Audio encoding in GKnot

[snowbeach]

Why do TheWEF restricts using the -g max option of Azid in GKnot? The normalizing of Azid is better (at least for me) than the -hybridgain option of OTA that GKnot supports, at least because of the total gain in the end!
With Azid I get a total gain of 13.107dB and with OTA 11.5db! Ok the difference is maybe inaudible, but there is a difference and the difference shows that Azid is better than OTA in this case! So, why not use Azid? (I tested many different movies, always the same -> Azid has a higher total gain than OTA!)

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BeSweet v1.5b8 by DSPguru.
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Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using lame_enc.dll v1.28 (4/6/2002), Engine 3.92 <http://www.mp3dev.org/>.

Logging start : 01/10/03 , 18:56:32.

D:\GordianKnot\BeSweet.exe -core( -input E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1 AC3 T03 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -output E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1_EN.mp3 -logfile E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1_EN_BeSweet.log ) -azid( -s surround -c normal -g max -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 ) -lame( --alt-preset 128 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1 AC3 T03 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1_EN.mp3
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 13.107dB, 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 128' preset is used
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:41:17:824] Conversion Completed !
[01:41:17:824] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 125kbps
[01:30:40:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 01/10/03 , 20:27:12.



BeSweet v1.5b8 by DSPguru.
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Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using lame_enc.dll v1.28 (4/6/2002), Engine 3.92 <http://www.mp3dev.org/>.

Logging start : 01/10/03 , 18:57:33.

D:\GordianKnot\BeSweet.exe -core( -input E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1 AC3 T03 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3 -output E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1_EN-hybr.mp3 -logfile E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1_EN_BeSweet-hybr.log ) -azid( -s surround -c normal -L -3db ) -ota( -d 0 -hybridgain ) -lame( --alt-preset 128 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1 AC3 T03 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: E:\Movies\temp\LOTR_SEE_D1_EN-hybr.mp3
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Output Stereo mode: Dolby surround compatible
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 10.000dB, 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: Yes
[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 128' preset is used
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[01:41:17:824] Gain of 1.5dB had been asserted to file.
[01:41:17:824] Conversion Completed !
[01:41:17:824] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 125kbps
[01:24:55:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 01/10/03 , 20:22:28.