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31<h3><a name="Contents">Quick Links:</a></h3>
32
33<ul>
34    <li><a href="#OpenSource">Free (open source) software which supports or uses LAME</a>
35    <ul>
36        <li><a href="#Multiplatform">Multiplatform</a></li>
37        <li><a href="#Posix">Posix (UNIX-like)</a></li>
38        <li><a href="#MacOS">MacOS Classic</a></li>
39        <li><a href="#Windows">Windows</a></li>
40    </ul>
41    </li>
42
43    <li><a href="#ClosedSource">Free (closed source) software which supports or uses LAME</a></li>
44    <li><a href="#Commercial">Commercial software which supports or uses LAME</a></li>
45    <li><a href="#Binaries">LAME Binaries (for Windows, *nix, Amiga...)</a></li>
46    <li><a href="#Alternatives">Alternative MP3 encoders</a></li>
47    <li><a href="#MP3_sites">MP3 encoding web sites</a></li>
48    <li><a href="#MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites</a></li>
49    <li><a href="#Soft_hard">MP3 Related Software and Hardware</a></li>
50    <li><a href="#Line_in">MP3 Encoding direct from line-in</a></li>
51    <li><a href="#Patents">Patent Information</a></li>
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53
54<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
55size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="OpenSource">Free (open source) software
56which supports or uses LAME:</a></h3>
57
58<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="Multiplatform">Multiplatform:</a></b></p>
59
60<ul>
61
62    <li>
63        <a href="https://ffmpeg.org/">FFmpeg</a> An awesome collection of codecs
64        (libavcodec) for pretty much all popular audio and video formats.
65    </li>
66
67    <li>
68        <a href="http://traverso-daw.org/">Traverso</a>, a cross-platform Digital
69        Audio Workstation (DAW).
70    </li>
71
72    <li>
73        <a href="http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/">andromeda</a> (PHP and ASP)
74        Dynamically presents collections of mp3s as streaming web sites.
75    </li>
76
77    <li>
78        <a href="http://www.getid3.org">getID3()</a> (PHP) PHP4 script that
79        extracts useful information from MP3s &amp; other multimedia file formats.
80        Reads LAME tags.
81    </li>
82
83    <li>
84        <a href="http://rip.sourceforge.net">rip</a> (Perl) Script for ripping
85        and encoding.
86    </li>
87
88    <li>
89        <a href="http://www.videolan.org">VideoLAN</a> A powerful multimedia
90        player and streaming solution for Win32, Linux, MacOS, BeOS...
91    </li>
92
93    <li>
94        <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a> Open source
95        multiplatform audio editor.
96    </li>
97
98    <li>
99        <a href="http://www.rbri.org/jripper">jRipper</a> (Java) CD ripper
100        frontend.
101    </li>
102
103</ul>
104
105<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="Posix">UNIX and UNIX-like (Linux, MacOS X, BSD, Solaris,
106etc.): </a></b></p>
107
108<ul>
109
110    <li>
111        <a href="https://userbase.kde.org/K3b">k3b</a> An exceptional CD burning
112        and ripping frontend for KDE.
113    </li>
114
115    <li>
116        <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ripperx/">ripperX</a> GTK
117        frontend for rippers and several encoders featuring CDDB support.
118    </li>
119
120    <li>
121        <a href="http://tear.sourceforge.net/">T.E.A.R.</a> frontend to LAME,
122        cdparanoia and CDDB.
123    </li>
124
125    <li>
126        <a href="http://www.amb.org/xmcd/">XMCD</a> CD Player with CDDB and
127        ripping to MP3 and OGG.
128    </li>
129
130    <li>
131        <a href="http://www.agouros.de/dlame/">DLame</a> Perl script to
132        distribute the LAME encoding task among several machines in a network.
133    </li>
134
135    <li>
136        <a href="http://scara.com/strec/">Strec</a> Stream recorder - A perl
137        wrapper for dsproxy, realplayer and LAME.
