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Downloaded LAME where ".exe"?

I downloaded the latest version of LAME form sourceforge, and I'd like to rip some CD's using EAC, but I can't seem to find where the "lame.exe" file is to point EAC to. Can anyone help?

Downloaded LAME where ".exe"?

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Download Lame here and unzip the lame.exe file to a known location (you can put it inside of the EAC installation directory if you want).  I believe that the sourceforge website hosts something else aside from the lame.exe file.

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ok thanks

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Quote from: d3mncln3r on
I downloaded the latest version of LAME form sourceforge, and I'd like to rip some CD's using EAC, but I can't seem to find where the "lame.exe" file is to point EAC to. Can anyone help?
That's why it's called Sourceforge.  You would have to compile it yourself.

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Not to sound like an a-retentive idiot but the image I got from your post is that SourceForge is only a (SVN) repo of some sort. That's not true. Breaking down the name of the place, source = "a facility where something is available" and forge = "a place where something is made/formed", in fact pretty much correlate with the SF "slogan" of "Find and develop open source software".. or "SourceForge is your location to download and develop free open source software.". So the "source" in SourceForge is not about "source code".

Personally, as a "heavy duty" PC (Win only though) user, I haven't stumbled into any SF projects where there's only sources available.

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Personally, as a "heavy duty" PC (Win only though) user, I haven't stumbled into any SF projects where there's only sources available.


  If you stumble over to the official SourceForge LAME website[/u]...
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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.


I assume this is to avoid any legal complications from distributing a fully-functional unlicensed MP3 encoder (patent infringement).

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That's why it's called Sourceforge.  You would have to compile it yourself.


Yeah that's what I figured... out of curiosity how would I go about compiling myself? Or at garnering the steps towards learning that skill?

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Yeah that's what I figured... out of curiosity how would I go about compiling myself? Or at garnering the steps towards learning that skill?
  NOTE - I've never compiled LAME.

Compiling is normally done by programmers, and perhaps sometimes by "hackers" who are not programmers.  It's not that hard... In fact it's easy if you're familiar with the compiler and the project.  It probably takes a matter of seconds to compile LAME...  But, if you've never used a compiler before it can be very difficult!

For someone like me who's done some programming, I'd expect it to take somewhere between a half-day to a day yo get the compiler installed, configured, and to learn how to use it.  And another half-day to a day to get LAME compiled.  It's NOT two days of "work"...  It's a couple hours of work, and several hours troubleshooting & researching how to get things working... 

Compilers usually come with instructions and help files, but if you're not a programmer you probably won't understand the help files.  The source code might contain some helpful "comments", and there may be text files or information on the project page to help with compiling.

Compilers are specific to the programming language (I assume LAME is written in C or C++) and they are specific to the patform (Windows, Linux, or Mac).  It's usually best to use the same compiler(s) as the project developers.