RazorLame - A Front-end for LAME

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written by Holger Dors

Version 1.1.5
December 12, 2001

E-Mail: Razor dot Blade at gmx dot net
Homepage: http://www.dors.de/razorlame/

Description
RazorLame is a so-called "front-end" for use with LAME. LAME is a great MP3-Encoder: it's very fast, it produces high-quality files, has many advanced features (like Variable Bitrates and Joint-Stereo), and it's open source. Unfortunately, it is a command line utility, and that is where RazorLame comes in: It provides an easy-to-use graphical user-interface which makes MP3-encoding even easier!

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Lame è leggero e ve lo passo io


Following the great history of GNU naming, LAME originally stood forLAMEAin't anMp3Encoder. LAME started life as a GPL'd patch against the dist10 ISO demonstrationsource, and thus was incapable of producing an mp3 streamor 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.

LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to use the open source model to improve the psycho acoustics, noise shaping and speed of MP3. LAME is not for everyone - it is distributed as source code only and requires the ability to use a C compiler. However, many popular ripping and encoding programs include the LAME encoding engine, see: Software which uses LAME.

Personal and commercial use of compiled versions of LAME (or any other mp3 encoder) requires a patent license in some countries.

LAME v3.90 December 21 2001:
Many improvements in quality in speed. See history .
MPEG1,2 and 2.5 layer III encoding.
CBR (constant bitrate) and two types of variable bitrate, VBR and ABR.

free format encoding and decoding
GPSYCHO: a GPL'd psycho acoustic and noise shaping model.
Quality is comparable to FhG encoding engines and substantially betterthan most other encoders.
Fast! Encodes faster than real time on a PII 266 at highest qualitymode.

MP3x: a GTK/X-Window MP3 frame analyzer for both .mp3 and unencoded audio files. (http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3/screenshots/screenshots.html)