StaxRip 2.0 Support Thread

[Revan654]

@ABurns

It hasn't any detection and automatic handling for this type of source I'm afraid.


@Revan654

Three things I noticed opening a The Orville episode, .eac3 is demuxed as .mka, .srt is demuxed without file extension, the processing window goes to the background instead of staying in the foreground.

That is tied to MediaInfo bug from what I recall. If you revert back to an earlier build like from 2018 / 2017, it will work perfectly. Not 100% sure what was changed in MediaInfo code to create this issue. I did report it to MediaInfo devs but it doesn't seem like there interested in fix that issue right now. After all it took them over year+ about to fix the HDR issue I reported the previous year.

[Revan654]

I've just started playing with the buttons and knobs on this, and I'm looking at this as a potential alternative to meGUI 1-click. I have a quick question about a few things that seem a little opaque.

How does this detect and deal with hard 3:2 telecine and other types of interlacing? The vast majority of my rips are DVD TV shows, and the problem with TV is that even within a single disc there can be both soft and hard telecine material, so each episode has to be scanned individually for that. Is there an auto-IVTC capability?

Automation for source scanned is not part of StaxRip core, you can build a script to detect the source and alter the filters when certain params are detected.

Like with the sample script it enables deinterlacing if the source is interlaced. by default these scripts are disabled.

[Natty]

some features which are needed. please do if possible.

1- encoding of more than 2 audios in case of file batch (~20 files)

2- muxing of all subs in same case as above.

3- selection of different filter, encoding settings for few files in batch.

[Revan654]

some features which are needed. please do if possible.

1- encoding of more than 2 audios in case of file batch (~20 files)

2- muxing of all subs in same case as above.

3- selection of different filter, encoding settings for few files in batch.

1. Already Exists(Inside the Container Option).

2. Already exists(Inside the Container Option).

3. This is basically Apply filter to x queues. This would basically need a profile filter system, then apply that given profile to the x project.

[Natty]

1. Already Exists(Inside the Container Option).

2. Already exists(Inside the Container Option).

3. This is basically Apply filter to x queues. This would basically need a profile filter system, then apply that given profile to the x project.

i know about container tab. for single file its easy. i am talking about batch files. :) example there are 20 files with 5 audios each. i would like to encode 1st audio at q100 tvbr in qaac and rest 4 in he-aac cvbr. how to do that in case of batch? :readguid:

[Lynx_TWO]

Hello!

One thing that is currently missing is the ability to export an image sequence instead of simply encoding to a different format. This would be extremely useful to be able to use the power of QTGMC to deinterlace a video, export all frames as a numbered sequence, then use Gigapixel AI to upscale and denoise the images as a batch process, finally encoding them from the image sequence back to a video. This could be great for older shows, especially animation.

Topaz Gigapixel AI v4.0.3 supports JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, and PNG formats. The software can also convert to different color profiles: sRGB, ProPhoto RGB, AdobeRGB, AppleRGB, and Wide-GamutRGB. Not that it's useful for video but worth mentioning.

The software also reliably re-imagines detail from the original source up to 6x. For a 720x480 video, that would be 4,320x2,880, downsized to HD would really make it pop...

Thanks!!

[Z'Hadum]

Hello!

One thing that is currently missing is the ability to export an image sequence instead of simply encoding to a different format. This would be extremely useful to be able to use the power of QTGMC to deinterlace a video, export all frames as a numbered sequence, then use Gigapixel AI to upscale and denoise the images as a batch process, finally encoding them from the image sequence back to a video. This could be great for older shows, especially animation.

Topaz Gigapixel AI v4.0.3 supports JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, and PNG formats. The software can also convert to different color profiles: sRGB, ProPhoto RGB, AdobeRGB, AppleRGB, and Wide-GamutRGB. Not that it's useful for video but worth mentioning.

The software also reliably re-imagines detail from the original source up to 6x. For a 720x480 video, that would be 4,320x2,880, downsized to HD would really make it pop...

Thanks!!

I saw the example for DS9 - it is realy cool stuff.
(if we get a Babylon 5 upscale it would be fantastic :D)

But I think this is outside the topic by staxrip.

