But I'm using DGIndexNV for indexing...

[aldix]

Been trying out with replacing the script via prop->show script with my own, but it always ends with the program not finding something called "info.txt" from the job1 folder.

How to fix that?

[Jake802]

Thanks Atak! It worked like a charm. My RipBot is back up and encoding!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Been trying out with replacing the script via prop->show script with my own, but it always ends with the program not finding something called "info.txt" from the job1 folder.

How to fix that?

Paste your job1.avs script and your extra scripts here. I will see what you are doing wrong ;)

[aldix]

Paste your job1.avs script and your extra scripts here. I will see what you are doing wrong ;)

Thanks a lot mate for looking into this, much appreciated :)

Job1 script with my additions:

#MT


#VideoSource
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot264\Tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
video=MPEG2Source("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.d2v")

#Deinterlace

#Decimate
deint=qtgmc(preset="slow",inputtype=0,tr1=0,tr2=0,edimode="nnedi3",rep0=1,blocksize=8,subpel=2,ediqual=2).selecteven()
tfm(slow=2,pp=0, clip2=deint).tdecimate().vinverse()


#Crop
Crop(6, 0, -6, -0)


#Resize



#Colors



#Denoise
source = last
sharp0 = source.Seesaw(nrlimit=0, nrlimit2=99, bias=51, sstr=0.72, Spower=3, Szp=12, Sdamplo=4, SdampHi=19, Slimit=99, sootheT=0, sootheS=0).mergechroma(source)
sup1 = source.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2)
sup2 = sharp0.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2,levels=1)
bvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
bvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
source.MDegrain2(sup2,bvec1,fvec1,bvec2,fvec2, thSAD=400)

#dehalo_alpha(darkstr=0.5,brightstr=0.5,rx=1.2,ry=1.2)
gradfun2dbmod(str=0.24, strC=0.0, temp=85, adapt=64)
#Blackmanresize(last.width, last.height, taps=4)

#Subtitles



#AudioSource



#DownMix



#Delay



#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub



#Triming
trim(0, 5000)


#AVSameLength



#ColorSpace

YlevelsS(10,1.0,250,0,255,false)

return video


Script that I want to set up:


MP_Pipeline("""
### platform: win32

loadplugin("C:\removed\Desktop\DGDecNV\dgindexnv_b2044\DGDecodeNV.dll")
DGSource("C:\removed\source.dgi")

deint=qtgmc(preset="slow",inputtype=0,tr1=0,tr2=0,edimode="nnedi3",rep0=1,blocksize=8,subpel=2,ediqual=2).selecteven()
tfm(slow=2,pp=0, clip2=deint).tdecimate().vinverse()
Crop(6, 0, -6, -0)

### prefetch: 64, 32
### ###

source = last
sharp0 = source.Seesaw(nrlimit=0, nrlimit2=99, bias=51, sstr=0.72, Spower=3, Szp=12, Sdamplo=4, SdampHi=19, Slimit=99, sootheT=0, sootheS=0).mergechroma(source)
sup1 = source.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2)
sup2 = sharp0.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2,levels=1)
bvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
bvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
source.MDegrain2(sup2,bvec1,fvec1,bvec2,fvec2, thSAD=400)

### prefetch: 32, 16
### export clip: source
### ###

#dehalo_alpha(darkstr=0.5,brightstr=0.5,rx=1.2,ry=1.2)

gradfun2dbmod(str=0.24, strC=0.0, temp=85, adapt=64)
tweak(sat=1.25, cont=1, hue=0.5, bright=1, coring=true)
YlevelsS(10,1.0,250,0,255,false)

#Blackmanresize(last.width, last.height, taps=4) ## enne oli peal

trim(0, 5000)

### prefetch: 16, 0
### ###
""")
AssumeFrameBased


Thanks again for any help!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try this for start. Always click on Preview Script to see if script has no error!

#MT


#VideoSource
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot264\Tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
video=MPEG2Source("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.d2v")

#Deinterlace

#Decimate
deint=qtgmc(video,preset="slow",inputtype=0,tr1=0,tr2=0,edimode="nnedi3",rep0=1,blocksize=8,subpel=2,ediqual=2).selecteven()
video=tfm(slow=2,pp=0, clip2=deint).tdecimate().vinverse()


#Crop
video=Crop(video,6, 0, -6, -0)


#Resize



#Colors



#Denoise
source = video
sharp0 = source.Seesaw(nrlimit=0, nrlimit2=99, bias=51, sstr=0.72, Spower=3, Szp=12, Sdamplo=4, SdampHi=19, Slimit=99, sootheT=0, sootheS=0).mergechroma(source)
sup1 = source.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2)
sup2 = sharp0.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2,levels=1)
bvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
bvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
source.MDegrain2(sup2,bvec1,fvec1,bvec2,fvec2, thSAD=400)

video=source

#dehalo_alpha(darkstr=0.5,brightstr=0.5,rx=1.2,ry=1.2)
video=gradfun2dbmod(video,str=0.24, strC=0.0, temp=85, adapt=64)
#Blackmanresize(last.width, last.height, taps=4)

#Subtitles



#AudioSource



#DownMix



#Delay



#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub



#Triming
video=trim(video,0, 5000)


#AVSameLength



#ColorSpace

video=YlevelsS(video,10,1.0,250,0,255,false)

return video

Are you going to use multpile PCs or just on with servers runing locally?

[aldix]

Cool, excellent suggestions all around. Didn't know you can play around with video variable like that. It works, kind of. Previews fine, anyway, even after my additions to the code.


#MT


#VideoSource
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\RipBot264\Tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
video=MPEG2Source("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.d2v")

#Deinterlace

#Decimate
assumeTFF(video)
deint=qtgmc(video,preset="slow",inputtype=0,tr1=0,tr2=0,edimode="nnedi3",rep0=1,blocksize=8,subpel=2,ediqual=2).selecteven()
video=tfm(video,slow=2,pp=0, clip2=deint).tdecimate().vinverse()


#Crop
video=Crop(video,6, 0, -6, -0)


#Resize



#Colors



#Denoise
source = video
maskstar = mt_edge(mt_motion(source.mt_binarize(upper=false),thT=15))
sharp0 = mt_average(source.Seesaw(nrlimit=0, nrlimit2=99, bias=51, sstr=0.72, Spower=3, Szp=12, Sdamplo=4, SdampHi=19, Slimit=99, sootheT=0, sootheS=0), source)#.mergechroma(source)
sup1 = source.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=1)
sup2 = sharp0.MSuper(pel=2,sharp=1,levels=1)
bvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 1, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
bvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = true, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
fvec2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb = false, delta = 2, overlap=4, chroma=true, truemotion=true)
source.MDegrain2(sup2,bvec1,fvec1,bvec2,fvec2,plane=4)#, thSAD=400)
mt_merge(last,source,maskstar)
video=last



super=MSuper(pel=2,sharp=2)
#preshp=mt_average(super.lsfmod(defaults="slow",strength=75),super)
bbv1=super.MAnalyse(isb=true, delta=1,overlap=4,truemotion=false,search=5)
ffv1=super.MAnalyse(isb=false, delta=1,overlap=4,truemotion=false,search=5)
MDegrain1(super,bbv1,ffv1,plane=3)
video=last

video=Temporalsoften(2,1,1,6,2)


#dehalo_alpha(darkstr=0.5,brightstr=0.5,rx=1.2,ry=1.2)
video=gradfun2dbmod(video,str=0.24, strC=0.0, temp=85, adapt=64)
#Blackmanresize(last.width, last.height, taps=4)

#Subtitles



#AudioSource



#DownMix



#Delay



#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub



#Triming
video=trim(video,0, 84000)
video=selectrangeevery(25000, 2000)


#AVSameLength



#ColorSpace

video=tweak(video,sat=1.25, cont=1, hue=0.5, bright=1, coring=true)
video=YlevelsS(video,10,1.0,250,0,255,false)

return video


However, still only one machine encodes, not both. # of Frames is 8000, ideally one should do 5K, another whats left.

Made a pic, you can see how gradual % and ETA is all messed up. Basically the same one machine just continues to do second chunk.

http://thumbnails106.imagebam.com/26949/3cf962269481739.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/3cf962269481739)

We're definitely getting somewhere, but we're not there just yet :/

[aldix]

Well, lo and behold - IT'S WORKING with whole file, i.e. with Trim commented out. I would rather do test encodes in a distributed fashion as well, but if that's not at all possible, well, I can't really complain ;)

Another thing is that x264 preset and tune keeps changing to 'default' once I set 'em to veryslow and film. Not sure if there's ultimately any effect for quality, but figured I'd just take a note of it.

[Atak_Snajpera]

in 2-pass mode chunks are created every 10 min and every 1 min in CQ mode

[aldix]

Well, I don't know what to tell you. As you can see from the screenshot, it went on way over 10 minutes with just one "chunk" until the end.

[Tatarov]

Hello! I'm from Ukraine, so sorry for my bad English.
I needed a function DistributedEncoding and I discovered your program.
However, I did not get to use it. In standard mode (UseDistributedEncoding = 0) all is well. However, when enabled DistributedEncoding = 1 a message appears: ERROR! Source file could not be indexed! Autoclosing at 5 sec/
13640

And in log file:



C:\>"H:\Torrent\TEMPP\RipBot264v1.17.4\EncodingClient.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_EncodingClient.meta"


C:\>"H:\Torrent\TEMPP\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -tmp "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp" -add "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264":name="Amaranthe - Amaranthine" -fps 25 -add "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\1_audio_Undetermined.aac":lang=und:delay=0 -mpeg4 -new "C:\Users\Sasha\Desktop\Amaranthe - Amaranthine.mp4"

Cannot find file C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264

Error importing C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264:name=Amaranthe - Amaranthine: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
-------------------------

Elapsed Time: 00h:00m:07s


I tried to mp4 (H.264), avi (divX) and mpeg2 - any difference
I use Windows 8 x64, UAC - disabled, and i run RipBot264.exe as Administrator - nothing helps...

Please help me.
Sincerely, Alexander

[Atak_Snajpera]

Well, I don't know what to tell you. As you can see from the screenshot, it went on way over 10 minutes with just one "chunk" until the end.

oh I see now. I will take a look in my code.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello! I'm from Ukraine, so sorry for my bad English.
I needed a function DistributedEncoding and I discovered your program.
However, I did not get to use it. In standard mode (UseDistributedEncoding = 0) all is well. However, when enabled DistributedEncoding = 1 a message appears: ERROR! Source file could not be indexed! Autoclosing at 5 sec/
13640

And in log file:



C:\>"H:\Torrent\TEMPP\RipBot264v1.17.4\EncodingClient.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_EncodingClient.meta"


C:\>"H:\Torrent\TEMPP\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\mp4box\mp4box.exe" -tmp "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp" -add "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264":name="Amaranthe - Amaranthine" -fps 25 -add "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\1_audio_Undetermined.aac":lang=und:delay=0 -mpeg4 -new "C:\Users\Sasha\Desktop\Amaranthe - Amaranthine.mp4"

Cannot find file C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264

Error importing C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264:name=Amaranthe - Amaranthine: Requested URL is not valid or cannot be found
-------------------------

Elapsed Time: 00h:00m:07s


I tried to mp4 (H.264), avi (divX) and mpeg2 - any difference
I use Windows 8 x64, UAC - disabled, and i run RipBot264.exe as Administrator - nothing helps...

Please help me.
Sincerely, Alexander

show me content of your C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\ folder

[Tatarov]

Hear is:
13641
13642
13643

And I just tried in Windows 7 x64, there all right. But i can't use Win 7, only Win 8....

[Atak_Snajpera]

is ripbot264temp shared?

see if you can access it via network path

for example //my-pc/ripbot264temp

[aldix]

oh I see now. I will take a look in my code.

I'm thoroughly amazed by your professionalism regarding all this. Not many authors would even react so fast, let alone think of looking at their code.

Your work is greatly appreciated.

Take your time. Day after tomorrow I shall be traveling anyways, so won't be able to do any two-machine encoding as it is.

For my current project that I have to finish rather fast, being able to distribute encode the whole file (complete with added script) is enough and much obliged.

We can sort out all this trim business once I return :)

Again, thanks!

[Tatarov]

No, its was not shared...
I share it manualy and probably its warck. I do mo test when back from work.
A huge thank you!

[Atak_Snajpera]

No, its was not shared...
I share it manualy and probably its warck. I do mo test when back from work.
A huge thank you!

nevertheless i'm not happy that ripbot264temp is not automatically shared on win8. Stupid m$ had to change something once again. Luckly tiles8 will never be as popular as winxp and win7.

[damia]

hai atak... why my ripbot in DistributedEncoding always not respoding... in pass1 or pass2... can u fix it??

[Atak_Snajpera]

no i can't

[damia]

no i can't

or maybe u can fix Ripbot for Audio AAC??? when i load some files with audio AAC format.. its appear error..

[damia]

atak... for new version 1.74 i always get error this.. http://i.imgur.com/dxwwFVg.jpg how to fix this ?

[Trayman]

@damia Make sure the foder is shared.

//Trayman

[8ternity]

nevertheless i'm not happy that ripbot264temp is not automatically shared on win8. Stupid m$ had to change something once again. Luckly tiles8 will never be as popular as winxp and win7.

Microsoft is always made changes that f$$ a lot of things. Over some months i look for an issue with Outlook changes that need HTML based on Strict 1.0. Tranditional 1.0 html are getting obselets and they not communicate nowhere for that change.

[damia]

@damia Make sure the foder is shared.

//Trayman

ya the folder already shared... but how to fix it?

[aldix]

I'm thoroughly amazed by your professionalism regarding all this. Not many authors would even react so fast, let alone think of looking at their code.

Your work is greatly appreciated.

Take your time. Day after tomorrow I shall be traveling anyways, so won't be able to do any two-machine encoding as it is.

For my current project that I have to finish rather fast, being able to distribute encode the whole file (complete with added script) is enough and much obliged.

We can sort out all this trim business once I return :)

Again, thanks!

Now that I'm back... have you looked at what's the problem with this #trim stuff? Thanks!

edit: Also, what's the reasoning behind forcing min-keyint 24 and keyint 240 in the encode settings? Something one has to change those but however you try,
the program forces it and my changes to the encode settings won't count. Annoying.

[hector1980]

today i Encode a file and it Encode it like this and i retry it for 4 times all was the same
Source:
http://s4.picofile.com/file/7899922903/123.png

my Encode:
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7899925585/124.png

an somtimes it gave me this error

http://s4.picofile.com/file/7899963866/125.png

Can U fix this or say me whats wrong?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try to update ffdshow and haali media splitter

[damia]

@ Atak_Snajpera how to set file like 4.37 GB?? i don know how to set it... when finish encode i not 4.37gb.. but 4gb or 3.9gb.. what wrong?

[Atak_Snajpera]

2-pass + locks size 4480 MB

[aldix]

More stuff.

When manually entering x264 options, apparently RipBot doesn't take kindly to the "--zones" option. Wasted like 6+ hrs yesterday, because the source which I wanted to encode with particular amount of frames set with --zones option was encoded throughout with ONLY the frames set by zones. Like, I had --zones 0,2351 and whole file encoded just looped these frames over and over again.

Another thing. Not only does YLevelsS disappear every time I set it under show script or by modifying the job script directly via temp folder, there also doesn't appear any effect stuff like Tweak and/or YLevelsS are doing to the finished product. I may set them under #Color (that one at least sticks) and #Colorspace, but no effect, at all.

Other stuff I wrote previously about I got figured out. Similarly, somehow #trimmed amount of frames encoding appear to work now in distributed fashion. But don't ask me how.

[damia]

2-pass + locks size 4480 MB

ok.. thanks.. :D

[damia]

@Atak_Snajpera... why in ripbot not option audio for DTS?? or how i can encode to DTS 1506kbps.. from HDMA 5.1 or 7.1

[Atak_Snajpera]

because ac3 is more efficient

[aldix]

@Atak_Snajpera... why in ripbot not option audio for DTS?? or how i can encode to DTS 1506kbps.. from HDMA 5.1 or 7.1

audiocoder ftw, I never encode audio simultaneously.

