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

[Lycan91]

Hello,

I am using Ripbot264 1.24.1 in DE mode on my 4 computers. However, EncodingServer.exe does not start on my computer with bi-xeon e5-2697v4 (72 logical processors), even with the latest ripbot update (1.24.1). Ripbot works well on my bi-xeon only in stand-alone mode

If I disable one of the two processors (36 logical processors), ripbot works

Do you have an idea to solve my problem?

Thank you

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hello,

I am using Ripbot264 1.24.1 in DE mode on my 4 computers. However, EncodingServer.exe does not start on my computer with bi-xeon e5-2697v4 (72 logical processors), even with the latest ripbot update (1.24.1). Ripbot works well on my bi-xeon only in stand-alone mode

If I disable one of the two processors (36 logical processors), ripbot works

Do you have an idea to solve my problem?

Thank you

Run EncodingServer.exe via command line

EncodingServer.exe /affinity 1

If above command will work then set manually correct affinity mask. There is definitely some issue with cpus with more than 64 logical processors. Unfortunately I have no access to such machines so there is zero chance that I will be able to locate problem.

[Lycan91]

Hello Atak,

Thanks

I started via command line encodingServer.exe / affinity 1. It starts and i try to activate all CPU, however after the CPU32, it is not possible to activate the last

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/28/7/1563124173-2019-07-14-19h07-53.png

And we can activate only one of two nodes available

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/28/7/1563125891-2019-07-14-19h36-26.png

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/28/7/1563125878-2019-07-14-19h34-29.png

In other hand, if i keep only one CPU (I remove one processor), i can activate all logical processors in EncoderServer

If you are interested, i can make some tests... or i can give you a remote access (google or TeamViewer) to see this issue

[Atak_Snajpera]

What does happen if you disable HT in bios?

[byteshare]

x265 3.1+5 is now stable:
http://msystem.waw.pl/x265/
There were some fixes to aq-motion:
https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/commits/all

[byteshare]

Remember, with QAAC, it only needs some of the binaries from iTunes. On the QAAC site, there's a batch file and when given the iTunes installer, it extracts the needed binaries.

https://sites.google.com/site/qaacpage/cabinet
Stax does that for you I guess.

[Lycan91]

Hello Atak,

I desactivated HT in bios and EncoderServer.exe start with ripbot264 (Without Commandline), it works fine however only 18 logical / physical processors are active (It's normal without HyperThreading, virtual processors are disabled) on each processor, and only one node is active.

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/1/1563212663-2019-07-15-19h32-39.png

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/1/1563212669-2019-07-15-19h33-04.png

If we choose the socket 1 in "additionnal server", EncodingServer only keeps 4 processors and doesn't activate node 1, the node 0 is always enabled

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/1/1563213629-2019-07-15-19h56-17.png

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/1/1563213712-2019-07-15-20h01-25.png

Do you want i make other tests ?

Bye

[Atak_Snajpera]

1) Download this small program https://www.mediafire.com/file/zwurxc2a1tpey6q/GetProcessAffinityMask64.exe/file
2) Activate HT again in bios
3) Run RipBot264.exe
4) Check PID for RipBot264.exe in Process Hacker/Process Explorer
Example
https://i.imgsafe.org/cc/cc758ae431.png
5) run cmd.exe as administrator
6) GetProcessAffinityMask64.exe HERE_PUT_PID (in my case it was GetProcessAffinityMask64.exe 3932)
7) Show me content of GetProcessAffinityMask64Log.txt file

[stryker412]

Atak, I'm looking at upgrading my current system. I've always purchased Intel in the past but am open to the new AMD chips. Someone suggested the Ryzen 3600X. Are there any performance differences in comparable chips between AMD/Intel in RipBot?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Ryzen 3600x is basically 8700k in video encoding tasks.

