StaxRip -> Version History

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Index:

• Version 1.1.7.2 beta (Nov 24, 2011)
• Version 1.1.7.1 Beta (May 25, 2011)
• Version 1.1.7.0 Beta (Sep 20, 2010)
• Version 1.1.6.9 Beta (Sep 1, 2010)
• Version 1.1.6.8 Beta (Aug 23, 2010)
• Version 1.1.6.7 Beta (Aug 10, 2010)
• Version 1.1.6.6 Beta (Jul 31, 2010)
• Version 1.1.6.4 Beta (Jul 16, 2010)
• Version 1.1.6 (Apr 22, 2010)
• Version 1.1.5.3 Beta (Apr 5, 2010)
• Version 1.1.5.2 Beta (Mar 9, 2010)
• Version 1.1.3 (Jan 4, 2010)
• Version 1.1.2.3 Beta (Dec 6, 2009)
• Version 1.1.2.2 Beta (Dec 3, 2009)
• Version 1.1.2.1 Beta (Nov 22, 2009)
• Version 1.1.2.0 Beta (Oct 27, 2009)
• Version 1.1.1.9 Beta (Oct 9, 2009)
• Version 1.1.1.8 Beta (Oct 9, 2009)
• Version 1.1.1.4 Beta (Aug 28, 2009)
• Version 1.1.1.3 Beta (Jul 24, 2009)
• Version 1.1.1.2 Beta (Jul 18, 2009)
• Version 1.x Beta 0406.1936 (Apr 7, 2009)
• Version 1.x Beta 1001.2303 (Oct 2, 2008)
• Version 1.x Beta 0918.1016 (Sep 18, 2008)
• Version 1.X Beta 0828.2201 (Aug 29, 2008)
• Version 1.1.0.0 (Jul 11, 2008)
• Version 1.X Beta 0710.1114 (Jul 11, 2008)
• Version 1.1.0.X Beta 0702.1835 (Jul 3, 2008)
• Version 1.1.0.X Beta 0618.0312 (Jun 18, 2008)
• Version 1.1.0.1 (May 28, 2008)
• Version 1.1.0.0 (May 27, 2008)
• Version 1.0.0.3 (Mar 6, 2008)
• Version 1.0.0.2 (Jan 7, 2008)
• Version 1.0.0.1 (May 27, 2007)
• Version 1.0.0.0 (Apr 29, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.9 (Apr 1, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.8 (Mar 29, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.7 (Feb 26, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.6 (Feb 17, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.5 (Jan 22, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.4 (Jan 16, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.3 (Jan 12, 2007)
• Version 0.9.9.2 (May 2, 2006)
• Version 0.9.9.1 (Apr 16, 2006)
• Version 0.9.9.0 (Mar 12, 2006)

• Release Date: Nov 24, 2011
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.7.2.7z
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 5.0.1
• Updated x264 to version r2106
• Updated ProjectX to version 0.91.0.00 (still no H.264 support)
• Updated MediaInfo to version 0.7.51.0
• Updated ffmpeg built at 2011-11-21
• Updated ffms2 to version 2.16
• Added GUI option for Vorbis 5.1 using ffmpeg
• Added setting to define style for menus and toolbars

• Release Date: May 25, 2011
• Updated MP4Box to version 0.4.6 that hopefully fixes sync problems
• Updated ffms2 to version 2.15 mt
• Updated x264 to version r1995
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 4.7.0
• Fixed bug 'DTS Express' format not detected
• Added option to modify existing cut selection, overlapping selections are merged

• Release Date: Sep 20, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.7.0_beta.7z
• Fixed trying to create forced subtitle files without Java being installed
• Fixed Java x64 not being detected
• Fixed StaxRip trying to use a network directory as temp files directory, opening a source from a network directory StaxRip will now ask for a local temp files directory
• Fixed native crash in the Event Commands editor happening with command having Boolean values
• Fixed bug failing to mux mono audio streams
• Updated Nero to version 1.5.4
• Updated x264 to r1724
• Changed default audio processing back to BeSweet for input formats supported by BeSweet, apparently it's more reliable then eac3to
• Changed start credits default to q=30, end credits q=35, reset preview dialog menu to force new defaults
• Enabled sup to sub conversion by default and silently omit execution in case Java isn't installed

• Release Date: Sep 1, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.6.9_beta.7z

