StaxRip 1.1.1.3 Beta

4.6 out of 5 stars 4.6 (69 votes)

BETA (July 24, 2009)

Windows 2000/XP / Open Source / 4,355 downloads

StaxRip can easily convert your DVD's, DVB or DV captures or almost any other source format. As a open source application StaxRip is completely free. Supported video formats are: DivX, XviD, x264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4. Supported audio formats: MP3, AC3, MP2/MPA, AAC, DTS, WAV, Ogg Vorbis. Supported container formats: AVI, MP4, MPG, MKV, DIVX.

Reviews of StaxRip

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    catchpole

    Reviewing 1.1.1.3 Beta (Aug 3, 2009)

    ehhh...."great" reason Dana1....

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    Young Strider

    Reviewing 1.1.1.2 Beta (Jul 21, 2009)

    Wow! Great to see some life again in the best of ALL encoding front-ends !

    Thanks stax !

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    some guy

    Reviewing 1.1.1.2 Beta (Jul 21, 2009)

    great stuff

    guy or girl bellow
    you crack be up any good compression software will open a 7-zip file so rule of the thumb, get a real archiver lol

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Dana1

    Reviewing 1.1.1.2 Beta (Jul 20, 2009)

    This looks like it would be a fantastic program. However, I do not feel that a person should be forced to install another piece of software on his / her system to uncompress this program. I am not a huge fan of 7 Zip. Therefore, No StaxRip for me.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    fredlkrue

    Reviewing 1.1.0.0 (May 27, 2008)

    also support for vista.. full change log:
    http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/changelog

    1.1.0.0 (2008-05-27)

    * x264 updated to 859
    * DGMPEGDEC updated to version 1.5.0
    * The filter list control can be double-clicked in the empty area below the filters to add new filters
    * Added support for creating jobs with a second StaxRip instance
    * Fixed audio settings dialog command line preview not reflecting all changed parameters
    * Added command to set the maximum value of the target image resize slider
    * Menu item added in preview to set the end credits
    * Fixed various aspect ratio related bugs occuring with HD sources
    * Added support for image subtitles for MP4
    * Fixed shutdown being broke by XP SP3
    * Fixed broken Quick Search dialog which didn't set the selected path
    * mkvtoolnix updated to version 2.2.0
    * Downloading a external application will now delete the install files of the previous version
    * Fixed bug StaxRip asking for ProjectX and Java even when ProjectX is disabled
    * x264 profiles updated
    * Controls for various x264 switches added
    * Import of x264 profiles added
    * Yadif AviSynth filter added
    * Fixed bug in calculations occuring when crop values are set but the filter is disabled or missing
    * The aspect ratio display in the main dialog displays now the PAR
    * Support for using AviSynth scripts as source file
    * Distribution is now only three files (StaxRip.exe, Stax.dll, ReadFirst!.txt), 7-Zip archive is only 310 KB!
    * The .NET library to unpack zip files was replaced with 7-Zip to unpack external application
    * The Issue modul got dumped because of several issues, a forum is used instead for support now
    * The documents directory was removed, all docs are now online or created dynamically
    * Online links in the help browser are now opened with the default browser
    * Feature to add and remove file associations (main menu under 'Tools')
    * Couple of cosmetic changes in the main dialog
    * ProjectX updated to 0.90.2
    * Vorbis updated to TuVb5.5
    * Added possibility to copy seperators in the menu editor
    * DivX settings of old DivX versions will be reused with new DivX versions.
    * Various new macros and commands added
    * Split of output file added for XviD/DivX AVI output
    * MKV preparer added demuxing all streams using mkvextract
    * DGAVCIndex preparer added
    * The muxing profiles were replaced with a universal muxing profile that auto detects the stream type
    * New option which output mod to force, this was hardcoded to 16 previously
    * The range of the resize slider is adjusted automatically according the source image size
    * Improved assistant tips
    * TomsMoComp motion compensating deinterlace filter added
    * Improved Vista UAC handling
    * The mode in the dialog to open source files was changed to use large command buttons instead of a small list box
    * The profile 'Misc/No Encoding' was replaced with 'x264 pass through and 'AVI pass through'
    * New option to use NicAudio as alternative cutting method for mp2 and ac3
    * The x264 fixed size and constant quality profiles are now based on the HQ-Slow profile
    * MP4Box was downgraded since the used versions had some issues
    * Fixed assistant complaining the image size isn't mod 16 even when it is
    * The crop and preview dialog have improved startup dimensions for HD sources
    * With auto resize disabled StaxRip will now auto adjust the height according to the aspect ratio
    * New option to limit the aspect ratio to a defined value to auto crop the width instead
    * Fixed a bug with three pass encoding
    * Fixed crash caused by applications like TrueCrypt creating virtual hard drives
    * The preview can now show the display aspect ratio for anamorphic sources
    * The preview has now a menu to toggle between aspect ratios for anamorphic sources
    * The video and the window position of the crop and in the preview dialog is now remembered
    * The page in the x264 dialog is remembered
    * The external preview menu in the preview use now KMPlayer or MPC passing the current video position
    * Added setting to use double-click instead of single-click for the tray icon, the default remains single-click
    * When the process window is hidden in the tray, all applications will now be started hidden
    * Added button to the processing dialog showing a menu to disable jobs
    * The MKV and MP4 container settings have a option to add additional command line switches
    * The x264 dialog has a feature to manage custom switches more convenient
    * Automatic VobSub is now always performed if the option is enabled
    * Changing encoding settings from quality mode to multi pass and back updates the menu now
    * Changing the encoder will keep the muxer if compatible
    * Improved verifications to prevent users from problems
    * Improved diagnostics to help users better with errors
    * Most command line applications are executed hidden showing the output on the log dialog

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