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

[Atak_Snajpera]

Open getinfo.avs in MPC and then let me know if info.txt is created

[Miryan]

No, and it shows an error: http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=getinfoya5.jpg

[deets]

is ffdshow set to decode AC3 using liba52? if not try that?

[Miryan]

Yes, ffdshow is set to decode AC3 using liba52. I can play the .ac3 file itself, no problems there.

[mrpijey]

I am sorry to dive right in a middle of a discussion, but I am a bit stuck with a problem:

No matter what DVD source i try to encode (I decoded the source with DVD Decrypter) all audio options I get with any profile is a 2.0 profile. 2.0 OGG Vorbis 64kbit-128kbit and 2.0 CT AAC 64kbit-128kbit. No 5.1 or any other (except for direct stream copy). It works on my other computer, but not on my laptop. I use the newest Ripbot264 (1.6.3) along with the ffdshow from sourceforge. Is it perhaps some issue with Vista? I can't get a grip on the problem...

[morphx2]

How does it do 360 if it doesnt output wmv...unless I missed it somewhere

[Atak_Snajpera]

Read this!
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/digitalmedia/videoplaybackfaq.htm

[deets]

How does it do 360 if it doesnt output wmv...unless I missed it somewhere

the 360 can handle mp4 as well :)

no 5.1 though, only 2 channel....

[Atak_Snajpera]

I get with any profile is a 2.0 profile. 2.0 OGG Vorbis 64kbit-128kbit and 2.0 CT AAC 64kbit-128kbit. No 5.1 or any other (except for direct stream copy).

I suppose you have selected 2 channels in FFDShow audio mixer...

In v1.6.4 NicAudio is used in getinfo.avs instead of DirectShowSource so everything should be fine now.

[Miryan]

Atak_Snajpera, thanks! With the newest version (1.6.4) it works just fine!

[Miryan]

I found an another bug. I tried to encode an m2ts file, called 'Logo.m2ts'. The output was a little strange, because it automatically renamed it 'ogo..mkv'. But thats not the problem.

The problem is that when the audio/video decoding ends, the muxing part doesnt do a thing. It says everything fine, but there isn't any .mkv at the end.

I dont know if it helps, but I uploaded the logo.m2ts file zipped, it is 23 mb, a simple logo ripped from a bluray source with 1 audio and 1 video stream.
http://rapidshare.com/files/59949596/Logo.zip.html

[Atak_Snajpera]

There is something wrong with audio. AC3 has HUGE delay and It cannot be decoded by FFDShow?!?! When NicAC3Source is used I don't hear anything during preview plus conversion takes to much time. However m2ts plays fine in MPC and audio is also correctly decoded. It must be a bug in DGIndex. I will inform neuron about that.

[rahzel]

just wanted to stop by and say thanks. i've tried many PS3 encoders and so far, i'm liking your tool Atak_Snajpera (mind you i've only tried 1 video so far). i've tried PS3 video 9 by redkawa, SUPER, PS3 video converter and i was either not impressed with the quality of these or they lacked options. i've been using meGUI with a PS3 profile and it has never let me down. i'm satisfied with both the quality and options in your tool and its very simple to use. from the looks of it, it uses both cores on my dual core CPU too... am i correct in my assumption?

[repdetect2]

I used the tool for a few other files and loved it. Is there a chance we get iphone or ipod touch support?

[morphx2]

I cant get my cartoon on DVD to look good in mp4

Any ideas?

[deets]

what profile and bit rate etc?

[morphx2]

I will try any. suggestions? I want dvd-r size

[deets]

it depends, ou say mp4 is that for xbox or ps3 or similar? then your stuck for the profile for that.

if its general PC playback use [level 5.1] HQ default

in the bottom right you can tick lock size and im thinking 4480 is dvd-r size, this will then automatically set the bitrate for you.

should be able to get extremely good quality from a DVD to 264 using 4gb, assuming its not weirdly long or anything.

resize to SD of course. let us know if you have any luck.

[Miryan]

There is something wrong with audio. AC3 has HUGE delay and It cannot be decoded by FFDShow?!?! When NicAC3Source is used I don't hear anything during preview plus conversion takes to much time. However m2ts plays fine in MPC and audio is also correctly decoded. It must be a bug in DGIndex. I will inform neuron about that.

I see. Thanks!