[damia]

because ac3 is more efficient

which one good ?? AC3 640kbps??

[damia]

audiocoder ftw, I never encode audio simultaneously.

is this support to encode from bluray disck to DTS audio??

[soneca]

@Atak_Snajpera... why in ripbot not option audio for DTS?? or how i can encode to DTS 1506kbps.. from HDMA 5.1 or 7.1

Convert tracks dts-ma for dts it makes no sense.
Simply extract the core dts.

[damia]

Convert tracks dts-ma for dts it makes no sense.
Simply extract the core dts.

you mean its same quality output??

[soneca]

you mean its same quality output??

Exactly.

[aldix]

Ok, I have more problems (not that I'm surprised given how clunky scripting w/Ripbot appears to be).

This script (source was m2ts that was internally changed to mkv by Ripbot supposedly via eac3to):


#MT


#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12() ## have tried FFVideosource and DGSource by setting the loadplugins explicitly and having them in the shared tools folder, same thing each time.

#Deinterlace



#Decimate



#Crop
video=Crop(video,0,140,-0,-140)


#Resize



#Colors
video=Tweak(video,hue=0,sat=1.1,bright=0,cont=1)


#Denoise
source = video
sharp0 = source.SeeSaw(nrlimit=0, nrlimit2=99, bias=61, sstr=2.75, Spower=4, Szp=13, Sdamplo=4, SdampHi=19, Slimit=99, sootheT=0, sootheS=0).mergechroma(source)
sup1 = source.fft3dfilter(sigma=2.5,sigma2=0.6,sigma3=0.9,sigma4=1.2,plane=4,bt=4,wintype=2,bw=16,bh=16).MSuper(pel=1,sharp=2)
sup2 = sharp0.MSuper(pel=1,sharp=2,levels=1)
bv1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb=true, delta=1,overlap=8, blksize=16,truemotion=false)
fv1 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb=false,delta=1,overlap=8, blksize=16,truemotion=false)
bv2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb=true, delta=2,overlap=8, blksize=16,truemotion=false)
fv2 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb=false,delta=2,overlap=8, blksize=16,truemotion=false)
bv3 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb=true, delta=3,overlap=8, blksize=16,truemotion=false)
fv3 = sup1.MAnalyse(isb=false,delta=3,overlap=8, blksize=16,truemotion=false)
video=source.MDegrain3(sup2,bv1,fv1,bv2,fv2,bv3,fv3,thsad=1200) ## same w/no explicit video variable setting, i.e. source. ... Curiously, the way this script originally is, w/o any "source", it wholly breaks in RipBot.

video=Temporalsoften(video,2,1,1,6,2) ## same outcome w/just Temporalsoften(2,1,1,6,2) w/o video

video=Gradfun2dbmod(video,str=0.1,strC=0.0, temp=85,adapt=64) ## enne oli temp=70 & str=0.17

#Subtitles



#AudioSource



#DownMix



#Delay



#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub



#Triming
video=trim(video,5000,10000)


#AVSameLength



#ColorSpace






return video


While everything appears kosher, each time I'm trying the encode (which works in distributed fashion now, mind you), it comes out as if only 1/3 of the frames get
encoded and then the finished product just loops this data around and around.

edit: and each chunk's info file ends with "error: wrote only 2285530 of 2304000 bytes" for what's it worth.

edit#2: I might have a hunch what's happening. In the avs scripts of the individual chunk files (1,2,3 etc) there's this section of AVSameLength and whereas I supppose
there has to be a setup of AVSameLength(video,#,#) there's no "video" in my current scripts. Might that be it and if it is, how to fix it?

[damia]

2-pass + locks size 4480 MB

atak.. u suggest to me for 720p 4480 2pass lock size ... for 1080p can u sugges to me... duration movie up to 2hour and 1hour 37minutes..

[Atak_Snajpera]

atak.. u suggest to me for 720p 4480 2pass lock size ... for 1080p can u sugges to me... duration movie up to 2hour and 1hour 37minutes..

My glass ball says 8150 MB but it may be wrong. I do not know.

@aldix
To be honest I didn't design DE MODE to be used with custom made scripts. This means that when you inject your stuff I do not guarantee it will work.

[Slitheen]

which one good ?? AC3 640kbps??

Which one do you think is good, lower or higher?

[damia]

My glass ball says 8150 MB but it may be wrong. I do not know.

@aldix
To be honest I didn't design DE MODE to be used with custom made scripts. This means that when you inject your stuff I do not guarantee it will work.

ok thanks... but 1more i want ask atak... my problem why version 7.4 http://i.imgur.com/D1lAetU.jpg this??? how i can fix ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

no idea

[aldix]

Well, just wanted to say that after enough of rather sophisticated tinkering, it is possible to make manually entered scripts work with RipBot in distributed encoding mode. Of course, most of the tricks have to be deducted and best-guessed given the apparent robust (and way too clunky) nature of the program.

However, the time spent in figuring out the fine (but emphatic for the overall process) details was well worth it.

Heavy script which previously ran at 2.1fps on 2core/4threads ran at 9+ fps at combined 6core/12threads system. Amazing stuff.

Many thanks for making this kind of shared encoding possible, in that sense RipBot truly is one of a kind.

[hector1980]

today i Encode a file and it Encode it like this and i retry it for 4 times all was the same
Source:
http://s4.picofile.com/file/7899922903/123.png

my Encode:
http://s1.picofile.com/file/7899925585/124.png

an somtimes it gave me this error

http://s4.picofile.com/file/7899963866/125.png

Can U fix this or say me whats wrong?

ill do that you said and it dont work what i have to do?

[8ternity]

Hi Atak,

Had you recoded your software due to all our floating point value error? Im still get same error when it's DTS-MA audio track in the MKV file.

[rsotome]

Been having problems with the more recent x264 builds not displaying "x264 [info]" in the log file after an encode.

Usually I'll get many lines starting with x264 [info] & the most important data on a 2pass, the final ratefactor.

But since build r2356 to r2358, the only info that shows up in the log file is settings used, the mkvmerge muxing info & how long everything took.

The last x264 build to output the correct log info was r2345.

Not sure if this a RipBot264 issue, or x264 issue, due to some internal changes.

[mini-moose]

Hi

trying this tool for the first time but I can't seem to launch RipBot264.exe cause it claims I'm missing Java runtime environment. I have JRE 6 and even installed 7 now from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html

[Atak_Snajpera]

try x86 version http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=79063

[mini-moose]

try x86 version http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=79063

Thanks for replying. Hmm, so you think it's cause I have Java x64 installed? I don't like installing stuff I don't really need and already have. What is java needed for anyway in ripbot? bd2up2sub ?

[slize]

Hi.

I have some troubles with red color after encoding. It's a common problem, I had the same in StaxRip while ago and adding that line:
ConvertToYV12(matrix="Rec709")
solved the problem.
Question is, I can't find the right place to add that line in RipBot. Where is it?

Thanks for your amazing work.

[aldix]

Perhaps add to the same place Ripbot usually sticks ConverttoYV12 for non-DVD encodes (rather redundant but whatchyagonnado). That is, right after the source call.

[slize]

So this is in Encoder settings - commands at the bottom?
When I add the line I can't render the clip out.
I tried that before posting here.

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://s23.postimg.org/bwjv96j5n/Untitled_1.png

[slize]

Thanks a lot, worked like a charm.
Is there any option so I could save it forever/as a default script for every single encoding?

[8ternity]

HI Atak,

Had you rebuild your ripbot264 code due to exe error on DTS-MA?

Thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

Not yet. I need to find some time. But I haven't forgotten about that. Do not worry;) Maybe you could send me PM with some link to proper "sample" in meantime ;)

[slalom]

Thanks for replying. Hmm, so you think it's cause I have Java x64 installed? I don't like installing stuff I don't really need and already have. What is java needed for anyway in ripbot? bd2up2sub ?
Many programs use Java, install both versions

[nekrosoft13]

would it be possible to add denoise options into the Batch dialog?

sometimes I want to re-encode 20+ clips and denoise them a bit after adding them all into batch I have to open them one by one and add denoise option.

:thanks:

[guest]

would it be possible to add denoise options into the Batch dialog?

sometimes I want to re-encode 20+ clips and denoise them a bit after adding them all into batch I have to open them one by one and add denoise option.

:thanks:

Ditto, good call, would be VERY handy :)

Bring on the next build :)

[damia]

hai atak.. why version 1.74 can't encode from Bluray disc??? its say can't find info.txt

[g0th1ckn1ght]

would it be possible to manually update the "plugins" used in Ripbot?

I also use MeGUI in conjunction with Ripbot and was wondering if I could use the most recent version of the various plugins (x264 for example) that MeGUI downloads with Ripbot.

I am very OCD when it comes to updates. and was thinking about copy/paste the latest versions to the ripbot plugins folder.

[aldix]

Yeah, that's what you're supposed to do. Heh.

[hoju3508]

@g0th1ckn1ght, I do that all of the time with mkvtoolnix.

[klopsknoedel]

Hi Atak,

I'm currently converting my whole BD- and DVD-Collection to make it accessible over a NAS for my HTPC and Raspberry Pi. Unfortunatly I've noticed that every movie out of 5 produces the "avs2yuv stopped working" - Error. Always the same movies but on different encoding - status. So i.e. one Movie stops the first time on 36%. On the second try at 57%. So it does not seem to be a corrupted sources.
Even I wonder that it is "avs2yuv.exe" which crashes instead of "avs2yuv64.exe" as I'm on a 64bit - System.

On DVDs I sometimes get the message that no Video-Stream could be indexed after "Combining VOBs..." finished.

My System is a complete fresh install with only ffdshow as the "codec pack".

My System:
Windows 8 x64
Intel Core i7-4770k
16GB RAM

AviSynth 2.5
ffdshow v1.3.4500 Official
ffdshow x64 v1.3.4500 Official
Haali Media Splitter (23/06/2013)
Java 7 Update 40
Java 7 Update 40 (64-bit)

Would be great If you could help me in any case. Using RipBot264 from the first day and I love it.

P.S. Another small wish: Would be great If you could turn RipBot to a multi-RIP - Tool. Just to make ripping DVDs much easier (get the main-movie by it's own as it does for BDs). Or to ad H.265 in future as it gets more importent ... in the future.

Thanks a lot!

[Atak_Snajpera]

So i.e. one Movie stops the first time on 36%. On the second try at 57%. So it does not seem to be a corrupted sources.
This random behaviour on the same source means that something is wrong with your system. CPU is overheating, memory fault ...

On DVDs I sometimes get the message that no Video-Stream could be indexed after "Combining VOBs..." finished.
Try preprocessing problematic DVD first in DVDFabDecrypter. There are few modes to try.

Or to ad H.265 in future as it gets more importent ... in the future.
h.265 is still in very early stage of the development. It will take few years before we get decent x265 encoder.

[klopsknoedel]

This random behaviour on the same source means that something is wrong with your system. CPU is overheating, memory fault ...

Thanks for the hint. I've allready checked that. LinX, Prime95, memtest86 and smartmontools haven't found any problems. It's quite strange that it only effects the exact same movies.

[Neil1976]

Can you tell me where I can change the script so I can encode an AVCHD disc with master audio, I believe this was to be addressed in the next update, at the moment I am having to make mkv's which is not my preferred format and please dont say use FLAC as that is not the option I want.

Many thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

According to spec DTS-MA is not allowed in AVCHD.
http://www.avchd-info.org/format/index.html

[PNC]

ripbot 1.17.4 (all needed stuff installed) i've got strange error
http://i59.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0921/da/9dbbbbc84fd3ecf6bfeeb6a9520fa1da.jpg
uac is off, i am administrator, this file opens in avidemux, but i dont like this aplication.

Help me somebody!!

core i7, 16gb ram, 4tb HDD, W7x64 lic

video file info:
General
Complete name : C:\123.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 2.20 GiB
Duration : 1h 0mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 168 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-08-14 08:34:59
Tagged date : UTC 2013-08-14 08:36:21
©TIM : 00:00:00:00
©TSC : 30000
©TSZ : 1001

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1h 0mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 008 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 6 000 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 2.13 GiB (97%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2013-08-14 08:34:59
Tagged date : UTC 2013-08-14 08:34:59

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 1h 0mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 157 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 243 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 68.6 MiB (3%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2013-08-14 08:34:59
Tagged date : UTC 2013-08-14 08:34:59

getinfo writes:
video=DirectShowSource("C:\123.mp4",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()
LoadPlugin("K:\arch\codecs\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\AviSynth plugins\BassAudio\BassAudio.dll")
audio=BassAudioSource("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\1_audio_English.aac")
AudioDub(video,audio)
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Framecount")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Framerate")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioRate")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioChannels")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioLength")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Width")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Height ")
Trim(0,-1)

[Atak_Snajpera]

does 1_audio_English.aac exist?

[nitinpushpan]

I also have a similar issue as with PNC

http://s11.postimg.org/yj3h3zj9v/Untitled.png

I am trying to rip a bluray movie and this is the first time such an error has showed up. I haven't had any problems in the past. The getinfo.avs file reads as follows;



video=DirectShowSource("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()
LoadPlugin("D:\Programs\RipBot264\tools\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio\NicAudio.dll")
audio=RaWavSource("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_English.dtsma.w64",1)
AudioDub(video,audio)
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Framecount")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Framerate")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioRate")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioChannels")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioLength")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Width")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Height ")
Trim(0,-1)


The MediaInfo of the file video.mkv reads as follows;


General
Unique ID : 154374925536375309815066782301341194833 (0x742387780866F691CEB4AF2FAA359A51)
Complete name : C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 1
File size : 18.6 GiB
Duration : 2h 4mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 21.3 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2013-09-21 18:50:45
Writing application : eac3to
Writing library : Haali DirectShow Matroska Muxer 1.13.138.14

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@0.0
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 4mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 20.9 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 37.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.420
Stream size : 18.2 GiB (98%)
Default : No
Forced : No


I can't understand what the problem is exactly. Thanks in advance for your help. You have done a wonderful software. I use RipBot264 regularly.

[Atak_Snajpera]

reinstall haali media spliter

if you are familiar with regedit check those entries
http://s17.postimg.org/yrzl2lz73/Untitled_1.png

[Neil1976]

DTSHD-MA is allowed and works perfectly, please tell me how to get ripbot to allow me too, info below

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00000.MPLS
Length: 1:40:09.002 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 23,931,672,576 bytes
Total Bitrate: 31.86 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 26451 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3714 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3714 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Have you seen AVCHD specs?

[Neil1976]

Yes I have read it but I make these type of discs all the time and they all work perfectly, AVCHD is in the blu-ray family after all. The crap part is that I have to encode without sound and then add the audio in with tsMuxer, the problems is the calculations with the overhead that the AVCHD uses (same as blu-ray) so when making a BD25 I hardly ever get 100% of the disc used, thats why I need ripbot to except MA or TrueHD so I take up more of the disc and also get 7.1 sound, trust me it works perfectly.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Ripbot264 also can't calculate correct size for DTS-MA. You can try with DEMUX option though.

[klopsknoedel]

Hi,

sorry if I may annoy you but I still have problems with avs2yuv which stops working every time on the same sources.
I've twice checked my hardware with a bunch of tools. Even in windows and linux and everything is fine.

Then I've check every source, codec, bitrate etc. of my movies and they all have something in common. Every video-stream is VC-1 - encoded.

So may thats the major problem. So if anyone has an idea how to fix the VC-1 - Problem under Windows 8 x64 that would be fantastic!!!

[Neil1976]

I use demux but it errors as you said before you disabled this option for AVCHD hence I have had to use MKV and then tsMuxer to convert to AVCHD

[Atak_Snajpera]

So may thats the major problem. So if anyone has an idea how to fix the VC-1 - Problem under Windows 8 x64 that would be fantastic!!!

