So, you had to compile it yourself or download from 3rd-party sites who were willing to take the risk (both still illegal and you could theoretically be sued if you distributed MP3s made this way), or you could buy an application (such as dBpowerAmp) that included a licensed copy.
When LAME was created there were patents covering MP3 and it WAS illegal to distribute a complete-working MP3 encoder/decoder without paying royalties. It has to be compiled to get a usable EXE or DLL file. The official LAME website distributes the source code (raw computer code). Online explanations of the program include “LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding” If you want to import/export a wide variety of other formats you still need to install FFmpeg separately. You can open MP3s without it, and you can export to WAV or several other formats without it.īut if you install the latest version of Audacity (2.3.2) it’s already built-in. You need to install LAME if you want to export-to (create) MP3s.
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