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

[asarian]

Try to resize 1280x1024 (5:4) to 1280x720 (16:9)! What do you get?!!? Image with perfect aspect ratio? I don't think so!

I guess I don't get it, then. I mean, who has a 1280x1024 image to begin with?

EDIT: read 'image' = 'video input'

[illestdomer2005]

I guess I don't get it, then. I mean, who has a 1280x1024 image to begin with?

Someone with a screenshot of a video game ;) Yeah, I am unaware of any commercial video in that resolution...

[td911]

1) uninstall AviSynth , ffdshow , haali media splitter
2) reboot
3) install again avisynth 2.5.7 , latest ffdshow and haali media splitter

that's all i can tell you at the moment


Worked!

Thanks again.

[ni9ht_5ta1k3r]

I tested on 3 PCs (2 PC + 1 laptop) with Vista SP1 and guess what? No problems!

That's very strange. My drives are the LG GGC-H20L and the Pioneer DVR-215. Like Vista SP1 recognises the drives but when I put a disc into either drive nothing comes up. I usually have to restart my PC in order to get the drives to resume reading discs. Is it possible that other programs are interfering that cause ripbot, directly or indirectly, to do this?

[duramaximus]

I just ran into a problem I have never seen before.

"DirectShowSource: couldn't open file C:\temp\RipBot264temp\Job1\video.mkv: The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\getinfo.avs, line2)"

I am running the latest version.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance :)

[duramaximus]

I just ran into a problem I have never seen before.

"DirectShowSource: couldn't open file C:\temp\RipBot264temp\Job1\video.mkv: The system cannot find the file specified. (C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\getinfo.avs, line2)"

I am running the latest version.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance :)

Here is what the log file says.......

M2TS, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 1 subtitle track, 2:19:05
1: Chapters, 28 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
4: Subtitle (PGS), English
Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt"...
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a03] Removing AC3 dialog normalization...
[a03] Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.ac3"...
Unfortunately the Haali Muxer cannot handle this source file.
It doesn't contain enough seek/recovery points.
The "-seekToIFrames" option may work around that.
However, using this option may result in artifacts when seeking.
Aborted at file position 6611042304.

[asarian]

That's very strange. My drives are the LG GGC-H20L and the Pioneer DVR-215. Like Vista SP1 recognises the drives but when I put a disc into either drive nothing comes up. I usually have to restart my PC in order to get the drives to resume reading discs. Is it possible that other programs are interfering that cause ripbot, directly or indirectly, to do this?

That's very strange. I have the same LG GGC-H20L burner + Vista; and guess what? No problems!

[UsualNoise]

I've seen variations of this problem, but no solutions previously suggested have worked. Here's what I did:

1) I ripped a BR disc to hard drive with AnyDVD (decrypted)
2) Opened the first .m2ts file in RipBot. The demux status increased until done.
3) Media player classic opens and just says "Opening...", and consuming 50% of CPU.

Is this normal? I was expecting to be returned to the interface per the user guide, but that's not happening. Should I wait longer (it's been over 1/2 hour). I can also note that this is the second disc I've tried and the same thing happened.

[asarian]

I've seen variations of this problem, but no solutions previously suggested have worked. Here's what I did:

1) I ripped a BR disc to hard drive with AnyDVD (decrypted)
2) Opened the first .m2ts file in RipBot. The demux status increased until done.
3) Media player classic opens and just says "Opening...", and consuming 50% of CPU.

Is this normal? I was expecting to be returned to the interface per the user guide, but that's not happening. Should I wait longer (it's been over 1/2 hour). I can also note that this is the second disc I've tried and the same thing happened.

Opening on Preview, you mean? That goes as fast as being near instantaneous.

[UsualNoise]

Opening on Preview, you mean? That goes as fast as being near instantaneous.

Yes, I guess if that's the next step. It sits there on "Opening...". I get the same result if I open up the .mkv file directly after it's been demuxed. Any ideas?

[slow4mula]

Here is what the log file says.......

