AC3 -> Ogg = Low volume

[Shaggy999]

I ran into a problem encoding AC3 -> Ogg. I've done a couple of movies in ogg and have been very pleased, but I just tried to rip "In the Mouth of Madness" and the ogg files are VERY low audio. I have been reading up about the encoding -> AC3 = low audio problem, but that appears to be encoding into AC3, not decoding... or does it matter? Anyway, I ripped both the english and commentary track and the audio is very low on both. It is only with this DVD so far. Here are the log files:

BeSweet v1.4 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using Ogg Vorbis v1.0 dlls (http://www.vorbis.com).

Logging start : 06/20/03 , 06:48:45.

C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\Desktop\Tools\BeSweetv1.4\BeSweet.exe -core( -input D:\In the Mouth of Madness\English.ac3 -output D:\In the Mouth of Madness\English.ogg -logfilea C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\Desktop\Tools\OggMachinev0.62\BeSweet.log ) -azid( -g max -L -3db -c normal -s stereo ) -ogg( -q 0.400 ) -profile( The OggMachine v0.62 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : D:\In the Mouth of Madness\English.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: D:\In the Mouth of Madness\English.ogg
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 10.704dB, Compression: Normal
[00:00:00:000] | LFE levels: To LR -3.0dB, 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] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +-------- OGG --------
[00:00:00:000] | VBR Quality : 0.400
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:35:28:032] Conversion Completed !
[01:35:28:032] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 109kbps
[00:22:35:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 06/20/03 , 07:11:20.

BeSweet v1.4 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using Ogg Vorbis v1.0 dlls (http://www.vorbis.com).

Logging start : 06/20/03 , 07:11:20.

C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\Desktop\Tools\BeSweetv1.4\BeSweet.exe -core( -input D:\In the Mouth of Madness\Commentary.ac3 -output D:\In the Mouth of Madness\Commentary.ogg -logfilea C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\Desktop\Tools\OggMachinev0.62\BeSweet.log ) -azid( -g max -L -3db -c normal -s stereo ) -ogg( -q 0.300 ) -profile( The OggMachine v0.62 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : D:\In the Mouth of Madness\Commentary.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: D:\In the Mouth of Madness\Commentary.ogg
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 2/0, Bitrate: 192kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 5.284dB, Compression: Normal
[00:00:00:000] | LFE levels: To LR -3.0dB, 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] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] +-------- OGG --------
[00:00:00:000] | VBR Quality : 0.300
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:35:28:032] Conversion Completed !
[01:35:28:032] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 86kbps
[00:17:43:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 06/20/03 , 07:29:03.


Any suggestions? Could the AC3 encoding problem be related to this decoding problem? I wasn't sure. It seems to work fine with all my other DVDs, so I don't understand why not this one.

[DSPguru]

the logfiles looks perfect to me. can't see any problem...
hmm.. how about trying to use BeSweet v1.5 with hybridgain ?

[The Link]

You can also replaygain your vorbis file! IIRC the Dshow filter can read the replaygain values (but I´m not 100% sure).

Regards,

The Link

[Shaggy999]

I found out what my problem was...

Yesterday I was playing a DVD at like 5:00 am in the morning and someone came and someone came and knocked on my door telling me to turn it down, so I turned my volume way down and forgot about it.

Oops. :D