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

[Atak_Snajpera]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1387495#post1387495

[Lighto]

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1387495#post1387495

Thanks mate, it's working now.:thanks:

[soneca]

Now that I changed my 3GB to 6GB, want to try Windows 7 64-bit ...

I hope I do not have many problems ...:eek:

[playboysmoov]

I can't seem to get this program to start. I installed of the programs that it's requesting but it won't let me continue...


Can you use the latest version of Haali Media Splitter (version 2010-03-27) or does it have to be the older one (2009-01-11)?


:thanks:

[pacaveli211]

I can't seem to get this program to start. I installed of the programs that it's requesting but it won't let me continue...

Can you use the latest version of Haali Media Splitter (version 2010-03-27) or does it have to be the older one (2009-01-11)?

:thanks:
we just talked about this like 5 posts ago. also since your ripbot won't start (saying haali is not installed), wouldn't that be a good indication that you don't have the right version? it also provides a link to the version you need

[soneca]

Hi Atak,

To achieve maximum performance in Windows 7 64-bit I have to also use the Avisynth 2.5.8, Haali Media Splitter and ffdshow 64-bit ok.
Where can I get Avisynth 2.5.8 64-bit?
It is this version?:confused:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152800

[taco-man]

Is there any way to let us set the default audio encoding to use from the RipBot264.ini file? Say for example i want to set it to use Aften AC3 448 kbps when possible by default. Right now i always have to remember to click the drop down box for audio and change it (and i forget somethimes :eek:)

If this isn't currently possible, is there any chance you could add a way to do this?

Thanks for the awesome program though!

[Balthazar2k4]

Hi Atak,

To achieve maximum performance in Windows 7 64-bit I have to also use the Avisynth 2.5.8, Haali Media Splitter and ffdshow 64-bit ok.
Where can I get Avisynth 2.5.8 64-bit?
It is this version?:confused:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=152800

To use RipBot on Win7 x64 you still use the x86 versions of Avisynth, Haali, & FFDshow. Atak does not support anything other than x264 x64 at this time.

[soneca]

Thanks for the reply Balthazar.

You think it's worth moving to 64 bits?
What is the gain of x264 64 compared to 32 bits?

[Balthazar2k4]

Thanks for the reply Balthazar.

You think it's worth moving to 64 bits?
What is the gain of x264 64 compared to 32 bits?

According to the x264 developers, about 10% speed improvement (personally I haven't tested this). RipBot will use x264 x64 without having everything else in 64-bit. As long as you are running on Win x64, RipBot will enable use of x264 x64.

[juramirez]

Tried it a couple of times over the weekend. Worked like a charm. :) Didn't try sleep, just hibernate, though.

Ok, had a couple of successful tries, but one bad one... When I resumed from hibernate, RipBot was extremely sluggish, starting at around 0.1 fps, eventually going up to 0.25 fps, instead of the usual 4-6 fps I usually get. I aborted and restarted, and everything was fine. Any idea why that would happen?

[pacaveli211]

Any idea why that would happen?
yeah, it failed, lol. sounds about what mine did when I did the sleep

[Atak_Snajpera]

I didn't fail for god sake! After hibernation or sleep x264 may not report correct fps or eta but the rest will be ok! TESTED!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at the frames. Do not pay attention to above values at all.

[juramirez]

I didn't fail for god sake! After hibernation or sleep x264 may not report correct fps or eta but the rest will be ok! TESTED!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at the frames. Do not pay attention to above values at all.

Okay... Just out of curiosity, will the fps and eta numbers eventually correct?

[Atak_Snajpera]

I wouldn't count on it.

[soneca]

According to the x264 developers, about 10% speed improvement (personally I haven't tested this). RipBot will use x264 x64 without having everything else in 64-bit. As long as you are running on Win x64, RipBot will enable use of x264 x64.

Cool!:)
This greatly simplifies because I will not worry about incompatibilities with other programs.
I think I'll installing W7 64 bit and do some tests over the weekend.
Obrigado Balthazar!

