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

[mpiper]

Show me log.

Make sure that you use wmv9 decoder instead of libavcodec
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2825/new1sr2.th.png (http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new1sr2.png)

Remux source with TSMuxer

It will be fixed in new version


Well, after experimenting a little with Virtualdub, I discovered the issue with the encodes. I am using WMV9 to decode. However, encoding a 1920X1080 to a mjpg (I have a comercial version that is incredibly fast) at 1920X1080 with the MSU denoise filer (set at 75,35) was going to take 2 days, 22 hours and some minutes. So, if you add any additional work (i.e. re-encoding to h264), you're looking at encoding times beyond belief! Just a side effect of the resolution and my processor speed I guess. After all, 1920X1080 is 6 times the pixelcount per frame.

I'm trying a similar encode but with a 1280X720 resize, which should cut down the encoding time by about half.

[jamd1]

Just going to try out the denoiser with some older movies - but there are no profiles for this in the profiles directory. Where can i get the 2 denoiser profiles mentioned on page 1 or how do i activate denoising? Thx.

[mpiper]

Jamd1,

Once you load the video, click "Properties." The denoise function and profiles are on the third page of properties. This is VERY slow. However, it is PHENOMINAL! in what it can do to clean a noisy source.

To see the original source and an example (using SD video) the website is:
http://compression.ru/video/denoising/index_en.html

I love this filter, especially since they got GPU functionality added. The old one was VERY slow, even on DVD/ SD sources. The only problem is 720X480 video is only .3 megapixels perframe, while HD is 2.1 megapixels, a 700% increase in resolution and pixel count, meaning a very slow process for HD video. But if you have the processor (or time) to support it, this is an incredible way to clean film grain without sacrificing detail.

[octium]

I used the installer, and it seems to work fine.

The program will generate a job1_EncodeVideoPass1.cmd with syntax that needs to be edited every time in order to work. It happens no matter what the settings seem to be in the gui (CQ/2Pass/etc)

"E:\RipBot264v1.9.4\tools\x264\x264.exe" "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1.avs" --crf 22 --level 4.1 --sar 1:1 --aud --nal-hrd --vbv-bufsize 14000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --filter 0,0 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --subme 6 --trellis 1 --analyse all --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "E:\Temp\RipBot264temp\video.264"

[womble2]

Hi


first of all: I like RipBot very much ;)
I tried doing the hole thing by myself (setting up a avisynth script and start x264 with right parameters)
but it didn't work out.
So RipBot is my choice.

There are just some little things, I would like to know:
i edited the .ini so that the iPod/iPhone profile is default.
When I convert a Video, I klick on "Add", search the Video, and then there is the "tricky" part: I need to resize my videos.
Because I have to do this with a lot of files, it would be nice if I could add the resize option
to the iPod/iPhone profile. That would save me 50% of klicks.

And it would also be nice, if there would be an option "convert all movies in directory xxxx".
If that would be possible, and RipBot would use the default profile with the resize, that would be almost perfect !


So if anything could be done, I would be very thankfull.

[Ajax_Undone]

FFDShow has been updated you can grab the latest clsid build from www.ffdshow.info

Enjoy

[jamd1]

I am having trouble with Blu-rays that have True sound HD. Ripbot converts the sound to a continuos buzz. If I remux the .m2ts first ,downsampling the audio to ac3 with TSmuxer then Ripbot cuts the audio demuxing short ( by different amounts on every attempt- sometimes after 1min - sometimes after 5 or 7?????). Is there any way around this? thx.

[gav1577]

Hi atak any chance of adding a few more options to the gui please ?
1. custom cqm option
2 dead zones options
3 b-frame mode option
4 and maybe --fgo
5 aq strength
or if not a custom cmd line would be great
It would make it easier for me and others not to have to edit the job
cmd files all the time for e.g low dead zones for grain preservation
perhaps these options could be hidden from the average user and available to the more advanced user by editing the ini file like a hidden section
I know i could use megui but i like the way ripbot makes thing easy
by doing your muxing and working out bitrate and m2ts overhead thanks

[turbojet]

Hi, thanks for the program, I've found it excellent in calculating bluray output with AC3 and srt.

However I've been having some oversize issues using DTS and bluray output. The two different movies I've tested so far have been 63-64 MB oversized. Both used target sizes of 4480MB(720p) and 8150MB(1080p). Could more accurate calculations with DTS to bluray output possibly be looked into?