• Release Date: Aug 23, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.6.8_beta.7z
• If StaxRip finds a vobsub subtitle containing forced captions it will create a separate vobsub file containing only forced subtitles using *_Forced.idx as filename
• Fixed bug PSP device setting not using --b-pyramid none. Encoder profiles weren't reset so either must be reset manually or the PSP profiles must be corrected manually
• Fixed UI bugs on small resolutions like Netbooks have
• Subtitles with unknown language use now undetermined instead of the current locale language
• Added warning regarding missing DirectShow filters
• Added support to use wmv as audio source file with 'just Mux' audio profile, it will mux WMA into MKV then
• Added option to downconvert to 16-bit (enabled by default)
• Updated x264 to r1698
• Updated eac3to to version 3.24

• Release Date: Aug 10, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.6.7_beta.7z
• Fixed bug trying to run DGIndexNV even though it's not installed
• Fixed bug same source file picked up for both audio tracks
• Fixed bug mkvmerge custom command line parameters with attachments added to MP4Box custom command line parameters
• Fixed bug subtitle preview in cropping dialog not showing subtitles due to MakeMKV created idx files not being compatible with vsfilter, also inserted subtitle filter after cropping both in the subtitle preview and in the add hardcoded subtitle feature in the main dialog
• Added WebM video encoder profile with simple GUI, WebM muxer profile and WebM template
• eac3to demuxer defaults now to mkv output, DGIndexNV, ffms2 and DSS can open it, DGAVCDEC can't
• Removed asking to demux video from MKV now using defaults, AVC and MPEG-2 is not demuxed since DSS, ffms2 and DGIndexNV can open it
• In case the first audio decoding method fails a second method is tried
• Changed shortcut for 'No Crop' in Cropping dialog to N and added new menu item 'Crop Options...' showing the crop options directly from the Cropping dialog
• In case the audio track language is undetermined StaxRip now first tries to find a track with language of the current locale as track 1 and english as track 2
• Improved source PAR detection for some formats

• Release Date: Jul 31, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.6.6_beta.7z
• Added option to convert Blu-ray subtitles to VobSub subtitles using BDSup2Sub (Options > Subtitles > Convert Sup to Sub)
• Added support for moving crop values into dgi file for GPU cropping (there is a question after the crop dialog closes)
• Added NV tools to applications dialog and launch menu
• Added source filter profiles DGSource 720p and DGSource 1024x576 but without reseting profiles
• Added option to force ffmpeg as audio encoder, mostly useful to decode
• Added warning appearing when the input format isn't supported by the audio encoder using the Execute feature in the audio dialog
• Added possibility to edit the location and version in the Applications dialog, see F1, F11, F12 shortcuts
• Added preview option in muxing dialog to preview subtitles with a external player including audio
• Added option to open SUP and VobSub subtitles with BDSup2Sub in the muxing dialog useful to take a look at the subtitle content
• Added display of file size for each subtitle file in the muxing dialog
• Fixed bug second audio track not being picked up
• Fixed bug audio delay not detected demuxing mkv
• Fixed bug Execute feature in audio dialog not working when no video source is loaded
• Fixed bug aspect ratio not properly detected for some source formats
• Updated x264 to r1683
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 4.2.0
• Updated ffmpeg to 2010-07-25
• Updated MediaInfo to version 0.7.35.0beta
• Reorganized muxing dialog
• Changed eac3to to be the default AAC encoder
• Disabled header compression for mkv muxing
• Playing the script at Tools > Play file > AviSynth script or in the Preview dialog at Tools > External Preview adds sound to the script using NicAudio if possible and resizes to set the aspect ratio if necessary. It's now also possible to play the script from the filters menu in the main dialog

• Release Date: Jul 16, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.6.4_beta.7z
• x264 updated to revision 1675
• Added workaround to make DGMultiSource work
• Added x264 switches open-gop, colorprim, transfer, colormatrix, overscan, videoformat, fullrange, pic-struct, chromaloc

• Release Date: Apr 22, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.6.7z
• Fixed crash making a comp. check with sources having a high bitrate
• Fixed crash streams in MKV sources containing titles using Unicode
• Fixed bitrate not set using DivX ASP anamorphic (patch by Nico Hanus)
• Fixed DivX container not acception invariant language (patch by Nico Hanus)
• Fixed DivX ASP new fast first pass mode not working (patch by Nico Hanus)
• Added setting to encode audio in parallel, disabled by default
• Added option to change sample rate in audio dialog
• Updated x264 to r1542, added Superfast preset, added --nal-hrd switch, added Blu-ray device and profile
• Updated mkvtoolnix to v3.3.0
• Updated eac3to to v3.18
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.30
• Updated ffmpeg to 2010-04-21

