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RipBot264 Changelog

What's new in RipBot264 1.26.0

Jan 3, 2021
  • Added: Work Hours (automatic encoding within selected hours)
  • Added: Automatic track name extraction
  • Added: VP9 decoding
  • Changed: Script won't be re-analyzed if there was no change
  • Changed: Multiple jobs can be now removed at once
  • Fixed: Correct colorimetry for DVD sources (ntsc->smpte170m,pal->bt470bg)
  • Fixed: --ctu,--mrange,--min-keyint,--keyint switches won't be automatically inserted to command line if user specified own values for those options
  • Fixed: Output speed option not working correctly with FLAC files
  • Fixed: Typo in encoding command line if "Use Fast First Pass in 2-pass mode" was unchecked

New in RipBot264 1.25.1 (Mar 1, 2020)

  • Changed: Native BDSup2Sub is now used by RipBot264 for subtitle manipulation instead of JAVA version (Java environment is no longer required by RipBot264!)
  • Fixed: KNLMeansCL [Adaptive] not working with 10bit sources
  • Fixed: EnhanceFineDetails script not working with 10bit sources
  • Fixed: Bitrate/size not calculated correctly if user added custom audio profile in Audio.txt
  • Fixed: Preview not working due to misconfiguration of mpc player
  • Fixed: Missing multi-channel audio profiles in 3rd audio tab

New in RipBot264 1.23.1 (Oct 29, 2018)

  • Added: Option to bind EncodingClient to specific IP
  • Added: Commandline switch to bind EncodingServer to specific IP (for example EncodingServer.exe /IP 192.168.0.1)
  • Added: Commandline switch for EncodingServer /restart-if-no-progress (automatically restarts stalled encoding task)
  • Changed: Audio and Video streams are now indexed simultaneously.
  • Fixed: Various bugs reported since last major version

New in RipBot264 1.23.0 (Aug 26, 2018)

  • Added: Better queue management
  • Added: support for commandline switches in EncodingServer.exe
  • (/minimize , /port , /node , /affinity , /priority , /x264-opencl-device and /knlmeanscl-opencl-device)
  • Example: EncodingServer.exe /minimize /port 2000 /node 2 /affinity AAAA /priority low /x264-opencl-device 0 /knlmeanscl-opencl-device 1
  • EncodingServer will start in tray and start listening using port 2000.
  • Encoding task will be assigned to NUMA node 2 with affinity mask for CPU1,CPU3,CPU5,CPU7,CPU9,CPU11,CPU13,CPU15 in low priority.
  • Futhermore x264 opencl will be set for first device and KNLMeansCL filter for second device.
  • Added: Support fot 3rd audio stream
  • Added: Preffered audio language option
  • Added: HDR to SDR conversion directly in script (no bottleneck if used with prefetch)
  • Added: Automatic pre-indexing of all audio streams after demuxing
  • Added: support for PRORES as input format.
  • Changed: WatchFolder Mode now adds first unlocked file to queue instead of waiting for first detected file in folder to be unlocked
  • Fixed: Crashing in EncodingServer when other instance was being closed. EncodigServer also starts much faster than before.
  • Fixed: Various bugs reported since last major version

New in RipBot264 1.22.0 (Jan 2, 2018)

  • Added: Support for UHD Blurays
  • Added: Automatic HDR information retention while encoding to HEVC format
  • Added: Automatic HDR to SDR tonemaping during conversion to AVC format
  • Added: Option to limit MT usage to specific filters only
  • Added: Custom Script option
  • Fixed: Various fixes and improvements

New in RipBot264 1.21.0 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Added: Support for AviSynth+ MT x64 (installer located in ToolsAviSynth folder)
  • Finally no need to automatically limit processing threads due to 32bit memory limitation
  • Warning! Jobs created by older version won't work with this version! You must start with freshly created job
  • Fixed: Various tweaks and changes under the hood
  • Updated: MKVToolnix v15.0.0, EncodingServer v1.8.1

New in RipBot264 1.20.0 (Jul 7, 2017)

  • Added: Automated Batch Mode (aka watch folder mode). Shortcuts are supported as well.
  • Added: Option to start Ripbot264 minimized and with activated Automated Batch Mode
  • Added: Remux subtitle option in Batch Mode
  • Added: Ripbot264 automatically selects m2ts files belonging to main movie (blu-ray demuxing -> EDIT option)
  • Added: Log file "JobsRejected.txt" is created when file can't be decoded
  • Added: Digits on taskbar and tray icon showing number of selected jobs
  • Added: Ripbot264 now always minimizes to tray instead of taskbar
  • Added: Animated tray icons in EncodingClient and EncodingServer
  • Added: Option to demux DTS-HR (blu-ray demuxing)
  • Added: New encoding profile AVC-INTRA (fast intermediate format for editing)
  • Changed: Major code refactoring and some cosmetic changes in GUI
  • Updated: MediaInfo v0.7.97, MKVToolnix v13.0.0, x264 r2851, x264 v2.4.96

New in RipBot264 1.19.6 (Apr 5, 2017)

  • Added: EAC3, DTS-MA and TRUE-HD are no longer automatically converted to flac
  • Added: Faster (up to 1.5x on Ryzen 7) and more accurate auto-crop algorithm
  • Added: Faster frame extraction
  • Added: Improved BDO algorithm in EncodingClient.
  • First change is range. It now accepts only values between 0 and 1. (if value is larger then 1 is used)
  • There is also a new safety limit how much bitrate can be reduced for low complexity chunks (credits and so on).
  • In old version it was 100kbps. Now the limit is 25% of nominal bitrate.
  • Updated: ffmpeg 2017.04.04, ffms2 v2.23.1, MediaInfo v0.7.94, MKVToolnix v10.0.0, NicAudio v2.0.6

