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With StaxRip you can easily convert your DVD's, DVB captures and many more formats into MPEG-4 like DivX, XviD and x264. As a open source application StaxRip is completely free. Supported Formats, Video Output Formats: DivX, XviD, x264, Audio Output Formats: MP3, AC3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Container Output Formats: AVI, MKV, MP4, DIVX . Requires .net framework 3.5.
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Free software   Released:20100103 Size:23.7MB |
8.6 (8.5) 15 votes Guides Similar tools |
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Latest version: 1.1.3 (January 03, 2010) Download sites: Download from author site Windows Sections/Browse similar tools: DigitalTV/DVB/HDTV, DVD to AVI/DivX/XviD, DVD to MP4/MKV/H264, Video Encoders, Video Encoders (AVI/WMV), Video Encoders (H264/VC1) Alert me! when this software has been updated. |
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Version history:
1.1.3 View entire changelog * Added new GUI for audio with AC3 support using eac3to. The new GUI will serve as foundation for better Blueray and AVCHD support in future versions * Added possibility to use shift key to crop 8 pixel instead of 2 pixel while cropping using mousewheel. Added menu item in crop dialog to remove all cropping. Added DAR display in crop dialog status display * Added display for target DAR, PAR and SAR in main dialog (SAR = Storage Aspect Ratio). Added display for Source DAR in main dialog. Mod values are only displays when differ from 16/16 * Added DGMPGDEC 1.5.7 and changed it to run hidden reporting progress to StaxRip * Improved user interface to match Vista/Win 7 look and feel. * Improved handling of various input formats * Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.0.0 * Updated x264 to r1376 * Moved preparers from project options to settings * Fixed application dialog slow loading, high memory usage and crashes on faulty systems * Fixed not taking notice of script changes resulting in different image size, framerate, length etc. * Fixed bug force film detection being broke * Various other minor fixes, improvements and updates
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i have used some gui for x264 and nero aac and xvid but after some days and some weeks problems made me go serching for another one. but among these convertors staxrip and xvid4psp and have the full setting of encoders available for tweaking and testing quality and problems is fewer. i am currently use staxrip for encoding to mkv with x264 and nero aac as encoders and send files to my external H.D.D. these filers can be played back with WD HD media player. I am happy with quality and speed and compatibility. good luck
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StaxRip is quite possibly the finest "DVDRip" and H264 encoder UI the world has ever known. Definitely the most beautiful. A huge amount of possible customizations (and ways to save/export them). Truly stunning app! Everything the previous commenters stated and more. Highly recommended.
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By far the best encoder I've ever used. I've tried Megui, leimingsx264, handbrake, and some others that are not worth mentioning and they can't offer what staxrip can offer. Most notably in quality and resizing areas as when resizing, staxrip actually gives a percentage on the possibility of errors on the resizing (video jags or "shakes" thats one of resizing errors) so that I can avoid such mistakes and gives accuracy when doing a reencode on how much quality will be retained or lost. I just love that one feature I don't see anywhere else the quality control. I can know when reducing the filesize that how much quality will be lost and since I always aim for that 100% this becomes really helpful and the end result reflects the quality too. However u only get the projected quality oly when u do a Compressibility check depending on the profile you use. Done right with x264 and u can actually have the best quality and at the same time playable on the nintendo Wii. I would love to see the Quality control feature anywhere else but since this encoder has it, it is my #1 choice. Very easy to use, only Con is that the filename of the video u are encoding cannot be too long or else the program will crash. other than that best encoder EVER.
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At last: a h264 encoder that has a good user interface *AND* produces beautiful, trouble free MKV files. I've tried all of those other h264 encoders for my DVD backups: AutoMKV, Handbrake, MediaEncoder, etc. Files from those encoders are always problematic when played on my standalone Beyonwiz PVR (note that I don't use a home theatre PC, so PC playback performance of these files is irrelevant in my case). I love the way Staxrip makes choosing a x264 profile easy, while still allowing you you to tweak if you want. Deinterlacing is also very easy and you get a good choice of plugin options. Overall the GUI is quite friendly but it's not for complete noobs. My only gripe is the setting up, as another user mentioned on this page. The auto-download feature for the external apps can be quite annoying, particularly as Staxrip only seems to support a very precise version of the external apps it needs (Avisynth, DGindex, VirtualDubMod plugins, etc). That sucks if you already have more recent versions of those apps installed on your PC because another program (eg. Adobe Premiere Pro) needs THOSE versions of the apps to work properly. Other than that, very happy with this. Congrats to the developer.
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best frontend for x264 encoding
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Staxrip is realy a very good software. But also Avidemux, which is absolutely NOT a crap! And yes, perfect things, in special software, don't exist. Also perfect humans. :)
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This is a really cleverly programmed tool that does everything you could ever expect from an all-round encoder front-end. The author is a genius and he's constantly adding more (and working !) features. Forget about the eternal buggy crap like Megui, AutoMKV or Avidemux. Staxrip is perfect !
