BeSweet's List -> Single MP3 -- how?

[Lowlander]

Hi there,

I can't get "BeSweet's List -> Single MP3" in BeSweet GUI's batch mode working. I drag my WAVs into the list window and press the button. A single DOS Window opens and closes, far too fast to be able to read any message it may display, and that's it. BeSweet GUI and BeSweet are both latest stable.

I've searched forums and aunt google, but no hints turn up.

Where exactly is the trick?

Thanks a lot,
Lowlander

[KpeX]

Originally Posted by Lowlander

Hi there,

I can't get "BeSweet's List -> Single MP3" in BeSweet GUI's batch mode working. I drag my WAVs into the list window and press the button. A single DOS Window opens and closes, far too fast to be able to read any message it may display, and that's it. BeSweet GUI and BeSweet are both latest stable.

I've searched forums and aunt google, but no hints turn up.

Where exactly is the trick?

Thanks a lot,
Lowlander

Post the logfile from the Besweet GUI, if one is created. If one isn't created, copy the commandline into a command window, run it, and post the output. Make sure the list file still exists if you use this method.

[Lowlander]

Thanks for the hint. I created a listfile manually, used it as a source and copied the command line into a DOS window. There indeed was an error message concerning VOBinput.dll, and I found my revision of this file was a few months too old. Replaced it, and the encoding process started. Updated BeSweet and GUI as well.

Problem now is that if I omit the ssrc section of the command line my output is 48kHz and plays too fast. If I add the ssrc section it is 44Khz and plays just as fast. If I use the GUI's "BeSweet's List -> Multiple MP3s" option everything plays fine.


CU,
Lowlander

Here's my log (Single MP3 and ssrc options):

BeSweet v1.5b30 by DSPguru.
--------------------------
Using VOBInput.dll v1.3 by DVD2SVCD (http://www.dvd2svcd.org)
Using hip.dll v1.19 by Myers Carpenter <myers@users.sf.net>
Using Ogg Vorbis v1.0 dlls (http://www.vorbis.com).
Using azid.dll v1.9 (b922) by Midas (midas@egon.gyaloglo.hu).
Using Shibatch.dll v0.25 by Naoki Shibata & DSPguru (shibatch.sourceforge.net).
Using lame_enc.dll v1.32 (8/8/2003), Engine 3.90 <http://www.mp3dev.org/>.

Logging start : 06/23/05 , 00:10:03.

D:\Besweet\BeSweet.exe -core( -input D:\Besweet\~temp.lst -output f:\CAPTURE\cd2.mp3 -substream N/A -logfile D:\Besweet\BeSweet.log ) -ssrc( --rate 44100 ) -lame( -b 192 -p )

[00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet -----
[00:00:00:000] | Input : F:\CAPTURE\01.wav
[00:00:00:000] | Output: f:\CAPTURE\cd2.mp3
[00:00:00:000] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +------ Shibatch -----
[00:00:00:000] | Source Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[00:00:00:000] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[00:00:00:000] +-------- LAME -------
[00:00:00:000] | Bitrate method : CBR
[00:00:00:000] | MP3 bitrate : 192
[00:00:00:000] | Channels Mode : Joint Stereo
[00:00:00:000] | Error Protection: Yes
[00:00:00:000] +---------------------
[00:08:07:086] | Input : F:\CAPTURE\02.wav
[00:08:07:086] | Output: f:\CAPTURE\cd2.mp3
[00:08:07:086] | Floating-Point Process: Yes
[00:08:07:086] +------ Shibatch -----
[00:08:07:086] | Source Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[00:08:07:086] | Dest. Sample-Rate: 44.1KHz
[00:08:07:086] | Attenuation : 0.0db
[00:08:07:086] +---------------------
[00:12:54:862] Conversion Completed !
[00:12:54:862] Actual Avg. Bitrate : 176kbps
[00:01:15:000] <-- Transcoding Duration

Logging ends : 06/23/05 , 00:11:18.

[dwallersv]

I'm having the same problem as lowlander. I'm trying to join two AC3 segments about the same length into a single wav about one hour long. BeSweet batch mode acts just as lowlander says above.

Tried the list/cli approach, and got farther, but still failed. The process ran, and correctly scanned the combined AC3 sources for gain leveling, then when transcoding never stopped -- after it hit 3 hours of transcoded material and producing a 2GB wav, I killed it.

I was able to work around this by transcoding the two AC3 files separately to WAVs, then using BeSweet batch mode to combine the two WAVs into a single WAV. This was successful.

However, I'd like to avoid this extra step, of course. If anyone has some insight into what's going on here so I can fix it, please help! I don't mind using the lst/cli approach, if there is something simple I can do to make it work.

[setarip_old]

Have either of you tried using the BeLight GUI in conjunction with BeSweet?

[dwallersv]

Originally Posted by setarip_old

Have either of you tried using the BeLight GUI in conjunction with BeSweet?

Not yet... I'll give it a shot.

Still, it's strange that the lst/cli approach with BeSweet (no front-end GUI) didn't work right. Looks like a possible bug...