New in RipBot264 1.19.5 (Feb 1, 2017)

  • Added: Custom script in batch mode
  • Added: QTMC deinterlacer
  • Added: MDegrain denoiser
  • Added: EncodingClient will start minimized if main application is also minimized
  • Fixed: Incorrect IP detection in EncodingServer
  • Fixed: Locked UI elements in EncodingClient after loss of focus
  • Updated: KNLMeansCL v1.0.0 , MKVToolnix v9.8.0 , x264 r2762 , x265 2.2.30

New in RipBot264 1.19.4 (Jul 18, 2016)

  • Added: Option to move video file to shared folder. (See EncodingClient.ini)
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  • MoveFiletoSharedFolder=1
  • Added: Updater automatically fixes corrupted updater.ini file
  • Fixed: Downmix 4.0 to 2.0 didn't work
  • Changed: In order to avoid language issues Encoding Client will share ripbot264temp folder using following command lines:
  • net share RipBot264temp=x:TempRipBot264temp /GRANT:[correct 'everyone' word for your language],FULL
  • icacls "...RipBot264temp" /T /C /Q /Grant:R *S-1-1-0:(OI)(CI)
  • Added: Option to run mutiple EncodingServers at RipBot264 launch. (See RipBot264.ini)
  • ActivateServers=x
  • where x is number between 1 and 10
  • The same effect can be achieved by running EncodingServer.exe with /instances x switch
  • Fixed: DownloadPoster has been adapted to changes introduced on TMDB website
  • Fixed: Various bugs in ModifyChapter tool

New in RipBot264 1.19.3 (Mar 20, 2016)

  • Added: New OpenCL tab in settings with basic information about detected OpenCL platforms and GPU Devices
  • User can also select what OpenCL GPU Device should be used for x264 encoder and KNLMeansCL plugin
  • For example: Integrated GPU (APU) for x264 and dedicated GPU for KNLMeansCL
  • Added: Audio Amplification option
  • Added: Play sound when job is done
  • Added: GPU denoiser KNLMeansCL
  • Changed: Levels and Colors are now in separate ComboBoxes

New in RipBot264 1.19.2 (Oct 2, 2015)

  • Added: Auto-update option.
  • Added: Denoise option in Batch mode.
  • Fixed: DownloadPoster app is now working again.
  • Fixed: Various bugs introduced in previous version.

New in RipBot264 1.19.1 (Sep 15, 2015)

  • Added: Poster/Cover can be downloaded directly from GUI
  • Added: Option to increase (double) volume in center channel during downmixing to stereo
  • Added: Option to flag subtitle as Default
  • Added: Mouse click on codec icon opens mediainfo
  • Updated: MKVToolnix v8.7.0, MediaInfo 0.7.77, x264 r2597, x265 1.7.478

New in RipBot264 1.19.0 (Aug 3, 2015)

  • Added: GUI for settings
  • Added: Distributed encoding can be activate/deactivated directly in GUI
  • Added: Shortcut for logs in GUI (Right Click on selected job)
  • Fixed: Bitrate Distribution Optimization in DE MODE
  • Fixed: Audio encoding on some machines (did not work due to wrong decimal symbol used in BlankClip() function)
  • Fixed: HEVC files didn't work in DE MODE (local path was not changed to network path)
  • Updated: MKVToolnix v8.2.0, x264 r2579, x265 1.7.382

New in RipBot264 1.18.3 (Jun 27, 2015)

  • Added: Bitrate Distribution Optimization for 2-pass mode in Distributed Encoding Mode (chunks with smaller complexity get less bitrate and vice versa)
  • Added: EncodingClient can shutdown servers when all jobs are finished (See EncodingClient.ini for more details)
  • Added: Shut down method has been also added for main executable (See entry ShutDownMethod=shutdown in RipBot264.ini)
  • Added: Autocrop in Batch mode
  • Added: Chunk Size for 2-pass mode is now adjustable.
  • Added: EncodingClient can alternatively create one chunk per node with equal number of frames to process (2-pass mode only)
  • Changed: Thanks to new BDO default chunk size for 2-pass mode could be reduced to 60s. (smaller chunk size = better work distribution)
  • Fixed: Crash in EncodingClient.exe
  • Fixed: DirectShowSource timeout error on some machines during encoding audio phase
  • Fixed: "NO AUDIO" option was missing if user selected .avs as video file
  • Updated: EncodingClient v1.6.0, EncodinServer v1.5.1, MKVToolnix v8.0.0, x265 1.7.243

New in RipBot264 1.18.2 (Jun 4, 2015)

  • Added: support for extra audio stream
  • Added: support for 2 extra servers in encoding client (10 in total)
  • Added: EncodingClient now saves encoding summary in \Chunks\DE_Log_passX.txt file
  • Added: support for HEVC main 10 (x265 16bit)
  • Added: 4K-UHD resize profile
  • Fixed: "RichEdit line insertion error" (hopefully;)
  • Updated: eac3to 3.29, FFmpeg 2015-06-02, MediaInfo 0.7.74, MKVToolnix 7.9.0, x264 r2538, x265 1.7.95

New in RipBot264 1.18.1 (Sep 18, 2014)

  • Added: Support for HEVC as input format (mkv and mp4 containers only)
  • Changed: GUI will terminate processes via PID instead of file names
  • Fixed: Opus and Vorbis audio as well as subtitles were not demuxed from mkv container
  • Fixed: "Frozen frames" in DE mode with open-gop h.264
  • Fixed: wrong version of x265_x86.exe was inlcuded (was 64 bit but should be 32 bit)
  • Updated: FFMS 2.20 , mediainfo 0.7.70 , MKVToolnix 7.2.0 , x265 1.3.206

New in RipBot264 1.18.0 (Aug 28, 2014)

