Besweet Fails to Encode

[Angelus]

I've been using gordian knot to encode my dvd's and my capture files and I have been able to encode with Divx and create an mp3 file with besweet with no problem until last week, where it gave me an error. I've tried besweet gui as well but to on avail, still the same error message. Here's my log file:

9/12/2003 7:25:16 AM: Job " 1" started.

o Encode WAV -> MP3: C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.wav
o DivX5-First Pass: D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs
o DivX5 - Pass 2: D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs
o Mux Audio.
End of Job 2 ( 1).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot -
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_All
Number: 2
Name: 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubModExe: C:\Tony\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\VirtualDubMod.exe
NandubExe: C:\Tony\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: D:\Tony\playmakers test.avi
AviMovie: D:\Tony\playmakers test_Movie.avi
AviCredits: D:\Tony\playmakers test_Credits.avi
MovieFS: D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs
CreditsFS:
Log : D:\Tony\playmakers test.log
Stats: D:\Tony\playmakers test.stats
Ecf : D:\Tony\playmakers test.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 0
CreditsStart: 0
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 0
DeleteInterm.: 0
EnforceBitrate: 0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 306714 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 47128 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 4557 kbyte.
AviSize: 358400 kbyte (350 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 358400 kbyte (350 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 1041 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 72303
FPS: 29.970
Duration: 040:13
Quality: 0.348 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 1.026 bits/(pixel*frame).
Resolution: 416 x 240

Audio 1:
Mode: wav -> mp3
SourceFile: C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.wav
WavFile: C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.wav
Mp3File: C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.mp3
Azid: -L -3db -s stereo -c normal
Lame: --alt-preset 160
Delay: 0
Interval: 1
Preload: 500
Mux: 1
Recalc: 1
DeleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


7:25:16 AM: Started Transcoding Audio.

7:25:16 AM: Using "BeSweet" to transcode C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.wav
CommandLine: C:\Tony\GORDIA~1\BeSweet.exe -core( -input "C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.wav" -output "C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.mp3" -logfile "C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.log" ) -ota( -hybridgain ) -azid( -L -3db -s stereo -c normal ) -lame( --alt-preset 160 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.28 )
7:25:21 AM: Finished. Duration: 4 seconds.

7:25:21 AM: Audio Done.
7:25:21 AM: Error: MP3-File-Size is zero! Transcoding failed.
7:25:21 AM: Error: Will not recalculate bitrate! - Maybe you can add audio later...
7:25:21 AM: Audio 1, determined: 0 kb
7:25:21 AM: Audio 1, calc: 47128 kb

Adding this script to C:\Tony\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-First Pass"
// $input "D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs"
// $output "D:\Tony\playmakers test.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("D:\\Tony\\playmakers test.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("D:\\Tony\\playmakers test.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

7:25:21 AM: Started DivX5-First Pass: D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs
9:55:30 AM: Finished DivX5-First Pass: Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes, 6 seconds.
9:55:30 AM: Trying to open Log-file.
9:55:31 AM: Success: Log-file open.
9:55:31 AM: Encoded: 72303 Frames.
9:55:31 AM: Speed: 8.028 Frames per Second.

Adding this script to C:\Tony\GORDIA~1\VirtualDubMod\LastJob.vcf :

// $job "DivX5-Second Pass"
// $input "D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs"
// $output "D:\Tony\playmakers test.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("D:\\Tony\\playmakers test.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("D:\\Tony\\playmakers test.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

9:55:32 AM: Started DivX5 - Pass: 2: D:\Tony\playmakers test.avs
1:11:21 PM: Finished DivX5 - Pass: 2: Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes, 48 seconds.
1:11:21 PM: Speed: 6.154 Frames per Second.

1:11:21 PM: Done.
1:11:21 PM: Movie = D:\Tony\playmakers test.avi
Total Encoding Time: 5 hours, 46 minutes, 5 seconds.
9/12/2003 1:11:21 PM: Job " 1" finished.

And this is the error log directly from besweet:

BeSweet v1.5b18 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Error 58: Error : Unknown Input-File Format : "C:\Tony\TV\playmakers.wav".
Quiting...
[00:00:00:000] Conversion Completed !

Logging ends : 09/12/03 , 07:25:21.

[KpeX]

Could you give us more information about the wav file and what type/source it is? Besweet is obviously having issues opening it.

Edit: looking again, could it be because you're trying to use Azid on a wav file? :rolleyes: Azid is an AC3 decoder, no need to use it when converting wav to mp3.

[Angelus]

I'm not trying to encode using azid...Even if i go to the Besweet option of besweet gui and try to encode from wav to mp3, it still gives me the error. And when I'm using gordian knot, it does most of the work for you and all you select is an input file and then it runs besweet itself...i think gordian knot uses azid regardless. But anyways, can you tell me how to set up besweet gui so that i can convert it? i've tried every logical thing i can think of. Thanks

[Angelus]

Sorry I actually got it to work using lame.exe to encode from wav to mp3. The only problem now is that when I play back the file, there isnt really any audible dialogue, only a constant hissing sound.

[KpeX]

Originally posted by KpeX
Could you give us more information about the wav file and what type/source it is?

Also, did you get any error messages when encoding with lame ?

[Angelus]

The source is from a tv capture and its captured in pcm wav form. I don't get any error messanges when I encode using lame, the resulting mp3 is just really fuzzy and you can barely hear the words...

[Angelus]

while i use besweet gui to try to encode the wav, it's running in the window but if you look up top you can see a "warning: corrupt or unplayable audio file" error message. this is maybe why the mp3 that's created is all fuzzy. but the initial wav file plays fine in winamp so thats why i dunno why im getting this message. I also used VDub to extract the wav from the avi file.