Best would be if it would be possible to integrate the Gigapixel-AI as a filter into the process.
But afaik there is no api (yet?) for this....
May be something you should ask to the Gigapixel developers?

[Revan654]

I saw the example for DS9 - it is realy cool stuff.
(if we get a Babylon 5 upscale it would be fantastic :D)

But I think this is outside the topic by staxrip.

Best would be if it would be possible to integrate the Gigapixel-AI as a filter into the process.
But afaik there is no api (yet?) for this....
May be something you should ask to the Gigapixel developers?

If the filter / API does not exist inside of already existing VS / AVS / DX / GDI. It can not be added. There are limitations of what the drawer can do. I also don't want to stack more resources on top of the drawer, since it already struggles with higher resolutions. There has been some improvement to the preview window recently which should help in the long run.

outputting a small range of images in the current state shouldn't be to hard, since it just needs a loop and stack the image encoder inside of that.

Allot of reference software and such that is written in C++, not VB / C# with .net Framework. Again there are limitations, Where C++ doesn't really many, since C++ is pure machine code.

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With Upscaling software there are limitations, You upscale the size and such, but what some may fail to notice is the finer details are usually removed. Like a small pattern on the wall or on the persons clothing. It's removed or flatten, it's sometimes hard to notice without comparing the two.

Then you can introduce other problems into the picture as well like artifacts(Which is very common on upscaling) and aliasing.

This is a double edge sword situation.

[Lynx_TWO]

With Upscaling software there are limitations, You upscale the size and such, but what some may fail to notice is the finer details are usually removed. Like a small pattern on the wall or on the persons clothing. It's removed or flatten, it's sometimes hard to notice without comparing the two.

Then you can introduce other problems into the picture as well like artifacts(Which is very common on upscaling) and aliasing.

This is a double edge sword situation.


Well, here are some of the crappiest test files you'll ever see. I own the software, so send me a link to any screenshot you want to be upscaled as a test. Keep in mind these were also then all compressed with JPEGMini pro to save file size :D

There's no detail loss, rather far more detail added as it re-imagines what would have been there. It's basically magic in some cases...

The software has been out for like, (a year)? And they are on version 4.0.3 already. You buy once and have lifetime updates. Each version includes more epochs of training and so keeps rapidly getting better. And no, I don't work for or am invested in them lol

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TxB1B-TX97B5hWGqgscjr-y3LEORtd8j?usp=sharing

Link (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TxB1B-TX97B5hWGqgscjr-y3LEORtd8j?usp=sharing)

[Natty]

https://extraimage.net/images/2019/04/20/0d9d2c7d9e28a370e9dd75dfd6176668.png

is this necessary? i want to remove it. can i?

[Z'Hadum]

With Upscaling software there are limitations, You upscale the size and such, but what some may fail to notice is the finer details are usually removed. Like a small pattern on the wall or on the persons clothing. It's removed or flatten, it's sometimes hard to notice without comparing the two.

Then you can introduce other problems into the picture as well like artifacts(Which is very common on upscaling) and aliasing.

This is a double edge sword situation.

This is true for "conventional" up-scaling...
But this is a special A.I.-based Algorithm....and it is impressing what can be done with it.
I also hope to use something similar for old DVD releases in the near future.
Or may be some time in the future such algorithms can be used by software like madVR in real-time....
With it much better compression algorithms could be possible...:D

But all this is Off-Topic here.

[Zetti]

MediaInfo v19.04 is released.

[IbrahimKh]

Hi, what is the correct filter to demux vp9? I tried different version of Staxrip and still cannot demux it properly. The framerate has always been get the wrong value.
https://i.postimg.cc/jDnZSfYk/screenshot-8.png (http://postimg.cc/jDnZSfYk)

[Natty]

Hi, what is the correct filter to demux vp9? I tried different version of Staxrip and still cannot demux it properly. The framerate has always been get the wrong value.
https://i.postimg.cc/jDnZSfYk/screenshot-8.png (http://postimg.cc/jDnZSfYk)

lwlibav

[gonca]

Is it possible to use StaxRip without all the support apps being in the system.
Example
can I delete all the audio encoders since I don't plan on doing any audio encoding?