  • Added: Support for x265 (DE mode works as well)
  • Added: Permanent Subtitles option in Batch Mode (automatically renders subtitles on frame if subtitles have the same name as video file)
  • Added: AVS meter (You can now easily check processing speed of your script)
  • Added: workaround for crashing encoding client at the very end (while closing form)
  • Changed: encoded audio is now stored in Jobx folder
  • Updated: ffmpeg 2014-08-27, mediainfo 0.7.69 , MKVToolnix 7.1.0 , OPUS Tools 0.1.9 , x264 r2479 , x265 1.3.35

New in RipBot264 1.17.5 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Added: OPUS AUDIO CODEC
  • Added: UT Video is now accepted in DE mode
  • Added: workaround for grey frames in DE mode
  • Fixed: combining large number of chunks in DE mode
  • Fixed: hanging with hardcoded .ass subtitles
  • Changed: On windows 8 libavcodec is now set as default VC-1 decoder in FFDshow
  • Updated: FFmpegSource 2.19, Fraunhofer AAC Encoder v3.02.16 , FFmpeg 2013-12-07, MediaInfo 0.7.65, MKVToolnix 6.6.0, x264 r2345

New in RipBot264 1.17.4 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Added: Demuxing DTS-MA and TrueHD (for those who really need them in mkv container for some reason)
  • Added: Audio is now encoded simultaneously with video (More efficient cpu usage)
  • Added: FRAPS recordings are now allowed in Distributed Encoding mode
  • Added: .FLV is allowed in Distributed Encoding Mode
  • Added: Opus audio as supported input format
  • Added: Automatic Upmix Mono to Stereo (reason: FhG AAC does not support mono)
  • Added: EncodingClient will now automatically share Ripbot264temp folder
  • Added: Prgress indicator while combining chunks
  • Added: AC3 192kbps,224kbps,256kbps profiles to mkv container
  • Added: Option in RipBot264.ini to tweak sharpening after resizing
  • Fixed: Hanging on some AAC files during 'Gathering information' stage
  • Fixed: Incorrect fps added to TextSub() function with enabled Inverse Telecine + Decimate
  • Changed: Vorbis codec removed (Reason: New better OPUS codec will be added later)
  • Changed: Bepipe.exe replaced by avs2pipemod.exe (Reason: Later does not require .net 2.0 to be installed)
  • Updated: BassAudio 2.4, eac3to 3.27, FFmpeg 2013-01-19, MediaInfo 0.7.61, MKVToolnix 6.0.0, x264 r2245

New in RipBot264 1.17.3 (Aug 2, 2012)

  • Added: WakeOnLan support in Encoding Client (valid MAC ADDRESSES must be specified in EncodingClient.ini)
  • Added: DE mode will now also work correctly on mixed 32bit/64bit systems (for example Client on x64 , Server on x86)
  • Added: Support for password protected sharing (valid username and password must be specified in EncodingClient.ini)
  • Added: Multiple Encoding Servers can be activated on single PC (Maybe usefull if for some reason CPU usage is not at 100%)
  • Changed: renamed Poster label to Cover and poster.jpg to cover.jpg in job folder (reason: Icaros 2.1 only extracts cover.jpg from .mkv!)
  • Updated: FhG AAC 2012-06-24, FFmpeg 2012-07-30, FFmpegSource r700, MKVToolnix 5.7.0, VSFilter 2.41.5626, x264 r2008

New in RipBot264 1.17.2 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Added: Encoding Client now supports 8 servers
  • Added: Encoding Progress in DE mode is saved immediately when number of encoded chunks increases
  • Added: Progress indicator during 'combining vob' stage (thanks to Trayman for his tiny vjoin app)
  • Added: Progress indicator during 'Copying file to shared folder' stage in Encoding Client
  • Fixed: stability issues in Encoding Client and Encoding Server
  • Fixed: Encoding Server not visible while using remote desktop
  • Fixed: Problems with illegal decimal symbol
  • Fixed: chapters were incorrectly modified with inverse telecine function
  • Fixed: not detected languages in mkv container with mkvtoolnix 5.3.0+
  • Fixed: missing chapters for AVCHD after speed conversion
  • Fixed: error message while demuxing DVD subtitles with more than 16 languages
  • Fixed: Ripbot264 was showing Demuxing error instead of Decoding error
  • Updated: EncodingClient 1.2, EncodingServer 1.2, FFmpeg 2012-06-08, MediaInfo 0.7.58, MKVToolnix 5.6.0, VSFilter 2.40.5096, x264 r2200

New in RipBot264 1.17.1 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Added: support for 10 bit encoding ( http://x264.nl/x264/10bit_02-ateme-why_does_10bit_save_bandwidth.pdf )
  • Added: AVI, MP4 and MKV can also be used in Distributed Encoding Mode
  • Added: Resuming in Distributed Encoding mode
  • Added: 5.0 to 5.1 audio upmix (Adds silent LFE channel)
  • Added: AVCHD format to batch mode
  • Added: Convert fps and Deinterlace options to batch mode
  • Added: DVD subtitles demuxing
  • Added: Automatic subtitle conversion Sub -> Sup for AVCHD format
  • Added: Prevent windows from entering sleep-mode/power-off while ripbot is working
  • Added: Command to start encoding from command line ( RipBot264.exe /start )
  • Added: Chapters are now automatically adjusted if output speed changes ( for example 25 fps -> 23.976 conversion )
  • Changed: 1 min chunks for CQ mode instead of 10 min
  • Changed: FFT3DGPU denoiser replaced by HQDN3D. GradFun2db replaced by flash3kyuu_deband
  • Fixed: not working 'Shutdown when Finished'
  • Fixed: error message in batch mode. Broken video file will be automatically discarded
  • Fixed: EncodingClient was using Domain-Name instead of Computer-Name
  • Fixed: Incorrect number of frames between passes in Distributed Encoding. Now number of frames in last chunk will be limited according to stat file
  • Fixed: corruption at the begining of the chunk after encoding in Distributed Encoding mode
  • Fixed: EncodingClient will now try to restart chunks which did not start for some reason
  • Updated: EncodingClient 1.1, EncodingServer 1.1, FFmpeg 2012-04-26, MediaInfo 0.7.56, MKVToolnix 5.5.0, VSFilter 2.40.4496, x264 r2197

