AC3 machine Gain level problem

[MrMine]

Hi,
i've started to use ac3 machine to encode some ac3 files for
example from 448kb to 384kb!

I've noticed that the function"Autofind max gain" is not really good!

Is there a way to obtain the same gain level of the original ac3 file?

[KpeX]

Note that AC3 encoding is no longer supported in BeSweet's latest versions due to the bugginess of Ac3Enc. One of the known issues mentioned in the BeSweet FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=164133#post164133) is that AC3enc produces low volume streams. However, you won't get any help without a logfile. :logfile:

[MrMine]

But,
i dont know how it's useful a log file!

My problem,as you said,is that ac3enc produces low level file!

So,now my question is:
Is there another way to convert ac3 448kb to 320kb preserving
a right audio level?

[KpeX]

Yes, use a commercial Dolby AC3 encoder such as the Acid Plugin or Surcode. This is all mentioned in the AC3 FAQ (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=68300#post424067).

Your logfile is helpful so that we can determine whether there is anything you can do to improve your volume problems.

[MrMine]

Thnks,
in this minutes i've read something about reencoding using a standalone 5.1 encoder!

I've seen it's a lot of time that ac3enc project is stopped!
No new versions for the future?

[KpeX]

Hard to say. The ac3 encoder is from the FFMpeg project, and they don't seem to have much interest in updating or improving the encoder.