[videoh]

Here you go https://www.sendspace.com/file/es0lwp The issue can be seen here by my previous post https://imgur.com/a/kEdOlGU I believe I and imhh11 are having the same issue where the highlights are blown out of proportion, and no amount of playing with either the Hable or Reinhard curve can preserve details in highlights. Please let us know what you find, or if you have a fix for the issue, thanks!! How about this?

dgsource("Last Stand Test Snippet (1)-001.dgi",fulldepth=true)
dghdrtosdr(roll=1.0,light=150)

Sorry for the late reply.

[Trench]

Is there anything "smart" I could do (using the term loosely) in Staxrip if my desire is to convert a non-letterboxed 4:3 video to fill a 16:9 display?

Clearly I could just invoke the crop to bring the display aspect ratio from 1.33 to 1.85, but with a significant information loss top and bottom on the picture.

Some 16:9 displays I've seen have a 4:3 display mode that does some non-linear X-axis stretching in order to crop much less top and bottom and still "fill the screen" on a 16:9 display. Meaning they only crop a little top and bottom, and then gradually from the center of the image to the left and right, they being stretching to ultimately fit the width without being as visually obvious about it. i.e. Stretched less in the middle of the image, but increasing amounts as you get to the outer edge.

Is there some existing filter that could allow me do to a non-linear type of stretching such as that? I'm probably using the wrong technical terms when trying to search for the capability. Thanks.

[frenchfries]

Is there anything "smart" I could do (using the term loosely) in Staxrip if my desire is to convert a non-letterboxed 4:3 video to fill a 16:9 display?

Clearly I could just invoke the crop to bring the display aspect ratio from 1.33 to 1.85, but with a significant information loss top and bottom on the picture.

Some 16:9 displays I've seen have a 4:3 display mode that does some non-linear X-axis stretching in order to crop much less top and bottom and still "fill the screen" on a 16:9 display. Meaning they only crop a little top and bottom, and then gradually from the center of the image to the left and right, they being stretching to ultimately fit the width without being as visually obvious about it. i.e. Stretched less in the middle of the image, but increasing amounts as you get to the outer edge.

Is there some existing filter that could allow me do to a non-linear type of stretching such as that? I'm probably using the wrong technical terms when trying to search for the capability. Thanks.

The term is non-linear stretch.
First google result of a search "avs script non linear stretch"
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/SimpleResize

[jlw_4049]

Can anyone give me a rough guide on how exactly to encode 4k/x265 HDR content, while retaining all the HDR with this program? I would certainly appreciate it. I cant seem to find much information on the subject.

EDIT: Each time I'm done indexing with StaxRip, the program just disappears into the task manager. UI is gone completely?
EDIT: Apparently it just minimizes for like 4 to 5 minutes before it comes back up. I'm assuming it's doing something.

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[Natty]

EDIT: Each time I'm done indexing with StaxRip, the program just disappears into the task manager. UI is gone completely?
EDIT: Apparently it just minimizes for like 4 to 5 minutes before it comes back up. I'm assuming it's doing something.


it's doing 2nd pass or something in ffmsindex. i solved that issue by using older version of it from staxrip 1.8.2.0 apps folder:sly:

[jlw_4049]

it's doing 2nd pass or something in ffmsindex. i solved that issue by using older version of it from staxrip 1.8.2.0 apps folder:sly:

Thanks for that information. I don't mind the few minutes waiting time. It's my home server, I'm mainly just using StaxRip for 4k HDR encoding. Seems to be one of the only GUI's supporting it "easily." :thanks:

[Revan654]

Is it possible to use StaxRip without all the support apps being in the system.
Example
can I delete all the audio encoders since I don't plan on doing any audio encoding?

You can delete the Opus one, Since that was never added in, but everything is locked. most of the audio is done via ffmpeg and sometimes uses support tools. If you plan to do audio encoding or not there still needed. They only take up less then 40 mbs, which is tiny.

[gonca]

Thank you for the response

[jlw_4049]

Program works great. After I got used to it. I honestly like it quite a bit.