Do you see that FFDshow icon during preview (PREVIEW SCRIPT) in Ripbot?

http://s14.postimg.org/xtcsgvy2p/Untitled_1.png

[klopsknoedel]

Do you see that FFDshow icon during preview (PREVIEW SCRIPT) in Ripbot?

Yes it is/was present all the time.

Edit: I've deleted the rest of the post as these settings only worked for 1 Movie. So it's quite frustrating. Seems like Win7 seems to be the only way to get it back working.
Atak. Thanks for your help and support in any way! :thanks:

[PNC]

reinstall haali media spliter

if you are familiar with regedit check those entries
http://s17.postimg.org/yrzl2lz73/Untitled_1.png

Ola! this is answer for my question http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1644828#post1644828 ?

[BlockABoots]

Have noticed ever since upgarding my system to the new intel Haswell CPU, i have been having hit and miss performance when using RipBot. Basically RipBot is causing my system to get the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD). I can got 5 encodes and then the 6th will crash the system, or got just 2 and get BSOD.

I used the program, WhoCrashed with give system code each time the system crashes, and the code im getting is, 0x3B. here is the log file for the crash....

On Mon 23/09/2013 18:05:13 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\092313-8704-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: atikmdag.sys (atikmdag+0x7AB99)
Bugcheck code: 0x3B (0xC0000094, 0xFFFFF880072B0B99, 0xFFFFF880070488E0, 0x0)
Error: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\atikmdag.sys
product: ATI Radeon Family
company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
description: ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver
Bug check description: This indicates that an exception happened while executing a routine that transitions from non-privileged code to privileged code.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: atikmdag.sys (ATI Radeon Kernel Mode Driver, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.).
Google query: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION


Is seems to point to the ATI Kernel Mode Driver, Ripbit appears to be the only program that cause my system to crash. Has anybody else had problems at all with ATI based cards....or though im not even sure how or why my ATI GPU would have anything to do with RipBot?

[Atak_Snajpera]

are you sure that pc is 100 percent stable ? (CPU/MEMORY/POWER SUPPLY)

btw i have r4850 and win7 and zero problems.

[klopsknoedel]

Same for me. See this and the previous page for my problems with Win8 and RipBot.
Since I rolled back to Win7 EVERY problem is gone. Shame about the 25€ I've paid for Win8 Pro but ... who cares? :)

Edit: By the way. Till now I have seen a lot of people who had ATI-Driver-Problems under Win8. So the implementation seems buggy.

[Tuxon86]

Hi!

Is there any way in RipBot264 to rip more than one audio track? I like to have both the original language track + the french audio track when available, but the GUI seem to be limited to one audio track and one sub track only...

Presently I have to use eac3to to extract the second audio and sub track and then use mkvmerge to insert them in the final package. It would be more convenient if I could do it in one shot within ripbot.

have you ever consider doing such a modification to this wonderful utility?

[Darksoul71]

@Tuxon86: I am not Atak but i answer anyway. Support for multiple language audio tracks has been asked before and ignored. So chances are low that this will be implemented any time soon. Similar to other things such as local characters in filenames :cool:

[Tuxon86]

@Tuxon86: I am not Atak but i answer anyway. Support for multiple language audio tracks has been asked before and ignored. So chances are low that this will be implemented any time soon. Similar to other things such as local characters in filenames :cool:

Well, that's too bad. I guess I'll have to roll my own then.

[Darksoul71]

Not really...the rest of the functionality is still great. I would rather use a tool chain around RipBot to extract and re-merge the additional audio tracks to your final movie. At least if you are happy with the functions RipBot provides.

In the end: One that mainly wants to do BD backup to a certain format gets pretty much all he needs by simply using the standard tools (x264 / ffmpeg / ea3to / etc) and glues them together with some scripting language (Python / AutoIt / AHK). When choosing the right tool chain, things do even run on Linux and Windows.

[damia]

hai atak... how to fix this?? http://i.imgur.com/WBUyp8l.jpg

[Neil1976]

Hi Atak, I have worked out how ripbot can calculate Lossless audio (DTSHD MA & TrueHD) going back to our earlier conversation.

Firstly we know that ripbot knows how to calculate the core of the audio so you subtract that amount the size of the total size of the lossless audio (in bytes to be most accurate).
Ripbot has some default sizes, I am choosing 23830MB (I am assuming that this figure does take the core audio in account)

That allowed me to shrink a full size blu-ray to a BD25 and I was only 1% out once the video and audio was muxed together with tsMuxer, so I would say minus 50MB to be on the safe side.

Is that helpful and something you could build in to Ripbot?

[Ronski]

I've been using distributed encoding for a while, today I left my computer processing a batch job, when I came home I found my daughter had logged me off and turned off the PC :angry:

So I restarted the job, but only the server on the host PC works, all other servers flick between IDLE/ENCODING and the status line flicks between Queue and 192.168.0.7: -> Starting...

I've rebooted all computers, checked IP addresses, but can't think what else it could be.

Any idea's what's caused this or how to fix it please?

[Atak_Snajpera]

manually re-share (READ/WRITE) ripbot264temp folder

[Ronski]

Thanks Atak for the quick reply. I manually reshared the folder, but I can't see any of the shared folders on the host PC, as far as the other PC's are concerned it doesn't exist when I try to access it, so there lies my problem. The host PC can see the other PC's shared folders though, and I can ping the host PC. I expect it windows playing about. At least I know where to look now, :thanks:

Edit: After shutting down and restarting the host PC, I can now access it's shares from other PCs, so I expect distributed encoding will now work ok next time.

[JCKitchens1]

After experiencing that same problem, I finally figured out that it is happening with PAL videos. Every time I loaded a PAL video I get that same error. Since the Playstation 3 won't play PAL videos, it has become sort of a warning for me, to look for another video to process with RipBot264...

[aldix]

How come .avi's don't work with Distributed Encoding even though config file says otherwise? Tried with a lossless avi and it just started to encode it on the primary pc, not the server one.

Also, plugins that may require reading an external file, even if in the temp dir, makes the program function improperly so that no crucial info file is created. Just saw this with tdecimate reading txt file.

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) What codec do you use for lossless file?

2) I don't understand your problem. ffm2 also must save index file in order to work properly.

[aldix]

1) Lagarith

2) I particularly meant the txt files Yatta produces and which are read with FieldDeint & TDecimate. When I insert the Deinterlace bit into the Ripbot script and do the same with Decimate bit, the program doesn't produce any info file and hence, can't encode.

Furthermore, I haven't had any success to make scripts with external file readings to work previously, either. For instance, for variable framerate I would first do tfm/tdecimate and make files via Virtualdub, then I'd read those files again with tfm/tdecimate in order to encode. But can't with Ripbot.

And what's worse, given that I can do all the 2-step business with Yatta at once & just make intermediary Lossless file, Ripbot doesn't do distributed encoding with it so it's pointless.

Don't know if I can explain any clearer.

[glen8]

Hi,

Quick question. I've noticed on a few blurays the autocrop seems a bit strange

White House Down detects as 138,2,140,2 - Why is it setting the sides to crop 2. I've checked the film and having it set as 2 means you actually loose a tiny bit of the picture (granted not much, but still). also, does the top and bottom look ok with having different numbers?

Star Trek The Motion Picture is really wrong though as half the screen is missing. I had to do that one manually.

Thanks!

[aldix]

Always crop manually, shouldn't lean on doing everything automatically so much. And 138 is wrong as well, it has to be evenly 140/140, + I have yet to see a BD which requires cropping left/right, heh.

[slalom]

Sometimes there are vetrical black lines, left and right, that's the 2 pixels left and right. Same thing top and bottom, that's how you get 138. I always remove them.
Always check cropping before you begin the job.
You can't crop left 2 right 0, the remaining pixels should be a multiple of 4, so it should be 2 left and 2 right or 4 0.

And check the size below to get the proper 1920x800

[Sveni-go]

would it be possible to add Subtitle options into the Batch dialog?
e.g. always insert all subtitles
and would it be possible to add the command line options for mkvmerge (--engage no_cue_duration --engage no_cue_relative_position)?

[smuperman]

Why do i get an "Source File could not be indexed" while using DC?

I do not get it, it worked perfect for about a year and now this error.

Reinstalled everything, nothing changed ...


Source file are various x264 mkv files.

[guest]

How well would Ripbot perform, with a XEON E5 2697 v2 12 core CPU ????

[Metaphor]

How well would Ripbot perform, with a XEON E5 2697 v2 12 core CPU ????

If you were to ask me, Id say aside from some slight NUMA latency, RipBot is a stellar performer with multi-core, multi-processor systems.

This particular encode is using the Hi10P Slower preset.
Click for absurdly large images of CPU Performance Porn (http://i.imgur.com/SRNMt9c.jpg)


Also, my cat is sleeping on the exhaust vents which is why my temps are higher - But she is happy, so oh well :sly:

Atak, If I've not said this over the years, Thank you for such a wonderful program. I've been using RipBot for longer than I can remember and you, this program and Doom9 Forums have helped my understanding of video encoding greatly.

Ever in Seattle, I'll buy you a %Drink_Choice%

[Wishbringer]

@Metaphor:
I am a bit curious, you are only getting around 11fps in first pass (uploaded picture) with that highend CPU.
FullHD Stream? What settings?
Because in first pass I get over 30fps with an normal OCed (4.4GHz 3570K)
2nd pass with "very slow" is still over 10fps.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Most likely Placebo + CQ mode with insanely low CRF value. I think it would be faster if you just copied entire movie without re-encoding. 33Mbps !?!? Similar bitrate can be found on original BD movies.

[Metaphor]

I'm encoding using the Hi10P, Slower profile with a CRF of 18

For TV shows (Like whats being encoded in that screenshot) I will sometimes not see much of a space savings. Using the same preset with typical movies I'll get a movie that takes up half as much space or better than the original.

Some might think these settings overkill, and they may well be.

What I can say is that using these settings, I have yet to find a source that isnt faithful to the original, and yet still often nets a substantial savings in space. Most of the titles I've encoded with this profile (Now at about 300) are in the 8-15Gb range from their original 20-35GB sources.

When building a reference library, I'll err to the side of caution and conservatism in regards to impacts on image quality over the increase in speed.

[sifulee]

Hello,

I've been using ripbot for years now and have never had any problems that I couldn't figure out myself, but I'm completely stomped on my current issue.

I can't get distributed encoding to work with my DVD (.vob) files. It works with everything else I have mkv, m2ts, etc. I have two computers and it works on the host computer but not the remote. The remote server just keeps starting and stopping getting this error.

error: MPEG2Source: Could not open on of the input files.
(\\SIFU-PC\RipBot264temp\job1\Chunks\91.avs, line 6)
x264 [error]: could not open input file`-'

Again distributed encoding works great with my mkv and m2ts files. Can anyone help?

SiFu

[Guest]

Post the avisynth script.

[sifulee]

Where is the avisynth script located?

I'm running the latest version of RipBot264v1.17.4 on Windows 7-64bit both computers.

[Darksoul71]

Where is the avisynth script located?

There :rolleyes:
\\SIFU-PC\RipBot264temp\job1\Chunks\91.avs

[sifulee]

There :rolleyes:
\\SIFU-PC\RipBot264temp\job1\Chunks\91.avs

I had removed the job :p . I started a new one and getting same error. Here is script...

#MT


#VideoSource
LoadPlugin("\\SIFU-PC\Ripbot264temp\Tools\dgindex\DGDecode.dll")
video=MPEG2Source("\\SIFU-PC\RipBot264temp\job2\Chunks\job2.d2v")

#Deinterlace



#Decimate



#Crop



#Resize



#Colors



#Denoise




#Subtitles



#AudioSource

audio=BlankClip(video, audio_rate=48000, channels=8)
audio=ResampleAudio(audio,48000)
#DownMix
Import("\\SIFU-PC\Ripbot264temp\Tools\AviSynth plugins\Scripts\DownMixAudio.avs")
audio=DownMix2Stereo(audio)

#Delay
audio=DelayAudio(audio,0)


#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub
audio=ConvertAudioTo16bit(audio)
AudioDub(video,audio)

#Triming



#AVSameLength
Trim(8640,10079)


#ColorSpace

[Sightus]

Hi Atak,

recently I upgraded to a dual-socket system with two Xeon E5-2470; hence 32 logical cores. While using Ripbot the taskmanager shows that the average cpu usage is round about 25%; regardless the mode (1- or 2-pass).

So maybe you can tell me if there is a limit according the # of cores of if the mistake had to found elsewhere?

Best regards

[Atak_Snajpera]

show us your script

[Sightus]

Here is what I found

job1.ini
Container=mkv
LockSize=1
Size=4200
Deinterlace=Do not deinterlace
Crop=Automatically
CropTop=0
CropBottom=0
CropLeft=0
CropRight=0
Resize=HD-Ready 1280x720 [1,78:1]
ResX=1280
ResY=720
Decimate=Do not decimate
Colors=Do not change colors
hue=0
sat=1
bright=0
cont=1
subtitles=Do not use subtitles
subtitleFileSize=0
path=
Denoise=Do not denoise
DenoiseLumaNoise=0
DenoiseChromaNoise=0
AssumeFPS=Do not change
Forced_Subtitles=NONE

job1.avs
#MT


#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()

#Deinterlace



#Decimate



#Crop
video=Crop(video,0,0,-0,-0)


#Resize
video=Spline36Resize(video,1280,720).Sharpen(0.2)


#Colors



#Denoise




#Subtitles



#AudioSource
LoadPlugin("F:\Ripbot\tools\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio\NicAudio.dll")
audio=RaWavSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_German.dtshr.w64",1)
audio=ResampleAudio(audio,48000)
#DownMix



#Delay
audio=DelayAudio(audio,0)


#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub
audio=ConvertAudioTo16bit(audio)
AudioDub(video,audio)

#Triming



#AVSameLength
Trim(0,146231)


#ColorSpace




http://www.bilder-hosting.info/vorschau/bfi1382558269e.PNG (http://www.bilder-hosting.info/viewer.php?id=bfi1382558269e.PNG)

[Atak_Snajpera]

resizer is single threaded hence you most likely have bottle neck.

workaround? use distributed encoding mode with 4 servers.

[Sightus]

@Atak

Well, thanks for your answer; seems I have to do so. Hence, if I would stick to Full-HD there would be a speedup, right? Is there any chance the resizer will become multi threaded?

Best regards

[sifulee]

Any suggestions for my issue?

[Atak_Snajpera]

I would like to see this file \\SIFU-PC\RipBot264temp\job2\Chunks\job2.d2v as well

[BlockABoots]

Hmmm, this program appears to not be working too well Windows 8.1, seems to take much longer 'Gathering information' that what windows 7 did!

[MK1234Tfan]

I was wondering if there is a setting so that ripbot only encodes the file selected from a dvd file and doesn't combine all of the VOB's? I'm trying to get separate episodes encoded as separate files instead of having all of the episodes joined together into 1 continuous mp4.

I'm also having problems selecting language audio. When I preview the video it's using the French voice overs and can't seem to find a way to select which language audio to use.

Thanks!

[Atak_Snajpera]

just rename .vobs and files won't be joined.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hmmm, this program appears to not be working too well Windows 8.1, seems to take much longer 'Gathering information' that what windows 7 did!

try windows 7 codec tweaker by clsid

[MK1234Tfan]

Thanks for the idea. Good app too. Any idea on how to choose English spoken language over French?

[Atak_Snajpera]

have you tried switching audio stream in combobox ?

[Richard1485]

What does Ripbot use for muxing elementary streams to a strict AVCHD folder output?

[Atak_Snajpera]

tsmuxer

[Richard1485]

In that case, how does it configure tsmuxer for strict AVCHD output? Every time I use tsmuxer, it generates a Certificate folder, but perhaps this is a limitation of the GUI.

[tp546]

Hi Atak,
Despite having the subtitles selected when I select video/audio/sub streams, they never actually make it into my resulting files according to mediainfo - is this a known issue or something i may be overlooking?