Also, is there any plans for sup (original subs tsmuxer and xport+ spit out) support? In the 5 tests I've done I've concluded: <sum of all sup files> + 2-3 MB per sup file = m2ts file size increase.

I'll continue to do more tests. If more results and\or more accurate results could help I'm more than willing to share.

[jamd1]

In my above problem getting Ripbot to fully demux the audio from a remuxed .m2ts - the only way i could do it was split the 2 hour movies into 6 parts and ripbot each part - then join the re-encoded files back together. The 2 blu-ray movies with TrueHD sound i had problems with were "Across The Universe" and "Welcome To The Jungle". Whenever rejoining .m2ts files there is always a glitch on the join. Rather than joining and remuxing .m2ts files are there any tools to make a .mpls playlist for a reauthored bluray that will play the separate .m2ts files seamlessly.

Well I have a dual boot xp/vista setup. I rarely use vista but I thought I'd try Ripbot out with my problem movies. Surprise- The audio demux ran through perfectly first time. The only thing that was changed In my setup was that I installed the latest beta of ffdshow on vista (on xp I have the latest stable Dec07 version). Is this likely a Vista benefit or could the later ffdshow be the reason it worked?

[dchao]

@Atak_Snajpera:

Hi again. Since I've installed the new 1.9.4, all my newly generated AVC/H.264 files have not been able to be played by Apple QuickTime player. My previous version 1.9.2 has no problem producing files playable on QuickTime player.

QT player simply reports "Invalid sample description" and refuses to play it. VLC player on Mac has no problem playing it.

So I decided to use GSpot to check the video/4CCs and audio codec stored in the new mp4 files. I noticed one difference in the audio codec reported by GSpot. In the mp4 files produced by 1.9.2, audio was set to "mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC", whereas 1.9.4 set it to "mp4a: MPEG-2 AAC LC"

"mp4a: MPEG-2 AAC LC" is clearly an invalid codec in a MP4 container

Ref: http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Category:Audio_Codecs

Is there any reason for the change? Could you change it back to "mp4a: MPEG-4"?

Thanks a lot!

EDIT: Additional info - the video I was converting from is AVI DivX+MPEG1 Layer 3. While 1.9.4 insisted on demuxing my audio, 1.9.2 didn't and converted the audio directly from AVI to AAC. I hope this will help you debugging it.

[god_md5]

look like the 1.94 blu-ray out can not add srt ,test two time

[Sarreq Teryx]

Changelog
v1.9.3
Added: All subtitles are automatically demuxed from mp4 and mkv
will they automatically re-mux, or do we have to do that by hand. looking at the subtitles box when opening an MKV with ASS subs (the only type I seem to have) shows nothing.

[Ajax_Undone]

Wow my bad um the installer has had an issue for about a week I used the old 1.9.3 version in the 1.9.4 installer getting fixed as we speek

http://www.mediafire.com/?tiy7cdwtg0g


here you go hopfuly I dont screw up that bad again

[Atak_Snajpera]

The two different movies I've tested so far have been 63-64 MB oversized. Both used target sizes of 4480MB(720p) and 8150MB(1080p). Could more accurate calculations with DTS to bluray output possibly be looked into?
I need exact movie's duration in seconds. DTS audio was 768 kbps or 1536kbps?

[Sarreq Teryx]

OK, I've got an odd one now, I have a source video at 11.988fps (old anime), but ripbot is forcing it up to 23.976.

[grew]

I tried opening a file with ripbot and all that happens is windows media player classic attempts to open the file and nothing happens with the ripbot gui. any advice?

[Atak_Snajpera]

I am having trouble with Blu-rays that have True sound HD. Ripbot converts the sound to a continuos buzz. If I remux the .m2ts first ,downsampling the audio to ac3 with TSmuxer then Ripbot cuts the audio demuxing short ( by different amounts on every attempt- sometimes after 1min - sometimes after 5 or 7?????). Is there any way around this? thx.
I would like to get sample :) At least 50 MB

[Yumepuro]

