StaxRip builds (x264, AAC, XviD, DivX, AC3, MP3, AVI, MKV, DIVX container)

[stax]

0.9.9.2 (2006-05-01)

• The x264 dialog has been reorganized.
• The x264 switch '--bime' was added as 'B-Frames/Bidirectional ME'.
• The x264 switch '--no-fast-pskip' was added as 'Analysis/No Fast P Skip'.
• The x264 switch '--direct' was added as 'B-Frames/Direct Mode'.
• Updated x264 to revision 516 using sharktooth's build.
• DivX was updated to version 6.2.2.
• Opening a audio source file that has a filename containing the language will cause StaxRip to pick up the language from the filename so it's no longer necessary to set the language manually.
• Opening a source file while another source file is already open will show a dialog to select a template from. Previously just a warn message appeared asking to load a template first.
• The options dialog has several new options allowing to disable certain assistant instructions. For now the following reminders can be disabled: crop, filters, cut and comp. check.
• When StaxRip shows a dialog for the very first time it will automatically show the help of the dialog. It's now possible to disable this behavior in the settings.
• For HDTV the image size is ofter larger then the monitor screen size, in that case StaxRip shows the crop dialog maximized fitting exactly the monintor size.
• The command 'Perform/Clear Jobs' was added allowing to clear the job list.
• The command 'Correct/ImageSize' was added. It changes the image size to the cropped image size in case no resize filter is used. This command is always performed after the crop dialog closes.
• The command 'Correct/Crop Mod' was added. It crops until crop width and height is a multiple of 4 or in case no resize filter is used 16. This command is always performed after the crop dialog closes.
• The command 'Perform/Add Job' was added allowing to add a job to the job list.
• The command 'Perform/Run Jobs' was added allowing to start encoding the jobs.
• The quality percent value that is used in conjunction with the compressibility check defaults now to 60% for XviD and DivX and 50% for x264. StaxRip will offer to reset all video encoder settings.
• StaxRip no longer uses a default project but allows to specify which template to load at startup.
• The main window supports now tooltips showed with a right-click or by using the 'What's this?' menu item (command: 'Help/What's This?'). StaxRip will offer to reset the main menu to make this menu item show up.
• The automatic correction of crop values uses now two sides.
• The crop dialog shows now mod values and labels in the status bar.
• The menu editor uses now a menu instead of a drop down to select a command. The advantage of a menu is a hierarchical presentation and tooltip context help.
• Added project option 'Advanced/Dangerous/Save Cropping' to disable forcing save mod values for cropping.
• Updated the guides regarding multipass vs quality mode.
• The size menu in the main window has new default values allowing to set the size/bitrate based on a quality of 40/50/60/70/80% which can be useful for codecs with multipass better tuned then quality mode. StaxRip will offer to reset this setting.
• The audio settings for the PlayStation Portable were improved. StaxRip will offer to reset audio related settings.
• The profile menus support now a tree structure based on slash signs ('/') in the profile name. StaxRip forces to reset audio and video encoder profiles to have new profile names.
• The open files dialog supports now Drag & Drop to add files.
• Open the target directory after the encoding was removed because windows explorer might crash for unknown reasons.
• The dialog for opening source files has various new options for batch processing.
• The PayPal donation link was broke due to changes from PayPal.
• The 'More Guides' help document was updated with a italian guide.

[stax]

@batfink

The issue was discussed in the StaxRip topic at Doom9, a user called warrex had the same issue and I thing I've cleared everything though you need to custimize some stuff because I believe the defaults should behave differently.

[morxgrillmeiste]

Feature Request: main window resizable

Hi,
first: big thanks for the great work. I almost gave up trying x264 but now it works fine for a noob like me.

I have a simple feature request: please make the main window resizable !
At the size given, I cannot see the full filenames, because of these long directory names windows likes, e.g. C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Dokumente\Eigen......

I would also like to see an automated way to import the audio from a DV-Cam capture (.avi) !

Can't wait for the next version ....

[youthinksoo]

Can Stax be used to convert .flv files to .avi or .mpeg. I have tried so many programs and I keep losing the audio.

[anonymez]

don't know about staxrip, but can be done with avisynth directshowsource() and gabest's flvsplitter, or MEncoder

[raymondtrudeau]

is there a guide that shows you how to convert dvd to divx?

[admin]

Shamless plug:

<a href="http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/staxrip_h264_page1.html" target="_blank" title="H.264 Encoding using StaxRip">H.264 Encoding using StaxRip</a> guide.

[thejakal]

StaxRip not cutting?

I used StaxRip to make some H.264 encodes of my DVDs and its GREAT.
However, the "cut" feature in the preview window does not work for me. I set the start and end points, the selection shows up as a green bar, and I press delete, but nothing happens. I even tried doing the operation via the context menus, and still not a single frame is removed.
This is troublesome because I am trying to rip from a TV DVD, and it seems that there are 4 VOB files for 6 episodes so I need to cut them. I initially thought I could just encode all the 4 VOBs then edit the encodes with VirtualDub, but it can't recognize the file (H.264, .mp4). Any advice?

[anonymez]

use YAMB to split mp4

[Shine ivan]

thanks,it's cool!

[LT. Columbo]

here's a question, i'd love to put staxrip on my second pc too, but i run SP1 on it and i will not upgrade for my own reasons, is this possible? my guess is no. i wish i could

[anonymez]

don't see why it wouldn't run on SP1, afaik all it needs is .NET 2.0


what do you do with staxrip?

[LT. Columbo]

ripping dvd's only so far, i tried to install today, gave error. it also said needs up to date service packs.

[anonymez]

it rips dvd's?

edit: just saw your edit. guess not then, stax will know for sure

[LT. Columbo]

i meant to say converting. (decrypted projects) i'm new to this software but want to learn, now i can't even get started on this second PC.

i know about .NET 2.0, but have some questions about how that may affect this pc (has diff OS). from what i read SP2 must be installed to make it run, so i quit the install today. it's no biggie as i can still practice on the other machine.