StaxRip Documentation StaxRip authors Mar 08, 2021 Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 About...................................................1 1.1.1 Feature Highlights.......................................1 1.2 Download.................................................2 1.2.1 Stable..............................................2 1.2.2 Beta...............................................2 1.3 Setup...................................................2 2 Screenshots 3 2.1 Main...................................................4 2.2 AnimatedPNG..............................................5 2.3 AnimationGIF..............................................6 2.4 AppForm.................................................7 2.5 AudioMenu................................................8 2.6 eac3to...................................................9 2.7 Event Command Editor......................................... 10 2.8 Job Processing.............................................. 11 2.9 Log File Viewer............................................. 12 2.10 MediaInfo................................................ 13 2.11 Menus.................................................. 14 2.12 NVEnc.................................................. 15 2.13 Preprocessing............................................... 16 2.14 ThumbnailsFont............................................. 16 2.15 ThumbnailsMTN............................................. 17 2.16 ThumbnailsStaxRip........................................... 18 2.17 x265................................................... 19 3 Features 21 3.1 General.................................................. 21 3.2 Tool Management............................................ 22 3.3 Help................................................... 22 3.4 Preprocessing............................................... 22 3.5 Projects, Templates, Profiles....................................... 23 3.6 Video Processing............................................. 23 3.7 Encoding................................................. 23 3.8 Muxing.................................................. 24 3.9 Power User................................................ 24 i 3.10 Installation................................................ 24 3.11 User Interface.............................................. 24 4 Usage 25 4.1 Preprocessing............................................... 25 4.1.1 Demuxing............................................ 25 4.2 Video Processing............................................. 26 4.2.1 Filter Profiles.......................................... 26 4.2.2 Opening scripts externally................................... 27 4.3 Templates................................................. 27 4.4 Video Encoding............................................. 27 4.5 Parallel Processing............................................ 28 4.5.1 Job Processing......................................... 28 4.5.2 Chunk Encoding........................................ 28 4.6 Batch Processing............................................. 28 4.7 Command Engine............................................ 28 5 Support 31 5.1 User Chat................................................. 31 6 Commands 33 6.1 Main Menu................................................ 33 6.2 Event Command............................................. 33 6.3 Available Commands........................................... 33 7 Macros 41 7.1 Interactive Macros............................................ 41 7.2 Command Line Audio Encoder..................................... 41 7.3 Global Macros.............................................. 42 8 Command Line Interface 45 8.1 Examples................................................. 45 8.2 Rules................................................... 45 8.3 Commands................................................ 45 9 PowerShell Scripting 53 9.1 Script Folder............................................... 53 9.2 Auto Load Folder............................................ 53 9.3 Example Scripts............................................. 53 10 Frequently Asked Questions 55 10.1 How can I encode with a fixed bitrate?................................. 55 10.2 How can I batch encode with a fixed bitrate?.............................. 55 10.3 Why is encoding with 2 pass using a fixed bitrate not recommended?................. 56 10.4 Why don’t settings persist?........................................ 56 10.5 How can I use custom AviSynth and VapourSynth plugins?...................... 56 10.6 How can I use custom AviSynth scripts?................................ 56 10.7 Why does AviSynth portable mode require soft links?......................... 56 10.8 Where can I find the log file?...................................... 57 11 Tools 59 11.1 Console App............................................... 63 11.1.1 7zip............................................... 63 11.1.2 aomenc............................................. 63 11.1.3 AutoCrop............................................ 64 ii 11.1.4 avs2pipemod.......................................... 64 11.1.5 AVSMeter............................................ 64 11.1.6 eac3to.............................................. 64 11.1.7 fdkaac.............................................. 64 11.1.8 ffmpeg.............................................. 64 11.1.9 ffmpeg non-free......................................... 64 11.1.10 mkvextract........................................... 64 11.1.11 mkvinfo............................................. 65 11.1.12 mkvmerge............................................ 65 11.1.13 MP4Box............................................. 65 11.1.14 mtn............................................... 65 11.1.15 NeroAAC............................................ 65 11.1.16 NVEnc............................................. 65 11.1.17 PNGopt............................................. 65 11.1.18 Python.............................................. 65 11.1.19 qaac............................................... 66 11.1.20 QSVEnc............................................. 66 11.1.21 rav1e.............................................. 66 11.1.22 SVT-AV1............................................ 66 11.1.23 VCEEnc............................................. 66 11.1.24 vspipe.............................................. 66 11.1.25 x264............................................... 66 11.1.26 x265............................................... 66 11.1.27 xvid_encraw.......................................... 67 11.2 GUI App................................................. 67 11.2.1 BDSup2Sub++......................................... 67 11.2.2 chapterEditor.......................................... 67 11.2.3 D2V Witch........................................... 67 11.2.4 DGIndex............................................ 67 11.2.5 MediaInfo.NET......................................... 67 11.2.6 MKVToolnix GUI....................................... 67 11.2.7 MPC............................................... 67 11.2.8 mpv.net............................................. 68 11.2.9 Subtitle Edit........................................... 68 11.2.10 VSRip.............................................. 68 11.3 AviSynth Plugin............................................. 68 11.3.1 AddGrainC........................................... 68 11.3.2 AutoAdjust........................................... 68 11.3.3 Average............................................. 68 11.3.4 AviSynthShader DLL...................................... 68 11.3.5 AvsResize............................................ 69 11.3.6 AVSTP............................................. 69 11.3.7 checkmate............................................ 69 11.3.8 CNR2.............................................. 69 11.3.9 D2VSource........................................... 69 11.3.10 DCTFilter............................................ 69 11.3.11 Deblock............................................. 70 11.3.12 Decomb............................................. 70 11.3.13 DeGrainMedian......................................... 70 11.3.14 DePan.............................................. 70 11.3.15 DePanEstimate......................................... 70 11.3.16 DFTTest............................................. 70 11.3.17 DFTTest Neo.......................................... 70 11.3.18 DGDecode........................................... 71 iii 11.3.19 Dither DLL........................................... 71 11.3.20 DSS2mod............................................ 71 11.3.21 EEDI2.............................................. 71 11.3.22 EEDI3.............................................. 71 11.3.23 f3kdb Neo............................................ 72 11.3.24 ffms2.............................................. 72 11.3.25 FFT3D Neo........................................... 72 11.3.26 FFT3DFilter........................................... 72 11.3.27 FFT3DGPU........................................... 72 11.3.28 flash3kyuu_deband....................................... 72 11.3.29 FluxSmooth........................................... 72 11.3.30 FrameRateConverter DLL................................... 73 11.3.31 GradFun2DB.......................................... 73 11.3.32 HQDN3D............................................ 73 11.3.33 JincResize............................................ 73 11.3.34 JPSDR.............................................. 73 11.3.35 KNLMeansCL........................................