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CAMAFE
27th May 2004, 13:57
Hi all,
I've worked for a long time with ReelDVD and encode the audio there to 192 or 224 Kbps. Always without problems.

Recently I started authoring with Scenarist, but still encoding the audio with ReelDVD. Easyer...

Yesterday Ive tested some encodes with the Scenarist encoder.
I've aplyed the Dialog normalisation with the values that I get on SoundForge but the final ac3 file has a lower volume than the one encoded with ReelDVD.
And both lower than the original wav file (-14,5 dB).

Please help.

What should I do exactly on the Scenarist encoder to hace a decent ac3 file?

The sound was an commercial of 16:02 sec, with a peek of -1.0 dB.

I need to encode a show of 1h16m and would like to do it on Scenarist to apply the dialog norm and so on. If I can't do it, I'll go back to ReelDVD.

Many Thanks
Carlos
guada
27th May 2004, 23:27
Scenarist i don't know exactly.
But you can try DVDit PE too.

Doom9 guide:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdit_pe_guide.htm

Bye
hendrix
7th June 2004, 14:57
by all means dont downgrade from Scenarist to DVDitPE!!!

try encoding to .ac3 with Vegas 5...thats what i use, i author with Scenarist and the .ac3 sounds just fine
Mac Sidewinder
9th June 2004, 06:02
You can always try the AC3Machine (found in the download section) to process your ac3. It uses besweet for the encoding and lets you control pretty much everything you would want to.

Mac
hendrix
11th June 2004, 05:27
Originally posted by Mac Sidewinder
You can always try the AC3Machine (found in the download section) to process your ac3. It uses besweet for the encoding and lets you control pretty much everything you would want to.

Mac
i would stay away from usign besweet since it's buggy - better use a dolby licenced encoder
Mac Sidewinder
12th June 2004, 08:38
How is it buggy? For basic ac3 encoding, I've never had a problem with besweet.

Mac
hendrix
12th June 2004, 08:55
Originally posted by Mac Sidewinder
How is it buggy? For basic ac3 encoding, I've never had a problem with besweet.

Mac
i never used it so i really dont know...i just read that it's buggy and the author dropped support for it...maybe your DVD player isn't picky - you must be one of the lucky ones