[hoju3508]

@Jeff B, RipBot264 removes the unnecessary folders like Certificate.

[Richard1485]

Thanks, hoju3508. The only difference that I was aware of in terms of folder structure was the Certificate folder. If that is what Ripbot does, the logical inference is that one can encode streams that are in spec for strict AVCHD, mux to an AVCHD AUX folder structure, and delete the unnecessary folders, to make a strict AVCHD. That's useful knowledge. Now I have to work out which folders, apart from Certificate, to delete.

[tp546]

Hi Atak,
Despite having the subtitles selected when I select video/audio/sub streams, they never actually make it into my resulting files according to mediainfo - is this a known issue or something i may be overlooking?

Can anyone help me with this? I tried searching through the thread but wasn't able to find anything. I am currently ripping a separate file with MakeMKV and merging them with MKVmerge but would really like to eliminate that step from my process.

[pinkkisokeri]

This small app written in Delphi is specially for people looking for something simple without exotic filters and unnecessary settings.

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Download
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Common problems:
1) AviSynth Error message or other decoding problem (avs2avi.exe/avs2yuv.exe crashes)
Uninstall all codec packs , AviSynth , Haali Media Spliter , ffdshow. XP users also must install Windows Media Player 11!
2) x264 crashes
check cpu stability in LinX (http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/663563/LinX/en/LinX.7z). check memory in memtest86




Q: What does 4.1 profile do over 4.0 and would 4.1 be better for working with HD DVD/Blu Ray discs?
A: According to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Levels) maximum bitrate in 4.0 high profile is limited to 25Mbps. 4.1 is limited to 62.5Mbps. That's all!


Changelog

v1.17.4
Added: Demuxing DTS-MA and TrueHD (for those who really need them in mkv container for some reason)
Added: Audio is now encoded simultaneously with video (More efficient cpu usage)
Added: FRAPS recordings are now allowed in Distributed Encoding mode
Added: .FLV is allowed in Distributed Encoding Mode
Added: Opus audio as supported input format
Added: Automatic Upmix Mono to Stereo (reason: FhG AAC does not support mono)
Added: EncodingClient will now automatically share Ripbot264temp folder
Added: Prgress indicator while combining chunks
Added: AC3 192kbps,224kbps,256kbps profiles to mkv container
Added: Option in RipBot264.ini to tweak sharpening after resizing
Fixed: Hanging on some AAC files during 'Gathering information' stage
Fixed: Incorrect fps added to TextSub() function with enabled Inverse Telecine + Decimate
Changed: Vorbis codec removed (Reason: New better OPUS codec will be added later)
Changed: Bepipe.exe replaced by avs2pipemod.exe (Reason: Later does not require .net 2.0 to be installed)
Updated: BassAudio 2.4, eac3to 3.27, FFmpeg 2013-01-19, MediaInfo 0.7.61, MKVToolnix 6.0.0, x264 r2245

[FULL LOG (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/RipBot264/version-history#changelog)]

More applications from me can be found here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=162096)

Are you the maker of RipBot264? Is your software freeware or some other form of free software or do I have to pay you for using it? Are all softwares and codec's bundled with it legal to use straight out of the box or do I have to pay someone else for some codec-usage?

Thanks for answering!

[Atak_Snajpera]

100 % free of charge. If you really like it you can still support me via paypal.

[aldix]

Problems, again.

I have re-installed the official version as well as the beta you gave me, Atak, but after working properly all the time I'm completely unable to make the program index a MKV file.

It finalizes the initial process, but stops with getinfo error that states as if such file type isn't supported.

What's up?

edit: DirectShowSource... .mkv input

"Media type of this file is not recognized."

edit#2: Hmm... so apparently re-installing Haali Media Splitter solves this. Good to know, I guess.

[hoju3508]

Will there be a RipBot265 :)?

[Atak_Snajpera]

More likely ripbot264 with codec selection in gui

[Hiritsuki]

i wan't to sugest the ripbot264 add a new parament for distributed of "frames"

[Atak_Snajpera]

can you be more specific?

[aldix]

I bet he/she means something along the lines of what e.g. Handbrake offers by default or what elsewhere can set manually by x264 conf/avs script: GUI-specific choice to only encode a certain number of frames.

Have been thinking the same thing myself, actually. Would help to test out 2-pass encodes more specifically, presently I just have to do crf encodes for test, because configuring avs script w/ video=trim(video,0, 100000)/video=selectrangeevery(video, 25000,2000), for instance, just isn't obtainable in a distributed fashion. Program makes just one chunk. And your previous note that 2-pass cuts chunks of 10(?) minutes doesn't fly either, because if I would increase these numbers, result would still be the same.

Personally I think that selectrangeevery messes stuff up here, but trim alone wouldn't be much use if one wants to cross-cut through source material for better overall perspective.

Of course, I can also be wrong and OP meant something else entirely.

[Hiritsuki]

@aldix

yes that's i means.
set the frames to parallel task
example 0-100 101-200 201-300 301-400 etc.

http://i.minus.com/jRh5cccjCzJVK.png (http://minus.com/lRh5cccjCzJVK)

[aldix]

Uh, to elaborate in comprehensible fashion...

Set distributed encoding to, say, 10000 frames via GUI w/o kludging it manually in avs (trim(video...) and/or selectrangeevery(video...)).

[pnkiller78]

It seams that those movies were encoded in AVC according to uncle google. You will have to prepare sample where grey frames occur. This maybe difficult though if this does not happen at the begining of the movie.

First you will have to locate at what chunk (frame index) grey frames show up. Then you will have to cut out sample with mmg.exe from previous chunk to next not corrupted chunk.

Example:
Chunk (OK) -> 1000,1439
Chunk (Grey frames) -> 1440,2879
Chunk (OK) -> 2880,4318

So proper sample should start from frame 1000 and should end at frame 4318.

@Atak_Snajpera
Hi...
I've been experiencing the same problem with the grey frames during the distributed encoding...
In the original Chunk folder, the avs/files that generate the erroneous encoded .264 file have this info:

Good chunk
#AVSameLength
video=Trim(video,60463,61919)
Bad chunk
#AVSameLength
video=Trim(video,61920,63340)
Good chunk
#AVSameLength
video=Trim(video,63341,64799)

So, I've made a sample from the original video.mkv with mmg.exe using this command line
"C:\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\\Temp\\RipBot264temp\\job47\\video-chunk.mkv" "--default-track" "0:no" "--forced-track" "0:no" "--display-dimensions" "0:1920x1080" "-d" "0" "-A" "-S" "-T" "--no-global-tags" "--no-chapters" "(" "C:\\Temp\\RipBot264temp\\job47\\video.mkv" ")" "--track-order" "0:0" "--split" "parts-frames:60463-64799"
I've upload the sample HERE (http://speedy.sh/kSjg3/video-chunk.mkv)

The grey frames appear in the first frame on the "bad encode" chunk. In the sample that would be frame 1457
This is the frame before the error
http://i42.tinypic.com/20fyjd5.jpg
This is the exact frame that generates the error (grey frames) when it's encoded.
http://i40.tinypic.com/kez1hh.jpg

One more thing, if I create a custom avs/cmd file merging the good chunk+bad chunk and use to encode the problematic video section, the resulting encode is good, no errors
The avs look like this
#AVSameLength
video=Trim(video,60463,64799)


If you need something else, please let me know, I have other cases exhibiting the same problem.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Thank you for this detailed bug report. It turns out that even latest ffms2 decoder still has some issues with avc streams. I've re-posted this bug on their bug tracker. https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2/issues/137

[pnkiller78]

Thank you for this detailed bug report. It turns out that even latest ffms2 decoder still has some issues with avc streams. I've re-posted this bug on their bug tracker. https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2/issues/137

Too bad...
I was thinking in something that could be done to minimize the impact of the ffms bug, tell me what you think about this:
What if you implement a new concept inside the routine that generates the chunks to encode in the distributed encoding process, something like "frame chunk density"... in this the user could select via a combobox or slider selector something like, let's say, 5 predefined values.
This selection would affect how many chunks and how many frames per chunk are generated before starting the encoding process. Also, the amount of encoding servers could be directly related to this process, let me explain that last one... let's says the user have 6 encoding servers, and the video stream have 60,000 frames, in a high density chunk selection that would be 10,000 frames per chunk and 6 chunks, one per server, in a lower density chunk selection that could be like 1,000 frames per chunk and 60 chunks, each server would have to encode 10 chunks to complete the encoding process... The direct effect would be the ability to minimize the probability that a chunk could start with a frame in which the ffms indexer has problems.
Obviously, the starting frames for each chunk doesn't have to be exact integer dividends of the amount of frames in the stream, I presume right now that those are related to the seek frames list generated by ffmsindex.exe utility. In a scenario with the mentioned feature the initial frame for each chunk would be an approximation that would have to be adjusted to the nearest seek frame recorded in the ffmsindex log file.

Also, it would be cool if the program could log in some file the list of seek frames that were used in a particular distributed encoding job, that would permit that the user (one like myself :) ) could check with another tool how the starting frame of a particular chunk looks under the current ffms indexer state. Although, it would be nice if such preview could be integrated in the same windows that allow us to edit the picture properties... I don't know if that last one would be too much asking... ;)
I think that such a feature would not be too difficult to implement, what do you think?

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) unfortunatelly still soner or later you will end up with corrupted frames anyway.

2) well you can open x.avs file located in chunks folder in mpc-hc

[pnkiller78]

1) unfortunatelly still soner or later you will end up with corrupted frames anyway.

2) well you can open x.avs file located in chunks folder in mpc-hc

:( Yes, you're right, I know that is not a perfect solution... but in a high density frames per chunk scheme the errors are less likely to happen and easier to spot.
Well, it was just an idea.
I hope the guys who develop the ffms could resolve the bug...

[aldix]

Is it possible to somehow change DirectshowSource as being used as far as m2ts muxed into mkv or just mkv is concerned?

Whereas MPEGSource works perfectly with SetMTMode(5) call prior to it, DSS is impossible (nothing but different crashes, even with MPC playback). Can't I somehow at least swap it to FFVideosource given that all that stuff exists in Tools, but is for reasons beyond understanding unused?

Thanks.

[Atak_Snajpera]

:( Yes, you're right, I know that is not a perfect solution... but in a high density frames per chunk scheme the errors are less likely to happen and easier to spot.
Well, it was just an idea.
I hope the guys who develop the ffms could resolve the bug...

I think I may have workaround for this issue. In order to avoid corrupted frames I would have to start decoding from previous key-frame and then discard those extra frames during encoding (--seek command in x264 encoder). I've already tested this method on your sample and it works fine. No corrupted frames.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Is it possible to somehow change DirectshowSource as being used as far as m2ts muxed into mkv or just mkv is concerned?

Whereas MPEGSource works perfectly with SetMTMode(5) call prior to it, DSS is impossible (nothing but different crashes, even with MPC playback). Can't I somehow at least swap it to FFVideosource given that all that stuff exists in Tools, but is for reasons beyond understanding unused?

Thanks.


MPEGSource works even with SetMTMode(2). This way you get multithreaded decoder ;)
DSS crashes because it is not frame accurate.

Just replace

#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("..\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()

with this

LoadPlugin("...\Tools\AviSynth plugins\ffms\ffms2.dll")
video=FFVideoSource("..\video.mkv",threads=1)


BTW. FFVideoSource will have to first index your file. Be patient. It may take some time.

[aldix]

In case you don't know, the program indexes the file regardless, even when ultimately calling it via DirectShow in the script. Only you know what's the point of something like this :P

Anyways, I'll try. Prior attempts to remove DSS haven't gone over well at all.

[pnkiller78]

I think I may have workaround for this issue. In order to avoid corrupted frames I would have to start decoding from previous key-frame and then discard those extra frames during encoding (--seek command in x264 encoder). I've already tested this method on your sample and it works fine. No corrupted frames.

:) That would be great...
I will wait for the next RipBot264 version...

[pnkiller78]

@Atak_Snajpera
Oh, I would like to report a little bug that I'm currently experiencing.
When a job encoding finishes, if I try to move/rename/delete the output folder where the mkv was generated, the windows explorer tells me that the some file are in use and the operation fails.
I use SysInternal ProcessExplorer to detect which process has the lock, and RipBot264 comes out. I close the handle using the ProcExp and windows explorer lets me move/rename/delete the folder.

[tp546]

Can anyone help me with this? I tried searching through the thread but wasn't able to find anything. I am currently ripping a separate file with MakeMKV and merging them with MKVmerge but would really like to eliminate that step from my process.

Can anyone help? Trying to get my subtitles included in my resulting mkv file.

[aldix]

Just mux them in manually, for god's sake.

[silverback]

Hello to all,

I have searched this thread and i apologize if there is an obvious answer. Can the ripbot ini be configured to place the temp folder on a NAS accessed by a cifs share.

[tp546]

Can anyone help me with this? I tried searching through the thread but wasn't able to find anything. I am currently ripping a separate file with MakeMKV and merging them with MKVmerge but would really like to eliminate that step from my process.

Just mux them in manually, for god's sake.

That's what I do now and am looking to remove from the process. If you don't want to help, keep your comments to yourself. Thanks.

[guest]

Just wondering if there would be any advantage in having Ripbot's temp folder, all on it's own, on a separate hi speed HDD or SSD ???

I've noticed that way too often when I start a job/queue, it can take a very long time to do the "copying to shared folder" & "indexing" process, even when you have nothing else is using the HDD that the temp folder is on.

Any suggestions ???

[Atak_Snajpera]

decent ssd is always faster than the best hdd. keep temp files on ssd for the best performance.

[guest]

decent ssd is always faster than the best hdd. keep temp files on ssd for the best performance.
Thanks for reply, Atak, I will give it a try with a separate 7200rpm HDD 1st, and if it's "good", I will try an SSD.

Cheers

[rsotome]

Still having problems with the newest x264 builds (official), not reporting the x264 [info] in the generated log file. The last build that report the info (eg. Avg QP, Final Ratefactor, etc) was build 2345.

I'm currently trying out build 2377, it sometimes reports ONLY the 2nd pass, and that's with 20-30 min shows, but with longer movies, it only reports on the settings used, what it muxed & how long the encode took.

ANY help would be appreciated.

[Atak_Snajpera]

i've noticed similar problem. anything above r2345 does not work in de mode. they must have changed something in their code because my code is unable to capture 'encoded' string. result endless loop on server's side.

[rsotome]

i've noticed similar problem. anything above r2345 does not work in de mode. they must have changed something in their code because my code is unable to capture 'encoded' string. result endless loop on server's side.

Not using DE mode, just normal 1 machine encoding, but I'm guessing the problems are related.

[Atak_Snajpera]

yes they are related.

[Ronski]

I keep having an error on all my encodes recently, occurs whilst gathering information, whilst trying to transcode an MKV file ripped with MakeMKV

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv87/Ronskiman/RipbotErr_zps9eb76bf6.jpg (http://s672.photobucket.com/user/Ronskiman/media/RipbotErr_zps9eb76bf6.jpg.html)

Any idea's please?

[Atak_Snajpera]

reinstall haali media splitter

[JCKitchens1]

I've been getting that 0000494A error for awhile now. I noticed that the videos usually have an odd resolution. I've been reencoding the mkv files and that usually does it. I have had maybe one of the last 10 that it didn't get rid of the error. What version of Haali Media Splitter should I be using, just in case the one I'm using is wrong???

[damia]

atak why when i try to resize 1920x1080 to 1280x720p when loading in http://i.imgur.com/nMYSC3y.jpg how i can fix it?

using version 1.73 working fine..

[Atak_Snajpera]

atak why when i try to resize 1920x1080 to 1280x720p when loading in http://i.imgur.com/nMYSC3y.jpg how i can fix it?

using version 1.73 working fine..

open this file in MPC-HC C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\Chunks\getinfo.avs

Post screenshot

[damia]

open this file in MPC-HC C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\Chunks\getinfo.avs

Post screenshot

this.. http://i.imgur.com/0287GnM.jpg

[Atak_Snajpera]

show me content of getinfo.avs

[DTS-HD MSTR]

Had the same problem a few months ago, add this to ripbot264.ini

SharpeningStrength=0.2

[Viper714]

Hello all. I may be asking a question that was once answered but my apologize as I can't seem to locate it.