138    </li>
139
140    <li>
141        <a href="http://tcdr.sourceforge.net/">TCDR</a> a menu-driven console
142        frontend for CD recording and ripping that uses LAME to rip CDs into MP3
143        files.
144    </li>
145
146    <li>
147        <a href="http://www.darkice.org/">DarkIce</a> Live streamer for IceCast.
148    </li>
149
150    <li>
151        <a href="http://star.arm.ac.uk/%7Espm/software/liveice.html">LiveIce</a>
152        Real time streaming of mp3s. Works with <a
153        href="http://www.icecast.org">IceCast</a>.
154    </li>
155
156    <li>
157        <a href="http://muse.dyne.org">MuSE</a> A mixing, encoding and streaming
158        engine.
159    </li>
160
161    <li>
162        <a href="http://f4l.sourceforge.net/">Flash For Linux</a> a Flash-like
163        development library.
164    </li>
165
166    <li>
167        <a href="http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/page/">ABCDE</a> "A Better CD Encoder"
168        - Shell script to automatize ripping, encoding and tagging process.
169    </li>
170
171    <li>
172        <a href="http://arson.sourceforge.net">Arson</a> - a KDE fronted to CD
173        burning and ripping tools.
174    </li>
175
176</ul>
177
178<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="MacOS">MacOS Classic:</a></b></p>
179
180<ul>
181
182    <li>
183        <a href="http://philippe.laval.free.fr/DropMP3/index_en.php">DropMP3</a>
184        includes LAME binaries.
185    </li>
186
187</ul>
188
189<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="Windows">Windows:</a></b></p>
190
191<ul>
192
193    <li>
194        <a href="http://cdex.mu/">CDex</a> Ripper &amp; encoder, includes LAME
195        binaries (the Blade compatible dll).
196    </li>
197
198    <li>
199        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php">LameDropXPd</a>
200        OggDrop style drag'n'drop frontend.
201    </li>
202
203    <li>
204        <a href="http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/">DVDx</a> DVD to VCD/SVCD/AVI(XviD...)
205        one-step converter.
206    </li>
207
208   <li>
209        <a href="http://www.freac.org/">fre:ac - free audio converter (formerly
210        known as Bonk Encoder)</a> Yet another CD ripper, encoder &amp; converter
211        that uses LAME for MP3 encoding.
212   </li>
213
214    <li>
215        <a href="https://github.com/dswigger/lamex">LAMEX</a> An activex control
216        for LAME, and a GUI. Source code only, includes LAME.
217    </li>
218
219    <li>
220        <a href="http://m3w.sourceforge.net/">m3w</a> A live mp3 streamer for
221        the WWW. Works with LAME, icecast, soundcard input.
222    </li>
223
224    <li>
225        <a href="http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/">out_lame</a> Winamp output
226        plug-in. Create MP3 files directly from Winamp! (this functionality is
227        built-in since Winamp 5)
228    </li>
229
230    <li>
231        <a href="http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php">RazorLame</a> The
232        RazorBlade front end now supports LAME.
233    </li>
234
235    <li>
236        <a href="https://winlame.sourceforge.io/">winLAME</a> The only *nice*
237        windows UI for LAME, according to the author :-)
238    </li>
239
240    <li>
241        <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbc2mp3/">bbc2mp3</a> a tool for
242        saving BBC "Listen Again" programmes as MP3 files.
243    </li>
244
245    <li>
246        <a href="https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/66927-aarons-sonar-mp3-patch-v564/">Aaron's
247        Sonar Mp3 Patch</a> a Cakewalk Sonar plugin written in AutoHotkey.
248    </li>
249
250</ul>
251
252<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
253size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="ClosedSource">Free (closed source) software
254which supports or uses LAME:</a></h3>
255
256<ul>
257
258    <li>
259        <a href="http://www.foobar2000.org">Foobar2000</a> (Win) an audio
260        player with spartan interface but lots of components and an almost
261        fanatical focus on audio quality.
