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[HehoChef]

Quicky Question: In the Distributed Encoding Client, what does the little number below the "server picture" mean?
For some servers it's rock solid, for some others its bouncing around rapidly.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Communication delay in ms. (Number of ms elapsed from sending command to reciving confirmation [OK] from server)

[Slogra]

KNLMeansCL does not seem to work on my AMD VEGA 64. Am i doing something wrong? I get a very dark image when i set mono noise to 2 or higher.
When i set it to 0 or adapter there is a normal image, but i wonder if denoise works at all with these settings.

What other GPU denoise filter do you recommend for an AMD GPU? i'm willing to add it manually to the avisynth script.

I used to use fft3dgpu in the past with avisynth 32bit (?), but i don't think there is a 64bit version.

I've done some conversions with MDegrain2. I really like the result but it is too CPU intensive.


EDIT: however KNLMeansCL does work if i change the resolution of the video from 1920x1080 to 1916x1080 or any other resulotion! So something strange is going on. I would really like to keep the original 1920x1080 resolution.
And to be honest i don't like the result of the KNLMeansCL filter. Especially with animated stuff there seems to be some "color bleeding". So i'm still looking for another GPU denoise filter.

[LigH]

But that's certainly not the fault of RipBot264, being just a user interface to control distributed encoding via AviSynth scripts. The reason will rather be between the ATI graphic driver and the KNLMeansCL AviSynth plugin.

[Slogra]

Agreed. Maybe i should've posted my question in a different topic.

But maybe other ripbot264 users have seen this issue before and have a solution.

[LigH]

I'd recommend the KNLMeansCL development thread (https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=171379) instead. This plugin will not be used in RipBot264 only, but possibly in other tools as well, or even manually.

Indeed, the keyword "vega" appears a few times in there.

[guest]

KNLMeansCL does not seem to work on my AMD VEGA 64. Am i doing something wrong? I get a very dark image when i set mono noise to 2 or higher.
When i set it to 0 or adapter there is a normal image, but i wonder if denoise works at all with these settings.

What other GPU denoise filter do you recommend for an AMD GPU? i'm willing to add it manually to the avisynth script.

I used to use fft3dgpu in the past with avisynth 32bit (?), but i don't think there is a 64bit version.

I've done some conversions with MDegrain2. I really like the result but it is too CPU intensive.


EDIT: however KNLMeansCL does work if i change the resolution of the video from 1920x1080 to 1916x1080 or any other resulotion! So something strange is going on. I would really like to keep the original 1920x1080 resolution.
And to be honest i don't like the result of the KNLMeansCL filter. Especially with animated stuff there seems to be some "color bleeding". So i'm still looking for another GPU denoise filter.

I don't quite understand why you're complaining about your graphics card not working with KNLMeansCL, when you don't like the result anyway..

If you like the result when using MDGrain2, maybe you need to upgrade your CPU...are you using distributed encoding ??

Maybe a custom filter, that uses both !!

Sometimes you've just gotta do, what ya gotta do...

[Slogra]

I was able to get knlmeanscl working using a workaround by adding a border before denoising and removing the border after denoising (see knlmeanscl thread).

I'm planning to encode many videos, so I tested the 2 denoise filters and settings with one video first.

Resolution: 1920x1080
Encoder: x.265
Audio: 320kbps 5.1 aac

File size:
Original 2900MB
unfiltered 720MB
mdgrain2 457MB
knlmeanscl mono noise 1 537MB
knlmeanscl mono noise 2 524MB

Encoding speed:
Knlmeanscl 24fps
Mdegrain2 12fps

So Knlmeanscl is much faster.
But mdgrain2 looks a bit nicer imho.
Unfortunately I don't have numbers of the power consumption. I read about power consumption of my cpu and gpu. The 8700K cpu should draw about 90watts with full load.
I don't know the load of the Vega during denoising. I guess it is close to full load, which should be around 300watts.
So if these numbers are correct then mdegrain2 is more power efficient in my setup.

I probably will go for Mdegrain2, although it will take twice as long.
The image is better, the file size smaller and total power consumption is probably lower.


Sorry, if all this belongs in another thread :).

[guest]

Well, I can't believe it, a long awaited Auto Update has appeared...

Welcome to RipBot264 v1.26.0, everybody :)

Some interesting additions, and updates :)

Thanks, Atak :D


edit:- having said that, I think there is a problem with MPC.zip...

[ERROR] D:\RipBot264v1.25.1\updates\mpc.zip is corrupted. CRC32 mismatch. Expected value was 79A3D553 but got 1638972A

There weren't any significant files in the MPC.zip...

