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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> <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> <a name="Windows">Windows:</a></b></p> 190 191<ul> 192 193 <li> 194 <a href="http://cdex.mu/">CDex</a> Ripper & 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 & 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 & 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> 770 771 772<div id="footer"> 773 774<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame"><img src="images/sflogo.gif" 775 alt="Get LAME (Lame Aint an MP3 Encoder) at SourceForge.net. 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