New in RipBot264 1.17.0 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • Added: Distributed Encoding for DVD/HD-DVD/BD sources (see RipBot264 Distributed Encoding Tutorial)
  • Added: BATCH MODE
  • Added: COPY STREAM for video (HD-DVD/Blu-Ray ONLY)
  • Added: Blu-Ray playlist is now editable
  • Added: DVD will be first pre-processed by PGCdemux in order to avoid A/V sync issues
  • Added: VSfilter in Haali Media Spliter is now automatically disabled (no more accidental hardcoded subs)
  • Added: Force subtitles for MKV and AVCHD
  • Changed: CT-AAC encoder to FhG AAC (Reason: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=161957)
  • Updated: avs2yuv 0.24 BM mod 2, FFMPEG 2011-12-26, MediaInfo 0.7.52, MKVToolnix 5.2.0, remuxtool 1.2.5, VSFilter 2.40.3904, x264 r2120

New in RipBot264 1.16.5 (Apr 2, 2011)

  • Added: HD-Full and HD-Ready resize profile for 1,33:1 (4:3) aspect ratio
  • Added: ConvertSUPtoSUB=1/0 option to RipBot264.ini. More info in .ini file
  • Added: TrueHD is now automatically converted to FLAC after demuxing from .mkv container
  • Added: New profile HD . Interlaced
  • Changed: Default HD profile has been renamed to HD . Progressive
  • Updated: MediaInfo 0.7.43, MKVToolnix 4.6.0, MP4Box 0.4.6 rev2735, x264 r1924

New in RipBot264 1.16.4 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Added: support for .wtv (WindowsTV)
  • Added: demuxing Blu-ray subtitles from .mkv container
  • Added: demuxing TrueHD from .mkv container (demuxed .thd MUST be manually selected after demuxing!!!)
  • Added: core option for TrueHD and DTS-MA/Hi-res in demuxing window
  • Fixed: audio/subtitle opendialog was not set to current job folder after selecting audio/subtitle from previous task
  • Fixed: DelayAudio() was not added to script after selecting audio file
  • Updated: ffmpeg r26397, MKVToolnix 4.4.0, MediaInfo v0.7.39, MP4Box 2010-12-14, x264 r1867

New in RipBot264 1.16.3 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • Added: support for .rmvb
  • Added: new jobs can be added while encoding
  • Added: new profile [Base 1.3] Simple Mobile Device
  • Fixed: SRT subtitles weren't ignored in Stream window
  • Changed: 6.1 DTS-MA/Hi-Res can be now correctly decoded to .w64
  • Updated: eac3to 3.24, MKVToolnix 4.3.0, x264 r1732

New in RipBot264 1.16.2 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Added: Ripbot264 will force Haali Media Spliter as default splitter for all supported extensions
  • Added: Ripbot264 will force correct fps in DirectShowSource() if source contains doubled frames (common in AVCHDLite cameras)
  • Added: Ripbot264 will automatically remux .mov to .avi if video codec is MJPEG (Haali Media Splitter does not recognize MJPEG in .MOV)
  • Fixed: oversize in 2-pass
  • Fixed: under Permanent Subtitles open dialog was sometimes not reset to jobx folder
  • Changed: HD Audio is now decompressed directly to .w64 instead of intermediate .wav (eac3to 3.21 fixed bug in .w64 header)
  • Updated: eac3to 3.22, MediaInfo 0.7.34, MKVToolnix 4.1.1, x264 r1683

New in RipBot264 1.16.1 (Jun 14, 2010)

  • Added: support for .webm
  • Fixed: hanging during muxing to AVCHD
  • Updated: mkvtoolnix 4.0.0, x264 r1643

New in RipBot264 1.16.0 (Jun 2, 2010)

  • Added: DivxPlus format (restrictions can be found here http://developer.divx.com/docs/divx_plus_hd/Creation_with_x264/)
  • Added: Progress bar on TaskBar - Windows 7 only! (Thanks to Lord_Mulder for his implementation)
  • Added: option to add poster to .mp4 and .mkv (ask Divx guys if you want image extraction from mkv in Windows7)
  • Added: support for raw YUV4MPEG (*.y4m)
  • Added: Force ffdshow as default mjpeg decoder in Windows 7
  • Added: iPAD profile has been combined with PSP profile
  • Fixed: 'Waiting for graph...' error introduced in 1.15.1 on some machines
  • Fixed: missing audio downmix for 4ch audio
  • Fixed: missing DVD subtitles in HD-DVD sources
  • Fixed: average bitrate for AAC 192kbps and 256kbps was slightly inaccurate (~196kbps and ~260kbps)
  • Fixed: missing '--aac-is-sbr 0/1' in mkvmerge commandline with COPY STREAM option selected
  • Fixed: After automatic shutdown Low Priority checkbox was sometimes being unchecked
  • Fixed: bitrate in CRF field
  • Fixed: Decimal symbol was not converted to '.' (dot) for TimeStretch function
  • Fixed: Audio demuxing/conversion from wmv container
  • Changed: 'Add' link will automatically open file selection
  • Changed: GUI will be reset to CQ mode instead of 2-pass
  • Changed: AppleTV profile (more ref frames and higher buffer and max bitrate)
  • Changed: mp3 audio is now decoded by NicAudio instead of BassAudio (reason: BassAudio tends to hang during 'Gathering info..' stage)
  • Updated: ffmpeg r21231, mediainfo 0.7.33, mkvtoolnix 3.4.0, mp4box 2010-04-10, x264 r1612