[jlpsvk]

Well, I can't believe it, a long awaited Auto Update has appeared...

changelog????

[guest]

changelog????

Once the update is installed, open the app, choose the "Settings" tab, then view the "About" tab....

[jlpsvk]

Once the update is installed, open the app, choose the "Settings" tab, then view the "About" tab....

encoding is running, so no update for now.. :) im curious. :)

[guest]

encoding is running, so no update for now.. :) im curious. :)

So to state the obvious, if you check the "About" tab, it'll only be showing 1.25.1 as the latest build...

Curious, what "brand" is your 56Tb NAS ?? or have you built a system yourself ??

[Ryushin]

I have a 111TiB server that I run everything from. Running Devuan (Debian) and ZFS. Virtual Machines using Libvirt and Virt-Manager. Email, Web, DNS, Plex, etc. all run on the server. Using this case:
https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847BE1C-R1K28LPB

If you just want a NAS, build it yourself and run FreeNAS or similar software.

[guest]

I have a 111TiB server that I run everything from. Running Devuan (Debian) and ZFS. Virtual Machines using Libvirt and Virt-Manager. Email, Web, DNS, Plex, etc. all run on the server. Using this case:
https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847BE1C-R1K28LPB

If you just want a NAS, build it yourself and run FreeNAS or similar software.

Hey Ryushin,

I have several Supermicro enclosures, an 846 (24 bays), 3 x 836 case's (16 bays), and 1 x 825 (8 bays) with a cascade box with more hdd's...and a few other box's so I have many 100's of Terabytes of "junk", but as I lost so much, I am in the process of trying to get at least some of it back.

I have ended up using UnRaid, as I have had way too many massive losses using Windows Server 2019, and different level's of what I thought would be "safe" RAID array's, but after so many losses, I'm giving up on RAID's.

Tried FreeNAS, OMV, etc, but I think UnRaid is pretty easy to managed.

One downside of UnRaid is you can only use up to 28 hdd's :(

I ONLY use them for storage, nothing else !!!

[Ryushin]

Hey Ryushin,

I have several Supermicro enclosures, an 846 (24 bays), 3 x 836 case's (16 bays), and 1 x 825 (8 bays) with a cascade box with more hdd's...and a few other box's so I have many 100's of Terabytes of "junk", but as I lost so much, I am in the process of trying to get at least some of it back.

I have ended up using UnRaid, as I have had way too many massive losses using Windows Server 2019, and different level's of what I thought would be "safe" RAID array's, but after so many losses, I'm giving up on RAID's.

Tried FreeNAS, OMV, etc, but I think UnRaid is pretty easy to managed.

One downside of UnRaid is you can only use up to 28 hdd's :(

I ONLY use them for storage, nothing else !!!

Use ZFS if you care about your data. UnRaid does not do CRC checking, does not have snapshots, does not have <lots goes here>. Only issue with ZFS is VDEVs are immutable once you create them, with some limitations. I'm running ZFS with 190 drives and about 1.5PB on another system. ZFS is the way to go.

[slalom]

I'm running ZFS with 190 drives and about 1.5PB on another system. ZFS is the way to go.
Respect!

[alfadude]

@Atak_Snajpera
Thank you for this very elegant tool.
I like it very much.
Yesterday I was playing around and noticed that when I convert DD5.1 to OPUS 5.1, the channel mapping is completely wrong.
Is this a known problem?

[Atak_Snajpera]

@Atak_Snajpera
Thank you for this very elegant tool.
I like it very much.
Yesterday I was playing around and noticed that when I convert DD5.1 to OPUS 5.1, the channel mapping is completely wrong.
Is this a known problem?

Can you also check other audio codes (AAC and AC3)? I would like to know if this issue occurs only when AC3 -> OPUS conversion is performed.

[alfadude]

I tried with several sources (DTS,AC3) and there is one constant.
When I use OPUS the mapping is wrong.
Here is a link to an encode.
Test (https://we.tl/t-O8JLrqxrFB)
AC3 and AAC are fine.

[guest]

And yet another auto update, just RipBot264.exe this time. (core.zip)

But there is still a problem with mpc...this is what I get :-

2020-09-16 10:09:30 : Update for [mpc] detected
2020-09-16 10:09:30 : Downloading file http://atak-snajpera.5v.pl/ripbot264update/mpc.zip to D:\RipBot264v1.26.0\updates\mpc.zip
2020-09-16 10:09:33 : [ERROR] File http://atak-snajpera.5v.pl/ripbot264update/mpc.zip could not be downloaded!

