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

[guest]

You are just reducing degradation effect during lossy compression. Keep in mind that picture quality will be still worse than original due to lossy nature of compression. It is something like copying VHS tapes (worse quality) to BETA tapes (better quality) or audio cassette type-I (iron oxide) to type-II (chrome).

Wow, what has this got to do with what I asked...or is this replying to another post.

[byteshare]

OK, so you told me what Ripbot uses to mux, but what is used to govern the bitrate of an encode ??? If not mkvmerge ???
I believe FFMPEG is the main engine but you also use the codecs.
What governs the bitrate is the settings you tell the encoder to use.

[guest]

I believe FFMPEG is the main engine but you also use the codecs.
What governs the bitrate is the settings you tell the encoder to use.

Thankyou very much, byteshare..a straight answer :)

Atak,

Just discovered a very new version of ffmpeg 20180809

https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

[guest]

Yes if you select .m2ts file. COPY STREAM option will appear in Video profile combobox.
https://s22.postimg.cc/ec4n3qi1t/Untitled-1.png

So I tried this.....you could have mentioned that it removes the Avisynth options.

So, in this scenario, MKVmerge is better...for basic's.

[byteshare]

So I tried this.....you could have mentioned that it removes the Avisynth options.

So, in this scenario, MKVmerge is better...for basic's.

When you're doing Copy Stream you're not encoding, you're just copying files

[Mixer73]

When you're doing Copy Stream you're not encoding, you're just copying files

But I bet he can see the better quality ;)

Hint: if you encode to a higher bitrate without any filters, the resultant will will be lower quality.

In special cases you can encode with filters and result in a higher visual quality, but very high bitrate sources are not those cases.

This is just a case of confirmation bias.

[byteshare]

But I bet he can see the better quality ;)

Hint: if you encode to a higher bitrate without any filters, the resultant will will be lower quality.

In special cases you can encode with filters and result in a higher visual quality, but very high bitrate sources are not those cases.

This is just a case of confirmation bias.

Facts? Logic? Get out ;)
I find Degrain helpful as a basic way of making it perceptually better looking for my personal taste.

[byteshare]

Not sure why but RipBot is changing é to Θ when muxing the files after an encode.
The filename displays correctly in the queue.
I'm having this issue on a Windows 10 machine.
Using RipBot Core 2018.07.11
Example:
Pokémon XYZ - 0889 - From A to Z! [iTunes DL 1080p] (Arian)
Into:
PokΘmon XYZ - 0889 - From A to Z! [iTunes DL 1080p] (Arian)

@Atak_Snajpera; Any "update" on this ;)

[guest]

@Atak_Snajpera; Any "update" on this ;)

We just need updates, period !!!

mkvtoolnix & ffmpeg !!!

[byteshare]

We just need updates, period !!!

mkvtoolnix & ffmpeg !!!

Nah, the MKVToolNix works and the updates to MKVToolNix are generally minimal. FFMPEG same situation.

As for Codecs he is almost always on top of it.

I was just trying to be cheeky.

The only thing in RipBot as far as features that I've been looking for is better queue management.

I know FFMPEG crashes sometimes but almost always doubling my Encoding Servers (ie slowing per thread FPS) seems to keep it from crashing as much when it comes up for some videos more than others.

[killerpot]

since the new verison i cannot put "B" in ini to my hard drive. i forgot we have to pus b and not B that why when i changed the ini file that cause me problem! i just write if other person forgot like me.

question#2 what is this https://imgur.com/6MkjNLJ new option i want to know when the degrain filter and the other one are used ? if i encode a full bluray.because in the past this option was not their,by default it was at on or at off? in the past? for encoding full bluray. if the anser is no why you activate it by default in the new version 1.23 i test last night.

#3 by the way you broke the subtitle .sup bluray sub when you check convert to "dvd sub" the subtitle preview is broken now no more preview why you have and idea?!

the shutdown option is now confusing !!

and i dont have shitty codec pack im not a noob like you could think.

[Atak_Snajpera]

The only thing in RipBot as far as features that I've been looking for is better queue management.
What do you suggest?

[byteshare]

What do you suggest?
First, I find it very manageable right now and again thank you for your work.

The main feature around queue management I'd like would be to more easily move one or more items in the queue up in priority, without having to turn off jobs in front of them. I don't want the queue to stop once the jobs I need are done (if I turn off the other jobs to more easily "move" the priority) if I'm not around to re-enable the other jobs.

I use a macro key board so what I've been doing for a while now is I have it auto click for me and I move 1 item at a time.

I might be an edge case because I tend to have 100 or so jobs at anyone time.

Right now I don't move things to the top of the queue every day but I believe that is mostly because I don't want to move 10-12 items 1 at a time most of the time. When I do it, it is because I really need something done sooner.

