Troubles with Besweet...

[neotipper]

Hey there,

I use the Pinnacle Linx USB Analog Capture device in combination with the accompanying software, Pinnacle Studio, to capture AVI from my Sony camcorder. I then try to use Avi2svcd to convert it to SVCD.

The trouble happens after Besweet makes its first pass to check the maximum gain or what not. It then pauses a second and closes with no error message or anything, leaving behind an empty "encoded_audio" file and an empty "encoded_audio" log file. Here is the dvd2svcd log file:

The original video framerate of 29.974 is not supported. The framerate will be adjusted!
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- 7/22/2002 11:36:13 AM
- AVI to SVCD Conversion
- AVI2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 7/22/2002 11:36:15 AM
- Free on drive C: 11960.07 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Audio extraction finished.

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- 7/22/2002 11:47:28 AM
- Free on drive C: 11563.69 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.wav
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.wav" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -ota( -g max -r 29970 29974 ) -ssrc( --rate 48000 ) -2lame( -e -b 224 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.wav finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 7/22/2002 11:48:13 AM
- Free on drive C: 11563.69 mb
- Converting Pictures
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Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultTitlepicture.bmp
Converting: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DefaultChangeCD.bmp
Finished converting pictures
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- 7/22/2002 11:48:24 AM
- Free on drive C: 11562.73 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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I think one possible problem is that the -ssrc switch in the Besweet commandline assumes that the original audio stream from the AVI is 48000 kHz, when in fact it is already 44100 kHz. The Pinnacle Studio software captures the audio as follows: PCM 16-bit stereo 44100 kHz.
If this is a problem, then I don't know how to change the commandline in Besweet. I've tried reading other posts on how to do this, but it doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps someone could clarify.

Like I said, there is no Besweet log file because it is empty, so this is all I got, unless you really need my system info. It might be worth noting that I run XP pro. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Neotipper

[gerti67]

Hi neotipper,

I think the problem is exactly the same like in this thread:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28580

And the cause why it's crashing ist this paramter "-ota( -g max -r 29970 29974 )" I assume - this framerate conversion seems to be invalid with BeSweet. So you have to see if you can setup your capture software to produce accurate audio streams - or, otherwise I'm at the end of my rope.

The "ssrc( --rate 48000 )" parameter is for upsampling your 44.1 kHz source to 48 kHz - seems you have disabled the "Downsample audio" option in "Audio" tab and so DVD2SVCD assumes you want to have 48 kHz audio, so just set this option checked and it won't upsample the audio then.

Hope this gives you some help,
GErti

[neotipper]

I think that you are %100 correct. Thank you for your help. I guess I should use Virtual dub from now on! The only problem with Virtual Dub is that I can't keep from losing frames. Hmmmmm...

Neotipper