[Atak_Snajpera]

I tried with several sources (DTS,AC3) and there is one constant.
When I use OPUS the mapping is wrong.
Here is a link to an encode.
Test (https://we.tl/t-O8JLrqxrFB)
AC3 and AAC are fine.

No it is not.
https://i.postimg.cc/X79gVyLj/Untitled-5.png
https://i.postimg.cc/DwgdGkRR/Untitled-6.png
https://i.postimg.cc/SK16ZLSr/Untitled-7.png
https://i.postimg.cc/0jD72LpW/Untitled-8.png
https://i.postimg.cc/76pg4xTJ/Untitled-9.png
https://i.postimg.cc/QdsJVxYp/Untitled-10.png

[alfadude]

Okay, It is weird.
It wil be my player that makes the error.
Sorry that I did not investigate this possibilty myself.
Thank you.

[mrlenny]

ever since the upgrade to 1.26 the distributed encoding quit working, I've tried all work hours, and no work hours set, the servers just cycle through initializing encoding, encoding... initializing encoding.

[Atak_Snajpera]

See what is showing encodingserver.exe.By the way, I haven't touched neither encoding client nor encoding server in this update.

[duffbeer]

I need some advice from someone with a little more knowledge than me.
I've been using RipBot to encode my UHD movies for quite a while now. I've done over 200 and they have all been very straight forward (if a little slow to queue the jobs). I have encountered a source that I cannot encode correctly.

For some reason, RipBot removes the HDR for this particular movie even though I have it set to "do not tone map" in the AVISynth settings. This happens from a full disc structure and also an MKV file of the same source.
The media info for the source file looks the same as any other source with HDR so I cannot understand why this is happening.

Any idea what might be happening here?

[mrlenny]

Attached screenshots

See what is showing encodingserver.exe.By the way, I haven't touched neither encoding client nor encoding server in this update.

[guest]

I need some advice from someone with a little more knowledge than me.
I've been using RipBot to encode my UHD movies for quite a while now. I've done over 200 and they have all been very straight forward (if a little slow to queue the jobs). I have encountered a source that I cannot encode correctly.

For some reason, RipBot removes the HDR for this particular movie even though I have it set to "do not tone map" in the AVISynth settings. This happens from a full disc structure and also an MKV file of the same source.
The media info for the source file looks the same as any other source with HDR so I cannot understand why this is happening.

Any idea what might be happening here?

Not sure why you're being "secretive" about what movie you're having problems with. (your choice, of course).

But it would help to know, and I would suggest that a sample of the problem file might help, as well.

Cheers

[GZZ]

If you use custom script for like MDegrain2 in bacth mode and then encode the movie, but decide to remove the MDegrain2 as is might be too agressiv, then changing the custom script to "Do not use custom script" generate new *.avs files in the chunck directory, but MDegrain2 is still under custom filter. I think it might be related to "Changed: Script wont re-analyze if there is no change"

Even if I delete the chunk directory and start again is generate new *.avs files with my custom script in it. So it seems it dosnt see a change from one custom script to "Do not use custom script" as a change and therefore dont generate proper *.avs files that reflect the change.

[Ripmann]

Hey guys, is there a way to set up the encoded file's custom title within the program?

By default, it sets the title to the output file's name, and since I often make notes with my filenames (I use my own, but the idea is: XXX_NO_SUBTITLES, or XXX_TEST_BEFORE_DELETING_SOURCE, etc.) before renaming them correctly, the media's title often looks ugly/undesirable within some media players like MPC-BE. You can easily fix it by remuxing with something like MKVToolNix, but adds extra work to each encode. Is there a quick way to do it within RipBot?

[GZZ]

Hey guys, is there a way to set up the encoded file's custom title within the program?

By default, it sets the title to the output file's name, and since I often make notes with my filenames (I use my own, but the idea is: XXX_NO_SUBTITLES, or XXX_TEST_BEFORE_DELETING_SOURCE, etc.), the file's title often looks ugly/undesirable within some media players like MPC-BE. You can easily fix it by remuxing with something like MKVToolNix, but adds extra work to each encode. Is there a quick way to do it within RipBot?

This is not a fix... But you do know that you can use the Header Editor in MkvToolnix and change the title afterwards, then you dont have to remux the file - much faster.

[Ripmann]

This is not a fix... But you do know that you can use the Header Editor in MkvToolnix and change the title afterwards, then you dont have to remux the file - much faster.

Thanks, very helpful tip. I used to use it myself but forgot about how easy it was to batch edit stuff with it. Now I went through an entire batch of files and fixed their headers in a few minutes. Hopefully, RipBot will someday have a field to set the title prior to the encode.