• Release Date: Apr 5, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.5.3_beta.7z
• Fixed crash making a comp. check with sources having a high bitrate
• Fixed crash streams in MKV sources containing titles using Unicode
• Added setting to encode audio in parallel, disabled by default
• Added option to change sample rate in audio dialog
• Updated x264 to r1510, added Superfast preset, added --nal-hrd switch, added Blu-ray device and profile
• Updated mkvtoolnix to v3.3.0
• Updated eac3to to v3.18
• Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.30

• Release Date: Mar 9, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.5.2_beta.7z
• Added eac3to GUI for Blu-ray demuxing
• Added feature to save thumbnails similar like the MPC feature, can be enabled in the options under Advanced > Image and customized in the settings under General > Advanced > Thumbnails. To generate thumbnails without processing a project go to Tools > Advanced > Batch generate thumbnails
• Added feature to cut using mkvmerge when just muxing is used and no encoding is performed, can be enabled in the muxer configuration
• Added feature to append code to Trim functions useful to add FadeIn/FadeOut (Options > Advanced > Filters)
• Added support for file extensions containing non word characters, *.thd+ac3 for instance
• Added support muxing Blu-ray audio formats
• Added better default handling for various formats
• Added option to encode audio to Flac using eac3to
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.2.0 ('Beginnings')
• Updated x264 to r1471. Reset video encoder profiles because the default for --b-pyramid was changed to normal in x264. Projects/jobs/templates are not reset.

• Release Date: Jan 4, 2010
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.3.7z
• Added new GUI for audio with AC3 support using eac3to. The new GUI will serve as foundation for better Blueray and AVCHD support in future versions
• Added possibility to use shift key to crop 8 pixel instead of 2 pixel while cropping using mousewheel. Added menu item in crop dialog to remove all cropping. Added DAR display in crop dialog status display
• Added display for target DAR, PAR and SAR in main dialog (SAR = Storage Aspect Ratio). Added display for Source DAR in main dialog. Mod values are only displays when differ from 16/16
• Added DGMPGDEC 1.5.7 and changed it to run hidden reporting progress to StaxRip
• Improved user interface to match Vista/Win 7 look and feel.
• Improved handling of various input formats
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 3.0.0
• Updated x264 to r1376
• Moved preparers from project options to settings
• Fixed application dialog slow loading, high memory usage and crashes on faulty systems
• Fixed not taking notice of script changes resulting in different image size, framerate, length etc.
• Fixed bug force film detection being broke
• Various other minor fixes, improvements and updates

• Release Date: Dec 6, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.2.3_beta.7z
• Added option to the profiles dialog to batch move profiles out of and into sub menus
• Added new AviSynth plugins and filter profiles
• Added new handling to deal with settings stored with old versions
• Added better help integration
• Replaced AviSynth plugin auto loading with manual loading
• Fixed crashes reported by various users

• Release Date: Dec 3, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.2.2_beta.7z
• Added option to force source display aspect ratio
• Added option to force static crop values
• Added option to show an application's help file in the Applications dialog
• Added support for sub menus in the filter menu
• Added various new AviSynth filters profiles
• Added various new audio and video profiles and changed menu structure
• Added menu to choose image size in main dialog
• Added menu to override the auto detection of the source PAR
• Added task dialog to quickly find and perform the following tasks: batch encode files using audio profiles, copy macros, reset settings, show the help file of application, launch a application, open the directory of a application, show the website of a application
• Added option to play various files (Tools / Play File)
• Added option to show various files (Tools / Show File)
• Added option to show media info on various files (Tools / Media Info)
• Added x264 zones feature to preview
• Added support for OGM sources
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.9
• Updated x264 to rev 1354
• Fixed bug AAC decoding not working, now using FAAD2 instead of ffmpeg
• Fixed crash using the auto overcrop feature used in the iPod template
• Fixed bug causing mkv demuxing to fail on unusual ordered streams
• Fixed bug preventing DGMultiSource to be used
• Changed TS AVC handling from DGAVCDEC to DirectShow

• Release Date: Nov 22, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.2.1_beta.7z
• Added support for DivX Plus, iPod, iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360 and Zune
• Added support for .NET 3.5 Client Profile which is much smaller than the full framework
• Added new FAQ at wikispaces which is a very good free wiki service
• Added x264 version 1342 with new option --weightp
• Added DGMPGDEC version 1.5.6
• Fixed bug aspect ratio not properly detected for some HD sources
• Fixed bug command line import in x264 dialog not working properly
• Fixed bug MKV demuxing not working properly
• Fixed bug AAC decoding not working properly
• Fixed bug DirectShow decoding not working properly
• Fixed bug showing too big commandlink buttons on XP
• Fixed bug pausing/resuming processes not working properly
• Fixed bug AVCSource() being forced for dga files preventing NV tools usage