[WebMan]

I have a little problem....
I use RipBot a lot, but, now I have a problem...
I take an MKV (6gb) and I try to re-encode at 4 gb, to put on DVD5...
I made this operation several time...
What happen now... when I open the file, I'll wait all operation (demux, gathering info..) and create the job.
When I pus START, after 3 second appear the message : THE JOB IS FINISHED... without making any conversion...

What I do wrong ?
My SO is Windows 7 x64, 12 Gb RAM.

Thx in advance...

[itsano]

Nice program! I use it to encode my MTS files from my Sony HDR-CX350V.
What I would like to see is the ability to specify the File/Segment title directly into RipBot instead of using the original filename.

Not that I want to promote any programs here, but here is what I use: Sony HDR-CX350V > tsMuxeR > RipBot > mkvToolnix
tsMuxeR is only for joining segments from a same movie. mkvToolnix is then used to add a proper File/Segment title.

Thanks!

[soneca]

Balthazar,

Some tests ...

With a cartoon episode of 22 min. the difference was small, but with a film of 01h: 53m the difference was much greater.

both > 1080 to 720, cq 16:devil:

cartoon 32 bits> 16m 05s
cartoon 64 bits> 15m 32s

movie 32 bits> 03h 02m 12s
movie 64 bits> 02h 40m 31s:)

[Balthazar2k4]

Balthazar,

Some tests ...

With a cartoon episode of 22 min. the difference was small, but with a film of 01h: 53m the difference was much greater.

both > 1080 to 720, cq 16:devil:

cartoon 32 bits> 16m 05s
cartoon 64 bits> 15m 32s

movie 32 bits> 03h 02m 12s
movie 64 bits> 02h 40m 31s:)

Thanks Soneca for the definitive proof. Now I know it's as fast as it's going to get. What's up with CQ16? Can you see the difference between 16 and 18?

[soneca]

Can you see the difference between 16 and 18?

Difficult but depending on the material, yes, there is an improvement.
At least, I notice!:p

[stinman]

I only use your program atak and sometimes BDRebuilder,BDRebuilder will not let you put anything other than BDMV files and will not let you keep HD audio unless you do a BD-25,but I do get faster encodes with it,the difference is BDrebuild uses me-hex and ripbot uses me-umh,which is best? Everything is the same on default settings except the me-xx above and a couple other things like keyint 24 and keyint min-1 for BDreb and keyint-240 and keyint min-24 in RipBot 1.15.1.Does this have anything to do with time and quality?The only other thing is rc-lookahead ripbot is 40 and BDreb is 24,all these are default settings.
Last night I changed the x264.exe's to the latest ver for both x264_x64.exe and the x264_x86.exe and put them in the tools in ripbot264.Is this OK to do or should I leave the one you put in when you updated ripbot, Atak? I'm wondering if I screwed anything up,I have Windows 7 x64 Ultimate,Phenom II 965BE AM3 cpu oc 3.8 and Corsair DDR3 XMS3 1600 memory 4GB's.Most the time it takes about 5hrs with both programs.When i use yours I only encode the movie file(no audio)then remux the Hd audio back in with tsmuxer.It took me 7.5 hrs last night, this is a couple hrs out of the norm,should I put the x264.exe's you had in there,or does this matter.Thanks for your program,It has helped save loads of room on my hard drives and keep great quality.

stin

[Atak_Snajpera]

the difference is BDrebuild uses me-hex and ripbot uses me-umh,which is best?
me-umh is better

couple other things like keyint 24 and keyint min-1 for BDreb and keyint-240 and keyint min-24 in RipBot 1.15.1.
longer gop is better for quality. With ultra short gop like 24 you may noticed unpleasant change in scene details. (encoder is forced to insert keyframe every second). Some people describe this as "frame pulsing". In Constant Quality mode files with shorter gop (24 for example) are always larger.

keyint 24 and keyint min-1
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ylydyz522mk/24.mkv

keyint [fps*10] and keyint [fps]
http://www.mediafire.com/file/znm0ht2zznz/240.mkv

Is this OK to do or should I leave the one you put in when you updated ripbot, Atak?
you can always use latest builds from x264.nl because HRD patch has been committed some time ago.

[8ternity]

Custom profiles will be added in v1.1.0.


Simple design will be always kept. That's my goal :)

x2, i verry like the simple and great design of ripbot264 program. I have tried a lot of h264 gui and this is the most easier and simple to configure and use. :thanks::thanks:

[8ternity]

@dvgeek:

Any update about my reply and solutions?

[stinman]

Thanks for the input, and the links for knowledge. I wish I knew how to use x264 from the command line.My Bluray backups always look good.I didn't state that the BDrebuilder back-up I was comparing with was a default BD-5,not sure what it is in BD-9.I had Ripbot set at 7168 bit rate,2 pass because I was going for around 8GB (no audio). The file was 28GB with DTS-MA ,it was 3.47GB.In all I ended with a 11GB HD movie that is as good as the orginal.Thanks!

stin

[Cartman]

One question: when finally multiplexing MKV, shouldn't be the HE/SBR/AAC+ flag set for HE-AAC 5.1? It's not the case atm...

[davidsama]

When is a new version of ripbot coming out?

[Balthazar2k4]

When is a new version of ripbot coming out?

Is there something in particular you are looking for? As of now, RipBot is excellent. I don't see Atak adding too many more features in the future, so it might be a while.

[thebasa]

is there documentation on what all can be pre-selected in the interface by a setting in RipBot264.ini or are the default settings in there the only ones that are recognized? for example would be helpful for me to have automatically pre-selected all subtitles to demux in the bottom pulldown, and after demux automatically set audio to aften 640, set normalize none and crop automatic.

[MKVCrazy]

Atak, why does RipBot require Admin privileges every time it starts? :( Can it be avoid?

[Atak_Snajpera]

When is a new version of ripbot coming out?
in May

One question: when finally multiplexing MKV, shouldn't be the HE/SBR/AAC+ flag set for HE-AAC 5.1? It's not the case atm...
this only works when you don't use copy stream. I will try to fix that in newer version.

@thebasa
whole documentation is in ripbot264.ini

Atak, why does RipBot require Admin privileges every time it starts? Can it be avoid?
few reasons why I need Admin privileges
1) in order to set ffdshow as preffered directshow decoder in windows 7.
2) in order to register missing filters

Above tasks could be done by installer (Nevertheless Admin privileges also would be required) but I prefer simpler solutions like .7z file :)

[Hyrax]

I hate asking for new features - this is an excellent program and I really appreciate all the effort you've already put into it. I don't want to add to your troubles, but I'd like to ask for something that would be useful.

I wonder if it would be possible to have options to keep the existing audio extract and another option to keep the existing first pass data?

My workflow is to usually try a single pass, CQ encode first. I then take a look at it and if it looks good and if it will fit on a DVD, I'll keep it. If it looks bad I'll either go to a 2-pass encode or try a better CQ encode. Every time I rerun a Ripbot job, it goes through the creating audio phase, even when the existing audio is fine.

The problem with a 2-pass encode is that it takes a long time. Sometimes I need to shut down my computer in the middle of a 2nd pass. When I restart the computer, I need to go back to the beginning again - wasting an hour or two.

I usually get around this 2-pass problem by running the CMD files created in the job directory, but this seems a little unsafe to me.

Thanks,
Tim

[Atak_Snajpera]

The problem with a 2-pass encode is that it takes a long time. Sometimes I need to shut down my computer in the middle of a 2nd pass. When I restart the computer, I need to go back to the beginning again - wasting an hour or two.


Click (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+hibernate+function)

[stinman]

That "click" was a very Kool answer, I wish I new how to do that.I'm sure some would say you was being a smart ass,but i think that was kool.

[TheAncientEvil]

Hi all, just wondering if and how people are encoding 720p content with AAC + AC3 DD for the AppleTV as RipBot doesn't seem to have an option for that that I can find. Do you mux the AC3 track in with some other tool after encoding the h264+AAC with RipBot?