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[lordalibaski]

Hi Revan glad someone has kept updating this software it's done wonders for me over the years. I do apologise I put my problem in the old topic didn't see this topic here is my problem

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1873772#post1873772

[jlw_4049]

Revan, I'm having a small issue where when I abort a job to change some settings. The program doesn't "free" the ram up that it was using. So, for example it'll go from 2.5gbs used to 9. Then with the next job (even tho I aborted the first job) So, say I decided to abort this 2nd job, the ram will still be at 9 or 10. If I am to start another job it can actually crash the encoder because it ran out of RAM.

If when I abort, I close the program, restart and add with the AVS file. This doesn't happen.

Maybe it's me doing something wrong?

[Natty]

Revan, I'm having a small issue where when I abort a job to change some settings. The program doesn't "free" the ram up that it was using. So, for example it'll go from 2.5gbs used to 9. Then with the next job (even tho I aborted the first job) So, say I decided to abort this 2nd job, the ram will still be at 9 or 10. If I am to start another job it can actually crash the encoder because it ran out of RAM.

If when I abort, I close the program, restart and add with the AVS file. This doesn't happen.

Maybe it's me doing something wrong?

yes that is the bug in stax which eats all ram and slows down or locks your system, a fix i found was after doing your encoding and filtering settings click on project - save.. it will save a .srip file. close all instances of stax to free up ram, then open it again and project - open - .srip.. this will start u from where u left.

there are few more bugs which makes it really unstable / unusable.

[Natty]

Hi Revan glad someone has kept updating this software it's done wonders for me over the years. I do apologise I put my problem in the old topic didn't see this topic here is my problem

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1873772#post1873772

download 32/64 version

extract and move contents to C:\Windows\System32\

[jlw_4049]

yes that is the bug in stax which eats all ram and slows down or locks your system, a fix i found was after doing your encoding and filtering settings click on project - save.. it will save a .srip file. close all instances of stax to free up ram, then open it again and project - open - .srip.. this will start u from where u left.

there are few more bugs which makes it really unstable / unusable.Thanks for clearing that up. I am using it for HDR 4k encoding. I usually use MeGUI.

So far with staxrip this is the only issue i have ran into.

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[stax76]

yes that is the bug in stax which eats all ram and slows down or locks your system

Does that happen with staxrip 1.7 too? 2.0 uses ffms2 with C interface and that leaks memory if I remember right, just choose another source filter in 2.0.

[Natty]

Does that happen with staxrip 1.7 too? 2.0 uses ffms2 with C interface and that leaks memory if I remember right, just choose another source filter in 2.0.

1.7 has no such issue. :thanks:

[jlw_4049]

Does that happen with staxrip 1.7 too? 2.0 uses ffms2 with C interface and that leaks memory if I remember right, just choose another source filter in 2.0.

I need the latest ffms2 in order to encode 4k HDR. As I have read (correct me of I'm wrong and point me in the right direction) FFvideosource is the only 1 that supports over an 8-bit pipeline?

Thanks!

[lordalibaski]

download 32/64 version

extract and move contents to C:\Windows\System32\

This is what I'm saying windows 64bit won't let you, you extract them straight into the system32 folder it looks like it's extracting to the folder but once complete they are not in there they go to the syswow64 folder.

[jlw_4049]

This is what I'm saying windows 64bit won't let you, you extract them straight into the system32 folder it looks like it's extracting to the folder but once complete they are not in there they go to the syswow64 folder.The solution to your problem.

Uninstall avisynth all the way. Control panel, add and remove, uninstall.

Go into regedit, search for all traces of AviSynth. Remove them.

Inside the staxrip folder there is a tools or app folder. There will be an AviSynth+ installer and python and something else. Install all those and that will solve your problem.

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[Natty]

I need the latest ffms2 in order to encode 4k HDR. As I have read (correct me of I'm wrong and point me in the right direction) FFvideosource is the only 1 that supports over an 8-bit pipeline?