I would like to change my temp folder to another drive other than "C". Is this possible. I tried changing it in the ini file but got errors.

Reason is that my "C" dive is a low capacity SSD that I simply use for quick booting purposes. I installed everything including program & data on "D", "E" & "F".

:thanks:

[Trayman]

@Viper714
In the RipBot264.ini change "StoreTempFilesin=" to the drive letter of your choice in my case it's F.
So the line would read:

StoreTempFilesin=F

Cheers Trayman

[tluxon]

First of all - I really like RipBot264 and have recommended it to numerous friends. Thanks for this extremely useful tool!

I made the mistake of recording my FIL's memorial service with breaks at 30-minute intervals to keep file sizes under 4GB each. The basic specs for the camcorder's resulting video files are:

MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 29.97fps [Video]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps [Audio]

The plan was to join them when I got home in a lossless manner with a tool I'm most familiar with that does it - VideoRedo TVSuite 4 - and then cut if/where necessary into a file(s) that could then be re-encoded to various filesizes with RipBot264.

So far I don't seem to have a problem re-encoding the original 30-minute segments with RB264, but it seems that once they've been altered in any way by VRD (even just a no-re-encode save), they can no longer be re-encoded by RB264 without issues. The issues are that the audio and video either get out of synch or the job "finishes" prior to the video being re-encoded. This is something that never happens when re-encoding with VRD, but I can't get anywhere near the same resulting quality per filesize as with RB264 (most notable at severe compressions).

So I guess I could simply use RB264 to re-encode from the original files only, but this really limits the flexibility I have to give people the kind of files they prefer. Besides, I'd really like to have an understanding of what's going on so I can avoid such issues in the future.

For reference, I've attached the MediaInfo details for an original file out of the camcorder (MediaInfo - JVC.txt) and what it looks like after being lossless saved out of VideoRedo TVSuite 4 (MediaInfo - VRD.txt).

-------------------
Edit: Well, VidCoder seems to be re-encoding the non-re-encoded VRD files, so hopefully any quality difference will be negligible.

[Viper714]

Well, I am having nothing but issues with RipBot264. I have been using it since 1.17.3 and it has worked fine before. At first I wanted to use a machine just to handle the main task of farming out the tasks to other high powered machines in my home. That is the reason I want to use a different drive because i have an SSD in the Main machine. So I have One Master and three slave machines. I run two servers on each of the slaves and the master maintains and hands out the queues. The master .ini file placed the temp on drive E and writes the final mkv on drive E as well.

Everything seems to go well until I get half way through Pass 2 and it just freezes. The encoding dialog says "RipBot264 Client (Not Responding).
http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo54/pcubillos/Snapbucket/11-24-2013205-49-5620PM2.jpg

So I decided to change the Temp back to C drive. Same issue. I decided to have my desktop PC to not only act as a slave in converting but be the master machine as well in handing out the queue. The original master is still holding the original rip created by AnyDVD. Same problem.

Also noticed the server windows on the other slave machines are also frozen and (not Responding). Have to force closed. Just fyi I have a cat "6' network for added throughput.

Can some one please advise what would be my next step??

[Ronski]

reinstall haali media splitter

Thanks for the reply, however that didn't make any difference.

Having now had some time to experiment I have found that removing the subtitles from mkv solves the problem.

[AMiR9!WV]

hi
when we can use RipBot265 ?

[osgZach]

Viper, this suspiciously sounds like the behavior I reported many weeks ago

[Viper714]

Viper, this suspiciously sounds like the behavior I reported many weeks ago

osgZach: Thank you for responding. Can you please advise what you found to fix it??? I looked at the threads and could really find. Or can you point me to the thread where you mentioned and fixed it????

[osgZach]

Well, I said I reported it. But I didn't say I fixed it =\

I have no solution to offer, its one of the reason I stopped using Ripbot. The headache and uncertainty of it flubbing up in the middle of a job and taking out half my encoding power wasn't worth it for me.

[Honusnap]

Hi Everybody,

Got some problems now that i'm under windows 8.
Launch Ripbot, add a task, quit, launch Ripbot .. the task list is empty.
My temp folder is in the D drive, looking in it i can see that the "job1" folder is deleted as soon as i quit Ripbot... ?!!?

I've tried launching tha application in Windows 7 compatibility mode, same, with administrator rights ... not better..

Isn't there an ini file in the temp folder with all pending jobs in it... ? Cause i can't see any...

[Atak_Snajpera]

keep jobs queue option checked or unchecked?

[Honusnap]

Errrrr what an ass i am ..... using your application for years now and .... i've never seen this option despite the fact it is in the middle of the screen ... :)

My apologise for wasting your time ... thanks for helping :)

[Viper714]

Atak:
Any idea what could be causing the issue I am experiencing with RipBot264 on distributed encoding??? Would really appreciate the help!!!

[Atak_Snajpera]

does it always hang at the same point? does encoding client hang even with one local server? can you try runnig ripbot on other machines in order to isolate any stabilty issues?

personaly i have never experienced such odd bevavior. i wonder if more users noticed the same problem. so far it was quiet...

[Viper714]

Atak: Thank you for the quick response!!


Majority of the times it hangs on Pass 2.
I have tried encoding 2 different AnyDVD (2 different movies) rips on two different machines. One a 64 bit and the other is a 32 bit (.ini file : "Usex264x64=0").
Sometimes the encoding works, but sometime it crashes. Very Strange. No set reason.
Haven't tried running it on one PC by itself. Will try that overnight.
I did get one crash where three of the four computers had a avs2yuv.exe crash.


I do notice that when it crashes, all of the servers on all of the machines become non-responsive. It is not until I kill the program on the main computer/server.

Would any kind of a log help you.

[Atak_Snajpera]

when avs2yuv.exe crashes this means that decoder crashed (fms2) . are you sure your cpu is 100 perent stable? i'm asking becauese first pass went without problem.

[Viper714]

Atak:
As far as stability stability I would have to say yes. All four machines are stock and are not overclocked in any way. Further more I have converted several blu-rays in the past. This has only recently begun to happen. I would say within the last two weeks. The 32 bit machine i mentioned is a clean machine with Media center and Shark007 Codecs.

Not sure if that would be of some informational use. I can sent you a Belarc Advisors profile of my 64 bit system if you can provide me a secure email to send it to ...

[Viper714]

Atak:
I ran the Linx software on my most powerful desktop and found that it failed. It appears that the CPU is getting to hot and then fails, 90C. Ouch for a i7 920. I ordered a liquid cooler with a big radiator, corsair 80i and it should arrive on Thursday. I will let you know what happens. BTW, thanks for the hint on CPU stability.

[defalopii]

I have correctly setup the LAN. Each PC can open shared folder each other. But when trying to connect to encoding server i got this:

http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/29258/82171a292572129.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/82171a292572129)

Then when trying to close the connection i got this

http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/29258/fe88a8292572733.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/fe88a8292572733)

Please help me on this

[Trayman]

@Viper714 I had similair heat issues with my stock i7/950. I didn't go as far as water cooling but I bought this fan http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=34&lng=en It made my machine about 20 degrees cooler.

Cheers Trayman

[Atak_Snajpera]

I have correctly setup the LAN. Each PC can open shared folder each other. But when trying to connect to encoding server i got this:

http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/29258/82171a292572129.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/82171a292572129)

Then when trying to close the connection i got this

http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/29258/fe88a8292572733.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/fe88a8292572733)

Please help me on this

make sure that your firewall on all your pcs does not block connection. Proper ports must be open.

[Hersha]

Is there a way to change the size of the chunks that the distributed server will make? It would be nice to shrink the job size to more chunks for when you have a bunch of servers.

[Atak_Snajpera]

smaller chunk size may not be optimal.
in 2-pass mode shorter chunk may noticeable reduce quality (flattened overall bitrate)
in cq mode it may increase total encoding time (starting process steals few seconds)

[Fuggin]

Hello....I get this error after all the encoding is complete and it is trying to mux everything back together (I think).

vjoin.exe has stopped working

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: vjoin_.exe
Problem Signature 02: 3.0.0.3
Problem Signature 03: 507ab064
Problem Signature 04: vjoin
Problem Signature 05: 3.0.0.3
Problem Signature 06: 507ab064
Problem Signature 07: 3
Problem Signature 08: 13
Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.272.7
Locale ID: 1033


Any ideas?


Looked at the logs for job1...

D:\>"E:\RipBot264v1.17.4\EncodingClient.exe" "D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_EncodingClient.meta"
D:\>"E:\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Mp4Test\Avatar\Avatar (2009).mkv" --compression 0:none --title "Avatar (2009)" --default-duration 0:24000/1001fps "D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264" --compression 0:none --language 0:eng "D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\audio.ac3" --language 0:eng -s 0 -D -A "D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\4_subtitles_English.idx" --chapters "D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt"
mkvmerge v6.0.0 ('Coming Up For Air') built on Jan 20 2013 12:38:35

Error: The file 'D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264' could not be opened for reading: open file error.

When I go to that directory...sure enough...the file is not there. I have no idea why that is though. There is a D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv tho...

[Atak_Snajpera]

Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException

Are you sure you have enough space on that partition? I suppose that vjoin.exe could not find one of chunks because it had not been created (encoded).

[Fuggin]

Thanks for the quick reply!

Yeah...I have 2TB available and was just only doing 1 job. I am trying again...

Also...I am doing this on a WD 2TB black drive, so it is speedy but the indexing is incredibly slow. It took 2 hours to index before finally going into DE. I did an HD tune on the drive and avg 85.9 MB/sec xfer rates. I tried it on the SSD (150 MB/sec avg) as well, but still took almost just as long. System is a dual-quad Xeon 2.5ghz server.

Went into resource manager and noticed that the ffmsindex always avgs 3 MB/sec during the index. I don't remember ever being that slow when I used ripbot last year.

[Atak_Snajpera]

When you get that error check whether all chunks (x.264 files) are created or not.

[Trayman]

If there is a file missing vjoin reports Not all input files exist.
So it shouldn't crash if a file is missing.
But if one of the files is removed during the join it crashes.

I will add a check for drive space before starting the join and check again before trying to open the file to mend the "lost" file crash.

The new version can be found here vjoin-3.0.0.4.zip (http://tray2.se/files/vjoin-3.0.0.4.zip)

Cheers Trayman.

[Fuggin]

That's whats odd...I just let the program run overnight and I woke up to that error, so I know I didn't inadvertently move a file...there is another job wrapping up soon, so I will see if it does the same thing.

Also...thanks for the updated vjoin.

[Fuggin]

Ok...I tried to encode my movie again last night. I realized I had the wrong version of FFDshow, so I had fixed that on all my clients as well as updating Trayman's vjoin.

Everything worked fine, but still after the encoding was complete, ripbot just hung there "Gathering information" for like 20-30 minutes. I check resource monitor under memory/disk use and the system was basically idling. There were no processes by ripbot being used. I went back to the directory where movie .x264 should have been stored and didn't see it.

So I don't know what's going on.

[slalom]

You can mux it manually if you have the temp files

You need to run CombineAllChunks.cmd inside folder jobx\Chunks and then run jobx_MuxFiles.cmd inside folder jobx

RipBot264 must be running

[damia]

atak any plan to add more server in encoding distrubuted???

[Killuah15]

hey atak, got a new problem... as you may remember, I'm doing youtube videos with the help of RipBot264, but now i've got the problem, that I put the AVI into RipBot264, then he is demuxing the audio, is "rendering" it into .mp4 and muxes audio and video together,
BUT i can't find the .mp4 data on my Computer. I really don't know what this is, I hope you can help me :(
I'm sorry about my bad english today, I'm a bit confused today...

ok so as you can see, i tried to use the job1_MuxFiles application, but after nearly 70% it says: "Error importing C:\Temp\RipBot264Temp\video.264:name=Ohne Titel: I/0 Error"

http://imageshack.com/a/img513/5600/0ec9.jpg

[Atak_Snajpera]

Not enough space on that partition?

[Killuah15]

I don't think so, got nearly 4 GB free space, these videos are maximum 2GB. (on the other partitions i got 104 - 200 GB free space)

Edit: Ok, i think you're right, my C partition just has got like 4 GB, the problem is, that Rip bot decodes the video and audio in the "temp" folder.
So i got a 2 GB video.264 data and a audio data, then he muxes both together but still on the C partition and then sends the final video to the output folder.
Can i change the RipBot264temps folder?

[slalom]

Edit Ripbot.ini

Don't use drive C for temp folder, use another physical disk

[Killuah15]

ok, so i used another disk for the temp folder, going to test it out in a few days ^^ thanks for the help!

[damia]

hai atak.. how to fix this?? http://i.imgur.com/exwxB2i.jpg

[Atak_Snajpera]

hai atak.. how to fix this?? http://i.imgur.com/exwxB2i.jpg

Encode that movie from legal source.

[aldix]

Encode that movie from legal source.


rofl, thanks for a good mouthful of laugh (like source would matter haha).

[aldix]

anyways...

please consider the support for DGDecNV (.dgi). Or, alternatively, just make the indexing faster - indexing a BD for 1hrs+ is retarded.

[Slitheen]

rofl, thanks for a good mouthful of laugh (like source would matter haha).


I think that went over your head didn't it.:readrule:

[aldix]

No, it didn't. Atak's reply implied as if program would restrict the source of 'illegal' origin. It doesn't. Doom9's rules are another matter and none have failed here against them.

But hey, here's the reward for the most useless input :)

Merry Xmas!

[Slitheen]

You still don't get it do you.

[aldix]

Problems...

After DE finishes, the server just sits there, w/o even any error. Doesn't mux or anything.

Interestingly, even muxing manually doesn't appear to work though chunks are all there.

Wtf?

This makes the program in effect unusable.

Perhaps this can shed some light? Found it in the Logs folder:




C:\>"C:\[retracted]\RipBot264v1.17.4\EncodingClient.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_EncodingClient.meta"


C:\>"C:\[retracted]\RipBot264v1.17.4\tools\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "C:\[retracted].mkv" --compression 0:none --title "[retracted]" default-duration 0:50fps "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264"

mkvmerge v6.0.0 ('Coming Up For Air') built on Jan 20 2013 12:38:35


Error: The file 'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264' could not be opened for reading: open file error.

-------------------------

Elapsed Time: 00h:00m:27s

[slalom]

Are you sure all chunks are there?
All *.264 files?

[aldix]

Are you sure all chunks are there?
All *.264 files?

Yes, I am.

[Atak_Snajpera]

click on combinechunks.cmd and then muxfiles.cmd

[aldix]

Yeah, that's the first thing I did. Both cmd windows were open for like a split second and no muxed file appeared.

Re-installed everything from scratch. Will see how this goes. Has to be like fifth time already (at least) when I have to re-install the software because of some odd fault.

[Atak_Snajpera]

open combinechunks.cmd in notepad and add 'pause' as last line. save and run that cmd again

[aldix]

OK, gonna try it out. Thanks for the suggestion!

[babyinateacup]

Hi All

I keep getting demuxing errors on all the blu ray discs i try to convert to either mkv or mp4.

This is a recent occurence. I have uninstalled all codecs and re-installed them. I have also downloaded the latest version of ripbot and am using the recent version of AnyDVD HD.

Any help or suggestions?

[guest]

Hi Atak,

I just thought I'd sincerely ask if there is an updated version / build, "just around the corner"........not that I am having any problems with the current build, but it's been a while :o

Cheers, and Happy New Year (to all)

[TechnoTone]

Firstly, I'd like to say thanks for all your efforts on this excellent piece of software. I have been using it for a year or so now and it makes my life so much simpler and is very easy to use. Please keep up the great work! :)

I've recently started using distributed encoding but I am finding that on my main PC it isn't using all the CPU properly - only utilizing 1 or 4 cores.

