Positive or Negative Audio Delay?

[ropdoh]

I am converting a DVD to an AVI. My process involves using DVD decrypter, followed by DGIndex, and then Besweet to transcode the audio. After using DGIndex to demux the audio and video tracks I get the following audio track:

VTS_01_PGC_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -24ms.ac3

Now I want to use besweet to convert the .ac3 to a .mp3 file. I also want it to "take care" of the audio delay so I can just mux the audio and video later without having to worry about the delay. So my question is do I use the the command:

BeSweet.exe -core( -input C:\VTS_01_PGC_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -24ms.ac3 -output C:\VTS_01_PGC_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3 ) -ota( -hybridgain -d -24 ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -lame( -b128 )

or do I use:

BeSweet.exe -core( -input C:\VTS_01_PGC_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -24ms.ac3 -output C:\VTS_01_PGC_01_1 T80 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY 0ms.mp3 ) -ota( -hybridgain -d 24 ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -lame( -b128 )

Note that the only difference is in the following parts:

-ota( -hybridgain -d 24 )

and

-ota( -hybridgain -d -24 )

So essentially my question comes down to this:
Do I use a negative delay value for besweet because the original file has a negative delay value? or do I need to use a positive delay value to "cancel out" the negative delay in the .ac3 file?

[manono]

Yes, you use a negative delay, just as DGIndex gives it to you.

You might also consider using one of the BeSweet GUIs.

[ropdoh]

Great thanks
I am using beseet instead of the GUIs because I am scripting the process, I just needed to find out if I needed to change the sign of the delay or not.