best mp3 encoder? EDIT: what/s up w/ LAME?

[Barnaby W. Füi]

i hear great things about LAME, is it a codec or an actual program?

any help would be great

thanks
EDIT: read below

 

[pulse8]

r3mix.net

 

[yakko]

Go here and read.

 

[TripleJ]

LAME is an encoder.

A good program to utilize LAME is CDEX. Many people here use it and like it. I think there's an FAQ which explains it to you and gives you links etc.

 

[SsZERO]

It's a command-line program like the old L3enc and L3dec, but you can get a front-end like razor lame for it. It's the best encoder I've ever used, be sure to use VBR with it for best performance. The MP3s come with much less perceived distortion than Fraunhoffer.

Also, check out the MAD plugin for MP3 decoding...it does for playback what lame does for encoding.

-= SsZERO =-

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

How do they expect any windows users to use lame? all they provide is source. i actually have visual c++ 6 installed, but there is jack for documentation on how to compile it in windows.

can i download windows binaries for it anywhere?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

?

 

[chiwawa626]

www.win32lame.com should have compiled exe's but best thing to do is use the fronteds like razor lame or cdex..

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

i am going to use razor lame but it does not include lame.

thanks chiwawa

 

[yakko]

On the r3mix main page click on encoding and get win32lame. I use it and it is great.

 

[PliotronX]

LAME = the holy grail of MP3 encoding. I just don't understand why anyone would use anything else for MP3 encoding (take Xing for instance). Dmitry's page has some of the latest alpha builds of 3.90, and a ton of other goodies.

 

[angrymaxx]

I use the Radium Fraunhoffer II codec with AudioGrabber and the resulting mp3s sound really good. I think LAME is based off the same codec...

 

[flavio]

I use Exact Audio Copy (EAC) as a front end for LAME. It's easy to set up, in the settings EAC you just point it at LAME as the means to do the encoding.

 

[SsZERO]

No, LAME is its own codec -- not another remix of Fraunhoffer, but the majority of other codecs are based on fraunhoffer. LAME really excels at VBR encoding.

-= SsZERO =-



<< I use the Radium Fraunhoffer II codec with AudioGrabber and the resulting mp3s sound really good. I think LAME is based off the same codec... >>

 

[TheKidd]

Another vote for EAC + Lame.

 

[Draco]

Audiograbber + Lame for me only.

Quality!

 

[mithrandir2001]

The LAME encoder is available as an EXE and a DLL, while RazorLAME is a great front-end for LAME. VBR definitely takes the cake, but ABR is nice option when you desire variable bitrates and fast encoding times (VBR is slow).

 

[IndyJaws]

I got this tutorial from another thread for setting up EAC + Lame (or other codecs you might want to use). Looks very well done.

 

[SsZERO]

I use the VBR settings with a 256 kbit/s target and 128 kbit/s minimum. I also have the level 4 quality and 0 mode settings (the highest). I still encoded about 50% faster than real time. So a 3 minute song takes me about 1:20 to encode...I can deal with that for the added quality.

-= SsZERO =-



<< The LAME encoder is available as an EXE and a DLL, while RazorLAME is a great front-end for LAME. VBR definitely takes the cake, but ABR is nice option when you desire variable bitrates and fast encoding times (VBR is slow). >>