I either need to get it to use all four cores or I need to increase the number or instances of the Encoding Server running. I'd prefer the first option if it's possible.

Also, are there any command-line arguments for the encoding server so that I can specify the IP address and port number to use?

Thanks
Tony

[Atak_Snajpera]

show me your script
are you using 2pass mode or cq?

[TechnoTone]

show me your script
are you using 2pass mode or cq?

[JobSettings]
VideoFile=S:\couchpotato\test.mkv
VideoCodec=h264
VideoWidth=1920
VideoHeight=816
VideoAspectRatio=1:1
VideoProfile=[HIGH 4.0] HD . Progressive
SourceFPS=24
MovieFPS=24
FPSinGUI=24
SourceNumberOfFrames=149349
SourceMovieLength=6222.875
CurrentMovieLength=6222.875
SourceAudioLength=6222.92266666667
Frames=149349
Duration=1:43:42.875
Mode=CQ
kbps=26
AudioFile=C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\2_audio_English.dts
AudioFileSize=1173799504
AudioCodec=dts
AudioBPS=1509000
AudioProfile=5.1 FHG AAC-HE 192 kbps [cbr]
Frequency=48000
Channels=6
DurationAudio=1:43:42.923
AudioLength=6222.92266666667
Normalize=OFF
AudioDelay=0
AudioLang=English [eng]
Output=S:\processed\test.mp4
Container=mp4
LockSize=0
Size=
Deinterlace=Do not deinterlace
Crop=Do not crop
CropTop=0
CropBottom=0
CropLeft=0
CropRight=0
Resize=HD-Ready 1280x720 [2,35:1]
ResX=1280
ResY=544
Decimate=Do not decimate
Colors=Do not change colors
hue=0
sat=1
bright=0
cont=1
subtitles=Do not use subtitles
subtitleFileSize=0
path=
Denoise=Do not denoise
DenoiseLumaNoise=0
DenoiseChromaNoise=0
AssumeFPS=Do not change
Forced_Subtitles=NONE


I always use CQ 26.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Unfortunately resizer is single threaded (bottleneck effect)

[TechnoTone]

Unfortunately resizer is single threaded (bottleneck effect)

Ah, ok - that's a pity. Multiple instances are working so at least I can get around it.

One last question: why does it have to copy the tools and the source video file to a shared folder every time? I have shared the RipBot tools folder and the source video folder is also shared. What am I missing?

Cheers
Tony

[Atak_Snajpera]

Because all remote PCs must have access to those tools and video file. Besides it is easier for me to have all necessary files in one Job folder (paths and so on). For better stability source file is also remuxed to .mkv (audio and subtitles are discarded to save space). Indexer works better with mkv files.

[TechnoTone]

Fair enough - that makes sense.

Thanks for your assistance.
Tony

[soneca]

Atak, thanks for the new version! :)

[TheBeagle]

I would also like to express my thanks for your wonderful software. Once I figured out the interface, especially the forced sub-titles, I've had a very easy time recoding to mkv.

However, even though I have a hex-core Intel processor which OC'd to 4.2 GHz, and 32 GB of 2133 RAM running at full speed, I'd like to see if the recoding process will run faster. Therefore, I'd like to know if redirecting the temporary files for the recode from a SATA3 HD (7200 RPM) onto a suitably sized SSD (SATA3) would appreciably increase the throughput, resulting in a reduction of recode time. Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards and Happy New Year! The Beagle

[Atak_Snajpera]

you won't see any difference in encoding speed. btw i wish i had your cpu. still using q6600@3ghz...

[chane2k1]

Hi Atak, was there a particular reason for not using the latest x264 r2377? Thanks for adding Opus audio, i'm also wondering if there would be a way for me to use QAAC without manually editing job"x"_encodeaudio.cmd in the temp directory before starting the encode. Is there a way to use command line options inside of ripbot264 for the audio compressors, i'd like to use VBR modes instead of CBR. Thanks again, always excited to see an update from you.

[Atak_Snajpera]

1. anything above r2345 does not work in de mode. my code is unable to capture 'encoded' string in encoder's output. result endless loop.

2. is qaac noticeable better than fraunhofer's implementation?

[damia]

i still waiting to add more server in DE.. hmmmm.. :(

[NiGHTsC]

Happy New Year, Atak.
Thank you for the new version!

[aldix]

my code is unable to capture 'encoded' string in encoder's output. result endless loop.


Could you elaborate, perhaps, please?

I'm only asking because I have had no trouble swapping x264s into newer builds...

[soneca]

Preview margins has presented problems.
In some tests the preview has been like the screen below.

http://s20.postimg.org/lp22pxax9/ripbot.png

[chane2k1]

2. is qaac noticeable better than fraunhofer's implementation?

Yes, the fraunhofer compressor clips at lower frequencies in both its cbr and vbr modes. In this example I used both fraunhofer and qaac in 320kbps cbr mode and their max vbr modes. Click on images for original size.

Flac Lossless 1.62GiB, nothing clipped up to 24khz full-range :)
http://i.imgur.com/lP1PPfFl.png (http://imgur.com/lP1PPfF)

Fraunhofer CBR 320 328MiB, clipped at just under 16khz.
http://i.imgur.com/cFk0zmXl.png (http://imgur.com/cFk0zmX)

Fraunhofer VBR 6 615MiB, clipped at 22khz.
http://i.imgur.com/86Px54Vl.png (http://imgur.com/86Px54V)

Qaac CBR 320 328MiB, clipped at just under 17khz.
http://i.imgur.com/MEqeN8Ml.png (http://imgur.com/MEqeN8M)

Qaac TVBR 127 734MiB, represents up to 24khz full-range.
http://i.imgur.com/hUt2C3Il.png (http://imgur.com/hUt2C3I)

Im suggesting a switch to Qaac as it does have a mode that can support the upper frequencies and even its cbr mode handles better as well. There was a listening test over at hyrdrogenaudio forum that favored Qaac too, although those tests were performed at 96kbps.

My Qaac settings look as follows: "E:\ripbot264\Tools\qaac\qaac.exe" --tvbr 127 --quality 2 --adts --threading --silent --ignorelength - -o "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\audio.aac"

[jandor]

Thanks, Atak, the launch of the new version.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@ALL
Please re-download. I forgot to activate OPUS CODEC in Batch mode.

Yes, the fraunhofer compressor clips at lower frequencies in both its cbr and vbr modes. In this example I used both fraunhofer and qaac in 320kbps cbr mode and their max vbr modes. Click on images for original size.
Sorry but your method does not measure all aspects of perceived quality. QAAC preservers extra 0.75kHz-1kHz but does this mean that it always sound better than Fraunhofer's encoder? For example HE-AAC 128 kbps can "preserve" (SBR) whole range (22.1kHz/24kHz) but does this mean it will sound better than LC-AAC 128 kbps with cut off point at 16kHz/17kHz?

[chane2k1]

Sorry but your method does not measure all aspects of perceived quality. QAAC preservers extra 0.75kHz-1kHz but does this mean that it always sound better than Fraunhofer's encoder? For example HE-AAC 128 kbps can "preserve" (SBR) whole range (22.1kHz/24kHz) but does this mean it will sound better than LC-AAC 128 kbps with cut off point at 16kHz/17kHz?

I know my method is just a visual representation but, several listening tests have been done as well, the following has a couple compiled together http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1574350#post1574350 SBR is only an approximation and will never sound as good. The audible differences are noticeable between them in their max quality modes, qaac being the better sounding, bass response is better and transients are sharper.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Another real example
Uncompressed 5.1
http://i.cubeupload.com/lTP168.png

Fraunhofer 320 kbps (abr)
http://i.cubeupload.com/zEHD30.png

OPUS 320 kbps (abr)
http://i.cubeupload.com/o7WdgE.png

As you can see opus can preserve whole range but does this mean it is better than QAAC ?

[aldix]

Getting butt-load of problems, latest is the 'list index out of bounds' error when I start the DE.

[Atak_Snajpera]

record your desktop with fraps or other software. I would like to see what is happening on your pc.

EDIT: Nevermind! I see what is wrong. DVD source causes this error. I will try to fix this ASAP.

[aldix]

Getting nothing but avs2yuv errors when using SetMemoryMax(1500)/SetMTMode(5) - before source/SetMTMode(2) -after.

w/o any MT it finally starts to work in a snail-like fashion.

I've updated both ffdshow and Haali.

edit: just tried avs2yuv manually w/ the script. I mean, I tried the test.exe in the folder. Read 10 frames then I got the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Libary error.
Should I update that too, but with what version?

[chane2k1]

Another real example
Uncompressed 5.1
http://i.cubeupload.com/lTP168.png

Fraunhofer 320 kbps (abr)
http://i.cubeupload.com/zEHD30.png

OPUS 320 kbps (abr)
http://i.cubeupload.com/o7WdgE.png

As you can see opus can preserve whole range but does this mean it is better than QAAC ?

True, opus is the best for anything that isn't over 20khz, however it is hard limited at 20 by their developers and isn't best for preserving the upper range. Your example doesn't feature a track that goes above 20Khz and most modern movies do go up to 24Khz. I'm not asking that fraunhofer or opus be replaced but to add the option to use an external encoder with a script.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@chane2k1
What files (.dll) do I need for QAAC?

[Atak_Snajpera]

True, opus is the best for anything that isn't over 20khz, however it is hard limited at 20 by their developers and isn't best for preserving the upper range. Your example doesn't feature a track that goes above 20Khz and most modern movies do go up to 24Khz. I'm not asking that fraunhofer or opus be replaced but to add the option to use an external encoder with a script.

Do people at age of 20+ hear anything above 20 Khz?

[Atak_Snajpera]

@ALL
Please re-download. Fixed 'list index out of bounds' error in Encoding Client (DVD source)

[chane2k1]

@chane2k1
What files (.dll) do I need for QAAC?

CoreAudioToolbox.dll and CoreFoundation.dll found in Apple Application Support.msi If you have iTunes installed you already have the files and QAAC will use them. If you are like me and don't particularly like apple ;) You can download Itunes and extract the "AppleApplicationSupport.msi" file and install just that portion.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I'm lazy bastard. Can you send me only necessary files?

[stasi]

@chane2k1
What software do you use for playing those files? Is XBMC able to play those files?

[Atak_Snajpera]

MPC-HC (make sure that Vorbis decoder is enabled)

[soneca]

I think some hearing tests would be more accurate than these theoretical graphs.:rolleyes:

[chane2k1]

@chane2k1
What software do you use for playing those files? Is XBMC able to play those files?

It's a standard AAC file, QAAC is just the encoder. So yes it should play fine in XBMC.

[aldix]

I have a constant problem in attempting to encode a BD which is MPEG-2, not AVC as usual.

I don't know what else might affect it but once my encode is done, it skips frames, or delays them and at times it's like there's two frames present at the same time in rapid succession.

It's very hard to explain. Atm I'm trying with Mulder's GUI if same stuff remains, but if not, it's something with RipBot.

edit: Tested. Encode w/o problems when encoding with Mulder's GUI. Apparently Ripbot doesn't like BDs with MPEG-2 coding...

[chane2k1]

@aldix
I'll test one of my older blu-rays when i get home from work.

[aldix]

@chane2k1: Thank you, I appreciate it.

However, I think frankly you can chalk it up, like Atak usually does, to me not cherishing the robust nature of the program enough.

My avs scripts are constantly modified and even though it always works (though Atak believes it shouldn't) and I haven't had many problems I couldn't have solved on my own,

I think at this moment it's the case of employing, say, MAnalyse/MDegrain in conjunction with BD MPEG-2 source (still officially m2ts, but not 'structured' like AVC) which blows everything up.

I don't know what else to think because the exact same script worked flawlessly in Mulder GUI.

Don't want to clutter this thread. If you want to, I can PM my script, or keep the conversation there, whichever you guys see fit.

[chane2k1]

Go ahead and send me the script, I'll give it a go. If it gets too late i''ll just take it with me to work. haha, my workstation is faster anyway.

[aldix]

Ok, will do. Appreciate the help :)

[damia]

hai atak.. how to fix this ya? http://imgur.com/ThOSaTg

[slalom]

Looks like I'll have to stick with v1.17.4

Like .3 , .5 has errors and it's not stable

Big issue. Servers in DE start and stop

[slalom]

About this error on v.1.17.5
Error: The file 'E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\2_subtitles_English.idx' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
Should the value in
//Blu-ray subtitles will be converted to SUB/IDX format for .mkv container. Smaller size and better compatibility with some players.
ConvertSUPtoSUB=1
be 1 or 0?

I should remind you there is no problem with the subs

[Atak_Snajpera]

Looks like I'll have to stick with v1.17.4

Like .3 , .5 has errors and it's not stable

Big issue. Servers in DE start and stop

i guess your pcs are alergic to odd numbers ;) my pcs work like charm with .3 .4 and .5. i suppose it has to be one of those unsolvable mysteries.

[slalom]

Looks like I'm keeping .4 in the end.

Oh, and there is this error,

exception efcreateerror in module encodingserver.exe at 0001BD85. Cannot creare file "".

[Atak_Snajpera]

Looks like I'm keeping .4 in the end.

just use older from .4 encodinclient and server.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Looks like I'm keeping .4 in the end.

Oh, and there is this error,

exception efcreateerror in module encodingserver.exe at 0001BD85. Cannot creare file "".

when do you get this message. at the end of encoding process or it is just random?

[slalom]

Well, I was away and when I came home one video had stopped at the beginning of second pass

[Cubbi]

Good work. Just one question:
Why you remove 10bit Profile?

[aldix]

Just swap x264 folder content whatever you see fit, 10bit totally works, tested.

[Cubbi]

Just swap x264 folder content whatever you see fit, 10bit totally works, tested.
I now that it work but perhaps there is some reson why....

[Cauptain]

Hi Atak_Snajpera,

Why Deinterlace setting is disable for me in default mode but its enable in Batch mode?

My file:
General
Complete name : D:\CAPTURAS\AVER\amarec(20140109-0832).avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 571 MiB
Duration : 17s 133ms
Overall bit rate : 280 Mbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : YUV
Codec ID : ULH2
Codec ID/Info : Ut Video Lossless Codec
Codec ID/Hint : Ut Video
Duration : 17s 133ms
Bit rate : 267 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Compression mode : Lossless
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 4.291
Stream size : 545 MiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : 1
Duration : 17s 133ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel count : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.14 MiB (1%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves

http://i.imgur.com/ryS6SiD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aJUlHjGl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/aJUlHjG.png)http://i.imgur.com/mWsXlYZl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/mWsXlYZ.png)


Thanks,


Claudio

[Atak_Snajpera]

I now that it work but perhaps there is some reson why....

It was removed by my mistake. I was removing my other profiles and it turns out I've removed too many ;)

@Cauptain
30 fps is not a proper value. TV stations use 29.97 fps (30000/1001). Deinterlacing is enabled only if detected fps is either 25 or 29.97

[Neil1976]

I need ugently need help after a system re-install.

I have installed the latest ripbot + software needed and I am getting only when I try to resize the picture.

error says: Script error: Invalid arguments to function "Sharpen" (D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_preview.avs, line 21)

I have unistalled everything and installed again just in case

I am hoping someone can help quickly, thanks for reading and help

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) Remove old ripbot264 installation
2) download new version and extract

[Neil1976]

Hi Atak,

I have done that already and it made no difference

[Atak_Snajpera]

show me content of your ripbot264.ini

[damia]

hai atak.. latest version encode DVD5... http://imgur.com/xrwbdIA how to fix this??