262    </li>
263
264    <li>
265        <a href="http://www.audiograbber.org/">Audiograbber</a> (Win) CD
266        ripper/encoder.
267    </li>
268
269    <li>
270        <a href="http://www.exactaudiocopy.de">EAC</a> (Win) Exact Audio
271        Copy: High quality CD ripper.
272    </li>
273
274    <li>
275       <a href="http://www.wavosaur.com/">Wavosaur</a> Free audio editor and
276       batch processor.
277    </li>
278
279    <li>
280        <a href="http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php">Hard Disk Ogg</a> a
281        line-in recorder that can encode directly to MP3, among other formats.
282    </li>
283
284    <li>
285        <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/wlame/">WORM MP3 Encoder</a>
286        (Win) MP3 encoder based on LAME with reported improvements.
287    </li>
288
289    <li>
290        <a href="http://www.zlurp.com">ZLURP</a> (Windows, Mac, Linux) Ripper and
291        encoder. Includes LAME binaries.
292    </li>
293
294    <li>
295        <a href="https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/8837/itunes-lame-encoder">iTunes-LAME</a>
296        (MacOS X) Integrates LAME into Apple iTunes, as an alternative to the
297        default (rather poor) encoder.
298    </li>
299
300    <li>
301        <a href="https://funkatron.com/posts/lamebrain_a_lame_based_mp3_encoder_and_cd_ripper.html">LameBrain</a>
302        (MacOS) LAME frontend for MacOS X.
303    </li>
304
305    <li>
306        <a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/~lakahone/amiga/secondspin/">SecondSpin</a>
307        (Amiga) ripper &amp; encoder.
308    </li>
309
310</ul>
311
312<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font size="-1">^</font>
313</sup></a> <a name="Commercial">Commercial software which supports or uses
314LAME:</a></h3>
315
316<ul>
317
318    <li>
319        <a href="http://www.winamp.com">WinAmp</a> (Win) probably the most
320        famous audio player. Can rip CDs and encode files using Lame, but only
321        in the Pro (paid) version.
322    </li>
323
324    <li>
325        <a href="https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/wavelab/start.html">WaveLab</a>
326        (Win) digital audio editing software.
327    </li>
328
329   <li>
330        <a href="https://www.tracktion.com/">Mackie Tracktion</a> a sequencer that
331        uses LAME to export to MP3.
332   </li>
333
334    <li>
335        <a href="http://www.goldwave.com/">Goldwave</a> (Win) audio editor.
336    </li>
337
338   <li>
339        <a href="http://www.dbpoweramp.com">dBpowerAMP</a> (Win) Rip and encode
340        to/from MP3, WMA, Vorbis and other audio formats.
341    </li>
342
343    <li>
344        <a href="http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/">UltraISO</a> (Win) ISO CD
345        image builder, editor and extractor.
346    </li>
347
348    <li>
349        <a href="https://jriver.com/">J. River Media Center</a> (Win) a media center
350        software that supports LAME for ripping, transcoding, and gapless playback.
351    </li>
352
353    <li>
354        <a href="https://acondigital.com/products/acoustica-audio-editor/">Acoustica</a>
355        digital audio editor
356    </li>
357
358    <li>
359        <a href="http://audioedit.mystikmedia.com">AudioEdit Deluxe</a> (Win)
360        sound editor.
361    </li>
362
363    <li>
364        <a href="http://www.blazemp.com/">Blaze Media Pro</a> (Win) audio/video
365        converter, editor, CD/DVD burner, and more.
366    </li>
367
368    <li>
369        <a href="http://www.audioease.com/index.php">Audio Ease BarbaBatch</a>
370        (Mac) batch audio file converter.
371    </li>
372
373    <li>
374        <a href="http://www.hairersoft.com/index.html">Amadeus</a> (Mac)
375        manipulate, create and analyze sounds.
376    </li>
377
378    <li>
379        <a href="http://nextup.com/">Text Aloud MP3</a> (Win) converts text
380        into speech.