Thank you for your interest.

[Atak_Snajpera]

So basically you need ability to select some jobs and move them on top at once? I will see what I can do in this department...

[guest]

since the new verison i cannot put "B" in ini to my hard drive.I have to put B and the name of my hard drive it's its weird.i have to type in ini "B WD Blue 3TB" to make it my temp folder. and anothe r thing my hard drive with the "B drive" dont appear in ripbot264 why? i use your program since 8 to 10 years.

question#2 what is this https://imgur.com/6MkjNLJ new option i want to know when the degrain filter and the other one are used ? if i encode a full bluray.because in the past this option was not their,by default it was at on or at off? in the past? for encoding full bluray. if the anser is no why you activate it by default in the new version 1.23 i test last night.

the shutdown option is now confusing !!

SOME ONE WILL FUCKING ANSER OR WHAT i come here waisting my time try to ameliorate Ripbot264 respect the pepole who really care fuc&?*&? bi%&%&!

stupid fucking moron extarct a full bluray on my c: drive only a stupid retarded will set a programme like this on the c: hahahas you stupid idiot

I doubt that you will get a response, with language like that !!!!

Clearly, even though you've been using it for so long, you still don't know too much about the "behind the scenes settings".

But drive letter B !!!!

[byteshare]

So basically you need ability to select some jobs and move them on top at once? I will see what I can do in this department...
Yes, that is a good summary. Thank you and if it turns into a huge job and you don't have time I understand.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Yes, that is a good summary. Thank you and if it turns into a huge job and you don't have time I understand.

Actually it is quite opposite :)

[byteshare]

Actually it is quite opposite :)
Awesome news for me :)

[byteshare]

since the new verison i cannot put "B" in ini to my hard drive.I have to put B and the name of my hard drive it's its weird.i have to type in ini "B WD Blue 3TB" to make it my temp folder.i have to do it 5 time for working he even send the temp file on c this 1.23 version is a fucking nightmare. and another thing my hard drive with the "B drive" dont appear in ripbot264 why? i use your program since 8 to 10 years.
Do you not see it as an option in the settings in the GUI? I wouldn't directly edit the .ini file.


question#2 what is this https://imgur.com/6MkjNLJ new option i want to know when the degrain filter and the other one are used ? if i encode a full bluray.because in the past this option was not their,by default it was at on or at off? in the past? for encoding full bluray. if the anser is no why you activate it by default in the new version 1.23 i test last night.
That new option ("Limit to the...") is to not use MT by default as it can be unstable with some filters...that said I have it set so it uses it with all of my filters and it does cause some issues but generally not that many...and a work around for my specific issues is usually start more Encoding Servers.
The option above that is to MT at all or not.


#3 by the way you broke the subtitle .sup bluray sub when you check convert to "dvd sub" idx,sub is not dvd sub by the way,the subtitle convert nothing and nothing appear in preview!
I haven't had issues with it. Might be specific to the files you're using. I did stop using it about a month ago and decided to just batch mux subs directly from source to keep title info in the MKV metadata.


#4 when you close ripbot you lose your files in queud !!!! another new bug.
Do you mean files in the batch file list? I haven't had that issue. I have had old jobs (ghosts) come back after closing and renewing, but I think that has to do with force quiting.


worst version ever since i use this programme!!
the shutdown option is now confusing !!
and i dont have shitty codec pack im not a noob like you could think.
Personally, the version have only gotten better and better in the last 3+ years I've been using RipBot.

Why do you use the Shutdown option?

You don't need a codec pack, what are you referring to?

[Privateer5000]

@Atak_Snajpera, one Question. Would it be a big thing that the User can specify a temporary Folder and not only a temporary Drive? For Example c:\MKVWork\Temp? Would save me a lot of Folder Switching if i want to check some Things manually before the encoding starts :-)

Thanks

[guest]

@Atak_Snajpera, one Question. Would it be a big thing that the User can specify a temporary Folder and not only a temporary Drive? For Example c:\MKVWork\Temp? Would save me a lot of Folder Switching if i want to check some Things manually before the encoding starts :-)

Thanks

I could be wrong, but you should be able to specify where ever you want it, already...

In "RipBot264.ini"

[settings]
StoreTempFilesin=

[Privateer5000]

Doesn`t work for me.

[guest]

Doesn`t work for me.

Try creating this folder location first, (c:\MKVWork) then change the .ini, to suit, and it hopefully will then create the temp folder.

[byteshare]

@Atak_Snajpera, one Question. Would it be a big thing that the User can specify a temporary Folder and not only a temporary Drive? For Example c:\MKVWork\Temp? Would save me a lot of Folder Switching if i want to check some Things manually before the encoding starts :-)

Thanks

Have you tried right clicking on the job and opening the Job Folder?
It is what I do to not navigate to the temp folder directly first.