Thanks for any tips..

[klopsknoedel]

@TheAncientEvil

RipBot-Folder -> Tools -> tsmuxer -> tsMuxerGUI.exe

1. click on "add" and ADD the finished h264+AAC-file wich RipBot generated
2. click on "add" and ADD the AC3-Track
3. Select the Format on the "Output" and click on "Start Muxing"

[mmmmdonut]

I just do multichannel AAC and let aTV mix it as prologic for my receiver to split. Keeps things nice and simple.

[harrystruman]

Czesc, Atak!!!

I've been using your tool for a while, and its great, but I have been observing a couple of things that bother me, maybe you can throw me a hand:

1) The PSP profile from 1.14.1 worked for me without problems. But the latest version (1.15.1) has some changes to it that make sometimes the video to "dissolve", like when a codec doesnt have enough bitrate to present the picture, but uglier. Im guessing some x264 option newly introduced (could be even before, 1.14.6) that doesn't always work good on the PSP. Im talking firmware 5.03, you can understand why I wouldnt go higher in this ;) Any option I could turn off? I tried several, but no luck.

2) The second thing bothers me more: Every time I have a VC1 source, I feel a delay in the ripbot generated file. Sometimes its so obvious that is not OK to keep the file. Later I examine the source, and the source goes OK, no delay or anything. The weird thing is, its not constant, its more noticeable in some scenes that others. For example, Nico - Above The Law original UK Bluray: Starts nice, everything in place.About 40 minutes later, you can feel some delay. Around 15 minutes later, a milisecond more. And in the end, everything goes fine again.

My setup:

Windows 7 64 bit, Ripbot 1.14.1 and 1.15.1 (for testing)
ffdshow set to ffmpeg-mt for AVC, set to WMV9 for VC1
MakeMKV for copying from original blurays to HDD.
-NOTE: I tried the demo anydvd to see if the untouched M2TS file did the same, and it did, so I dont think its a problem of container.

Keep up this great work.

Pozdrowienia!!!!!!

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) The PSP profile from 1.14.1 worked for me without problems. But the latest version (1.15.1) has some changes to it that make sometimes the video to "dissolve", like when a codec doesnt have enough bitrate to present the picture, but uglier. Im guessing some x264 option newly introduced (could be even before, 1.14.6) that doesn't always work good on the PSP. Im talking firmware 5.03, you can understand why I wouldnt go higher in this Any option I could turn off? I tried several, but no luck.

Nothing has been changed in PSP profile. I also have PSP (that was my main reason to start this project) and I haven't had any problems with quality so far @. BTW I use CQ@22.

2) The second thing bothers me more: Every time I have a VC1 source, I feel a delay in the ripbot generated file. Sometimes its so obvious that is not OK to keep the file. Later I examine the source, and the source goes OK, no delay or anything. The weird thing is, its not constant, its more noticeable in some scenes that others. For example, Nico - Above The Law original UK Bluray: Starts nice, everything in place.About 40 minutes later, you can feel some delay. Around 15 minutes later, a milisecond more. And in the end, everything goes fine again.
What's your CPU? I wouldn't be surprised if your cpu is too slow.

[harrystruman]

Dzieki!!!

My CPU its an AMD X2 4200+, 4 GBs of RAM, a combo bluray-HDDVD drive, and playing fine with the bundled powerdvd ultra. Also, remuxed movies work fine, no matter what codec (VC1, H264).

For your info, I tried another software to test the same conversion, and let it use the original VC1 codec bundled with Windows 7 instead of the ffdshow one: The result was a little better, more "in synch", but still not perfect.

But the CPU power could be that important when converting video? I mean, besides taking longer, should be no problem, right?

Thanks again.

[Atak_Snajpera]

show my demuxlog.txt from job folder.

[harrystruman]

Thanks again.

Im at work right now, but when I get home, Ill post it .

See U in a while.