381    </li>
382
383    <li>
384        <a href="http://www.highcriteria.com/">TotalRecorder</a> (Win) universal
385        sound recoder.
386    </li>
387
388    <li>
389        <a href="http://www.ejay.com/">eJay DJ Mix Station / Dance eJay</a> (Win)
390        a variety of DJ software, using Gogo.
391    </li>
392
393    <li>
394        <a href="https://www.poikosoft.com">Easy CD-DA Extractor</a> (Win)
395        ripper/encoder, includes LAME binaries.
396    </li>
397
398    <li>
399        <a href="http://www.mp3observer.com">MP3 Observer</a> (Win) MP3 file-manager,
400        ID3 tag editor, playlist creator and CD-archiving tool.
401    </li>
402
403    <li>
404        <a href="http://www.iprogramdev.com/">Visual MP3</a> (Win) jukebox
405        software with Karaoke support.
406    </li>
407
408    <li>
409        <a href="http://www.flashdig.com/">Flash Digger Plus</a> (Win) a Shockwave
410        Flash decompiler.
411    </li>
412
413</ul>
414
415<hr />
416
417
418<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
419size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Binaries">LAME Binaries:</a></h3>
420
421<h4>Linux:</h4>
422
423<ul>
424
425    <li>
426        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/index.php">RareWares</a> Precompiled
427        LAME versions for several distros.
428    </li>
429
430    <li>
431        <a href="https://freshrpms.net/">FreshRPMs</a> offers Linux RPM packages
432        for several popular RPM-based distributions, including Fedora Core.
433    </li>
434
435</ul>
436
437<h4>Windows:</h4>
438
439<ul>
440
441    <li>
442        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/index.php">RareWares</a> offers several
443        compiled LAME versions, including modified versions featuring special
444        functionality.
445    </li>
446
447   <li>
448        <a href="http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/">Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman</a>
449        offers up-to-date Windows and Mac OS LAME compiles on his
450        Argentina-hosted site.
451   </li>
452
453</ul>
454
455<h4>MacOS X:</h4>
456
457<ul>
458
459    <li>
460        <a href="http://www.thalictrum.com/">Thalictrum</a> offers optimized
461        binaries for both Intel and PowerPC Macs.
462    </li>
463
464    <li>
465        <a href="http://karaoke.kjams.com/wiki/Lame">KJams</a> has a QuickTime
466        component, which allows you to export audio from QuickTime and related
467        apps to MP3 using LAME.
468    </li>
469
470    <li>
471        The <a href="http://www.finkproject.org/">FINK</a> project provides LAME
472        binaries compiled for MacOS X.
473    </li>
474
475</ul>
476
477<h4>Solaris:</h4>
478
479<ul>
480
481    <li>
482          <a href="https://www.opencsw.org">OpenCSW</a> provides up-to-date
483          binaries for several versions of Sun Solaris, both SPARC and x86
484          architectures.
485    </li>
486
487</ul>
488
489<h4>Etc.:</h4>
490
491<ul>
492
493    <li>
494        <a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~mmilut/Lame.html">Lame Binary Distribution
495        Point</a> - somewhat outdated, but with compiles for several obscure
496        systems like HP-UX, Irix, VMS, Tru64, AIX, etc.
497    </li>
498
499</ul>
500
501<h4>Amiga:</h4>
502
503<ul>
504
505    <li>
506        For those of you that just won't give up on your Amiga, check <a
507        href="https://honeypot.net/the-amiga-alternative-audio-page/">The Amiga
508        Alternative Audio Page</a> or <a
509        href="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">Amiga.SF</a>.
