ITunes-LAME (Mac) Integrates LAME into Apple iTunes, as an alternative to the default (rather poor) encoder. LameBrain (Mac) LAME frontend for MacOS X. SecondSpin (Amiga) ripper & encoder. ^ Commercial software which supports or uses LAME: WaveLab (Win) digital audio editing software. LAME is an open source audio encoder. It is NOT developed by Thalictrum. We give you a pre-packaged installer for Mac OS X as a convenience. All necessary information, license and source code can be freely obtained from the official LAME site. Lame is a free MPEG audio layer III (MP3) encoder developed by Mike Cheng and Mark Taylor and designed Windows, Linux and Mac PC. Lame MP3 encoder features high quality encoder with remarkable conversion speed. Lame is considered the best when it comes to MP3 encoding with constant bitrate and variable bitrates (VBR and ABR).
This guidance refers to both GUI and Command Line versions of DAISY Pipeline 1.
Lame For Mac Os 10.13
LAME is a high quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder licensed under the LGPL. A full description of the features of this software can be found at the LAME website.
On Windows
The default Windows installer installs the LAME executable in the ext directory under the DAISY Pipeline installation directory. Other versions of LAME may be found amongst the links listed on the LAME website
On Mac OS X
The DAISY Pipeline 1app application bundles a Universal Binary build of LAME. If you want to use another version you can choose to install LAME separately, for instance from UNIX port systems such as MacPorts or Fink
On Linux
It is recommended to install LAME via the standard package system used by your Linux distribution (e.g. DEB or RPM). See your distribution documentation for more details.
Configuring the LAME path in DAISY Pipeline 1
For the Pipeline 1 GUI, go to Windows > Preferences > Paths and make sure that the LAME path entry points to the LAME executable (e.g. C:lamelame.exe)
For the Pipeline 1 Command Line version or if you have embedded the Pipeline as a component in another system, do the following:
Locate the pipeline.user.properties file by navigating to the Pipeline installation path (e.g. C:Program FilesDaisy Pipeline) and find pipeline.user.properties within that directory.
Open pipeline.user.properties in an XML or text editor, and make sure that the entry with the key pipeline.lame.path points to the convert.exe file.
Install Lame MP3 Encoder
Because of patent license restrictions, Auphonic is not allowed to distribute MP3 encoders and decoders. You have to install the free external tool lame to enable MP3 support in our desktop apps.
If you have any questions about the installation, please contact us at [email protected].
Lame Installation for Mac OS X
Lame For Mac Os High Sierra
You can install lame using Homebrew: See the following Installation Instructions to install homebrew and lame on your computer.
Restart the Auphonic program afterwards.
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Lame Installation for Windows
Download Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe (sorry for this site - please see Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe in the middle of this page).
Run the exe file to install LAME for Audacity on your computer.
IMPORTANT: Do not change the offered destination location of 'Your Program FilesLame for Audacity' !
Restart the Auphonic program.
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If you still have problems or want to use a custom lame binary, pleasecopy lame.exe into the Auphonic installation directory oradd the lame installation directoryto your path!