- Latest Version:LAME MP3 Encoder 3.100 (64-bit) LATEST
- Requirements:Windows XP64 / Vista64 / Windows 7 64
- Author / Product:The LAME Project / LAME MP3 Encoder (64-bit)
- Old Versions:
- Filename:lame3.100-64.zip
- MD5 Checksum:2840af30efa75686f4e250573beb15a3
- Details:LAME MP3 Encoder (64-bit) 2019 full offline installer setup for PC
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Features and Highlights
- Many improvements in quality in speed over ISO reference software. See history.
- MPEG1,2 and 2.5 layer III encoding.
- CBR (constant bitrate) and two types of variable bitrate, VBR and ABR.
- Encoding engine can be compiled as a shared library (Linux/UNIX), DLL , Directshow filter or ACM codec (Windows).
- Free format encoding and decoding.
- GPSYCHO: a GPL'd psycho acoustic and noise shaping model.
- Powerful and easy to use presets.
- Quality better than all other encoders at most bitrates.
- Fast! Encodes faster than real time on a PII 266 at highest quality mode.
- MP3x: a GTK/X-Window MP3 frame analyzer for both .mp3 and unencoded audio files.
Hey Dave. I read your article Audacity can’t save mp3 audio files and am still puzzled because I downloaded the LAME Mp3 converter but still cannot convert to mp3. Do I have to put the LAME library somewhere special?
Good followup question and it suggests that there might have been a lapse in my original article, actually. Audacity is a great audio editor and as freeware, well, you can’t complain about the price, that’s for sure. It’s not, however, the most intuitive interface and that does cause some hiccups.
In this instance, you do need to download a specific audio conversion library called LAME which has the codec needed to create Mp3 format audio files that you can then use with all sorts of apps like Windows Media Player and iTunes. Without it, as you know, Audacity just complains that it can’t work with Mp3 format.
Oh, don’t have Audacity yet? Grab a copy, Mac, Windows or Linux. It’s complex, but really cool: Download Audacity.
Now, in the program, choose “Preferences…”
Once you’re in Preferences, you’ll see there are a ton of options. Click on “Libraries” to get to the right place:
Now you’ve already downloaded the LAME library, but if you haven’t — or if you want to ensure you have the latest version — click on the “Download” button next to “LAME MP3 Library”. It’ll take you to a site in Argentina where the LAME library is hosted:
Scroll down just a bit and you’ll find the link you want to download the library for your Mac system (or whatever system you have):
What? You want a shortcut? Alright, as long as the library doesn’t change version number then this link’ll get you the LAME library too: download LAME library 3.98.2.
Now that you have the LAME MP3 library on your computer it turns out that it doesn’t matter where you save it on your computer. Just remember where you put it, because right above the “Download” button in Audacity’s preferences is another labeled “Locate…”.
Click on that button, find the library you just downloaded, and you’re ready to go. Now Audacity will work just fine with Mp3 format. See, not too hard after all.