Ps. Buy 3600 without X because https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDV7aA6arVo

[Lycan91]

Hi Atak,

I activated HT in bios, and i made your tips

When i start ripbot264 (EncodingServer.exe doesn't run in HT mode), i obtained the following log:

:logfile:

ProcessAffinityMask=0
SystemAffinityMask=0
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=0
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=0

Then if i run Ripbot264.exe and i forced EncodingServer.exe /affinity 1 (Via cmd.exe), i get the following log

:logfile:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

:thanks:

[stryker412]

What are your thoughts on the 3700x?

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-3700x/13.html

[Atak_Snajpera]

What are your thoughts on the 3700x?

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-3700x/13.html

3700x is basically a 9900k in x265. Your money ,your choice.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Hi Atak,

I activated HT in bios, and i made your tips

When i start ripbot264 (EncodingServer.exe doesn't run in HT mode), i obtained the following log:

:logfile:

ProcessAffinityMask=0
SystemAffinityMask=0
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=0
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=0

Then if i run Ripbot264.exe and i forced EncodingServer.exe /affinity 1 (Via cmd.exe), i get the following log

:logfile:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

:thanks:

You get zeros in first example because you didn't run cmd.exe as administrator like I said.

BTW. Does EncodingServer start with these commands?
EncodingServer.exe /node 0
EncodingServer.exe /node 1

[Lycan91]

Atak,

In administrator mode, only ripbot264 (Without EncodingServer.exe started due to HT mode)

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563309377-2019-07-16-22h34-49.png

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563309411-2019-07-16-22h36-38.png

the log is:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

If i make only EncodingServer.exe /node 0 (via cmd.exe) EncodingServer.exe doesn't run

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563310074-2019-07-16-22h47-32.png

However, if i do EncodingServer.exe /affinity 1 - EncodingServer.exe start

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563310253-2019-07-16-22h49-57.png

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563310363-2019-07-16-22h50-04.png

The log is:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=1
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

And now, as EncodingServer.exe run, if i do EncodingServer.exe /node 0 or EncodingServer.exe /node 1, nothing happens either

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563311228-2019-07-16-23h06-45.png

The log is:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

Nevertheless, i don't know if it's important but i noticed that when i execute EncodingServer.exe /node 0

The log is:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=1
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

And if i do EncodingServer.exe /node 1

The log is:

ProcessAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMask=111111111111111111111111111111111111
Node=0
ProcessAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111
SystemAffinityMaskPerNode=111111111111111111111111111111111111

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563312130-2019-07-16-23h21-47.png

it's seems that the node number is switched when we do EncodingServer.exe /node 1 or EncodingServer.exe /node 0 twice

https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2019/29/2/1563312193-2019-07-16-23h22-54.png

Bye

[duffbeer]

A quick question for you guys. I just upgraded my PC and I have an SSD drive plus a couple of HDDs.
What is the best configuration/settings to make sure that my encoding jobs don't kill the SSD due to many constant files being written?

[Atak_Snajpera]

A quick question for you guys. I just upgraded my PC and I have an SSD drive plus a couple of HDDs.
What is the best configuration/settings to make sure that my encoding jobs don't kill the SSD due to many constant files being written?

I doubt that you will be able to kill NAND in your SSD by just doing encoding stuff.

[SKPN]

Might be easier to do it with MKVToolNix IMO...only works with Keyframes though, so might be better to do with source or your encode depending where the keyframes are.

I use MKVToolNix a lot with stuff that has intro trailers and outro trailers after I encode.

Otherwise you can define the frames to use with AVISynth.

Thanks. That was my fear. Unfortunately, the cuts don't always land on a keyframe, so I'll have to just do the video encoding in RB264 and figure out another solution to cut the audio properly.

[byteshare]

VMAF: https://streaminglearningcenter.com/blogs/installing-and-using-netflix-vmaf-master.html
Would be "neat" to have something like this integrated into RipBot without having to manually do the CSV file steps.

[FuzzyNutz]

When I click the "x" in the top-right corner to close RipBot264, it hangs. I have to force RipBot to close. Deleting RipBot and re-installed it has had no effect. I've been using RipBot for nearly a decade. It starting doing this last year, if i recall correctly.