[Hyrax]

The problem with a 2-pass encode is that it takes a long time. Sometimes I need to shut down my computer in the middle of a 2nd pass. When I restart the computer, I need to go back to the beginning again - wasting an hour or two.

Click

Atak-
I do go to standby mode when I can and Ripbot264 works fine in those situations. However, I run Ripbot in 64-bit Windows7 on a dual boot machine ('cause I do not have the resources to own two computers). I run Ripbot overnight in Windows7, but in the morning I need to run Windows XP. If Ripbot has not finished encoding, it means that I've got to abort the second pass, shut down my PC, and reboot in another OS. This means I have to start at the beginning again the next night.

It sure would be nice if I could use the perfectly fine audio file and the perfectly fine first pass data files (job1.stats and job1.stats.mbtree?) that are already on my hard drive. This would save me a couple of hours of encoding time. I'm not asking to restart from where I left off in pass 2. I'm just asking for a couple of check boxes so I can cut directly to the code that creates the 2nd pass (and then remuxes).

I can understand that my request may muck up your user interface or otherwise be too hard for you to program, but would you at least think about it?

Also, could you tell me if it actually is OK to simply run job1_EncodeVideoPass2 followed by job1_MuxFiles in a CMD window?

Edit It just occurred to me that if I comment out all of the lines the Encode_Audio and Encode_VideoPass1 batch files, then Ripbot will do what I want (if I do not edit the job). I'll give it a try.

[robf]

I sent this also as a PM, but just in case you don't read them..

I have been using ripbot to convert HDDVD and BD to WTV files. I find it very useful, thank you for sharing.

I was wondering if it would be possible to add an option for WTV as the output file. It would be a simple matter of building the proper command line call to DVRMSToolbox and executing after the encoding stage. It would save an additional step to the conversion process.

What do you think?

thanks,
Rob

Bump to my request. Here is what I see needs to be done;

- A radio button on the jobs window for a save-as option for wtv.
- Create a script to issue the command: "<DVRMSToolbox Inst_dir>\Applications\todvrms.exe" "<mkv output dir>\output.mkv" "<final output dir>"\output.wtv" -wtv
- An additional task at the end of the job to call to the new wtv script

Is this possible? It would be so nice for the Win7 MC and xbox extender folks.

thanks,
Rob

[harrystruman]

Hi there, Again.

Atak, there is no demuxlog.txt in the temp/job folder.

There is one info.txt:
142806
23.976044
48000
6
285895680
1920
1080

and one mkvinfo.txt, attached to this post.

The rest is the audio.ac3, chapters file, getframe and getinfo.avs, job.avs and mkvextract.cmd

This is before conversion. Maybe that log you ask is after?

Thanks in advance.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Don't use MakeMKV! Remember simpler solutions are often the best
1) Activate AnyDVD HD (it must run in background!)
2) select ANY .m2ts from Blu-Ray disc in ripbot264
3) demuxing may take even 30 min so don't panic
4) encode and let me know if you have still audio sync issues. Use lower resolution and CQ mode to speed up whole process.

[Happysin]

RipBot does not like my TrueHD audio streams from my HD DVD rips. Is there a good way to get around this?

[EDIT] Perhaps I spoke too soon. Here's the error I am getting now:

DirectShowSource: couldn't open file D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.mkv:
Cannot play back the video stream: no suitable decompressor could be found.
(D:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\getinfo.avs, line 2)

I have everything required installed, including the most current version of FFDshow. I'm trying to do this to a ripped version of my Blade Runner HD DVD on a Windows Server 2003 machine (with some codec stuff installed to handle what Server 2k3 lacks there).

[mmmmdonut]

@happysin You got WMP11 on your W2K3 box?

[Happysin]

No, it's WMP10, but I have Windows Media Encoder and something else (I forget what, it was a while back) that is supposed to make WMP handle everything WMP11 is supposed to, media-wise.

Unfortunately, until Windows Home Server 2 comes out, I have no choice on upgrading that OS. :/