New in RipBot264 1.15.1 (Mar 10, 2010)

  • Added: Ripbot will automatically repeat demuxing if ArcSoft DTS Decoder fails (dts core will be extracted instead)
  • Added: multiple subtitles can be added at once.
  • Fixed: corrupted picture caused by incorrect resolution used in avs2yuv (now avs2yuv will use yuv4mpeg format instead of raw. No need to calculate resolution by GUI)
  • Fixed: Ripbot will now check if width is mod 4 after croping (YV12 requirement)
  • Fixed: Demuxed FLAC from mkv container did not have extension
  • Fixed: No Audio in mkv on german Windows (locale folder removed from mkvtoolnix)
  • Fixed: Audio Sync problems in demuxed audio from .avi (older ffmpeg restored)
  • Fixed: added '--aac-is-sbr 0/1' for AAC-LC/HE in mkvmerge command line
  • Changed: 6.1 DTS-MA/Hi-res is not supported by ArcSoft DTS Decoder therefore dts core will be extracted instead
  • Changed: Flac audio has it's own icon instead of PCM
  • Changed: 'all subtitles' are now selected by default in Stream demuxing window
  • Updated: DGIndex 1.5.8, eac3to 3.18, MediaInfo 0.7.29, MKVToolnix 3.2.0, x264 r1471

New in RipBot264 1.15.0 (Jan 2, 2010)

  • Added: 5.1 downmix checkbox for 6.1 and 7.1 sources
  • Added: Subtitles and audio language will be automatically detected if possible
  • Added: VobSub subtitles are now recognized and automatically demuxed from MKV
  • Added: Custom resolution with locked aspect ratio is now remembered
  • Added: Demuxed bluray subtitles will now have added resolution to file name. Subs won't be resized if video has the same size
  • Added: AviSynth error is now displayed in gui instead of Media Player
  • Changed: ConvertToRGB has been removed from preview script. (Decoding via HelixYV12 is ~1.7x faster)
  • Changed: Increased step from 2 to 16 pixels in Custom resolution with locked aspect ratio.
  • Changed: Tray icon. (Previous icon will be used in new project)
  • Fixed: AAC audio was not recognized in .TS files
  • Fixed: Weight p-prediction was sometimes checked even if commandline had this option disabled
  • Fixed: mpg files are again decoded by DGindex. Hanging was solved by using NicAudio as mp2 decoder instead of BassAudio
  • Fixed: Apple TV and ipod profile (weight-p is disabled)
  • Updated: Aften 2009-12-26, BDSup2Sub 4.0.0, CT AAC encoder 1.3 (WinAmp 5.57), FFmpeg r20472, MediaInfo 0.7.26, MKVToolnix 3.0.0, x264 r1376, VSFilter 2.39

New in RipBot264 1.14.6 (Nov 28, 2009)

  • Added: forced subtitles will be automatically demuxed
  • Added: priority can be changed during conversion
  • Changed: mpg files will be decoded by DirectShowSource instead of DGIndex. (RipBot should not hang on some mpg)
  • Changed: Ripbot264 will use new unix cli syntax for DGIndex (DGindex should not hang on weird file/folder names for example ../[DVD]/..)
  • Fixed: RipBot264 will correctly unlock DirectShow filters on non english Windows 7. (Ripbot should not hang on VC-1 sources)
  • Fixed: missing downmix for 7 channels
  • Fixed: missing audio in mpg/m2t
  • Removed: b-pyramid (Reason: Not compatible with more usefull MB-tree!)
  • Updated: BDsup2Sub 3.9.9, DGindex 1.5.7,MediaInfo 0.7.25, MKVToolnix 2.9.9, Yadif 1.7, x264 r1352M

New in RipBot264 1.14.5 (Oct 17, 2009)

  • Added: RipBot264 will force XviD decoder for Divx files in ffdshow. (libavcodec sometimes causes audio sync problems)
  • Fixed: Demuxed FLAC from MKV had wrong format (OGG instead of RAW FLAC)
  • Fixed: PCM audio sometimes was not accepted by TSmuxer. (Added extra conversion wav->w64 before muxing)
  • Updated: BDSup2Sub 3.9.8 , eac3to 3.17 , MediaInfo 0.7.23 , MKVToolnix 2.9.8 , x264 r1292M

New in RipBot264 1.14.4 (Sep 11, 2009)

  • Added: RipBot264 will force ffdshow as prefferd Xvid and Divx 4/5 decoder in Windows 7
  • Changed: Avi files will be decoded via DirectShowSource instead of OpenDMLSource (Reason: OpenDMLSource does not work well with Windows 7 RTM)
  • Changed: Avs files wiil be imported via Import() instead of DirectShowSource
  • Changed: Lossless audio is automatically selected instead of first audio stream in Demuxing window
  • Changed: Bitmap based suptitles are also allowed for none-standard resolutions (MKV)
  • Fixed: Blu-ray subtitles were not resized if user changed resolution after adding subtitles
  • Fixed: FLAC will be decoded by madFLAC instead of BassAudio due to weird problems on Windows 7 RTM (Avs script hangs if bassaudio.dll is loaded)
  • Fixed: temporary files will not be automatically stored on non-NTFS drives (external usb drive for example)
  • Fixed: 24fps subtitles were automatically converted to 23.976fps due to missing /fps:keep option
  • Updated: x264 r1251M, NicAudio 2.0.4, MediaInfo 0.7.21, Yadif 1.6, BDSup2Sub 3.9.7

New in RipBot264 1.14.3 (Aug 3, 2009)

