Lame

What is it?

LAME stands for "Lame Ain't an Mp3 Encoder". But actually, is *is* an MP3 encoder.

I started with the LAME Framework and LAMEEncoder component created by Lynn Pye.

I improved the Settings Dialog, and made it function even if you use different compilers for the framework vs. the application. (Application developers must re-tool their code to take advantage of this)

Note: I did not do anything special to hook up the SSE stuff, so I don't actually know yet if it is taking advantage of the intel vector unit. Maybe it is?

This is LAME Version 3.97 (Septermber 2006)

How do i use it?

1. quit kJams
2. download and install it (see below)
3. run kJams
4. go to the menu bar and pick "kJams->Preferences", then click "Importing"
5. select "LAME MP3" in the "encoder" popup
6. hit okay
7. Now you can rip your songs, or select some songs and go "advanced->convert selection to MP3"

Windows

Just download this Windows LAME DLL, unzip it and drop it in your "/Windows" directory, or the "kJams Plugins" folder, or your "kJams Preferences" folder.

Mac

Here's the latest Universal Binary Installer (2.0).

Here's an older Universal Binary Installer (1.2).

To Install:

1. MacOS 10.7 or higher:
   1. click Apple->System Prefs->Security & Privacy (or just "Security")
   2. click the lock
   3. enter your password
   4. under "Allow apps downloaded from:" pick "Anywhere"
   5. run the Lame installer
   6. if you want to stay "superdupersecure", then re-select "Mac App Store and identified developers"
2. MacOS 10.6 or 10.5:
   1. just run the Lame installer

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Report bugs here!

WARNING: The installer does NOT un-install previous versions that you may have in your user folder. If you previously installed LAME from another source, then you *must* un-install all previous versions. This installer puts things at the root (ie: /Library, NOT /Users/~/Library). If you have a previous version installed in your user folder, then this version WILL NOT WORK

Source

Here is the Source Code, including the Installer source.

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LAME Home Page

How to convert or re-encode existing files

Note this only works on "Audio+G" files, that is, a pair of files made up of an audio file (mov, wav, aif, mp3 etc) and a CDG file, or that pair stored within a zip file.

1. ensure you've installed LAME, and then chosen LAME as your default encoder (see above)
2. select the song(s) you wish to convert
3. in the menu bar, pick Advanced->Convert Selection to “LAME MP3: xxx", where xxx is your encoder preset.

Note if the menu item doesn't say "LAME MP3" you haven't correctly done step 1