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StaxRip

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StaxRip is a powerful video/audio encoding GUI for Windows. It executes and controls console apps such as x265, mkvmerge, ffmpeg, etc. and uses scripting based frame servers, AviSynth+ and VapourSynth, for video processing. Each project can also be extended by various events and settings. StaxRip is no One-Click Encoder! Requires .NET.

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Latest version

2.50.0 (September 5, 2025)



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Software License

Free software / FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)



Supported operating systems

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Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New


StaxRip v2.50.0

General: Supporter-Releases get their own Changelog
General: Improve Windows 7 compatibility (#1749)
General: Add possibility to override Target File Name via Encoder
If enabled it will override the default naming and the Default Target Name setting from Project Options
General macros are supported
Extended encoder related macros are available in form of %parameter%
Preview with expanded macros is available - %source_name% is ignored for readability reasons
Examples:
x265: %source_name%_CRF%--crf%_AQ-Mode%--aq-mode%
Result: %source_name%_CRF23_AQ-Mode2
SvtAv1EncApp: %source_name%_CRF%--crf%_Predict%--pred-struct%_VBoost%--enable-variance-boost%
Result: %source_name%_CRF35_Predict2_VBoost1
Documentation: https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip/blob/master/Docs/Usage/Macros.md#encoder-macros
General: Strengthen file savings
Should avoid error messages when saving files, that are in use by another process
General: Add a few custom languages
Audio: Add bit-depth settings for FLAC codec (#880, #1735)
Audio: Alter bit-depth settings for W64/WAV codecs (#880, #1693, #1735)
Add "Original" to take over the bit depth from the source file
Add "32-bit (single)" and "32-bit (float)"
Audio: In case of the WAVE codec as intermediate file, the bit depth can be chosen via the Project Options (#1693)
CommandLine: Fix "-AddAttachments" command line parameter
CommandLine: Add "-AddChaptersFile" command line parameter (#1754)
CommandLine: Add "-AddSubtitle" command line parameter (#1755)
CommandLine: Add "-AddSubtitles" command line parameter (#1755)
CommandLine: Add "-DisableEvents" command line parameter (#1750)
CommandLine: Add "-EnableEvents" command line parameter (#1750)
CommandLine: Add "-DisableFilterNames" command line parameter (#1753)
CommandLine: Add "-EnableFilterNames" command line parameter (#1753)
CommandLine: Add "-SetTitle" command line parameter (#1756)
CommandLine: Add "-SetVideoTrackLanguage" command line parameter (#1758)
CommandLine: Add "-SetVideoTrackName" command line parameter (#1757)
CommandLine: Improve command line parameter parsing (#1752)
Demux: Add "-analyzeduration" to ffmpeg demuxer command line (#1769)
Thumbnailer: Fix wrong position of timestamps
UI: Improve keyboard navigation on Task Dialog
UI: Fix minor displaying issues on Apps Manager
UI: Make Encoder Settings window bigger
UI: Re-arrange Resize panel on main window
UI: Adjust TreeView item height
UI: Improve Treeview entries visually
UI: Multiple improvements
UI: Overhaul the "What's new" presentation
UI: Fix crash on Thumbnailer font selection
UI: Add custom fonts for Thumbnailer
UI: Set pcm as default output format for PCM audio tracks when demuxing Blu-rays (#1736)
UI: Improve restoring of window positions on multi-display systems (#1724)
AviSynth: Comment out dependencies
Like it was introduced for VapourSynth a while ago
FFmpeg: Add piping as option
SvtAv1EncApp: Separate the Mainline and the 3 supported forks, so they can be used side by side
SVT-AV1
SVT-AV1-Essential
SVT-AV1-HDR
SVT-AV1-PSYEX
x264: Add Chunks possibility
Update tools
AviSynth+ v3.7.5
DoVi_Tool v2.3.1
FFmpeg v7.2-dev-N-119327-x64-gcc14.2.0
NVEncC v9.01
Python v3.13.6
QSVEncC v8.00
SvtAv1EncApp v3.1.2-57+24-7b58d2b7-.Mod.by.Patman.-x64-clang21.1.0 [SVT-AV1]
SvtAv1EncApp v3.1.2-Essential-.Mod.by.Patman.-x64-clang21.1.0 [SVT-AV1-Essential]
SvtAv1EncApp v3.1.0-206+9-d3c264f4-.Mod.by.Patman.-x64-clang21.1.0 [SVT-AV1-HDR]
SvtAv1EncApp v3.0.2-A-1+41-b621481b8-.Mod.by.Patman.-x64-clang20.1.8 [SVT-AV1-PSYEX]
VapourSynth R72
VCEEncC v9.00
Update AviSynth+ plugins
JPSDR v3.9.0 (W7 AVX2)
Add VapourSynth plugins
VapourSynth-BM3DCUDA R2.15
Update VapourSynth plugins
VS-DFTTest2 v8
VS-Placebo v3.3.1