I'm running Windows 10 Pro, newest version.

[byteshare]

When I click the "x" in the top-right corner to close RipBot264, it hangs. I have to force RipBot to close. Deleting RipBot and re-installed it has had no effect. I've been using RipBot for nearly a decade. It starting doing this last year, if i recall correctly.

I'm running Windows 10 Pro, newest version.

I had some issues with that too. Not sure in your exact case as one of the RipBot updates fixed the issue for me.

[Viper714]

So lately I have been experiencing playback issue on some of my converted movies. Typically it is with older movies, but every once in a while I get the problem with the new movies as well.
I am going to do my best it trying to describe what is occurring.

Audio Sync Issues:
The problem here is that the audio sync is off. I can change the delay but the sync change throughout the entire movie. So I can't just use one value. The movies that I have this issue are:

Chain Reaction
XxX
A Few Good Men


Pauses
The video stops and starts a different sections throughout the entire video. Audio sync is not affected.

The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian


Artifacting
I get a banding row affect that is about 1 inch tall (on my 75" TV). Audio Sync is not affected.

Aquaman


When I encode I normally have anywhere from three to four computer encoding the movie. Two of the four computers are higher powered so I run to servers on each of the computers. The other two computers as lighter wait so I only run one server on them. My firewalls are off to make sure there are no issues in communicating. I use the CQ Mode with a CRF value of 20. I do not encode the audio from the Bluray, I just do a COPY Stream. IN the AviSynth settings, I leave everyting as default. I do remux the SUBs for subtitles.

I was wondering if there may be an issue on versions of the required programs. So perhaps that is the issue but not sure. Can you please advise what is the best version of the tools that I should install on all my computers?

Avisynth_260 or AviSynthPlus -r1576
FFDshow 20041012 or FFDshow_rev4532_2010717
JavaScript 8 Update 221 (build 1.8.0_221-b11)
MatroskaSplitter 23/06/2013


Any help is greatly appreciated. have a great day...

[Atak_Snajpera]

So lately I have been experiencing playback issue on some of my converted movies. Typically it is with older movies, but every once in a while I get the problem with the new movies as well.
I am going to do my best it trying to describe what is occurring.

Audio Sync Issues:
The problem here is that the audio sync is off. I can change the delay but the sync change throughout the entire movie. So I can't just use one value. The movies that I have this issue are:

Chain Reaction
XxX
A Few Good Men


Pauses
The video stops and starts a different sections throughout the entire video. Audio sync is not affected.

The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian


Artifacting
I get a banding row affect that is about 1 inch tall (on my 75" TV). Audio Sync is not affected.

Aquaman


When I encode I normally have anywhere from three to four computer encoding the movie. Two of the four computers are higher powered so I run to servers on each of the computers. The other two computers as lighter wait so I only run one server on them. My firewalls are off to make sure there are no issues in communicating. I use the CQ Mode with a CRF value of 20. I do not encode the audio from the Bluray, I just do a COPY Stream. IN the AviSynth settings, I leave everyting as default. I do remux the SUBs for subtitles.

I was wondering if there may be an issue on versions of the required programs. So perhaps that is the issue but not sure. Can you please advise what is the best version of the tools that I should install on all my computers?

Avisynth_260 or AviSynthPlus -r1576
FFDshow 20041012 or FFDshow_rev4532_2010717
JavaScript 8 Update 221 (build 1.8.0_221-b11)
MatroskaSplitter 23/06/2013


Any help is greatly appreciated. have a great day...