[mrlenny]

more detail on the stop-restart encoding issue:
I'm encoding HEVC Default very slow 2 pass lock size. It does the stop-restart never encode thing when fast first pass is UNCHECKED in the settings OR if I use QC for sizing, it works.

[guest]

more detail on the stop-restart encoding issue:
I'm encoding HEVC Default very slow 2 pass lock size. It does the stop-restart never encode thing when fast first pass is UNCHECKED in the settings OR if I use QC for sizing, it works.

FYI, those attached screenshots you posted, have not been approved, so no one can view them, you need to use another means to attach / show screenshots, etc.

Maybe a reason why there's been no response.

[activoice]

I've been running RipBot for years with no major problems, but this morning I opened RipBot and it did an update, and now EncodingServer.exe just hangs.

First when I did the update, launching EncodingServer.exe just opened a Command Line window, and the message Encoding Server is not Responding just kept scrolling by over and over... so I deleted Ripbot and did a fresh install.


I can run Ripbot264.exe fine, I can also run EncodingClient.exe fine, but when I try to run EncodingServer.exe it never opens, and I look in task manager and the task is just stuck.

Any ideas?

I also did a Malware Scan, and a SFC scannow to fix any corrupted system files.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I DID NOT UPDATE ENCODINGSERVER.EXE. Just check file date or file version. Try again in Safe Mode. Most likely some app running in background is blocking encodingserver.exe.

[mrlenny]

I DID NOT UPDATE ENCODINGSERVER.EXE. Just check file date or file version. Try again in Safe Mode. Most likely some app running in background is blocking encodingserver.exe.

it looks like x265 was updated nearly at the same you added the work schedule to the ui. it appears as though the parameters that get passed to x265 specifically around no fast first pass on a two pass encode, which you have not changed, now no longer work with the new version of x265. two pass encode with no fast first pass with a lock-size encode is the only way I can replicate the failure.

[activoice]

I DID NOT UPDATE ENCODINGSERVER.EXE. Just check file date or file version. Try again in Safe Mode. Most likely some app running in background is blocking encodingserver.exe.

Thanks for the reply... so I know what's got it stuck Now but not why it's getting stuck.

I ran EncodingServer.exe and can see that it's sitting there in task manager but the window isn't open, I went to the Details tab in Task Manager right clicked and selected Anaylze Wait Chain, it looks like it's stuck waiting on nvcontainer.exe which is part of the Nvidia software...

I killed the nvcontainer.exe process, and then the Encoding Server window appeared. If I close the Encoding Server window, and re-run EncodingServer.exe it opens fine the second time and all subsequent times, it's just the first time I run it after a fresh boot that NvContainer.exe is always holding it up.

[guest]

Thanks for the reply... so I know what's got it stuck Now but not why it's getting stuck.

I ran EncodingServer.exe and can see that it's sitting there in task manager but the window isn't open, I went to the Details tab in Task Manager right clicked and selected Anaylze Wait Chain, it looks like it's stuck waiting on nvcontainer.exe which is part of the Nvidia software...

I killed the nvcontainer.exe process, and then the Encoding Server window appeared. If I close the Encoding Server window, and re-run EncodingServer.exe it opens fine the second time and all subsequent times, it's just the first time I run it after a fresh boot that NvContainer.exe is always holding it up.

I did a Ripbot encode today, the first one in, like forever (months, anyway), and it wouldn't start the Encoder, and then I recalled that either (or both) MSI Afterburner, or this NVDisplay.Container.exe "thing" could be the problem, so I turned off AfterBurner...nothing, then I tried to disable the Nv thing, but that wasn't working, so then I Googled it, and found a way to turn it off in (Windows) "Service's", rebooted, and away she went.

So either you need to somehow disable the Nv thing, OR use an older driver version that doesn't have this NVDisplay.Container.exe.

https://appuals.com/fix-nvidia-container-high-cpu-usage/

Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth. There always seems to be something that's a complete PITA !!!!

[Atak_Snajpera]

I always remove all telemetry crap from NVIDIA installer before installing ( https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/ ) . I also check and remove all scheduled tasks created by driver installer. Zero problems on my side with ripbot.

[guest]

I always remove all telemetry crap from NVIDIA installer before installing ( https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/ ) . I also check and remove all scheduled tasks created by driver installer. Zero problems on my side with ripbot.