Wow... I am amazed, what I was looking for was right here under my nose; I didn't expect your GUI "RipBot" to do what I wanted. Simply because I was under the impression that it would be like the rest of the application programs. I was wrong and I’m glad I was because I got what I was looking for, to be able to play one "MPEG4" file in both PSP and PS3 and at good quality for a great size is just what I wanted... First off Thank you Atak_Snajpera for making such a thing possible but I must know in order to appreciate your hard work... can you please teach me the way it works, i like to understand the ins and outs of how things work. I love to learn but I don't know where to start can you please give me an explanation I would be totally grateful for you. You don’t know the frustration of trying to Encode a video file that will work on both systems (PSP, PS3) I tried many different applications and all of them would work on only one or thy other two days of reading and fiddling around other programs lead me to giving up but a ray of hope shine me to yours. And I was just so happy and full of joy. I just want to know what the settings, limitations and requirements needed in order to play a proper MPEG4 for both PSP and PS3. Finding something and having it work is great, but learning how it works and why it works makes it even better. I hope you can understand me and my desire to learn please guide me to a idiot proof guidance because I’m not very Knowledgeable in a/v formats and encoding but I’m a fast learner.
Daniel

[jamd1]

double post - sorry please delete

[jamd1]

I would like to get sample :) At least 50 MB
I managed to finally encode these 2 movies with ripbot - only using Vista though. I have used Ripbot 1.92 on other movies with True HD - and Ripbot has just ignored the TrueHD stream - only demuxing other audio. ( Beowulf worked ok with just 5.1 audio stream).
On these 2 True HD movies Ripbot 1.94 made an attempt at encoding the audio but using xp it cut the demuxing short before"gathering information". I tried it at leaset 20 times and a 2hr movie stopped demuxing after anywhere from 5 mins to 1hr 50 mins. When I finally got it working with vista - pass1 ran ok and pass2 ran with 1 vbv buffer underflow error - movie encoded ok. Sorry don't have the log any more.
Also a small sample might not be any good as the demuxing often ran well into several gb of .m2ts data.
This may be an isolated problem - although I have only done a few True HD movies.

[dchao]

@Atak_Snajpera:

Did you find out why I am getting "mp4a: MPEG-2 AAC LC" in the sample description? Right now, I have to downgrade to 1.9.2 to encode some of my videos.

Thanks!

[dish]

Yay! Thank you for .ass files! :)

[survivant001]

Added: Film Grain Optymalization (--fgo 10 medium safe strength)
Added: .ass subtitles are also extracted from mkv

good news.

does the chapters are extracted from the mkv too ? (pass to tsmuxer, instead of the default 5 min)

[Atak_Snajpera]

does the chapters are extracted from the mkv too ? (pass to tsmuxer, instead of the default 5 min)
I have no mkvs with chapters in my collection :(

[turbojet]

I need exact movie's duration in seconds. DTS audio was 768 kbps or 1536kbps?

This is what I've written down so far:

runtime 86m52s
720p-1536 - 4,744,329,216 (4525 MB)
1080p-1536 - 8,599,867,392 (8201 MB)

runtime 105m48s
720p-1536 - (4543 MB)
720p-768 - 4,725,694,464 (4506 MB)
1080p-768 - 8,572,784,640 (8175 MB)
1080p-1536 - 8,612,861,952 (8214 MB)

Thanks for looking into this.

[Atak_Snajpera]

This is exactly what I need:) Thank you for providing me very useful information. With those data I will be able to create correct formula for DTS.

[~bT~]

here's a chapters text file for you to mux into any existing mkv.

http://maxupload.com/DE9EEFDE

[survivant001]

I have no mkvs with chapters in my collection :(

if it's just that the problem :)

check your PM

[gav1577]

@Atak_Snajpera thanks for adding the fgo this program just keeps getting better & better :D

[Ajax_Undone]

[img=http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6543/14138981xl8.jpg] (http://imageshack.us)

This has probably already been asked but couldn't find anything on it... What is with the small lines appering when there is motion???

[darkedgex]

Running Windows Server 2008 and after rebooting recently I start getting this error whenever I try to add a new project or open a file/source (after I've selected the file and hit "Open" on the file open dialog):

http://www.icehouse.net/llt/images/unknown.png

Any ideas? Whatever the issue with that bitmap is, it makes it so loading a file is impossible (seems like it skips the detection of length/content because it can't find this file).

Whatever the problem was, apparently going to sleep and coming back the next morning fixed it. :P For the record, I left the PC on all night, so it wasn't rebooting or anything that fixed it.