What exact movie release do you have?
Provide links from https://www.blu-ray.com/

[Viper714]

What exact movie release do you have?
Provide links from https://www.blu-ray.com/

Atak,
Here is the info all all of the movies. Hope this helps...
Chain Reaction = Link (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Chain-Reaction-Blu-ray/245/)
xXx = Link (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/XXX-Blu-ray/70/)
A Few Good Men = Link (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/A-Few-Good-Men-Blu-ray/351/)
The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian = Link (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Chronicles-of-Narnia-Prince-Caspian-Blu-ray/1189/)
Aquaman = Link (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Aquaman-Blu-ray/227124/)

As an added note, when I play the blu-ray disc from the computer (PowerDVD) everything works fine. When I play the AnyDvdHD rip with PowerDVD it plays fine. It seems to only happen after encoding...

[Atak_Snajpera]

Artifacting
I get a banding row affect that is about 1 inch tall (on my 75" TV). Audio Sync is not affected.
Can you take a photo of this banding? I'm curious how it looks like...

[Manul]

Atak,
Having problem starting EncodingServer. The window never appears but the process is present in Process Explorer. Any idea what could be in play? Please let me know if you need any further info. Thank you in advance. Sys info:
RipBot: 1.24.1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.17763.615 (Win10 RS5 [1809] October 2018 Update)
DirectX: DirectX 12.0
CPU Type:10-Core Intel Core i9-9820X, 4000 MHz (40 x 100)
Motherboard Name: Asus Prime X299-Deluxe II
System Memory: 65212 MB (DDR4 SDRAM) 18-19-19-39 @ 4000 MHz
Video Adapter: TITAN X (Pascal) (12 GB)

[Viper714]

Can you take a photo of this banding? I'm curious how it looks like...

Atak,
I will do one better. Here is a link to an extract of the video. Please let me know if it works
LINK (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/35upcwk84qa2iud/AABTnOIVuSHrDFPcFELX_BCYa?dl=0)
You will see that artifacting. You can't miss it. It actually grays the screen out. I re-encoded the file a second time with CRF of 18 and that particular issue moved to a different area of the video. Like within 30 seconds of the issue you now see. There are other issues throughout the video as well...

[Viper714]

Atak,
Having problem starting EncodingServer. The window never appears but the process is present in Process Explorer. Any idea what could be in play? Please let me know if you need any further info. Thank you in advance.

I had the same problem months ago. Turns out that it was a startup program from my Logitech keyboard / Joysticks, "Logitech Gaming Framework." I disabled it from startup and the encoding server worked fine. Somewhere in this forum someone mentioned an issue with "Void Tools" program called "Everything," a really good file search program that is better than windows search. You might want to try to disable these two programs on startup if you have them and see if it works.
Worse case scenario, disable all the start up programs, restart the computer and see if the encoding server starts. If it does then enable the startup programs in sections until you find the culprit.
Hope that works. It did for me....

[Manul]

I had the same problem months ago. Turns out that it was a startup program from my Logitech keyboard / Joysticks, "Logitech Gaming Framework." I disabled it from startup and the encoding server worked fine. Somewhere in this forum someone mentioned an issue with "Void Tools" program called "Everything," a really good file search program that is better than windows search. You might want to try to disable these two programs on startup if you have them and see if it works.
Worse case scenario, disable all the start up programs, restart the computer and see if the encoding server starts. If it does then enable the startup programs in sections until you find the culprit.
Hope that works. It did for me....
You are da MAN! The moment I unloaded LGF server has started! Thank you for saving me a lot of time. Atak, any idea why it behaves like this? If it cannot be or not worth fixing it maybe put up some disclaimer? Anyway, thanks again!

[Atak_Snajpera]

Atak,
I will do one better. Here is a link to an extract of the video. Please let me know if it works
LINK (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/35upcwk84qa2iud/AABTnOIVuSHrDFPcFELX_BCYa?dl=0)
You will see that artifacting. You can't miss it. It actually grays the screen out. I re-encoded the file a second time with CRF of 18 and that particular issue moved to a different area of the video. Like within 30 seconds of the issue you now see. There are other issues throughout the video as well...

Will you be able to upload first 10 minutes (source video without audio) for me? You can use mkvtoolnix to split mkv.

It would be also helpful If you could do the same for other movies you mentioned earlier.

