Besweet AC3 to MP3-WAV transcoding problem

[GS3]

I am trying to encode an AC3 sound track to MP3-WAV at 96 Kbps and it is not quite working. I have tried it in several computers (all running WinXP) with different consigurations and even different Besweet versions so I am thinking I am probably doing something wrong because the result is always the same: the resultant WAV file, when opened with Win Media Player, instead of reporting the correct duration of 148m 46.911s, it reports a duration of 369:35.38. When I play parts they seem to play fine.

I have had this problem in the past and IIRC I believe it happens with longer files and not with shorter ones.

BTW, didn't the GUI use to automatically name the output file for you? Now I find I have to enter the name manually and I seem to recall this did not use to be necessary.

BeSweet.DLL V1.5.23.0
I use the DUI to create the command line and, to be honest, I do not fully understand all the parameters, just that it works most of the time.

The command line:
"C:\Program Files\GordianKnot\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "d:\Movies\Movie1 AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -80ms.ac3" -output "d:\Movies\Movie1 AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -80ms.wav" -wavmp3 -logfile "C:\Program Files\GordianKnot\BeSweet\BeSweet.log" ) -azid( -c normal -g 0.95 -L -3db ) -lame( --scale 1 -p --alt-preset 96 )

The logfile report:

BeSweet v1.5b30 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.9 (b922) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using lame_enc.dll v1.32 (8/8/2003), Engine 3.90 <http://www.mp3dev.org/>.

Logging start : 02/27/06 , 10:16:48.

C:\Program Files\GordianKnot\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe -core( -input d:\Movies\Movie1 AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -80ms.ac3 -output d:\Movies\Movie1 AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -80ms.wav -wavmp3 -logfile C:\Program Files\GordianKnot\BeSweet\BeSweet.log ) -azid( -c normal -g 0.95 -L -3db ) -lame( --scale 1 -p --alt-preset 96 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : d:\Movies\Movie1 AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -80ms.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: d:\Movies\Movie1 AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -80ms.wav
[00:00:00:000] | RIFF header will be added
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 384kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 14.533dB, 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] +-------- LAME -------
[00:00:00:000] | 'abr 96' preset is used
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[02:28:46:912] Conversion Completed !
[02:28:46:912] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 93kbps
[00:32:05:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 02/27/06 , 10:48:53.

[GS3]

Anyone?

[shon3i]

First all you programs including besweet is litle outdated. download this BeLight program and try http://corecodec.org/frs/do_download.php/401/BeLight-0.22b9_Normal.exe?ticket=48afdec53e9853852e241de85edd2a80&expire=1141660296 BeLight is easy to use and this is GUI for BeSweet with updated plugins and other things.

[nfm]

Hi GS3,

I see tha your're quite new and so am I. I'm pretty sure that you used DGMPGDec (DVD2AVI) for your movie. I encode .wav to .mp3 using lame:

Command.cmd
lame.exe -h audio.ac3 audio.mp3

I would recommend to choose Audio -> Output Method -> Decode AC3 Track to WAV in DGMPGDec (DVD2AVI).

This way you'll get 100% quality .wav file, in my situation it was 0.98GB. I used above command and lame compressed it to 86.9MB mp3 audio. The quality of it is excellent.