[Neil1976]

[settings]
// TEMP=uses System temp ; C , D ... uses specific partition
StoreTempFilesin=C
KeepJobsQueue=1
---------------------
DefaultProfile=[HIGH 4.0] HD . Progressive
DefaultEncodingMode=CQ
DefaultModeValue=20
---------------------
//Directory must exists!!! D:\movies\ is correct but D:\movies is incorrect!
DefaultOutputPath=desktop
---------------------
// allowed values are mp4 , mkv , bluray , mkv-divxhd
DefaultContainer=mp4
---------------------
// in GiB (1GiB=1024 MiB) , 0 = no splitting
SplitM2TS=0
---------------------
FastFirstPassin2passMode=1
---------------------
//AnyDVD DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray decryptor will be automatically activated with RipBot264
ExecuteAnyDVD=0
---------------------
//Blu-ray subtitles will be converted to SUB/IDX format for .mkv container. Smaller size and better compatibility with some players.
ConvertSUPtoSUB=1
---------------------
x264LowPriority=1
---------------------
// it will use 64bit version of x264 on 64bit Windows. up to 10% faster encoding speed.
Usex264x64=1
---------------------
// Sharpening Strength after resizing (Default=0.2)
SharpeningStrength=0.2
---------------------
// Supported input formats AVI / FLV / MP4 / MKV / DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray
UseDistributedEncoding=1

[Atak_Snajpera]

hai atak.. latest version encode DVD5... http://imgur.com/xrwbdIA how to fix this??

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1660348#post1660348

@Neil1976
And now jobx.avs

[Neil1976]

#MT


#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()

#Deinterlace



#Decimate



#Crop



#Resize



#Colors



#Denoise




#Subtitles
Loadplugin("C:\Program Files\Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter\VSFilter.dll")
video=VobSub(video,"D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\8_subtitles_English_FORCED_1080_1080.sub")

#AudioSource
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\tools\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio\NicAudio.dll")
audio=NicDTSSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_English.core.dts")
audio=ResampleAudio(audio,48000)
#DownMix



#Delay
audio=DelayAudio(audio,0)


#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub
audio=ConvertAudioTo16bit(audio)
AudioDub(video,audio)

#Triming



#AVSameLength
Trim(0,192863)


#ColorSpace

[Atak_Snajpera]

Does this script work ok?

[Neil1976]

Sorry Atak, is this a reply to my problem?

[Atak_Snajpera]

eeee yeep ...

[Neil1976]

No, this is what is not working for some weird reason, after years of use I have never had this issue with ripbot

[Atak_Snajpera]

ok show me job1_preview.avs

[Neil1976]

#MT


#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()

#Deinterlace



#Decimate



#Crop



#Resize



#Colors



#Denoise




#Subtitles
Loadplugin("C:\Program Files\Tools\AviSynth plugins\VSFilter\VSFilter.dll")
video=VobSub(video,"D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\8_subtitles_English_FORCED_1080_1080.sub")

#AudioSource
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\tools\AviSynth plugins\NicAudio\NicAudio.dll")
audio=NicDTSSource("D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio_English.core.dts")
audio=ResampleAudio(audio,48000)
#DownMix



#Delay
audio=DelayAudio(audio,0)


#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub
audio=ConvertAudioTo16bit(audio)
AudioDub(video,audio)

#Triming



#AVSameLength
Trim(0,192863)


#ColorSpace

[Atak_Snajpera]

No idea why you get this error because there is nothing in line 21

error says: Script error: Invalid arguments to function "Sharpen" (D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_preview.avs, line 21)

[Neil1976]

Well I just took a chance, fresh installed everything and reverted back to 1.17.4 and it is now working, thanks for your help

[Cauptain]

Thanks for the replyAtak_Snajpera, however my capture program (AmarecTV) record only in 30, 50 or 60.

Can you enable it for any video independent of 25 or 29.97?

It would be very useful.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Thanks for the replyAtak_Snajpera, however my capture program (AmarecTV) record only in 30, 50 or 60.

Can you enable it for any video independent of 25 or 29.97?

It would be very useful.

try this
http://www.mediafire.com/download/0ndbxwwnys9/RipBot264.exe

[Cauptain]

try this
http://www.mediafire.com/download/0ndbxwwnys9/RipBot264.exe
Many thanks Atak_Snajpera, I did several tests ... Perfect! its work flawless.:thanks:



Claudio

[8ternity]

Hi Atak,

The problem with DTA-MA audio that made the Ripbot264 Crashed, not resolved in the new version.

"Exception EConvertError in module Ripbot264.exe at 0000949A.
'Unknow / 1509000' is not valid floating point value.

Thanks.

[Guest]

[bump after 8ternity post approval -- not sure why it got moderated]

[nekrovski]

Helloes!

I'm trying to convert a wmv video file to mkv but ripbot says it cannot determine the fps and i must use the fps paramater in the .avs script.

OK so this looks pretty easy to follow, I find the temp folder, I edit the .avs file with notepad, add a fps parameter and then I save and exit. But the contents from the temp folder get deleted afterwards and then... I'm kinda confused with this and I'm probably missing something very obvious.

Please, I would need someone to guide me step by step.

[danolv]

Hello everybody!
I am having problem in time to "encode" the video.
Of this error:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee428/bolhaw/rip_zpsb1e45e3a.png

The video was rendered by sony vegas on .avi extension

fullhd 1920x1080

Have reinstalled programs and nothing worked.

I'm using Windows 8 Pro x64

[afman75]

Hello All,

I keep receiving the EAccessViolation in the Encoding client. I only get the message on certain Blu-Rays and after doing some research it fails everyone that has DolbyTrue HD as the audio track. Does not matter if you try down convert or copy stream. It fails after indexing at the point where the chunks are to be created (none are created). However, the program does convert these in stand alone mode without a problem. The conversion format is AVCHD.

Summary, DTS titles DE works but fails on TrueHD titles but will convert them in stand alone (non-DE) mode.

Thanks to all,
Atak (great program!) and everyone else for their responses.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello All,

I keep receiving the EAccessViolation in the Encoding client. I only get the message on certain Blu-Rays and after doing some research it fails everyone that has DolbyTrue HD as the audio track. Does not matter if you try down convert or copy stream. It fails after indexing at the point where the chunks are to be created (none are created). However, the program does convert these in stand alone mode without a problem. The conversion format is AVCHD.

Summary, DTS titles DE works but fails on TrueHD titles but will convert them in stand alone (non-DE) mode.

Thanks to all,
Atak (great program!) and everyone else for their responses.

Record your desktop with fraps or other similar software and upload video to www.mediafire.com. I want to see what is happening on your pc.
BTW. I do not think it has something to do with audio because audio is not encoded by client.

Are you using latest version from 02.01.2014? I've made silent update...

[Atak_Snajpera]

Helloes!

I'm trying to convert a wmv video file to mkv but ripbot says it cannot determine the fps and i must use the fps paramater in the .avs script.

OK so this looks pretty easy to follow, I find the temp folder, I edit the .avs file with notepad, add a fps parameter and then I save and exit. But the contents from the temp folder get deleted afterwards and then... I'm kinda confused with this and I'm probably missing something very obvious.

Please, I would need someone to guide me step by step.

remux all your problematic wmv to mkv and set correct fps in muxer

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello everybody!
I am having problem in time to "encode" the video.
Of this error:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee428/bolhaw/rip_zpsb1e45e3a.png

The video was rendered by sony vegas on .avi extension

fullhd 1920x1080

Have reinstalled programs and nothing worked.

I'm using Windows 8 Pro x64

And what video codec did you use in Sony Vegas while exporting?

[danolv]

I do not understand much of it. I usually wore in windows 7.
Already gave this error in Windows 7 but I had formatted, then went to use and it was normal.
I have installed MPC (K-lite), can this be?

Here's a picture of the properties of video in which I use to render:

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee428/bolhaw/rip_zps59769b8f.png

I use "Uncompressed".

[Atak_Snajpera]

I recommend to install UT Video codec (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Ut-Video-Codec-Suite) to save space.
Experts would use Frameserver DebugMode (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Debugmode-FrameServer)

[afman75]

Record your desktop with fraps or other similar software and upload video to www.mediafire.com. I want to see what is happening on your pc.
BTW. I do not think it has something to do with audio because audio is not encoded by client.

Are you using latest version from 02.01.2014? I've made silent update...
Sir,
Here is the link http://www.mediafire.com/download/rjd4q5twyqrc4cq/ripbot.avi. I restarted the process from the beginning with the new version. Same result.

I agree with you on the audio but this is the third Blu-Ray that has failed DE and all were Dolby TrueHD. I know it sounds odd to me also, but I encode one with DTS-MA after to check and all is fine.

v/r
afman75

[Atak_Snajpera]

Can you try with older version 1.17.4?

[danolv]

How to use Ut video?

http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee428/bolhaw/rip_zps29408d30.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

select yuv 420 bt709

[danolv]

Awwww Yeah! :D
Working... but the quality of video is low :(
The other settings help in video quality?

thank you so much!!!!

[afman75]

Can you try with older version 1.17.4?

The previous version 1.17.4 was the one that gave me the original error. It is identical to the one I recorded and fails in the exact same place with the exact same error.

As a long shot, you didn't happen to throw in a verbose log or debug switch in the program?

My HTPC had the older version of RipBot installed and it gives me the same error. I also noticed that when previewing the script there is no audio on the TrueHD files but there is audio on the DTS files. NicAudio problem? Haali also shows there isn't an audio channel being processed.

[nekrovski]

remux all your problematic wmv to mkv and set correct fps in muxer
Sorry but how do I do that? What software should I use?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Sorry but how do I do that? What software should I use?

use mmg.exe . it is located in tool/mkvtoolnix folder

[PNC]

download 1.17.5
what a f... coding does not start, it tries to connects to something and thats all.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2014/0112/0e/eee638457528f000db04de0a6f473d0e.jpg

[Atak_Snajpera]

afman75
i will have to prepare special debug version for you . it will basically contain multiple catches in code. this will help me to locate part of the code which fails.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@PNC
change this in ripbot264.ini

UseDistributedEncoding=0

[afman75]

afman75
i will have to prepare special debug version for you . it will basically contain multiple catches in code. this will help me to locate part of the code which fails.

That would be great! But, I don't necessarily want to put you through any extra work. You do a heck of a job taking care of us as it is.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I'm just curious... so do not worry about me :)

[afman75]

I am also since the program works like a champ in stand alone mode. Just appears to hit that one line in the encoding client when getting ready to process the chunks. Doesn't make sense.

[nekrovski]

use mmg.exe . it is located in tool/mkvtoolnix folder
I know you might lose some nerves with me, but please bear with me :D
I can't add wmv files in mmg.exe
I have tried remuxing the wmvs to mkv with dsmux and the muxing fails at a specific time. This makes me believe that something else is problematic in the videos.

What I noticed, let's say my file is 20 minutes long, I remux it, it fails at certain point but creates a 5:39 minutes file.
When I open my original 20 minutes video, I notice that my player kinda skips a second (it goes faster than a second from 5:38 to 5:39) right at the 5:39 mark.

[Atak_Snajpera]

@afman75
I think you may be right about audio. I've checked again your video and I noticed something weird in script.

#AVSameLength
Trim(0,-974524)

Negative number clearly shows that NicAudio was not able to correctly determine duration of audio stream.

Could you make a screenshot of ENCODING SETTINGS window?

[Atak_Snajpera]

I know you might lose some nerves with me, but please bear with me :D
I can't add wmv files in mmg.exe
I have tried remuxing the wmvs to mkv with dsmux and the muxing fails at a specific time. This makes me believe that something else is problematic in the videos.

What I noticed, let's say my file is 20 minutes long, I remux it, it fails at certain point but creates a 5:39 minutes file.
When I open my original 20 minutes video, I notice that my player kinda skips a second (it goes faster than a second from 5:38 to 5:39) right at the 5:39 mark.

yes you are right. I forgot that WMV is not yet supported in mkv. My mistake. I'm not sure what can you do with this file now.

[afman75]

@nekrovski Don't mean to hawk another product, bad taste, but Handbrake would take care of this.

[afman75]

I will certainly do that.

[afman75]

Here is the screenshot: http://www.mediafire.com/view/lf8bplr17s4l99a/ripbot.jpg

You were right. When I looked at the video again I saw the duration in the job.ini file was -11 hours. That has been consistent on both machines I have tried. Now, what is the fix. Manually adding the last frame to .ini?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try this
1) Before pressing START open job1.avs in notepad and remove this line

#AVSameLength
Trim(0,-974524)

2) save and click START

I could try to implement an automatic workaround if you sent me 100 MB of that TrueHD audio. Use DGSplit.

[afman75]

Haven't used DGSplit before but I will take care of it immediately.

[afman75]

Here is the link to the file you requested: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/9g1tsqt02ypl682/audio_English.thd_.ac3

Thanks for all the support. Going to give your work around a try.

[afman75]

Gave the work around a try and it still failed.:)

[Atak_Snajpera]

maybe this will help
http://www.mediafire.com/download/0ndbxwwnys9/RipBot264.exe

important note
delete old job

[afman75]

Man you are FAST!!!

That worked like a charm. Even down converted the audio and video (IPOD Classic) just to give a try and no problems. Of course the info in the encoding settings window is still wrong but DE works. Awesome!
I did look at the Nicaudio page and as of its last update the TODO list was for Dolby to support Dolby Digital Plus so I can assume it's a no go for Dolby TrueHD. I guess that leaves eac3to using libav to get the info if possible.

Thanks for all the work!

[PNC]

@PNC
change this in ripbot264.ini

UseDistributedEncoding=0
thanks
why this value is not for default in this version?

[somy]

Hi,
I read the description that RipBot264 requires Halli and FFDShow, is it still the case today?
In my system I have LAV splitter and filters, does RipBot264 work with them?
Thank you in advance!

[Wishbringer]

would be interested too, if change to LAV is planned or done.
Even clsid (one of the supporters of ffdshow) states that ffdshow tryouts are halted and LAV is superior to them.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1656599#post1656599

[aldix]

Nothing stops you from having ffdshow as well. I have both and everything works.

[Wishbringer]

@aldix:
That was not the question. We too have ffdshow, and we also have LAV installed. But ffdshow it isn't further developed. LAV is better.
But Ripbot demands ffdshow. It would be nice to switch to LAV and remove ffdshow.
It's like having VC2013+ installed and a programm still demands VC6.

In many things ppl can customize Ripbot (of course without support of Atak).
e.g. changing to newer x264, using newer tsmuxer, newer mediainfo, newer mkvtoolnix, newer mpc and so on.
Ripbot doesn't check their versions. It's on customizers to have a working system and useable output.
But ffdshow was slowly developed and bugfixed.
Example: in the past with release of Win8 all my encodes were flipped topdown because of ffdshow, so I had to use a win7 VM to further use Ripbot

[aldix]

Well, personally I use ffvideosource primarily (DSS does all kinds of odd things for me) and that appears to link directly to LAV, I don't see ffdshow ever getting active like with DSS.

There's lots of stuff, upgrade-like, to want from RipBot (personally I'd like to see DGIndexNV implemented), but this isn't, after all, a pay product and one shouldn't treat it like one.
Ultimately, whatever happens / changes is Atak's personal choice.

[slalom]

I had a dream yesterday.. :rolleyes:

[soneca]

There's lots of stuff, upgrade-like, to want from RipBot (personally I'd like to see DGIndexNV implemented), but this isn't, after all, a pay product and one shouldn't treat it like one.
Ultimately, whatever happens / changes is Atak's personal choice.

Me too! :cool:


I had a dream yesterday.. :rolleyes:

Will the Atak relented after many requests? :confused:

[slalom]

Am I so good at Corel??

I think It's a polite way of asking it... lol

[aldix]

Hmm, I've been having constant troubles with TS.

Program demuxes the audio track, but doesn't transfer demuxed video into the job folder, but instead leaves the source marker (for lack of more adequate phrase) to point at original TS location.

Because of that encode either doesn't start at all, or just starts locally w/o DE mode.