[Viper714]

You are da MAN! The moment I unloaded LGF server has started! Thank you for saving me a lot of time. Atak, any idea why it behaves like this? If it cannot be or not worth fixing it maybe put up some disclaimer? Anyway, thanks again!

No worries, glad I could help. :D
Just remember if you want to use the functions of your keyboard, you will have to enable it. I only disable it when I do encoding which is overnight.

[Viper714]

Will you be able to upload first 10 minutes (source video without audio) for me? You can use mkvtoolnix to split mkv.

It would be also helpful If you could do the same for other movies you mentioned earlier.

Sure I think I can do that. I will post when ready...
Thanks Atak, appreciate the help!
:thanks:

[byteshare]

You are da MAN! The moment I unloaded LGF server has started! Thank you for saving me a lot of time. Atak, any idea why it behaves like this? If it cannot be or not worth fixing it maybe put up some disclaimer? Anyway, thanks again!

No worries, glad I could help. :D
Just remember if you want to use the functions of your keyboard, you will have to enable it. I only disable it when I do encoding which is overnight.

If your hardware is compatible switch to Logitech G Hub: https://origin-gaming.logitech.com/en-us/microsite/ghub

I don't have those issues since switching.

[bluebeers]

You can use mkvtoolnix to split mkv.


is there a free tool that will let me see clips of the video while splitting MKVs?

also... I just did another test on my computer. I removed the 24gb of RAM and just put the original 4gb back. Why is there no difference in the amount of time it takes to encode the same video?

This is the 7-hour version of Godfather the movie that I'm encoding to HEVC x265 to make it much smaller. with 24gb of RAM, my PC takes 11 hours. with just 4gb of RAM, it takes the same 11 hours....

[Atak_Snajpera]

is there a free tool that will let me see clips of the video while splitting MKVs?

also... I just did another test on my computer. I removed the 24gb of RAM and just put the original 4gb back. Why is there no difference in the amount of time it takes to encode the same video?

This is the 7-hour version of Godfather the movie that I'm encoding to HEVC x265 to make it much smaller. with 24gb of RAM, my PC takes 11 hours. with just 4gb of RAM, it takes the same 11 hours....

Who did say that RAM does calculations?

[byteshare]

is there a free tool that will let me see clips of the video while splitting MKVs?

also... I just did another test on my computer. I removed the 24gb of RAM and just put the original 4gb back. Why is there no difference in the amount of time it takes to encode the same video?

This is the 7-hour version of Godfather the movie that I'm encoding to HEVC x265 to make it much smaller. with 24gb of RAM, my PC takes 11 hours. with just 4gb of RAM, it takes the same 11 hours....

You can use avidemux for spiting the file graphically: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html
MKVtoolnix lets you specify the time stamps but if you're aiming for a clip in the middle of a file it isn't as simple

As for RAM, more RAM won't make an encode go faster unless you're running of RAM for the amount you need to send to the CPU...meaning if you're encoding at a rate of 10MB/s (decoder to encoder) as long as the decoder can supply 10MB/s to RAM for the Encoder to process you're fine. Using 24GB of RAM just means your decoder is way ahead of the encoder, so 4GB likely means you are still way ahead.
Unless I'm wrong in how this works and in that case I'm sure Atak will correct me.

[Viper714]

Will you be able to upload first 10 minutes (source video without audio) for me? You can use mkvtoolnix to split mkv.

It would be also helpful If you could do the same for other movies you mentioned earlier.

Atak,
I've placed all of the extracted 15 minute video clips without audio (figured I would give a little more just in case) in the same area as the previous video LINK (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/35upcwk84qa2iud/AABTnOIVuSHrDFPcFELX_BCYa?dl=0). The Prince Caspian is actuall 33 minutes as the issue mentioned happens around the last 3 minutes of the video. Hope this helps. Please let me know what else you may need...
Thank you

[Viper714]

You can use avidemux for spiting the file graphically: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/download.html
MKVtoolnix lets you specify the time stamps but if you're aiming for a clip in the middle of a file it isn't as simple

As for RAM, more RAM won't make an encode go faster unless you're running of RAM for the amount you need to send to the CPU...meaning if you're encoding at a rate of 10MB/s (decoder to encoder) as long as the decoder can supply 10MB/s to RAM for the Encoder to process you're fine. Using 24GB of RAM just means your decoder is way ahead of the encoder, so 4GB likely means you are still way ahead.
Unless I'm wrong in how this works and in that case I'm sure Atak will correct me.