Thanks!

remove yuv420p8 from ffvideosource line to retain same bitdepth as source.
https://imgur.com/warOucS

[lordalibaski]

I've sorted the problem, I have teracopy installed on my pc which for some reason didn't have access to the system32 folder I removed teracopy and windows copied the dll files straight away all is working fine again....thanks for all the advise gents.

[Revan654]

Does that happen with staxrip 1.7 too? 2.0 uses ffms2 with C interface and that leaks memory if I remember right, just choose another source filter in 2.0.

I know one of the builds had leaks, I think it's been plugged since. I don't even bother with these filters anymore, since there rarely updated anymore.

[Revan654]

.netFramework is officially dead. Everything is heading to .netCore. With today's announcement it put the final nails in the coffin of .netFramework. .Net 5 will be pure .netCore. Which may make things a bit more difficult to with StaxRip 2.0 or older programs. I have to see what works in .netCore, if I can ever get it to show up in VS 2019.

[stax76]

@Revan654

It's dead but also will live forever like 30 years old win32 apps. I don't think it's a good idea to port a big app like staxrip right now, maybe it's never a good idea because I heard in a Build interview that they can only make it work with a huge rewrite running the form designer out of process making it unstable possibly for years or forever. The form designer wasn't always as stable as in recent years, there were times it had issues.

New apps should rather be Core but also should not be WinForms but rather be WPF or UWP. I'll probably wait 1-2 years before I port mpv.net, I don't see any real advantages to port it right now, too risky.

I'll try to fix a couple of issues in staxrip2 using a new repo at:

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip

You probably can write to it because I've sent a invitation. Right now I really don't know much about git unfortunately, it's something I need to learn.

Most important thing now is watching a few Build sessions. :)

[jlw_4049]

I know one of the builds had leaks, I think it's been plugged since. I don't even bother with these filters anymore, since there rarely updated anymore.What filter so you recommend for 4k HDR encoding?

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[stax76]

@jlw_4049

You can try the following ffms2 build:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xZQABtoaSFgGu11YstmHKYLzO3elemlC

This build supports only VapourSynth!

[jlw_4049]

@jlw_4049

You can try the following ffms2 build:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xZQABtoaSFgGu11YstmHKYLzO3elemlC

This build supports only VapourSynth!Thank you. I guess I'm going to have to learn VaporSynth :)

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[stax76]

@Revan

I started doing a little work today. What I've changed is:

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip/blob/master/changelog.md

600 MB disk space is a lot. I was thinking to offer different downloads for people that prefer a lightweight package. It could look like so:

light AviSynth only
light VapourSynth only

full AviSynth only
full VapourSynth only

fat which includes everything

github don't seem to have a download counter like sourceforge unfortunately.

[gonca]

@stax76
like the different version idea
Like I mentioned earlier, I create my own scripts and encode with x265 or NVEncC, then mux to mkv
A lighter version would be awesome.

[Natty]

600 MB disk space is a lot. I was thinking to offer different downloads for people that prefer a lightweight package. It could look like so:

light AviSynth only
light VapourSynth only

full AviSynth only
full VapourSynth only

fat which includes everything


awesome :goodpost::helpful::thanks::cool:

[stax76]

Here is a first build. I hope it don't has major bugs and I hope the download link works.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!ArwKS_ZUR01gySQIE1QCL2i9F_uR

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip/blob/master/changelog.md

[Havokdan]

Here is a first build. I hope it don't has major bugs and I hope the download link works.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!ArwKS_ZUR01gySQIE1QCL2i9F_uR

https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip/blob/master/changelog.md

Mirrors?

[stax76]

I'll add a dropbox mirror shortly.

[ashlar42]

Today I was trying a quick encode for a friend. I needed to resize from 1080p to 720p and, as I was using NVENC H264, I opted for Cubic_Catmull resizing.

StaxRip gave an error message stating that I needed nppi64_80.dll. That file is in C:\Users\ashlar42\Documents\StaxRip\Apps\NVEnc but I got the error anyway.

If it helps, I'm on Windows 10 Pro x64, using a GTX980. StaxRip 2.0.0.0 Stable.

[stax76]

You can try copying it C:\Windows\SysWOW64