Can anyone confirm this and/or help me out somehow?

edit: doesn't even work locally. Sits at 'Please wait...' for about 30 seconds and then just finishes. Script is as basic as it gets:


#MT


#VideoSource

video=DirectShowSource("\\[redacted]\test.ts",audio=false).ConvertToYV12()

#Deinterlace
Loadplugin("C:\[redacted]\RipBot264v1.17.5\Tools\AviSynth plugins\TIVTC\TIVTC.dll")
video=tfm(video,order=1)

#Decimate
Loadplugin("C:\[redacted]\RipBot264v1.17.5\Tools\AviSynth plugins\TIVTC\TIVTC.dll")
video=TDecimate(video)

#Crop
video=Crop(video,30,0,-2,-0)


#Resize
video=Spline36Resize(video,1280,720).Sharpen(0.2)


#Colors



#Denoise




#Subtitles



#AudioSource



#DownMix



#Delay



#Tempo



#Normalize



#AudioDub



#Triming



#AVSameLength



#ColorSpace

return video

[treyking11]

Hello all! i recently upgraded to a dual xeon processor workstation and was hoping to get a little help here. i have been using ripbot for several years now and it is by far the best solution IMO. my old rig was an i5 2500k and ripbot kept the processor pegged at 100% which was good. i move to a dual xeon and now ripbot keeps them pegged at 50%, so i am assuming it is only utilizing one processor. looked through the .ini and dont see anything i can modify. where can i designate the number of cores i want used? i would like to throttle them both at 100% if possible. thanks in advance!

[jwjohnson]

Hello all! i recently upgraded to a dual xeon processor workstation and was hoping to get a little help here. i have been using ripbot for several years now and it is by far the best solution IMO. my old rig was an i5 2500k and ripbot kept the processor pegged at 100% which was good. i move to a dual xeon and now ripbot keeps them pegged at 50%, so i am assuming it is only utilizing one processor. looked through the .ini and dont see anything i can modify. where can i designate the number of cores i want used? i would like to throttle them both at 100% if possible. thanks in advance!

Just enable distributed encoding and add additional encoding server sessions until your CPU is pegged as high as you want. For me it takes 3 sessions, but I've only one CPU (albeit quad core).

[treyking11]

Just enable distributed encoding and add additional encoding server sessions until your CPU is pegged as high as you want. For me it takes 3 sessions, but I've only one CPU (albeit quad core).

i was only able to start one session with this machine. used the 127.0.0.1 IP... is there a trick to this? is ripbot able to utilize dual processors?

[Atak_Snajpera]

i was only able to start one session with this machine. used the 127.0.0.1 IP... is there a trick to this? is ripbot able to utilize dual processors?

have you seen this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-BICnj62iE&feature=youtu.be ? See at 2:38

[treyking11]

thanks for the response. however, when i enable distributed encoding within the .ini and press "start" with my .ts file loaded in ripbot, the encoding client does not launch automatically. i tried launching it manually but could not get it to work. i am using v1.17.5... thanks for your help!

[slalom]

I think .ts is not supported in DE. Try to convert it to mkv first with mkvmerge

[aldix]

thanks for the response. however, when i enable distributed encoding within the .ini and press "start" with my .ts file loaded in ripbot, the encoding client does not launch automatically. i tried launching it manually but could not get it to work. i am using v1.17.5... thanks for your help!

Had the exact same problem as described on the previous page, but obviously no-one replied to that. Great that your attempt was more successful.

[aldix]

I think .ts is not supported in DE. Try to convert it to mkv first with mkvmerge

Thanks for the tip. Though yet another runaround which shouldn't be required.

[aldix]

Well, mmg made some really odd mkv file which even throws an error in MediaInfo. Don't really know how to proceed.

[Atak_Snajpera]

now you know why i haven't enabled .ts in de mode.

[aldix]

Well, isn't there any kind of fix (other than just not using RipBot) to this, at all? I mean, while I'm just starting to dabble in TS encoding, it isn't like obscure, but done on daily basis?

However, it's very unfortunate. I suppose I'll have to use something else and kludge it through remote connection (2nd PC is more used for encoding than first one).

Thanks for the feedback, anyways.

[Jake802]

Hi Atak! Every now and then when I got to encode something I get the following error msgs....

14010

14011

I am wondering are these issues due to the file or is it a program error?

[inge70]

ripbot searches for the demux the file "demuxlog.txt". strange, when I load a file in ripbot, there's no demuxlod.txt .. a bug, it is not. this message appears each video file which you load in ripbot or only this one?

Moreover, ripbot displays in the background that there is no audio. possibly this is the error that is causing this message ..

maybe it recognizes in you the audio file is not in the video.

[Jake802]

It happens randomly thats why I wasn't sure. Thanks for the answer!

[Jake802]

Here is another one I see frequently.....
14012

[treyking11]

now you know why i haven't enabled .ts in de mode.

how about m2ts or avchd? i am using tsmuxer and would love to keep it. thanks in advance!

[aldix]

Well, the thing remuxes blurays so m2ts should work. But wouldn't transcoding it from ts to m2ts be bad for the quality or something?

[tommytinkroom]

How come batch doesn't support m2ts files decrypted from blu-ray rip?:confused:

[tommytinkroom]

Ok,so i sussed out renaming m2ts files to mts loads them
into the job queue,:)

[rsotome]

Is there any hope of a future fix for the problems that RipBot264 has been having, in being able to report x264 [info] in the generated log file (eg. Avg QP, Final Ratefactor, etc), in x264 builds beyond r2345?

r2389 was released a little over a week ago & would be kinda nice to be able to use it.

Again, thank you for this wonderful program, it's been very handy to have these past years. :)

[aldix]

Scroll some up and you'll see that Atak told someplace that he won't ever go beyond 2345, some compatibility issues or somesuch.

Nonetheless, you can always swap the relevant x264 files in the intended folder. It'll just be one of these (admittedly many) things you wouldn't get any support for in case something goes sideways.

[treyking11]

Again, thank you for this wonderful program, it's been very handy to have these past years. :)[/QUOTE]

yes, it is by far my favorite in all my years of encoding and i am very thankful for it!
that being said, i would like some clarification. ripbot has no problems with .ts files, just distributed encoding? i really want to find a way to utilize both xeon processors (e5607) in this machine. ripbot only pegs them at 50%, and it is actually slower than my single processor machine with an i5 2500k. twin processors should chew through these files like nobody's business!! is there any way i can use tsmuxer to create a file that ripbot can use in distributed encoding? thanks in advance!!

[slalom]

You can convert ts file to mkv with mkvmerge

[aldix]

You can convert ts file to mkv with mkvmerge


See both mine & Atak's replies on the issue.

[Slitheen]

Thanks for the latest update Atak.

[Metaphor]

Ive been using RipBot now for several years. My entire library has been built on its use. If you are interested and its possible to do so, I'd love to ship you an 8-core intel Xeon and workstation board that I am no longer using, if you are interested. I'd love to support your valuable contributions to the encoding community, if you are interested. I'm in the states, fwiw - PM me if you could use an upgrade =D.

[slalom]

^^^That's pretty cool!!

[aldix]

If he won't take it, I sure as hell would ;)

[ProVision]

Hi.

When I encode in RipBot264 it only encodes one chapter. For example, I have an anime episode. It only encodes the first chapter. How can I encode the full episode?

Thanks!!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Ive been using RipBot now for several years. My entire library has been built on its use. If you are interested and its possible to do so, I'd love to ship you an 8-core intel Xeon and workstation board that I am no longer using, if you are interested. I'd love to support your valuable contributions to the encoding community, if you are interested. I'm in the states, fwiw - PM me if you could use an upgrade =D.

I'm happy to announce that Metaphor's package has arrived to me today.

CPU : Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9 Ghz ( 8C / 16T )
Memory: 64 GB DDR-3 1600
Mainboard: Asus P9X79 PRO
HeatSink: NOCTUA NH-C12P SE14

http://i.cubeupload.com/sPuJBN.png

My old Q6600@3Ghz with 4GB can retire now ;)

I can't wait to see results in x264 FHD Benchmark :)

[soneca]

Cool, the complete package!!! :cool:;)

[aldix]

Whoa, lucky man. Congrats.

[Ronski]

Wow, that's a great system you've got there, and very generous. I've done some coding recently for the community, and when you get rewarded for all the hard work you put in its a great feeling. Enjoy :-)

[soneca]

I'm happy to announce that Metaphor's package has arrived to me today.

CPU : Xeon E5-2690 @ 2.9 Ghz ( 8C / 16T )
Memory: 64 GB DDR-3 1600
Mainboard: Asus P9X79 PRO
HeatSink: NOCTUA NH-C12P SE14

http://i.cubeupload.com/sPuJBN.png

My old Q6600@3Ghz with 4GB can retire now ;)

I can't wait to see results in x264 FHD Benchmark :)

This Xeon is really fast or not?:D

Intel Core i7 X 980 @ 3.34GHz ( 6C / 12T )
encoded 2500 frames, 25.09 fps, 22397.57 kb/s

Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.5GHz ( 4C / 8T )
encoded 2500 frames, 24.30 fps, 22399.00 kb/s

[Atak_Snajpera]

Ultra fast ;) 3x faster than my old Q6600@3Ghz :) In Linx I get even 4x more GFLOPS (135 GFLOPS).
http://i.cubeupload.com/9IRT21.png

[soneca]

That's right, I expect this performance according to the tests I've seen. ;)
This cooler does a good job, and Poland also helps a lot with low temps.

[Atak_Snajpera]

that heatsink is so big that i can't close my case. in near future i will have to find something wider.

[soneca]

My two pc are mounted on Cooler Master Haf 932 advanced. Really like this case, lots of space, perfect ventilation and little noise.

[george84]

Exception EFOpenError in Module RipBot264.exe at 000235DA.
Cannot open file ".....\job1\test.log".

There are at lest 2 older forum entries where people had the same problems, but the remedy was not clear.

I tried to deinstall RipBOT264 (Which is just a delete of a directory) and a reinstall. But this didn't help.

The following 4 files get created

getAVSerror.cmd
getinfo.avs
info.txt
job1.avs

The file getAVSerror.cmd has as contents:

C:
cd "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1"
"C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Kevin\Eigene Dateien\Downloads\RipBot264_1.17.5\Tools\avs2yuv\test.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\getinfo.avs"

I am really lost because version 17.4 worked really well. Even after installing 17.5 yesterday i was able to encode some files, but today it doesn't work any more.

[Atak_Snajpera]

(removed)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Just a side note: Instead of using two separate commands...
C:
cd "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1"

...you can simply do:
cd /d "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1"

Or alternatively:
pushd "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1"

The latter one has the advantage that you can go back via "popd" ;)

[george84]

The file getAVSerror.cmd is generated by RipBot264.
So above comment is rather directed to developer of RipBot264.

[Atak_Snajpera]

have you tried reinstaling avisynth, haali and ffdshow ?

[george84]

have you tried reinstaling avisynth, haali and ffdshow ?

Thank you for your answer

Yes I reinstalled all three. I even switched back to avisynth 2.5.8. I now tried out with simplest avs file having only 1 line, namely "Version()" and get error message quite fast. So error is not related to avs contents.

Some additional info for case where a "real" avs is used:

Ripbot264 processes to the point where it creates subtitles (a ssa file which is created by my avs script too). This means that Ripbot processes entire avs file. It also creates a .d2a file for mp3 which is included in avs script. So something goes wrong after all this processing.

VirtualDub plays the avs file without problems. I tried with StaxRip, MeGui and avanti and they all encoded without problems. But RipBot is really my favorite, and I would like to continue to use it.

Would it be possible to know which tool causes the specific error message? Wich tool wants to write (or read?) this file test.log? I noticed that in directory avs2yuv such a file exists, but it is created when RipBot264 is installed.:o

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) open cmd.exe as administrator
2) run getAVSerror.cmd from console
3) Has test.log been created in C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1 ?

[george84]

1) open cmd.exe as administrator
2) run getAVSerror.cmd from console
3) Has test.log been created in C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1 ?

No, console log is (I inserted a PAUSE)


C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1>C:

C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1>cd "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1"

C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1>"C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Kevin\Eigene Dateien\Downloads\RipBot264v1.17.5\Tools\avs2yuv\test.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264t
emp\job1\getinfo.avs"
Reading 1 / 1

C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1>PAUSE
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

and this creates in "...\job1" a file called

info.txt

with contents:

240
24.000000
0
0
0
440
80

was for avs with only version() statement. This seems logical as getinfo.avs contains


Import("C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Kevin\Eigene Dateien\SMIL\BSG10\Version.avs").ConvertToYV12()
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Framecount")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Framerate")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioRate")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioChannels")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","AudioLength")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Width")
WriteFile("C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\info.txt","Height ")
Trim(0,-1)

[george84]

Finally I got RipBot264 1.17.5 working again. I cannot pinpoint the cause of the problem.

As last resort I moved the whole RipBot264 directory to another disk, and starting RipBot264 from there got it working.

:)

[aldix]

Yup, odd unexplainable stuff that suddenly stops. Sounds familiar alright.

[legend63]

Hi at all i receive this error with an VC-1 (source bd) mkv file
DirectShowSource: could not open file C: \ video \ T2_Video -. Mkv:
Can not play back the video stream. It was found no suitable decompressor.
(C: \ Temp \ RipBot264temp \ job5 \ getinfo.avs, line 2)

Any ideas ?
Thanks

[Atak_Snajpera]

Are you happy Win XP user?

[legend63]

Are you happy Win XP user?
wws 2008 r2 .

[Atak_Snajpera]

configure ffdshow like this
http://i.cubeupload.com/beejpk.png

Perhaps your OS does not have Windows Media Player with vc-1 decoder installed like Windows 7.

[legend63]

configure ffdshow like this
Perhaps your OS does not have Windows Media Player with vc-1 decoder installed like Windows 7.
Thanks.

[whiskey]

Audio
Format : Speex
Codec ID : 11
Duration : 1h 21mn
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 11.025 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy


Is it possible somehow to make Ripbot recognize audio compressed with Speex codec ? Was just wondering since player recognizes it fine but when I load file in ripbot it tells me there is no audio track

[Atak_Snajpera]

send me sample

[Trizep]

Since I´ve updated my Ripbot it doesn´t work. :(

I´ve a Single PC without LAN-Connection.

Ripbot try to start always the Server Client and get the error
"Source File could not be Indexed". :eek:

I don´t need this Server-Lan-fuction. How can I deaktivate the Sever-Lan function???? :confused:

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1661770#post1661770

[Trizep]

OK
you mean ....
change this in ripbot264.ini:

---------------------
// Supported input formats AVI / FLV / MP4 / MKV / DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray
UseDistributedEncoding=0
----------------------------

What is about supported input formats (AVI,FLV,MP4,DVD,HD-DVD,BD) ?

Are this the Input formats only for DistributedEncoding?
Or are they now deaktivated for whole Ripbot?

PS:
After change to 0 it works.
:helpful:

[legend63]

edit :-)

[Ryushin]

Atak, I'm very pleased that you got a new setup from such a generous Metaphor. Your hard work in creating the incredible software that we use is just outstanding. I also am very grateful as all of my Blu-rays have been converted with your incredible software.

If you have a moment, for the first time in a long time, I'm experiencing a problem. I did re-arrange my physical temp drives around. But the drive letter is the same. But now, when I'm trying to add a blu-ray to the queue, it hangs on "Please Wait... Demuxing selected streams... 1%" and never moves from there. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, actually never got past Analyzing Streams...

I've searched through the thread, but I could gain any insight into this problem. Thanks very everything, again. Your work and software is incredibly appreciated.

[Atak_Snajpera]

First thought. Bad rip ? New encryption not removed correctly by AnyDVD ? Are you using win8? I'm guessing now.

[Ryushin]

First thought. Bad rip ? New encryption not removed correctly by AnyDVD ? Are you using win8? I'm guessing now.

I do have AnyDVD installed on this computer, but for the most part, I do not use it to rip anything on it. I've tried three different discs with all of the same results. I even have an old rip sitting on the server that I tried.

Win8, not a chance. I'm not that masochistic.

Do you still have a debug version available? It's not putting anything in the Logs folder yet.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try ripping your BDs with latest AnyDVD. Also you can manually execute Blu-Ray_ExtractStreams.cmd in /Job1/ folder to see if there is any error message in console.