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All features


Handles common input formats and allows to config how files are loaded and processed
x264, x265, VP9 and XVID encoding
AMD VCE H.264 encoding
Intel Quick Sync H.264/H.265/MPEG-2 encoding
NVIDIA H.264/H.265 encoding
Output Formats: AVI, MP4, MKV, WEBM
Output Codecs: XVID, H.264, H.265, VP9, MP3, AC3, AAC, VORBIS, DTS, FLAC, OPUS
Batch Processing including support for processing sub-directories recursively
Flexible AviSynth and VapourSynth editor
Video comparison tool to compare codec and filter options
Minimal user interaction required due to ´flexible configuration and automation features
copy modes for audio and video for plain remuxing
Cut/Trim/Edit feature
Macros can be used in scrips and command lines allowing to change settings at any time
Scripable with C# and PowerShell scripts
External AviSynth filters and command line tools can be integrated
Project, project template and profiles support
Job processing


Requirements

.NET 4.6.1
Intel Skylake CPU for HEVC/H.265 hardware encoding
NVIDIA Maxwell gen2 card for HEVC/H.265 hardware encoding
Java for ProjectX in case MPEG-2 files are opened
AviSynth+ x64, the installer is bundled with StaxRip x64
VapourSynth x64 as optional AviSynth+ alternative
Python x64 in case VapourSynth x64 is used




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Guides and How to's


How to encode a H.264 video using StaxRip

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How to rip a DVD to XviD/H264 using StaxRip

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How to rip Blu-ray to MKV with H264 video and DTS-HD audio using Staxrip

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StaxRip XviD Install Guide

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StaxRip video tutorials



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Tool features - Convert

AVI to AVC, AVI to AVI, AVI to DivX, AVI to H264, AVI to MP4, AVI to XviD, DivX to AVC, DivX to DivX, DivX to H264, DivX to MKV, DivX to MP4, DivX to XviD, DVB to AVC, DVB to AVI, DVB to DivX, DVB to H264, DVB to MKV, DVB to MP4, DVB to XviD, DVD to AVC, DVD to AVI, DVD to DivX, DVD to H264, DVD to MKV, DVD to MP4, DVD to XviD, DV to AVC, DV to AVI, DV to DivX, DV to H264, DV to MKV, DV to MP4, DV to XviD, HDTV to AVC, HDTV to AVI, HDTV to DivX, HDTV to H264, HDTV to MKV, HDTV to MP4, HDTV to XviD, MPG to AVC, MPG to AVI, MPG to DivX, MPG to H264, MPG to MKV, MPG to MP4, MPG to XviD, VOB to AVC, VOB to AVI, VOB to DivX, VOB to H264, VOB to MKV, VOB to MP4, VOB to XviD, TS to AVC, TS to AVI, TS to DivX, TS to H264, TS to MKV, TS to MP4, TS to XviD, XviD to AVC, XviD to AVI, XviD to DivX, XviD to H264, XviD to MKV, XviD to MP4, XviD to XviD


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196 reviews, Showing 1 to 5 reviews


Thanks to the author for this software.
It's - by far - my favourite when I need to encode a video processed by AVISYNTH .


Review by krykmoon on Sep 5, 2025 Version: 2.50.0 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Day 1, trial 1

Script Error

MDegrain1 : no valid OVERSCHROMA function for 16x16, bitsperpixel=8, lsb_flag=0, level=1
(K:\Softwares\Utilities - MEDIA\FFmpeg Apps\StaxRip\StaxRip-v2.44.2-x64\Apps\Plugins\AVS\QTGMC\QTGMC.avsi, line 882)
(K:\Videos\Archived Clips\001 1987 Filename.avi_temp\001 1987 Filename_view.avs, line 25)


Review by MarkSM on Jan 23, 2025 Version: 2.44.2 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10 Functionality: 8/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 5/10




Rating by Stupido on Jan 1, 2025 Version: 2.41.0 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Rating by Dxter on Sep 1, 2024 Version: 2.39 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 9/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 9/10 Overall: 10/10




Excelente software mas si queremos pegar substitulos a alguna serie o pelicula

Review by Grem Portillo on Aug 9, 2024 Version: 2.39 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 8/10 Overall: 10/10


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