M2TS, 1 video track, 1 audio track, 1 subtitle track, 2:19:05
1: Chapters, 28 chapters
2: h264/AVC, 1080p24 /1.001 (16:9)
3: AC3, English, 5.1 channels, 640kbps, 48khz, dialnorm: -27dB
4: Subtitle (PGS), English
Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\chapters.txt"...
[v02] Extracting video track number 2...
[a03] Extracting audio track number 3...
[v02] Muxing video to Matroska...
[a03] Removing AC3 dialog normalization...
[a03] Creating file "C:\temp\RipBot264temp\job1\audio.1.ac3"...
Unfortunately the Haali Muxer cannot handle this source file.
It doesn't contain enough seek/recovery points.
The "-seekToIFrames" option may work around that.
However, using this option may result in artifacts when seeking.
Aborted at file position 6611042304.

i've run into this problem before on 4-5 movies...i've always figured out a way around it by manually selecting the video and audio stream i want and remuxing into ts, then importing that into ripbot. i ran into two movies recently (i think i posted in this thread about it), but they were both mpeg2 bluray rips.

[duramaximus]

i've run into this problem before on 4-5 movies...i've always figured out a way around it by manually selecting the video and audio stream i want and remuxing into ts, then importing that into ripbot. i ran into two movies recently (i think i posted in this thread about it), but they were both mpeg2 bluray rips.

I hear ya. I started by picking the LPCM audio. This is where I encountered the error first. Then I used tsMuxeR to strip out everthing but the main movie, 640kbps audio and english subtitles and still the same thing.

Thanks for your response.

By the way, this is "The Guardian" in Bluray format.

[UsualNoise]

Opening on Preview, you mean? That goes as fast as being near instantaneous.

I figured out my problem. I reinstalled AVISynth and everything started working. Not sure what was wrong with the previous version I had installed, but obviously something was amiss. Hope this helps if anyone else encounters this particular issue.

[jamd1]

Atak - any chance of addding .mov file support - just downloaded a trailer for the upcoming terminator movie available from apple.com - it's 720p and would be nice to see it on my ps3 ;-)

[Atak_Snajpera]

Rename .mov to mp4 and check if PS3 will play this file.

[brogan]

Atak,

Unbelievable app, I have to say. I have one problem & I wanted to know if you could help me (or anyone who knows the answer). I have problems w/converting 25 fps content to 23.976 fps. From what i've gathered, I need to go to the drop down for "Output Speed" & change that to "AssumeFPS->23.976" but my audio stays at 25 fps per second. I'm converting to Blu-ray (AVCHD on a DL DVD) & I never have the option to Stretch the audio (that option is only available to me if I choose .mp4 instead of Blu-ray). For A/V Same Length, my only choice is "Off". Am I doing something wrong or missing something? When the movie I'm converting is letterboxed, I will make an addition to the script to AddBorders so the video doesn't get stretched...Is there something I can manually add to the script to make the audio "Stretch" to match the video? Thanks for all your hard work & time spent w/this, it's truly awesome!! :thanks::thanks:

[Atak_Snajpera]

AVCHD supports 25 fps as well

[asarian]

Atak,

Unbelievable app, I have to say. I have one problem & I wanted to know if you could help me (or anyone who knows the answer). I have problems w/converting 25 fps content to 23.976 fps. From what i've gathered, I need to go to the drop down for "Output Speed" & change that to "AssumeFPS->23.976" but my audio stays at 25 fps per second. I'm converting to Blu-ray (AVCHD on a DL DVD) & I never have the option to Stretch the audio (that option is only available to me if I choose .mp4 instead of Blu-ray). For A/V Same Length, my only choice is "Off". Am I doing something wrong or missing something? When the movie I'm converting is letterboxed, I will make an addition to the script to AddBorders so the video doesn't get stretched...Is there something I can manually add to the script to make the audio "Stretch" to match the video? Thanks for all your hard work & time spent w/this, it's truly awesome!! :thanks::thanks:

As is often the case in these matters, you're probably better off dealing with sound outside of RipBot, in eac3to; like:

eac3to 00001.m2ts 3: sound.dts -slowdown

That will take care of the 25.000 -> 24.000/1.001 fps slowdown.

