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Free (speech) software which supports or uses LAME:

• andromeda (PHP and ASP) Dynamically presents collections of mp3s as streaming web sites.
  
• cd2mp3 :  (Pearl) Script which runs daGrab and LAME.
• rip   (Pearl) Script for ripping and encoding.

• avifile AVI/DIVX encoder and decoder for Linux.
• Grip :  (Linux) gtk-based cd-player, ripper and encoder.  Supports cddb, cdparanoia and LAME.
• jbm2 (Linux)  A KDE Jukebox style application for public places (bars, pubs,...)
  
• Krabber   (Linux) A KDE  ripper & encoder, can use LAME.
• Mp3Maker   (Linux) A WindowMaker enhanced front end to cdda2wav/cdparanoia and lame/bladeenc.
• dekagenc   (Linux) Bourne shell script for ripping, encoding and CDDB naming.
• ripperX   (Linux) GTK frontend for rippers and several encoders featuring CDDB support.
• T.E.A.R.   (Linux) frontend to LAME, cdparanoia and CDDB.
• xtunes.   (Linux)  GTK frontend for LAME, MAD, cdparanoia, cdrecord and more.  
  

• DropMP3 (Mac)  includes LAME binaries.
• RaviLAME (Mac) Ripper & encocder.  Source code only, includes LAME.

• CDex:    (Windows)   Ripper & encoder, includes LAME binaries (the Blade compatible dll)
• Lamedrop (Windows)  OggDrop  style encoder.  
  
• LAMEX (Windows) An activex control for LAME, and a GUI.  Source code only, includes LAME.
• m3w (Windows) A live mp3 streamer for the WWW.  Works with LAME, icecast, soundcard input
  
• out_lame  (Windows)  Winamp output plug-in.  Create MP3 files directly from Winamp!  
  
• RazorLame (Windows)  The  RazorBlade front end now supports LAME.
• WinLama (Windows) Small frontend for LAME.EXE
• winLAME (Windows) The only *nice* windows UI for LAME, according to the author :-)

• DarkIce  Live streamer for IceCast.  
  
• LiveIce   Real time streaming of mp3s.  Works with IceCast .
• MuSE   A mixing, encoding and streaming engine.
• Flash Forth A Flash-like development library

Free (beer) software which supports or uses LAME:

• ALF    (Windows) frontend for LAME.EXE
• dBpowerAMP   (Windows) Rip and encode to mp3, wma, vorbis and other audio effects
• EnLAMEr (Windows) frontend for LAME.EXE
• EAC (Windows) Exact Audio Copy: High quality CD ripper
  
• LameBatch   (Windows) frontend for LAME.EXE
• LAMEr (Windows) Can also encode from line-in
• RipTrax (Windows) Advanced CD Ripper with support for LAME and Vorbis
• SecondSpin (Amiga) ripper & encoder
• vbLamer (Windows)  A visual basic LAME front end.
• Also, see vbLamer_pro , another version of this frontend.
• WinLAMEr    (Windows) frontend for LAME.EXE
• ZLURP    (Windows, Mac, Linux) Ripper and encoder.  Includes LAME binaries.

Commercial software which supports or uses LAME:

• 1CoolButtonTool Flash and Java button editor
• Amadeus II (Mac) Manipulate, create and analyze sounds.
• AudioEdit Deluxe    Windows sound editor
• AudioStation ,  Windows Jukebox software by Turtle Beach
  
• Audiograbber    Windows ripper/encoder
• Audion    Mac Jukebox software
• CDcopy   Windows ripper/encoder
• eJay DJ Mix Station / MP3 Easy / MP3 Station / Music Cleaning Studio / MP3 Pro    Various Windows music tools, using Gogo
• Easy CD-DA Extractor    Windows ripper/encoder, includes LAME binaries.
• Easy CD MP3 Workshop    Windows ripper/encoder
• MP3 Observer   MP3 file-manager, ID3 tag editor, playlist creator and CD-archiving tool.
• MPAction MP3 Tools   Windows jukebox software
• MyMP3  Windows jukebox software from Steinberg
  
• N2MP3 Pro  Macintosh jukebox software
  
• Text Aloud MP3     Converts text into audio.
• TotalRecorder.     Universal sound recoder.
• UltraTagger.     ID3 tag management, encoding and decoding.
• UMG protected audio CDs     UMG is using Lame for the PC part of protected audio CDs. ("Fast and Furious")
• Tunespark  This commercial software uses the LAME encoding engine in violation of our copyrights and without any acknowlegement.  Stay away from it!
• WaveLab 4  Digital Audio editing software.

Binaries/DLL's of the LAME command line encoder:

Linux:

• Linux & Unix:  binaries for stable releases of LAME are available from the not_lame encoder site
• RPM's for beta versions here!
• RPM's for beta versions and RH7 here!

Windows:

• The original Russian site, and one of the most reliable for beta and bleeding edge (alpha) versions (updated almost daily): mirror 1     mirror 2
• Windows and OS/2  :  LAME.EXE for Windows and OS/2 available from:   (Not)LAME for OS/2 and DOS
• From the Encoder/Windows section of   www.mp3-tech.org
• Beta versions from this site in the in the .ee domain.
• Beta versions and MSVC6 project files and source code available here
• From the  ZLURP ftp site
• In the encoders section of MAZ Sound

BeOS:

• BeLAME binaries.

Amiga:

• For those of you that just wont give up on your Amiga, check The Amiga Alternative Audio Page 

The LAME graphical mp3 frame analyzer:

• Nathan D. Blomquist's site   has binaries for the Windows version of the LAME MP3 frame analzyer.   Note that it requires downloading an additional 800K of GTK dlls, unless you have already installed other GTK software for windows like the gimp

Other MP3 Encoders for Linux:

• Takehiro Tominaga has done some amazing work on LAME recently (see  history ).  His  versions are available here (source code only)     Fortunately for us,  Takehiro takes the time to fold many of his improvements back into LAME.
• GOGO-no-coda  MP3 encoder. A forked version of LAME with many key routines rewritten in assembly.  Uses the NASM assembler.

• mp3enc3.1   from FhG.  The gold standard of encoders.  All other encoders strive to sound this good.  Demo version only encodes up to 30 seconds.
• BladeEnc   One of the first free encoders for Linux.

MP3 Encoder Comparisons based on listening tests:

• MP3 (Fhg, Lame, Blade), AAC, Vorbis, using blind ABX tests
• Lots of different MP3 encoders, using blind ABX tests

MP3 Encoding Web Sites:

• r3mix.net   Up-to-date ripper and encoder information, and the truth about MP3 quality.
• MP3Encoders    Encoder speed comparisons, and soon will have encoder quality comparisons.
• Mpeg Audio News.    Mac-centric, encoder reviews and quality comparisons.
• MAZ Sound   Encoders and other audio software.

General MP3 Web Sites:

• Great site for technical information:  www.mp3-tech.org
• Dmitry Kutsanov's site is extremely usefull!
• CD-RW.ORG - The CD-R and MP3 resource
• MPEG.ORG   Many pointers and resources.

MP3 Related Software and Hardware:

• My favorite Linux ripper: cdparanoia
• Figure out which codec was used to make that mp3? EncSpot
• Open source embedded mp3? Cantante
• The MAD decoder Bug free, 24bit and GPL!
• PCAVtech sound card benchmarks
• Maate looks like a very sophisticated MP3 analysis package.  They also have a good description of MP3 frames.
• A nice .wav file viewer and editor:  sweep
• MPxUtil:   convert to MP3s to free format, adjust volume, edit Xing VBR headers and other stuff.
• mp3trim .   Trim silence and adjust volume of mp3 files.
• mp3check    A program to check integrity of mp3 files.
• Mpcut X11 mp3 frame editor.
• mp3asm    A program to cut and paste mp3 frames.
• MP3Splitter    Win32 MP3 splitter and frame  statistics.
• jchopwave   Source code to a utility to split up .wav files.
• The future of the command line interface!

MP3 Encoding direct from line-in:

• Most of these links taken from: Dmitry Kutsanov's site
• mpegrec    Linux/Win32 line-in/mic MP3 recorder (requires LAME).
• MixMP3 by Dmitry Lesnikov
• Messer by Dariusz Sieradzki
• LAMEr, also a nice Windows frontend

Patent Information:

• Some information from the source themselves:  Thomson Multimedia
• A more accurate portrayal of the situation can be found on www.mp3-tech.org
• Eric Scheirer's FAQ: MPEG, Patents, and Audio Coding

Source: The Lame Project

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