I agree with Byteshare.
The amount of RAM does not change the speed of encoding. It is more CPU power. If you want to go faster then you need to use more PCs with Distributed Encoding.
I have four PCs and I can encode a 2 hour movie in about 30 - 45 minutes. It would be faster if two of my four PCs where higher CPU powered, but it is what you can afford as well.
Distributed Encoding is AWESOME!!! :D

[Atak_Snajpera]

Atak,
I've placed all of the extracted 15 minute video clips without audio (figured I would give a little more just in case) in the same area as the previous video LINK (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/35upcwk84qa2iud/AABTnOIVuSHrDFPcFELX_BCYa?dl=0). The Prince Caspian is actuall 33 minutes as the issue mentioned happens around the last 3 minutes of the video. Hope this helps. Please let me know what else you may need...
Thank you

But you have sent me RE-ENCODED files! I asked for original files which are normally saved in jobx folder (video.mkv) by EncodingClient.

[Viper714]

But you have sent me RE-ENCODED files! I asked for original files which are normally saved in jobx folder (video.mkv) by EncodingClient.

Oh, Okay I misunderstood. The jobx folder in the temp directory right? Will work on it...

[Viper714]

But you have sent me RE-ENCODED files! I asked for original files which are normally saved in jobx folder (video.mkv) by EncodingClient.

Okay Atak, All the files are uploaded in the same location. Please let me know if you need additional files....
Thanks again!

[Juha]

Hello, could you add an option to use VLC Media Player as an alternative video (or script) previewing tool? MPC does not work for me I just have a black screen that won't go away even though MPC says "playing". Maybe this is caused by a codec pack I use but I'm not sure. VLC has it's own codecs and filters so it would probably be more compatible. (I don't like VLC as my primary video player but as preview tool it would be fine).

[Viper714]

Hello, could you add an option to use VLC Media Player as a video (or script) previewing tool? MPC does not work for me I just have a black screen that won't go away even though MPC says "playing". Maybe this is caused by a codec pack I use but I'm not sure. VLC has it's own codecs and filters so it would probably be more compatible. (I don't like VLC as my primary video player but as preview tool it would be fine).

Juha,
I have a Media PC and I had to install codecs for it and my personal PC. What came with Windows wasn't enough. After researching many different packages on the web, I found a website Shark007. He efficiently bundled all the codecs in a easy install. You can find it HERE (https://shark007.net/index.html). What's really good about his package is that he regularly updates it. If you are going to use, I suggest using:

STANDARD Codecs
X64Components (if you have a 64-bit system)


Regarding VLC, I also use it. It is a great program. Just make user you have the latest version. Here is an article that came out a day or so ago about potential vulnerability LINK (https://www.ghacks.net/2019/07/24/confusion-critical-vlc-media-player-vulnerability/).
Hope that helps

[byteshare]

Hello, could you add an option to use VLC Media Player as an alternative video (or script) previewing tool? MPC does not work for me I just have a black screen that won't go away even though MPC says "playing". Maybe this is caused by a codec pack I use but I'm not sure. VLC has it's own codecs and filters so it would probably be more compatible. (I don't like VLC as my primary video player but as preview tool it would be fine).
I have RipBot on 4 PCs and all have the same version of K-Lite Codec Pack and I'm not sure what I've done differently on each machine because on 2 of the 4 I have the same issue you are having. All are Win10 either Pro or Home but 1 Pro works and 1 Home works.
If I need to see the error of a AVISynth script I've been using AVSpmod x64bit from here: https://github.com/nekopanda/AvsPmod/releases
I hadn't posted about it because I just figured it would be a mess to figure out and I had a work around.

