How to verify mp2 is really joint-stereo after using Besweet GUI.

[1loser]

I'm using the newest versions, BeSweet 1.4RC7 and BeSweetGUI v0.6b59

I selected encoding mode as joint stereo in BeSweet GUI, like it says in the documentation for creating audio for SVCD's. When I look at it in the program "EncSpot" it says it's stereo but NOT joint stereo.

Is there another way to verify that it's joint stereo? Media 6.4 didn't seem to tell me this also.

Also, why is joint stereo better that stereo for SVCD's?

I lost track of what the default audio is when using DVD2SVCD. Does anyone know if it's joint stereo or stereo?

Thanks.

[pacohaas]

I've actually heard that stereo is best for mp2 since the encoder is not nearly as advanced as LAME and their joint stereo algorithms are far from perfect.