[Privateer5000]

Have you tried right clicking on the job and opening the Job Folder?
It is what I do to not navigate to the temp folder directly first.

Ok, that works and helps a lot. Thanks for the hint.

Creating the Folder did not work either but with the right click Hint it is ok for me.

[byteshare]

For anyone having issues with video and audio syncing up after an encode and have tried things like changing the frame rate in MKV tools, you might try copying the timestamp file from source to your encoded file. This is especially helpful with variable frame rate files.

Extracting timecodes (windows batch file):
FOR %%A IN (*.mkv) DO "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\mkvextract.exe" timecodes_v2 "%%A" "0:%%A_timecodes.txt"
^^ The above is for running the batch file in the same folder as the video files that you want to extract the timestamp info from (source)

Batch importing with Encoded files in the same folder as the extracted timecodes .txt files(windows batch file)
FOR %%A IN (*.mkv) DO "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "%%~A-fixed.mkv" --timecodes "0:%%A_timecodes.txt" "%%~A"

If you're working with something other than MKVs you'd want to change that in the scripts.

If you need something in py (Linux) let me know

[tyee]

I'm considering trying Ripbot but I see there are lots of tools in there. Are any of them going to be installed into my system or do they run from the "tools" directory? I'm especially wondering about avisynth+ being installed and deleting my current version?

[Atak_Snajpera]

RipBot264 installs AviSynth+ MT if
a) AviSynth+ MT is not installed
b) Installed AviSynth+ MT version is lower than in RipBot264 folder (in other words newer version installed in system won't be replaced by old in ripbot264 folder)

You can always disable this auto installation by renaming install.cmd in \Tools\AviSynth

[guest]

Atak,

I have to ask, is there an update due anytime soon ??

from what I have found, there's newer versions of Avisynth r2728, MKVToolNix v25, & ffmpeg 20180824

[Atak_Snajpera]

Yes...

[Atak_Snajpera]

v1.23.0 (FINAL)

Added: Better queue management
Added: support for commandline switches in EncodingServer.exe
(/minimize , /port , /node , /affinity , /priority , /x264-opencl-device and /knlmeanscl-opencl-device)
Example: EncodingServer.exe /minimize /port 2000 /node 2 /affinity AAAA /priority low /x264-opencl-device 0 /knlmeanscl-opencl-device 1
EncodingServer will start in tray and start listening using port 2000.
Encoding task will be assigned to NUMA node 2 with affinity mask for CPU1,CPU3,CPU5,CPU7,CPU9,CPU11,CPU13,CPU15 in low priority.
Futhermore x264 opencl will be set for first device and KNLMeansCL filter for second device.
Added: Support fot 3rd audio stream
Added: Preffered audio language option
Added: HDR to SDR conversion directly in script (no bottleneck if used with prefetch)
Added: Automatic pre-indexing of all audio streams after demuxing
Added: support for PRORES as input format.
Changed: WatchFolder Mode now adds first unlocked file to queue instead of waiting for first detected file in folder to be unlocked
Fixed: Crashing in EncodingServer when other instance was being closed. EncodigServer also starts much faster than before.
Fixed: Various bugs reported since last major version

With new version you can assign each encoding server to specific NUMA node for better performance.

Optimal configuration for Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX (4 NUMA nodes)

https://s22.postimg.cc/i0pgs49z5/Untitled-2.png

[guest]

v1.23.0 (FINAL)

Added: Better queue management
Added: support for commandline switches in EncodingServer.exe
(/minimize , /port , /node , /affinity , /priority , /x264-opencl-device and /knlmeanscl-opencl-device)
Example: EncodingServer.exe /minimize /port 2000 /node 2 /affinity AAAA /priority low /x264-opencl-device 0 /knlmeanscl-opencl-device 1
EncodingServer will start in tray and start listening using port 2000.
Encoding task will be assigned to NUMA node 2 with affinity mask for CPU1,CPU3,CPU5,CPU7,CPU9,CPU11,CPU13,CPU15 in low priority.
Futhermore x264 opencl will be set for first device and KNLMeansCL filter for second device.
Added: Support fot 3rd audio stream
Added: Preffered audio language option
Added: HDR to SDR conversion directly in script (no bottleneck if used with prefetch)
Added: Automatic pre-indexing of all audio streams after demuxing
Added: support for PRORES as input format.
Changed: WatchFolder Mode now adds first unlocked file to queue instead of waiting for first detected file in folder to be unlocked
Fixed: Crashing in EncodingServer when other instance was being closed. EncodigServer also starts much faster than before.
Fixed: Various bugs reported since last major version

With new version you can assign each encoding server to specific NUMA node for better performance.