Mind you, AssumeFPS, or any other change in fps, is never ideal, and you'll lose some video-fluency (some people don't notice it, others do).

[Atak_Snajpera]

Mind you, AssumeFPS, or any other change in fps, is never ideal, and you'll lose some video-fluency (some people don't notice it, others do).
It would be better if did your homework and saw what is difference between AssumeFPS and ConvertFPS or ChangeFPS ! AssumeFPS only slows down frame rate without removing frames!

like i said. Since AVCHD supports 25 fps (29.97 as well) i see no reason to complicate your life!

[asarian]

It would be better if did your homework and saw what is difference between AssumeFPS and ConvertFPS or ChangeFPS ! AssumeFPS only slows down frame rate without removing frames!
Doesn't make a difference. Unless you have a 24p TV, you'll still see the conversion from 25fps -> 24/1001. So, whether you let AssumeFPS slow down/speed up your video and then have your TV adjust to its own fps, or do a ChangeFPS and drop a few frames here and there, it's all the same.

My Serenity HD-DVD, for example (PAL), was released at 25fps (with, annoyingly, a too high pitch on the sound). So, I used AssumeFPS to slow it down to 24p. And now the sound is in order again, but my TV still outputs the stream at 25fps, artificially adding a higher temporal resolution. And this you will notice.

[jamd1]

dupe entry.

[jamd1]

Rename .mov to mp4 and check if PS3 will play this file.

Thx - PS3 notes the renamed file as corrupted data - but ripbot will now process it ok.:)

[brogan]

AVCHD supports 25 fps as well


Atak,

I have a region A BD player (and a PS3) are you saying that I shouldn't bother converting 25 fps to 23.976? I know AVCHD supports 25 fps but will it play in my players? I've never converted anything to that fps & wouldn't want to waste 24 + hours if it won't work. I have a 120hz HDTV & was trying to get 23.976 fps (video & audio). Is there no way to do that through RipBot? Thanks for the reply...

[Atak_Snajpera]

Try with something short.

[asarian]

Atak,

I have a region A BD player (and a PS3) are you saying that I shouldn't bother converting 25 fps to 23.976? I know AVCHD supports 25 fps but will it play in my players? I've never converted anything to that fps & wouldn't want to waste 24 + hours if it won't work. I have a 120hz HDTV & was trying to get 23.976 fps (video & audio). Is there no way to do that through RipBot? Thanks for the reply...

The PS3 plays 25fps just fine. But you'll probably get some judder on your TV at 120hz (120 = 5 x 24).

[BZeeme]

Atak - Would you allow RipBot264 to select the subtitle.1.sup file from the "Add Subtitle" screen?
Currently only .srt files are allowed, so I have to use SupRip to generate a srt file(I use auto-OCR but do not correct the errors since I'm not actually going to use it). Say I named this srt file "subs.srt", after RipBot264 converts subs.srt file to subs.sup, I go to the job1 folder, delete that subs.sup, and rename subtitle.1.sup to subs.sup so I get the original subtitles and can chose to view them or turn them off.

[illestdomer2005]

I just used RipBot to encode Tropic Thunder into an MKV. Everything looks great until the very end when RDJr is presenting the award to Ben Stiller. I get macroblocking like CRAZY. I haven't changed any settings in RipBot and have maintained the Profile for PS3s:

--level 4.0 --aud --nal-hrd --vbv-bufsize 25000 --vbv-maxrate 25000 --filter 0,0 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --bframes 3 --b-adapt 1 --weightb --direct auto --subme 7 --trellis 1 --partitions all --8x8dct --me umh --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim

I did not denoise it or anything either. Any ideas what's going on? It looks the same when I select 2-pass for DVD-5 and DVD-9. Playing the original m2ts file does not generate these video aberrations which indicates to me that this is clearly not an issue with the source. Anybody seen this before? Advice? Thanks!

