Besure and Surcode DTS pb

[oliv]

Hello DspGuru & all,

I'm using Besure to backup my concerts into DTS audio CDs. It works great!
In order to separate the tracks of the original DVD and create different tracks on the destination audio CD, I use ChapterXtractor and besplit which creates a bunch of .ac3 files.
I then add those files in besure and press go. The (only?) problem is that, after autogain detectection and transcoding, surcode DTS is launched and never quits after the end of it's encoding.
So I have to close surcode after each track. Not a big problem, but can I overcome this?
C:\Program Files\Music\DTSRip\BeSweet.exe -core( -input D:\DTS\FichiersAC3\temp19.ac3 -output D:\temp\mono -6ch
-logfilea d:\dts\logfile.txt ) -azid( -g max -c normal -L -3db ) ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 --rate 44100 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : D:\DTS\FichiersAC3\temp19.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: FL, FR, SL, SR, C, LFE
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: No
[00:00:00:000] +-------- AZID -------
[00:00:00:000] | Input Channels Mode: 3/2, Bitrate: 448kbps
[00:00:00:000] | Total Gain: 4.392dB, 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] +------ Shibatch -----
[00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 48.0KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:05:06:880] Conversion Completed !
[00:02:22:000] <-- Transcoding Duration
Logging ends : 03/26/03 , 00:11:28.

SurCode CD Pro DTS
-----------------------------------
Logging start : 26/03/2003 00:11:29
Logging end : 26/03/2003 00:15:31 <---------***** I had to close SURCODE
-----------------------------------

BeSweet v1.4 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using azid.dll v1.8 (b825) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using Shibatch.dll v0.2 by Naoki Shibata & DSPguru (shibatch.sourceforge.net).

Logging start : 03/26/03 , 00:15:32.

C:\Program Files\Music\DTSRip\BeSweet.exe -core( -input D:\DTS\FichiersAC3\temp20.ac3 -output D:\temp\mono -6ch
-logfilea d:\dts\logfile.txt ) -azid( -g max -c normal -L -3db ) ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 --rate 44100 )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : D:\DTS\FichiersAC3\temp20.ac3
[00:00:00:000] | Output: FL, FR, SL, SR, C, LFE
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: No



And, by the way, doing so creates an audio 'gap' when I replay the concert on my DVD player. Do you think it is better to create a BIG DTS/.wav file and then insert chapter 'points' afterwards (is it possible with CUE/BIN format?).

Thanks for those great tools,
Olivier.

[oliv]

And, by the way, doing so creates an audio 'gap' when I replay the concert on my DVD player. Do you think it is better to create a BIG DTS/.wav file and then insert chapter 'points' afterwards (is it possible with CUE/BIN format?).

OK, I reply to myself on this part of the post. It seems to be possible :)
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
TITLE "Freudiana"
FILE "CDImage.wav" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "The Nirvana Principle"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Freudiana"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 03:46:10
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "I Am A Mirror"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 10:04:71
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Little Hans"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 14:12:48
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Dora"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 17:28:55
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Funny You Should Say That"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 21:19:36
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "You're On Your Own"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 25:57:04
TRACK 08 AUDIO
TITLE "Far Away From Home"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 29:50:60
TRACK 09 AUDIO
TITLE "Let Yourself Go"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 33:03:73
TRACK 10 AUDIO
TITLE "Beyond the Pleasure Principle"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 38:30:32
TRACK 11 AUDIO
TITLE "The Ring"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 41:45:03
TRACK 12 AUDIO
TITLE "Sects Therapy"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 46:08:22
TRACK 13 AUDIO
TITLE "No One Can Love You Better Than Me"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 49:47:66
TRACK 14 AUDIO
TITLE "Don't Let the Moment Pass"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 55:29:28
TRACK 15 AUDIO
TITLE "Upper Me"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 59:10:62
TRACK 16 AUDIO
TITLE "Freudiana"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 64:26:42
TRACK 17 AUDIO
TITLE "Destiny"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 68:09:30
TRACK 18 AUDIO
TITLE "There But For The Grace Of God"
PERFORMER "Alan Parsons Project"
INDEX 01 69:00:56


and using Chapter-X-Tractor, you can even create it semi-automatically with the following "format"
TRACK %C AUDIO\n INDEX 01 %mm:%ss:%cc\n
It creates:
FILE "CDImage.wav" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
INDEX 01 01:47:00
TRACK 03 AUDIO
INDEX 01 06:18:52
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 01 07:56:12
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 01 13:42:52
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 01 19:27:12

It's OK until you have to change of CD to split your tracks. You'll have to substract the position of CD2's first track.