[hristoff2]

1stpass

x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate xxxx --stats ".stats" --bframes 4 --b-pyramid --direct auto --deblock -3,-3 --subme 1 --analyse none --me dia --threads 3 --thread-input --zones x,y,b=0.07 --cqmfile "prestige_grain.cfg" --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL "encode.avs"

2ndpass

x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate xxxx --stats ".stats" --ref 7 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 4 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --deblock -3,-3 --subme 7 --trellis 2 --aq-strength 0.5 --aq-sensitivity 14 --analyse all --8x8dct --me umh --threads 3 --thread-input --zones x,y,b=0.07 --cqmfile "prestige_grain.cfg" --progress --no-dct-decimate --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output.mkv" "encode.avs"

This is pretty much the commandline most of my encodes are based on (some adjustments done if needed), I just don't know how to make a proper profile for ripbot as it's using synonymes for x264 settings :confused:

[Atak_Snajpera]

Why do you use --ref 7 , --subme 7 --trellis 2? Waste of time. You will get better results if you remove --cqm and lower AQ sensitivity value to 5. I doubt you will see difference between my HQ profile and your settings.

[Atak_Snajpera]

Miryan your problem with M2ts file has been solved :) Thanks to neuron2 (DGindex author)

[Miryan]

Atak_Snajpera, thanks a lot! :)

[vassie]

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but when I use the iPod profile, when I try to drag the file onto my iPod via iTunes, it says it cannot be copied, because it cannot be played back on this iPod, fyi I have an 80gb video iPod
Ben

[Atak_Snajpera]

Did you install latest iTunes?

[vassie]

Did you install latest iTunes?

Yes, 7.4.3.1

Ben

[Atak_Snajpera]

Video Resolution?

[vassie]

Video Resolution?

320x180

[Atak_Snajpera]

try this instead of iTunes
http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/

[vassie]

try this instead of iTunes
http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/

Sorry, didn't get a chance to try that last night, I'll give it a go tonight

[Miryan]

Atak_Snajpera, Ripbot now using NicAC3Source, but is checking for ffdshow at the start.

[Atak_Snajpera]

FFDshow is used for video and audio decoding therefore is required! If audio is demuxed Nic will be used instead. If not FFDshow is used.

[Miryan]

I see! Thank you.

[persim]

I just started getting this error when I try to load a video file:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3241/errorsd2.th.png (http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorsd2.png)

I used to be able to open files and use the program. Not sure what I did to cause this, any help would be appreciated. Trying to convert .TS files to .MKV

[Atak_Snajpera]

If you can send me a sample of your TS file

[persim]

Here is a link to a 30 s clip from the 1 hour tv show I have been trying to use.


http://www.mediafire.com/?b0mo4nmpcmv

[darkedgex]

Thanks for fixing the console window closing issue, now a couple more observations/requests. =)

The "Normalize" option seems to turn itself back on when you change certain settings. Also, even with normalizing off, when I first start a conversion, it says "Normalizing" in the status area briefly. When using the PSP profile, it would be nice if resizing was automatically set to 480x272. I'm not certain on this, but doesn't the PSP support 720x480 video? I know the actual screen is limited to 480x272, but when using the TV out it would be nice to have the higher resolution. Maybe add this to the list of resizing options? A method for boosting the loudness of audio by a specific decibel amount would be cool. Normalizing doesn't seem to work as well as I'd hoped on DVD conversions (still seems too quiet via the PSP speakers; headphones sound better though). A way to pause encoding would be nice.
Thanks for your help. =)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Your sample is working on my PC
http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/7011/new1ur7.th.png (http://img463.imageshack.us/my.php?image=new1ur7.png)

Try this
If you are getting this error don't close it. Open getinfo.avs file in Media Player Classic and check if info.txt is created in the same directory.

[persim]

I do not seem to have the getinfo.avs file anywhere on my computer. I left the error untouched and checked to see if the job1 folder was in the ripbot folder like you stated in a previous post and nothing was there. Did a search for the file on my hard drive and got no results. Should it be creating a job1 folder with this file when I try to open the file?

[Atak_Snajpera]

All temporary files are saved in system temp directory

in xp they will be in\

x:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Temp\RipBot264temp

you will need tick show hidden files and folders in tools-folder options - view

[persim]

Sorry didn't search all the hidden directories. The file opens in media player classic and says:

DirectShowSource: I can't determine the frame rate of the video, you must use the "fps" parameter.

then lists the path \getinfo.avs, line 1



No info.txt file is created in the directory

[Atak_Snajpera]

Video cannot be decoded therefore you don't see info.txt. Make sure you have latest Haali Media Spliter , AviSynth and FFDShow.

[Bigmango]

Ahhh ! Very nice tool ! Finally a clean gui without all the unnecessary bullshit.

Could you please add the following features:

1. Nero aac audio (megui & automkv support it), with all the profiles (I need ABR), escecially the "auto" profile which lets nero chose the best compression (LC,HE) for a given bitrate

2. I see you already use bepipe. This will allow 2 pass abr AAC encoding with nero (needed for low bitrates).

To do 2 pass encoding, nero needs a wave file as imput. So with bepipe you can save a temporary wave file, and then encode it with nero in 2 passes abr.

