AC3 8bit with besweet: why????

[Erupter]

I stumbled on this just seconds ago: i stared at the Ac3 filter screen in disbelief!
My transcoded song, from DTS to AC3, was now 8bit wide instead of 16!
Why?
I never ever issued such a command, i didn't even resample to 44khz but left 48khz.
Why is it so?
And also, why is the volume of ac3 sensibly lower then the original DTS?

[Erupter]

Please: can't someone help?
I can't find any switch in besweet to turn on 16bit encoding of AC3.

[Marius-the-Mad]

Relax, everything seems to be ok. It is the same with normal retail movies with AC3 soundtrack. AC3Filter always reports it as 8 bit.

[Erupter]

Relax, everything seems to be ok. It is the same with normal retail movies with AC3 soundtrack. AC3Filter always reports it as 8 bit.

Ok thanks!

Do you have a suggestion for the lower volume of AC3 files when transcoded from DTS?

[Marius-the-Mad]

Enable DRC in AC3Filter or check the documentation for a guide how to get the maximum loudness.

Other than that, I think some AC3 encoders can set DRC flags while encoding, applying dynamics compression.