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I was looking for a conversion tool to convert my DVD collection to MP4 for bacup purposes. I have tried many, StaxRip, AutoMKV and MeGUI. All but StaxRip gave some or other error and produced faulty result. The learning curve is little steep so I would say ease if use is 8/10, but all other are great. Got a somewhat newbie friendly interface and produces excellent result. There is only one problem, the program sometimes crashes if it is tried to be maximized from system tray icon. Great overall tool and updated too.
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Produced the best results or the whole pack. Extremely clever programming, too bad the author doesn't spend some more time on it.
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The Best Video Conversion Tool. This is the only conversion tool I use. Templates make the UI extremely easy to use, and the Quality is outstanding every time. A perfect match for my Home Theatre and ZVW - Zen Vision W. One encode will play on both.
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It was with a heavy heart that I found I had to switch to Staxrip to do a dvd conversion to h264 as the latest version does not support virtualdub anymore. But either way I went into it with an open mind hoping that perhaps this tool would be as useful and easy to use as virtualdub. Useful it is indeed, Staxrip is feature-filled and I was impressed. But its heavy-reliance on outside apps and the messy(i have 56K atm)auto-download feature of the external apps was a pain. Moreover staxrip only seems to support a very precise version of the external apps(Avisynth, DGindex, virtualdub codecs etc). Once everything is set up, the program is a breeze(well almost anyway)to use. A good tool for beginners and intermediate users like me, but the initial setting up brought the whole experience down for me.
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Like pretty much all conversion software, StaxRip is a waste of time. But hey, if video conversion were easy and we didn't have plethoras of competing container formats and codecs then we wouldn't need the thousands of competing and largely non-functional converters. I didn't get any further than trying to load a file, any file, mpg, avi, whatever (mov apparently not supported) and every time I was faced with the undecipherable error message "Most sources are YV12 and thus a YV12 decoder is required. The decoder defined in the settings 'xvidvfw.dll' could not be located. Please install the defined decoder." Wait, could it be that somebody forgot to put the commas around 'xvidvfw.dll', thereby completely changing the meaning of the error message? xvidvfw.dll is not the settings, but rather the decoder? And in addition to installing .NET (blech), I also have to find and install xvidvfw.dll? Just a moment . . . Ok, now it wants me to install AutoCrop, whatever that is. I thought the StaxRip home page said installation is easy . . . And now it puts up a message about "7 problematic applications detected". If StaxRip is easy to use, I'm going to have to crawl under a rock for the rest of my life. I can probably convert files more quickly with a hex editor. I only detect 1 problemati application here: StaxRip.
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Opening files from a CD/DVD drive is not supported. That pretty much says all...
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Glad I found this!!! I don't use XviD too often. Learn how to use the more complicated conversion tools and forget everything by the time I need them again. Some of the easier to use tools give poor quality results, especially if you don't know how to tweak the settings. This one is very easy to use. Made VERY nice looking XviD from DVD VOB files (among the best I've seen) and from MPEG 2 captured with my Hauppauge PVR-250 TV / capture card. First program I've tried that was able to make a decent looking XviD from my MPEG 2 capture at default settings (with deinterlace selected). Does everything I need it to do. The default settings will generally yield excellent results. Seems to retain some settings, but not others from previous projects. Have to remember to select AVI as the container every time to avoid creating a different file type with the sound output separately, and change the XviD 1st and 2nd pass defaults from PAL to NTSC. No problem, now that I know... May require a restart after installing the necessary programs it has you install during the first use. Helps to know what output file size you're looking for, or the desired bitrate. The "compressibility check" doesnt seem to be that helpful. I just skip that step. The resize seems to require being set manually as well. Has a nice readout for what sizes fit the aspect ratio best though. Still easier to use and more reliable than the other MPEG 2 to XviD converters I've tried. Great looking results with less tweaking knowledge required. Everything that requires setting is all visable on one screen, making it seem simpler than some other programs even though it's not FULLY automatic. I would highly recommend this program to anyone who has a little knowledge and wants excellent results without too much "fiddling". Oh... and the price is good too... Thanks StaxRip!!!
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This is a great tool which shows real potential. I have toyed with almost all the encoding tools out there and must say this has the best balance of ease of use (an assistant for beginners) and functionality for more advanced use (you can even edit the menus to add your own details). It is more stable in my experience than the latest range of similar tools like mediacoder, SUPER or MKVMagic etc. And offers as many features (code to avi, ogm, mkv, easily add filters, x264, XVID and more. I can't believe this is only an alpha. I gave it a nine simply because I need to allow for improvement in the next release. Fantastic tool as it is, and one to really watch out for.
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