[xaero]

can ripbot do a quick 1 pass encode? (with filesize output option for passes, not CQ coz theres no output filesize limit... stuck with a 2GB memcard)i kinda dont have time to re-encode all my vidpodcasts(which takes around 1h45mins 2pass for 1 vid, diggnation and other rev3 stuff if u must ask..) to load them up my psp before i go to school..

other tools i use (xvid4psp) doesnt have a target filesize option so thats why i rely on ripbot :)

[~bT~]

Running Windows Server 2008 and after rebooting recently I start getting this error whenever I try to add a new project or open a file/source (after I've selected the file and hit "Open" on the file open dialog):

http://www.icehouse.net/llt/images/unknown.png

Any ideas? Whatever the issue with that bitmap is, it makes it so loading a file is impossible (seems like it skips the detection of length/content because it can't find this file).

here: http://www.mediafire.com/?4mchifaczup

put this in the mediainfo folder.

[~bT~]

[img=http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/6543/14138981xl8.jpg] (http://imageshack.us)

This has probably already been asked but couldn't find anything on it... What is with the small lines appering when there is motion???

its called combing. need to deinterlace or forcefilm.

[Ajax_Undone]

Thanks ~BT~
As for the MediaInfo\unknown.bmp That is fault of the directory shortcut pointing to ripbot.exe and not the directory as well...
Right click on the shortcut => properties In the window that appears go to "start in path" and add the
directory where Ripbot is installed inside of ""

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1089/properrq2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Espio]

After every encode finishes I get this error: "MP4Box.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.", but the encode still finishes and outputs the file. This is very annoying because if I don't click "Close" on the dialog with the error message RipBot will not continue encoding the other videos in the queue, which defeats the purpose of a batch encoder.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Did you use new version? Show me log

[survivant001]

if it's just that the problem :)

check your PM


@Atak_Snajpera
does the sample help ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Yes. I'm working on it. It is easy to implement.

[Espio]

Here's the log; I was using 1.9.5. The error was from Windows, by the way, not RipBot. I see that no error shows up in the log.

[Atak_Snajpera]

What filename did you use?

[Ajax_Undone]

Please use Tags when posting logs otherwise the author has to wait till the attachment is approved...

[Gawwad]

hi
first of all thanks a lot for this very useful little program

i have a question
what is the right settings for the program to properly ivtc this 1 minute ntsc mpeg2 video ?
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H1I0T1PG (size: 51.3 MB)

many thanks in advance

[Atak_Snajpera]

Deinterlace + Decimate

[Gawwad]

Deinterlace + Decimate

are these settings right ?

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9181/clipboard01ag1.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2083/clipboard02as1.jpg


should i always use top field first 29.97 for all ntsc videos if i am planing to ivtc them ?

[Atak_Snajpera]

If you see characteristic horizontal lines in source then you must use deinterlace function to get rid of them.
If you notice that video is not smooth because contains repeated frames then you should use decimate function to delete cloned frames.

[Gawwad]

If you see characteristic horizontal lines in source then you must use deinterlace function to get rid of them.
If you notice that video is not smooth because contains repeated frames then you should use decimate function to delete cloned frames.

that is the case with the ntsc mpeg2 videos i have
but i just want to know whether to use top field first 29.97 or bottom field first 29.97

for this 1 minute sample i uploaded, top field first 29.97 seemed to give smoother video than bottom field first 29.97
for other ntsc video providing i am planing to ivtc them, should i always stick with top field first 29.97 ?
or it depend on each ntsc mpeg2 video ?
this is an important thing for me as i am planing to batch a lot of ntsc mpeg2 videos in 1 go

[Atak_Snajpera]

It is up to source. Personally I use always Top Field First.

[Sarreq Teryx]

that is the case with the ntsc mpeg2 videos i have
but i just want to know whether to use top field first 29.97 or bottom field first 29.97

for this 1 minute sample i uploaded, top field first 29.97 seemed to give smoother video than bottom field first 29.97
for other ntsc video providing i am planing to ivtc them, should i always stick with top field first 29.97 ?
or it depend on each ntsc mpeg2 video ?
this is an important thing for me as i am planing to batch a lot of ntsc mpeg2 videos in 1 gostrictly speaking, NTSC should be top frame first, BUT, some capture card encode bottom first (regardless of their input). you're just going to have to experiment a little to get the right setting