Thanks Atak, I actually just grabbed the latest nVidia drivers (not installed yet), so I will give the "cleaner" a go, first. :)

update:- OK, ran it thru the "cleaner", and it does get rid of a lot of stuff (user's choice, tho), and after a clean install, the NvDisplay.Container thing was still active in Task Manager, so I still had to disable it, from starting.

I wonder if it's a Windows 10 thing...does W7 have the container ??

[Daringbaaz]

Hello, Ripbot isn't Working on My Pc,
Please Help Me to Solve



C:\Users\Alone\Downloads\Video>"C:\Users\Alone\Desktop\RipBot264v1.25.1\EncodingClient.exe" "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\job1_EncodingClient.meta"
'"C:\Users\Alone\Desktop\RipBot264v1.25.1\EncodingClient.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Alone\Downloads\Video>"C:\Users\Alone\Desktop\RipBot264v1.25.1\tools\mkvtoolnix\mkvmerge.exe" -o "D:\Abhay S02E07 Hindi 1080p WEB-DL [BollYFlix].mkv" --compression 0:none --title "Abhay S02E07 Hindi 1080p WEB-DL [BollYFlix]" --default-duration 0:25fps "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.265" --compression 0:none --language 0:hin --aac-is-sbr 0:1 "C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\Encoded_Audio_1.aac"
mkvmerge v50.0.0 ('Awakenings') 64-bit
Error: The file 'C:\Temp\RipBot264temp\job1\video.265' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
-------------------------

Elapsed Time: 00h:00m:30s

https://i.imgur.com/nYk3bbl.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

Click manually on encodingclient.exe and see what happens.

[Daringbaaz]

Click manually on encodingclient.exe and see what happens.

I Tried, But it's Showing OFFLINE Status,

and Also Checked That There was Miltuple Encoding Server Opened on Taskbar icon section,

but All are Showing offline,.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I just wanted you to confirm that EncodingClient.exe exists and IT is not corrupted. Check again also in safe mode.

[guest]

I Tried, But it's Showing OFFLINE Status,

and Also Checked That There was Miltuple Encoding Server Opened on Taskbar icon section,

but All are Showing offline,.

How long have you been using Ripbot ??

Have you got your IP address's set up properly, and are you using Distributed Encoding ?? (you did mention the icons in the taskbar)

Try without DE turned on.

[TheSickle]

more detail on the stop-restart encoding issue:
I'm encoding HEVC Default very slow 2 pass lock size. It does the stop-restart never encode thing when fast first pass is UNCHECKED in the settings OR if I use QC for sizing, it works.


Same problem here, when fast first pass is disabled, encoding does not work on 2pass mode in any way.

Servers return the following error:
57 --ctu 64 --slow-firstpass --y4m --pools "+" --output NUL -"
x265 [warning]: extra unused command arguments given <->

I believe when option is disabled, somewhere in the code there is a "-" left hanging and it messes up the script settings send to the server. Can someone validate this and if possible provide a fix / workaround ?

[LigH]

Well, the error message
is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
clearly means that the command line interpreter (cmd.exe usually) either cannot find "C:\Users\Alone\Desktop\RipBot264v1.25.1\EncodingClient.exe" at this location or believes that it does not look like an executable inside.

IMHO, putting an application into a directory on the desktop is not recommendable (also note that if you use several user accounts, another user's desktop may not be accessible), and using complex folder names with version numbers and many dots neither (also I noticed in your screenshot that you are running v1.26.0, but the path contains v1.25.1). Better create a short directory right in a drive's root (like "D:\RB264"), that decreases the risk of typos in the application's path a lot.

[Daringbaaz]

I just wanted you to confirm that EncodingClient.exe exists and IT is not corrupted. Check again also in safe mode.

Thanks, It's working Now,

there was some issue with antivirus,

After disabling, Issue fixed,

I am Completely New With Ripbot

Thanks to Everyone

[Daringbaaz]

I just wanted you to confirm that EncodingClient.exe exists and IT is not corrupted. Check again also in safe mode.

Well, the error message
is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
clearly means that the command line interpreter (cmd.exe usually) either cannot find "C:\Users\Alone\Desktop\RipBot264v1.25.1\EncodingClient.exe" at this location or believes that it does not look like an executable inside.

IMHO, putting an application into a directory on the desktop is not recommendable (also note that if you use several user accounts, another user's desktop may not be accessible), and using complex folder names with version numbers and many dots neither (also I noticed in your screenshot that you are running v1.26.0, but the path contains v1.25.1). Better create a short directory right in a drive's root (like "D:\RB264"), that decreases the risk of typos in the application's path a lot.

I wasn't aware about Such Problems, Thanks For Detailed Explanation