StaxRip Tutorial

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StaxRip allows you to easily convert your DVD's, DVB or DV captures or almost any other source format.StaxRip is a software that allows you capture and convert DVD files. 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
This is a tutorial for ripping movies.

Go to the Staxrip folder and run Staxrip.exe


Click Tools | External Applications


Install each one of the External Applications, until the status of each one says either OK or Unknown Version





For me the following Pop-Up came, but since I have new versions of these programs, I am not worried. Just close this Dialog Box.


Now Staxrip is properly installed. Click Close on the External Applications Screen to go back to the main Staxrip Screen.
Now..goto
1. Click Profiles
2. Click Encoder
3. Click Xvid
4. Click Exact File Size


1. Click Profiles
2. Click Container
3. Click AVI


1. Click Profiles
2. Click Audio 1
3. Click MP3
4. Click VBR 110-150kbps (I use VBR MP3 audio for 1CD rips)


1. Click Profiles
2. Audio 2
3. Click No Audio


1. Click the Audio Drop-Down Box
2. Click Edit


In the Audio Settings,
1. Set the bitrate to 96kbps
2. Click OK


1. Right-Click on Resize
2. Click on Very Sharp to select the Lanczos4Resize resizing filter
3. Drag the Resize Slider to 576 by XXX (My preferred size for 1CD rips – You can also set this to 640 by XXX if you prefer – Most 2CD rips are 640 by XXX)


Right-Click in a blank area in the Filters box, then Click Add to add a new filter


In the Add filters box -
1. Click Noise
2. Click Medium


Now Let us save this Project Template -
1. Click File
2. Click Save Project as Template...

Name you Template and Save it.


It is now time for our first rip – I will be encoding a Hindi Movie – Satya – Just follow along ...
Start Staxrip.
Then choose your template -
1. Click File
2. Click Template Projects
3. Select your custom template (Hindi_Movie in my case)


I use DVDdecrypter most of the time to copy all the dvd files onto the hard drive. The files for Satya are like this -


As you can see the Main movie files are VTS_01_1.VOB – VTS_01_5.VOB (VTS_01_0.VOB is junk most of the time). These files have to be loaded into Staxrip.
In Staxrip, you can use the Assistant at the bottom to do most of the operations. Click the Assistant to open the source file.


Make sure Mode is set to “combine files”, then click ADD


Browse to the (Satya) DVD folder.
1. Then select the VOB files. You can hold down the CONTROL-Key to select multiple files.
2. Then Click OPEN.


Click OK.


DGIndex will start (in the background) and the Staxrip log will show that Audio is being extracted and the Index file is being created.
This will take a few minutes, so just wait for it to finish.

The Input Video file has been loaded and the Audio file has also been loaded.

You can change the name of the Output file, using the Target Box.
1. This movie is very long, so I have lowered the Audio Bitrate to 64kbps (Do you remember how to Edit the Audio Bitrate?
2. We need to check the Crop, so click the box marked 2


In this case, the AutoCrop did not work as expected, so I have to adjust the crop to remove the black bars on the top and bottom




Look for interlacing lines while the Crop screen is open. You will see them in areas of motion


Click CLOSE to go back to the Staxrip Main Screen.
I Do you see the Orange bar marked 1? This indicates a Aspect Ratio Error, and the Assistant at the bottom tells you how to fix it also.
2. Drag the Slider marked 2 to adjust the Aspect Ratio.
3. You remember that we have to De-interlace? Check the box marked 3 to enable de-interlacing.


Everything is now Fixed. Click NEXT to continue


Next few screens involve Cutting and Compressibility Check. No need for either of them.
I do cut the Input Video sometimes to get some more video bitrate
I never run a Compressibility Test.
Click NEXT a few more times and add the JOB. Then Click START to run the job


Now sit back for a few hours while the job is run. You can watch the Staxrip Log Window to see the status of the job.


Your AVI must be ready now!!!!!!!!
Modify this guide slightly to make a 2CD rip.
1. Set the target size to 1400 (change it from 700).
2. For 2CD rip, I mostly use 128kbps CBR MP3 audio. Click Profiles | Audio 1 | MP3 | CBR 128 kbps
3. Also Resize to 640 by XXX.