problems converting ac3 to mp2

[budgirl357]

I have an xvid/avi file with ac3. audio that I am trying to encode to vcd. I am following a guide from vcdhelp instructing me to extract the wav (avi2wav works better for me than vdub for this particular file) and rename to .ac3. Now I am trying to use BeSweet to convert the .ac3 file to mp2. I am following a guide from doom9 (ac3 to mp2 using BeSweet), but it is not working out like the guide says that it should.

I started up the GUI and clicked on BeSweet on the left hand side. I am then supposed to select mp2@192kbps for the profile, but the version of BeSweet that I have doesn't list the profliles in the same way. So I chose mp2forSVCD (the other choice was mp2for DVD).Since I am trying to make a VCD, the guide tells me to click on 2lame (in the same place as BeSweet was) and then change the total bitrate to 224. I did all this, and the next step was to click on ac3 to mp2 for the conversion.

Now the problem is, I had been working with another file prior to this, and it keeps coming up in the input/output box. I don't understand, am I using BeSweet or 2lame? Am I supposed to click back on BeSweet after changing the bitrate? I am going to continue trying to get this shit to work in the meantime. I hope that someone can help me with this problem that is probobly easy to everyone else.

thanks in advance,
Peace,
budgirl357

[KpeX]

Suggestions, in increasing ease of use order:

For starters, you'll need to post your besweet logfile for any additional help. Remember that you can edit the commandline the GUI generates by hand and then rerun it.

When you extract avi audio to .wav, you cannot simply rename to .ac3 and have a valid .ac3 stream - you need to remove the RIFF headers with BeSplit. Do this and then convert to MP2 with BeSweet. Post your commandline here for more help.

An easier solution would be to use VirtualDubMod, which can extract the .ac3 stream directly, for easy .ac3 > .mp2 conversion.

The easiest possible solution would be to use DVD2SVCD's AVI2SVCD mode for your conversion. See the doom9 download and guide pages for more information.