510    </li>
511
512</ul>
513
514<hr />
515
516<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
517size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Alternatives">Other MP3 Encoders:</a></h3>
518
519<ul>
520
521    <li>
522        George Kotorlis created a multithreaded version of LAME called <a
523        href="http://www.fiberpool.de/en/fiberpool_case_studies_fpmp3enc_overview.html">fpMP3Enc</a>
524        based on his multicore framework <a href="http://www.fiberpool.de/en/fiberpool_overview.html">
525        Fiber Pool</a>.
526    </li>
527
528    <li>
529        <a href="http://www.marinecat.net/free/windows/mct_free.htm">GOGO-no-coda
530        MP3 encoder</a> A forked version of LAME with many key routines rewritten
531        in assembly (I.E, it's much faster). Uses the <a
532        href="http://www.nasm.us/">NASM assembler.</a>
533    </li>
534
535    <li>
536        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/mp3enc.php">FhG MP3enc</a> 3.1. The
537        gold standard of encoders. All other encoders strive to sound this good.
538        Demo version only encodes up to 30 seconds.<br />
539        <i>Update: according to recent listening tests, Lame already surpassed
540        FhG encoders in quality at most bitrates. :-)</i>
541    </li>
542
543    <li>
544        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/l3enc.php">FhG l3enc</a>. The older
545        brother of MP3enc. Very slow, but with quite decent quality.
546    </li>
547
548    <li>
549        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/fastencc.php">FhG Fastencc</a> this
550        "free" encoder was created with libraries stolen from Fraunhofer. It's
551        the faster brother of MP3enc, and also the only FhG encoder to offer VBR
552        encoding. The stereo encoding is buggy and quality is not on par with
553        MP3enc or LAME.
554    </li>
555
556    <li>
557        <a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~mmilut/BladeEnc.html">BladeEnc</a> One of
558        the first free encoders for Linux. Development has stopped at version
559        0.94.2. Quality is not satisfactory.
560    </li>
561
562    <li>
563        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php#helix_enc">Xing MP3
564        encoder</a> Good quality and very fast encoder. It is now the MP3
565        encoder used in Real Jukebox and Real Player, and has been recently
566        released under an Open Source license (the speed tweaks are still
567        limited to Windows though, because they use MASM)
568    </li>
569
570    <li>
571        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/qdmc.php">QDesign MP3 encoder</a>
572        Horrible quality. Only listed here for completeness.
573    </li>
574
575    <li>
576        <a href="https://www.mp3-tech.org/programmer/encoding.html">Shine</a> is
577        a featureless, but clean and readable MP3 encoder by Gabriel Bouvigne of
578        LAME fame. Great as a starting point or learning tool. Also probably the
579        only open source, fixed point math MP3 encoder.
580    </li>
581
582    <li>
583        <a href="download/dist10.tar.gz">dist10</a> - the MPEG (ISO) reference
584        MP1/2/3 encoders. Low quality, very slow and buggy. Good as a starting
585        point, maybe?
586    </li>
587
588    <li>
589        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/">ReallyRareWares</a> is an online
590        museum preserving obsolete and defunct encoders for several audio
591        formats, including old LAME versions and obscure MP3 encoders (most of
592        these encoders are simple compiles of the dist10 MPEG reference sources
593        though).
594    </li>
595</ul>
596
597<hr></hr>
598
599
600<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
601size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="MP3_sites">MP3 Encoding Web Sites:</a></h3>
602
603<ul>
604
605    <li>
606        <a href="https://hydrogenaud.io/">Hydrogenaudio</a> - Public discussion
607        forum focused on psychoacoustic audio compression, featuring an MP3
608        section.
609    </li>
610
611    <li>
612        <a href="http://www.maz-sound.com/">MAZ Sound</a> Encoders and other
613        audio software.
614    </li>
615
616</ul>
617
618<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
619size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites:</a></h3>
620
621<ul>
622
623    <li>
624        Great site for technical information: <a
625        href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a>
626    </li>
627
628    <li>
629        <a href="http://www.rarewares.org/index.php">RareWares</a> - audio
630        coding-related download site featuring several audio formats besides MP3.
631    </li>
632
633    <li>
634        <a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Main_Page">
635        HydrogenAudio's Wiki</a> is a repository of knowledge on audio-related
636        matters.