[Atak_Snajpera]

May I see screenshots? Or even better a sample where the problem occurs. Use mmg.exe from tools/MKVToolnix

[benedicto]

I have a problem with overlaping subtitles

I reencoded a mkv file to a smaller mkv. It contains 2 subtitle streams, first stream being Dutch and second English. I added the English .srt to output. What came out was the Dutch sub was "hardsubbed" to the mkv and English softsubbed, and they overlapped. I tested several other mkv files and found this problem occurs only when there are 2 or more sub streams and the the sub you want is not in the first stream.

I can solve the problem by extracting unwanted subs, or by switching sub streams or by disabling subtitles in ffdshow video config when encoding. But is this a bug or something?

[illestdomer2005]

May I see screenshots? Or even better a sample where the problem occurs. Use mmg.exe from tools/MKVToolnix

Let me know if this is visible enough. The original is a little over 2MB, but I still think you can clearly see the discoloration and macroblocking, particularly on Jon Voight's face.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/illestdomer2005/TropicThunderScreenshot.png

[Atak_Snajpera]

I see it. I need you to prepare sample from video.mkv (or .m2ts) so x264 team can check this. Use mmg.exe (or this (http://www.bitstreamtools.com/) for .m2ts) and upload 50 MB sample to www.mediafire.com

[asarian]

I just used RipBot to encode Tropic Thunder into an MKV. Everything looks great until the very end when RDJr is presenting the award to Ben Stiller. I get macroblocking like CRAZY. I haven't changed any settings in RipBot and have maintained the Profile for PS3s:

Since the PS3 does not not support MKV files, I wonder how you're playing this file, because it might just be your mkv player. For a simple test I would just use remux it to m2ts and play it with something else than you're mkv player.

Also, when streaming with Twonky, I noticed the latter gets confused/messed up sometimes when you're overwriting an existing file (resulting in the kind of errors you're seeing). Having it rebuild its database solves that.

A 50MB sample from the original file would probably help, too (for reproducibility).

[Atak_Snajpera]

I wonder if your problem is related to this http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143444

[b!uFm@3T3R]

ok when ever i click on ripbot264

this error coms up

http://imuploader.com/images/jinnmlsjwbndvf6plb7.jpg

the software still opens up

then i go to
http://imuploader.com/images/46cbr4nggcibv9m5hr2.jpg

when i click on ok this error comes up
http://imuploader.com/images/q1l7w6nl5ohvxz0cwngb.jpg

[Atak_Snajpera]

install latest ffdshow

[CyberTron88]

hmm... I seem to have problem with Band of Brothers Disc 3, episode 6.

At the start where the HBO logo is shown, there seems to be a problem with the encoding. The intermediate video.mkv generated is ok, but when re-encoded to h264, it have this artifact.

Trying now with 1.10.8 to see if the problem persist.

[b!uFm@3T3R]

first i click on the movie and open it click the audio subs and wat i wanted then when i click ok it says analyzing the stream since morning ~more than 8 hrs

Edit: Solved my Problem

[Atak_Snajpera]

Where is beginning and end of your sentence? I don't understand at all!

[b!uFm@3T3R]

^^ if that was to me then i got that problem so dont mind
any way when ever ripbot was demuxing at 99% this error come up

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5519/26342714lk0.jpg

[illestdomer2005]

Thanks atak and asarian...I will try to get some sample video up some time this week...just busy right now trying to close the office down for Christmas :)

I will say, though, that I did two encodes of the same file at different sizes with similar results, BUT they were from the same job. That is, when RipBot demuxed the streams, that data was used both times. Additionally, I ripped the movie with XVID4PSP, and I didn't get that macroblocking. We're talking same ffdshow build too. So, since both players (Windows Media and VLC) had a problem with the RipBot file, and both media players played the XVID4PSP file perfectly, I believe the problem is RipBot, BUT I also believe that the problem is most likely a bad initial analysis. I will try to rip the movie again and see if the problems persist...although I am going to be mad about the wasted time if I get it again lol

asarian,

I wasn't streaming this to my PS3. I was just watching it on the same comp that I ripped it.

[CyberTron88]

ok...found out my problem is more of vlc cannot decode it properly...cos it playback fine on my laptop and on my nmt too.