  • Added: Inverse Telecine function in Deinterlace section
  • Added: --min-keyint (fps) and --keyint (fps*10) and --fps (24000/1001 for example) to x264 commandline
  • Added: fraction will be used in script instead of rounded values (24/1.001 instead of 23.976 for example)
  • Added: --title switch for mkv container (based on output filename without extension)
  • Changed: x264 command line syntax according to changes introduced in r1177 (old profiles may not work!)
  • Fixed: Only Subtitles (PGS) will be shown in GUI. Reason: Subtitles (SRT) do not work.
  • Fixed: incorrect height in custom resize with locked aspect ratio (for example 1280x532 instead of ...x534)
  • Fixed: too big undersize for mkv
  • Update: BDSup2Sub 3.9.6 , DGIndex 1.5.5 , ffmpeg r19159 , MediaInfo 0.7.20 , MP4Box 0.4.6 , x264 r1195M

New in RipBot264 1.14.2 (Jun 21, 2009)

  • Added: DTS Master Audio and Hi-Res conversion to wave or FLAC (ArcSoft DTS Decoder required! More help in oolsaxArcSoft DTS DecoderReadme.txt)
  • Added: Blu-Ray subtitles (.Sup) are now supported in Properties -> Subtitles section (Hardcoded subtitles)
  • Added: Demuxing all subtitles at once
  • Fixed: DTS size calculation for AVCHD
  • Fixed: if order in job list was changed during conversion checkboxes were not assigned to current encoding job
  • Fixed: incorrect --sar values if source had aspect ratio higher than 1.33 and lower than 1.56 (for example 624x464)
  • Fixed: All empty temp folders will be removed
  • Fixed: .avs scripts did not work in RipBot264 with AviSynth 2.5.8
  • Fixed: AVCHD incompatible resolution error even if video has correct resolution
  • Update: DGindex 1.5.5, BDSup2Sub 3.9.3, MediaInfo 0.7.17, x264 r1169

New in RipBot264 1.14.1 (May 30, 2009)

  • Added: PCM, TrueHD and EAC3 can be optionally converted to FLAC
  • Added: muxing flac into .mkv
  • Fixed: Incorrect audio duration in uncompressed audio
  • Update: x264 r1162

New in RipBot264 1.14.0 (May 26, 2009)

  • Added: Job queue can be modified during conversion. It is also possible to skip current job.
  • Added: real-time preview during croping
  • Added: support for wave64
  • Added: muxing .wav/.w64 to AVCHD structure
  • Added: muxing DVD subtitles (idx/sub) to matroska
  • Added: Blu-Ray subtitles (.sup) will be automatically converted to VobSub (.sub) if mkv container was selected
  • Added: Blu-Ray subtitles will be automatically resized to proper resolution if AVCHD was selected (1080p->720p for example)
  • Added: srt to sup conversion for 576p/480p (Warning: 576p subtitles are not visible on PS3!)
  • Added: warning message if resolution is not compatible with AVCHD
  • Added: FFdshow will be automatically set as preffered directshow decoder for H.264/VC-1/MPEG-2 in Windows 7 (thanks clsid for help with SetACL)
  • Added: OSD and subtitles in FFDShow will be automatically disabled
  • Changed: PCM, TrueHD and EAC3 will be always converted to .w64
  • Changed: Status color to dark blue
  • Changed: x264.exe renamed to x264_x86.exe (GUI won't kill x264.exe)
  • Fixed: script error if video had wav audio
  • Fixed: correct sar values were not applied for 704x576 and 704x480
  • Update: DGAVCDec 1.0.9, BDSup2Sub 3.8.2 eac3to 3.16, MediaInfo 0.7.16, MKVToolnix 2.9.0, Oggenc 2.85 aoTuVb5.7, TSMuxer 1.10.6, x264 r1158M

New in RipBot264 1.13.3 (Feb 27, 2009)

  • Fixed: Not working FF/RWD/Chapters on some Blu-Ray players due to missing --aud --nal-hrd in command line
  • Updated: eac3to v3.12, TSMuxer v1.8.18

New in RipBot264 1.13.2 (Feb 18, 2009)

  • Added: Support for 3 channel audio
  • Fixed: Not working chapters on some Blu-Ray players due to missing --fps value in command line (win64)
  • Fixed: too big undersize for Blu-Ray structure with added subtitles
  • Fixed: Audio profile , normalize value and ipod was not remembered
  • Fixed: Tempo values in script were not restored when user changed from NO AUDIO to audio file
  • Fixed: Incorrect muxing command in jobx_MuxFiles.cmd if 'NO AUDIO' was selected
  • Updated: x264 r1114, eac3to v3.11, DGIndex v1.5.4, MediaInfo v0.7.11, MKVToolnix v2.4.2, ssatosrt r2

New in RipBot264 1.13.1 (Feb 11, 2009)

  • Changed: 'NO AUDIO' option moved to audio combobox
  • Fixed: Bitrate and size wasn't calculated according to changes made in avs script (for example added trim function or AssumeFps)
  • Fixed: Haali Media Splitter wasn't detected if OS was set for negative timezone (for example : USA , Canada and so on)
  • Fixed: Language combobox wasn't enabled when user selected video and audio separatedly
  • Fixed: Copy Stream wasn't available if audio extension contained capital letters (.AC3 instead of .ac3 for example)
  • Updated: x264 r1109M , eac3to v3.07

New in RipBot264 1.13.0 (Feb 4, 2009)

