Lame 3.97 has been released. Following the great history of GNU naming, LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder. LAME started life as a GPL'd patch against the dist10 ISO demonstration source, and thus was incapable of producing an mp3 stream or even being compiled by itself. But in May 2000, the last remnants of the ISO source code were replaced, and now LAME is the source code for a fully GPL'd MP3 encoder, with speed and quality to rival all commercial competitors.
What's New?
Many improvements in quality in speed over ISO reference software. 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 or ACM codec (Windows). Free format encoding and decoding GPSYCHO: a GPL'd psycho acoustic and noise shaping model. Powerfull and easy to use presets. Quality is comparable to FhG encoding engines and substantially better than most other encoders. 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.
Download Lame MP3 Encoder 3.97
Many improvements in quality in speed over ISO reference software. 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 or ACM codec (Windows). Free format encoding and decoding GPSYCHO: a GPL'd psycho acoustic and noise shaping model. Powerfull and easy to use presets. Quality is comparable to FhG encoding engines and substantially better than most other encoders. 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.
Download Lame MP3 Encoder 3.97