This small nero gui already does this, source is available:
http://www.imcold.evilhosting.org/progs/sng/

3. Modify the source selection gui part to behave like nero recode. This way, you can chose to fit the output to a specified size (i.ex DVD5) and then when you add files, their bitrate will automatically be adjusted to match the media.


If you could add these 3 features, Ripbot would be the ultimate gui for me.

[Atak_Snajpera]

1. Nero aac audio (megui & automkv support it), with all the profiles (I need ABR), escecially the "auto" profile which lets nero chose the best compression (LC,HE) for a given bitrate

Both encoders provide almost the same quality. Some people even claim that HE is better in CT than in Nero. So called "Auto" is already available in RipBot264 :) 64 kbps is always encoded in HE. Everything above is encoded in LC. Nero "Auto" works exactly in the same way. Besides I'm not allowed to distribute Nero encoder along with my app.

Modify the source selection gui part to behave like nero recode. This way, you can chose to fit the output to a specified size (i.ex DVD5) and then when you add files, their bitrate will automatically be adjusted to match the media.

If you select "Lock Size" video bitrate will be adjusted according to output size and audio bitrate/size.

[Bigmango]

Both encoders provide almost the same quality. Some people even claim that HE is better in CT than in Nero. So called "Auto" is already available in RipBot264 :) 64 kbps is always encoded in HE. Everything above is encoded in LC. Nero "Auto" works exactly in the same way.


The problem is that, according to ripbot, ct only does CBR. ABR is better (especially for movies as there are periods in a movie where there is no or less sound) and nero does ABR.

And what about 2 pass aac encoding (nero is the only encoder currently doing this)? Is this something you might add ?


Besides I'm not allowed to distribute Nero encoder along with my app.


No problem, we can copy the file to ripbot's directory.


If you select "Lock Size" video bitrate will be adjusted according to output size and audio bitrate/size.

Yes, I know. But this is only for one file.

A system like nero recode allows to lock the size like you do, but then you can add more than 1 source file and all of the files' bitrates will be adjusted automatically (the total available bitrate is divided by the files, but you can also adjust it manually for each file within the available max bitrate).

Of course we can do all of the calculations manually and then add each file into the queue with that calculated bitrate.... but the purpose of a gui is to make things easier, isn't it ? ;)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Of course we can do all of the calculations manually and then add each file into the queue with that calculated bitrate.... but the purpose of a gui is to make things easier, isn't it ?

Let's say we have 10 episodes. Each episode will require 448 MB to fit on DVD. Is that so hard to click "Lock Size" and then enter calculated value ?

And what about 2 pass aac encoding (nero is the only encoder currently doing this)? Is this something you might add ?

2-pass for audio is simply waste of time (decoding to 6ch wav plus 2-passes for encoding). Besides Quality Mode in Nero gives better results than 2-pass.

Last word. I'm very happy with CT-AAC quality and I am not going to replace it. Sorry.

[Bigmango]

Let's say we have 10 episodes. Each episode will require 448 MB to fit on DVD. Is that so hard to click "Lock Size" and then enter calculated value ?


You forget the movies' length. One episode can be 50 minutes, another can be 25 minutes, another 1h30, another 35 minutes...

Giving to each the same size is the wrong way to go about it. What you need to do is give them the same bitrate.


2-pass for audio is simply waste of time (decoding to 6ch wav plus 2-passes for encoding). Besides Quality Mode in Nero gives better results than 2-pass.

Saving to wave takes 30 seconds. 1 pass encoding takes 1 minute, so 2 passes will take 2 minutes...

Compare this to encoding the movie, which in this example can take 45 minutes.... So with 2 pass audio it will be 47min30 instead of 46 minutes...

I don't see any waste of time here ?

Regarding quality mode vs 2 pass abr: when you want to put the maximum on a disc (-> lock size), you don't want quality mode; you want to aim for a bitrate and so you want average bitrate.


Last word. I'm very happy with CT-AAC quality and I am not going to replace it. Sorry.

Who said you need to replace it ?

Anyway, I see you are missing my point completely. Good luck with your tool.

[Miryan]

Just a thought. Could Ripbot use ifo files, like autogk?

[Atak_Snajpera]

You forget the movies' length. One episode can be 50 minutes, another can be 25 minutes, another 1h30, another 35 minutes...

I assumed you encode the same episodes with similar length(anime - about 21 min ,TV shows - about 43 min).

Anyway, I see you are missing my point completely. Good luck with your tool.

Good luck with nero. Peace.


Just a thought. Could Ripbot use ifo files, like autogk?
To be honest I prefer pure .vobs created with DVDFabDecrypter instead of full DVD rip with IFO.

[Miryan]

To be honest I prefer pure .vobs created with DVDFabDecrypter instead of full DVD rip with IFO.

Okay, I will try that, thanks!