Holy crap, you should have called this 1.24.0..

I downloaded the new full install, from Mediafire.

Certainly a lot of the "tool's" have been updated :)

This program is getting away from being simple... :(

You're going to have to post a user instruction guide..

OK, so that NUMA stuff means nothing to me, is it possible to use this with older CPU's ?? eg:- X series XEON's, or i7's.

Well done, can't wait to give it a whirl.

[Privateer5000]

One Question concerning the Command Line Switch for x264-open-CL. Is it now possible to use the Nvidia OpenCL Acceleration on one Machine and no acceleration on the Second Machine?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Yes but in weird way. Set /x264-opencl-device to some incorrect value (non existing device index).
x264 should automatically switch to full software mode.

[gabbett1]

So I discovered recently that if I encode my movies in [HIGH 5.2] UHD, Progressive my Plex server doesn't like it. Takes forever to load movies and in many cases won't play the picture. If I go down to [HIGH 4.0] FHD, Progressive everything works perfectly.

[Atak_Snajpera]

So now you know why I set HIGH 4.0 as default encoding profile.

[guest]

So any hint's on setting up the Numa nodes ??

[Atak_Snajpera]

Is your system configured as multiple-numa nodes? For example. Do you have multi socket mainboard or at least own Threadripper 1950 (2 NUMA) or Threadripper 2990wx (4 NUMA)?

[guest]

Is your system configured as multiple-numa nodes? For example. Do you have multi socket mainboard or at least own Threadripper 1950 (2 NUMA) or Threadripper 2990wx (4 NUMA)?

I have NO idea.

I do have several dual cpu Tyan & Supermicro X5680 & X5690 Xeon's systems.

Doubt I'll ever be able to afford an awesome Threadripper system, way too pricey :(

[Atak_Snajpera]

Check in Task Manager.
https://www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2016/10/17/how-many-numa-nodes-do-i-have/

[guest]

Check in Task Manager.
https://www.sqlpassion.at/archive/2016/10/17/how-many-numa-nodes-do-i-have/

Thanks, I've seen that, (haven't checked yet) and that looks like Windows 10 / Server screens...what about Windows 7 (as you use)

Also, is this anything to do with Hyper V / VM's ??

[Atak_Snajpera]

what about Windows 7 (as you use)
View -> CPU history -> Numa

[guest]

View -> CPU history -> Numa

I'm trying this on a laptop atm, and can't find that "path".

Does Process Hacker show similar info ??

[Atak_Snajpera]

Click performance tab and then
https://s22.postimg.cc/99xlp2rld/Untitled-1.png

If you do not have this option then it means that your system is not configured in multiple numa nodes.
Try this on those old xeons.

[guest]

If you do not have this option then it means that your system is not configured in multiple numa nodes.
Try this on those old xeons.

Just checked this on the Tyan dual X5680 W7 system, and indeed, it doesn't display this.

So am I out of options, now ??

[Atak_Snajpera]

check also coreinfo.exe -n to be sure but most likely those old dual socket xeons were configured as UMA (Unified Memory Architecture)

[guest]

check also coreinfo.exe -n to be sure but most likely those old dual socket xeons were configured as UMA (Unified Memory Architecture)

How do I execute coreinfo.exe ??? :stupid:

I have however found that I can enable NUMA in the bios settings of most of the SMC motherboards :)

So I will check that out, when I can, and go from there.

Thanks again :)

More questions to follow, I'm sure.....

[Atak_Snajpera]

In UMA mode instead of /node you can use /affinity to achieve the same separation.

How do I execute coreinfo.exe ???
DOWNLOAD -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/coreinfo
and then
https://s22.postimg.cc/d6fiythe9/Untitled-1.png

[guest]

In UMA mode instead of /node you can use /affinity to achieve the same separation.


DOWNLOAD -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/coreinfo
and then
https://s22.postimg.cc/d6fiythe9/Untitled-1.png

So I quickly tested it on my little Dell Laptop after downloading, and got almost the exact result of your screen shot..the only difference was I had 2 asterisk's (not 16) before the NUMA Node 0.

Are the asterisk's the core count ??

So I did a **-c ** command, and it stated "No NUMA nodes", which this laptop would not have.

I'm guessing I'll get more nodes on the "old xeon's", once I've enabled NUMA in the BIOS....correct ??

[Atak_Snajpera]

* = logical processor aka thread

I'm guessing I'll get more nodes on the "old xeon's", once I've enabled NUMA in the BIOS....correct ??
Yes. If you enable NUMA in bios you will get two graphs in task manager like I showed you before.