Development is ongoing.Īlthough LAME is generally considered to be an encoder, according to the LAME technical FAQ, it's technically not an encoder, but rather is officially just 'a development project which uses the open source model to improve MP3 technology.' This improved technology is only released in source code form in order to minimize the risk of violating patents. Nowadays LAME is considered the best MP3 encoder at mid & high bitrates, and features the best VBR model among MP3 implementations, mostly thanks to the dedicated work of talented developers Takehiro Tominaga, Naoki Shibata, Darin Morrison, Gabriel Bouvigne, Robert Hegemann, and others. Mark Taylor became leader and released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model developed by him. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on tooLAME, an MP2 encoder.

The project quickly became a team effort. By the release of LAME 3.81, all dist10 code was removed, making LAME a completely new program, not a mere patch of an existing encoder. That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became LAME 2.0. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start from scratch based on the dist10 sources.

Mike Cheng started it as a patch against the 8hz-MP3 encoder sources.

Supported by recommended CD rippers Exact Audio Copy and CDex.

Gapless playback with LAME-header compliant decoders.

CBR, ABR and quality-optimized VBR encoding methods.

It has been developed by the open-source community since 1998, and has become the highest quality MP3 encoder for most purposes. LAME (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) is the Hydrogenaudio recommended MP3 encoder.

LAME website, Download site: Rarewares LAME-bundle After you have located the Audacity download for your operating machine and saved th e file, scroll down to the bottom of the page and locate the 'Optional Downloads' section. Download LAME Audio Encoder for Mac to encode mp3 files.

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