  • Added: support for x264 64bit (up to 10% faster encoding)
  • Added: if COPY STREAM is not selected assumeFPS will also adjust audio speed (easy 25 -> 23.976 conversion)
  • Added: custom resize profile with locked aspect ratio
  • Added: always first VST_01_x.vob will be indexed instead of VIDEO_TS.VOB
  • Added: language combobox for audio stream
  • Added: support for .sup subtitles (Warning!!! Original 1080p .sup WILL NOT be visible in 720p!!!)
  • Added: support for .ass .ssa subtitles in mkv container
  • Added: chapter extraction from .mp4
  • Added: UAC manifest (from now on you don't have to disable UAC)
  • Added: FFDshow DV decoder will be automatically enabled if necessary
  • Added: BD-25 size
  • Changed: Audio delay for convenient moved to Properties
  • Changed: .ts and .m2t files will be decoded via DirectShowSource instead of DGIndex or DGAVCdec (Reason: Faster decoding with FFDshow MT)
  • Changed: Audio from .ts and .m2t files will be demuxed in one pass
  • Changed: A/V same length combobox removed. CUT function is now always on (Audio and Video will always have the same lenght)
  • Changed: 'Tahoma' font to 'Consolas' (Installed by default in Windows Vista and 7)
  • Fixed: Bug which always resets VC-1 decoder to libavcodec. Default decoder is now wmv9 (Reason: Supports interlaced material)
  • Fixed: error 'Couldn't import DownMix2Stereo.avs'
  • Fixed: jobs.ini will be created immediately after creating new job
  • Update: x264 r1092M , eac3to v3.06 , Oggenc 2.85 aoTuVb5.61 , MediaInfo v0.7.10

New in RipBot264 1.12.0 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • Added: tesa motion algorithm
  • Added: -seektoiframes to eac3to command line (better compatibility)
  • Added: correct sar values if source resolution is 1440x1080 or 1280x1080
  • Added: support for .mov (it will not work with installed QUICKTIME!)
  • Added: support for weird 5 channel audio (always downmixed to stereo)
  • Fixed: If 'Keep Jobs queue' was checked along with 'shutdown when finished' jobs were deleted after conversion
  • Fixed: Files were not muxed into mkv container if subtitles didn't have specified language
  • Fixed: If source had 720x576 or 720x480 resolution and 'Do not resize' was selected sar was always 1:1
  • Fixed: SD-PAL 2.35 and 2.40 resize profiles had wrong addborders values (2.35 should have 70 (not 75) and 2.40 should have 75 (not 70))
  • Fixed: Registry error if value didn't exist
  • Fixed: AnyDVD won't be closed automatically by RipBot264
  • Updated: DGAVCDec 1.0.7 , eac3to v2.87 , MediaInfo 0.7.8 , MP4BOX 0.4.5 , x264 r1066M

New in RipBot264 1.11.5 (Nov 26, 2008)

  • Added: chapters extraction from DVD
  • Fixed: Registry error
  • Fixed: 'invalid integer value' error if R-frames and B-frames were higher than 9
  • Fixed: calculation formula for Blu-Ray structure with subtitles
  • Changed: maxbitrate and buffer size increased to 25000 (HIGH PROFILE 4.0)
  • Update: Aften r832 , eac3to v2.78 , MediaInfo v0.7.7.8 , x264 r1029

New in RipBot264 1.11.4 (Nov 19, 2008)

  • Added: RipBot264 will automatically enable decoding for MPEG-1/2 and M-JPEG in FFDShow if necessary
  • Fixed: Weird stuttering (it was caused by convertfps=true)

New in RipBot264 1.11.3 (Nov 18, 2008)

  • Fixed: Wrong ffdshow registry path for 64-bit OS
  • Fixed: AVCHD compatibility is back (--aud --nal-hrd)
  • Updated: eac3to v2.77,x264 r1028 with HRD patch

New in RipBot264 1.11.2 (Nov 15, 2008)

  • Added: RipBot264 will automatically enable decoding for WMV1/2/3 and VC-1 in FFDShow if necessary
  • Added: .m2ts outside blu-ray structure will also allow to select streams
  • Fixed: (E)AC3 EX , Surround , Headphone streams detection
  • Fixed: 'invalid integer value' if Deblocking sensitivity was lower than 0
  • Fixed: Abort button didn't kill correctly all running threads (old bug since v1.10.2)
  • Updated: x264 r1028

New in RipBot264 1.11.1 (Nov 11, 2008)

  • Fixed: (E)AC3 EX , Surround , Headphone streams are now detected
  • Updated: x264 r1026

New in RipBot264 1.11.0 (Nov 10, 2008)

  • Added: Support for raw h.264/MPEG-2 streams (.264 and .m2v)
  • Added: Confirmation dialog after hitting Abort button
  • Added: Elapsed time in log
  • Added: convertfps=true in DirectShowSource()
  • Added: editable command line in codec settings
  • Added: warning message if user uses limited account (can be disabled with CheckRequiredSoftware=0)
  • Changed: profile format (just single line:)
  • Changed: default output path to c: emp (UAC does not allow to write in C:)
  • Changed: 'Delete temp files' has been renamed to 'Keep Jobs Queue'
  • Changed: BufferSize and MaxBitrate to 20000 (Lv4.0 limit, better compatibility with AVCHD) and B-Pyramid removed
  • Updated: DGIndex 1.5.3,DGAVCDec 1.0.6,eac3to 2.75,ffmpeg r15666,mediainfo 0.7.7.7,MKVToolnix 2.4.0,x264 r1016

New in RipBot264 1.10.8 (Oct 9, 2008)

  • Added: Codec changes for latest x264 (do not use older profiles)
  • Fixed: MaxBitrate and BufferSize have been restored to 30000 (reason: tvix does not like higher values)
  • Fixed: removed progress in log during muxing to blu-ray structure
  • Updated: x264 r999 , eac3to v2.66

New in RipBot264 1.10.7 (Oct 1, 2008)

