Boosting only Center Channel with BeSweet

[doublethink]

I know this is a complete noob question, but I cannot for the life of me figure out the azid syntax to raise the center channel of the ac3 file when converting it to stereo .wav file.

Also, for the DRC settings, I want an output volume level thats as normalized as possible, should i go with heavy in this instance?

Basically for my purpose, I need the quiet scenes to be louder, and the explosions and loud scenes to be compressed somewhat.

However, even listening to to source material in MPC with AC3Filter, in order to get the type of levels I am looking for I have to go to the "Gains" ----> "Input Channels" and turn the center channel up to about 10.

BUT the AC3Filter doesn't say what that 10 really is, is that in decibels, or just a percentage?

And for azid, I did find the --chc=normal,0db which is a special optional switch but what value should i set the db to accomplish what I want? Does it accept negative values? The documentation is vague on this string. Would "5db" boost it that amount of decibels?

Thanks for any help.

-Mike

[Brother John]

Have a look at my BeSweet reference:
http://brother-john.net/besweet-reference.html

azid syntax to raise the center channel of the ac3 file when converting it to stereo .wav file.
Use the -C option. E.g. to raise by 3 decibels: -C 3db
Afaik ac3filter's scales are all in dB.

I want an output volume level thats as normalized as possible, should i go with heavy
Normalization and dynamic range compression (DRC) are two different things. For a large degree of DRC -c heavy is indeed the option you need. Maybe -boost() as an alternative (not additionally!). Normalization is needed in addition to DRC. -ota( -norm 0.95 ) ist a common way to do this.

[doublethink]

BeLight should have your documentation instead of its own.

The examples given for each item are what is missing from the original docs.

Some people (aka: me) really need visual help when it comes to command line syntax, not all of us are programmers ;)

I have successfully made a Stereo WAV file of the movies soundtrack with just the center boosted, and its perfect for my application.

:thanks: