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<title>Links related to LAME</title>
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<body>
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<div id="menu">
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<li><a href="index.html">Index page</a></li>
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<li><a href="about.html">About LAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="introduction.html">Intro to encoding</a></li>
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<li><a href="usage.html">Usage of LAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="history.html">Version history</a></li>
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<li><a href="contributors.html">Coders of LAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="contact.html">Contact LAME</a></li>
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<h2 class="hilight">LAME and MP3-related Links</h2>
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<h3>Quick Links:</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://lame.sourceforge.net/">Lame official home site</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame">Lame development site at
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sourceforge</a></li>
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<li><a href="#OpenSource">Free (open source) software which supports or uses
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LAME</a>
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<li><a href="#Multiplatform">Multiplatform</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Posix">Posix (UNIX-like)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#MacOS">MacOS Classic</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Windows">Windows</a></li>
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<li><a href="#ClosedSource">Free (closed source) software which supports or
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uses LAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Commercial">Commercial software which supports or uses
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LAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Binaries">LAME Binaries (for Windows, *nix, Amiga...)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Alternatives">Alternative MP3 encoders</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Comparisons">Comparisons based on listening tests</a></li>
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<li><a href="#MP3_sites">MP3 encoding web sites</a></li>
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<li><a href="#MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Soft_hard">MP3 Related Software and Hardware</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Line_in">MP3 Encoding direct from line-in</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Patents">Patent Information</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="OpenSource">Free (open source) software which supports or uses
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LAME:</a></h3>
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<p><b> <a name="Multiplatform">Multiplatform:</a></b></p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/">FFmpeg</a> An awesome collection of
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codecs (libavcodec) for pretty much all popular audio and video formats.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/">andromeda</a> (PHP and ASP)
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Dynamically presents collections of mp3s as streaming web sites.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.getid3.org">getID3()</a> (PHP) PHP4 script that
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extracts useful information from MP3s & other multimedia file formats.
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Reads Lame tags.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://rip.sourceforge.net">rip</a> (Perl) Script for ripping
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and encoding.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.videolan.org">VideoLAN</a> A powerful multimedia
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player and streaming solution for Win32, Linux, MacOS, BeOS...
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Audacity</a> Open source
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multiplatform audio editor.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://jtagger.sourceforge.net/jripper/">jRipper</a> (Java) CD
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ripper frontend.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a
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href="http://www.tradebit.com/layouts/featured-technology.php">Tradebit</a>
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is a file hosting service that offers server-side MP3 encoding with LAME.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p><b> <a name="Posix">Posix (Linux, MacOS X, BSD, Solaris, etc.):
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</a></b></p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.k3b.org/">k3b</a> An exceptional CD burning and
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ripping frontend for KDE.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://divx.euro.ru">avifile</a> AVI/DIVX encoder and decoder.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.nostatic.org/grip/">Grip</a> A gtk-based cd-player,
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ripper and encoder. Supports cddb, cdparanoia and LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.transcoding.org/">Transcode</a> Several command line
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utilities to transcode several audio and video formats.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://home.netsurf.de/fr.schueler/Apps/index.html">Mp3Maker</a>
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A WindowMaker enhanced front end to cdda2wav/cdparanoia and LAME/bladeenc.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/">ripperX</a> GTK frontend for
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rippers and several encoders featuring CDDB support.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://tear.sourceforge.net/">T.E.A.R.</a> frontend to LAME,
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cdparanoia and CDDB.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.amb.org/xmcd/">Xmcd.</a> CD Player with CDDB and
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ripping to MP3 and OGG.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://xtunes.sourceforge.net">xtunes</a> GTK frontend for LAME,
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MAD, cdparanoia, cdrecord and more.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.agouros.de/dlame/">DLame</a> Perl script to
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distribute the LAME encoding task among several machines in a network.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://scara.com/strec/">Strec</a> Stream recorder - A perl
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wrapper for dsproxy, realplayer and LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://tcdr.sourceforge.net/">TCDR</a> a menu-driven console
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frontend for CD recording and ripping that uses LAME to rip CDs into MP3
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files.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://darkice.tyrell.hu/">DarkIce</a> Live streamer for
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IceCast.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://star.arm.ac.uk/%7Espm/software/liveice.html">LiveIce</a>
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Real time streaming of mp3s. Works with <a
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href="http://www.icecast.org">IceCast</a>.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://muse.dyne.org">MuSE</a> A mixing, encoding and streaming
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engine.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://f4l.sourceforge.net/">Flash For Linux</a> a Flash-like
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development library.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://lly.org/~rcw/abcde/page/">ABCDE</a> "A Better CD Encoder"
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- Shell script to automatize ripping, encoding and tagging process.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://arson.sourceforge.net">Arson</a> - a KDE fronted to CD
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burning and ripping tools.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.vortex.prodigynet.co.uk/cripple/">Cripple</a> - A
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command-line/batch CD ripper/encoder frontend.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p><b> <a name="MacOS">MacOS Classic:</a></b></p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://philippe.laval.free.fr">DropMP3</a> includes LAME
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binaries.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p><b> <a name="Windows">Windows:</a></b></p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/">CDex</a> Ripper & encoder,
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includes LAME binaries (the Blade compatible dll).
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php">LameDropXPd</a>
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OggDrop style drag'n'drop frontend.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.labdv.com/dvdx/">DVDx</a> DVD to
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VCD/SVCD/AVI(XviD...) one-step converter.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.omniencoder.com/">OmniEncoder</a> a fully
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featured frontend for LAME and several other encoders.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.interruptx.com">LAMEX</a> An activex control for
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LAME, and a GUI. Source code only, includes LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.informatik.fh-muenchen.de/%7Eruckert/m3w/">m3w</a> A
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live mp3 streamer for the WWW. Works with LAME, icecast, soundcard input.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/">out_lame</a> Winamp output
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plug-in. Create MP3 files directly from Winamp!
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php">RazorLame</a> The
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RazorBlade front end now supports LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://winlame.sourceforge.net">winLAME</a> The only *nice*
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windows UI for LAME, according to the author :-)
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bbc2mp3/">bbc2mp3</a> a tool for
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saving BBC "Listen Again" programmes as MP3 files.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="ClosedSource">Free (closed source) software which supports or uses
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LAME:</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.foobar2000.org">Foobar2000</a> (Windows) an audio
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player with spartan interface but lots of components and an almost
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fanatical focus on audio quality.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net">Audiograbber</a> (Windows)
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CD ripper/encoder.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.skillreactor.org/tools/index.htm">EnLAMEr</a>
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(Windows) frontend for lame.exe
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.exactaudiocopy.de">EAC</a> (Windows) Exact Audio
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Copy: High quality CD ripper.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://slideplay.blogspot.com">jtvmaker</a> (Java) A web
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slideshow generating and photo sharing tool using LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.wavosaur.com/">Wavosaur</a> Free audio editor and
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batch processor.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.uic.nnov.ru/%7Eloea/">LameBatch</a> (Windows) frontend
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for lame.exe
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php">Hard Disk Ogg</a> a
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line-in recorder that can encode directly to MP3, among other formats.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.1oo-percent.de/lamer/">LAMEr</a> (Windows) Can also
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encode from line-in.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.riptrax.com/">RipTrax</a> (Windows) Advanced CD Ripper
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with support for LAME and Vorbis.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://snow.prohosting.com/emercer/">Music Conduit</a> (Windows)
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A working substitute for the Transfer to Device feature in Windows Media
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Player.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/wlame/">WORM MP3 Encoder</a>
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(Windows) MP3 encoder based on LAME with reported improvements.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.zlurp.com">ZLURP</a> (Windows, Mac, Linux) Ripper and
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encoder. Includes LAME binaries.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://blacktree.com/apps/iTunes-LAME/">iTunes-LAME</a> (MacOS)
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Integrates LAME into Apple iTunes, as an alternative to the default
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(rather poor) encoder.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://funkatron.com/apps/lamebrain/">LameBrain</a> (MacOS)
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LAME frontend for MacOS X.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/~lakahone/amiga/secondspin/">SecondSpin</a>
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(Amiga) ripper & encoder.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="Commercial">Commercial software which supports or uses
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LAME:</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<a href="http://www.winamp.com">WinAmp</a> Can rip CDs using Lame, but
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only in the Pro (paid) version.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.steinberg.de/25_1.html">WaveLab</a> Digital Audio
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editing software.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.goldwave.com/">Goldwave</a> Audio editor for Windows.
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</li>
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<a href="http://www.dbpoweramp.com">dBpowerAMP</a> (Windows) Rip and
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encode to/from mp3, wma, vorbis and other audio formats.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/">UltraISO</a> ISO CD image
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builder, editor and extractor.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://audioedit.mystikmedia.com">AudioEdit Deluxe</a> Windows
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sound editor.
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</li>
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<a href="http://www.blazemp.com/">Blaze Media Pro</a> audio/video
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converter, editor, CD/DVD burner, and more for Windows.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.swishzone.com/index.php">SWiSH Max</a> Adobe Flash
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authoring tool for Windows.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.ubercaster.com/">übercaster</a> Podcast
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production suite for Macintosh.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.audioease.com/">Audio Ease BarbaBatch</a> Batch audio
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file converter for Macintosh.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.hairersoft.com/Amadeus.html">Amadeus II</a> (Mac)
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Manipulate, create and analyze sounds.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.bias-inc.com/">Peak 3</a> Macintosh audio
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editing/processing/mastering software.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.panic.com/audion/">Audion</a> Mac Jukebox software.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.kapraet.com/">CD Stack</a> CD ripping software for
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Mac.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.nextuptech.com/">Text Aloud MP3</a> Converts text
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into speech.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.highcriteria.com/">TotalRecorder</a> Universal sound
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recoder.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.cdcopy.sk/">CDcopy</a> Windows ripper/encoder.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.ejay.com/">eJay DJ Mix Station / Dance eJay</a>
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Various Windows DJ software, using Gogo.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.poikosoft.com">Easy CD-DA Extractor</a> Windows
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ripper/encoder, includes LAME binaries.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.mp3observer.com">MP3 Observer</a> MP3 file-manager,
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ID3 tag editor, playlist creator and CD-archiving tool.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.birdcagesoft.com/">MPAction MP3 Tools</a> Windows
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jukebox software.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.buttontool.com">1CoolButtonTool</a> Flash and Java
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button editor.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://proteron.com/n2mp3pro/">N2MP3 Pro</a> Macintosh jukebox
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software.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.ultratagger.com/">UltraTagger.</a> ID3 tag
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management, encoding and decoding.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.musichelponline.com/">UMG protected audio CDs</a>
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UMG is using Lame for the PC part of protected audio CDs. ("Fast
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and Furious").
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<a href="http://www.iprogramdev.com/">Visual MP3</a> Windows jukebox
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software with Karaoke support.
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<a href="http://www.flashdig.com/">Flash Digger Plus</a> - a ShockWave
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Flash decompiler.
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<a href="http://www.smart-soft.net/">Smart-Soft</a> - all of their producs
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includes <a href="http://www.smartcdripper.com/"> Smart CD Ripper</a>, <a
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href="http://www.smartmp3converter.com/">Smart MP3 converter</a> and <a
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<a href="http://www.rarewares.org/">RareWares</a> offers Debian binary
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packages of LAME and several other audio codecs/tools. Precompiled LAME
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versions for other distros are also available.
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<a href="http://freshrpms.net/">FreshRPMs</a> offers Linux RPM <a
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href="http://bordeaux.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1473">packages for
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several popular RPM-based distributions</a>, including Fedora Core.
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<h4>Windows:</h4>
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<a href="http://www.rarewares.org/">RareWares</a> offers several
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compiled LAME versions, including modified versions featuring special
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functionality.
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</li>
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<li>
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From the Encoder/Windows section of <a
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href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a>.
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In the encoders section of <a href="http://www.maz-sound.com/">MAZ
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Sound</a>.
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<h4>MacOS X:</h4>
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<a href="http://www.thalictrum.com/">Thalictrum</a> offers optimized
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binaries for both Intel and PowerPC Macs.
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.kjams.com/wiki/index.php/Lame">KJams</a> has a
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QuickTime component, which allows you to export audio from QuickTime
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and related apps to MP3 using LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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The <a href="http://www.finkproject.org/">FINK</a> project provides LAME
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binaries compiled for MacOS X.
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</li>
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<h4>Solaris:</h4>
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<a href="http://www.sunfreeware.com/">Sunfreeware</a> provides
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up-to-date binaries for several versions of Sun Solaris, both SPARC and
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x86 architectures.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Etc.:</h4>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~mmilut/Lame.html">Lame Binary Distribution
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Point</a> - somewhat outdated, but with compiles for several obscure
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systems like HP-UX, Irix, VMS, Tru64, AIX, etc.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Amiga:</h4>
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For those of you that just won't give up on your Amiga, check <a
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href="http://honeypot.net/amiga-alternative-audio-page">The Amiga
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Alternative Audio Page</a> or <a
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href="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">Amiga.SF</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="Alternatives">Other MP3 Encoders:</a></h3>
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<a href="http://www.initialt.org/">Takehiro Tominaga</a> has done some
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amazing work on LAME recently (see <a
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href="http://lame.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/lame/lame/doc/html/history.html">
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history</a>). His versions are available <a
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href="http://www.initialt.org/lame-beta/">here (source code only)</a>.
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Fortunately for us, Takehiro takes the time to fold many of his
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improvements back into LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.marinecat.net/free/windows/mct_free.htm">GOGO-no-coda
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MP3 encoder</a> (<a href="http://homepage2.nifty.com/kei-i/">Alternate
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link</a>) A forked version of LAME with many key routines rewritten in
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assembly (I.E, it's much faster). Uses the <a
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href="http://nasm.sourceforge.net/">NASM assembler.</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/mp3enc.html">FhG MP3enc</a> 3.1. The
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gold standard of encoders. All other encoders strive to sound this good.
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Demo version only encodes up to 30 seconds.<br />
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<i>Update: according to recent listening tests, Lame already surpassed
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FhG encoders in quality at most bitrates. :-)</i>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/l3enc.html">FhG l3enc</a>. The older
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brother of MP3enc. Very slow, but with quite reasonable quality.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/fastencc.html">FhG Fastencc</a> this
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"free" encoder was created with libraries stolen from Fraunhofer. It's
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the faster brother of MP3enc, and also the only FhG encoder to offer VBR
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encoding. Quality is not on par with MP3enc or LAME.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~mmilut/BladeEnc.html">BladeEnc</a> One of
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the first free encoders for Linux. Development has stopped at version
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0.94.2. Quality is not satisfactory.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-others.php#helix_enc">Xing MP3
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encoder</a> Reasonable quality and extremely fast encoder. Is now the MP3
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encoder used in Real Jukebox and Real Player, and has been recently
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released under an Open Source license (it's still limited to Windows
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though)
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.qdesign.com">QDesign MP3 encoder</a> Horrible
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quality. Only listed here for completeness purposes.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/">ReallyRareWares</a> is an online
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museum preserving obsolete and defunct encoders for several audio
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formats, including old LAME versions and obscure MP3 encoders (most of
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these encoders are simply compiles of the MPEG reference sources -
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dist10 - though)
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</li>
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</ul>
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<hr></hr>
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<h3><a name="Comparisons">MP3 Encoder Comparisons based on <i>listening
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tests:</i></a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://ff123.net/">Lots of different MP3 encoders, using blind
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ABX tests</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rjamorim.com/test/">Roberto's</a> page of public
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blind listening tests comparing several formats and encoders.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.listening-tests.info">Sebastian Mares'</a> listening
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tests
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="MP3_sites">MP3 Encoding Web Sites:</a></h3>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php">Hydrogenaudio</a>
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- Public discussion forum focused on psychoacoustic audio compression,
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featuring an MP3 section.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.maz-sound.com/">MAZ Sound</a> Encoders and other
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audio software.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="MP3_general">General MP3 Web Sites:</a></h3>
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Great site for technical information: <a
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href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.rarewares.org">RareWares</a> - audio coding-related
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download site featuring several audio formats besides MP3.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Main_Page">
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HydrogenAudio's Wiki</a> is a repository of knowledge on audio-related
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matters.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Recommended_LAME">
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HydrogenAudio's list of recommended LAME settings</a> to produce best
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quality encodes at several bitrates.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.bitburners.com">BitBurners</a> - The CD-R and MP3
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resource
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/">MPEG.ORG</a> Many pointers and
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resources.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="Soft_hard">MP3 Related Software and Hardware:</a></h3>
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A favorite Linux ripper: <a
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href="http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/">cdparanoia</a> <i>(also, GNU's
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/">libcdio</a>, a
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multiplatform port of CDparanoia)</i>
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</li>
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<li>
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How to figure out which codec was used to make that mp3? Use <a
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href="http://www.guerillasoft.nstemp.com/EncSpot2/">EncSpot</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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Open source embedded mp3? <a
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href="http://www.janovetz.com/jake/cantante/index.html"> Cantante</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/">The MAD decoder</a> Bug
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free, 24bit and GPL!
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/">PCAVtech sound
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card benchmarks</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.cmis.csiro.au/dmis/maaate/">Maate</a> looks like a
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very sophisticated MP3 analysis package. They also have a good
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description of MP3 frames.
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</li>
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<li>
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A nice .wav file viewer and editor: <a
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href="http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html"> sweep</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.mptrim.com/">mptrim</a>: Trim silence and adjust
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volume of mp3 files.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://programmierer.freepage.de/overmann/">mp3check</a>: A
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program to check integrity of mp3 files.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://minnie.tuhs.org/Programs/Mpcut/">Mpcut</a>: X11 mp3
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frame editor.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3asm">mp3asm</a>: A program
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to cut and paste mp3 frames.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.codevisions.de/mp3splitter/">MP3Splitter</a>: Win32
|
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MP3 splitter and frame statistics.
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="download/util/jchopwave.c">jchopwave</a>: Source code to a
|
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utility to split up .wav files.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="Line_in">MP3 Encoding direct from line-in:</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.netwaysglobal.com/mpegrec/">mpegrec</a>: Linux/Win32
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line-in/mic MP3 recorder (requires LAME).
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://ldb.tpv.ru/">MixMP3</a> by Dmitry Lesnikov
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.dago.pmp.com.pl/messer/">Messer</a> by Dariusz
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Sieradzki
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="http://www.1oo-percent.de/lamer/">LAMEr</a>, also a nice
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Windows
|
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frontend
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="Patents">Patent Information:</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Some information from the source themselves: <a
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href="http://www.mp3licensing.com"> Thomson Multimedia</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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A more accurate portrayal of the situation can be found on <a
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href="http://www.mp3-tech.org">www.mp3-tech.org</a>
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