[asarian]

I wonder if your problem is related to this http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=143444

Atak, you may want to look at this, too:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1224766#post1224766

Seems the issue also exists in r1029M, but not in r1028M (which I believe came with RipBot 1.11.4).

[asarian]

Thanks atak and asarian...I will try to get some sample video up some time this week...just busy right now trying to close the office down for Christmas :)

I will say, though, that I did two encodes of the same file at different sizes with similar results, BUT they were from the same job. That is, when RipBot demuxed the streams, that data was used both times. Additionally, I ripped the movie with XVID4PSP, and I didn't get that macroblocking. We're talking same ffdshow build too. So, since both players (Windows Media and VLC) had a problem with the RipBot file, and both media players played the XVID4PSP file perfectly, I believe the problem is RipBot, BUT I also believe that the problem is most likely a bad initial analysis. I will try to rip the movie again and see if the problems persist...although I am going to be mad about the wasted time if I get it again lol

I doubt RipBot's demuxing caused it. It could very well be related to that x264 problem Atak mentioned. That issue does not exist in 'x264 core:65 r1028M' (the x264 version that came with RipBot 1.11.4); so you might want to try it with that, too.

And there's no need to go mad over wasted time, is there? I mean, just use tsMuxeR to 'Cut' the offending scene out of it (a few seconds), and encode that, instead of the entire movie.

[ZappoB]

Is it possible to include two audio tracks in a MKV container with RipBot264?

[Ajax_Undone]

No many have asked but none have succeeded in this particular request.. Good luck..

You can always do it manual way with mkvtoolnix

[illestdomer2005]

I doubt RipBot's demuxing caused it. It could very well be related to that x264 problem Atak mentioned. That issue does not exist in 'x264 core:65 r1028M' (the x264 version that came with RipBot 1.11.4); so you might want to try it with that, too.

And there's no need to go mad over wasted time, is there? I mean, just use tsMuxeR to 'Cut' the offending scene out of it (a few seconds), and encode that, instead of the entire movie.

You're right...no reason to get mad, which is why I lol'ed ;) Not ripping (no pun intended) on RipBot either...it's far and away the best overall tool. And I've only noticed this on Tropic Thunder. All other videos look great.

But you're saying I should replace the x264 tool? Cool.

[asarian]

But you're saying I should replace the x264 tool? Cool.
Dark Shikari provided an intermediate patch for the ugly fading issue (in the other thread):

http://www.mediafire.com/?3nozdw0ozn1

It might solve your issue, too.

[illestdomer2005]

So I tried switching the x264 tool to the one here: x264 from other thread that asarian used (http://www.mediafire.com/?3nozdw0ozn1) Similar results in the same spot. Before I waste/spend the 8+ hours to encode, I play the sample video back in Media Player Classic when I preview the script. I'm getting the same egregious macroblocking every time. I'd say that maybe I need to rip it from AnyDVD again, but the .m2ts source file plays FINE! I don't know what in this build of RipBot or the different ffdshow builds is causing the problem. I've tried a couple of different builds, and it's the same result. I am currently using the December 13 XXL ffdshow build.

[asarian]

So I tried switching the x264 tool to the one here: x264 from other thread that asarian used (http://www.mediafire.com/?3nozdw0ozn1) Similar results in the same spot. Before I waste/spend the 8+ hours to encode, I play the sample video back in Media Player Classic when I preview the script. I'm getting the same egregious macroblocking every time. I'd say that maybe I need to rip it from AnyDVD again, but the .m2ts source file plays FINE! I don't know what in this build of RipBot or the different ffdshow builds is causing the problem. I've tried a couple of different builds, and it's the same result. I am currently using the December 13 XXL ffdshow build.

Too bad that didn't solve it for you.

You know, another thing I got to think about, to what codec have you set ffdshow to hande VC-1? If your source is VC-1, you may want to set ffdshow to let wmv9 handle it, instead of its own libavcodec.

[juGGaKNot]

i have a problem ( that is also a request )

my footage is uncompressed full range [0,255] RGB32

and the ripbot script output is TV range [16,235] YV12

can you add a checkbox with "force full range"

ConvertToYV12(clip, matrix="PC.601") and not the default matrix "Rec601"