637    </li>
638
639    <li>
640        <a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Recommended_LAME">
641        HydrogenAudio's list of recommended LAME settings</a> to produce best
642        quality encodes at several bitrates.
643    </li>
644
645    <li>
646        <a href="https://cd-rw.org/">cd-rw.org</a> - The CD-R and MP3
647        resource
648    </li>
649
650    <li>
651        <a href="http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/">MPEG.ORG</a> Many pointers and
652        resources.
653    </li>
654
655</ul>
656
657<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
658size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Soft_hard">MP3 Related Software and
659Hardware:</a></h3>
660
661<ul>
662
663    <li>
664        <a href="http://mpg123.de/">mpg123</a> is a fast, featureful and accurate
665        MP1/2/3 decoder that is actively developed and licensed under the LGPL.
666    </li>
667
668    <li>
669        A favorite Linux ripper: <a
670        href="https://www.xiph.org/paranoia/">cdparanoia</a> <i>(also, GNU's
671        <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/">libcdio</a>, a
672        multiplatform port of CDparanoia)</i>
673    </li>
674
675    <li>
676        How to figure out which codec was used to make that mp3? Use <a
677        href="http://download.cnet.com/EncSpot/3000-2169_4-10062007.html">EncSpot</a>
678    </li>
679
680    <li>
681        <a href="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/">The MAD decoder</a> 24bit
682        and licensed under the GPL
683    </li>
684
685    <li>
686        <a href="http://maaate.sourceforge.net/">Maate</a> looks like a
687        very sophisticated MP3 analysis package. They also have a good
688        description of MP3 frames.
689    </li>
690
691    <li>
692        A nice .wav file viewer and editor: <a
693        href="http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html">sweep</a>
694    </li>
695
696    <li>
697        <a href="http://www.mptrim.com/">mptrim</a>: Trim silence and adjust
698        volume of mp3 files.
699    </li>
700
701    <li>
702        <a href="http://programmierer.freepage.de/overmann/">mp3check</a>: A
703        program to check integrity of mp3 files.
704    </li>
705
706    <li>
707        <a href="http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/Mpcut/">Mpcut</a>: X11 mp3
708        frame editor.
709    </li>
710
711    <li>
712        <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3asm/">mp3asm</a>: A program
713        to cut and paste mp3 frames.
714    </li>
715
716    <li>
717        <a href="http://www.chip.de/downloads/MP3-Splitter_27434282.html">MP3Splitter</a>:
718        Win32 MP3 splitter with frame statistics.
719    </li>
720
721    <li>
722        <a href="download/util/jchopwave.c">jchopwave</a>: Source code to a
723        utility to split up .wav files.
724    </li>
725
726</ul>
727
728<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
729size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Line_in">MP3 Encoding directly from
730line-in:</a></h3>
731
732<ul>
733
734    <li>
735        <a href="http://www.netwaysglobal.com/mpegrec/">mpegrec</a>: Linux/Win32
736        line-in/mic MP3 recorder (requires LAME).
737    </li>
738
739    <li>
740        <a href="http://ldb.tpv.ru/">MixMP3</a> by Dmitry Lesnikov
741    </li>
742
743    <li>
744        <a href="http://messer.aerolit.pl/">Messer</a> by Dariusz Sieradzki
745    </li>
746
747</ul>
748
749<h3><a href="#Contents" style="text-decoration: none"><sup><font
750size="-1">^</font></sup></a> <a name="Patents">Patent Information:</a></h3>
751
752<h4><i>By April 23rd, 2017 all relevant software patents applying to MP3
753compression technology had expired. MP3 is now considered to be a patent-free
754format, and licenses are not being collected anymore. Anyone is free to implement
755the specification and distribute the implementation.</i></h4>
756
757<ul>
758
759    <li>
760        Some information from the source themselves: <a
761        href="http://www.mp3licensing.com">Fraunhofer IIS</a>
762    </li>
763
764    <li>
765        A more accurate portrayal of the situation can be found on <a
766        href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a>
767    </li>
768
769</ul>
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