  • Added: 720x576 profile in size section
  • Added: 'Delete temp file' checkbox
  • Added: 'ExecuteAnyDVD' option in .ini
  • Added: Demuxing process will be automatically repeated if eac3to generates .gaps files.
  • Changed: If source is .evo or m2ts belongs to bluray structure selected streams will be demuxed in one pass
  • Changed: MKV na MP4 are now decoded via DirectShowSource()
  • Fixed: FFDshow is now correctly detected under x64 OS
  • Fixed: Shorten log files (Progress will not be written into log files)
  • Updated: DGAVCDec v1.0.2 , eac3to v2.65 , MediaInfo v.0.7.7.6 , MKVToolnix v2.3.0 , TSMuxer v1.8.8 , x264 r994 , NicAudio v2.0.2

New in RipBot264 1.10.6 (Sep 3, 2008)

  • Added: progress during demuxing audio (except avi,flv and vob)
  • Added: FastFirstPassin2passMode in .ini (1=fast first pass , 0=full slow first pass)
  • Changed: resize profiles have been renamed
  • Changed: Level 4.1 has been changed to Level 4.0 (Reason: some devices do not accept anything above Lv4.0. For example Tvix. Quality settings has not been changed! It's just cosmetic change)
  • Fixed: if eac3to reported DTS-Audio as 'DTS' audio stream was omitted (only in blu-ray structure)
  • Updated: DGAVCDec a35,eac3to 2.59,FFmpeg r14675, FFmpegSource 1.21,x264 r956

New in RipBot264 1.10.5 (Aug 6, 2008)

  • Added: Demuxing process can be now aborted
  • Added: Demuxing subtiles from .evo (HD-DVD) and .m2ts (Blu-Ray)
  • Added: new tray icon
  • Fixed: if eac3to reported DTS-Audio as 'DTS' audio stream was omitted
  • Fixed: ssa/ass will be converted to srt format without markers
  • Changed: b-pyramid and p4x4 has been added to LV4.1 profile. ipod profile has 1ref instead of 3.
  • trellis has been swithed off (trellis 1 is not compatible with Psy-RD). Trellis checked = trellis 2
  • Updated: DGAVCDec alpha 33, DGIndex 1.5.2, eac3to 2.56, FFMPEG r14623, MediaInfo 0.7.7.4, ssa2srt r1, x264 r928, FFmpegSource 1.20

New in RipBot264 1.10.4 (Jul 14, 2008)

  • Fixed: 5.1 Audio profile was missing if audio had 8 channels
  • Fixed: Missing wav.bmp file
  • Fixed: Sometimes .evos files were not combined
  • Fixed: 'No compatible ACM codec to decode 0x0055 audio strem to PCM' error
  • Updated: x264 r912 , eac3to v2.52

New in RipBot264 1.10.3 (Jul 1, 2008)

  • Fixed: mp4s encoded for iPOD were not compatible with iTunes after 1.9.10
  • Fixed: DTS Hi-res detection (not Hi-Res DTS -> silly error :)
  • Fixed: Calculation formula for DTS 1536kbps should not give oversized file in Blu-Ray structure
  • Updated: x264 r892 , DGAVCDec a26 , eac3to 2.51

New in RipBot264 1.10.2 (Jun 30, 2008)

  • Added: From now on user can specify which Audio,video stream wants to demux from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD structure
  • Fixed: Hi-Res DTS audio will be detected and converted to core DTS
  • Updated: x264 r891 , eac3to v2.49 , DGAVCDec a25

New in RipBot264 1.10.1 (Jun 25, 2008)

  • Fixed: Decimal error

New in RipBot264 1.10.0 (Jun 24, 2008)

  • Added: Blu-Ray/HD-DVD structure detection
  • Added: SD-NTSC 720x480 profile under size options (proper sar x:y values are added automatically)
  • Added: E-AC3 and TrueHD are automatically converted to FLAC
  • Added: Chapters are also used in MKV and MP4
  • Added: Audio in TS (h264) will be demuxed by eac3to instead of DGAVCDec (Reason: eac3to corrects audio delay)
  • Added: 'CheckRequiredSoftware' in .ini
  • Fixed: 'ugin(' error
  • Replaced: MSU Denoiser with FFT3DGPU (Reason: Faster)
  • Updated x264 r889 , DGAVCDec a24 , eac3to2.480

New in RipBot264 1.9.10 (Jun 12, 2008)

  • Added: mkv,mp4 decoding via FFmpegSource (except mkv with VC1) - I was able to go over problem with incorrectly reported frame rate
  • Updated: x264 r880

New in RipBot264 1.9.9 (Jun 11, 2008)

  • Changed: mkv and mp4 are decoded again via DirectShowSource due to bug in FFmpegSource. Framerate was sometimes incorrectly detected (24.07 or 23.96 instead of 23.976 and so on)

New in RipBot264 1.9.8 (Jun 10, 2008)

  • Added: avi,divx,mkv,mp4 decoded via FFmpegSource (except mkv with VC1)
  • Added: Pulldown flags detection in VOB (if detected VOB will be treated as Film)
  • Added: Joining splitted evos
  • Added: Possibility to disable m2ts splitting via .ini
  • Fixed: evo video remuxing
  • Fixed: pcm audio after demuxing from m2ts was not converted to flac
  • Fixed: DTS size calculation (BETA2)
  • Updated: x264 r877

New in RipBot264 1.9.7 (Jun 4, 2008)

  • Added: support for HD-DVD (*.evo)
  • Added: 4GB splitting for Blu-Ray (Reason: FAT32 on flashdrives)
  • Replaced: FGO with Psy RDO (Always enabled)
  • Updated: x264 r869 , MediaInfo v0.7.7.1

New in RipBot264 1.9.6 (May 28, 2008)

  • Added: .flv (flash video) support
  • Added: Chapters are now demuxed from .mkv and automatically used in Blu-Ray structure
  • Fixed: Jobs in some cases could have the same number.
  • Fixed: DTS calculation for Blu-ray (Still in Beta however)
  • Updated: x264 r859 , DGIndex 1.5.0 Final