(based on 17 reviews)

StaxRip 1.1.6

Rated 40/50 by LRN at Jan 7, 2008

Good, new version! I expected more features though, not just bugfixes. About audio synchronization: it is out of the scope of such applications to fix audio sync. Some DVDs introduce empty audio-less video frames and such (i don't know why). And since DVD is being read by DGDecode (as a raw video sequence), it is not possible to detect and fix such things. I don't know what NeroRecode does to make things work, but it's certainly something non-trivial.

Rated 20/50 by yokozuna at Jan 7, 2008

Unfortunately I have to share similar opinion to anomoly. I am very disappointed by the open source apps for encoding to H.264 (or rather x264). FairUse Wizard has not been updated for a long time, MkvMagic (and its derivates like AutoMKV, etc.), MeGUI and StaxRip often do not work. They all have problems similar to some Linux distros - "the hell of dependencies". Put simply the app suggest to update something but the problem is that after the update the whole puzzle does not work. Going back is very hard or even impossible. Frankly, no open source app was able to recode my "1984" movie to H.264 and I had to ask for help my sister who uses Nero Recode. I think that Handbrake is the best among open source apps, but it is in it's early stage of development (at least Win builds). I hope it is going to get better. 0.02$

Rated 50/50 by fredlkrue at Jan 7, 2008

Keeps getting better and better.

Rated 50/50 by fredlkrue at Mar 5, 2008

Changelog... • Updated x264 profiles and encoder version • Automatic aspect ratio signaling added for DivX, that mean it's supported for all codecs now • DivX is the only application I don't host myself. StaxRip links to the download provided at divx.com. The reason is it's 15 MB big. Unfortunately there are silent updates very often. While silent updates usually work with StaxRip, the version detection complains. I've added a special handling for DivX now to handle this issue. StaxRip don't require the exact but a minimum version now for DivX • Automatic subtitle demuxing using VSRip added • The profiles dialog has a button now to clone profiles • Muxing audio profiles are now editable from the audio profiles dialog in order to edit the stream type • MPA and MP2 were added to be valid stream types for the MP4Box muxer • Warning added to be shown when trying to open files containing character in the filename the command line parser of DGIndex can't cope with • The embedded folder browser used to select directories to batch process shows now volume names and hides hidden folders • The delay macro was only available in the scope of the audio settings, there are now three global macros delay, delay1 and delay2. The help of the audio settings dialog explains now the different scope • %bitrate% macro added to be used in the audio settings dialog • The filters dialog, script editor in the filters dialog and the audio settings dialog remember their size • The filter editor in the main dialog shows a script editor on double-click instead of enable/disable the filter. The filter dialog shows the script editor with a left-click while pressing Ctrl • Improved support running StaxRip with limited user privilegs which is the normal case under Vista

Rated 30/50 by TGB72 at Mar 31, 2008

Since v1.0.0.2 Staxrip needs .Net Framework 3.5. I'm really tired of have to update .Net for 1 app. I'll stick to Staxrip 1.0.0.1.

Rated 50/50 by fredlkrue at 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 ch

Rated 10/50 by Dana1 at 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.

Rated 50/50 by Young Strider at Jul 21, 2009

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

Rated 50/50 by some guy at 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

Rated 50/50 by catchpole at Aug 3, 2009

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

Rated 50/50 by TGB72 at Dec 3, 2009

Staxrip is back and now better than ever.

Rated 50/50 by RitoSwan at Dec 4, 2009

fantastic media converter front-end. Stax knows how to make easy to use interfaces, and it's constantly getting better. Produces the best x264 and xvid encoding of all converters.

Rated 20/50 by niknetpc at Jan 10, 2010

I believe this is the best rip software, but this app crashes all the time when i try add some files for conversion,finally PC do not boot properly and i got start up repair. Use with caution!

Rated 50/50 by Bart Welson at Feb 14, 2010

The definite king in conversion. Forget about the buggy MeGUI's or other RipBots or HDConvertToX's. StaxRip beats them all on usability, clean layout, clever programming, quality of results, and it's not filled with countless bugs like all the others.

Rated 20/50 by Banquo at Apr 6, 2010

Was unable to use it, crashed every time when trying to select ffdshow.

Rated 50/50 by YoungOldies at Apr 6, 2010

The best of all movie conversion tools.

Rated 20/50 by DudeBoyz at Aug 10, 2010

Larger than it should be / needs to be, and there are plenty of other alternatives that do not require DOT NET 3.5x and are therefore More stable, More memory efficient and run faster / better. A decent open source app should be with self contained libraries (C / C++, etc) not reliant on and bound by a slow, buggy, trudging API. If it was not free, it would not even be worth considering.