• Release Date: Oct 27, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.2.0_beta.7z
• Fixed x264 command line generation for --nr and --rc-lookahead switches
• Updated x264 to rev 1310 and added new options for --b-pyramid
• Improved default handling for various source formats

• Release Date: Oct 9, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.1.9_beta.7z
• Fixed some labels not updated in the x264 dialog and reorganized some controls

• Release Date: Oct 9, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.1.8_beta.7z
• Added iPod/iPhone template
• Changed x264 dialog to update all options choosing presets/profiles/tunings
• Removed aborting in case muxing failed

• Release Date: Aug 28, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.1.4.7z
• Added Vista TaskDialog support
• Added Search and Go To feature in x264 dialog
• Added tooltips in x264 dialog
• Added option to import/export profiles to profiles dialog
• Added support for m4a output using custom command lines
• Updated x264 to r1222 and added support for 4 new x264 features
• Updated VirtualDub to version 1.9.4
• Updated MP4Box
• Fixed crash auto crop failing, now showing just error message
• Fixed project files being saved in startup directory using batch mode

• Release Date: Jul 24, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.1.3beta.7z
• Vista CommandLink buttons enabled, looks worse on XP now...
• Updated x264 to 1184 and added new AQ mode Auto-variance
• Added reset button in external applications dialog to reset the location
• Added checkboxes to setup dialog to control what to setup
• Added context menu in x264 dialog to copy the command line
• Fixed bug user privileges wrong detected leading to fail registering YV12 decoder
• Fixed setup issues on Win XP

• Release Date: Jul 18, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.1.2beta.7z
• Fixed bug AviSynth plugins setup failing on 64bit systems
• Updated x264 to version 1179
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.9.7
• Updates x264 features reflecting recent x264 changes

• Release Date: Apr 7, 2009
• Download(s):
  StaxRip.beta.0406.1936.exe
• Updated x264
• Updated x264 profiles
• Added option to define directory for temporary files and to delete it after the encoding
• Updated DGAVXDec to version 1.0.2
• Profiles dialog supports now multiselect and shortcuts to move and delete profiles
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.3.0
• Updated Nero AAC Encoder to version 1.3.3.0
• Reorganized X264 dialog
• Some x264 options updated/added
• Always visible command line preview in x264 dialog with highlighting of changed options
• Speed and quality hints for common x264 options
• Updated Sharktooth's x264 profiles to version 80
• Full Support for some privat alpha H.264 encoder

• Release Date: Oct 2, 2008
• Download(s):
  StaxRip.beta.1001.2303.exe
• Updated mkvtoolnix to version 2.3.0
• Updated x264 to 979
• Reorganized X264 dialog
• Some x264 options updated/added
• Always visible command line preview in x264 dialog with highlighting of changed options
• Speed and quality hints for common x264 options
• Updated Sharktooth's x264 profiles to version 80
• Finally a option to create a temporary directory
• Full Support for some privat alpha H.264 encoder

• Release Date: Sep 18, 2008
• Updated x264 to 979
• Reorganized X264 dialog
• Some x264 options updated/added
• Always visible command line preview in x264 dialog with highlighting of changed options
• Speed and quality hints for common x264 options
• Updated Sharktooth's x264 profiles to version 80
• Finally a option to create a temporary directory
• Full Support for some privat alpha H.264 encoder

• Release Date: Aug 29, 2008
• Updated x264 to 951
• Updated Sharktooth's x264 profiles
• Finally a option to create a temporary directory
• Full Support for some privat alpha H.264 encoder

• Release Date: Jul 11, 2008
• Download(s):
  StaxRip_1.1.1.0.exe
• Added support for custom source PAR
• Many fixes and Improvements regarding various source formats
• Many minor fixes and improvements
• x264 updated to 900
• DGAVCDec updated to 1.0.0a26 (info)
• Some new MKV features added (info)
• Tooltip added to tray icon showing console output (info)
• Preparers can define which formats to be used and which not
• Various aspect ratio fixes and improvements
• VirtualDub updated to 1.8.1 (info)
• Pass through encoder improved to handle not only previously encoded project but also source files
• Since the pass through encoder was improved StaxRip can now be used to (batch) remux source files.
• MediaInfo updated to version 0.7.7.2, it fixes reading aspect ratio from anamorphic avi source files
• Some fixes and improvements picking up audio files
• Added MP4 demuxing, improved MKV demuxing
• Added support for more then one IDX (vobsub) file (info)
• Added support to reorder IDX (vobsub) subtitles (info)
• Various setup fixes and improvements (info, info, info)
• Many useful directories added to the main menu
• A couple of improved tooltips (info)
• Fixed two bugs with adding jobs from a second StaxRip instance (info, info)
• New command to play a sound file (info)

• Release Date: Jul 11, 2008
• Many minor fixes and improvements
• x264 updated to 892
• DGAVCDec updated to 1.0.0a26 (info)
• Some new MKV features added (info)
• Tooltip added to tray icon showing console output (info)
• Preparers can define which formats to be used and which not
• Various aspect ratio fixes and improvements
• VirtualDub updated to 1.8.1 (info)
• Many fixes and Improvements regarding various source formats
• Pass through encoder improved to handle not only previously encoded project but also source files
• Since the pass through encoder was improved StaxRip can now be used to (batch) remux source files.
• MediaInfo updated to version 0.7.7.2, it fixes reading aspect ratio from anamorphic avi source files
• Some fixes and improvements picking up audio files
• Added MP4 demuxing, improved MKV demuxing
• Added support for more then one IDX (vobsub) file (info).
• Added support to reorder IDX (vobsub) subtitles (info).
• DGAVCDec was updated to version 1.00a23 (info)
• Various setup fixes and improvements (info, info, info)
• Many useful directories added to the main menu
• A couple of improved tooltips (info)
• Fixed two bugs with adding jobs from a second StaxRip instance (info, info)
• New command to play a sound file (info)

• Release Date: Jul 3, 2008
• Many minor fixes and improvements
• x264 updated to 892
• DGAVCDec updated to 1.0.0a26 (info)
• Some new MKV features added (info)
• Tooltip added to tray icon showing console output (info)
• Preparers can define which formats to be used and which not
• Various aspect ratio fixes and improvements
• VirtualDub updated to 1.8.1 (info)
• Many fixes and Improvements regarding various source formats
• Pass through encoder improved to handle not only previously encoded project but also source files
• Since the pass through encoder was improved StaxRip can now be used to (batch) remux source files.

• Release Date: Jun 18, 2008
• MediaInfo updated to version 0.7.7.2, it fixes reading aspect ratio from anamorphic avi source files
• Some fixes and improvements picking up audio files
• Added MP4 demuxing, improved MKV demuxing
• Added support for more then one IDX (vobsub) file (info).
• Added support to reorder IDX (vobsub) subtitles (info).
• Various aspect ratio fixes and improvements
• DGAVCDec was updated to version 1.00a23 (info)
• Various setup fixes and improvements (info, info, info)
• Many useful directories added to the main menu
• A couple of improved tooltips (info)
• Fixed two bugs with adding jobs from a second StaxRip instance (info, info)
• New command to play a sound file (info)

• Release Date: May 28, 2008
• Fixed bug changes to the audio command line don't get saved

• Release Date: May 27, 2008
• 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

• Release Date: Mar 6, 2008
• 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 ofDGIndex 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

• Release Date: Jan 7, 2008
• StaxRip is now distributed with a installer checking if .NET framework 3.5 is installed. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to make the auto updater of the old version beware of setup versions so the first setup version has to be downloaded manually
• The following external applications were updated: NeroAACEnc, DGMPEGDEC, DivX, MP4Box, XviD, x264, VirtualDub, MKVtoolnix. Furthermore more applications are hosted by myself since my webspace now has unlimited traffic
• A bug was fixed causing a crash using the 'Edit' feature in the profiles dialog
• A bug was fixed regarding the setup, settings location, local and roaming application data directory
• A bug was fixed with the turkish and maybe other locales causing a crash while encoding
• A bug was fixed causing StaxRip to auto resize the image size even when this feature was disabled
• A bug was fixed not allowing to define the escape key as shortcut in the menu editor
• The 'Deblock' filter of DGIndex was added to the profile defaults
• On a crash StaxRip now saves the active project silently instead of showing a dialog asking to save which had a recursion issue. On next startup the crashed project gets loaded automatically

• Release Date: May 27, 2007
• The mkv muxer supports now text subtitles which can be reordered and edited in place and are loaded automatically
• There is now a option to define the maximum aspect ratio error
• A bug was fixed causing StaxRip to crash on exit
• A bug was fixed causing StaxRip to crash while trying to shutdown after encoding
• A bug was fixed that occured when only some streams were extracted with VSRip instead of all streams
• The main dialog displays now more friendly profile names
• All x264 profiles use now auto for threads
• VirtualDub was updated to version 1.6.18
• DivX was updated to version 6.6.1
• Some fixes and improvements for minor issues or less common scenarios

• Release Date: Apr 29, 2007
• Fixed bug with AVI source files having more than one audio stream. For such sources only the last stream was demuxed
• Updated to another silent DivX update
• Updated to x264 rev 654
• Since the local and roaming application data directories has better names under Vista the setup has now options for both
• Minor improvements regarding setup and error handling

• Release Date: Apr 1, 2007
• Command Line was broke due to a command handling bug
• Another command handling bug causing StaxRip to crash if a menu was reused instead of reseted while updated from an old StaxRip version
• The homepage was updated from Drupal 4.7.2 to Drupal 5.1, it uses the garland theme now

• Release Date: Mar 29, 2007
• Some fixes to make StaxRip working with a restricted user account
• Some fixes to make StaxRip work loading all AviSynth plugins manually
• Added support for custom macros, the value of custom macros may contain default macros
• Added a eval macro that evaluates a VBScript expression
• Added context menu to tray icon to enable/disable jobs that follow the running job
• mkvtoolnix updated to 2.0.2-1
• MediaInfo 0.7.4.5 added
• Fixed Vista crash due to wrong use of MediaInfo (thx to paulotwo for providing the patch)
• New command 'Perform/Delete Files', new event 'Application Exit', new macros %install_dir% and %download_dir%. With all that a event command could be created to delete all zip files from the download directory on application exit as keeping them is usually pointless. The command can also be used to delete temp files after encoding
• Updated to another silent DivX update
• Fixed bug with the pause feature which pauses external processes
• Fixed bug causing non film material to be detected as film
• Fixed bug audio encoding with multiline command line didn't work
• As usual many more minor changing not mention otherwhile

• Release Date: Feb 26, 2007
• Sharktooth's x264 profiles were updated
• New and much improved AviSynth filter editor
• In case a AviSynth plugin is loaded with 'LoadPlugin'
• StaxRip now won't insist that the plugin is located in the auto plugin loading directory
• There was a issue with vob files in file browsers and the new directory batch feature
• NeroAacEnc was updated to the latest version
• Instead of blindly setting default values StaxRip askes now several setup questions
• The 'Encode' command does now add a new job and runs the job list. The 'Add Job' command now doesn't show a warning about the assistant not completed when called from the command line

• Release Date: Feb 17, 2007
• Drog & Drop triggering longer processing won't any longer block the drag source
• Reshowing the hidden windows by clicking on the tray icon does put the windows now in the foreground on top of all other windows
• The crop dialog can be opened even if the crop filter is disabled or missing
• The controls in the main dialog get now updated when filter settings are changed, e.g. if crop is disabled, zoom values get updated or if the resize filter is disabled, the image size get adjusted to size of the cropped image
• Target path is verified to not contain invalid characters
• The editor to edit AviSynth filter profiles was replaced with a simplier ini based editor
• Entering illegal filesystem characters as target file is no longer possible
• The option 'Dangerous/Save Cropping' was reseted and renamed to 'Advanced Automation/Auto correct crop values'
• Event Commands allows to define a command to be executed on a defined event. Furthermore criteria can be defined to execute the command only if certain criteria is matched. Some commands where renamed and some are new. This means command line parameters have changed so please check your command lines
• More tooltips, new option to disable tooltips, if disabled a right-click still shows a tooltip, more controls support now tooltip with right-click
• 'What's this help' (the quotation mark title bar button/quotation mark mouse pointer to show context help/tooltips) got dumped. This button shows now the help document of the dialog. Almost all new Microsoft applications do this now, StaxRip has right-click tooltips (even for main/context menus, toolbars and most other controls) and now also popup tooltips (can be disabled in the settings).
• Gradient colors are now system color bases, that means theme colors.
• All dialogs respond to the 'Escape' key for closing the dialog and F1 for showing the help (all dialogs are derived from the same base dialog now)
• The features in the dialog to open source files should now be more transparent and better documented and most importantly it has a new feature 'Directory Batch' which processes multiple directories where every directory is processed as seperate source
• DivX updated to version 6.5.1
• The 'Show Command Line' feature in the muxer dialogs were showing wrong command lines
• When vobsubs were disabled in VSRip the ones after the disabled ones were broke
• There was a annoying directory browser asking for a DivX directory constantly

• Release Date: Jan 22, 2007
• mkvtoolnix 2.0.0 added, StaxRip can handle now raw x264 streams
• MP4Box 0.4.3_2006-11-15 added
• Additionally to the 'Default Target Directory' project option there is now a 'Default Target Name' option. The value of both options may contain macros which can be choosen from a new menu containing friendly names
• The button to open a source in the main dialog shows the 'Source Files' dialog directly instead of displaying a context menu. To show the file browser directly the text box can be double clicked, the file browser shown here supports multiselect, multible files will be alphabetically ordered. Hovering the mouse over text boxes in the main dialog shows a hint that the text box can be double clicked
• Check for updates can be performed manually ('Help/Check For Updates')
• Lanczos4Resize added to the filter profiles as 'Very Sharp'
• Saving a template profile from now on flags the active project as saved so StaxRip won't any longer bother asking to save
• The title bar shows now always the name of the template used
• Auto Resze is now restricted to not resize the width higher as the source width (only applied if the source width is higher than 576). Please report a Issue if this is a limitation for you
• Improved initial directory for file browser dialogs

• Release Date: Jan 16, 2007
• Fix: CLI (command line interface) was broke due to a feature introduced by version 0.9.9.3
• Fix: DivX certification profile with no restriction combined with 1 pass quality based encoding was broke
• x264 --threads auto added as default, because of this StaxRip will offer but not force to reset all video codec related settings.
• Update: DivX 6.4.0.51
• Update: AviSynth 2.5.7
• Update: VirtualDub 1.6.17

• Release Date: Jan 12, 2007
• Fix: Autodetection of NTSC film content was broke because of a change in DGIndex's d2v file format.
• Fix: The delay wasn't detected for muxing profiles and thus wasn't detected for AC3
• Fix: FluxSmooth wasn't detected as requirement
• Automatic internet updates are now fully supported. When StaxRip starts it checks the internet if there is a new StaxRip version available. If a new version is available it downloads and installs it automatically after a user confirmation.
• New setup wizard with Vista like command buttons so the user don't have to bother with a next button and got the tooltip right on the button.
• New DGIndex feature to use relative file paths is now supported in that all AviSynth scripts are written to the source directory
• External Applications get the message that informs about wrong versions back enabled after downloading
• Anamorphic encoding: In case no auto resize is performed the resize value get adjusted to the image size actually used
• Crop dialog: Opening the crop dialog now disables the crop reminder assistant tip so the tip is skipped automatically and doesn't have to be clicked away with 'next' manually
• AAC uses now the new encoder by Nero
• x264 and AAC are now the default codecs
• x264: The 'Quality' value (--crf) of the profile 'Constant Quality' was changed from 20 to 22
• Jobs: Starting encoding has now to be started with the job dialog. Pressing 'Next' creates a job and opens the job dialog so the only thing left to do is pressing 'Start' in the job dialog
• Preview Dialog: New menu item and command added to the preview dialog to delete all selections at once
• Third party applications: Automatic detection of required applications located within MeGUI's tools directory
• Update: DGIndex/DGDecode was updated to version 1.4.8
• Update: x264 616
• Update: DivX 6.4
• Update: XviD 1.1.2
• Commands: The 'Add Job' command couln't be used from the menu

• Release Date: May 2, 2006
• The x264 dialog has been reorganized.
• The x264 switch '--bime' was added as 'B-Frames/Bidirectional ME'.
• The x264 switch '--no-fast-pskip' was added as 'Analysis/No Fast P Skip'.
• The x264 switch '--direct' was added as 'B-Frames/Direct Mode'.
• Updated x264 to revision 516 using sharktooth's build.
• DivX was updated to version 6.2.2.
• Opening a audio source file that has a filename containing the language will cause StaxRip to pick up the language from the filename so it's no longer necessary to set the language manually.
• Opening a source file while another source file is already open will show a dialog to select a template from. Previously just a warn message appeared asking to load a template first.
• The options dialog has several new options allowing to disable certain assistant instructions. For now the following reminders can be disabled: crop, filters, cut and comp. check.
• When StaxRip shows a dialog for the very first time it will automatically show the help of the dialog. It's now possible to disable this behavior in the settings.
• For HDTV the image size is ofter larger then the monitor screen size, in that case StaxRip shows the crop dialog maximized fitting exactly the monintor size.
• The command 'Perform/Clear Jobs' was added allowing to clear the job list.
• The command 'Correct/ImageSize' was added. It changes the image size to the cropped image size in case no resize filter is used. This command is always performed after the crop dialog closes.
• The command 'Correct/Crop Mod' was added. It crops until crop width and height is a multiple of 4 or in case no resize filter is used 16.
• This command is always performed after the crop dialog closes.
• The command 'Perform/Add Job' was added allowing to add a job to the job list.
• The command 'Perform/Run Jobs' was added allowing to start encoding the jobs.
• The quality percent value that is used in conjunction with the compressibility check defaults now to 60% for XviD and DivX and 50% for x264. StaxRip will offer to reset all video encoder settings.
• StaxRip no longer uses a default project but allows to specify which template to load at startup.
• The main window supports now tooltips showed with a right-click or by using the 'What's this?' menu item (command: 'Help/What's This?').
• StaxRip will offer to reset the main menu to make this menu item show up.
• The automatic correction of crop values uses now two sides.
• The crop dialog shows now mod values and labels in the status bar.
• The menu editor uses now a menu instead of a drop down to select a command. The advantage of a menu is a hierarchical presentation and tooltip context help.
• Added project option 'Advanced/Dangerous/Save Cropping' to disable forcing save mod values for cropping.
• Updated the guides regarding multipass vs quality mode.
• The size menu in the main window has new default values allowing to set the size/bitrate based on a quality of 40/50/60/70/80% which can be useful for codecs with multipass better tuned then quality mode. StaxRip will offer to reset this setting.
• The audio settings for the PlayStation Portable were improved. StaxRip will offer to reset audio related settings.
• The profile menus support now a tree structure based on slash signs ('/') in the profile name. StaxRip forces to reset audio and video encoder profiles to have new profile names.
• The open files dialog supports now Drag & Drop to add files.
• Open the target directory after the encoding was removed because windows explorer might crash for unknown reasons.
• The dialog for opening source files has various new options for batch processing.
• The PayPal donation link was broke due to changes from PayPal.
• The 'More Guides' help document was updated with a italian guide.

• Release Date: Apr 16, 2006
• new: Crop dialog has a customizable menu like the main dialog and the preview.
• new: Crop dialog remembers the last video position.
• new: Crop dialog allows to crop opposite sides simultaneously.
• new: Main and context menus show tooltips.
• new: Default target directory option.
• new: The file types used for the 'Open' and 'Save As' dialogs can be customized in the settings.
• update: x264 490
• update: x264 profiles 2006-03-23
• update: DivX 6.2.1
• update: DivXMux 6.1 build 36
• update: VirtualDub 1.6.14
• change: No more Save dialogs for the job filename, it'll be based on the target filename.
• change: A couple of small AR related improvements.
• change: Little change in audio profiles that is only relevant for PMP, PMP muxer updated to 2.0 to support 2 audio tracks and MP3 VBR.

• Release Date: Mar 12, 2006
• new: Go To dialog in preview splitted in two different diaogs, one frame based and one time based.
• new: The script used to show infos in the preview can be customized in the advanced options.
• new: The actions available in the customizable menus are now called commands and are avaiable at the command line.
• new: Preview has a new menu item to copy the frame number of the current position to the clipboard. It is useful to create zones in the codec configuration e.g. to encode the credits at a high quantizer. The new commands and macros used for this menu item are indroduced below.
• new: Option for the threshold at which force film is used.
• new: Forced shutdown modes.
• new: MP3 enabled for MP4 container.
• new command : 'Show Message Box' with title, message and icon parameter, available globally.
• new command: 'Copy To Clipboard', available globally.
• new command: 'Perform Auto Crop', available in the main window and from the command line.
• new command: 'Perform Smart Crop', available in the main window and from the command line.
• new macro: '%pos_frame%' returns the current position of the preview in frames, available globally.
• fix: Applying IVTC filters and cutting caused audio being not synced.
• fix: BeSweet AAC problem using Nero 7 because of missing MFC71.dll which is now always copied to the BeSweet dir.
• fix: Changed all AAC audio profiles to use the dimzon plugin to workaround problems with Nero 7.
• fix: 100% film sources wasn't detected as such.
• change: Renamed 'Post Processing Mode' to back to 'Batch Mode' and tested, improved and fixed this mode.
• change: x264 version updated.
• change: Preparer to demux AVI supports now multiple input files.