staxrip trouble need alternative please

[lazyjss]

I am new to video encoding so i am thankful for any help.

I have been using staxrip as a front end to encode mt media library and have run into trouble with the output file frame rate becoming variable instead of constant 23/976 like the source.

This is happening with both x264 and x265, from what i found online it seems to be a mkvextract problem, regardless could anyone tell me how to get a constant frame rate with stax or perhaps recommend an alternative, I will be using x264 and x265 to shrink blu ray remuxs.

Thank you

[jlw_4049]

Is it the same source file causing the issues? Staxrip is just a gui, x264 and x265 is doing all the encoding work.

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[AMED]

Gah, i can confirm that Staxrip is changing it from Constant frame rate mode to a variable frame rate mode.

I've just had a dig through the logs of some past encodes.

Input
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format, CABAC : Yes
Format, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2 h 9 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 27.9 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 34.5 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.561
Stream size : 25.2 GiB (89%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No

Output
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L4@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2 h 9 min
Bit rate : 4 405 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.120
Stream size : 3.97 GiB (90%)
Writing library : x265 3.5+1-ce882936d:[Windows][MSVC 1900][64 bit] 10bit
Default : Yes
Forced : No

I'm not sure why or how it has done this though.

EDIT: might have something to do with the importing of timestamps that was added recently if i remember correctly.

In Staxrip try disabling, Options > Timestamps | untick extract timestamps from MKV files (if existing).

EDIT2: You can fix the MKV's by loading them in to MKVtoolnix and setting Default duration/FPS: under Timestamps and default duration when the video is selected, i tested "24000/1001" and multiplexed and the output file is now Constant.

[lazyjss]

Thank you for the response AMED, I am setting up an encode now to test without import timestamps checked, will report back once its done later today.

If this works for cfr encodes from a cfr source then how would one handle a vfr source?
does vfr need timestamps to be properly re encoded?

[lazyjss]

After unticking the import timeline box the resualtant file idls cfr as reported by mediainfo.

[AMED]

If this works for cfr encodes from a cfr source then how would one handle a vfr source?
does vfr need timestamps to be properly re encoded?

To be honest i've never dealt with a VFR source. You might have to do a bit of testing. Please do report back any findings.

[Atlantis]

Yes disable importing of timestamps. It only causes trouble. I don't understand when they added it, why it is not disabled by default. Who uses variable frame rate? Almost no one or very few and since it is an advanced feature that no one uses, they should have disabled it by default.

[PatchWorKs]

@lazyjss Check out our (open source) GUIs collection: https://github.com/forart/HyMPS/blob/main/VideoTools.md#guis-

[guest]

@lazyjss Check out our (open source) GUIs collection: https://github.com/forart/HyMPS/blob/main/VideoTools.md#guis-

You forgot to add my favorite GUI to your collection....

RipBot264....