[BLKMGK]

Any ideas on what is causing this (I'm using DE)?

Encoding started...
""\\XXXXX\Ripbot264temp\Tools\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe" -loglevel panic -i "\\XXXXX\RipBot264temp\job883\Chunks\5.avs" -strict -1 -f yuv4mpegpipe - | "\\XXXXXXX\Ripbot264temp\tools\x265\x265_x64.exe" --seek 4 --colorprim bt709 --transfer bt709 --colormatrix bt709 --crf 18 --fps 24000/1001 --min-keyint 24 --keyint 240 --frames 1441 --sar 1:1 --preset slow --ctu 32 --y4m --pools "+" --output "\\XXXXXXX\RipBot264temp\job883\Chunks\5.265" -"
x265 [error]: unable to open input file <->


I have a number of Windows clients. For some reason TV shows NEVER show this error but movies often (but not always) do. It looks like a permissions issue but the share is wide open and if I type in the address on the client machine I get right in and appear to have Full Control as intended. I'm at wit's end and have been unable to find a correlation to understand why this doesn't happen on everything. I feel like it must be something silly but cannot find it and have been trying for at least a month.

This slow my encoding greatly to say the least when it occurs :( Help please!

P.S. When it occurs no client except the host is able to encode.

[Atak_Snajpera]

What happens if you try to open 5.avs in mpc-hc player? (from server side)

[Juha]

I tried Shark codec pack but I had issues with it so I removed it.

I however fixed the problem I had with preview function in Ripbot. It was indeed a codec issue. I had K-Lite Codec Pack (full) which I uninstalled and then re-installed using an option to install codecs only for the Media Player Classic HC (which I use as my primary video player).

[slalom]

So lately I have been experiencing playback issue on some of my converted movies. Typically it is with older movies, but every once in a while I get the problem with the new movies as well.
I am going to do my best it trying to describe what is occurring.

Audio Sync Issues:
The problem here is that the audio sync is off. I can change the delay but the sync change throughout the entire movie. So I can't just use one value. The movies that I have this issue are:

Chain Reaction
XxX
A Few Good Men

Try this
Open Avisynth, in output speed select assume -> x fps
(fps of the movie)

[byteshare]

I tried Shark codec pack but I had issues with it so I removed it.

I however fixed the problem I had with preview function in Ripbot. It was indeed a codec issue. I had K-Lite Codec Pack (full) which I uninstalled and then re-installed using an option to install codecs only for the Media Player Classic HC (which I use as my primary video player).
So I first tried on two computers (A working, B not working):
1. reinstalled KLite Codec Mega pack with all defaults, A still working, B not working
2. For B reinstalled KLite Codec Mega pack all defaults but checked "Install codecs for MPC-HC only", had to install an external Haali Media Splitter, same issue of MPC still not giving me a proper preview when avisynth has an issue (Cannot render the file).

Glad you found a fix for you, not sure what is causing my issue :(

[Juha]

So I first tried on two computers (A working, B not working):
1. reinstalled KLite Codec Mega pack with all defaults, A still working, B not working
2. For B reinstalled KLite Codec Mega pack all defaults but checked "Install codecs for MPC-HC only", had to install an external Haali Media Splitter, same issue of MPC still not giving me a proper preview when avisynth has an issue (Cannot render the file).

Glad you found a fix for you, not sure what is causing my issue :(

Haali is needed by Ripbot but not by K-lite Codec pack. First install Ripbot and Haali and then remove and install K-lite again. K-lite installer should prompt you to uninstall Haali, for which you should say no as it's needed by Ripbot. Then K-lite will be installed and everything works fine this way at least for me. If this does not help, try K-lite Full pack instead of Mega pack. You probably don't need the Mega pack. Here is the list of differences between various K-lite editions: https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm