are there any known issues with beSweet's -payload a/o list-files?

[guru1968]

Hi DSPguru and others!

I just went through the beSweet FAQ over-and-over again, but couldn't find a matching line...

According to the FAQ, joining multiple audio files of the same kind w/o any alteration is only a matter of a plain-ASCII list-file and option '-payload' - or did I mis-understand anything so far?

okay - I need a special VOBInput.dll which I got now, but:
>> when trying to join .ac3 files it only writes the very first input-file into the output and then just hangs and wastes a lot of CPU time (the output byte-count line is continuously flickering, but NOT increasing)!
>> when trying to join .wav files it complains about:
"Error 32: No input-data was found (wrong substream?)"
>> when trying to CONVERT this wav-list into .ac3 it generates a GPF!

I'm using beSweet v1.5b15 now but this STILL does not work (e.g. joining .ac3's never worked with any version so far!)
@ Windows XP Pro SP1 (german)

The input-streams are okay - in fact, they were generated via beSweet itself previously...

any help appreciated!

Gr33tz,
guru

[DSPguru]

Originally posted by guru1968
I just went through the beSweet FAQ over-and-over again, but couldn't find a matching line...you probably missed q1

[guru1968]

well - if you meant >1. I believe I found a bug...< then: WHAT if I'm not sure whether it's a bug or just a mis-use of the program? should I then ALSO submit a bug-report?
If you as the author consider every little non-working part of your program to be caused by a bug and not by the mis-use of parameters or whatever, then... then you're the noblest programmer I ever have met :)

However, here is the bug(?)-report:
- well, in fact: -payloading .WAV files work well in v1.4
<log version="v1.4">
BeSweet v1.4 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using hip.dll v1.13 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)

Logging start : 02/18/03 , 22:41:41.

C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetv1.4\BeSweet.exe -core( -input c:\LotR2\in.lst -output c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst -payload -logfile C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetGUI\BeSweet.log )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part1-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part2-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part3-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part4-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[ 32] Conversion Completed !
[00:03:16:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 02/18/03 , 22:44:57.
</log>,

but with v1.5b15 I got following log (GUI0.6b69)

<log version="v1.5b15">
BeSweet v1.5b15 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)

Logging start : 02/18/03 , 22:55:29.

C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetv1.5b15\BeSweet.exe -core( -input c:\LotR2\in.lst -output c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst -payload -logfile C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetGUI\BeSweet.log )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part1-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part2-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part3-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part4-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.lst
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
Error 32: No input-data was found (wrong substream?)
Quiting...
[00:00:00:000] Conversion Completed !
Logging ends : 02/18/03 , 22:55:29.
</log>

another 'problem' - but this time the GUI - is that when input is an .lst output is always also an .lst !

The fault which is raised upon trying to convert that list (same as above) to AC3 is following (beSweet v1.5b15):
<gpf>
AppName: besweet.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: ntdll.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.1106 Offset: 000255e9
</gpf>

This -- AGAIN -- actually *is* working with v1.4!!

<log version="v1.5b15"> (displayed after crash)
BeSweet v1.5b15 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using AC3enc.dll v0.21 by Fabrice Bellard (http://ffmpeg.org).

Logging start : 02/18/03 , 23:04:57.

C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetv1.5b15\BeSweet.exe -core( -input c:\LotR2\in.lst -output c:\temp\all-48_ok.ac3 -logfile C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetGUI\BeSweet.log ) -ac3enc( -b 224 ) -profile( ~~~~~ Default Profile ~~~~~ )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\LotR2\part1-48_ok.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\all-48_ok.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: No
[00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +------- AC3ENC ------
[00:00:00:000] | Bitrate method : CBR
[00:00:00:000] | AC3 bitrate : 224
[00:00:00:000] | Channels Mode : 5.1
[00:00:00:000] | Error Protection: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
</log>
what I noticed there is that the Channels Mode should *not* be 5.1 for a stereo-wav input...

well, finally -payloading a list of ac3 files...
<log version="v1.4">
BeSweet v1.4 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using hip.dll v1.13 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)

Logging start : 02/18/03 , 23:42:03.

C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetv1.4\BeSweet.exe -core( -input c:\LotR2\in.lst -output c:\temp\AUDIO_TS\part12-48.lst -payload -logfile C:\Program Files\DVD-Conversion\BeSweetGUI\BeSweet.log )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\temp\AUDIO_TS\part1-48.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\AUDIO_TS\part12-48.lst
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 2/0, Bitrate: 224kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 0.000dB, Compression: None
[00:00:00:000] | LFE levels: To LR -INF, To LFE 0.0dB
[00:00:00:000] | Center mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] | Surround mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] | Dialog normalization: No
[00:00:00:000] | Rear channels filtering: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\temp\AUDIO_TS\part2-48.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: c:\temp\AUDIO_TS\part12-48.lst
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 2/0, Bitrate: 224kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 0.000dB, Compression: None
[00:00:00:000] | LFE levels: To LR -INF, To LFE 0.0dB
[00:00:00:000] | Center mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] | Surround mix level: BSI
[00:00:00:000] | Dialog normalization: No
[00:00:00:000] | Rear channels filtering: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[ 147056896] Conversion Completed !
[00:00:20:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 02/18/03 , 23:42:23.
</log>

the same for v1.5b15:
...strange I got the same error here as for the wav-lst reported earlier...
no more freezing beSweet... strange...

However It seems to be more a problem of the v1.5b15 version than a general bug or a mis-use... so at last the bug-report is correct here :)


Gr33tz,
guru