BeSweet Volume

[dazza]

Hi all,
i used BeSweet for my audio when i ripped a dvd through gordian knot and when i got the end product the sound was a little soft and to get a nice volume, i needed to have my speakers quite high. is there anyway to fix this or is it just the way BeSweet is. are there other good audio programs out there other than BeSweet and Vob2Audio??

[DSPguru]

:logfile:

[dazza]

BeSweet v1.3RC by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using lame_enc.dll v1.28 (18/4/2002), Engine 3.92 <http://www.mp3dev.org/>.

Logging start : 11/15/02 , 16:48:56.

C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.ac3 -output C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.mp3 -logfile C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.log ) -ota( -G max ) -azid( -c normal ) -lame( -h --abr 128 --scale 1 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.26 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.mp3
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 0.0dB, Compression: Normal
[00:00:00:000] | LFE levels: To LR 0.0dB, 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] | Bitrate method : ABR
[00:00:00:000] | Avarege Bitrate : 128
[00:00:00:000] | MP3 Min bitrate : 32
[00:00:00:000] | MP3 Max bitrate : 320
[00:00:00:000] | Channels Mode : Joint Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Error Protection: No
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:27:38:080] Gain of 12.0dB had been asserted to file.
[01:27:38:080] Conversion Completed !
[01:27:38:080] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 116kbps
[00:09:50:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 11/15/02 , 16:58:46.

is this what u looking for?

[Alestrix]

You could try and add somehting like -boost( /b=3 /l=0.98 ) or similar to your BeSweet comandline.

- aL

[dazza]

sorry, i am pretty much a newbie and dont get all of that..

[pacohaas]

BeSweet is a command-line program:

C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\besweet.exe -core( -input C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.ac3 -output C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.mp3 -logfile C:\Movies, Rips & Apps\Rips\Glimmer Man\Glimmer Man AC3 T01 3_2ch 384Kbps DELAY -88ms.log ) -ota( -G max ) -azid( -c normal ) -lame( -h --abr 128 --scale 1 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.26 )

that is the command-line that gknot produced and used for you. I suggest you download the BeSweet GUI (http://dspguru.doom9.net/), it will allow you to add the Boost line that alestrix talks about. You can also try a newer version of BeSweet. I'm surprised that gknot is still using --abr, it should definately be --alt-preset 128 --scale 1 now. play around with BeSweet for a bit, you'll get the hang of it. Then use your new audio file in gknot or mux it manually.

[dazza]

i downloaded a copy of BeSweet in the downloads section v1.4 is the lastest version i am assuming, with installation are u suppose to just drag all the .dll files and the .exe file into the gknot directory and overwrite them?

[DSPguru]

i would suggest that you download v1.5b6 from my beta page and overwrite gordion knot with v1.4 dll files and v1.5b6 BeSweet.exe.